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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 Butterworth
    [[Category:Authors|Butterworth, Alex]]
    1 member (0 subcategories, 0 files) - 14:16, 28 February 2011
  • Category:Alex Hesz
    [[Category:Authors|Hesz, Alex]]
    1 member (0 subcategories, 0 files) - 12:02, 1 September 2020
  • Category:Alex Gutteridge
    [[Category:Authors|Gutteridge, Alex]]
    1 member (0 subcategories, 0 files) - 15:25, 9 June 2013
  • 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 Lamb
    [[Category:Authors|Lamb, Alex]]
    1 member (0 subcategories, 0 files) - 12:55, 28 May 2016
  • Category:Alex Wheatle
    [[Category:Authors|Wheatle, Alex]]
    2 members (0 subcategories, 0 files) - 17:02, 24 October 2009
  • Category:Alex Foulkes
    [[Category:Authors|Foulkes, Alex]]
    1 member (0 subcategories, 0 files) - 16:13, 1 August 2021
  • Category:Alex Barclay
    [[Category:Authors|Barclay. Alex]]
    1 member (0 subcategories, 0 files) - 08:01, 18 February 2013
  • 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 Marshall
    [[Category:Authors|Marshall, Alex]]
    1 member (0 subcategories, 0 files) - 09:02, 9 November 2015
  • Category:Alex Brummer
    [[Category:Authors|Brummer, Alex]]
    1 member (0 subcategories, 0 files) - 11:06, 30 May 2012
  • Category:Alex English
    [[Category:Authors|English, Alex]]
    3 members (0 subcategories, 0 files) - 14:01, 26 February 2016
  • Category:Alex Chance
    [[Category:Authors|Chance, Alex]]
    1 member (0 subcategories, 0 files) - 09:04, 17 August 2010
  • Category:Alex Kovacs
    [[Category:Authors|Kovacs, Alex]]
    2 members (0 subcategories, 0 files) - 15:19, 23 November 2013
  • Category:Alex Werner
    [[Category:Authors|Werner, Alex]]
    1 member (0 subcategories, 0 files) - 11:07, 6 October 2014
  • Category:Alex Espinoza
    [[Category:Authors|Espinoza, Alex]]
    1 member (0 subcategories, 0 files) - 17:02, 24 October 2009
  • Category:Alex Epstein
    [[category:Authors|Epstein, Alex]]
    1 member (0 subcategories, 0 files) - 15:51, 3 April 2011
  • Category:Alex Buxton
    [[Category:Authors|Buxton, Alex]]
    1 member (0 subcategories, 0 files) - 12:13, 25 March 2024
  • Category:Alex Churton
    [[Category:Authors|Churton, Alex]]
    1 member (0 subcategories, 0 files) - 16:58, 13 November 2012
  • Category:Alex Garland
    [[Category:Authors|Garland,Alex]]
    1 member (0 subcategories, 0 files) - 17:02, 24 October 2009
  • Category:Alex Nye
    [[Category:Authors|Nye, Alex]]
    1 member (0 subcategories, 0 files) - 14:26, 18 April 2017
  • Category:Alex Michaelides
    [[Category:Authors|Michaelides, Alex]]
    1 member (0 subcategories, 0 files) - 16:57, 8 May 2021
  • Category:Alex Gray
    [[Category:Authors|Gray, 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 Valente
    [[Category:Authors|Valente, Alex]]
    1 member (0 subcategories, 0 files) - 11:48, 18 July 2017
  • Category:Alex Dryden
    [[Category:Authors|Dryden, Alex]]
    1 member (0 subcategories, 0 files) - 12:52, 17 September 2010
  • Category:Alex Kershaw
    [[Category:Authors|Kershaw, Alex]]
    1 member (0 subcategories, 0 files) - 06:22, 27 June 2011
  • Category:Alex Kava
    [[Category:Authors|Kava, Alex]]
    2 members (0 subcategories, 0 files) - 17:02, 24 October 2009
  • Category:Alex Pavesi
    [[Category:Authors|Pavesi, Alex]]
    1 member (0 subcategories, 0 files) - 16:12, 29 June 2020
  • 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 Willmore
    [[Category:Authors|Willmore, Alex]]
    1 member (0 subcategories, 0 files) - 11:20, 29 September 2016
  • Category:Alex Milway
    [[Category:Authors|Milway, Alex]]
    4 members (0 subcategories, 0 files) - 17:02, 24 October 2009
  • Category:Alex Cotter
    [[Category:Authors|Cotter, Alex]]
    2 members (0 subcategories, 0 files) - 17:05, 9 June 2021
  • Category:Alex Buckley
    [[Category:Authors|Buckley, Alex]]
    1 member (0 subcategories, 0 files) - 17:38, 31 August 2011
  • 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
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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:Elena Varvello and Alex Valente (translator)
    [[Category:Authors|Valente, Alex]]
    1 member (0 subcategories, 0 files) - 11:46, 18 July 2017
  • Category:Ian Edginton and Alex Sanchez
    [[Category:Authors|Sanchez, Alex]]
    1 member (0 subcategories, 0 files) - 12:38, 27 May 2015
  • Category:Molly Manners and Alex Worrall
    [[Category:Authors|Worrall, Alex]]
    1 member (0 subcategories, 0 files) - 08:27, 19 September 2016
  • 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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  • Claude Going for Gold! by Alex T Smith
    |author=Alex T Smith ...see where it all began with Claude, take a look at [[Claude in the City by Alex T Smith|Claude in the City]] or for more well-drawn silliness try [[The Cat
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  • Pieces of Us by Margie Gelbwasser
    Every summer Katie and her sister Julie meet up with Alex and his brother Kyle at a lakeside community in New York. They leave behind The two brothers in this quartet are Alex, an abusive playboy who practically forces his younger brother to take part
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  • Arabesque by Colin Mulhern
    ...of exciting twists (I particularly enjoyed the welcome cameo from Kyle and Alex from ''Clash''), I wasn't a fan of the unexpected cliffhanger at the conclu 'Arabesque'' definitely had me feeling a bit of nostalgia for Alex Rider: the one and only teenage spy; [[Stormbreaker by Anthony Horowitz]] i
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  • Broken Dreams by Tom Bower
    ...ery revealing [[The Boss: The Many Sides of Alex Ferguson|biography of Sir Alex Ferguson]].
