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Excalibris is a new exciting book award specifically designed for year 7 students in North Somerset
This year is our first year and therefore we have decided to use the Booked Up list as a starting point for our shortlist.
We added up the orders from all the participating schools and the 6 most popular books across the schools made our shortlist.
Have you ever found a pair of eyes gazing out at you from a milk bottle? Or been completely covered in seagull droppings? If some of these gruesome ideas appeal, you might just be ready for the world of Paul Jennings. Nine of his most bizarre stories.
Have you ever found a pair of eyes gazing out at you from a milk bottle? Or been completely covered in seagull droppings? If some of these gruesome ideas appeal, you might just be ready for the world of Paul Jennings. Nine of his most bizarre stories.
Find out what happened 1869 when Joseph Kaufman built a steam-powered plane based on a bumblebee. Hilarious accounts of inventions – some successful and some failures! A good choice for anyone who likes things that are out of the ordinary.
This journey of a lifetime will take you to the heart of the Brazilian jungle, where orphaned Maia has to start a new life. Great characters battle to find happiness in this good old-fashioned adventure, whilst beautiful, vivid writing makes it a hard book to put down.
Tom lives in a futuristic world where cities such as London travel on wheels, preying on smaller towns. When a scarred girl tries to kill the heroic Mr Valentine, Tom becomes embroiled in a desperate struggle to uncover the mysterious and terrifying truth. A gripping fantasy, packed with drama and intrigue and death and destruction!
A crazy, commando-type adventure. Choose this book if you are looking for a fast-moving and very entertaining story, featuring helicopters, evil dictators, intrigue – and, of course, a dog called Grk! The first in a superb series.
