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The Ask and The Answer by Shannon
I must say that if I was in year 7 I would feel that this book is a bit too violent, but now I felt that this was a very good book. I loved it - it wa . . .
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The Vanishing of Katharina Linden by Shannon
I thought that this book didn't really have that much at the start and in the middle, but it was OK so I read it through to the end but I hated the en . . .
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The Graveyard Book by Shannon
I don't really have that much to say about this book. I thought that there wasn't enough action in it until right at the end. It could have really had . . .
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Chains by Shannon
I personally loved this book. I have always liked reading about historical events, and I couldn't stop reading it. I loved Isabel's personality - she . . .
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Nation by Conan
As an atheist, I found much to agree with in this book. I especially like this piece of writing from p. 200: "That's what the gods are! An answer that . . .
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Chains by Danni
Chains, judging by the front cover, looked BORING. I couldn't stand looking at it but once again I was wrong . My favourite characters were the two si . . .
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Fever Crumb by Danni
Fever Crumb was better than I expected - I thought that it was going to be boring but it wasn't. Fever suprised me.I didn't like her fashion sense of . . .
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The Graveyard Book by Liam
The Graveyard Book was absolutely amazing. I think it is a very original idea, and is very exciting and compelling. It is one of the few books that I . . .
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The Graveyard Book by Danni
The Graveyard Book was amazing.I had heard from other people in my school that they hated it but I found it interesting. My favourite character was No . . .
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Chains by Genevieve
I found 'Chains' absolutely fabulous! Beautifuly emotional, it tugged on my heart strings.
Everything about the book is amazing. It's been so well wr . . .
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The Vanishing of Katharina Linden by Mr Y
Poor. This was the most disappointing read. I found no tangible sense of terror even though the blurb says so. Some of the characters were ok but beca . . .
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Nation by Ryan
Describes the eccentric British nobility to the fullest while showing a girl is just as intelligent as men. . . .
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Chains by Ryan
One of the best books I've ever encountered on a Carnegie shortlist (in 6 years' of shadowing). Easy to love characters oppressed by cruel masters. Ex . . .
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The Vanishing of Katharina Linden by Noisemaker
Well said Lenny!! . . .
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The Vanishing of Katharina Linden by Lenny
After finishing the novel the first question that sprang to mind was "Has Helen Grant ever actually read any teen fiction?" I can only assume that she . . .
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The Ask and The Answer by Tammy
After reading the first book of the Chaos Walking trilogy, it came as no suprise to find the sequel on this year's shortlist. I thought no book could . . .
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Fever Crumb by Tammy
After struggling through the first 20 or so pages, I couldn't understand how this book came to be on this year's shortlist. I couldn't get into it at . . .
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Revolver by Ross
An ok book but went a bit far when someone shot themselves just because of a rumour that wasnt true. . . .
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Fever Crumb by Ross
A book I couldn't put down it was that good, the challenge Fever faces is a brilliant thing to base a story on. As an engineer she lives in Godhawk's . . .
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The Vanishing of Katharina Linden by Ross
This book was ok but I got lost in it at one point and bored but then the end came and sort of brightened it up. . . .
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Nation by Ross
A good book overall but it did start to drag on a bit. It was really slow to read but brilliant on how it's put together. I loved the thought of a sma . . .
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Fever Crumb by Liam
Fever Crumb is a good fantasy book, and has some good ideas, but it is not exactly my 'cup of tea'. I think that it is a well written book, but it bor . . .
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Chains by Liam
Chains is a great book. Isabel, the main character, seems to be willing to do anything to protect her sister and to keep her memories of her family al . . .
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The Vanishing of Katharina Linden by James
I thought that the book was very good. It was very well written and I would give this book 7/10. . . .
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Chains by James
I thought that the book was very plain and not much action. I have to give this book just 5/10, because the book was so dull and boring there was litt . . .
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Fever Crumb by Bethan
At first I really couldn't get into Fever Crumb, and was disappointed because I liked Reeve's other books. I found the first couple of chapters extrem . . .
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Fever Crumb by Chantelle.
I hated this book. It was really boring and I gave up half way through. I read the first twenty pages and hated it but I carried on reading it hoping . . .
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Rowan The Strange by Chantelle
I loved this book. I thought it was a bit slow at times but the author still kept it interesting. The story line was brilliant. I wasn't overly fascin . . .
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Nation by Mr Y
Surprisingly this was not one of my favourite ones. It seemed a bit too easy to follow and not many things seemed original. I like his work but this w . . .
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The Ask and The Answer by Mr Y
A lot has been said about this book and I liked the idea of 'noise'. This seemed to work well as the book developed and I got the feeling of what nois . . .
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Revolver by Mr Y
This was my favourite. It felt like a novella rather than a full blown novel, but I thought the characters were excellent and not too exaggerated. I a . . .
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The Graveyard Book by Mr Y
I enjoyed this but it took a while to get going. I thought the chapters where he met characters such as the Sleer were needed but each chapter felt li . . .
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Nation by Lenny
Having finished 'Nation' over the half term holidays, I would probably describe it as a 'pleasant read.' This is not to say that it's all yummy, happ . . .
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Fever Crumb by James
I thought that the book had some very strong points but I also thought that it could have improved greatly on the detail in the book. If I would be ho . . .
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Rowan The Strange by Cat
This is a highly compelling story, about Rowan, a lonely teenager with schizophrenia, during the WWII.
Ro-the-Strange has unexpected, aggressive beh . . .
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Chains by Cat
As the Revolutionary War begins, thirteen-year-old Isabel wages her own fight...for freedom. Promised freedom upon the death of their owner, she and h . . .