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  • Star Quality (Dance Trilogy 2) by Jean Ure
    ...d to go to the prestigious City Ballet School full time. Caitlyn, Roz and Alex all get their acceptance about a week later, but Maddy's is a little slower
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  • Perijee & Me by Ross Montgomery
    ...ted debut story [[Alex, the Dog and the Unopenable Door by Ross Montgomery|Alex, the Dog and the Unopenable Door]] or his second book [[The Tornado Chasers
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  • August 2011 Newsletter
    ...keen to take the opportunity to ask Alex [[The Interview: Bookbag Talks To Alex Woolf|a few questions]].
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  • The Maidens by Alex Michaelides
    |author=Alex Michaelides The plot is exceptional: just when I thought I had it all worked out Alex Michaelides delivers a jaw-dropping denouement. Yes - the clues were all t
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  • April 2010 Newsletter
    In non-fiction, we've chosen [[Alex's Adventures In Numberland by Alex Bellos]] - a perfect look at all the cool, amazing and fascinating things g
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  • Any Human Face by Charles Lambert
    ...his latest lover. Bruno is generous with his money and his time; he lends Alex the flash car, dines him extravagantly, treats him well, takes him seriousl ..., 1980s) and the present (2008). It switches focus between protagonists; Alex, Bruno, Andrew, Michel, Daniela, the mysterious Birdman, Martin, Sandro –
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  • May 2014 Newsletter
    ...een. Brought up as a boy but identifying as a girl who also fancies girls, Alex's journey is one you'll never forget. It's an important, affecting story wi
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  • The Evil Within by Ian Edginton and Alex Sanchez
    |author=Ian Edginton and Alex Sanchez [[Category:Alex Sanchez]]
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  • Top Ten Fantasy Books of 2013
    ...f 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
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  • TimeRiders: Day of the Predator by Alex Scarrow
    |author=Alex Scarrow ...ing this book to Bookbag. We also have a review of [[REMADE (Remade 1) by Alex Scarrow]].
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  • The Rithmatist by Brandon Sanderson
    ...ay, with the superb [[Curse of Kings (The Trials of Oland Born, Book 1) by Alex Barclay]]. Older teens who love this one and want to try an adult epic fant
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  • The Tornado Chasers by Ross Montgomery
    [[Alex, the Dog and the Unopenable Door by Ross Montgomery|Alex, the Dog and the Unopenable Door]], by the same author, was short-listed fo
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  • Brainjack by Brian Falkner
    ...k, but he's not irritatingly superior like Alex Rider (I really don't like Alex Rider). He comes across well as a very ordinary boy with a particular talen
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  • Top Ten Teen Books of 2014
    |title=Alex As Well ...enrolment officer with a birth certificate - it all works out pretty well. Alex starts to make friends and revels in her new feminine identity.
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  • The Mousehunter by Alex Milway
    |author=Alex Milway ...arth Nix]]. We also liked [[Mousebeard's Revenge (Mousehunter Trilogy) by Alex Milway]].
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  • Guilt Trip: From Fear to Guilt on the Green Bandwagon by Alex Hesz and Bambos Neophytou
    |author= Alex Hesz and Bambos Neophytou [[Category:Alex Hesz]]
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  • The House on the Edge by Alex Cotter
    |author=Alex Cotter ...ng Caves by Helen Moss]]. For more from Cotter, try [[The Mermaid Call by Alex Cotter|The Mermaid Call]].
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  • Running Girl by Simon Mason
    ...his schoolwork. And if you read between the lines, you can see that dealer Alex's breakdown and paranoia after his break-up with Chloe was probably contrib
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  • Max and the Millions by Ross Montgomery
    ...lding Boy]] and [[Alex, the Dog and the Unopenable Door by Ross Montgomery|Alex, the Dog and the Unopenable Door]].
