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  • Alex's adventures in wonderland
    #redirect [[Alex's Adventures In Numberland by Alex Bellos]]
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  • Here's Looking At Euclid by Alex Bellos
    #redirect [[Alex's Adventures In Numberland by Alex Bellos]]
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  • Benedict Jacka's Alex Verus Novels in Chronological Order
    [[Fated: An Alex Verus Novel by Benedict Jacka|Fated]] (2012) [[Cursed: An Alex Verus Novel by Benedict Jacka|Cursed]] (2012)
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  • Category:Alex Ayliffe
    [[Category:Alex Ayliffe|Ayliffe, Alex]]
    2 members (1 subcategory, 0 files) - 14:38, 14 May 2015
  • Category:Alex Sanchez
    [[Category:Alex Sanchez|Sanchez, Alex]]
    2 members (1 subcategory, 0 files) - 12:39, 27 May 2015
  • Category:Alex Perry
    [[Category:Authors|Perry, Alex]]
    1 member (0 subcategories, 0 files) - 17:02, 24 October 2009
  • Category:Alex Mellanby
    [[Category:Authors|Mellanby, Alex]]
    1 member (0 subcategories, 0 files) - 07:19, 6 August 2013
  • Category:Alex Cotter
    [[Category:Authors|Cotter, Alex]]
    2 members (0 subcategories, 0 files) - 17:05, 9 June 2021
  • Category:Alex Butterworth
    [[Category:Authors|Butterworth, Alex]]
    1 member (0 subcategories, 0 files) - 14:16, 28 February 2011
  • Category:Alex Gutteridge
    [[Category:Authors|Gutteridge, Alex]]
    1 member (0 subcategories, 0 files) - 15:25, 9 June 2013
  • Category:Alex Hesz
    [[Category:Authors|Hesz, Alex]]
    1 member (0 subcategories, 0 files) - 12:02, 1 September 2020
  • Category:Alex Bell
    [[Category:Authors|Bell, Alex]]
    3 members (0 subcategories, 0 files) - 12:19, 1 November 2014
  • Category:Alex Bellos
    [[Category:Authors|Bellos, Alex]]
    1 member (0 subcategories, 0 files) - 19:45, 23 March 2010
  • Category:Alex Scarrow
    [[Category:Authors|Scarrow, Alex]]
    4 members (0 subcategories, 0 files) - 15:13, 23 July 2010
  • Category:Alex Wheatle
    [[Category:Authors|Wheatle, Alex]]
    2 members (0 subcategories, 0 files) - 17:02, 24 October 2009
  • Category:Alex Lamb
    [[Category:Authors|Lamb, Alex]]
    1 member (0 subcategories, 0 files) - 12:55, 28 May 2016
  • Category:Alex Barclay
    [[Category:Authors|Barclay. Alex]]
    1 member (0 subcategories, 0 files) - 08:01, 18 February 2013
  • Category:Alex Foulkes
    [[Category:Authors|Foulkes, Alex]]
    1 member (0 subcategories, 0 files) - 16:13, 1 August 2021
  • Category:Alex Brummer
    [[Category:Authors|Brummer, Alex]]
    1 member (0 subcategories, 0 files) - 11:06, 30 May 2012
  • Category:Alex Marshall
    [[Category:Authors|Marshall, Alex]]
    1 member (0 subcategories, 0 files) - 09:02, 9 November 2015
  • Category:Heather Alexander
    [[Category:Authors|Alexander, Alex]]
    4 members (0 subcategories, 0 files) - 10:00, 7 March 2017
  • Category:Alex Worrall
    [[Category:Authors|Worrall, Alex]]
    1 member (0 subcategories, 0 files) - 15:52, 2 August 2017
  • Category:Alex English
    [[Category:Authors|English, Alex]]
    3 members (0 subcategories, 0 files) - 14:01, 26 February 2016
  • Category:Alex Kovacs
    [[Category:Authors|Kovacs, Alex]]
    2 members (0 subcategories, 0 files) - 15:19, 23 November 2013
  • Category:Alex Chance
    [[Category:Authors|Chance, Alex]]
    1 member (0 subcategories, 0 files) - 09:04, 17 August 2010
  • Category:Alex Espinoza
    [[Category:Authors|Espinoza, Alex]]
    1 member (0 subcategories, 0 files) - 17:02, 24 October 2009
  • Category:Alex Werner
    [[Category:Authors|Werner, Alex]]
    1 member (0 subcategories, 0 files) - 11:07, 6 October 2014
  • Category:Alex Churton
    [[Category:Authors|Churton, Alex]]
    1 member (0 subcategories, 0 files) - 16:58, 13 November 2012
  • Category:Alex Epstein
    [[category:Authors|Epstein, Alex]]
    1 member (0 subcategories, 0 files) - 15:51, 3 April 2011
  • Category:Alex Garland
    [[Category:Authors|Garland,Alex]]
    1 member (0 subcategories, 0 files) - 17:02, 24 October 2009
  • Category:Alex Buxton
    [[Category:Authors|Buxton, Alex]]
    1 member (0 subcategories, 0 files) - 12:13, 25 March 2024
  • Category:Alex Nye
    [[Category:Authors|Nye, Alex]]
    1 member (0 subcategories, 0 files) - 14:26, 18 April 2017
  • Category:Alex Gray
    [[Category:Authors|Gray, Alex]]
    2 members (0 subcategories, 0 files) - 17:02, 24 October 2009
  • Category:Alex Michaelides
    [[Category:Authors|Michaelides, Alex]]
    1 member (0 subcategories, 0 files) - 16:57, 8 May 2021
  • Category:Alex Dryden
    [[Category:Authors|Dryden, Alex]]
    1 member (0 subcategories, 0 files) - 12:52, 17 September 2010
  • Category:Alex Valente
    [[Category:Authors|Valente, Alex]]
    1 member (0 subcategories, 0 files) - 11:48, 18 July 2017
  • Category:Alex Kava
    [[Category:Authors|Kava, Alex]]
    2 members (0 subcategories, 0 files) - 17:02, 24 October 2009
  • Category:Alex Dahl
    [[Category:Authors|Dahl, Alex]]
    1 member (0 subcategories, 0 files) - 10:35, 20 June 2018
  • Category:Alex Kershaw
    [[Category:Authors|Kershaw, Alex]]
    1 member (0 subcategories, 0 files) - 06:22, 27 June 2011
  • Category:Alex Willmore
    [[Category:Authors|Willmore, Alex]]
    1 member (0 subcategories, 0 files) - 11:20, 29 September 2016
  • Category:Alex Jennings
    [[Category:Authors|Jennings, Alex]]
    1 member (0 subcategories, 0 files) - 13:01, 29 December 2015
  • Category:Alex Woolf
    [[Category:Authors|Woolf, Alex]]
    4 members (0 subcategories, 0 files) - 17:22, 6 April 2011
  • Category:Alex Milway
    [[Category:Authors|Milway, Alex]]
    4 members (0 subcategories, 0 files) - 17:02, 24 October 2009
  • Category:Alex Buckley
    [[Category:Authors|Buckley, Alex]]
    1 member (0 subcategories, 0 files) - 17:38, 31 August 2011
  • Category:Alex Pavesi
    [[Category:Authors|Pavesi, Alex]]
    1 member (0 subcategories, 0 files) - 16:12, 29 June 2020
  • Category:Alex T Smith
    [[Category:Authors|Smith, Alex T]]
    21 members (0 subcategories, 0 files) - 17:02, 24 October 2009
  • Category:Reviewed by Alex Merrick
    [[Category:Reviewers|Merrick, Reviewed by Alex]]
    25 members (0 subcategories, 0 files) - 13:10, 3 December 2017
  • Category:Reviewed by Alex Mitchell
    [[Category:Reviewers|Mitchell, Reviewed by Alex]]
    46 members (0 subcategories, 0 files) - 10:51, 25 July 2015
  • Still Water Saints
    #REDIRECT [[Still Water Saints by Alex Espinoza]]
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  • Category:Margaret Mayo and Alex Ayliffe
    [[Category:Authors|Mayo and Alex Ayliffe, Margaret]]
    2 members (0 subcategories, 0 files) - 16:52, 24 October 2009
  • Roar
    #redirect [[ROAR! by Margaret Mayo and Alex Ayliffe]]
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  • ROAR!
