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The Boy who Stepped Through Time
Name: Emma Nelson
13 February 2022;Genre: Historical Fiction
Anna Ciddor's novel The Boy Who Stepped Through Time is a glorious tale of a boy who time travels back to the Roman era whilst on holiday with his family. The story begins with Perry and his family visiting a Roman grape harvest festival at a Roman villa in France. Perry inadv...
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Speedy Monkey
Name: Amanda Shipton
12 February 2022;Genre: Early Readers & Young Fiction
Speedy Monkey is a beutifully written, colourful, hardback book; perfect for children who are developing fluency and moving away from phonetically decodable texts. The vocabulary used will allow for wonderful discussions and allow opportunities to ask questions about a child's...
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Solve Your Own Mystery, The Time Thief
Name: Sam Phillips
10 February 2022;Genre: Mystery & Detective
From a young age children are taught that stories have a beginning, a middle - usually the problem, and an end. Well this great mystery adventure story by Gareth P. Jones, breaks the traditional story book mould. Solve Your Own Mystery - The Time Thief is the second book in th...
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The Night Train
Name: Amanda Shipton
10 February 2022;Genre: Early Readers & Young Fiction
The Night Train is a beautifully written story about characters trying to get into the correct child's dream. There are stories within a story, as we find out the background of each character. Teamwork prevails as disaster threatens to strike the train. A cleverly writt...
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Rocket Boy
Name: Wendy Kelly
10 February 2022;Genre: Early Readers & Young Fiction
This small hardback book is part of the new Little Tiger readers, designed to support children moving from picture books to their first chapter books. The book itself is sumptuous - a lovely textured cover, small enough to fit comfortably in little hands with an engaging picture front and back...
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The Smuggler's Secret (Agent Zaiba Investigates Book 4)
Name: Olivia Age 10
10 February 2022;Genre: Mystery & Detective
Agent Zaiba Investigates the Smugglers' Secret has the perfect amount of mystery. I love how there is a team called the Snow Leopard Detective Agency, which includes Zaiba, Poppy, Ali and Mariam. The team love history and find out there is a priceless artefact. They go down to Chessil Bay to s...
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Sabotage on the Solar Express
Name: Kelly Buxton
10 February 2022;Genre: Adventure
Award-winning authors M.G. Leonard and Sam Sedgman bring us another wheel-grinding, thrill-seeking adventure, this time across the Australian outback. The fifth epic Adventure on Trains instalment, Sabotage on the Solar Express, sees Hal and his Uncle Nat reunited with August...
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Agent Zaiba Investigates: The Smugglers' Secret
Name: Gerline Age 9
10 February 2022;Genre: Mystery & Detective
I really like Agent Zaiba Investigates: The Smugglers' Secret because I like how they help each other find the criminal. My favourite part is when they were in the boat ride because it would be interesting to see underwater. I would recommend this book to the people who like t...
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A World Full of Journeys and Migrations
Name: Sharon Porter
08 February 2022;Genre: Non Fiction
Class 11 started our exploration of A World full of Journeys and Migrations by looking at the section labelled Europe where a "small tribe of Italians", otherwise known as the Romans, were described. This double page spread discusses the extent of the empire across Europe, as...
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The Long Way Home
Name: Wendy Kelly
08 February 2022;Genre: Early Readers & Young Fiction
This small hardback book is part of the Little Tiger Colour Fiction readers, designed to support children moving from picture books to their first chapter books. The book itself is sumptuous - a lovely textured cover, small enough to fit comfortably in little hands with an engaging picture fro...
