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The Mystery Series – Enid Blyton

20/8/17

5 Volume/12 book series by Enid Blyton

Rating:  9 of 10

Age: 8-12

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Boy: Tales of Childhood – Roald Dahl

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Age: 8 – 12

Recommended For:  Autobiography readers and also people who would enjoy reading about Roald Dahl and the hardships of his life.

Genres: Autobiography, Biography, Historical Narrative (emphasises on the specific details of boarding school life)

 

 

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After – Anna Todd

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Rating: 9/10

Age: 13-16

Recommended For:  This book is great for people who like books about a girl’s adventure in college

Genres: Young Adult

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Demon Dentist – David Walliams

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20/8/17

Rating:  8-10

Age: 5-13 People below five won’t really understand it and people over 13 would be much more muture and not find it interesting.

Recommended For: This could be for people who like fiction and humorous novels

Genres: Comedy

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Crenshaw – Katherine Applegate

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2/11/17

Rating: 7/10

Age: 10-13

Recommended For: People who enjoy books that can be related and you can feel empathy for because all of those things are in the book, also good class novel.

 

Genres: Drama/Adventure

Summary: This book is about a nine year old boy named Jackson that lives in a pretty ordinary family, with a younger sister, and both parents as musicians. His life might seem normal to him, but it is about to take a turn for the worst. His family is forced to move out because of them not paying their rent and he goes on to live in a van, with his family, everything seems to go wrong until his best friend crenshaw comes to help him out, the last time he saw crenshaw was when he was little and they always used to hang out. Crenshaw had come to help and guide him through the rough time he is going through, although he doesn’t want his family to know that he came back, he was glad to have him by his side through everything he goes through.

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20/8/17

Rating: 7/10

Age: 10-13

Recommended For:  People who enjoy books that can be related and you can feel empathy for because all of those things are in the book, also good class novel.

Genres: Drama/Adventure

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Queenie – Jacqueline Wilson

12/8/17
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Rating: 10/10 (even though I cried many times while reading this)

Age: 10+

Recommended For: If you like sad books of book set in the olden days, then this is the book for you.

Genres: Historical narrative
Summary: Elsie Kettle and her nan live in a flat in England. Elsie’s nan came down with a bad case of Tuberculosis and Elsie ended up in the children’s ward 

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My Life As An Alphabet – Barry Jonsberg

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Rating: 9/10: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐★

Age: I think it would be suitable for ages 9-13 children under this age will just not understand it and ages over 13 will just not enjoy it

Recommended For: I think readers who like stories with humor and a story that touches you at the same time. 

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Some Very Interesting Cats Perhaps You Weren’t Aware Of – Doogie Horner

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Rating: 10/10 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Age groups: All ages because anyone can enjoy it.

Genres: Humour, Fiction

Summary: Some Very Interesting Cats Perhaps You Weren’t Aware Of, is a collection of fictional short stories about a variety of cats – their characters and lives – and of course illustrations to match!

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Ranger’s Apprentice: The Ruins of Gorlan – John Flanagan

6/3/17

Rating: 9/10 download-2

Age: 10+

Recommended For: I recommend this book for fantasy and knight related books

Genres: Fantasy

‘It felt strange to be leaving the castle after all these years’

Summary: Will was a kid who didn’t know his family. It was Choosing Day and he hoped Continue reading “Ranger’s Apprentice: The Ruins of Gorlan – John Flanagan”

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