    #REDIRECT [[ROAR! by Margaret Mayo and Alex Ayliffe]]
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  • The Boy Who Could See Demons by Carolyn Jess-Cooke
    ...e just lurk in corners doing not much at all. One is called Ruen, and he's Alex's best friend. ...something needs doing, he's usually right. And he's always been there for Alex, even though he can frighten him sometimes.
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  • The Mindless Colouring Book: Art Therapy Exclusively Available to Anyone with 8.99 by Molly Manners and Alex Worrall
    ...rt Therapy Exclusively Available to Anyone with £8.99 by Molly Manners and Alex Worrall]]
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  • The Boss
    #redirect [[The Boss: The Many Sides of Alex Ferguson by Michael Crick]]
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  • The Boss: The Many Sides of Alex Ferguson
    #REDIRECT [[The Boss: The Many Sides of Alex Ferguson by Michael Crick]]
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  • Alex As Well by Alyssa Brugman
    |title=Alex As Well ...een. Brought up as a boy but identifying as a girl who also fancies girls, Alex's journey is one you'll never forget. An important, affecting story with la
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  • Category:Caryl Hart and Alex T Smith
    [[Category:Authors|Smith, Alex T]]
    1 member (0 subcategories, 0 files) - 06:18, 19 April 2014
  • Category:Natasha Hastings and Alex T Smith
    [[Category:Authors|Hastings, Natasha]] [[Category:Authors|Smith, Alex T]]
    1 member (0 subcategories, 0 files) - 14:55, 25 September 2022
  • Category:Juno Dawson and Alex T Smith
    [[Category:Authors|Dawson, Juno]][[Category:Authors|Smith, Alex T]]
    1 member (0 subcategories, 0 files) - 10:00, 2 November 2017
  • Category:Heather Alexander and Andres Lozano
    [[Category:Authors|Alexander, Alex]]
    4 members (0 subcategories, 0 files) - 10:00, 7 March 2017
  • Category:Alex English and Emma Levey
    [[Category:Authors|English, Alex]]
    2 members (0 subcategories, 0 files) - 13:07, 25 September 2014
  • Category:Trish Cooke and Alex Ayliffe
    [[Category:Authors|Ayliffe, Alex]]
    1 member (0 subcategories, 0 files) - 14:37, 14 May 2015
  • Category:Alex Bell and Tim McDonagh
    [[Category:Authors|Bell, Alex]] [[Category:Authors|McDonagh, Tim]]
    1 member (0 subcategories, 0 files) - 10:51, 30 October 2023
  • Category:Molly Manners and Alex Worrall
    [[Category:Authors|Worrall, Alex]]
    1 member (0 subcategories, 0 files) - 08:27, 19 September 2016
  • Category:Ian Edginton and Alex Sanchez
    [[Category:Authors|Sanchez, Alex]]
    1 member (0 subcategories, 0 files) - 12:38, 27 May 2015
  • Category:Elena Varvello and Alex Valente (translator)
    [[Category:Authors|Valente, Alex]]
    1 member (0 subcategories, 0 files) - 11:46, 18 July 2017
  • Category:Elena Varvello
    [[Category:Authors|Valente, Alex]]
    1 member (0 subcategories, 0 files) - 11:47, 18 July 2017
  • Category:Alison Donald and Alex Willmore
    [[Category:Authors|Willmore, Alex]]
    1 member (0 subcategories, 0 files) - 11:19, 29 September 2016
  • Category:Alex English and Duncan Beedie
    [[Category:Authors|English, Alex]]
    1 member (0 subcategories, 0 files) - 11:43, 25 July 2015
  • Category:Alex Hesz and Bambos Neophytou
    [[Category:Authors|Hesz, Alex]]
    1 member (0 subcategories, 0 files) - 18:01, 1 December 2009
  • Alex Gray's DCI Lorimer novels in Chronological Order
    [[Pitch Black by Alex Gray|Pitch Black]] 2008 [[Category:Lists]] [[Category:Crime]] [[Category:Alex Gray]]
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  • Stormbreaker by Anthony Horowitz
    ...a shocking secret. His uncle was a spy for MI6 and now he knows about it, Alex has to join them as well, or be assassinated. His first mission pits him ag Although Alex Rider is very clever, brave and determined, I didn't really like him very m
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  • Clash by Colin Mulhern
    |summary=Like Alex the book is gritty and hard-hitting on the outside, but when you read close ...to imply. As tensions mount and stakes are upped, it is down to a tortured Alex to overcome his internal confusion, fight to save those close to him, and r
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  • Never Say Die by Anthony Horowitz
    ...trigue – not to mention those signature fight scenes that I love so much – Alex Rider is finally back and it was well worth the wait. .... And things aren't about to change. Given everything that has happened in Alex's young life, it's not surprising that the past is about to catch up with h
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  • Through Dead Eyes by Chris Priestley
    ...her. When her boyfriend Dirk isn't around, that is. At an antique market, Alex finds himself drawn to an ancient-looking mask. He can't help but buy it. A ...into the present. The more he learns, the more powerful the mask becomes. Alex knows he's in danger, but is helpless to do anything about it...
