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Bishop's Hatfield Girls' school
Herts, UK
Group status: We've voted! Our winner was "Revolver" and "The graveyard book" came 5th (surprise, surprise!)



Our group comprises 26 pupils, mostly from years 7, 8 and 9 together with one from year 10. Our school is an all-girls comprehensive in Hatfield, Herts and we've taken part in the Carnegie Shadowing scheme for a long time.

Rowan The Strange by Tara
This was the first book I read of the Carnegie books and it did not disappoint. It was interesting and was about a topic I hadn't really read about be . . .
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Nation by Tara
This was my favourite book out of all the ones I read, because it was funny and exciting, had great characters and plot and I couldn't put it down. It . . .
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The Vanishing of Katharina Linden by Tara
The opening sentence was brilliant and the first few chapters were also very good and funny, but unfortunately I thought the rest of the novel dragged . . .
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The Graveyard Book by Tara
The book started well, with an intriguing beginning and left you in suspense right until the very end which was effective. However, I thought that it . . .
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The Ask and The Answer by Elizabeth
I loved this book - another great book in the Chaos Walking trilogy. Not as good as the first but still good never the less. Gripping, upsetting, gros . . .
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Rowan The Strange by Elizabeth
A great book, I really enjoyed this book, it was quite disturbing, but a very original book. I have never read anything like it and would recommend it . . .
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The Vanishing of Katharina Linden by Elizabeth
This book was one of the first I read and was an alright read as the plot wasn't very engaging and there wasn't enough mystery for it to be a good mys . . .
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The Graveyard Book by Elizabeth
Rubbish. It took me several attempts to read this book. the story went too quickly to give any realistic time frame. The story wasn't incredibly inter . . .
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Chains by Elizabeth
I quite liked this book, it wasn't a hard read and wasn't that engaging but was an okay story, a good read but doesn't deserve to win. . . .
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The Vanishing of Katharina Linden by Megan
I liked The Vanishing of Katharina Linden. Every page you turned was mysterious and every piece of information could be a clue to fit the jigsaw puzzl . . .
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The Graveyard Book by clara
I found this book rather boring and just couldn't get into it. I dont know why I didnt like it. . . .
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Rowan The Strange by clara
I liked this book and cried during it , for a particular part. It was well written and very detailed but some parts were confusing. Overall I thought . . .
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Revolver by Hennah
I think Revolver is a fantastic book! I love how it switches between time. It really captured me and I couldn't put the book down! Big fan of this boo . . .
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Nation by Hennah
I didn't really enjoy Nation, as I though it was quite slow. It took a long time to get into, yet still I didn't find it very well written. I think th . . .
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The Vanishing of Katharina Linden by Rebecca
The Vanishing of Katharina Linden is a great book set in Germany. It is full of fantastic twists and turns, as Pia's (the main character) Gran explode . . .
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Fever Crumb by Siobhan
I didn't really enjoy reading Fever Crumb because the beginning was confusing when loads of new characters were introduced. I kept forgetting which ch . . .
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Revolver by Eloise
I found this book extremely gripping and exciting.The main interest for me was that the author had written it in reverse order. Starting the story . . .
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Revolver by clara
I found this book rather boring. I didn't really like it. it was a good story line but I found it boring and never got that far into it. . . .
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Fever Crumb by clara
Fever Crumb was an excellent book but once you were told some of the history you knew instantly what was going to happen and to be revealed. But overa . . .
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Nation by clara
This book was good but it could be boring in places and chapters drag on too long. It was a good story but just took too long to get into and was rath . . .
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The Ask and The Answer by clara
I LOVE this book I loved the first one last year and was immediately engrossed by it. I had to continue the series. Just waiting to get a copy of Mo . . .
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The Vanishing of Katharina Linden by clara
This book had a very very surprising ending but the whole way through it kept you wondering who had done it and how they had. It was a very good story . . .
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Chains by clara
I loved this book and can't wait to read the sequel. It is full of twists and surprises, and it is also not only fiction but a little bit of history t . . .
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Rowan The Strange by Megan
I really loved this book. At first I didn't think it was my sort of book, but as the story unfolded I really felt as if I was taken into the world of . . .
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Queenswood School
Hatfield, Herts
Chancellor's School
Hatfield, Herts
 
Title: His Dark Materials: Book 1 Northern Lights
Author: Philip Pullman
Winning Year: 1995

When Lyra's friend Roger disappears, she and her daemon, Pantalaimon, are determined to find him. The ensuing quest leads them to the bleak splendour of the North, where armoured bears rule the ice, witch-queens fly through the frozen skies and a team of
 

 
 

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Gave a talk at our local Schools Library Service last week, attended by twelve girls, one of the librarians and the Head Teacher (who kindly drove the minibus!).

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