- Boyce, Frank Cottrell. Cosmic. Macmillan, 2008. ISBN 9780330440868
Cosmic
- Frank Cottrell Boyce
I thought this book was really great, I couldn't put it down! — Catherine from St Martin-in-the-Fields
Cosmic is the best book I have read all year — Jake from La Retraite
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- Cosmic was shortlisted for the 2009 Carnegie Medal and the 2008 Guardian Children's Fiction Prize.
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Liam is too big for his boots, for his football strip, and for his school blazer.
But being super-sized height-wise has its advantages: he's the only eleven-year-old to ever ride the G-force defying Cosmic rollercoaster - or be offered the chance to drive a Porsche.
Long-legged Liam makes a giant leap for boy-kind by competing with a group of adults for the chance to go into space. Is Liam the best boy for the job? Sometimes being big isn't all about being a grown-up.
- Dowd, Siobhan. The London Eye Mystery. David Fickling, 2007. ISBN 9780385612661
The London Eye Mystery
- Siobhan Dowd
When I started reading it I couldn't stop — Olutola from La Retraite
At first I thought it would be the typical mystery book... but this book was completely different... I like the fact that none of the characters are perfect and they all have something about their personalities that is quite annoying but very likeable — Rachael from St Martin-in-the-Fields
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- The London Eye Mystery won the Bisto Book of the Year Award and was shortlisted for the Red House Children's Book Award!
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When Ted and Kat watched their cousin Salim get on board the London Eye, he turned and waved before getting on. But after half an hour it landed and everyone trooped off - but no Salim. Where could he have gone? How on earth could he have disappeared into thin air?
So Ted and his older sister, Kat, become sleuthing partners, since the police are having no luck. Despite their prickly relationship, they overcome their differences to follow a trail of clues across London in a desperate bid to find their cousin. And ultimately it comes down to Ted, whose brain works in its own very unique way, to find the key to the mystery.
This is an unputdownable spine-tingling thriller - a race against time.
- James, Charlie. Dino Egg. Bloomsbury, 2008. ISBN 9780747592266
Dino Egg
- Charlie James
I like the jokes and the tongue-twisters — Joana from La Retraite
It can really relate to children by using slang and descriptive words and using brackets to explain the words — Simmone from La Retraite
This is a book that I would take anywhere boring because it's an entertaining book which would spice up my boring day — Onyeka from La Retraite
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- Charlie James' first novel Fish won the 2007 Phoenix Book Award!
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OK. Here's a question: if an egg hatched into a dinosaur on your kitchen table, would you: Lock it up in a secure room, and then run for the hills as fast as you could? Or hide it from Mum and try to keep it as a pet?
It is Ned's bad luck that his brother Bill decides to go for option 'b'. So when a seemingly innocent boiled egg on the breakfast table starts to shake, change colour and say 'cheep' and then hatch out a dinosaur, it is up to Ned to try to shake some sense into his totally irresponsible brother, all the while keeping his eagle-eyed mum in the dark...
- Johnson, Catherine. A Nest of Vipers. Corgi Children's, 2008. ISBN 9780552557627
A Nest of Vipers
- Catherine Johnson
I like the way Catherine Johnson started the beginning when Cato is in prison and we start to think about how he got in there and why. We start to find out about his past. — Cassandra from St Martin-in-the-Fields
The characters are interesting and well developed — Xizi from St Martin-in-the-Fields
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- A Nest of Vipers was chosen as the Sunday Times Children's Book of the Week!
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Cato Hopkins is the youngest member of Mother Hopkins's 'family' - a group of skilled fraudsters and pickpockets. There's Addy, who can become a very convincing boy when she needs to; the beautiful Bella, who can charm any rich young man out of his fortune; Sam, an escaped slave and Cato himself, a young boy, who Mother Hopkins has taught everything she knows.
But old age is slowing Mother Hopkins down, and she wants to carry out one last con, a con to outdo all the cons that have gone before. And so the gang set about bringing ruin upon Captain Walker, a proud and cruel slave captain, who deserves to be taught a lesson or two...
- Landman, Tanya. Mondays are Murder. Walker Books, 2009. ISBN 9781406314601
Mondays are Murder
- Tanya Landman
I really liked this and can't wait to read the next Poppy Fields book — Graham from St Martin-in-the-Fields
Really exciting read, hard to put down — Pearl from Fenstanton Primary
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- Tanya Landman's novel Apache was shortlisted for the 2008 Carnegie Medal and the 2008 Booktrust Teenage Prize.
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When Poppy Fields goes on an activity holiday to a remote Scottish island, she is looking forward to a week of climbing, hill-walking and horse riding. But things take a bad turn when their instructor has what appears to be a fatal abseiling accident.
When Poppy discovers that his rope was cut, and more of the instructors start to have "accidents", she and best friend Graham suspect foul play and decide to investigate.
- Muchamore, Robert. The Escape. Hodder, 2009. ISBN 9780340956489
The Escape
- Robert Muchamore
I am a big fan of CHERUB and I didn't think this would be so good, but it was even better! — Carrie from St Martin-in-the-Fields
I really liked this book, can't wait for the next one! — Kyle from Fenstanton Primary
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- Robert Muchamore's CHERUB series has won a number of book awards, including the Red House Children's Book Award for The Recruit.
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Summer, 1940. Hitler's army is advancing towards Paris, and millions of French civilians are on the run. Amidst the chaos, two British children are being hunted by German agents.
British spy Charles Henderson tries to reach them first, but he can only do it with the help of a twelve-year-old French orphan. The British secret service is about to discover that kids working undercover will help to win the war.
For official purposes, these children do not exist.
