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Sidmouth College
Devon,
Group status: 23 April - Shortlist announced. Books delivered to the library today. Let's get reading!

Spooky Group

The Sidmouth 'Spooks into Books' Group consists of 2 Year 9 students - Kathy and Evie and 8 Year 8 students - Sarah, Samantha, Anna, Chris, Sam, George, Jasper and Joe. Group leaders are Mrs Willey, librarian and Mr Taylor, English teacher. Librarian Mrs Harrison is busy reading the books too. We meet on Thursday lunchtimes in the library, but we have time off in English to read the books, post our reviews and plan our presentation. The group is totally fired-up!

Rowan The Strange by Kathy
From what I had heard about this book from other people, I had been looking forward to reading my fourth carnegie shortlisted book, Rowan the strange . . .
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The Graveyard Book by Sam R
I was very pesimistic at first but once I got reading this book I discovered it was a brilliant book that grips you and it is a real page turner that . . .
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Revolver by jasper
My first thoughts on Revolver is that the chapters were very short which I like to see in a book. I also thought that it was very easy to understand a . . .
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The Vanishing of Katharina Linden by Sarah
When I went to our second meeting a lot of people were talking about the book and it sounded like my type of read. I couldn't get into the book at fir . . .
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The Graveyard Book by Anna
When I first started getting involved with this Carnegie Project I was quite excited but when I found out that our school was focusing our presentatio . . .
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The Vanishing of Katharina Linden by Anna
From what I heard from other people, this book sounded the type of book that I like. When I was reading this book I just couldn't put it down. It has . . .
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Fever Crumb by Kathy
I had heard about the first of the books, Mortal Engines, and not been keen to read about it, for it had not sounded like my kind of book. So when I h . . .
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Nation by Kathy
After what I had heard about the book Nation, I thought that I would enjoy it. I'm sad to say that I got about 1/3 through it and couldn't make myself . . .
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The Graveyard Book by Mrs Willey
Ghouls, ghosts, beasties and things that go bump in the night! This is a rattling yarn mostly set in a graveyard, that tells the tale of a baby boy wh . . .
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Revolver by Chris
Revolver is a spiritually lifting book which throws up suprises in every chapter. It is strongly involved with the Bible which appears whenever the ma . . .
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Revolver by Sarah
I thought the Revolver was gripping and a real page turner. I loved the ending and thought it was really effective and fitted in with the characters' . . .
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Chains by Samantha
I am reading the book Chains by Laurie Halse Anderson. From how far I have got I think that it is a very meaningful, gripping book and I am compelled . . .
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Rowan The Strange by Anna
Rowan the Strange is a book that you can get into very easily. Rowan is a teenage boy who goes to a lunatic asylum to try out electro therapy. He deve . . .
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Rowan The Strange by Sarah
Rowan the strange was a very moving and upsetting book. I really felt that I was in the hospital with Rowan and I held my breath at his most difficult . . .
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The Vanishing of Katharina Linden by Kathy
I thought that in places, this book was deeply disturbing, such as when Pia found the bodies of the missing girls in the well, and when you found out . . .
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The Graveyard Book by Kathy
I liked the mysterious setting, and the way that you eventually met the weird murdering Jack Frost in the end. It wasn't hard to like the characters B . . .
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Revolver by Kathy
I liked the strange, interesting plot and the fact that it was based far away in the past and destination. It was beautifully written, and the way tha . . .
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The Graveyard Book by Mrs Harrison
Ghouls, ghosts, werewolves and blood. I felt rather cheated at times as the story line was almost as if there were details missed in order to keep the . . .
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Revolver by Mrs Harrison
Wow! Not what I expected at all. Quite an incite into the conditions experienced in the gold rush era and educational about the workings of the revo . . .
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Revolver by Mr Taylor
I wasn't too keen on the setting at first. Not much is going to happen in a log cabin in the frozen north. I expected the pace to be slow with lots of . . .
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Revolver by Mrs Willey
Set in a lonely Arctic location at the turn of the last century, this book is full of suspense revolving around just a few characters. The phrase 'Eve . . .
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The Ask and The Answer by Mrs Harrison
I loved the first book and, consequently, couldn't wait to get my hands on this one! Fortunately it did not disappoint. Don't be deceived - this huge . . .
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sidmouth, devon
 
Which book do you think has the best ending?

The graveyard book
Rowan the strange
Nation
The vanishing of Katharina Linden
Revolver
Chains
Fever crumb
The ask and the answer
 
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Title: Junk
Author: Melvin Burgess
Winning Year: 1996

This book has real teen appeal. Very controversial in content, this book has been widely borrowed from our school library, quite often going missing - permanently! Mrs Willey
 

 
 

Neil Gaiman
We think that Neil Gaiman is a very in depth creative author who likes to write thrilling stories with a dark twist so thank you Neil Gaiman for your fantastic books and keep on writing for we would love to read more! :)

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