Kaurilands School

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Faker

By Gordon Korman

4 stars
Mission Girl: My NZ Story

By Fleur Beale

4 stars
Deadly Animals

By Marie Tierney

4 stars
All the Beautiful Things

By Katrina Nannestad

5 stars
Little Tales of Hedgehog & Goat

By Paula Green

4 stars
Death at the Sign of the Rook

By Kate Atkinson

4 stars

A brilliant crime story set in the world of Agatha Christie. It's full of humour, classic country house antics, and art heists. I loved the upper crust family the Miltons, and their shenanigans. A great set of characters in a well written who dun it
Ferris

By Kate DiCamillo

4 stars

A beautifully, funny and poignant story of Ferris. It's a story of Ferris and her family, her grandmother and sister little Pinky, her best friend and a ghost and a chandelier.
Safiyyah's War

By Hiba Noor Khan

5 stars

Set in Paris during WW2. Beautifully written story of Safiyyah and her family who live in the mosque. Safiyyah's life changes when her best freind has to leave Paris and the bombings start. She get caught up in resistance efforts and helps escaping Jews from the Nazis. A wonderful story of kindness, empathy, religious tolerance and bravery. A must for years 5 and 6 onwards.
Appointment with Yesterday

By Celia Fremlin

4 stars

'Milly' is on the run, trying to escape a past that it rapidly catching up with her. A great classic seaside crime.
The List of Suspicious Things

By Jennie Godfrey

4 stars

I really enjoyed this book. Set in late 70s Yorkshire, it's the story of Miv. Her mum has stopped talking at home and she doesn't know why. The Yorkshire Ripper is terrifying the area and Miv and her friend decide to make a list of suspicious people and happenings. A great read which really evokes the atmosphere of the time.
Between Shades of Grey - the Graphic Novel

By Ruta Sepetys adapted by Andrew Donkin et al

5 stars

This is the story of Lina Vilkas who is 15 years old in 1941. They are arrested with their family by the NVK the Secret Soviet Police, they are seperated from their family and deported from Lithuania along with their mother and brother to Siberia. As you can imagine this isn't a happy story, but one of human endurance, and the will to survive as well as the depths of human nature. This is an important book on Stalin's occupation of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia and the horrifying treatment of people considered "anti-Soviet". Such a relevant story. I would recommend this for secondary schools.
Super Boba Café

By Nidhi Chanani

4 stars

I enjoyed this sweet graphic novel. Aria visits her grandmother for the summer holidays to help out in her cafe and have a digital detox. She aims to increase the popularity of the cafe with the help of some kittens. Meanwhile what is the secret her grandmother sis trying to hide? I loved this storyline and how it includes potential problems with sharing images of yourself to so called "friends". Enjoyable graphic novel good for primary ,intermediate and high school.
Legends of Lotus Island - In the Shadow Mist

By Christina Soontornvat1

4 stars

Book two in this fantasy series based on Lotus Island. Plum and her friends are trainee guardians on who all have guardian forms and powers which they connect to the natural world with. This a great fantasy series about animals, nature, friendship, magic and how kids can make a difference to their world. I love the Thailand inspired setting of the stories and the focus on conservation and the connectedness of the ecosystem and to each other. The books are short and fast paced, which will appeal to many readers. i can't wait to read the next one!
Meet Me on Mercer Street

By Booki Vivat

4 stars

I enjoyed this graphic novel with text about a girl called Kacie who's always doodling & drawing the comings and goings of the street she lives on with her best friend Nisha. Untel she comes back from a summer holiday away to find her best friend gone and changes happening on her street. Her local business owning parents are being secretive and no one will tell her what's going on. Kacie uses her observations skills and art to figure out what's really happening. It's a heartwarming story about neighbourhoods and the ever inevitable change.
The Blunderer

By Particia Highsmith

4 stars
Red Queen: An Antonia Scott Novel 1

By Juan Gómez-Jurado

4 stars

I really enjoyed reading this thriller/crime book about Antonia Scott (who is very special) and her developing friendship with Basque police agent Jon Gutiérrez. It's full of high action and dark humour, and set in Spain. They have come back for this unique woman. Who are they and why do they want her? i listened to the audiobook version which was wonderfully narrated by Scott Brick. This is the frist book in a trilogy and I can't wait to read the other two.
The Fairy Tale Fan Club: Legendary Letters Collected by C.C. Cecily

By Richard Ayoade

4 stars

I enjoyed reading this book by actor and comedian Richard Ayoade. Imagine you could write a letter to a character from a fairy tale. What questions have you itching to ask Cinderella or Prince Charming. This book allows us to read about the real lives after the Happily Ever After, with letters being answered by C.CCecily, Senior Secretary of the Fairy Tale Fan Club on behalf of your fairy tale heroes. I enjoyed the humour in this book as well as the gorgeous illustrations by David Roberts. I know that quite a few kids at school who would have a good giggle at this. Would recommend for mid to upper primary onwards.
A Heart Full Of Headstones

By Iain Rankin

4 stars

The 24th book about Rebus the tough old ex Edinburgh police detective. I love reading a Rebus book, as I feel I'm home. The dialogue & conversations are authenic, with cracking put downs. Again Rebus can't help but get involved with his old Nemisis Cafferty. After being asked by him to find out information on a missing ex-landlord of one of Cafferty's Edinburgh pubs.Rebus ends up at the centre of his ex partner detective Clarke's current case of Tynecastle cop who hits his wife. Which opens a whoe can of worms about how corrupt the Tynecastle police station.
The Russian Detective

By Carol Adlam

0 stars
The Katharina Code

By Jørn Lier Horst

0 stars
The Happy Shop

By Brittany Long Olsen

5 stars

A gem of a graphic novel. Eleven year old Darcy is new in to town and feels a bit lost. She discovers a store which sells happy feelings and thinks this will help both her and her mother settle into their new lives. A real heart warmer about helping others and understanding all our feelings. Thanks to the National Library for sending it to our school. This book is a must for all school libraries!
Miles & Jones: The Anaconda Attack

By Sam Smith & Cesar Lador

4 stars
Ottilie Colter and the Narroway Hunt

By Rhiannon Williamsway

4 stars

Enjoyable fantasy adventure.
Such a Lovely Little War: Saigon 1961-63

By Marveling Truong

5 stars

Very interesting graphic novel on the Vietnam War. The book gives an account of the war war from a Vietnamese perspective. This is interwoven with the author's own Vietnamese/French family experience of the war and his mother's struggles with her mental health. It was fascinating and the artwork superb.
Big Sky

By Kate Atkinson

5 stars
Hour of Need: The Daring Escape of the Danish Jews During World War II: A Graphic Novel

By Ralph Shayne

4 stars

A great graphic novel based on a true story of a Jewish Danish girl's family escape from Nazi occupied Denmark to Seeden during the second world war.
Pearl

By Sherri Smith

5 stars
Magpie Murders

By Anthony Horowitz

3 stars
Baby Bear's Bakery

By Kamentotsu

5 stars

Wonderfully sweet about a baking ber and his assistant.
Lisa Carrington chases a champion

By Lisa Carrington

5 stars

Awesome inspiring book for tamarind on the importance of showing up & doing your best. Useful how to break down goals for kids that they can apply to their own lives.
The Memory of Babel

By Christelle Dabos

5 stars

The third Mirror Visitor installment didn't disappoint. A wonderful fantasy series, highly entertaining characters and wonderful ever-changing worlds. I can't wait to read book number four. Would recommend for fans of the Golden Compass by Philip Pullman.

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