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The Butterfly Club
Name: Elisha Age 8
05 February 2018;Genre: Friends and family
I like that all four of them became friends in the end. Although it was quite sad, it was good.
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Begone the Raggedy Witches (The Wild Magic Trilogy, Book One)
Name: June Hughes
02 February 2018;Genre: Magical Realism
This is the first book in The Wild Magic trilogy by Celine Kiernan and the reader will be hooked from the very first sentence. Within the first chapter we learn of Mup's life with her family and we are introduced to the forces that are about to change that life dramatically.<b...
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The 1,000-year-old Boy
Name: Nicola Cleveland
01 February 2018;Genre: Friends and family
In The 1,000 Year Old Boy, Alfie wants to be like any other 11 year old, which is a bit tricky when he's actually over a thousand years old. He longs for a friend, but knows the only way he and his mother can stay where they are is to keep themselves to themselves. When Roxy...
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Jim Reaper Son of Grim
Name: Zach Age 10
30 January 2018;Genre: Fantasy
What's good is that it's sort of a detective book. I would really recommend it to others. But, not if you're afraid of snails - there are too many pictures of them!. My best bit was when Will - Jim's best friend - asks if a picture looks like 'a bogey'. That was very funny!!
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Night Speakers: Sleepless
Name: Aidan Severs
23 January 2018;Genre: Adventure
The Breakfast Club meets The Rest Of Us Just Live Here, but for a slightly younger audience. An unlikely trio of youngsters are drawn together by a mysterious commonality: they all wake up at exactly 1:34 am every night. Something strange is going on, and they';re desperate to discover exactly...
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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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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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The Ice Garden
Name: June Hughes
02 January 2018;Genre: Adventure
Jess has a serious allergy to the sun which means she cannot go out during the day without all-encompassing protective clothing (which she and her mother refer to as 'full hat'). This restriction means that she does not attend school and consequently has few opportunities to make friends. Most of...