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  • The Desmond Elliott Prize for Debut Fiction Published in the UK 2013
    |title=The Universe Versus Alex Woods ...tever his school teachers may say to the contrary, this is the moment when Alex's education really begins; this and the moment when he was hit on the head
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  • The Things That are Lost by Alan Kennedy
    ...pycraft to manipulate his superiors into aiding his search. But of course, Alex's superiors are manipulating him right back. ...sts and turns and secrets and mysteries aplenty. It's a dangerous business Alex is involved in - and not just for himself, or Justine, or his courageous au
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  • Hidden: An Alex Verus novel by Benedict Jacka
    |title=Hidden: An Alex Verus novel |summary=Alex Verus is back for his fifth urban fantasy outing. It's not quite as action
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  • The Memory Cage by Ruth Eastham
    |summary=Alex has promised his grandfather that he won't let him be put in a home - but h ...lost keys and glasses. Last night though, Grandad set fire to his pillow. Alex has hidden it, but knows that this is dangerous, and it can't stay a secret
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  • SNAP! by Margaret Mayo and Alex Ayliffe
    |author=Margaret Mayo and Alex Ayliffe ...s of the sea, from the people who brought you [[ROAR! by Margaret Mayo and Alex Ayliffe|ROAR!]] There's an interesting mix of creatures that make it great
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  • Category:Malorie Blackman, Holly Black and others
    [[Category:Authors|Scarrow, Alex]]
    1 member (0 subcategories, 0 files) - 09:10, 20 October 2014
  • Cursed: An Alex Verus Novel by Benedict Jacka
    |title=Cursed: An Alex Verus Novel ...ry=''Cursed'', the second Alex Verus novel, is better than the [[Fated: An Alex Verus Novel by Benedict Jacka|first]]. This rollicking good urban fantasy/
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  • A Time to Tell Lies by Alan Kennedy
    |summary=Captain Alex Vere and Justine Perry, fellow spies and lovers, move between England and F .... It's Alex's first mission (Justine's fourth) and all goes horribly awry. Alex ends up in custody at the Gendarmerie, facing a German who knows he has a f
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  • Furnace: Solitary by Alexander Gordon Smith
    ...of Smith's Furnace [[Furnace: Lockdown by Alexander Gordon Smith|series]] Alex Sawyer and his companions continue their bid for freedom, desperate to esca Filled with hope, Alex and his cohorts battle their way through the underbelly of Furnace, convinc
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  • Bound: An Alex Verus Novel by Benedict Jacka
    |title=Bound: An Alex Verus Novel |summary=The 8th Alex Verus urban fantasy is one of his heart-thudding, nail-chewing best. This
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  • The Universe Versus Alex Woods by Gavin Extence
    |title=The Universe Versus Alex Woods |sort=Universe Versus Alex Woods
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  • Egg by Alex T Smith
    |author=Alex T Smith |summary=A delightfully silly tale of a fox that wants to eat an egg. Alex T Smith's quirky illustrations help sell the absurdity. Recommended.
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  • Hector and the Big Bad Knight by Alex T Smith
    |author=Alex T Smith ...escribe the stories created by author/illustrator [[:Category:Alex T Smith|Alex T Smith]] is joyful and his latest picture book is no exception. It is an i
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  • Try Not To Breathe by Holly Seddon
    ...Amy was attacked brutally as a teenager and her attacker was never found. Alex is a journalist hoping to solve the crime and starts digging into the histo ...er own condition. And what I liked most was the way Holly Seddon portrayed Alex's alcoholism without any judgement or criticism.
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  • Taken: An Alex Verus Novel by Benedict Jacka
    |title=Taken: An Alex Verus Novel |summary=Alex Verus is back in his best adventure to date. Author Benedict Jacka has fou
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  • Catch Us If You Can-Can by Alex T Smith
    |author=Alex T Smith Having met Foxy DuBois previously in the excellent [[Egg by Alex T Smith|Egg]] here she is again, as charming as ever and this time hoping t
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  • Yuck! Said the Yak by Alex English and Emma Levey
    |author=Alex English and Emma Levey ...We also have a review of Alex English's [[Pirates Don't Drive Diggers by Alex English and Duncan Beedie|Pirates Don't Drive Diggers]].
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  • Foxy Tales - The Cunning Plan by Caryl Hart and Alex T Smith
    |author=Caryl Hart and Alex T Smith ...and [[Catch Us If You Can-Can by Alex T Smith|Catch us if you Can-Can]] by Alex T Smith but in this tale Caryl Hart takes on the story writing and we are t
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  • Chosen by Benedict Jacka
    ...of subject fatigue. In fact once again this is the best instalment yet as Alex the seer collides with his dark past and Benedict Jacka matures as a writer ...mage? Well he was hoping to forget that. Was? Yes, past tense, for now Alex's past has invaded his present and is in danger of curtailing his future.
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  • Shadows by Ilsa Bick
    ...gression of her terminal brain tumour may have halted. As ''Ashes'' ended, Alex had been thrown out of Rule - a township that survived the zap, at least in ...end? Peter is captured by the militia who offer him no protection at all. Alex, left among the Changed, must simply try to survive. And, back in Rule, it'
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  • The Silver Locket by Margaret James
    ...enay runs away to become a nurse in First World War France where she meets Alex Denham, a dashing soldier, and the only man who has ever made her blush. An ...ssoms between Rose and Alex, despite Rose fighting against her feelings as Alex is already married, and also disapproved of by her parents due to his dubio
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  • A Kiss In The Dark by Cat Clarke
    Alex and Kate meet online and there's an instant attraction between them. When t ...t they've done. Similarly, her minor characters are uniformly strong, with Alex's brother Jamie probably being the pick of the bunch. I love the way he's s
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  • The Writing Retreat by Julia Bartz
    ...th her breakthrough novel, published when she was barely out of childhood. Alex, a writer-slash-editor, is more than a little obsessed with Roza, and is st ...the other young women (for Roza is a champion for emerging female talent), Alex is set a rather daunting task. But what are they there for, if not to be ch
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  • Love and Kisses by Jean Ure
    ...he met Alex. Well, when I say 'met' I should perhaps clarify and say that Alex pushed his wheelbarrow into her, from the building site where he worked. O ...sions. It's not just her parents who are being lied to either. She tells Alex that she's nearly sixteen. She's less than honest with her sister and then
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  • Every Contact Leaves a Trace by Elanor Dymott
    ...ritical in understanding who may have killed her, and why. What follows is Alex learning about this hidden past. ''Every Contact Leaves a Trace'' is partly Early on the book swings back and forth in time, including Alex's own childhood although this particular thread doesn't seem particularly r
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  • Alex, the Dog and the Unopenable Door by Ross Montgomery
    |title=Alex, the Dog and the Unopenable Door |summary=Alex meets friendly dogs, not-so-friendly wolves, daffy scientists and a very od
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  • Flip by Martyn Bedford
    ..., and is actually stuck in the body of a boy who he has never seen before, Alex is forced to face a day in the life of Philip Garamond, literally. As he go ...oncrete answers. Even Rob, a fellow ''psychic evacuee'', who meets up with Alex face to face and seems confident and sure of himself at first, is shown to
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  • Veiled by Benedict Jacka
    |summary=Future divining mage and Londoner Alex Verus is back a 6th time and his life isn't getting any safer as he takes o ...and one applicant, in particular, isn't exactly Mary Poppins. Meanwhile, Alex adds a new chapter to his life by working with the Keepers, the Council's p
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  • My Mum Has X-Ray Vision by Angela McAllister and Alex T Smith
    |author=Angela McAllister and Alex T Smith ...uirky and fun, but with appropriate subtlety that rewards further reading. Alex T Smith's illustrations are excellent and it all works really well together
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  • Claude at the Circus by Alex T Smith
    |author=Alex T Smith ...ry=Another wonderfully funny, silly, entertaining story from the brilliant Alex T Smith which made my five-year-old laugh out loud many times!
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  • Crocodile Tears (Alex Rider) by Anthony Horowitz
    |title= Crocodile Tears (Alex Rider) |summary= The eighth installment in the Alex Rider series lacks subtlety and nuaunce but will be loved by boys in the tw
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  • The Soldier's Story by Bryan Forbes
    ...er seems assured until Alex uncovers a secret that will rip to the core of Alex's loyalties and jeopardise more than just their love. ...tion, we also witness the Nuremberg war trials. Then, continuing further, Alex goes from being intelligence officer to spy as the Cold War is born, facing
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  • Heroic Measures by Jill Ciment
    ...l) is their Daschund. She's getting on in years, but then so are Ruth and Alex. Then - the day before the open house - two things happen. An unmarked pe I empathised with Ruth and Alex too: ageing is never kind, but Ciment doesn't make them into doddery old fo
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  • Chronosphere: Malfunction by Alex Woolf
    |author=Alex Woolf ...d lives... Alex Woolf was kind enough to [[The Interview: Bookbag Talks To Alex Woolf|talk to Bookbag]].
