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Archive for July, 2013

Street boys – Tim Pritchard

The moving true story of 7 young kids and their struggle to escape a life of gangs and violence. ‘Eight years old. That’s when life went downhill. From eight years old nobody looked after me. I just lived on the street and made do by myself. There was no one except me and my friends.’ Simon This is the story of Elijah (JaJa), Simon (Phat Si), ‘Bloods’, Nathan (Inch), Michael (Birdie), Byron (Ribz), and Darren (Tempman). These 7 young boys each have one thing in common – they grew up on the Angell Town estate, south London. Phat Si comes home from school one day to find his mother gone, so he takes to the streets. He’s 8 years old. JaJa looks out of his kitchen window and sees drug dealers, pimps and whores. Overwhelmed by what he sees, JaJa slowly descends from petty theft to life as a kid in a street gang. Ribz’s mother sells crack and is sent to prison. He doesn’t know who his father is but is drawn to Angell Town, knowing that his dad has an unknown number of kids living on the estate. He’s determined to find some kind of family.
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City of the beasts – Isabel Allende

Fifteen-year-old Alexander Cold is about to join his fearless grandmother on the trip of a lifetime. An International Geographic expedition is headed to the dangerous, remote wilds of South America, on a mission to document the legendary Yeti of the Amazon known as the Beast.

But there are many secrets hidden in the unexplored wilderness, as Alex and his new friend Nadia soon discover. Drawing on the strength of their spirit guides, both young people are led on a thrilling and unforgettable journey to the ultimate discovery. . . .

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Dare to dream: One Direction

Join the UK’s hottest new boyband on their rollercoaster ride to superstardom, with the follow-up to the Number 1 bestselling book One Direction: Forever Young: Our Official X Factor Story. In 2010 they were just five normal boys, who didn’t even know each other, dreaming of being up on stage, with fans screaming their names…so much has happened for One Direction since then! Following their huge success on The X Factor, and the hysteria they caused wherever they went on The X Factor tour, One Direction are quickly becoming the UK’s biggest boyband, and the pop act that everyone wants to meet.

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First term at Malory Towers – Enid Blyton

Scared and excited, Darrell Rivers has just arrived at Malory Towers. It’s fantastic – but huge. How is she going to remember everyone’s name, let alone find her way around? And will she ever have a special friend of her own?

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The battle for Rondo – Emily Rodda

Peril awaits Leo and Mimi on their return to the fantastic world of Rondo.
With the help of Rondo’s seven best witches and wizards, their friends have made plans to combat the attacks of the Blue Queen.
But it soon becomes clear that defence is no longer enough. The queen has a dragon on her side, and is plotting a terrible revenge on all those who have defied her.
A daring plan, a reckless quest and a mysterious prophecy test the friends’ wits and courage to the limit as they plunge into an adventure packed with suspense, shocks and danger, and ending at last in the battle that will decide Rondo’s future forever.

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Hiding Edith: a true story – Kathy Kacer

In 1938, Edith and her family joined the many Jewish people forced to leave their homes to escape the Nazis. In a desperate bid for survival, Edith was entrusted to the care of a children’s home in Moissac, France, where other Jewish children were hiding. All the people of the town promised to keep the children’s identity a secret. Could they possibly succeed? Would Edith ever see her family again?
A dramatic and moving account of one girl’s experience during World War II.
This is the true story of Edith Schwalb.

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The very itchy bear – Nick Bland

Bear is here . . . and here is Flea (but Flea’s a little small to see).

This is Flea about to bite, but not because he’s impolite.

He’s biting bear to say, ‘Hello!’, biting high and biting low.

In The Very Cranky Bear, Bear’s cave was invaded by four playful animals.

In The Very Itchy Bear there is just one creature bothering him: a persistent flea.

Bear tries to get away, but Flea just won’t leave him alone.

When Bear finally gets rid of Flea, he finds that he misses him-and a new friendship is born.

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Doubting Thomas – Morris Gleitzman

Doubting Thomas written by Morris Gleitzman is about a boy called Thomas who has a disease called ”Doubters”.

It means that if a person is lying, he can tell because his nipples get itchy when someone tells lies.

People with Doubters disease die at a young age.

One person called Vera Poulet is the only Doubter to have survived over the average age, so Thomas wants to know how she managed it.

The only problem is that she lives in Paris! Thomas goes on a game show to get the money and jets off on an adventure…

Remember the Titans (movie)

This means war (movie)