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Rose Raventhorpe Investigates: Rubies and Runaways
Name: Azra Age 9
16 October 2017;Genre: Mystery & Detective
You might thing that Rose was an ordinary Victorian girl but you'd be wrong. Read how Rose looks after herself in a freezing winter of mystery and murder. I love this book because of the adventures Rose gets up to! I'd recommend it for anyone aged 9 or 10.
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Amelia Earhart
Name: Nikki Stiles
15 October 2017;Genre: Adventure
Outlining some of the amazing achievements of a fearless young woman with a passion for flight, one in a series of picture books by Little People, Big Dreams based on famous women who achieved remarkable things. Amelia Earhart was the first women to fly up to 14, 000 feet, fly solo across the A...
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Goodly and Grave and a Bad Case of Kidnap
Name: Eve Age 10
15 October 2017;Genre: Adventure
I have 3 words about this book. BEST BOOK EVER!!WHAT MORE COULD YOU WANT! Its an amazing mix of magic, comedy and hardship. who would think of a clever little servant girl getting mixed up in a worrying adventure of magic and a bad case of kidnap. I absolutely ADORED this book and I highly recomm...
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What the Ladybird Heard on Holiday
Name: Nikki Stiles
15 October 2017;Genre: Adventure
Another brilliant adventure about Julia Donaldson and Lydia Monks's clever little Ladybird. Those two hapless thieves are at it again. Lanky Len and Hefty Hugh are in London this time and are trying to get Monkey Joe out of the zoo to do their dirty work and capture the Queen's precious crown. Th...
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Izzy Gizmo
Name: Nikki Stiles
15 October 2017;Genre: Adventure
Izabelle Gizmo is a whizz at inventing things, carrying her tool bag wherever she goes, Izzy is ready to mend and make everything more splendid. The trouble is, Izzyis inventions never seemed to work out the way she hopes and this makes her really cross! When Izzy finds a crow with a broken wing...
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It Only Happens in the Movies
Name: Linda Brown
15 October 2017;Genre: Romance & Relationships
Yet again, It Only Happens in the Movies is another awesome book from this author. Holly Bourne just knows how to delve in teenage issues that are normally ignored and keeps the YA reader engrossed with her wonderful, emotional, funny and thought provoking writing. This...
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The Red Ribbon
Name: Lorraine Ansell
10 October 2017;Genre: Adventure
Ella loves sewing and is delighted to land her dream job of designing and making stylish clothes. But this is not an ordinary sewing shop but the Upper Tailoring Studio of Birchwood, a concentration camp, where jobs are all important. Consumed by her love of fashion and helped along by her friend...
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A Dog With Nice Ears
Name: Marie Berry
09 October 2017;Genre: Adventure
Lauren Child has created another excellent Charlie and Lola adventure in A Dog With Nice Ears. In this story, Charlie explains how his sister Lola really wants a dog. She plays dogs, pretends to be a dog, pretends Charlie is a dog and talks endlessly about the type of dog she wants. However, t...
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You Choose - In Space
Name: Marie Berry
09 October 2017;Genre: Adventure
Nick Sharratt and Pippa Goodhart have written a great book in You Choose in Space. This is the first You Choose I have read and I have to say I was very impressed with it. As a stand-alone read, it was a great one to share with my children and generated lots of discussions and chat about the...
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The Wizards of Once
Name: Emily Marcuccilli
09 October 2017;Genre: Fantasy
My review copy of Cressida Cowell's The Wizards of Once was barely out of its packaging when an eager Year 5 reader, desperate to read it, asked whether she could borrow it first. She devoured it in two days flat and declared it to be 'entrancing and mysterious'. How right she...