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  • Alex's Adventures In Numberland by Alex Bellos
    |title=Alex's Adventures In Numberland |author=Alex Bellos
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  • Ostrich by Matt Greene
    ...Matt Greene follows quite similar lines, although this time the narrator, Alex, has a brain tumour. ...ugh when you're nearly thirteen and making your way in a large world. For Alex, it's even more so, as he has fits and blank periods thanks to his illness.
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  • For My Sins by Alex Nye
    |author=Alex Nye ...YA fiction in later years. Taking her inspiration from her new homeland, Alex now brings us adult historical fiction that shines a wonderful depth, under
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  • Sektion 20 by Paul Dowswell
    ...s Western counterparts are enjoying Coca Cola, fashion and rock music, but Alex can only dream of these things. His time is spent at school listening to en ...g the songs in public is out of the question. As his rebelliousness grows, Alex's life becomes more and more difficult. His teachers write reports about hi
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  • The Interview: Bookbag Talks To Benedict Jacka
    ...particularly impressed by Benedict Jacka's urban fantasy novels featuring Alex Verus. We had a few questions to ask him when he popped in to see us. ...:Category:Benedict Jacka|Benedict Jacka's]] urban fantasy novels featuring Alex Verus. We had a few questions to ask him when he popped in to see us.
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  • The Stronger Sex by Hans Werner Kettenbach and Anthea Bell (Translator)
    .... His illness confines him to just a couple of rooms. It's apparent that Alex is rather taken with his wife, Cilly Klofft, who is still rather beautiful ...lmost claustrophobic feel throughout, which I liked. I got the sense that Alex felt out of his depth at times having to put delicate questions to a moneye
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  • The Interview: Bookbag Talks To Alex Kovacs
    |title=The Interview: Bookbag Talks To Alex Kovacs ...per by Alex Kovacs|The Currency of Paper]], but the opportunity to chat to Alex Kovacs was not one to miss.
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  • The Wraiths of War (Obsidian Heart book 3) by Mark Morris
    ...who visited him a century or so later. It's not as simple as it seems, as Alex keeps telling himself… or rather as Alexes (plural) keep telling himself. ...nd the many sleepless nights the temporal conundrums must have caused. As Alex leaps back and forth across the centuries, the complications of time travel
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  • Eye Spy by Tessa Buckley
    Twins Alex and Donna live in a somewhat unusual household. Their mum died when they we ...re isn't much money sloshing around the house. In an attempt to earn some, Alex and Donna set up Eye Spy Investigations. Their first case is that of Kiki,
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  • Alex and Ada Volume 1 by Jonathan Luna and Sarah Vaughn
    |title=Alex and Ada Volume 1 ...ng like its own, as it is not allowed to get that close to sentience. But Alex changes his mind right upon the point of returning the thing, and begins to
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  • The Glory by Lauren St John
    ...teenage boot camp. But even naughty teenagers have their plus points, and Alex's is her love of horses. She'll do anything to save the mustang scout from ...mile endurance race with a $250,000 dollar prize. Winning would offer both Alex and Will a way out of their current difficulties... but who will win? And w
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  • Bullet Boys by Ally Kennen
    ''Alex is a crack shot. His gamekeeper father trained him well.''<br> ...s to connect with the world more, especially since his mother died, and so Alex goes along with his wishes with as glad a heart as he can manage. Max doesn
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  • Dream Lake by Lisa Kleypas
    ...brothers who grew up in a somewhat dysfunctional home. This one focuses on Alex, youngest of the three, who is a brilliant designer and builder. Unfortunat ...nexpectedly, the ghost finds that he can leave the house - but can’t leave Alex.
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  • Charlotte Says by Alex Bell
    |author=Alex Bell |summary=Fab prequel to [[Charlotte Says by Alex Bell|Charlotte Says]] which explores the origin story of the murderous Char
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  • Fated: An Alex Verus Novel by Benedict Jacka
    |title=Fated: An Alex Verus Novel ...powerful, unscrupulous enemies. Sometimes Camden shop owner and diviner, Alex Verus, wishes he hadn't got out of bed. He may be able to see into the fut
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  • All The Things That Could Go Wrong by Stewart Foster
    ...telling. ''All The Things That Could Go Wrong'' takes us into the heads of Alex and Dan, neither of whom are happy, but both for entirely different reasons ...Alex and Dan's stories as they just try to make it through the days. While Alex fights his OCD and his bullies, Dan fights his loneliness and all the anger
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  • Furnace: Death Sentence by Alexander Gordon Smith
    ...the knife of the warden, who has a new tactic. He does not want to break Alex - he aims to remake him, with medicine, surgery and Clockwork Orange-style ...... They're chiefly concerned with the torture and mind-wipe inflicted on Alex, and the way things swing so often from dream to nightmare to real life, fr
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  • 17 Equations That Changed The World by Ian Stewart
    ...iful Experiments by George Johnson]], [[Alex's Adventures In Numberland by Alex Bellos]] is a fantastic read about maths. [[Professor Stewart's Hoard of Ma
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  • You, Me and Thing 4: The Mummy That Went Moo by Karen McCombie
    ...h]] and these help the story along. I like Thing's big bushbaby eyes, and Alex is very good at capturing the expressions of the children as various events ...might also like to check out Alex T. Smith's book [[Claude in the City by Alex T Smith|Claude in the City]].
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  • Yuck! Said the Yak (Early Reader) by Alex English and Emma Levey
    |author=Alex English and Emma Levey |summary=Adapted from the [[Yuck! Said the Yak by Alex English and Emma Levey|picture book]] of the same name, ''Yuck! said the Ya
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  • Eye Spy II by Tessa Buckley
    ...trange things happening at the Priory, home to school friend Jimmy Devlin. Alex doesn't believe in ghosts and he is very keen to persuade Donna that they d ...figures that keep appearing? What about the items that keep going missing? Alex is about to have his own beliefs severely tested.
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  • Claude in the Spotlight by Alex T Smith
    |author=Alex T Smith ...ts in the way! He's a sweet little dog, and it's amazing how much emotion Alex T Smith manages to put into a stripey sock! Great fun to read together, or
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  • The Legend of the Swan Children (Island Fiction) by Maureen Marks-Mendonca
    ...y the beloved silver panman he inherited from his father before his death. Alex is determined to find his mother before she is hurt by her kidnappers, peop ...was the Caribbean setting, and this is referred to throughout the book as Alex's journey takes him through small, ramshackle villages to the rainforests t
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  • The Society of Blood (Obsidian Heart book 2) by Mark Morris
    |summary=Alex Locke is back in the 19th century still searching for the stone heart in or ...le of years before are just as lethal but the danger isn't totally human. Alex doesn't quite know how you'd classify it, but it stands between him and the
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  • Claude All at Sea by Alex T Smith
    |author=Alex T Smith ...obblysock are, of course, not new. They’re best known as the characters of Alex T Smith’s hugely successful series of chapter books for young readers. It
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  • Don't You Cry by Mary Kubica
    ...' know the girl with whom she shares a home and a life. A little way away, Alex is working in a restaurant when a mysterious stranger comes in. He can't qu ...ourse they are to some degree, but I just felt Quinn would lead me towards Alex, rather than the other way around.
