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Tag: Kenneth Oppel

Posted on May 3, 2020

My Lockdown Books: Thirty Seven

Airborn by Kenneth Oppel is a book I had to read and my heart sank when I saw it. I was judging for the Carnegie…

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Posted on December 16, 2018

16th December

Elsie Oxenham was one of the Big Three school story writers in the early and middle part of the twentieth century, the others being Dorita…

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Posted on May 22, 2009

Starclimber by Kenneth Oppel

I've been waiting years to read this book, having loved the first two parts of the series, Airborn and Skybreaker.  Starclimber tells the story of…

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Posted on March 30, 2009February 26, 2021

More Desert Island Books

A while back I promised that I’d write more about the newer children’s books I love.  As my bookshelves prove, there are many of them…

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