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The Memory Game by Sharon Sant
The Memory Game by Sharon Sant
âIf there is a hell, I think maybe this is it.â Weeks after fifteen-year-old David is killed by a speeding driver, heâs still hanging around and he doesnât know why. The only person who can see and hear him is the girl he spent his school days bullying. Bethany is the most hated girl at school. She hides away, alone with her secrets until, one day, the ghost of a boy killed in a hit-and-runâŠ
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Book Review: The Hate You Give by Angie Thomas
Book Review: The Hate You Give by Angie Thomas
Sixteen-year-old Starr lives in two worlds: the poor neighbourhood where she was born and raised and her posh high school in the suburbs. The uneasy balance between them is shattered when Starr is the only witness to the fatal shooting of her unarmed best friend, Khalil, by a police officer. Now what Starr says could destroy her community. It could also get her killed.Â
 I received this copyâŠ
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Book Review: My Life as a Bench by Jaq Hazell
Book Review: My Life as a Bench by Jaq Hazell
 Ren Miller has died aged seventeen and yet her consciousness lives on, inhabiting her memorial bench by the River Thames in London.
Ren longs to be reunited with her boyfriend, Gabe, but soon discovers why he has failed to visit. Devastated, she must learn to break through and talk to the living so she can reveal the truth about her tragic end.
   I received this copy from the author for anâŠ
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Lie With Me by Sabine Durrant
Lie With Me by Sabine Durrant
A few little lies never hurt anyone. Right?
Wrong. Paul has a plan. He has a vision of a better future, and heâs going to make it happen. If it means hiding or exaggerating a few things here and there, no harm done.
But when he charms his way on to a family holiday⊠And finds himself trapped among tensions and emotions he doesnât understand⊠By the time he starts to realise that however painfulâŠ
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The Kite Runner at Wyndham's Theatre
The Kite Runner at Wyndhamâs Theatre
Since its publication in 2003, âThe Kite Runnerâ by Khaled Housseini has sold 31.5 million copies worldwide and has been adapted for both the big screen and the theatre. I am sure anyonâŠ
Source: The Kite Runner at Wyndhamâs Theatre
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The Kite Runner at Wyndhamâs Theatre Since its publication in 2003, 'The Kite Runner' by Khaled Housseini has sold 31.5 million copies worldwide and has been adapted for both the big screen and the theatre.
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Spoiler-free Review
Mad Girl by Bryony Gordon
Mad Girl by Bryony Gordon
âA Happy Life with a Mixed-up Mindâ
I had seen this book floating around Instagram for a while and had made a mental note to add it to my growing non-fiction pile when I found it, smiling at me, on the âNew Inâ shelf at my local libray. In recent months, a few celebrities, working as ambassadors for mental health charities, have recommended this personal memoir by Bryony Gordon (a hugelyâŠ
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Ahh city breaks, how I love you! Iâm not a massive fan of summer beach holidays and would choose a winter city break over the former anyday. Donât get me wrong, I do enjoy a cocktail in the sunshine, however everyone who knows me well would agree that I am near-on completely allergic to summer: pale skin that burns, freckles covering every square inch of my face, hayfever, mosquito bites⊠the list is endless! City breaks, however, require no beach body preparation. You donât have to lie on sand (that gets stuck in every orifice) soaking up harmful UV rays to appear âmore attractiveâ in colour. So when my friend invited me to Luxembourg this December, I jumped at the chance to add another European city to my list.
Where on earth is Luxembourg you may ask? Well, itâs a teeny tiny country bordered by Belgium, Germany and France. Very few tourists visit Luxembourg due to itâs small size and more famous neighbouring countries. However, Luxembourg is a beautiful two-tier city full of picturesque landscapes and medieval history. Add to that a good old Christmas market and you have a perfect weekend away. Unfortunately, much of Luxembourg shuts down over the Christmas period so we missed out on a few touristy spots, however there was more than enough to keep us entertained over the two days. The people of Luxembourg are very into their art and small exhibitions popped up all over the place. One particular exhibition entitled âParasite Paradiseâ was right up my street with itâs creepy, nightmarish subject matter.
My favourite Christmas market was the one situated opposite the Notre Dame Cathedral. This had your usual mulled wine, festive food and a terrible school choir singing out of tune Christmas songs. However, this particular market was also full of quaint stalls selling unusual gifts you wouldnât find elsewhere. I accidently spent over ÂŁ50 on crockery⊠yes crockery⊠which makes me feel incredibly old! You know youâre getting old when you get excited about foreign homeware. I also thoroughly enjoyed the rum stall where, after a fair few rums, a decorative candelabra inspired an impromptu rendition of âBe Our Guestâ from Beauty & The Beast. (I feel like this blog post has gotten very weird very quickly).
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Another highlight of the trip was visiting the âLuxembourg American Cemetry and Memorialâ for fallen soldiers of the Second World War. The cemetery was established on December 29, 1944, as a temporary cemetery for the casualties of the Battle of the Bulge. However, it soon became a permanent site for the remains of 5,076 fallen American soldiers. The sheer size of the graves area, and the sacrifice they represent, was overwhelming and a sobering reminder of all that these men and women endured.
All in all, a great trip and I am busy looking forward to the next â Amsterdam!
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Visiting Luxembourg at Christmas Ahh city breaks, how I love you! I'm not a massive fan of summer beach holidays and would choose a winter city break over the former anyday.
We Come Apart by Sarah Crossan and Brian Conaghan
I received this copy from the publishers for an open and honest review.
