The winners of The Farshore Reading for Pleasure Teacher Awards 2023, highlighting the work schools are doing to encourage a love of reading, have.

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Our resources are crucial for knowledge lovers everywhere—so if you find all these bits and bytes useful, please pitch in. Asa is a cool little character; he's intent on uncovering the mystery surrounding Windvale Moor but, unlike his predecessor Benjamin Tooth, he's considerate and kind when it comes to the fairie inhabitants. There are magical beings, the Windvale Sprites, who inexplicably share the English language but little else with humans, but no magic occurs, save for the sprites’ treasured relic, which I won’t divulge the details of in the interest of encouraging others to read this marvellous book. The plot was exciting and well planned, the characters were convincing, the descriptions apt and deft, and the ending a real shock. It is the story of Asa Brown, who after the Great Storm of 1987 finds a mysterious creature drowned in a pond in his back garden.With a thrilling plot, exciting characters and moderate violence, this fast-paced fantasy adventure is the first instalment of a riveting trilogy.

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We build and maintain all our own systems, but we don’t charge for access, sell user information, or run ads. I think many children aged nine to twelve should read this book because they would enjoy it and it has parallels to the real world. Asa discovers that the creature is a sprite, first identified by the mysterious Benjamin Tooth on Windvale Moor two hundred years previously. Floating on the pond is a small, dead creature with huge black eyes and thorny limbs, a cross between a dragonfly and a fairy. Asa’s discovery leads him a journal which, in turn, leads him to Windvale Moor a place where the unexpected can- and does – happen!I thought it was a fairy at first and I thought it looked like it had lots of long words inside and no pictures. Asa has no idea what the creature might be but he wants to know, and very soon he has discovered his first clue.