Southwell School

30,859 pages read and 3,296 team points

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The Grinch

8,137 pts

(7,269 pages read)

We Do Not Welcome Our Ten Year Old Overlord

By Garth Nix

4 stars

Somewhat bonkers.
October, October

By Katya Balen

5 stars

Compelling…
How to Survive in 1985

By Tegan Bennett Daylight

4 stars
Being Carlos Alcaraz

By Mark Hodgkinson

4 stars
Tomboy the Headstrong Horse

By Susan Brocket

4 stars
Twigs and Stones

By Joy Cowley

4 stars
The Artivist

By Nikkolas Smith

5 stars
The Day the Crayons Made Friends

By Drew Daywalt

4 stars
The Girl at the Front of the Class

By Onjali Q. Rauf

4 stars
The Wild Robot on the Island

By Peter Brown

5 stars
Dive, Dive Into the Night Sea

By Thea Lu

5 stars
South with the Sea Birds

By Jess McGeachin

4 stars
The Whale

By Ethan and Vita Murrow

5 stars

Stunning wordless picture book.
Losing the Plot

By Annaleise Bird

4 stars
Migrants

By Issa Watanabe

5 stars

Compelling.
Change is in the Air

By Debbie Levy

4 stars

Hopeful
Don’t Trust Fish

By https://www.southwell.school.nz/

5 stars

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Conspiracy Theories

By Gemma Barder

5 stars
Easter Bunny Needs a New Bum

By Dawn McMillan

4 stars

You can’t go past a book about bums!
A Darkness of Dragons

By S.A. Patrick

4 stars

For a non-fantasy reader, this was surprisingly good. It uses the Pied Piper of Hamelin as the basis for a compelling adventure.
The Nightingale

By Kristin Hannah

5 stars

Compelling and shocking.
Childish

By Morris Gleitzman

5 stars

Loved loved loved it! Morris Gleitzman has such a clever way with words.
Nowhere Boy

By Katherine Marsh

5 stars

Brilliant story of Syrian refugee trying to survive in Brussels. A la Anne Frank.
The Boy Who Would be King

By Michael Morpurgo

4 stars

Gorgeous.
The Light in Everything

By Katya Balen

5 stars

Absolutely compelling.
The Fall

By Anthony McGowan

5 stars

Gritty and sad.
Pukapuka

By Vasanti Unka

5 stars

Reading rocks!
Lottie Brooks vs the Ultra Mean Girls

By Kate Kirby

4 stars

Can totally see the appeal! Relatable and funny!
Royal Scandal : let chaos reign!

By Aimee Carter

5 stars

Alarmingly compelling.
Funny Thing, Getting Older

By Michael Morpurgo

5 stars

The man is a genius!
Kata and Tor

By Kevin Crossley-Holland

4 stars

Historical romance set during Viking invasions… you can almost smell the action!
Mondays Are Murder

By Ravens Guton

4 stars

Can you work out whodunnit in this middle grade murder mystery…??
Te Ngahere i te Po

By Kiri Lightfoot

5 stars
Loud

By Rose Robbins

4 stars
Holding Back

By Frances Prentice

3 stars

Bit too tell-y not show-y…
Paradise Generation

By Sanna Thompson

4 stars

Excellent, gripping kiwi dystopia. Very readable and entertaining
Attack of the Black Rectangles

By A S King

4 stars

Loved this very topical story about censorship from pov of 12 year old.
Ice wolves

By Amie Kaufmann

3 stars

Not my cuppa but entertaining none the less!!
Countdown to Yesterday

By Shirley Marr

4 stars
Run

By Sarah Armstrong

4 stars

Like Hatchet? Try this…
Always Remember

By Charlie Mackesy

5 stars

Divine

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