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Here is another post brought to you by our amazing Grade Six bloggers! This post was written by Liam, Cole, James and Fayan in Grade 6 Williams. They chose the "Top Ten Books" topic. I think they did a pretty good job of selling the books on their list!

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Top 10 Must Reads

These books are the top ten books in our opinion that we suggest you read, that is if you haven’t read them already!

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

The Hunger Games is a fast-paced, action-packed book. It can get sad and violent and is not for the light-hearted.

Skulduggery Pleasant (The Faceless Ones) by Derek Landy

Skulduggery Pleasant is a hilarious book filled with magic and mystery.

It is impossible to put down.

Percy Jackson (The Lightning Thief) by Rick Riordan

It is an action packed, fictional, page turner. Don’t read this book if you don’t like magical action.

Artemis Fowl (The Opal Deception) By Eion Colfer

It is an action-packed, awesome book. It is a brilliant mix of sci–fi and fantasy.

Harry Potter and The Order of the Pheonix by J.K. Rowling

It is a magical book of wonder and has a brilliant plot. This is a definite must read.

Supernaturalist by Eion Colfer

This is a really good sci-fi book. It shows a fairly near future where the greed of the human race has grown immensely.

Inkeart by Cornelia Funke

Inkheart is a very original book. There is no other book like this. It is really good.

Eragon by Christopher Paolini

A well written, epic fantasy adventure that goes on and on but, by the end, you want it to go on longer.

The Enemy by Charlie Higson

The Enemy is a scary but gripping book. If you like horror you must read this book.   

The Witches by Roald Dahl       

The Witches is a happy book. It's funny and amazing and if you have a little sister this is a great bed time story to read her (and to scare her with!)     

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The Adventures of Roald Dahl

Last term, the Grade Six learners discovered the world of blogging. After learning what a blog is and how to write a post for a blog, they set off to research a topic for a blog post from a list of options. Their finished blog articles were amazing and a few of them will be shared here on Birdie Bookworms over the next few weeks. 

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This post was written by Kim, Paige and Rebekah in Grade Six Suter. They choose the "Favourite Author" topic and found out some interesting things about Roald Dahl's life.

Have you ever wondered about Roald Dahl’s life? His favourite things and his best books? This blog post will give you all the information you need to know. 

Roald Dahl was born in Llandaff, Wales in 1996. Roald Dahl’s first school was Llandaff Cathedral School, St Peters, Repton. For his first job, he was a representative in East Africa for the Shell Oil Company. He was also a RAF fighter pilot in the Second World War in the 1940, he had a bad plane crash so he ended up retiring and became an author. His Norwegian parents had five children, he was the only boy. His youngest sister died at the age of seven, and his father died two months after from heart pain. He was three when his father died.

His first piece of writing was about his adventures in war, which was bought by the Saturday Evening Post. Surprisingly he received terrible marks in English. He had five children, one died at the age of seven from measles.

Roald Dahl's first book was The Gremlins. Then, he wrote Some One Like You. Roald Dahl has been writing children’s stories since 1960. Roald Dahl’s books are enjoyable because they are funny, interesting, exciting and magical. They teach good life lessons. Some of his best children's books are The BFG, Matilda, The Witches, Boy, The Twits, Going Solo and Esio Trot.

His motto was: "My candle burns at both ends, it will not last the night, but oh my foes and oh my friends, it gives a lovely life."  Roald Dahl sadly died in 1990 at the age of 74.

Hopefully you now know all you need to know about Roald Dahl, the greatest author who ever lived. He was so amazing he managed to write both children and adult books.

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