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The Parent Problem
Name: Maddie Age 10
15 January 2018;Genre: Friends and family
12 year old Skye Green is determined to have a book of her very own published so she writes about her mortifying life as an almost 13 year old girl - she is always being embarrassed by her flamboyant, quirky mum. I found that this book was one of my top 12 favourite books because I just kept want...
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Nevermoor
Name: Azra Age 9
15 January 2018;Genre: Adventure
I liked this book because it's a mixture of all the things I like in books like fantasy, mystery and magic and adventure. It's a bit like a jigsaw puzzle, you have to find all the missing bits as you read and then it all makes sense at the end.
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Nevermoor
Name: Emily Age 9
15 January 2018;Genre: Adventure
I really liked this because it is a fantasy story that's full of adventure and you don't know where it's going so it's always surprising! I especially liked the trials in the story where the children have to discover what skill they have, their 'knack' - one of the children can ride dragons!
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Quests for Glory
Name: Linda Brown
11 January 2018;Genre: Fantasy
The School for Good and Evil was at first meant to be a trilogy and what a wonderful, adventurous trilogy it turned out to be. In fact, so good that the author decided to continue this amazi...
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Rabbit and Bear, Attack of the Snack
Name: Sam Phillips
08 January 2018;Genre: Adventure
I loved this book! Sadly I've never read any of the other Rabbit and Bear stories but I certainly will now. This beautifully illustrated book tells a very funny story of the unlikely friendship between a rabbit and a bear. It's an ideal choice for early readers ready for a 'step-up' from picture...
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Bee Boy, Clash of the Killer Queens
Name: Sam Phillips
08 January 2018;Genre: Adventure
Melvin Meadly doesn't have many friends, most of the other children at school don't like the same things Melvin does, they just don't get him! Melvin spends most of his time looking after his bees with his next-door neighbour Dan, or at least he did before Dan moved away and now the bees are the...
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Libby in the Middle
Name: Jane Rew
05 January 2018;Genre: Friends and family
A brilliant book. It's well-written and totally believable. The author manages to portray teenagers both accurately and sensitively without being disparaging. (Perhaps she has studied child psychology?) I was gripped right from the start, not least because we're kept guessing at the truth b...
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STEM Starters: Maths, Technology and Physics
Name: Jacqueline Harris
04 January 2018;Genre: Adventure
These books are a nicely presented package of activity and non-fiction. They are in soft colours and really attractively designed and illustrated by Vicky Barker, the text being written by different authors for the different subject matter. These are three of a set of six, the others being Scienc...
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Sky Chasers
Name: Sue Wilsher
26 December 2017;Genre: Adventure
Sky Chasers is a wonderful adventure story, set against the backdrop of France at the time of Louis XVI. A colourful cast of characters - human and animal - tell the story of the Montgolfier family and their race to be the first to fly a hot air balloon. Magpie - a pickpocket - and her rooster fi...
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Urban Jungle
Name: Aidan Severs
26 December 2017;Genre: Adventure
Publishers Big Picture Press do not disappoint: they produce very big books full of wonderful pictures and this one by Vicky Woodgate is no exception. Urban Jungle is an oversized non-fiction book which explores the fauna of the world's major cities. Did you know that Spinybacked orbweavers can...
