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How to Survive Without Grown-Ups
Name: Grace Age 9
12 June 2021;Genre: Funny Stories
How to Survive Without Grown-Ups is a very funny story about a brother and sister who explore a mystery of what happened when mum and dad went to space. A lot of cool things occur in this grand book! It makes me feel like I'm in the story watching it happen. I would recommend this book for 7-1...
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Earth’s Aquarium
Name: Sharon Porter
10 June 2021;Genre: Environment & Nature
This dazzling picture book has 15 watery environments for the reader to explore, each with a double page spread with an introduction describing the habitat, followed by another double page spread of the creatures which live there. We didn't realise there were so many different water hab...
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Harley Hitch and the Iron Forest
Name: Nicola Mansfield Niemi
10 June 2021;Genre: Environment & Nature
Vashti Hardy has done it again! Harley Hitch and the Iron Forest is an absolute triumph and a joy to read, in fact this book has not seen the shelf since it arrived in school. The story starts in the unusual town of Inventia, a place where science and engineering rule, where the trees a...
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How to be a Footballer And Other Sports Jobs
Name: Kyle Matravers
10 June 2021;Genre: Non Fiction
How to Be a Footballer is the definitive guide to the world's number one sport…football. This nonfiction text covers every aspect of the beautiful game in an engaging, informative and accessible manner. Guided by questions, each double page spread provides the answers needed t...
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Me and the Robbersons
Name: Jennifer Caddick
10 June 2021;Genre: Funny Stories
Me and the Robbersons is a quirky, unique, witty and fun adventure full of odd, crazy and heartwarmingly hilarious events. Bored Maisie is not looking forward to the summer holidays with her boring, disinterested parents and utterly annoying sister, Primrose AT ALL…Until a fam...
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Escape the Rooms
Name: Nicola Mansfield Niemi
10 June 2021;Genre: Funny Stories
Escape the Rooms is a laugh-out-loud, surrealist tale that leads our two main characters through a journey that is so much more than it seems. It starts when we meet Jack at the fair, doing anything he can to just get through the day, when he suddenly finds himself in a 'Room'. Here he meets C...
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The Girl in Wooden Armour
Name: Jo Clarke
10 June 2021;Genre: Fantasy
The Girl in Wooden Armour is a vividly written fantasy story, jam-packed with exhilarating action. The pace and suspense created by Conrad Mason will have readers gasping for breath as they follow Hattie Amiri-Gavell on her unplanned adventures in the seemingly quiet village o...
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We Made a Movie
Name: Jo Clarke
10 June 2021;Genre: Friends and family
Before you even dip into We Made a Movie, you will be dazzled by its eye-catching, vibrant cover, hinting at the fun and cheerfulness that lies within. We Made a Movie is Charlotte Lo's sequel to the fabulous We Won an Island but can easily be read as a standalone. In this, the second t...
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100 Endangered Species
Name: Jennifer Caddick
10 June 2021;Genre: Non Fiction
An absolutely captivating book; beautifully illustrated and full of fascinating facts. 100 Endangered Species is written with the purpose of highlighting the concern about the top 100 endangered animals. It tells the reader of their uniqueness, beauty and their role in the natural world and of...
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How to Survive Without Grown-Ups
Name: Ezrah Age 10
10 June 2021;Genre: Funny Stories
Two children, Eliza and Johnnie, go on an epic adventure. The book was about a space rescue mission. The main character was Eliza Lemon. I read the book in a day, once I started I could not stop reading! I liked that it was a future friendly book and an interesting, comical, fiction book. It w...
