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Book Review: Snakehead

The name of the book is Snakehead. It is about a fourteen year old boy called Alex Ryder. He was recruited by MI6 to work as a spy. The author’s name is Anthony Horowitz. Alex Ryder’s parents were killed in a plane crash when he was only a baby. His uncle Ian Ryder adopted him but he was killed in a car crash when
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Book Review: The Cinnamon Tree

My book review is on a book called The Cinnamon Tree written by Aubrey Flegg. It is about a thirteen year old girl called Yola Abonda who lives in Africa. Her father is the chieftan of their tribe. One day she steps on a landmine and her leg has to be amputated. She has an argument with her stepmother (her father has three wives)
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Book Review: Lord Brocktree

The book I’m reviewing is called “Lord Brocktree”. It is part of a brilliant series, written by someone called Brian Jacques. The series is called “Redwall“, and you learn what this is by reading all the books. I have read nearly all of them, as most are in the County Library. Instead of human characters, it’s about (please don’t laugh) animals, and it’s set
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Book Review: SOS Lusitania

I just couldn’t put it down! The standard of writing is brilliant! I would absolutely recommend this book to my friends. Thirteen year old Finbar is from Queenstown, Co.Cork. His father is the staff captain of a huge liner called the Lusitania. Finbar’s father has to work all over the world and Finbar misses him greatly whenever he has to go. He decided to
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World Book Day

World Book Day takes place this year on March 7th. The main aim of the day is to encourage children to explore the pleasure of books and reading by providing them with an opportunity to have a book of their own. Pupils will soon be receiving a World Book Day Voucher. This will enable them to buy one of the World Book Day books or
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Rosie’s Quest

This is a movie trailer that we made on an iPad app called “In a World .. Drama”. It is about the book “Rosie’s Quest” that we are reading in class at the moment. The book is about a girl called Rosie who goes back in time to save the relationship between her mum and aunt. The pictures in the trailer were sketched by 6th
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