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  • The Fear Index by Robert Harris
    ...ith VIXAL4 turning everything it touches into virtual gold it appears that Alex Hoffman Investments are bang on course to bank even more billions in commis
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  • The Roots of Evil (Bob Skinner) by Quintin Jardine
    ...elebrating at the golf club with his wife, Professor Sarah Grace, daughter Alex Skinner and the man with whom she shares a house, Dominic Jackson. Jackson ...ing inspector, Griffin Montell, who had an on/off sexual relationship with Alex Skinner. The Chief Constable, Maggie Steele, is there but it's obvious tha
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  • The Land of Stories: The Wishing Spell by Chris Colfer
    |summary=Twins Alex and Connor are magically transported to the Land Of Stories, where they nee Twins Alex and Connor Bailey have had it tough recently. Their father was killed in a
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  • The Golden Chain by Margaret James
    ...in India and moved to Melbury House in Dorset, a place full of history for Alex and Rose. Daisy is not keen on her new life and surroundings and is desper
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  • The Land of Stories: A Grimm Warning by Chris Colfer
    ...ilst Connor looks forward to a school trip to Germany with his crush Bree, Alex is getting ready to attend the Fairy Inaugural Ball, where she will be offi
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  • Welcome to My World by Miranda Dickinson
    ...iends ... I think you probably get the picture. Everything's fine - until Alex comes back to town. He's hot. And now the story starts to heat up a littl Travel. Did I mention travel? Alex has done lots of it. He appears to have circumnavigated the globe several
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  • The Fourth Horseman by Kate Thompson
    ...Fourth Horseman'' opens with the arrest of Laurie McAllister, her brother Alex and her friend Javed. Her father, a research scientist, is being carted off ...e young people in Thompson's book have the strongest consciences - Laurie, Alex and Javed can see far more clearly than Mr McAllister, who is a slave to pe
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  • A Portrait of the Arsonist as a Young Man by Andrew McGuinness
    ...teacher, and a more substantial relationship with a male thriller writer, Alex Fortune. One has to welcome the depth to the confessional herein (and it i ...book completely enjoyable? Well, in parts, certainly. The climax of the Alex Fortune narrative is quite lyrical, and a complete contrast to the initial
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  • Doctor Who: 11 Doctors, 11 Stories by Eoin Colfer, Michael Scott and others
    ...that-doctor-who-did-it-once-and-that-was-enough, [[:Category:Alex Scarrow|Alex Scarrow]] provides us with a richly detailed look at another small-town USA [[Category:Alex Scarrow]]
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  • January 2014 Newsletter
    ...e opportunity to chat to Alex Kovacs was [[The Interview: Bookbag Talks To Alex Kovacs|not one to miss]]. Sue also had a lovely time reading Dom Conlon's [
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  • A God in Ruins by Kate Atkinson
    ...had a bonus with this book. I listened to an audio download, narrated by Alex Jennings and it was superb, delivering a full range of voices which were co [[Category:Alex Jennings]]
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  • Sure Fire by Jack Higgins
    |summary=A pacy, well-written thriller, superior to the Alex Rider books, Sure Fire will be appreciated by all action fans of 9 or 10 an ...iggins did interest me. Clearly, there's a market for thrillers for teens. Alex Rider sells in the thousands. Why shouldn't Jack Higgins get in on the act?
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  • The Mermaid Call by Alex Cotter
    |author=Alex Cotter ...omore effort, following on from the commendable [[The House on the Edge by Alex Cotter|The House on the Edge]]. If you want ''that'' mermaid story, the pl
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  • Elephant by Petr Horacek
    If wild animals are your thing, then check out [[ROAR! by Margaret Mayo and Alex Ayliffe]]. [[Dear Zoo by Rod Campbell]] is also well worth a look. You mig
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  • Urban Outlaws by Peter Jay Black
    ...wrest [[Crocodile Tears (Alex Rider) by Anthony Horowitz|Crocodile Tears (Alex Rider)]] from the eager hands of her grandsons. And don't be put off by any
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  • Doctor Who: 12 Doctors 12 Stories by Malorie Blackman, Holly Black and others
    ...that-doctor-who-did-it-once-and-that-was-enough, [[:Category:Alex Scarrow|Alex Scarrow]] provides us with a richly detailed look at another small-town USA [[Category:Alex Scarrow]]
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  • How to Hide a Lion by Helen Stephens
    For other lion adventures, take a look at [[ROAR! by Margaret Mayo and Alex Ayliffe]], and particularly the excellent [[Jim, Who Ran Away From His Nurs
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  • The Interview: Bookbag Talks To Tessa Buckley
    TB: My best friend at primary school was a twin, but the inspiration for Alex and Donna probably came from a brother and sister who lived near us when I ...conpunction in abandoning her children, was probably the inspiration for Alex and Donna’s mother in ''Eye Spy''.
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  • The Humiliations of Welton Blake by Alex Wheatle
    |author=Alex Wheatle ...erred an early work from this author, the young adult [[The Dirty South by Alex Wheatle|The Dirty South]]. For the specialist Barrington Stoke audience, [
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  • Just Like Tonight by Amber Stewart and Layn Marlow
    ...not quite being ready for bed. [[Bella and Monty: A Hairy, Scary Night by Alex T Smith]] does too, but with a quirkier twist.
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  • Not A Box by Antoinette Portis
    If this seems to subdued to appeal, try [[ROAR!]] by Margaret Mayo and Alex Ayliffe.
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  • The Secrets Between Us by Louise Douglas
    ...takes some getting used to, especially given what has happened. Genevieve, Alex’s popular, pretty and wealthy wife, has disappeared. Some say of her own ...he left are odd, but not impossible, but with the woman’s family convinced Alex was directly responsible, no one is going to rest until the truth comes out
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  • Zoom Zoom Zoom by Katherina Manolessou
    ...and Meera Santoro]]. For a little more zoom try [[Zoom! by Trish Cooke and Alex Ayliffe]].
