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I'll Give You the Sun
Name: Jayne Gould
23 April 2015;Genre: Adventure
Jude and her twin brother Noah are close until a tragedy drives them apart. Now they are barely speaking - and both falling for boys they can't have. Love's complicated. In a passionate, sweeping novel Jandy Nelson explores love in a variety of forms with an intensity that makes the characters, p...
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Summoner: The Novice
Name: Lorraine Ansell
22 April 2015;Genre: Fantasy
This debut fantasy novel takes us on a journey to the distant village of Pelt where Fletcher lives with his adoptive father, the Blacksmith. Undercurrants run through the village with the mainly poor community struggling to avoid problems with the guards or visiting Pinkertons - lawmakers from th...
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Game Changer
Name: Caroline Mitchell
20 April 2015;Genre: Adventure
Life is hard for Mikey. He's frightened of open spaces and would much rather curl up in his room with a book, avoiding the reality of life outside his four walls. So going to a noisy, public place is a big deal, but with his sister Meggie by his side he feels the time is right to try - it should...
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The Lie Tree
Name: Helen Swinyard
11 April 2015;Genre: Adventure
From a new Carnegie-shortlisted author comes some clever, well-researched and careful writing which tells the story of Faith's hunt to gain her father's favour and then to solve the mystery of his secret work and who wanted him dead to gain his secrets. Set in Victorian times, feisty Faith is a g...
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Secrets
Name: Gregorio
10 April 2015;Genre: Mystery & Detective
Secrets by Jacquline wilson illustrated by nick sharrat. I really liked this book because it was funy. My favorite bit was when she started dance classes. I would like to recomend this to friends that live close to my house.
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Foxy Tales: The Great Jail Break
Name: Lizi Coombs
10 April 2015;Genre: Adventure
I was excited to pick this up; I'm familiar with Alex T Smith, having seen him whilst doing my teacher training - I enjoy his Claude series, and so do my current class of year 3s! The story itself is entertaining. The characters, Foxy Dubois and Alphonso the Alligator, are well introduced and su...
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Pants
Name: Blake
10 April 2015;Genre: Humour
Pants by and illistrated by Nick Sharret. I really liked this book because it is funny. My favourite bit was when it says hairy pants. I would recommened this to a friend because it is funny and a good book.
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Beautiful Birds
Name: Anne Hastings
25 March 2015;Flying Eye Books' gorgeous compendium of birds gives us a rare and colourful glimpse into birds from around the world, reminding us just how vast and precious these creatures are. It is a lovely book to start looking at birdlife and to encourage children to take an interest in the birds in our na...
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When Mr Dog Bites
Name: Carol Williams
22 March 2015;Genre: Representation & Inclusion
When Mr Dog Bites is a Carnegie-shortlisted book, with Dylan, a Tourette's sufferer, as the main character. Dylan struggles all the time to keep the 'bad stuff' inside, with varying success; when 'Mr Dog' comes out, at moments of stress, he loses control, growls and swears, bu...
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The Astounding Broccoli Boy
Name: Jodie Brooks
19 March 2015;Genre: Adventure
Rory Rooney is remarkably normal in every way; normal home, average school, puny muscles and he's even typically bullied to boot. This all changes one day when Rory takes a head first dive into a stinky pond on a school trip and emerges bright green. Not spinach green or peppermint tea green, but...
