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Sidcot School
N Somerset, UK
Group status: Busy reading and reviewing books

One of the Carnegie groups 2013

2013 is the tenth year that students from Sidcot School have shadowed the Carnegie award. This year all Year 9 English groups will be reading and reviewing the books on the shortlist.There promises to be a great buzz about books and reading over the coming weeks.

The Weight of Water by martha
I have finishes reading ‘The weight of water’ by Sarah Crossan. I was reluctant at first to read it because i thought it would just be poems which mad . . .
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Code Name Verity by Jasmine
Code name Verity is set in the 2nd World war and it’s about 2 girls and their life in the war. It is a very exciting book which you cannot put down. T . . .
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A Boy and a Bear in a Boat by Felix
When looking back at this book in hindsight, I realise that A Boy A Bear and a Boat has way to much focus in building a character when the character i . . .
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Midwinterblood by Wendy
I love books that slip across time; where characters seem to be reincarnated in another life. Erik and Merle reappear through the narrative in various . . .
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A Boy and a Bear in a Boat by George
A boy and a Bear in a Boat is a childish ball of fun printed on pages. The writing feels like something anyone can read yet the level of detail is abs . . .
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A Boy and a Bear in a Boat by George
This is a book about two characters, a boy and a bear who in the book are called boy and bear. It starts off straight away with the bear asking the bo . . .
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In Darkness by Tom
I picked up the book thinking it would be a bit more mature than the rest of them. What caught me was the cover image, very powerful and gripping. Whe . . .
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Wonder by George
Wonder is a book written by R.J. Palacio about a ten year old boy with a deformed face who goes to school for the first time. He and his family face . . .
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A Boy and a Bear in a Boat by ARCHIE
When I was reading this book, at first I thought it was quite childish but then when I got to the middle of the book it started to make sense to me an . . .
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A Boy and a Bear in a Boat by Will
When I was reading the book I found it really fun and exciting to read, I thought that the characters were used well and the story line was well used. . . .
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Wonder by Marianne Mitchell
What a powerful book! The author managed to transport me back to my school days and the fear that the first few weeks brought! Poor ol' Auggie has . . .
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The Weight of Water by Wendy
The spare, concise language of Weight of Water seemed to give its storyline power. every word carefully placed on each page had relevance. This added . . .
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A Greyhound of a Girl by Marianne Mitchel
I had high hopes for this book, but all I can say it was a 'pleasant' read, the characters were 'pleasant', the story line was 'pleasant' and the endi . . .
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Maggot Moon by Marianne Mitchell
Sally Gardner has unique way of evolving her characters, the way she describes them is a joy to read... our hero, Standish Treadwell seems vaguely fam . . .
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Wonder by Jordan
Wonder is a great book about a boy with a facial abnormality and how he has to overcome people staring and name callings directed at him. He is used t . . .
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Title: Just in Case
Author: Meg Rosoff
Winning Year: 2007

15 year old David Case thinks that fate is out to get him. We learnt how Meg is fascinated by the vagaries of fate when she visited Sidcot recently. Meg has a hat of fate.
 

 
 

Marcus Sedgwick
Marcus Sedgwick was a hit with students when he visited Sidcot a couple of years ago. Can't wait to read Midwinterblood.

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