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Agent Zaiba Investigates: The Missing Diamonds
Name: Ashin Age 10
10 February 2021;Genre: Mystery & Detective
This book is a very funny and energetic book that really made me think through all the clues and it really fitted together, so I think it was well-written. I really loved it and it switched on my detective instincts, so I got all good detective vibes while reading it.
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Agent Zaiba Investigates: The Poison Plot
Name: George Age 10
08 February 2021;Genre: Mystery & Detective
After reading the first instalment of the series I was nervous that this book what not be as good. However, it lived up to my expectations and was even better than the first one. I think the reason I found it more enjoyable because the mystery they were investigating, the poison plot, was more...
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Name: Jane Rew
06 February 2021;Genre: Environment & Nature
This book is a great way to weigh up the pros and cons of being vegetarian or vegan because the arguments on both sides are put succinctly and persuasively. Hope and the other characters are believable and their voices are authentic. She may be a strident campaigner, but Hope is open to doubt...
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Fantastically Great Women Scientists and their Stories
Name: Jenny Caddick
06 February 2021;Genre: Biographies & Autobiographies
Fantastically Great Women Scientists and their Stories is a brilliantly presented and engaging read with a very accessible format that champions and celebrates some amazing women scientists of the past.The text and illustrations are absolutely full of humour and wa...
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Agent Zaiba Investigates: The Missing Diamond
Name: Surina Age 10
06 February 2021;Genre: Mystery & Detective
I would give Agent Zaiba a 5/5 because it is funny and adventurous. I would recommend this book to children age 8-11. Zaiba and her brother (Ali) and her best friend (Poppy) work as a team to solve crimes. They want to be the world's best detectives. Will their dreams come true?
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44 Tiny Acrobats
Name: Lauren Maidman
04 February 2021;Genre: Friends and family
44 Tiny Acrobats is the next instalment from Betsy Bow-Linnet and her 44 tiny African pygmy mice! Betsy has to take her mice to the vets and told to come straight back home, but she gets distracted by the circus in town and cannot resist going inside to see the special guest a...
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Agent Zaiba Investigates: The Poison Plot
Name: Noel Age 10
01 February 2021;Genre: Mystery & Detective
Agent Zaiba is a detective story based on a girl called Zaiba. Everything seems good at the summer fete until a mystery emerges at the baking competition. Will Zaiba, her best friend (Poppy) and her little brother (Ali) uncover who is the cupcake poisoner?
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Agent Zaiba Investigates: The Missing Diamonds
Name: Noel Age 10
31 January 2021;Genre: Mystery & Detective
Agent Zaiba is an amazing detective story about a girl called Zaiba who dreams of being the world's greatest detective. She runs into her first crime, with the help of her best friend (Poppy)and her little brother (Ali). Will they solve this mystery? I would rate it 5/5.
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Name: Samantha Phillips
20 January 2021;Genre: Adventure
I absolutely loved the first two books in this series, so I was understandably excited to read this one and I am thrilled to be able to say that it certainly didn't disappoint. The third and final instalment in the Train to Impossible Places trilogy, Delivery to the Lo...
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Name: Hayley Summerfield
07 January 2021;Genre: Magical Realism
Louie Stowell is back with yet another fantastic sequel, The Wizard in the Woods. This epic story of wizarding mystery is a marvellous addition to her previous stories in this collection. It is full of thrilling adventure, dramatic twists, library's, dragons, and evil magic. From the onset you...
