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Mince Spies
Name: Lucy Newton
04 December 2018;Genre: Adventure
A fantastic, festive story! This story remind me of Supertato by Sue Hendra since it is also set in a supermarket with plenty of pesky treats behaving badly! Of course, all of the treats are festive themed and the 'mince spies' are sent it to sort them out. The book is filled with fantastic il...
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Little Robin Red Vest
Name: Paula Black
03 December 2018;Genre: Adventure
This is a gorgeous edition of Jan Fearnley's chilly winter's tale, Little Robin Red Vest, which gives a charming - and festive - account as to why the robin has a red breast. A little brown bird called Robin has prepared seven colourful vests to wear in the last few days running up to Christmas...
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There's A Yeti In The Playground!
Name: Emily Marcuccilli
03 December 2018;Genre: Adventure
The arrival of any book by Pamela Butchart is always greeted by a great deal of squealing and general excitement by our Year 3 and Year 4 pupils and I fully anticipate that There's A Yeti In The Playground will have the same magical effect! In this latest adventure, Izzy and her friends Jodi, M...
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Get Me Out Of Witch School
Name: Chloe Age 10
01 December 2018;Genre: Fantasy
Get Me Out Of Witch School is a great book with plenty of unexpected twists and turns to keep the journey exciting. This book is easy to pick up, but impossible to put down, so if you're stuck on reading ideas, try this fabulous tale. I would rate this book three stars, and recommend it to any in...
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Death in the Spotlight
Name: Elizabeth Harris
22 November 2018;Genre: Adventure
Death in the spotlight by Robin Stevens is part of A Murder Most Unladylike Mystery series. Wells and Wong are my favourite detective duo and their latest case is really rather splendid and one of their best. The detectives are spending some time in London with Daisy's uncle. To keep them out o...
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Three Strikes
Name: Amanda Allen
21 November 2018;Genre: Adventure
Three Strikes is a collection of three different stories aimed at YA. All three are very different and may not appeal to everyone but all have a chilling and eerie theme. The Darkness is about a group of young people who have found themselves on the wrong side of the law, they have joined 'T...
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Wonder
Name: Scarlett Age 11
20 November 2018;Genre: Bullying
It is full of real life problems and twists and turns throughout the book. I liked the characters in this book. Wonder is very well written and gives lots of different points of view. August is written as a very likeable character and is just trying to survive Middle School, but it's not as easy...
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The Survival Game
Name: Jane Welby
20 November 2018;Genre: Adventure
How do you communicate when you have no words? How do you survive when you have no hope? How do you live when you have no home, you have no family - and yet the best way to survive is to be alone? Mhairi has learned to be independent, to live in the shadows, to live off her wits in a hostile env...
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Mortal Engines
Name: Matthew Age 11
17 November 2018;Genre: Adventure
It is a book for all, it is so exciting with lots of tiny little details in it. It has some tech in for those who like lots of adventure and battles. I recommend it for all.
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The Boy who Lived with Dragons
Name: Sam Phillips
16 November 2018;Genre: Magical Realism
I throughly enjoyed Andy Shepherd's first book, The Boy Who Grew Dragons, and was keen to share it with some of my young friends, knowing they too would love to be a part of Tomas's adventures with his dragon, Flicker. S...