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  • The Mark by Rosemary Hayes
    |reviewer= Alex Mitchell
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  • Mercy by David Kessler
    Our hero is Alex Sedaka, a lawyer who has recently been appointed by Burrows. Burrows was ...a shame, as Kessler has created some interesting characters. I did enjoy Alex Sedaka. He has the flaws, humanity and intelligence that make him an attra
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  • The Miraculous Sweetmakers: The Frost Fair by Natasha Hastings and Alex T Smith
    |author=Natasha Hastings and Alex T Smith [[Category:Natasha Hastings]] [[Category:Alex T Smith]]
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  • Pom Pom Gets the Grumps by Sophy Henn
    Pandas also feature proudly in [[ROAR! by Margaret Mayo and Alex Ayliffe]] and [[Toucan Can by Juliette MacIver and Sarah Davis]]
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  • Penguin by Polly Dunbar
    ...if lions are more your thing then why not try [[ROAR! by Margaret Mayo and Alex Ayliffe]].
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  • The Oathbreaker's Shadow by Amy McCulloch
    ...by Laura Lam]] and [[Curse of Kings (The Trials of Oland Born, Book 1) by Alex Barclay]]. Both are highly recommended.
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  • Egg: An Egg-Citing Easter Eggs-Capade! (My Little World) by Jonathan Litton and Fhiona Galloway
    Slightly older children in search of eggs will love [[Foxy and Egg by Alex T Smith]]. Those who've moved on from board books will ''love'' [[The Odd
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  • Last Chance Angel by Alex Gutteridge
    |author=Alex Gutteridge |website=http://alex-gutteridge.blogspot.com/‎
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  • 2312 by Kim Stanley Robinson
    ...The story of Swan and Wahram starts with the death of Swan's grandmother (Alex) a high-powered Mercurian involved in all sorts of interplanetary intrigue, ...ession is: some kind of trade envoy seems near the mark, but he was one of Alex's confidantes.
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  • Amazing Esme by Tamara Macfarlane
    ...r more books to encourage emerging readers I adore [[Claude in the City by Alex T Smith]] and the rest of the series about Claude and his friend Sir Bobbly
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  • Cuckoo by Keren David
    |reviewer= Alex Mitchell
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  • Take Me Home by Daniela Sacerdoti
    ...y Monteith is confused. She's just spent the night with her close friend, Alex and it seems that it means more to him that she will allow it to mean to he
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  • All Tomorrow's Futures: Fictions that Disrupt by Benjamin Greenaway and Stephen Oram (Editors)
    ...the commercial models of vested interests. In Finance and Digital Money, Alex Buxton's ''Update Needed'' highlighted the disadvantages of a tokenised eco ...]] [[Category:Dr Elizabeth Black]] [[Category:Trevor Burke KC]] [[Category:Alex Buxton]] [[Category:DJ Cockburn]] [[Category:Paul Currion]] [[Category:Jend
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  • The Interview: Bookbag Talks To L A Weatherly
    ...f having known and loved Alex and Willow as characters for many years now. Alex in particular has been tugging on me for so long that I really don't know w ...ust find things out as you go along, too. For instance, I didn't know that Alex spoke Spanish until I got to a particular scene in Angel and he suddenly st
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  • I Love My Mummy by Giles Andreae and Emma Dodd
    ...you might enjoy reading [[My Mum Has X-Ray Vision by Angela McAllister and Alex T Smith]].
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  • Visions by Kelley Armstrong
    If you're looking for another great urban fantasy series, try [[Fated: An Alex Verus Novel by Benedict Jacka]].
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  • The Otherlife by Julia Gray
    |reviewer= Alex Mitchell
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  • The Other Half by Charlotte Vassell
    ...with Casper, in whose flat she is still living, and appears to be drawn to Alex. Throw in people with names like Jolyon Armstrong-Wile-de Fflouffe, Tabith
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  • Timebomb by James Barrington
    ...enture we can recommend [[Typhoon by Charles Cumming]], [[The Blind Spy by Alex Dryden]] or [[The Demon Code by Adam Blake]].
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  • Codename Quicksilver 2: The Tyrant King by Allan Jones
    [[Crocodile Tears (Alex Rider) by Anthony Horowitz]] shows how this thing should be done more profi
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  • Handsome Hog by Mwenye Hadithi and Adrienne Kennaway
    ...McConnell]] is a fun tale of African animals. [[ROAR! by Margaret Mayo and Alex Ayliffe]] is lots of fun too. For a tale of comeuppance with a slightly dif
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  • The Red Road by Denise Mina
    ...out to save her from the worst consequences. Well over a decade later DI Alex Morrow is a witness in the case of Michael Brown. Brown is vicious and bru
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  • Black Cairn Point by Claire McFall
    |reviewer= Alex Mitchell
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  • Campaigns that Shook the World: The Evolution of Public Relations by Danny Rogers
    ...han Gabay]] and [[Guilt Trip: From Fear to Guilt on the Green Bandwagon by Alex Hesz and Bambos Neophytou]].
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  • New England Rocks by Christina Courtenay
    ...an usual target audience in the way that people like Bonnie Hearn Hill and Alex Barclay have.
