The Fiorella Files Episode 15 Children’s – Train Your Dragon, I Am Margaret & White Boots!

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I am Margaret – Corinna Turner

Imagine a world in which human reproduction is strictly monitored, religion is banned and where – at the age of eighteen – every citizen of the EuroBloc has to undergo a series of tests called the Sorting. If you fail, you are recycled. Literally. I Am Margaret tells the story of one such girl, sent away to the Facility with the other rejects to await the day her tissue type is needed and she is led away for dismantlement. This YA novel is a dystopian thriller like no other, but be warned – the story really will haunt you.

How to Train Your Dragon – Cressida Cowell

What could go wrong with a children’s series featuring dragons and their hapless humans? Not much, according to two enthusiastic readers, but beware! Grown-ups may not always get the joke…

White Boots – Noel Streatfeild

A figure skating critic takes on this children’s classic about two girls whose very different worlds collide when they meet on the ice rink. A heart-warming story of an unlikely friendship, but the author’s portrayal of the sport left this

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