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Book cover for review: image shows four children - a black girl with blue hair on the front left, a blond-haired boy on the front right, a ginger girl in the back left, and a brown-haired boy back right - running in fear towards the camera through broken branches and vines. Behind them, chasing them, is a giant lizard surrounded by flames. The title 'Sin Bin Island' is at the top in bright blue; the A of Island has clawed feet, and the hole is shaped like a skull.
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Sin Bin Island | Book Review

Kim

By Doug Naylor (pub. David Fickling Books, 2025)

‘Read it out loud, then,’ Mr Menton prompted. Digs began.

‘My dear Digs, it’s very important you don’t read this note out loud.’

‘Ah, best not to read it out loud, then,’ Mr Menton chortled.
Digs read the rest of the note to himself.

You’re about to embark on an incredible adventure. An enterprise so petrifyingly terrifying it would make most boys your age quake in terror if they knew what was ahead of them. Thankfully, you don’t, which is a HUGE bonus.

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A Box Full of Murders book cover for review: two worried-looking children stand in the open; a girl on the left holds a cardboard box, the slightly smaller boy on the right holds a torch. In the background there is a campsite, with tents on both sides and a campfire on the left. Behind this there are trees, then yellowish clouds. Above that is the night sky, over which the title 'A Box Full of Murders' is written in orange. There is a red pin on each side with red string wrapped around them. Above this is the author's name, Janice Hallett.
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A Box Full of Murders | Book Review

Kim

By Janice Hallett (pub. Puffin Books, 2025)

1983. A hot summer. Bright sunshine. Starry nights. No parents. A happy group of children enjoying a camping trip together. The perfect summer…

Except…

A terrible crime was committed and no one knows who did it.

Not then. Not now.

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Book cover for review: a door opens onto a dark alleyway. In the bright doorway, three children lean out: a black boy, a white boy, and a white girl. Their shadows on the ground curl to form the shape of a fox. Along the wall of the alleyway, the title 'People Like Stars' is written in orange neon, surrounded by stars.
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People Like Stars | Book Review

Kim

By Patrice Lawrence (pub. Scholastic, 2025)

On clear nights, we saw swirls of stars above the trees. I asked Ari how big the sky must be to fit in all those stars. She said that they looked close together to us down on Earth, but really they were far, far apart from each other.

Maybe all these people are like stars. It seems like they’re together, but really they’re alone like me.

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