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  • Chain Reaction (Perfect Chemistry) by Simone Elkeles
    ...too obviously. Fans of the first two books will be glad to know that both Alex and Carlos play big roles here, as well. Finally, just as in Rules of Attra
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  • The Dread Pirate Fleur and the Ruby Heart by Sara Starbuck
    ...book appeals then we think that you might also enjoy [[The Mousehunter by Alex Milway]].
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  • Wings: Spitfire by Tom Palmer
    |reviewer= Alex Mitchell
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  • The Thirteenth Skull: Alfred Kropp 3 by Rick Yancey
    ...reading too, they'll love [[Spray by Harry Edge]] or [[The Circle Cast by Alex Epstein]]. Older readers might appreciate [[The Excalibur Codex by James D
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  • A Walk In Paris by Salvatore Rubbino
    [[Claude in the City by Alex T Smith]] features a dog who wears a beret. And you can't get much more Fre
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  • Struck by Jennifer Bosworth
    ...haotic society after earthquakes. Or [[Ashes by Ilsa Bick]], which follows Alex after a catastrophic electromagnetic pulse sweeps across the globe and dest
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  • Wanted: The Perfect Pet by Fiona Roberton
    Further reading suggestion: [[Claude in the City by Alex T Smith]]
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  • The Circle Cast by Alex Epstein
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  • Ophelia in Pieces by Clare Jacob
    ...d dress which Patrick liked. But when she got home Patrick and their son, Alex, were eating ice creams. He didn't seem in the least interested in dinner
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  • A Bird in Winter by Louise Doughty
    You might also enjoy [[The Blind Spy by Alex Dryden]].
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  • Cactus Annie by Melanie Williamson
    ...el' a copy of [[Desert Rose by Alison Jackson and Keith Graves]]. [[Egg by Alex T Smith]] has a similarly fresh illustrative style to Melanie Williamson's
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  • Peely Wally by Kali Stileman
    ...] is another sweet egg book. For other eggy books, take a look at [[Egg by Alex T Smith]], [[The Cow That Laid An Egg by Andy Cutbill]], [[Baby Blue Egg by
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  • Peepo Paw Prints by Smriti Prasadam and Melanie Mitchell
    ...animals you might like to read our review of [[ROAR! by Margaret Mayo and Alex Ayliffe]].
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  • Dead and Buried (Bob Skinner Mystery) by Quintin Jardine
    ...rotect her, particularly when she doesn't particularly want to be helped. Alex suspects that she might know who the stalker is and feels a little guilty:
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  • Pirates in Classroom 3 by Alison Donald and Ben Whitehouse
    ...but has a slightly better pay off [[The New Libearian by Alison Donald and Alex Willmore]].
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  • Codename Quicksilver 1: In the Zone by Allan Jones
    ...The idea is definitely to create a new [[Stormbreaker by Anthony Horowitz|Alex Rider]], courtesy of a junior espionage agent doing things adults can't do,
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  • Top Ten Fantasy Novels of 2014
    ...s? What's so special about this piece of rock? As all hell breaks loose, Alex is about to find out.
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  • The Witch's Kiss by Katharine Corr and Elizabeth Corr
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  • Jimmy Coates: Survival by Joe Craig
    ...t's full of gadgets. There are some serious messages too. Jimmy Coates 5-0 Alex Rider. Sorry. Couldn't resist!
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  • Mighty Small by Timothy Knapman and Rosie Reeve
    ...perhero shenanigans try [[My Mum Has X-Ray Vision by Angela McAllister and Alex T Smith]] or [[Nat Fantastic by Giles Andreae and Katharine McEwen]]. Timo
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  • Mortal Chaos: Deep Oblivion by Matt Dickinson
    ...and effect thing, then you will love [[TimeRiders: Day of the Predator by Alex Scarrow]], which has a well thought-out time travel element inside a thrill
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  • The Worst Case Scenario Cookery Club by Chrissie Manby
    ..., newly widowed John who's questioning his strong old-fashioned values and Alex a talented chef with a dubious past.
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  • Cross Crocodile by Mwenye Hadithi and Adrienne Kennaway
    ...s of crocodiles, but still equally enjoyable. [[ROAR! by Margaret Mayo and Alex Ayliffe]] has a healthy smattering of wild animals. [[I Dare You by Reece
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  • Borgon the Axeboy and the Dangerous Breakfast by Kjartan Poskitt and Philip Reeve
    ...sibling, we recommend [[Pigsticks and Harold and the Incredible Journey by Alex Milway]]. We think you'll also enjoy [[Borgon the Axeboy and the Whisperin
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  • Peck, Hen, Peck! and Ben's Pet (Early Reader) by Jill Atkins and Barbara Vagnozzi
    ...First Reader) by Hilda Offen]] and [[Yuck! Said the Yak (Early Reader) by Alex English and Emma Levey]].
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  • The Paradise Trap by Catherine Jinks
    ..., or perhaps the dystopian holidays of [[Chronosphere: Time Out of Time by Alex Woolf]].
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  • Forest Gate by Peter Akinti
    You might also enjoy [[The Dirty South by Alex Wheatle]] which covers some of the same ground and also has a tremendously
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  • A Day with the Animal Doctors by Sharon Rentta
    Children who are a little older will also enjoy [[Claude in the City by Alex T Smith]].
