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The Dragon's Hoard
Name: Fiona Collins
10 December 2016;Genre: Adventure
The Dragon's Hoard is an interesting collection of retold Viking fables. Lari Don is a Scottish story teller who regularly visits schools to retell these stories. He has shortened the stories and written down for easy reading aloud. The stories are beautifully illustrated by Cate James. The intro...
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A Piglet Called Truffle
Name: Kyle Matravers
06 December 2016;Genre: Adventure
A Piglet Called Truffle is a warm and realistic story about life on a farm. Jasmine, a farmers daughter, loves animals. This love of animals stems from her parents profession - a farmer and a vet. Jasmine has grown up learning how to care for many animals and this knowledge comes in handy when...
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The Sun is also a Star
Name: Clare
02 December 2016;Genre: Adventure
Natasha is an undocumented immigrant facing deportation. Daniel is a Korean American living with strict first-generation immigrant parents and struggling to fit in. When fate or chance brings them together, they have very different opinions about where their relationship is heading and how the wo...
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The Beginning Woods
Name: Ellie Shepherd
28 November 2016;Genre: Adventure
This is a sophisticated and well-crafted novel that will suit the dedicated reader. It begins with 'the Vanishings', cases where people have simply vanished for no obvious reason, and as the vanishings persist, the the greatest scientists' minds are put to solve the mystery. They attempt to do so...
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Pig Heart Boy
Name: Wesley Age 12
28 November 2016;Genre: Personal Growth
It has an amazing plot and can be humerous, dark, scary and very much true to real life.
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Crongton Knights
Name: Carol Williams
25 November 2016;Genre: Adventure
McKay and his friends are 14 year olds growing up and finding their way in South Crongton, a tough housing estate, where gangs are at war with each other and it is almost impossible not to get involved. However, get by they do, and it is their friendship, and the strength of their families, that...
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The Diabolic
Name: Shannon
25 November 2016;I found the book to be very enjoyable, with many plot twists and exciting events. Once I started reading the book, I was entranced by the story and deeply involved in Nemesis's life. However, I found the story quite hard to get into and some words were quite difficult. I feel that the book could...
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The Diabolic
Name: Charis
25 November 2016;Genre: Adventure
This book contains conflict, romance and murder. Although initially difficult to understand, The Diabolic is an engaging, well thought out book. I could not tell at any point what would be coming next so I just couldn't put it down. I liked how independent and strong minded Nemesis was.
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The Diabolic
Name: Gabrielle Age 14
25 November 2016;The book was filled with unexpected plot twists which kept me on my toes throughout the whole novel. I liked Nemesis' character because she was a strong and independent character who tried her best to protect everyone she loved. Despite having completely different dilemmas and being in different...
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Our Chemical Hearts
Name: Melanie Chadwick
25 November 2016;Genre: Romance & Relationships
Henry Page is a good, but not brilliant, student in his last year at school. He's well-mannered, has buttered up the right teachers and aims to get into a good college. He lives with his cool parents who are laid-back, funny and totally in love with each other. He has two fantastic friends Mur...