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Black Ice
Name: lynn Roulstone
13 November 2014;Genre: Adventure
Britt and her best friend Korbie get caught in a snowstorm on their way to a cabin in the mountains for a holiday with Korbie's brother Calvin, who is also her ex-boyfriend. Abandoning their car, they think they've found refuge in a cabin with two young men, one of whom Britt met earlier at a gas...
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The Bane Chronicles (Mortal Instruments)
Name: Sophie Castle
12 November 2014;Genre: Adventure
This set of short stories is based around the life of Magnus Bane, a Warlock from The Mortal Instruments and The Infernal Devices series. It gives the reader a much closer insight into the life of a Downworlder, which includes the races of Werewolf, Warlocks, Fairies and Vampires. They are portra...
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Moone Boy - The Blunder Years
Name: Melanie Chadwick
12 November 2014;Genre: Adventure
I was pleasantly surprised by this book; it's not just another copy-cat Diary of a Wimpy Kid. Martin Moone is a kid with plenty of problems and no imagination. He is overwhelmed by his three sisters, his mum and dad seem have given up on him as a general disappointment, and he has the Bonner Bro...
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The Butterfly lion
Name: vip Age 9
06 November 2014;Genre: Animals
They are inseprable until Bertie is sent to boarding school.
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Young Bond: Shoot to Kill
Name: Sophie Castle
06 November 2014;Genre: Adventure
Imagine James Bond as a teenager, when did his life as a spy start? Did he even want to be a spy? Was he curious from a young age? Those are exactly the sort of questions addressed in this Young Bond book as James Bond is being formed into the famous adult spy - and finding out exactly what his t...
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The Rising
Name: Janet Fisher
20 October 2014;Genre: Adventure
This is a beautiful book, from the arresting cover with the owl's talons homing in on the voles beneath, to the story inside peopled with very black drawings by Simon Mendez. It is obvious that a great deal of thought has gone into the making of this book, which make it a joy to handle. The story...
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The Wonder
Name: Fiona Collins
18 October 2014;Genre: Adventure
The Wonder is a story about a little boy who questions and day dreams. As the reader follows him to school the sepia illustrations reflect a rather sombre tone. The reason for this is that on his journey the boy meets various adults who seem to dislike his daydreaming; the park keeper sighs at hi...
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Ghosts of Heaven
Name: Dawn Woods
18 October 2014;Genre: Adventure
Described as a novel in four parts, each part able to be read in any order, this book describes essentially good people who are dragged into a spiral beyond their control. Their lives take unexpected paths, during which they discover more about themselves, although they struggle to understand the...
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Moshi Monsters
Name: abbie Age 8
08 October 2014;Genre: Young fiction
I like the part when they find their best friend because she had been kidnapt by a bad person who takes there dimonds from moshi. I don't like it when they don't get any food.
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A Flea in the Ear
Name: Eryn Age 8
08 October 2014;Genre: Animals
I liked the book because it has nice pictures and they are funny and when my mum read it she said it in funny voices and my mum used to read it to me all the time!