Having read Sarahâs previous novel, One, I was excited to read this new YA collaboration from Sarah Crossan and Brian Conaghan. âOneâ was the first story I had ever read written in verse and I was initially full of skeptism having hated most forms of poetry Iâd previosuly come across. However, Sarah Crossanâs writing style,âŠ
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Everything You Told Me by Lucy Dawson You went to bed at home, just like every other night. You woke up in the back of a taxi, 300 miles away.
Holding up the Universe by Jennifer Niven
Holding up the Universe by Jennifer Niven
Everyone thinks they know Libby Strout, but no oneâs ever looked past her weight to see who she really is. Since her mumâs death, Libbyâs been hiding, but now sheâs ready for high school. I want to be the girl who can do anything.
Everyone thinks they know Jack Masselin too â sexy, aloof and too cool for school. But Jackâs swaggering confidence is hiding a secret he msut keep at all costs. BeâŠ
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The Happiness Project - Push Yourself to do Something Scary
The Happiness Project â Push Yourself to do Something Scary
All my life I have had an irrational fear of going to the gym. Will I fall off the treadmill and wind up a sweating, bleeding mess on the floor? Will a muscled, brainless gym buff pester me about personal training sessions? How do I use those weird alien looking machines and why do they have so many instructions? You get my driftâŠ
However, with a new gym opening literally a five minute walk fromâŠ
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Having recently taken up a new role as reading coordinator at my school, I decided to add some more middle grade titles to my evergrowing âTBRâ pile.
One of my favourite childrenâs books of all time, and one that I am lucky to teach as part of a Year 4 unit of work, is âThe Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulaneâ by Kate DiCamillo. If there was ever a book to hook children into reading it is this one! Filled with humour, heartache, joy and grief, Edward Tulaneâs turbulent journey is one that will stay in your heart long after reading.
The author, Kate DiCamillo, famously quoted a line that I live my teaching career by:
âReading should not be presented to children as a chore or a duty. It should be offered to them as a precious gift.â
I am often left infuriated when I see reading being used as a tool for punishment. I will never forget watching an epsisode of âEducating Cardiffâ on TV where children were being forced into reading books as part of their detention. This kind of thing horrifies me! As teachers it is our fundamental duty to instill in children a love of reading and this is certainly not the right way of going about it.
I digress. On to the recommendationsâŠ
 Pax by Penny Packer Pax was only a kit when his family was killed, and âhis boyâ Peter rescued him from abandonment and certain death. Now the war front approaches, and when Peterâs father enlists, Peter has to move in with his grandpa. Far worse than being forced to leave home is the fact that Pax canât go. Peter listens to his stern fatherâas he usually doesâand throws Paxâs favorite toy soldier into the woods. When the fox runs to retrieve it, Peter and his dad get back in the car and leave him thereâalone. But before Peter makes it through even one night under his grandfatherâs roof, regret and duty spur him to action; he packs for a trek to get his best friend back and sneaks into the night. This is the story of Peter, Pax, and their independent struggles to return to one another against all odds. Told from the alternating viewpoints of Peter and Pax. This is a moving story about loss, the horrors of war and the strength of friendship. The tale is told from two perspectives (Peter and Pax) and I definitely preferred following along with Paxâs journey. Maybe thatâs because I always show more empathy for animals than their human counterparts. Get the Kleenex ready as the ending to this story will leave you a blubbering mess. As important a read for adults as it is for children.Â
The Nowhere Emporium by Ross Mackenzie When the mysterious Nowhere Emporium arrives in Glasgow, orphan Daniel Holmes stumbles upon it quite by accident. Before long, the âshop from nowhereâ â and its owner, Mr Silver â draw Daniel into a breathtaking world of magic and enchantment. Recruited as Mr Silverâs apprentice, Daniel learns the secrets of the Emporiumâs vast labyrinth of passageways and rooms â rooms that contain wonders beyond anything Daniel has ever imagined. But when Mr Silver disappears, and a shadow from the past threatens everything, the Emporium and all its wonders begin to crumble. Can Daniel save his home, and his new friends, before the Nowhere Emporium is destroyed forever? I loved this book! Being a huge fan of Harry Potter, I am always on the look out for other middle grade stories surrounding magic and enchantment. The setting, in my mind, was pure perfection â an old fashioned shop of curiosities â and had just the right level of description to keep a younger audience interested. Overall, the pace of this story is excellent and the plot is filled with enough mystery and intrigue to keep the reader guessing.
 Having recently taken up a new role as reading coordinator at my school, I decided to add some more middle grade titles to my evergrowing 'TBR' pile.
Harry Potter at the House of MinalimaÂ
This week I visited the âHouse of Minalimaâ in Soho which is currently holding a pop-up Harry Potter exhibition featuring graphic designs from the films  by Miraphora Mina and Eduardo Lima. Floors 2 & 3 of the house showcase distinctive designs from the films including packaging from âWeasleyâs Wizard Wheezesâ and issues of âThe Daily Prophetâ.
Although small in size, this exhibition is a feastâŠ
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The Giver by Lois Lowry
The Giver by Lois Lowry
Intelligence. Integrity. Courage. Wisdom.
These are the qualities a Receiver of Memory must have. And one more, but not described. The Capacity to See Beyond.
Jonas lives safely within the community, a place where there is no war, no hunger and no pain. But when he is selected as the Receiver of Memory, he starts to discover dark secrets that lie beneath the surface of his perfect world. SecretsâŠ
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The Happiness Project
There is no greater feeling in life than walking into a bookstore and perusing the endless shelves of crisp, unread books. Everyone knows I am a massive advocate (and fan) of YA fiction but I have recently developed an increasing interest in wellbeing and self help books. No Iâm not depressed. No Iâm not having a midlife crisis. But even seemingly âhappyâ people can gain enlightenment from suchâŠ
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