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  • See You in the Cosmos by Jack Cheng
    ...emingly comatose couch potato mother, and the father he was told died when Alex was three years old. This book is a transcript of verbal essays and conver ..., but it's not a problem that he's an unreliable narrator due to his age. Alex is a strong, responsible child, and quite adept in getting adults to help h
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  • The Wedding Guest by Jonathan Kellerman
    |summary=It's number 34 in the Alex Delaware series. Don't be worried about picking up part way through a long ...stigating officer and he called on the help of his friend, psychologist Dr Alex Delaware.
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  • Jamie's Keepsake by Michael Gallagher
    ...not to mention TB and to say it was tonsillitis. Good luck with that one, Alex. ...grief for Peter. At one stage she had thought that she was going to lose Alex too. It's all been too much for her. Just occasionally, the mother he rem
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  • The Bone Vault by Linda Fairstein
    ...go around the block with the three main and immensely likeable characters, Alex, Detective Mike Chapman and Detective Mercer Wallace and watch them work th And so Alex and Chapman begin their investigation, Alex having been tenuously drafted in by Chapman under the pre-text of potential
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  • City of the Dead by Jonathan Kellerman
    |summary=It's book no 37 in the Alex Delaware series and whilst I wouldn't say it was one of the best, it's stil ...a brothel. When the police gain entry, they discover a woman's body - and Alex Delaware knows her. She's a psychologist too. Well, 'psychologist' might
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  • The Heart Broke In by James Meek
    ...devout Christian opposed to the scientific studies of Alex and his father, Alex's uncle. Meek's handling of the gene therapy scientific content is exemplar
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  • Life with Sir Alex: A Fan's Story of Ferguson's 25 Years at Manchester United by Will Tidey
    |title=Life with Sir Alex: A Fan's Story of Ferguson's 25 Years at Manchester United |summary=A very detailed, yet still very readable, history of the Alex Ferguson years at Manchester United. I wanted to hate it, but it was too w
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  • The Currency of Paper by Alex Kovacs
    |author=Alex Kovacs ...lex Kovacs popped into Bookbag Towers to [[The Interview: Bookbag Talks To Alex Kovacs|chat to us]].
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  • Jimmy Coates: Revenge by Joe Craig
    ...inism at every turn and this ratchets up his story a good few notches. The Alex Rider books are more complex and certainly darker. They probably provide a ...nt=I don't think The Alex rider books are that bad. I have read all of the Alex rider books and i find them very interesting. I also think that Jimmy Coate
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  • Desert Heart: 2 (Ellen Martin Disasters) by Mark Lingane
    ...ending doom. We now catch up with them to discover that Ellen has ditched Alex, has become a partner in her law firm and is about to fly out to the Middle ...eyond Belief by Mark Lingane|sci-fi detective noir]], that first Ellen and Alex story and now this second adventure. How can someone rattle these off at s
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  • No Way Out by Gene Kemp
    ...thing worse. Adam is always happy to read to their little sister Emmy, but Alex resents the attention she gets (she's disabled, y'see). By and large, they' ...re's a mysterious air throughout the book - you're along for the ride with Alex and Adam; just like them, you don't quite know what's going on. Is it just
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  • Beautiful Americans by Lucy Silag
    ...e the most exciting thing that you've ever done, and so it was PJ, Olivia, Alex and Zack. PJ's not so much running to Paris as running away from all that ...moral' doesn't quite sum her up, but it's getting close. What Alex wants, Alex is determined to have, no matter what.
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  • Furnace: Fugitives by Alexander Gordon Smith
    ...ne of their tools. It's only now, on the outside for the first time, that Alex gets a clearer picture of just how many tools there are - and just how much ...tolen Humvees chased by helicopter gunships, and forever our likeable hero Alex is finding his biology altering, with the evils of Nectar coursing through
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  • The Interview: Bookbag Talks To Alex Woolf
    |title=The Interview: Bookbag Talks To Alex Woolf ...g their time-suspended lives. We were keen to take the opportunity to ask Alex Woolf a few questions.
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  • Little Red and the Very Hungry Lion by Alex T Smith
    |author=Alex T Smith This gorgeous picture book by [[:Category:Alex T Smith|Alex T Smith]] is visually stunning. The brightly coloured and golden embossed c
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  • Claude in the Country by Alex T Smith
    |author=Alex T Smith Thank goodness Alex T Smith is doing such a grand job of continuing to feed my Claude habit. G
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  • REMADE (Remade 1) by Alex Scarrow
    |author=Alex Scarrow ...dation for what looks set to be another epic series by the ever consistent Alex Scarrow.
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  • Foxy and Egg by Alex T Smith
    |author=Alex T Smith ...n likely you read the earlier review by our own Keith Dudhnath on [[Egg by Alex T Smith|Egg]]. With the success of Foxy in the intervening years, the book
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  • Furnace: Lockdown by Alexander Gordon Smith
    ...and tell Alex to run. The police are only ging to come to one conclusion, Alex murdered his friend. If you enjoyed this, I'd reccomend [[The Dirty South by Alex Wheatle]].
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  • Pigsticks and Harold and the Tuptown Thief by Alex Milway
    |author=Alex Milway ...different beast from [[Pigsticks and Harold and the Incredible Journey by Alex Milway|the first one]], however, but the verve on display suggests that if
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  • Requiem by Lauren Oliver
    ...in the Wilds, Lena is now trying to cope with the return of her first love Alex along with her feelings for Julian, but these relationship issues take a ba ...ing it. Oh, and as well as the main novel, there's a bonus story told from Alex's point of view, which is well worth reading.
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  • Between by Jessica Warman
    ...happened in the run up to her death, she is soon joined by another ghost, Alex, one of the unpopular boys from her high school, who was killed a year earl ...re may be some point to this character and to their relationship. But when Alex drops a heavy hint that their fates may be connected in some way, Liz doesn
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  • The Boss: The Many Sides of Alex Ferguson by Michael Crick
    |title=The Boss: The Many Sides of Alex Ferguson |sort=Boss: The Many Sides of Alex Ferguson
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  • My Favourite Poison by Anna Blundy
    ...), until she is completely sucked in to the whirlwind of adventure that is Alex Karamzin's life. ...oking shishas on the terrace of the Nile Hilton.... I might as well see if Alex's story was something publishable.''
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  • ROAR! by Margaret Mayo and Alex Ayliffe
    |author=Margaret Mayo and Alex Ayliffe The strength of the book lies in the illustrations by Alex Ayliffe. They're bold and deceptively simple, but once you look more closel
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  • Trigger Mortis by Anthony Horowitz
    ...ling action. The only real difference between the two is that as an adult (Alex Rider is just 14) Bond can smoke, drink, shoot and, of course, seduce all t ...en if you're officially too old for 'teen' fiction. Try [[Crocodile Tears (Alex Rider) by Anthony Horowitz|Crocodile Tears]].