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  • The Lost City of Faar (Pendragon) by D J MacHale
    ...right for, as the publisher itself explains, this is epic fantasy for the Alex Rider generation. Forget fairies and wizards though, this is science fictio
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  • The Fabulous Foskett Family Circus by Quentin Blake and John Yeoman
    ...n be found in [[My Circus by Xavier Deneux]] and [[Claude at the Circus by Alex T Smith]].
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  • Sherlock Holmes and the Lyme Regis Legacy by David Ruffle
    [[Sherlock Holmes: The Man Who Never Lived and Will Never Die by Alex Werner]]<br>
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  • Mango and Bambang: Tapir All At Sea by Polly Faber and Clara Vulliamy
    ...books that children of this age may enjoy include [[Claude in the City by Alex T Smith]] and [[Dixie O'Day in the Fast Lane by Shirley Hughes and Clara Vu
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  • Thursday Legends by Quintin Jardine
    ...Thursday Legends. Then one of the ex-players is found brutally murdered. Alex Smith was the former head of special Branch and he made plenty of enemies i
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  • Return of the Chocoholic Vampires (Zac Zoltan's Mad Monster Agency) by Knife and Packer
    ...puns you'll ever hear. We think you'll also enjoy [[Rules for Vampires by Alex Foulkes]].
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  • Whiteout (Red Eye) by Gabriel Dylan
    ...y and ''Whiteout'' appeals, you could also check out [[Frozen Charlotte by Alex Bell]], another brilliant but terrifying ''Red Eye'' story. If scary snowy
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  • Necropolis (Power of Five) by Anthony Horowitz
    If thrillers are your thing the [[Stormbreaker by Anthony Horowitz|Alex Rider]] series, also by Anthony Horowitz, is certainly worth a look. You mi
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  • I Don't Want To Be A Pea! by Ann Bonwill and Simon Rickerty
    ...eally recommend it. If this appeals, why not also take a look at [[Home by Alex T Smith]], which is another story about friends who can't seem to agree.
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  • Golden Goal (Jamie Johnson) by Dan Freedman
    ...course, shines, and his silky skills and lightning pace get him noticed by Alex F-, sorry, Brian Robertson, the Foxborough manager. Before he knows it, Jam
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  • We Need To Talk About Kelvin by Marcus Chown
    ...itle for a popular science book this side of [[Here's Looking At Euclid by Alex Bellos]], Marcus Chown shows us what everyday things tell us about the univ
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  • Mike by Andrew Norriss
    ...u like the sound of this, I highly recommend reading [[The Universe Versus Alex Woods by Gavin Extence]] and picking up some more Andrew Norriss work: [[Ar
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  • The Power of Dark by Robin Jarvis
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  • The Invisible by Tom Percival
    ...joy [[10 Things I Can Do To Help My World by Melanie Walsh]] and [[Home by Alex T Smith]].
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  • Fire Girl, Forest Boy by Chloe Daykin
    |reviewer=Alex Mitchell
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  • The Traitors by Tom Becker
    ...ture for allegedly brighter reasons in [[Chronosphere: Time Out of Time by Alex Woolf]].
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  • Boy X by Dan Smith
    If you enjoyed this, you'll also enjoy the Alex Rider series by Anthony Horowitz – start with [[Stormbreaker by Anthony H
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  • Smuggler's Kiss by Marie-Louise Jensen
    ...ink you'd really enjoy reading about them as well. [[Last Chance Angel by Alex Gutteridge]] was also shortlisted for Romantic Novelist Association Young A
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  • One Smart Fish by Chris Wormell
    ...n The Dark by Peter Bently and Ben Cort]] and [[SNAP! by Margaret Mayo and Alex Ayliffe]]. If you like the idea of unexpected genius, check out [[The Cleve
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  • The Sea Sisters by Lucy Clarke
    [[The Beach by Alex Garland]] also combines mystery with exotic locales, to great effect.
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  • The Complete Barchester Chronicles by Anthony Trollope
    The cast includes Anna Massey, Alex Jennings, David Haig, Rosemary Leach, Kenneth Cranham, Emma Fielding and Br
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  • Top Ten Self-Published Books 2020
    ...not to mention TB and to say it was tonsillitis. Good luck with that one, Alex.
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  • Eleanor's Eyebrows by Timothy Knapman and David Tazzyman
    ...ness then do, please, take a look at the wonderful [[Claude in the City by Alex T Smith]]
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  • Wolfie by Emma Barnes
    ...at school and generally making her life a misery. Thankfully another boy, Alex, comes to her aid and he and Fang make Lucie’s life much happier. But the
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  • Rosewater by Tade Thompson
    |reviewer= Alex Mitchell
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  • Consiglieri: Leading from the Shadows by Richard Hytner
    ..., with the last providing some well-known names. The points made about Sir Alex Ferguson and his time as manager of Manchester United are excellent and par
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  • Moments by Cristiano Ronaldo
    ...est is in Manchester United then why not try [[The Boss: The Many Sides of Alex Ferguson]].
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  • The Quickening by Julie Myerson
    ...ded by Emily Barr]] has a similar feel, as does the classic [[The Beach by Alex Garland]]
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  • Ping Pong Pig by Caroline Jayne Church
    ...y enjoy this book, they may also want to read [[ROAR! by Margaret Mayo and Alex Ayliffe]].