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The Vanishing of Katharina Linden by Cat
The Vanishing of Katharina Linden is set in Bad Münstereifel, Germany, in 1998 and although its nice to find a novel that treats Germans as real peopl . . .
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Rowan The Strange by Conan
I feel disloyal to Patrick Ness for saying this, but I very much hope that THIS book will win the medal. It is a story filled with wisdom, compassion . . .
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The Ask and The Answer by Ross
One of the best books I have ever read, but "Ask and The Answer" only makes perfect sense if you have read "Knife of never letting go" first. Because . . .
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Nation by James
I thought that this book was so bad that I stopped reading it half way through. There are so many bad things about it - for example there was hardly a . . .
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Rowan The Strange by Joe
This book was brilliant. It was really funny and exciting. At the start I thought Rowan knew what would happen when he broke his sister's fingers. I a . . .
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Chains by James
I thought that the book was very boring because there was not that much action in the book and there could have been at least a tiny bit of thrill in . . .
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Rowan The Strange by Charlotte
"Rowan the Strange" is in one word... dull.
Dull, dull, dull! I had high expectations for this book - I'd heard that it was dark and mysterious an . . .
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Rowan The Strange by Samantha
After speaking to many people about this book, I have to say I was expecting it to be brilliant, and did it disappoint? No! It was amazing from start . . .
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The Vanishing of Katharina Linden by Liam
I think that this book is the most boring book that I have ever had the misfortune to read. 260 pages in though, it finally got a bit interesting. It . . .
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Revolver by Danni
I realy did not understand it at first but then I got it. It was amazing - I loved it. It isn't one of my favourites but it was so good that I'm goin . . .
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The Vanishing of Katharina Linden by Danni
I thought at first it was sooo boring but then I had to keep on reading in the middle and in the end it picked up pace and got very exciting. Furtherm . . .
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The Vanishing of Katharina Linden by Conan
A 'humourous' novel for children about the abduction and (presumed)murder of young girls... hmmm: was that ever going to work? A 'thriller' that never . . .
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The Ask and The Answer by Megan
I thought that the whole book was very interesting. It has a great plot and is even better than the first book. I read it in less than a day - it had . . .
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Revolver by Chantelle
I enjoyed this book as it was interesting and at some points I couldn't put it down. Even when I wasn't reading it I was always wondering what was goi . . .
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The Ask and The Answer by James
I thought that the book was ok but I would not really recommend it to anybody so I would only give this book a 4/10. The book was one of the worst boo . . .
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The Ask and The Answer by Liam
The Ask and the Answer is possibly the best book I have ever read in my entire life. The idea of 'Noise' is the most original, mind capturing idea any . . .
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Nation by Shannon
I thought that this was a brilliant book - very boring at first, (the first 50-55 pages) but it did have a good middle section and was quite funny in . . .
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Rowan The Strange by Shannon
It was a very good book. I really got into it - it gripped me from beginning to end. Brilliant, but some parts I thought were too graphic for 11 - 12 . . .
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Nation by Joe
This book was appalling. I hated every minute of it. I did not finish it and only got up to p.114. It was just plain - no detail. I actually fell asle . . .
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Rowan The Strange by Liam
"Rowan the Strange" is a fantastic book that deals mainly with the fascinating subject of schizophrenia and the horrible concept of electro-convulsive . . .
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The Ask and The Answer by Samantha
After reading "The Knife of never letting go" I didn't think the plot could get any better! But then along came "The ask and the answer"!! The beginni . . .
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The Graveyard Book by Chantelle
I was disappointed by this book. I thought that it looked really good (considering it was put in for this award and the Kate Greenaway award) but I re . . .
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The Graveyard Book by James
I thought the book was very dull and boring and there was not that much action in the book until the end but I still think that the book was very dull . . .
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Rowan The Strange by Charlotte
I entered into reading "Rowan the Strange" with high expectations, and an open mind. I think maybe this is the reason for my hating of the book, but I . . .
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Rowan The Strange by Lenny
Wow, doesn't this novel pack a punch or two? A well written plot, a highly likeable lead character in the form of troubled schizophrenic Rowan and the . . .
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Chains by Charlotte
Chains started off boring, and I hate to say that it did not get much better. The story was, though boring, very stimulating to the mind, and made me . . .
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Revolver by Charlotte
Revolver is an amazing story, filled with unexpected surprises and unpredictable characters. The story seems to be an entanglement of past and present . . .
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The Graveyard Book by Charlotte
The Graveyard Book is a very boring, longwinded story, that to be honest enticed me as much as a worm sandwich! When I first started reading this stor . . .
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Revolver by Samantha
This book was really, really good. I found the plot genius and it was very addictive. It's a well structured story and not at all predictable. The phr . . .
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Nation by Liam
'Nation' by Terry Pratchett is a funny and witty book, but slow and testing to start off with. However, throughout the book it is full of imagination . . .
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The Ask and The Answer by Chantelle.
I thought that this book was amazing, just like his previous book. I found 'The Ask and the Answer' a bit confusing at times especialy at the beginnin . . .
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The Graveyard Book by Joe
This book had a good beginning and an excellent ending but it was very dull and boring in the middle. The best chapter was chapter five because it had . . .
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Revolver by James
I thought the book had a lot of strong points in it and there is very good description in the book. I love the fact that there was a lot of power and . . .
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The Graveyard Book by Conan
WHAT a disappointment! I started to read this a few months ago when I was ill in bed and off work. Having loved 'Coraline' I had high hopes of this bo . . .
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The Ask and The Answer by Danni
I have only read a part of it so far and it has blown me away as I have read the first one - 'The knife of never letting go.' This sequel so far is am . . .
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