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  • Professor Stewart’s Incredible Numbers by Ian Stewart
    ...r vein but by a different author, try [[Alex's Adventures In Numberland by Alex Bellos]]. We think you'll also enjoy [[Professor Stewart's Casebook of Mat
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  • Unnatural History by Jonathan Kellerman
    ...is heart. The PA, Mel Gornick, is distraught and it falls to psychologist Alex Delaware to calm her down whilst Lieutenant Milo Sturgis gets more agitated ...lved. It's all cracking stuff and this latest book is no disappointment. Alex and Milo don't seem to have aged over all the years I've been reading but w
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  • My Friend's a Gris-Kwok (Little Gems) by Malorie Blackman and Andy Rowland
    ...day. The second is that his sister has the same powers. The third is that Alex is babysitting and if you think babysitting ordinary siblings is difficult
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  • Ashes by Ilsa Bick
    Alex is hiking in the wilderness when it all kicks off. Suffering from a brain t ...veteran, and Ellie, a small girl whose grandfather died during the pulse, Alex must find a way to cope with this new world and a life suddenly returned to
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  • Claude: Lights! Camera! Action! by Alex T Smith
    |author=Alex T Smith ...by Alex T Smith|Claude in the City]] or [[Hector and the Big Bad Knight by Alex T Smith|Hector and the Big Bad Knight]] is another fun read by the same aut
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  • Serpentine by Jonathan Kellerman
    ...till with his partner who's a doctor. The book is only incidentally about Alex and Milo: they're there to solve the case, not to star in the book. I've read earlier books in the Alex Delaware series but never before appreciated quite what a brilliant picture
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  • The Babylon Gene by Alex Churton
    |author=Alex Churton ...velist but he has a large body of non-fiction behind him written as Tobias Alex Churton, ranging from alchemy to the Rosicrucians and Judas. He is also a
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  • Angel by L A Weatherly
    ...o herself, she is part-angel, part-human. This is unheard of, and at first Alex is repulsed by her: he has lost all his family and many of his friends to t ...el half is evil, like all the other angels, but slowly, painfully, she and Alex come to accept who and what she is, and her role in the struggle to save hu
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  • Kiss Heaven Goodbye by Tasmina Perry
    ...les' older sister. She was clever, thoughtful – and despite the fact that Alex was younger than her she had something of a crush on him.
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  • Home by Alex T Smith
    |author= Alex T Smith Alex T Smith is better known as an illustrator and 'Home' is the first book he h
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  • The Rev Diaries by Reverend Adam Smallbone
    ...who has adopted Adam and his wife Alex (Mrs Vicarage to Colin). But then Alex also has a lot to get used to; after all, she didn't actually marry a vicar ...n-child. We also see more of the depth of Adam's love for Alex as well as Alex's authentic struggles with the expectations heaped on her because of Adam's
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  • The Descendants by Kaui Hart Hemmings
    ...married to the flighty, flirtatious Joanie and has two daughters, teenager Alex, a model who might just have a bit of a drug problem and ten-year-old Scott ...will have a lasting effect particularly on Scottie. He, his daughters and Alex's friend Sid set off on a journey to find Joanie's lover.
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  • Still Bleeding by Steve Mosby
    ...murdered and the prime suspect is her partner, Alex's brother James. For Alex, this is the one thing that could call him home, as Sarah was the one who t
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  • The Haven: Book 1 by Simon Lelic
    ...ure riffing on Oliver Twist. A light read but an exciting one. For fans of Alex Rider and any young reader who likes a good, old fashioned goodies vs baddi ...ou might also enjoy the [[Crocodile Tears (Alex Rider) by Anthony Horowitz|Alex Rider]] series. And for older readers who enjoy a riff on the classics, Mel
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  • The Ghost Orchid by Jonathan Kellerman
    ...lex Delaware had been badly injured but he felt responsible and even after Alex recovered, Sturgis was reluctant to ask for his help on difficult cases. H ...t going to be a trial. There's a list of the books [[Jonathan Kellerman's Alex Delaware Series in Chronological Order|here]].
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  • A Crown for Cold Silver: Book One of the Crimson Empire by Alex Marshall
    |author=Alex Marshall [[:Category:Alex Marshall|Alex Marshall]] is a pen name for someone who uses other names in other genres,
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  • The Wolves of London - The Obsidian Heart Trilogy (Book 1) by Mark Morris
    ...s? What's so special about this piece of rock? As all hell breaks loose, Alex is about to find out. Alex is a bloke who's learnt from his past and has grown but now he has no choic
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  • The Race by Nina Allan
    ...whose young niece is kidnapped at the tender age of 4. We also learn about Alex, a man who can help Christy uncover the truth behind her past as well as Ma ...aving met them in the previous parts of the novel. In particular, I liked Alex's background in dealing with racial tensions as a child and how bullying in
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  • The Darkness Inside by John Rickards
    Alex Rourke retires from a solid career with the FBI in part due to the unorthod ...is asking for him. Facing this monster once more may stir the demons that Alex Rourke has worked hard to banish and he is understandably very reluctant.
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  • The Land of Stories: Beyond the Kingdoms by Chris Colfer
    ...ing the most dastardly villains from literature to join his dark army. Can Alex and Conner stop him? ...rately for the next book in the series in order to see how our twin heroes Alex and Conner deal with this surprising twist in the tale. The waiting is over
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  • Grave Matter by Juno Dawson and Alex T Smith
    |author=Juno Dawson and Alex T Smith ...ed throughout. Author Juno Dawson and illustrator [[:Category:Alex T Smith|Alex T Smith]] have collaborated to create an enticing story that is wonderfully
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  • The Mirror Dance (Dandy Gilver) by Catriona McPherson
    ...nd Osborne to warn the man about infringement of copyright - and Dandy and Alex would be cheaper than employing a solicitor to do the same job. ...he'd have a quiet word with the Punchinello. There was no need to involve Alex Osborne who, Dandy suspected, would be entertaining his new lady friend, Po
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  • The New Libearian by Alison Donald and Alex Willmore
    |author=Alison Donald and Alex Willmore For the magical world of Donald's imagination to work, Alex Willmore needed to be on top form to illustrate it. Thankfully, the pictur
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  • Wicked Games by Kelly Lawrence
    ...hen she starts up with him, however, is exactly what Alex is into. Because Alex likes to play games. Kinky games. Erotic games. Sometimes downright dirty g ...neurotic heroine than Ana, but I think I’d probably choose Christian over Alex. This book is shorter, and all the better for it, because there’s little
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  • Frozen Charlotte by Alex Bell
    |author=Alex Bell |website=http://www.alex-bell.co.uk/
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  • I Can't Tell You Why by Elaine Robertson North
    ...out to get an offer that would appear to be all too easy to refuse. She's Alex Cambridge's agent and the indications are that he's about to make the big t ...separate. So, what ''was'' the problem? Well, Dani knows the score with Alex Cambridge, but somehow, despite all her best intentions, she can't quite re
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  • Exposed by Alex Kava
    |author= Alex Kava ...pot by Terri Persons|Blind Spot]]. You might also enjoy [[Black Friday by Alex Kava]].
