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Bookcast #11 - November 2025

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Visit the GAMES section on the website where there are some themed puzzles and games you might enjoy

your story For example check to see how many times you have used the word that

word-filler!

"Youtakea selfie withyour friends,butwhenyou lookat it, oneofthemis missing ...andthey vanish thenextday."

"You take a selfie with your friends, but when you look at it, one of them is missing ... and they vanish the next day."

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However, one of Ora’s best friends, Casta has his sister snatched away by the Vulpine In a frantic attempt to try and help Casta, she starts discovering deep secrets The Vulpine are not who they seem, and the leading power of their home is up to something far more terrifying than they ever imagined Does Ora have what it takes to unveil the truth about her entire life?

haiku haiku

Haiku Format

Five syllables here, Seven more syllables here, And then five more here

Now remember this, Because this is a haiku, So don't forget this

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harry potter series

The elegant 8 Harry Potter series aren’t just fantastic; it is a journey of growing up, courage and friendship It all starts off with vigorous Voldemort destroying Lily and James Potter to him getting destroyed by superior Harry Potter These books show that life isn’t life without a little risk. Even the people you trust most could be your enemies. Harry’s struggle against Voldemort is not only a battle of good versus evil but also a test of loyalty, bravery, and the importance of choices. These books might be long, but it won’t let you put the book down.

Harry Potter is widely praised for its engaging story, intricate world-building, and ability to captivate both children and adult readers. If there was a book I could extend, it would easily be The heavenly Harry potter books

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My Poem

I’ve written this poem ‘cause I had nothing else I could say, I was stuck there for ages, just bored, I felt I long way-a-way, all the time just ripping out pages, or trying to control my frustrated rages

soIdecidedtoturnmy blockintowriting

I decided to write a poem about, how I couldn’t write a poem like I was sat there bored, whilst teachers were, talking about ladies and lords, and knights and swords, and writing who-knows-what on the white board

andmy mind,itjustcouldn’thelpbut driftaway

mybrain was

I just couldn’t get grip, I was drowning in metaphors, similes too, my alliteration pushing me further, into the angry, atramentous, aphotic, anguished abyss and I wanted to scream and have a flip

but then words suddenly started to flow, but I couldn’t get grip, like a wet bar of soap, at the bottom of a sink,

I was getting tired it was giving me the bores, nothing I did got me fired it felt worse than doing chores,

all the things I wanted to write about, they wouldn’t rhyme nor fit in time or go in line and the words – they just didn’t feel like mine

but then my words were getting stronger, my rhymes were getting longer, I knew I could conquer, I was no longer somber,

everything just started to click, like two, two-by-four lego bricks

I knew what I should do, I had it, I knew it, I could do it

I was gonna write a poem, about what I couldn’t do which was to write a poem

book list book list

Make me a Monster by Kalynn Bayron

No Escape by M A Bennett

Kofi and the Brand New Vibe by Jeffrey Boakye

The Devouring Light by Kat Ellis

Avalanche by Simon Fox

Small Matter of Impending Catastrophe by Derek Landy

Gloam by Jack Mackay

The Univited by Ross MacKenzie Roar by Manjeet Mann

Death in the Dark by Bryce Moore

Champions of the Galaxy by Tọlá Okogw

The Game I Will Never Forget by Onjali Q. Rauf

Thirst by Darren Simpson

The First Unicorn Rider by A F Steadman

A Stocking Full of Spies by Robin Stevens

A Crongton Christmas Party by Alex Wheatle

Be Right Back by Bill Wood

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