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  • The Amulet of Samarkand by Jonathan Stroud
    ...reteen-read-to-graphic-novel book I've yet seen, making it better than the Alex Rider, Charlie Higson young Bond, and even our co-adaptor's [[Artemis Fowl:
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  • Sunlight 24 by Merritt Graves
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  • Spyology by Dugald Steer
    ...g to delight any fan of ''Young Bond'', [[Stormbreaker by Anthony Horowitz|Alex Rider]], [[Jimmy Coates: Revenge by Joe Craig|Jimmy Coates]] or the host of
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  • September 2013 Newsletter
    ...once again this is the best instalment of this magical fantasy so far, as Alex the seer collides with his dark past and Benedict Jacka matures as a writer
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  • In the Bag by Jim Carrington
    ...w bad choices can have terrible consequences, as does [[The Dirty South by Alex Wheatle]]. You might also enjoy [[Drive By by Jim Carrington]].
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  • The Hill And The Rock by David McKee
    ...recommending. Also, if this book appeals, why not take a look at [[Home by Alex T Smith]].
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  • A Scarf and a Half (Early Reader) by Amanda Brandon and Catalina Echeverri
    ...from Maverick Arts we can recommend [[Yuck! Said the Yak (Early Reader) by Alex English and Emma Levey]].
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  • Dixie O'Day in the Fast Lane by Shirley Hughes and Clara Vulliamy
    ...the hilarious Claude books, the first of which is [[Claude in the City by Alex T Smith]]. Coincidentally these also feature a dog but this time his best f
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  • Misty Falls by Joss Stirling
    ...e. I think Stirling has actually made her world much less interesting with Alex seeming to take less notice of Misty than I'd have ever expected him to.
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  • In The Blood by Ruth Mancini
    There is a light on the horizon though: Alex White, whom she met by accident in Waitrose when Ben was having a meltdown,
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  • Curse of Kings (The Trials of Oland Born, Book 1) by Alex Barclay
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  • Sharks and Other Sea Creatures by DK
    ...even younger, on the same theme, we recommend [[SNAP! by Margaret Mayo and Alex Ayliffe]].
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  • Bad Friends by Claire Seeber
    ...at all. She also cannot recall why she split up with the love of her life, Alex, nor the reason why her boss is blackmailing her.
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  • The Start of Everything by Emily Winslow
    ...Cambridge Blue by Alison Bruce|Cambridge Blue]], or maybe [[The Maidens by Alex Michaelides]]. For more crime with multiple narrators, have a look at [[Fu
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  • All Dressed in White by Mary Higgins Clark and Alafair Burke
    ...re very different people. I liked the fact that Laurie's relationship with Alex is continued from the previous book. They are both well-written characters
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  • Skinner's Ghosts by Quintin Jardine
    ...he would be able to completely clear his name. He's aided by his daughter Alex, now a lawyer with a prominent legal firm, but he's cut off from his CID te
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  • A Tattoo on my Brain by Daniel Gibbs with Teresa H Barker
    |reviewer=Alex Merrick
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  • Impostor (Variants) by Susanne Winnacker
    ...she can't forget the danger she is in. Or her feelings for fellow Variant, Alex...
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  • Made in Britain by Gavin James Bower
    ...ed with writers such as Zadie Smith or novels such as [[The Dirty South by Alex Wheatle]] which have more wit and insight while still exploring the same th
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  • Demelza and the Spectre Detectors by Holly Rivers
    |reviewer=Alex Mitchell
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  • Preposterous Rhinoceros by Tracy Gunaratnam and Marta Costa
    ...haps you want to see King Lion in full voice; [[ROAR! by Margaret Mayo and Alex Ayliffe]]. We also have a review of ''Preposterous Rhinoceros'' as an [[Pr
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  • The Last Thing I Remember (Homelander) by Andrew Klavan
    ...h his karate teacher Sensei Mike and arguments with his former best friend Alex work really well.
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  • The Industry of Human Happiness by James Hall
    |reviewer= Alex Merrick
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  • Skinner's Trail by Quintin Jardine
    ...ular basis. His son's been born more than twenty years after his daughter Alex. He makes for good copy and Jardine is a great storyteller, with a talent
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  • Black Sugar by Miguel Bonnefoy and Emily Boyce (translator)
    |reviewer= Alex Merrick
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  • Changers, Book Two: Oryon by Allison Glock-Cooper and T Cooper
    ...y include [[Parallel by Lauren Miller]], [[ Flip by Martyn Bedford]] and [[Alex As Well by Alyssa Brugman]].
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  • Below Zero by Dan Smith
    ...ly recommend [[Boy X by Dan Smith|Boy X]]. Or why not try the now classic 'Alex Rider' series by Anthony Horowitz – start with [[Stormbreaker by Anthony
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  • The Shakespeare Plot 1: Assassin's Code by Alex Woolf
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  • Empty Quarter by Julia Golding
    ...Bond' idea has been done to death. In a market place already flooded with Alex Rider, Spy Kids, Agent Cody Banks and the countless other gadget-wielding c
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  • Ancient Light by John Banville
    The narrator in John Banville's ''Ancient Light'' is Alex Cleave, a stage actor in the curtain call of his career. For reasons that b
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  • The Longest Night of Charlie Noon by Christopher Edge
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  • Mouse Guard: Legends of The Guard by David Petersen
    For a regular book about mouse adventures, we love [[The Mousehunter by Alex Milway]]. For bigger animals in graphic novel form we recommend [[Grandvil
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  • The Ember Blade by Chris Wooding
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  • Danger Zone: Ice Claw by David Gilman
    ...t. The lead character relies on personal endurance and courage rather than Alex Rider-style high-tech gadgetry. One for the adrenalin seeker, thoughit's a
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  • The Trees Grew Because I Bled There by Eric LaRocca
    |reviewer= Alex Merrick
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  • The Interview: Bookbag Talks To Mary E Martin
    ...That way, the reader could allow him/herself to understand and experience Alex's thoughts from Jamie's 'feet on the ground' foothold. ...rational? Does that make sense?'' He is the lens through which we can view Alex.