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  • Bella and Monty: A Hairy, Scary Night by Alex T Smith
    |author=Alex T Smith ...ary things really are, and these draw the reader in with their quirkiness. Alex T Smith's illustrations accentuate this quirkiness and make every page a de
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  • Furnace: Execution by Alexander Gordon Smith
    ...opulation. There is only one thing to do - kill the man responsible. And Alex, eight feet tall, with an obsidian blade for an arm and muscles upon his mu Unfortunately for me, I wasn't keen on the first third of this book. Alex wakes from his latest battle in hospital. He's again penned inside an inst
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  • Lethal Legacy by Linda Fairstein
    ...t to co-operate with our trio, even in her own best interests and provides Alex and the team of investigators with the scantest of detail and information b ...ment alongside a very valuable book, the search is on to find Tina, taking Alex, Chapman and Wallace into a world of wealthy, mysterious book collectors, c
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  • The Wondrous Apothecary by Mary E Martin
    |summary=It seems that after ''The Trilogy of Remembrance'' Alex Wainwright and Rinaldo still have a great deal to say to each other - and t ...relationship between the two men comes the possibility of collaboration. Alex's art contains humanity, but each man's work exhibits something which is la
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  • Mr Penguin and the Lost Treasure by Alex T Smith
    |author=Alex T Smith I have long been a fan of Alex T. Smith's books having seen both his picture books and his gorgeous Claude
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  • Chasing Heart: 1 (Ellen Martin Disasters) by Mark Lingane
    ...going to be more than useful. Once Barranca really shows its true colours Alex is going to be indispensable. ...a fish out of water in Colombia, things perk up and, on the appearance of Alex (a musician and Ax to his mates) we're in glorious technicolour. It's very
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  • The Glorious Race of Magical Beasts by Alex Bell and Tim McDonagh
    |author=Alex Bell and Tim McDonagh ...n't read Ms Bell since her teen horror days, such as [[Frozen Charlotte by Alex Bell|Frozen Charlotte]]. We can recommend [[Arkspire by Jamie Littler]] fo
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  • The Land of Stories: The Enchantress Returns by Chris Colfer
    ...e over all of the kingdoms and the fairies seem powerless to stop it. Will Alex and Conner find a way to stop her and save their mother before time runs ou
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  • Pandemonium by Lauren Oliver
    ...Lena is alone in the Wilds. Having to face the unthinkable - life without Alex – she chooses to join the resistance of the Invalids in an attempt to bri ...ne in the resistance movement who really seems as well portrayed as either Alex or her friend Hana in the first book. I also found the ending to be somewha
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  • Perfect Chemistry by Simone Elkeles
    ...e, one-dimensional, rich girl. A member of the Mexican gang, Latino Blood, Alex is more likely to carry a gun than a designer bag; to receive a black eye i Brittany and Alex are immediately set up as complete polar opposites – the ultimate enemies
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  • Dark Storm by Sarah Singleton
    ...relationship with Alex was well written and built up very nicely – I liked Alex all along. Sarah Singleton has written a good book about grief, which is w
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  • Emma Hearts LA by Keris Stainton
    .... When she meets Oscar, though, he's unexpectedly cute... and then TV star Alex Hall appears on the scene as well. With two boys interested, great weather, ...luded, I'm always going to go for the geek, but as wonderful as Oscar was, Alex was also really sweet and I wasn't sure who Emma was going to end up with.
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  • Can You Hear Me? by Elena Varvello and Alex Valente (translator)
    |author=Elena Varvello and Alex Valente (translator) ...world of Elia, his family and the small town community shaken by tragedy. Alex Valente has adoringly translated Varvello's work and the partnership betwee
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  • Black Friday by Alex Kava
    |author= Alex Kava ...there and write it down. I appreciate I am being picky, but [[Exposed by Alex Kava|Exposed]] was a great story and as a follow up, ''Black Friday'' is ve
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  • Vernon Subutex 1 by Virginie Despentes and Frank Wynne (translator)
    ...factor and publicly adored musician, Vernon now has the last recordings of Alex's drug-induced ramblings. Kicked out of his apartment the story follows Ver
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  • Piccadilly Love Stories: Don't Ask by Hilary Freeman
    ...simply couldn't help myself''. Finding out exactly how her friendship with Alex developed and what he consequences of a snap decision to make friends with I thought that the 'friendship' between Lily and Alex, the relationship between her and Jack, and the way she started to drift ap
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  • Sky on Fire (Monument 14) by Emmy Laybourne
    ...plit up at the end of [[Monument 14 by Emmy Laybourne|Monument 14]]. Niko, Alex and six others were taking the school bus to try to save Brayden who had be ...narrative - Dean, who has stayed in the supermarket, takes one chapter and Alex, his brother on the way to Denver, takes the next. This works really well,
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  • Pitch Black by Alex Gray
    |author=Alex Gray ...e scene of her abusing husband's murder. As fate (or, in this case, author Alex Gray) would have it, her path crosses that of DCI Lorimer of Strathclyde Po
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  • You Me and Thing: The Dreaded Noodle-doodles by Karen McCombie
    Once again the illustrations are provided by [[:Category:Alex T Smith|Alex T Smith]], a favourite of mine, and they help the story along wonderfully.
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  • The Mindless Colouring Book: Art Therapy Exclusively Available to Anyone with £8.99 by Molly Manners and Alex Worrall
    |author=Molly Manners and Alex Worrall [[Category:Alex Worrall]]
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  • Pigsticks and Harold and the Incredible Journey by Alex Milway
    |author=Alex Milway ...We also have a review of [[Pigsticks and Harold and the Tuptown Thief by Alex Milway]].
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  • Ssh! Lose Weight in 20 Minutes by Alex Buckley
    |author=Alex Buckley After years of limited exercise combined with a love of fine food, Alex Buckley was known to his friends as Fat Al. He followed a number of diet pl
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  • The Bad Fire (Bob Skinner) by Quintin Jardine
    ...t on the trail of corruption in the council. Her ex-husband has contacted Alex Skinner, Solicitor Advocate as well as retired Police Constable Bob Skinne ...ght to be followed up or if there are any loose ends which can be pulled. Alex Skinner isn't even going to do it herself: she'll use an investigator. Nor
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  • Rules of Attraction by Simone Elkeles
    ...tes isn't interested in living in America with his over-protective brother Alex, but his mother sends him there for his senior year of high school to try a ...turing on each of the Fuentes brothers - and while the first book tells of Alex and Brittany's relationship, I really enjoyed this one without needing to r
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  • The World That Never Was: A True Story of Dreamers, Schemers, Anarchists and Secret Agents by Alex Butterworth
    |author=Alex Butterworth ...eciding to write about political upheaval across Europe, including Russia, Alex Butterworth has chosen a massive topic for this entertaining book. So massi
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  • Zoom! by Trish Cooke and Alex Ayliffe
    |author=Trish Cooke and Alex Ayliffe [[Category:Alex Ayliffe]]
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  • The Sleeping Beauty Killer (Under Suspicion 4) by Mary Higgins Clark and Alafair Burke
    ...how she is being disloyal to his memory if she pursues a relationship with Alex.
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  • Acts of Omission by Terry Stiastny
    What happened next should never have happened. Alex Rutherford was working in the intelligence services when he awoke one morni ...dn't care what became of her. The ex-Civil Servant in me was furious with Alex Rutherford: there are reasons why secret documents stay on the premises, an
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  • The Mouse that Cancelled Christmas by Madeleine Cook and Samara Hardy
    ...s by Alex T Smith and this is another Christmas delight: [[Santa Claude by Alex T Smith|Santa Claude]].
