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Dreaming the Bear
Name: Caroline Downie
14 March 2016;Genre: Adventure
Darcy has been taken from the shopping streets of London to live with her naturalist father in the wilderness that is Yellowstone Park. Surrounded by snow and with no mobile phone signal she feels totally isolated. And to make thing worse she has some mystery illness that means she is tired and u...
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The Nest
Name: Victoria Dilly
11 March 2016;Genre: Adventure
I wasn't sure what to expect when I started reading this story; it sounded a little creepy and I thought I may not enjoy it as 'creepy' isn't normally my genre of choice! However, I was soon hooked on what turned out to be a very well-written story, which kept you on the edge of your seat as the...
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There's a Dragon in My Dinner
Name: Terry Cornelius
02 March 2016;Genre: Adventure
The children in Year 3 with whom I tested this book adored it. We will definitely be buying more copies for our school! They loved Pan, the Mini-Dragon, and are very keen to read more stories about this wonderful creature. The illustrations are lively and the children loved the splodges on the p...
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Tough Guys Have Feelings Too
Name: Terry Cornelius
02 March 2016;Genre: Adventure
This book has a very positive message for all boys/men - everyone has feelings and sharing those feelings is good. There is very little text and it would be suitable for KS1 pupils. The pictures have a very 1960s feel to them and are very stylized in bold blocks of colour showing a variety of '...
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More Of Me
Name: Caroline Downie
02 March 2016;Genre: Suspense & Thrillers
'More of Me' is a gripping thriller. It opens with the description of a new being bursting out of another person and becoming her. But this is not some fantasy set in outer space; this is happening her in Britain and now. Teva is the new being and she is the latest in a long line of Tev...
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Beautiful Broken Things
Name: Katie Barrow
25 February 2016;Genre: Adventure
I'd heard a lot about this book before I began reading it so my expectations were high and Beautiful Broken Things turned out to be a beautifully-written and multi-layered book. Best friends Rosie and Caddy are inseparable until Rosie finds a new friend at her school, S...
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Waiting for Callback
Name: Lorraine Andrews
25 February 2016;Genre: Adventure
Waiting for Callback follows teenaged Elektra's ups and downs as she attempts to become a fully-fledged actress. Written by a mother and daughter duo, Perdita and Honor Cargill, it captures the embarrassments, laughter and sheer hard work of a teenager doggedly persuing her dream, to act, and wil...
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River of ink: Genesis
Name: Paula Hazlehurst
21 February 2016;Genre: Adventure
A good and exciting read; it's one of those books that you can't put down because the chapters end on cliff-hangers. The story is about a boy who staggers out of the river Thames, he has no memory of who he is or where he's come from. The doctor who is on duty at the hospital takes pity on 'Rive...
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Knightley and Son
Name: Alice Barr
17 February 2016;Genre: Adventure
KNIGHTLEY & SON, a father and son detective duo, are trying to solve the mystery of a book that drives its readers to commit crimes, while also trying to discover who is behind a sinister but mysterious organisation called the Combination, which seems to be engaged in any number of criminal activ...
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There's a Dragon in my Dinner
Name: Ella Reece
17 February 2016;Genre: Adventure
I can already think of many young readers (aged seven to nine years) who will really enjoy this new series by Tom Nicoll. Eric loves Friday night takeaways but this particular week the bean sprouts come with more than he'd anticipated - a Mini-Dragon, called Pan, which has lost its way (it should...
