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The Return of Johnny Kemp
Name: Helen Swinyard
22 November 2014;Genre: Adventure
This short and well-crafted school story from Keith Gray adds to the decent stock from dyslexic-friendly editions from Barrington Stoke. Gray creates a realistic and familiar world of school and teenage life, with honest and believable dialogue. The main character Dan tells us his story in a day,...
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The Wrong Side of the Galaxy
Name: Helen Swinyard
22 November 2014;Genre: Adventure
Dispensing with explanation, Thomson's hero Harry wakes up very confused - we as readers know as little as Harry does. Luckily Harry has watched lots of sci-fi on TV, and he's pretty clever, and ironically 'down to earth' which means he manages to escape and navigate his way around aliens, spaces...
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Respect. The Walter Tull Story
Name: Kate Kenward
18 November 2014;Genre: Representation & Inclusion
I think it is fantastic that Walter Tull's story has been written about for young people, he really was an inspiring man. I am glad that more books for struggling readers are telling true stories and I enjoyed learning about Walter's. My first point is that this book is printed on dyslexia frien...
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Temple Run series
Name: Leighton Age 11
13 November 2014;Genre: Adventure
I recommend this book to all students and teachers that like a sense of adventure
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Temple Run
Name: Jack Age 11
13 November 2014;Genre: Adventure
Personally, I do not like to read but after looking at the temple run books my opinion on reading has changed. If my library has more of these books I will be in there all the time. Great if they are linked to do a quiz as that is what we have to do at school after we have read a book.
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Black Ice
Name: lynn Roulstone
13 November 2014;Genre: Adventure
Britt and her best friend Korbie get caught in a snowstorm on their way to a cabin in the mountains for a holiday with Korbie's brother Calvin, who is also her ex-boyfriend. Abandoning their car, they think they've found refuge in a cabin with two young men, one of whom Britt met earlier at a gas...
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The Bane Chronicles (Mortal Instruments)
Name: Sophie Castle
12 November 2014;Genre: Adventure
This set of short stories is based around the life of Magnus Bane, a Warlock from The Mortal Instruments and The Infernal Devices series. It gives the reader a much closer insight into the life of a Downworlder, which includes the races of Werewolf, Warlocks, Fairies and Vampires. They are portra...
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Moone Boy - The Blunder Years
Name: Melanie Chadwick
12 November 2014;Genre: Adventure
I was pleasantly surprised by this book; it's not just another copy-cat Diary of a Wimpy Kid. Martin Moone is a kid with plenty of problems and no imagination. He is overwhelmed by his three sisters, his mum and dad seem have given up on him as a general disappointment, and he has the Bonner Bro...
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The Butterfly lion
Name: vip Age 9
06 November 2014;Genre: Animals
They are inseprable until Bertie is sent to boarding school.
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Young Bond: Shoot to Kill
Name: Sophie Castle
06 November 2014;Genre: Adventure
Imagine James Bond as a teenager, when did his life as a spy start? Did he even want to be a spy? Was he curious from a young age? Those are exactly the sort of questions addressed in this Young Bond book as James Bond is being formed into the famous adult spy - and finding out exactly what his t...
