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The Last of the Spirits
Name: Paula Hazlehurst
09 January 2015;Genre: Books set in the past
An excellent read. It's an alternative view of Dickens' Christmas Carol, seen through the eyes of two waifs, a brother and a sister. The brother is a cynic, hardened by life, whereas his sister hasn't lost her kindness but depends on her brother to look after her. The story follows them through t...
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Ruby Redfort: Feel the Fear
Name: Anna Glinn
25 November 2014;Genre: Adventure
Lauren Child may have made a name for herself in creating picture books and the brilliant Charlie and Lola but she writes just as distinctive books for older readers. What I enjoy most about the Ruby Redfort series is finding a central character who delights in action and using her natural intell...
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Wall
Name: Fiona Collins
25 November 2014;Genre: Adventure
Wall is a most interesting and unique subject matter for a picture book. It is concerns the Berlin Wall, built in 1961 to divide East and West Berlin, and its publication coincides with the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Wall. Although the book has minimal text the subject matter is definite...
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Listen to the Moon
Name: Dorne Fraser
24 November 2014;Genre: Adventure
It is May, 1915, and Alfie and his fisherman father find a girl on one of the uninhabited islands in the Scillies. She is injured, alone and frightened with no memory of how she came to the island, in fact no memory of who she is or where she came from. The only word she utters is Lucy and everyo...
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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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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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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 Rising
Name: Janet Fisher
20 October 2014;Genre: Adventure
This is a beautiful book, from the arresting cover with the owl's talons homing in on the voles beneath, to the story inside peopled with very black drawings by Simon Mendez. It is obvious that a great deal of thought has gone into the making of this book, which make it a joy to handle. The story...
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Rihanna the sea horse fairy
Name: issy Age 8
08 October 2014;Genre: Fairy Tales & Folk Tales
I liked it when kirsty and rachel saved the seahorse from those mean, horrible goblins!
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Uprooted
Name: June Hughes
17 September 2014;Genre: Adventure
Lynne Reid Banks is well-known and loved for her many childrens books, including The Indian in the Cupboard but this new book is based very much on her own experiences during the Second World War. Uprooted tells the story of Lindy, who is ten at the start of the book, her mother and her cousin C...
