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Victorian Workshop
The diary of Edith Lorrimer, England 1877

This book is about how a family works at this workhouse. The workhouse is where people with disabilities lived so if they were blind or something else then they would grow up there. It shows  how this family cared so much for these people and would do anything for them.

Running Wild by Michael Morpurgo 

Running Wild is about how a boy named Will, and his Mum went on holiday, to Indonesia, on a resort on the beach, will was just on an elephant ride, and his Mother on the beach, when the elephant Oona he was riding just took off. The elephant's Trainer tried and failed  to stop him, so it was just Will and the Oona somewhere, a long way from the beach. Will wondered why Oona had done so until he looked back, he saw a giant wave, a tsunami (Based on the 2004 Indian ocean tsunami), Thundered into the shore, "picking up boats like toys" and taking cars, beach chairs, and peoples lives, including Will's Mom's. So Will's alone with Oona in the middle of nowhere, and the only place, and people he knew in the country have been destroyed, it all up to Oona to keep him safe, in the dangers of the Indonesian rain forest. The rest of this adventure is your's to discover...

Running Wild By Michael Morpurgo, available from the school Library today!

The Tombs of Anak
This is a book about a family of three and their dad who is an archaeologist he has got one boy called Jay, and one girl called Lila. They go around the world finding ancient places with their crew and discover mysteries and try find out if the stories are true or not about these places.                                                                
I liked this series of books and would recommend it for something to read.

A Series of Unfortunate Events is a series of thirteen children's novels by Lemony Snicket), which follows the turbulent lives of Violet, Klaus, and Sunny Baudelaire after their parents' death in a fire. The children are placed in the care of a murderous relative, Count Olaf, who attempts to steal their inherited fortune and, later, plans many disasters with the help of his accomplices as the children attempt to flee. As the plot progresses, the Baudelaires gradually confront further mysteries surrounding their family and deep conspiracies involving a secret society known as V.F.D.,(which actually ends up standing for many things) with connections to both Olaf and their parents. The series has a personal voice from Snicket trying to stop us from finishing the story and dropping hints on his past love life