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September 2016

The Last Thirteen #13 (Book 1) – James Phelan

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Rating: 9/10

Age: +10

Recommended For: I would recommend it if you have read some of the other books in the series (which hopefully you haven’t because this is the first book in the series) And I would also recommend it if you like action and adventure types of books.

Genres: Action/Adventure/Thriller
Summary: Sam thinks he is a regular normal teenager but things change when Sam has a nightmare about the world ending in the click of the fingers. He goes to school and Continue reading “The Last Thirteen #13 (Book 1) – James Phelan”

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child – J.K. Rowling, Jack Thorne and John Tiffany

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Rating: 10/10

Age: 10+

Recommended For: I would recommend it people who have read and liked the other books in the Harry Potter series. And people who like books about magic or fantasy books.

Genres: Fiction/Fantasy/Adventure

Summary: So harry Potter and the Cursed Child is set 19 years after the end Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. So Harry and Ginny have three kids James, Albus and Lily. The book is mostly about the middle son Albus. So Albus is starting school at Hogwarts and he is worried about which house he Continue reading “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child – J.K. Rowling, Jack Thorne and John Tiffany”

Death or Icecream – Gareth P. Jones

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Rating: 9.5 /10  

Age: 12+

Recommended For: People who like mystery and death, and weirdness in books.

Genres: Mystery, Death, Fiction

Summary: Larkin Mills is definitely no ordinary town. It is a place with lots of secrets and mysteries with heaps of stories hidden and told. A place with an extraordinary ice cream parlour and an awful lot of death. An extraordinary mystery in Larkin Mills is beginning to take shape. First we meet the apparently healthy Albert Dance, although he has always been a sickly child. He has been booked into Larkin Mills’ Hospital for Specially Ill Children. Then Continue reading “Death or Icecream – Gareth P. Jones”

Wringer -Jerry Spinelli

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Rating: 9 out of 10

Age: 10-12 because it is easy but has a lot of cruelty

Genre: Adventure, Fiction

Recommended For: I would recommend for people that love animals and don’t have much else to read!.

Summary: For as long as Palmer can remember he has dreaded his birthdays, but on his ninth birthday he has to take “The Treatment”, to be allowed into the coolest gang in town. On his tenth birthday he has to become a wringer at the annual-pigeon shoot. He Continue reading “Wringer -Jerry Spinelli”

Jonathan Livingston Seagull – Richard Bach

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Rating: 9/10

Age: It can kind of be 12+ only because younger kids won’t understand and really won’t get to the meaning of it. They will only take it literally.

Genres: Fiction, Fantasy, Philosophical

Recommended For: People who like to infer, mysterious, true matters of life.

Summary: Jonathan Livingston Seagull isn’t any ordinary seagull, he wants to fly. And he doesn’t just want fly to catch all of the fisherman’s leftovers, but to own the sky. He isn’t interested in rules. He pushed limits everyday and Continue reading “Jonathan Livingston Seagull – Richard Bach”

The Mysterious Benedict Society (Book 1) – Trenton Lee Stewart

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Rating: 9/10 book1

Age: 9-12

Recommended For: People who like mysteries both boys and girls.

Genres: Mystery, adventure, fiction

Summary: This book is a story of 4 gifted kids, all orphans under 12, who are recruited and trained by the fabulous and talented Nicholas Benedict (also known as Mr Benedict) and sent to a dangerous remote boarding school to learn about a evil mastermind who is about to take over the world. There is little violence, but only teamwork, creativity and problem solving which is the true key to the kids achievements. Continue reading “The Mysterious Benedict Society (Book 1) – Trenton Lee Stewart”

Moth Flight’s Vision (WARRIORS: Super Edition) – Erin Hunter

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Rating: 10/10

Age: 12+

Recommended For: Warrior cats readers

Genres: Tragedy, romance, action, adventure, suspense

“Her dreams belonged to StarClan now. Every hair in her pelt, every beat of her heart, every breath belonged to them.”

Summary: Moth Flight is a young WindClan she-cat who is… different. She can barely focus, she’s always concentrating on something else, she brings back plants instead of prey… When her mother and the leader, Wind Runner, exiles her for being a danger to her Clan, she goes in Continue reading “Moth Flight’s Vision (WARRIORS: Super Edition) – Erin Hunter”

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