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  • Marsh Road Mysteries: Diamonds and Daggers

    The Marsh Road Mysteries Diamonds and Daggers

    Name: Jonny
    11 August 2016;

    Genre: Mystery & Detective

    I didn't really like the story it was way too long it wasn't intresting. It wasn't descriptive enough.

  • There's a Dragon in my Toilet

    There's A Dragon In My Toilet

    Name: Lauren Maidman
    10 August 2016;

    Genre: Adventure

    This is the third instalment of Eric and Pan's adventures, with the very funny There's A Dragon In My Toilet. Pan is a Mini-Dragon living with Eric and his family who is threatened to move to Mexico with his Aunt and Uncle. Pan obviously doesn't want to leave Eric and his friends which means chao...

  • The Potion Diaries

    The Potion Diaries

    Name: Alison Urquhart
    08 August 2016;

    Genre: Adventure

    This was a truly excellent book and I was hooked from the start but then, it falls squarely within a genre I love. The characters are feisty but not rude, they are adventurous but not excessive. There are elements of romance but it is not the focus of the book. I liked that there was little swear...

  • How Harry Riddles Totally Went Wild (Shoutykid, Book 4)

    Shouty Kid:How Harry a riddles Totally Went Wild

    Name: Alison Urquhart
    08 August 2016;

    Genre: Adventure

    This book falls into the Diary of a Wimpy Kid / Timmy Failure type of category. I personally don't like Wimpy Kid as I find him too annoying and whiny. I also find the books very amoral. However I am aware that they are staggeringly popular with the pupils who borrow from our school library and w...

  • Thicker Than Water

    Thicker than Water

    Name: Victoria Dilly
    03 August 2016;

    Genre: Adventure

    Lennie is a great big blundering boy in the body of a 22 year old man, his mental health issues causing him to behave without thought for the consequences of his actions. It his loyal and faithful cousin, George, acting on a promise to his dying father, who picks up the pieces and cleans up the m...

  • The Paw Print Puzzle (Dotty Detective, Book 2)

    Dotty Detective: The Paw Print Puzzle

    Name: Kyle Matravers
    28 July 2016;

    Genre: Mystery & Detective

    Dotty Detective: The Paw Print Puzzle is an enjoyable read for children between five and eight. The story is part of the Dotty Detective series and is a good introduction to the diary genre. Presented in a very similar way to the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series, children will find this book accessi...

  • Sleeping Beauty: A Mid-century Fairy Tale

    Sleeping Beauty: A Mid-Century Fairy Tale

    Name: Marie Berry
    18 July 2016;

    Genre: Adventure

    This new take on the traditional tale of Sleeping Beauty is a refreshing and interesting story. Sticking with original story, a young baby is cursed by a wicked witch, that on her 16th birthday, she will prick her finger and sleep for one thousand years. However the story is placed in a more mo...

  • How to Catch a Mouse

    How to Catch a Mouse

    Name: Marie Berry
    14 July 2016;

    Genre: Adventure

    Philippa Leathers' How to Catch a Mouse is an endearing tale about Clemmie, who is a little cat who wants to catch a mouse. But the mouse in question has other ideas, disguising himself throughout the book and throwing Clemmie off the sent with lots of similar decoys. As Clemmie tries hard to f...

  • Too Many Carrots

    Too Many Carrots

    Name: Marie Berry
    14 July 2016;

    Genre: Adventure

    Too many carrots is a lovely story with a familiar structure that is always a winner with young children. Fantastic, eye catching illustrations will engage children. The story tells the tale of Rabbit who loves carrots and how his carrot craving gets him into trouble when he ends up with nowhere...

  • Double Trouble for Anna Hibiscus!

    Double Trouble for Anna Hibiscus

    Name: Marie Berry
    14 July 2016;

    Genre: Adventure

    Loved this book. I've never read an Anna Hibiscus story before, but I will definitely be looking at them now. In double trouble we hear all about how Anna Hibiscus' world is turned upside down when her mother gives birth to twin bothers. Atinuke tackles the issues surrounding a new baby in the...