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Name: bethan Age 8
08 October 2014;

i liked the pictures, they were great and funny, and i loved the characters

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Name: tom Age 8
08 October 2014;

Genre: Animals

I liked it because a girl called Emily loses a cat but her best friend's cat has kittens and one is the odd one out. She names the odd one whiskers and her best friend gives her the cat and Emily is happy.

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Name: issy Age 8
08 October 2014;

Genre: Fairy Tales & Folk Tales

I liked it when kirsty and rachel saved the seahorse from those mean, horrible goblins!

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Name: Carol Williams
01 October 2014;

Genre: Adventure

In a dystopian future, five mutants are called together. Created 13 years before in an illegal experiment, they have lived separate lives to hide and protect them but as their powers start to strengthen, they are brought together to become part of the resistance, while the government are hunting...

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Name: Melanie Chadwick
30 September 2014;

Genre: Representation & Inclusion

I found Lies We Tell Ourselves very difficult to put down. It's the first day at school and Sarah's understandably nervous. She's met at the gates by crowds of angry faces swearing, shouting and spitting at her telling her she's not wanted and she should go back to her old sch...

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Name: Dorne Fraser
22 September 2014;

Jack is drawn to the old house, maybe he shouldn't go inside, but he is a curious boy and can't turn away. Inside he finds 13 chairs, all but one are occupied and Jack is encouraged to take the empty one as there are stories to be told. Are the storytellers alive or dead? Well, each has a ghost s...

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Name: Lorraine Ansell
18 September 2014;

Genre: Horror

Frozen Charlotte is a well written book that has the reader engrossed from the very beginning. After Sophie and her friend Jay try to contact her dead cousin, Rebecca, events take a disturbing turn and Sophie ends up going to stay with Rebecca's family on a small Scottish isla...

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Name: June Hughes
17 September 2014;

Genre: Adventure

Lynne Reid Banks is well-known and loved for her many childrens books, including The Indian in the Cupboard but this new book is based very much on her own experiences during the Second World War. Uprooted tells the story of Lindy, who is ten at the start of the book, her mother and her cousin C...

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Name: Tracy Hart
17 September 2014;

Genre: Adventure

Beautifully illustrated this book takes the reader on a trip to the seaside with Martha and her Bunny Brothers. Eye catching font changes add further interest as Martha talks directly to the reader (1st person) to share their experiences. This book captures a realistic day at the seaside for any...

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Name: Fiona Collins
17 September 2014;

Genre: Adventure

There's a Lion in my Cornflakes is a quirky and funny picture book which uses a long standing childhood interest as a basis for the story. For many years children have collected coupons, cards and small objects given away in cereal packets. The basis for this particular story is collecting coupon...

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