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Eldest
Name: anthony Age 13
29 November 2011;Genre: Fantasy
It had action, magic, adventure and a very good plot.
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Skulduggery Pleasant
Name: Alan Age 13
29 November 2011;Genre: Adventure
This series of books, despite their length, are very enjoyable. It appeals to my quirky sense of humour, and Mr. Landy describes everything very well. The few twists they have in the plot make for an interesting read, and I thought that the part about him (Skulduggery, the Skeletal mage who was...
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Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Ugly Truth
Name: Sam Age 12
29 November 2011;Genre: Humour
I could easily relate to some of the opinions Greg has and it is so funny because every thing that happens to him could happen in real life.
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Battle Fatigue
Name: Natalie J.
22 November 2011;Genre: Adventure
War has played an important role in Joel Bloom's life. He has grown up in the shadow of World War Two, spending his childhood playing it with his friends and as he gets older, he sees the affects that this war continues to have on his shell-shocked teacher and distant uncle, but he also begins t...
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The Windvale Sprites
Name: Natalie J.
11 November 2011;Genre: Adventure
The Great Storm of 1987, (the famous one that Michael Fish said was not going to happen), caused huge damage and created a lot of debris, but for one young lad, Asa Brown, it resulted in much more than damaged roofs or fallen trees. Whilst exploring his garden the day after the storm hits, Asa...
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black beauty
Name: Imogen legg
09 November 2011;Genre: Animals
Black beauty, I think, is a traditional story. It is all about a young horse who grows up moving from place to place and in some places they treat her badly. Through some of the journies there where some accidents like in one of the chapters there was something like a fire and only two horses...
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Horrid Henry Gets Rich Quick
Name: porosh
09 November 2011;Genre: Friends and family
Horrid Henry books are so entertaining, like when he says smelly nappy baby and because they are funny and so good to make people laugh..
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The Pied Piper of Hamelin
Name: Natalie J.
08 November 2011;Genre: Adventure
This new version of the classic story is wonderfully retold by the prolific multi-award-winning Morpurgo and is accompanied by beautifully detailed and colourful illustrations by the also multi-award-winning Emma Chichester Clark. Morpurgo, a former Children's Laureate, uses the well-known sto...
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Tom Gates: Excellent Excuses and Other Good Stuff
Name: Natalie J.
06 November 2011;Genre: Adventure
The second in the trilogy about Tom Gates, a very funny, lively, and engaging young lad, is as equally good as its prequel. Picking up directly where the first finishes, this volume has Tom telling us about his band Dog Zombies' first gig, his weird grandparents who he calls The Fossils, his tea...
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The Artist Who Painted a Blue Horse
Name: Amy Buck
27 October 2011;Genre: Adventure
This book tells of an artist who is unafraid to push through the boundaries of the normal, instead creating huge masterpieces of brightly coloured animals. The pictures are beautiful, each spanning a double page. The story has minimal writing, and is a book which my class come back to frequently...
