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The Glory
Name: ReadingZone
31 July 2015;Genre: Adventure
Lauren St John's breathtaking new novel, The Glory, pits two teenagers against each other in an epic race across the American West. Alex, a troubled teenager from the UK, and Will, desperate to win the prize money to pay for his dad's life-saving surgery, are both determined to win The Glory, a 1...
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First Aid for Fairies and Other Fabled Beasts
Name: Lois Age 12
31 July 2015;Genre: Fantasy
This is an enjoyable book as it is a great fun adventure where anything can happen. It combines the modern day world that we know with fantastical creatures based on myth and legend.
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Grandad's Island
Name: Jo Clarke
30 July 2015;Genre: Adventure
Grandad's Island tells the story about the relationship between a young boy and his Grandad. One day Syd goes to visit his Grandad and he takes him through a mysterious door on a journey across the sea to a beautiful island. The Island is a tropical paradise where Syd and his Grandad have an amaz...
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Rama and the Demon King
Name: Lizi Coombs
29 July 2015;Genre: Adventure
This is an easy to understand book that tells the story of Rama and how he defeats the evil king of all demons, Ravana. This is a story shared in many schools as children learn about Diwali and Hinduism - because of this, I'm familiar with a few versions of the story, and find that this particula...
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No!
Name: Lizi Coombs
29 July 2015;Genre: Adventure
This book has no words; just fantastically detailed images. The book starts with a little boy witnessing a variety of quite distressing events, planes with bombs attached flying over his town, tanks rampaging through the streets, businesses being shut down, soldiers breaking down doors... pictur...
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Gorilla Dawn
Name: Kerra Dagley
29 July 2015;Genre: Adventure
Another amazing social and environmental piece from Gill Lewis, set deep in the African jungle, we are caught in the midst of war, murder, gorilla trading and environmental destruction in the name of progress. Powerful and thought-provoking from the start, I read it straight through to the end, u...
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Railhead
Name: Melanie Chadwick
28 July 2015;Genre: Adventure
Philip Reeve's boundless imagination and superb gift for storytelling combine brilliantly once again to produce the amazing Railhead. From the mind that created nomadic, cannibalistic cities in Mortal Engines there now comes a fantastic new world of interstellar trains and dynastic intrigue. Zen...
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Borgon the Axeboy and the Prince's Shadow
Name: Lizi Coombs
21 July 2015;Genre: Adventure
'Soap - it smells like a flower threw up on you ...' I can think of many, many children I know who will enjoy this book! A sort of barbaric 'Goblet of Fire' for younger readers..., this book is action packed, humourous and easy to access. The historic setting makes it different from many books o...
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The Last Ever After (The School for Good and Evil, Book 3)
Name: Linda Brown
21 July 2015;Genre: Fantasy
I will never look at a fairy tale the same way ever again! The Last Ever After is the third book in the wonderful The School For Good and Evil series. It's darker and a little more menacing...
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Buffalo Soldier
Name: Carol Williams
20 July 2015;Genre: Adventure
Tanya Landman has written an important book here, one which, as the reviews say, examines the 'true meaning of freedom'. However, it is also extremely readable, and has a main character and narrator with who one immediately identifies, and whose narrative voice is authentic and likeable. Charlott...
