Book Reviews

  • Starts superbly with a clanking iron giant toppling from a cliff and lying smashed on the rocks below. Then his various parts get up and search for each other.

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  • When Ava puts on a sparkling trapeze outfit with a dazzling butterfly tiara, she is transported back in time to the travelling circus. Ava loves the clever circus stunts and the beautiful costumes, but she’s worried about a baby elephant that is meant to perform tricks. Can Ava reunite the baby with its Mother before…

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  • Johnnie was only the runt of the litter, a little peppermint pig. He’d cost Mother a shilling, but somehow his great naughtiness and cleverness kept Poll and Theo cheerful, even though it was one of the most difficult years of their lives.

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  • I know it’s a crazy plan, and you don’t need to come with me. But I’m going to find the unicorns. And when I find them, I’m going to set them free.   In the wild Scottish Highlands, best friends Lewis and Rhona discover that the legends are true: unicorns are real creatures, darkly magical…

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  • The race to the top of the world! It comes around once in a lifetime – and the prize? Your hearts desire. Shen and Sika can’t resist the chance to win, but competition is fierce. The path to Victory is littered with Snow trolls, Sea Monsters , and a gang of particularly hungry Yetis. But…

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  • Malcolm doesn’t like animals which is a problem because his family love them. Their house is full of pets. What the house is NOT full of is stuff Malcolm likes. Such as the laptop he wanted for his birthday. The only bright spot on the horizon is the Year Six school trip …….Oh no. A…

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  • Oh Hi, You’re here. Purrfect Timing! I wrote this story about my cat. This is Toto and she’s AWESOME. But she’s no ordinary furry friend, my friends. She is almost totally blind , she has ninja skills and at night she has amazing adventures with her cheeky brother, Silver.

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  • The story follows the fortunes of a group of Edwardian children whose father is wrongly jailed for treason. Exiled with their mother to a life of genteel poverty on the Yorkshire Moors, they are soon drawn to the railway at the bottom of the garden, and all kinds of adventures follow.

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  • The past is all around us. Little Manfred always seemed more important to Mum than anyone else. But I didn’t discover why until that Summer on the beach….

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  • Every dog abandoned at Happy Paws Rescue Centre dreams of being rehomed with a loving family, but for Ralph, Fred, Mitch and Bessie the dream seems impossible. They’ve been at the centre for so long they’re considered the No-Hopers – the dogs that nobody wants! Ralph is determined to make one last attempt to find…

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