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  • The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender

    The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender

    Name: Rabiah Age 13
    22 January 2015;

    Genre: Romance & Relationships

    I'd recommend this book because the opening grabs your attention with the story of her past and there are loads of murders in it! My favourite character is Ava because even though she is different, she still has the courage to try and fit in. I think this book is more for teenages because of the...

  • The Earth is Singing

    The Earth is Singing

    Name: Nina
    22 January 2015;

    Genre: Books set in the past

    Hanna Michelson is a fifteen year old Latvian girl who lives with her mother and grandmother. Her father is missing, taken by the Russians, and the Nazis have just marched into Latvia. Hanna lives for dancing but because she is Jewish, she is no longer allowed to go to school. The family are f...

  • Secrets, Schemes and Sewing Machines

    Secrets, Schemes and Sewing Machines

    Name: Mrs Armstrong-Harris
    19 January 2015;

    Genre: Adventure

    A typical school romance story; new boy to the school meets girl, they don't like each other to start with but all that changes as the story develops. The story takes place around the preparations for a school production where Grace, the main female character, is the wardrobe mistress and each ch...

  • Angus, thongs and full-frontal snogging (Confessions of Georgia Nicolson, Book 1)

    angus thongs and full - frontal snoging

    Name: analeise Age 12
    16 January 2015;

    Genre: Humour

    very funny

  • The Fault in Our Stars

    the fault in out stars

    Name: Mollie Age 11
    16 January 2015;

    Genre: Romance & Relationships

    its a good book, it's funny sad.

  • Rabbit Stew And A Penny Or Two: A Gypsy Family's Hard and Happy Times on the Road in the 1950s

    rabbit stew and a penny or two

    Name: lilyann Age 12
    16 January 2015;

    Genre: Real life

    it is my culture and back then things were a little different

  • Diary Of A Wimpy Kid (Book 1)

    diary of a wimpy kid

    Name: sean Age 11
    16 January 2015;

    Genre: Humour

    its a book that most people can read, it's got some humour and it's a general good book

  • Blown Away

    Blown Away

    Name: Class 6
    14 January 2015;

    Genre: Picture Books

    Jack (aged 7) The book is about a penguin, a seal and a polar bear that go on an adventure on a kite. I think that I would recommend this book to somebody that has a sense of humour, because it is a funny book! Francesca (aged 7) This book is about a penguin who flies away with other an...

  • A Bear Called Paddington

    Paddington

    Name: freya Age 12
    13 January 2015;

    Genre: Adventure

    I like the bit where Paddington uses the bathroom where he stays and floods the bathroom and goes swimming and when Mr brown [the person he stays with] opens the door he gets a tidel wave of water!

  • A Street Cat Named Bob: How one man and his cat found hope on the streets

    A Street Cat Named Bob

    Name: Lauren Age 11
    13 January 2015;

    Genre: Information books

    James and Bob are inseparable and Bob is a very cute and clever cat! Bob has helped James through his addiction to Drugs. Bob has also gained some more money so they can lived a good life. I love this book and its the best because its like a Diary and it's a real life story! :)