A Million Ways Home by Dianna Dorisi Winget - reviewed by Claudia of Room 1o

A Million Ways Home by Dianna Dorisi Winget: 

Reviewed by Claudia of Room 14

Poppy Parker's life has been turned upside down after her grandma (and guardian) ends up in hospital. But Poppy, dog-lover, extraordinaire artist and fixer of problems plans to "spring" Grandma Beth so Poppy can get out of an orphanage and things can go back to normal. But not all things go to plan when she witnesses a horrible crime and 'normal is running away'. To keep Poppy safe she will stay with Detective Brannigan's mum. It's weird at first but Poppy soon settles in, sort-of making friends with a girl named Lizzie and definitely best friends with Gunner, a beautiful German shepherd with an unstable future. 

While she and Lizzie navigate a rocky friendship and figure out how to save Gunner, Poppy also plots out a new plan to rescue Grandma Beth and get home, all while avoiding a dangerous criminal who might still be looking for her.

Will everything go to her plan, or will it not go to plan and fall to pieces?

Clubs Book Trailer - Book by Kate De Goldi

Presenting the ... Clubs Book Trailer (Click this link to view).


Well done to Jack, Amber, Brooke and Thewannya for an exciting trailer! We were honoured to have Kate De Goldi visit our school earlier this year. This Y6 book club group were inspired by Kate, and created this trailer about her book, "Clubs". They were also inspired by Jacqui Colley's illustrations. Let loose with a camera, they formed some interesting poses - and I even agreed to be tied to a tree, like one of the teachers in the book.


I will talk more about the making of the book trailers in a later post. Two have been completed (Charlie & the Chocolate Factory and Clubs), and two more are in the final stages.


Hopefully, you will get inspiration from these book trailers for your next favourite book! 

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Book Trailer

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Book Trailer



Well done to Naomi, Alex, Hannah, Elyse & Imogen who made this wonderful book trailer, along with guest 'actor', DJ (Charlie). I hope you enjoy watching it as much as we enjoyed making it :)