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  • The Emperor of Shoes by Spencer Wise
    ''The Emperor of Shoes'' is the story of Alex Cohen, the heir to a lucrative shoe factory based in southern China. More i ...alism [[Falling Off The Edge: Globalization, World Peace and Other Lies by Alex Perry]] is a great read (and feels incredibly timely for a book that's near
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  • The Not-So Secret Diary of a City Girl by Allie Spencer
    ...ded lots of humour to her story, such as her dreadful restaurant date with Alex. I could easily picture the scenes being described, from the threat of redu ...relationship with Isobel from Marketing and the shared past Laura has with Alex the journalist. The outcomes from these, and the emotional turbulence that
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  • You, Me and Thing: The Legend of the Loch Ness Lilo by Karen McCombie
    ...x T Smith and we're a big fan of his after we read [[Claude in the City by Alex T Smith|Claude in the City]]. There are just a few double pages without an
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  • Chronosphere: Time Out of Time by Alex Woolf
    |author=Alex Woolf And Alex Woolf almost convinced even me about his time concepts. He shows imaginati
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  • Cantona: The Rebel Who Would Be King by Philippe Auclair
    ...the likes of Steve Bruce, David Beckham, Lee Chapman and of course manager Alex Ferguson. ...liked this would almost certainly also enjoy [[The Boss: The Many Sides of Alex Ferguson by Michael Crick]]. You might also appreciate [[Slow Getting Up b
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  • Squishy McFluff: Seaside Rescue! by Pip Jones
    ...dventures by Alex T Smith – The Bookbag loved [[Claude in the Spotlight by Alex T Smith|Claude in the Spotlight]]. We think you'll also enjoy [[Piggy Hand
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  • Here Come the Aliens! by Colin McNaughton
    ...delight at the pictures. Ben, who's all of 3½, appreciates the story, but Alex (5 last week) understands the story and the message behind it. ...nvasion was appropriate bedtime reading, but even sensitive and thoughtful Alex found it funny rather than frightening.
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  • Zog by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler
    Fortunately author Julia Donaldson and illustrator Alex Scheffler have pulled off a completely different coup. This time they cut As always, there’s a myriad of detail in Alex Scheffler’s illustrations, which keeps the conversation flowing even when
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  • Creature Teacher by Sam Watkins
    ...y:Nick Sharratt|Nick Sharratt]] and more recently [[:Category:Alex T Smith|Alex T Smith]] – I suspect children will adore them. I certainly love every pi
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  • A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
    The basic plot is that at fifteen Alex is a nasty piece of work, with an evil bunch of friends. Sorry, but the wo That there are gangs of Alex's disposition wandering our streets today, I have no doubt. But not every s
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  • Primrose by Alex T Smith
    |author=Alex T Smith As you'd expect with a book from Alex T Smith the illustrations are beautifully done. Princess Primrose has a pe
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  • Grave's End (DS Alexandra Cupidi) by William Shaw
    ...ere with a friend Jay and no, he's not a boyfriend, but it's Jay who rings Alex when Zoë is held by the site's guard and her phone confiscated. Zoë is c ...s. And Vinnie's death is the first of many, with an attempt being made on Alex Cupidi's life. Occasionally the deaths do seem to come just a little ''too
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  • Killer Heat by Linda Fairstein
    ...nother deserted location. Detectives Mike Chapman and Mercer Wallace join Alex in a race to identify the killer before he strikes again. ...ds the end of the book Chapman and Mercer were blending in to each other. Alex Cooper herself was rather better but characterisation is not Linda Fairstei
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  • Read Me Like A Book by Liz Kessler
    ...out a boy's coming out. [[Alex As Well by Alyssa Brugman]] is the story of Alex, a transgendered Australian teen. [[Losing It by Keith Gray]] is a very div
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  • The Taming of the Tights by Louise Rennison
    ...ex the Good and Charlie the Unobtainable – and then promptly forgets about Alex completely. Still, there is another term to get through, with students who
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  • Mousebeard's Revenge (Mousehunter Trilogy) by Alex Milway
    |author= Alex Milway ...too much on the brisk and shallow side, that without [[The Mousehunter by Alex Milway|books one]] and two fresh in our mind, we need to concentrate too mu
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  • Pirates Don't Drive Diggers by Alex English and Duncan Beedie
    |author=Alex English and Duncan Beedie [[Category:Alex English]]
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  • Sudden Death (Striker) by Nick Hale
    ...k, I was expecting half [[Crocodile Tears (Alex Rider) by Anthony Horowitz|Alex Rider]], half Mark Fox (main character in a Michael Hardcastle series of fo
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  • Mary E Martin Talks To Bookbag About Alexander Wainwrght and Me
    ...Remembrance by Mary E Martin|The Drawing Lesson]]. Despite his slow start, Alex began to dominate the stage in subtle (and not so subtle) ways. When he ste ...s to Rinaldo, the conceptual artist, who lives a life in vivid contrast to Alex's. No two artists could be farther apart in their work and their lives.
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  • Rules for Vampires by Alex Foulkes
    |author=Alex Foulkes |reviewer=Alex Mitchell
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  • Fightback by Steve Voake
    ...his book. However, in a world of Alex Rider books like [[Crocodile Tears (Alex Rider) by Anthony Horowitz|Crocodile Tears by Anthony Horowitz]] and the mu
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  • You, Me and Thing: The Curse of the Jelly Babies by Karen McCombie
    ...'''big''' fan of Alex T. Smith's artwork thanks to [[Claude in the City by Alex T Smith|Claude in the City]] and his illustrations here don't disappoint, e
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  • The Land of Stories: Worlds Collide by Chris Colfer
    ...ill Trollbella ever find true love? Will Rook or Arthur win the battle for Alex's heart? Colfer manages to deftly tie everything up together nice and neatl
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  • Cold Hit by Linda Fairstein
    ...the richest men in America is pulled out of the Hudson, tied to a ladder, Alex aided by Detective Mike Chapman are quickly on the case. ...uld seem and as the net begins to tighten, the danger becomes palpable and Alex begins to fear for her safety. It would not be right, at this point, to go
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  • Raining Fire by Alan Gibbons
    ...prepared to do anything to take each other down, the stakes only escalate. Alex finds himself facing a lengthy prison sentence through the manipulations of
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  • Salvation Lost by Peter F Hamilton
    |reviewer=Alex Mitchell [[Nemesis by Alex Lamb]], another story of an alien threat to humanity's survival.
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  • Still Midnight by Denise Mina
    ...nd if so, why do they think that there's so much money to be had there? DS Alex Morrow is certain that this is going to be her case – after all, she was ...mely. Tradition says that lead women characters are generally likeable but Alex Morrow isn't particularly pleasant. She's curt with junior officers – so
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  • The Chorister at the Abbey by Lis Howell
    ...realise that a Psalter that had been with the body has since disappeared. Alex teams up with friends Edwin Armstrong, the deputy head of the music departm
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  • The Whole Truth (D I Fawley) by Cara Hunter
    ...met when he was a DS investigating a series of rapes and sexual assaults: Alex had been one of the victims and it was her testimony that put Gavin Parrie
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  • Skinner's Round by Quintin Jardine
    ...of friends, on and off the job, have barely spoken to each other since and Alex is somewhere in Europe with a band and seems to have no intention of coming
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  • The Beach by Alex Garland
    |author=Alex Garland Alex Garland's ''The Beach'' is one of those rare books that manage to inspire y
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  • The Land of Stories: An Author's Odyssey by Chris Colfer
    |summary= Alex and Connor travel into a collection of original short stories in order to r ...k in the series. The last book ended on a tantalising premise: our heroes, Alex and Connor have a potion that will enable them to enter any story they wish
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