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'Swan Boy' by Diana Hendry was reviewed by Kristian from St. Richard's .
If you are a fan of Roald Dahl, then read this book review submitted by Shannon from St Patrick's.
Read this book review from Olivia at Ince St. Mary's about Jacqueline Wilson's book titled ' Vicky Angel' . Read the book yourself. Does the book make you want to agree with Olivia's comments ot not?
'Ship of Ghosts' by Nigel Hinton was reviewed by both Chelsea and Matthew from Marus Bridge. Read both reviews. Are they persuasive enough to get you to read this book?.
'Two Minute Tales' by Donald J Brown was reviewed by Tristen Shaw. If you like to read stories of mystery and suspense this book may be for you. Read Tristen's review and see if he has inspired you to read this book yourself!
'Joan of Arc' written by Victoria Parker was reviewed by Abigail Dutton . Read Abigail's review if you are looking to read a story about a real-life heroine.
Cameron from Ince St Mary's read 'The Perfect Hamburger' by Alexander McCall Smith. Cameron enjoyed it so much he read it over and over again! What would your opinion be of this book? Do you agree with Cameron?
'Amazing Poisonous Animals'  was reviewed by Zoe Carroll. Warning ! You might need to put your sunglasses on first as the page is very colourful!
'Frankinstein' was reviewed by Nadia Zurtti from St. Patrick's who really enjoyed this book. Read her review and see for yourself.
This review of High School Musical is from Shannon Dougherty who recommends it as being suitable for 7 -10 year olds. Would you agree?
Hollie Tarbuck from St. Patrick's really enjoyed High School Musical, would you?
'Get that ghost to go too' by Catherine MacPhail. An audio book review by Chloe, Ashley and Emily.

Dav Pilkey wrote a series of 10 books based on Captain Underpants. Read the reviews from Amy, Ryan or Jamie from Astley St Stephen's CE Primary School.

'Talking Turkeys' by Benjamin Zephaniah was reviewed by several children from Christ Church Pennington. They all seem to recommend it! Choose a review you would like to read: Alex G, Antony , Daniel , Patrick .

Another review from Astley St Stephen's CE Primary School. If you have seen the Harry Potter films why not try the book? Jacob certainly recommends it.

Read Alex Arnold's review of Talking Turkeys here.
'My Secret Unicorn' written by Linda Chapman was read and given a rave review by Brandon ( Astley St Stephen's ).
Alex Lindley from St. Bernadette's wrote a review of Shock Forest By Margaret Mahy.
The first great review submitted via the online book review form. The writer has chosen to remain anonymous but you can add your name and school if you wish.Why not try you using it? Let the Editor know what you think about the form.
Do you fancy being a spy? Then this book, 'The Spy's Guidebook' by Colin King, may appeal to you. Read the review and see if it inspires you to look out for it.
For children who prefer non-fiction why not check out the review of this book entitled 'Freaky Peaks' by Anita Ganeri?
Percy and the Sea Monsters by Rick Riordan sounds like a really great read accoricng to these Reading Champions.
Ferno the Fire Dragon by Adam Blade Sam's review has been written as a timeline of the events that take place in this story from the Beast Quest series.
Ruins of Gorlan by John Flanagan Alistair Hill wrote this review. Can you tell the genre from the review? Would this book appeal to you?
The alcheymist By Michael Scott Robert Jones' review made me want to rush out to find this book so that I could read it too. He gave it 10/10!
The Amazing story of Adolphus Tips reviewed by Joseph Lenehan and The Amazing Story of Adolphus Tips by Michael Morpurgo Here are two reviews of the same book. Do you get the same impression for both of these reviewers or do you prefer one of them to the other?
'The midnight fox' by Betsy Byars This book was read and reviewed by Isla Oxton-Grant and she has made it sound like I would enjoy it too!
'Theres a Boy in the Girls bathroom' by Louis Sachar I have already read this book but the review written by Alice Victoria Wilcock  is brilliant and worth reading itself!
'Clean Break' by Jacqueline Wilson Read Beth Miller from St. Bernadette's wrote this review of Jaqueline Wilson's book.
'The Machine-Gunners' by Robert Westall Kieran Alker of St Bernadettes' wrote the review of this book written Robert Westall
'Keepers Ball' by Rob Childs Nicolas Gaskell, Callum Vaughan and Shayne Dawber of Bickershaw Primary School used MovieMaker to present their book review.

Aaron McNielly read this book -' Firebug' written by Eric Brown. Aaron gave it top marks as he felt it was such a good book that he could really relate to the characters and the storyline.

'The raging bulls' by Alex Cliff This book was so gripping that in the words of Alex Shiels, who wrote the book review, " I just couldn't put the book down! "
Dracula by Abraham Stoker written by Daniel Carter You may have heard of this author, often called Bram Stoker's.. Read Daniel's review for yourself and decide if it is a book you would like to read yourself.
Snakebite by Robert Swindells - a book review by George Heyes Problems living on the estate and a snake to contend with- read it for yourself and see if you agree with George's review.
Madagascar by Louis Sachar - an audio book review by Logan from St. Michael's Howe Bridge
Out of the Ashes by Michael Morpurgo   Laura was really impressed with this book as you can tell from her review..
The Butterfly Lion by Michael Morpurgo This book review from Naomi really made me want to dash out to find this book in the library.

The Sandman and the Turtles by Michael Morpugo Luca read this book and felt it was so good to read that it was really disappointing to reach the ending. Good stuff- look out for this one on the shelves!

This is the third book review from children at Sacred Heart at Hindley Green this term- keep up the good work!. Michael Morpurgo seems to be a very popular author with the Y6 children this term.- Editor

   
Best Friends - a review by Jacqueline (PDF Document 134Kb)
Christmas Gifts - a review by Adam (PDF Document 104Kb)
Christmas Gifts - a review by Daniel (PDF Document 187Kb)
Christmas Gifts - a review by Jessica (PDF Document 139Kb)
Christmas Gifts - a review by Michael (PDF Document 85Kb)
Christmas Gifts - a review by Nathan (PDF Document 110Kb)
Christmas Gifts - a review by Year 6 at Chowbent Primary School (PDF Document 83Kb)
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