Latest Reviews

Name: Louise Ellis-Barrett
07 May 2014;

Genre: Adventure

For Rev (who was there just to spend an hour looking at Johnson), Billie (who would rather be in Boots buying make-up), The Ape (who isn't really bothered either way), GG (so laid back he is almost horizontal), Johnson (man of mystery and good looks), Carrie (the human knitting needle), Lucas and...

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Name: Ameenah Age 9
30 April 2014;

Genre: Humour

I like this book because it's humorous but different.

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Name: Aishah Age 10
30 April 2014;

Genre: Friends and family

I liked the bit about when Ruby said Garnet wet herself in their play and she was a laughing stock!

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Name: zahra Age 9
30 April 2014;

Genre: Young fiction

I liked the mischef and the amazing witch world and the school, plus the imagination Jill Murphy puts in your mind

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Name: Melanie Chadwick
30 April 2014;

Genre: Real life

Full of action, both on and off the pitch, this book is bang on target. Charlie Merrick's bunch of misfit friends love football, but they're just not very good at it. Their team, North Star Galaxy, are desperately fighting the battle against relegation in the under 12s league. Their chances do...

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Name: Melanie Chadwick
29 April 2014;

Genre: Adventure

I liked the way the book hooks you in by starting with an action-packed scene from near the end of the book where Evie is stuck in a rubbish shoot trying to escape security guards. The rest of the book builds up to that moment and explains why she gets into such a predicament. Evie's mum has di...

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Name: Alison Young
28 March 2014;

Genre: Adventure

The lovely, rhythmic opening poem ('Sky-High' p. 9) in this collection gives the book its title: William's rocket trip to the moon and beyond sees him returning with a 'trail of stars' that he brings home to keep them 'safe in jars'. It's an appropriate metaphor for the poems in this book as they...

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Name: L Voisey
24 March 2014;

Genre: Adventure

If you've not yet had the pleasure of Oi Frog, then do try to seek out a copy. Oi Frog is a great story for reading aloud and early readers will also be able to manage it. As well as being a tongue-in-cheek look at phonics (frogs sit on logs; woe betide the frog that wants to sit on something mor...

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Name: Lucy Russell
19 March 2014;

Genre: Adventure

Mattie is part of a large and chaotic family, where money is in short supply but love and affection certainly is not. This story continues the ups and downs of daily life with Mattie deciding to organise a 'Royal Variety Performance' for her mum's birthday. As she goes about recruiting acts and t...

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Name: Mikeala Morgans
12 March 2014;

Genre: Adventure

Grace's dad has moved out and her mum needs to go to hospital. Try as she might to convince her mum to let her stay, she is sent to live on a farm in Yorkshire with her temperamental estranged Grandfather. She quickly meets and forms a strong bond with the free spirited Megan, her pig - Claude...

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