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  • I'll Give You the Sun

    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...

  • Summoner: The Novice

    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...

  • Game Changer

    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...

  • The Lie Tree

    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...

  • Secrets

    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.

  • Foxy Tales: The Great Jail Break: Book 3

    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...

  • Pants

    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.

  • Beautiful Birds

    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...

  • When Mr Dog Bites

    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...

  • The Astounding Broccoli Boy

    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...