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  • Top Ten Beach Reads For Teens
    ...t. The lead character relies on personal endurance and courage rather than Alex Rider-style high-tech gadgetry. One for the adrenalin seeker, thoughit's a
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  • The Young World by Chris Weitz
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  • A Step So Grave (Dandy Gilver) by Catriona McPherson
    ...inning of the book, and rest assured that whilst it's quite a while before Alex Osborne, Dandy's Watson, makes an appearance, he does come into his own. E
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  • Marvin's Funny Dance by Sarah McConnell
    ...enjoy this book, you will probably also enjoy [[ROAR! by Margaret Mayo and Alex Ayliffe]].
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  • Tom's Midnight Garden by Philippa Pearce
    For the twenty-first century child grown used to Alex Ryder and Young Bond this book will seem tame but there are reasons why it
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  • Top Ten Love Stories For Teenagers
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  • Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention by Manning Marable
    ...viewed in context. It was completed after Malcolm X's death, by co-author Alex Haley, and many aspects were highlighted or played down, to suit Malcolm X'
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  • Changers, Book One: Drew by Allison Glock-Cooper and T Cooper
    ...y include [[Parallel by Lauren Miller]], [[ Flip by Martyn Bedford]] and [[Alex As Well by Alyssa Brugman]]. It's always worth walking a mile in another pe
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  • Savage Blood by Alex Chance
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  • Dark Secrets: Legacy of Lies and Don't Tell by Elizabeth Chandler
    As she settles into Wisteria, Megan makes two new friends, Sophie and Alex, and a romance develops - but there are sinister happenings, leading to arg
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  • The Boy at the Door by Alex Dahl
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  • Still Water Saints by Alex Espinoza
    |author=Alex Espinoza ...needs putting in context. According to the publisher's website, the author Alex Espinoza ''was born in Tijuana, Mexico and raised in La Puente, California,
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  • Eight Detectives by Alex Pavesi
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  • Night Owls by Jenn Bennett
    ...a funny, urban love story is more your thing, perhaps [[The Dirty South by Alex Wheatle]] may appeal.
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  • 13 Coins by Michael B Jackson, Martin Brennan and Simon Bisley
    ...so get their kicks from the likes of [[The Evil Within by Ian Edginton and Alex Sanchez]].
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  • Troofriend by Kirsty Applebaum
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  • Flember: The Secret Book by Jamie Smart
    |reviewer=Alex Mitchell
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  • Cosima Unfortunate Steals a Star by Laura Noakes
    ...with [[The Miraculous Sweetmakers: The Frost Fair by Natasha Hastings and Alex T Smith]].
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  • Young Sherlock Holmes: Fire Storm by Andrew Lane
    ...is nothing here you would not find in the contemporary adventures of, say, Alex Rider. The story teems with strange and formidable villains, dangers galore
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  • The Nightjar by Deborah Hewitt
    ...ht also enjoy [[A Crown for Cold Silver: Book One of the Crimson Empire by Alex Marshall]].
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  • The Cornish Guest House (Tremarnock) by Emma Burstall
    ...younger crowd was hovering by the door, including Loveday...Jessie, Ryan, Alex, Nathan and Annie. Over by the fire, Tony was holding court with Felipe, To
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  • The Deadly Seven by Garth Jennings
    Slightly less gross, but equally silly is [[Alex, the Dog and the Unopenable Door by Ross Montgomery]]. And don't forget [[G
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  • Sherlock Holmes: The Man Who Never Lived and Will Never Die by Alex Werner
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  • Strawberry Marshmallow: v.1 by Barasui
    ...still recommend it to fans or younger readers. Older readers will enjoy [[Alex and Ada Volume 1 by Jonathan Luna and Sarah Vaughn]].
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  • Piecing Me Together by Renee Watson
    ...]], [[Paisley Hanover Acts Out by Cameron Tuttle]] or [[The Dirty South by Alex Wheatle]].
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  • Soldier Boy by Danny Rhodes
    You might also enjoy [[The Dirty South by Alex Wheatle]] which also tells a story in retrospect and has the same blend of
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  • The Sinclair's Mysteries: The Midnight Peacock by Katherine Woodfine
    ...rical settings, you could try [[The Shakespeare Plot 1: Assassin's Code by Alex Woolf]], about a couple of orphans working at the famous Globe Theatre, who
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  • Stunt Double by Tamsin Cooke
    ...o check out the now-classic action stories about 14-year-old reluctant spy Alex Rider: the series starts with [[Stormbreaker by Anthony Horowitz]]. We can
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  • The Extinction Trials by SM Wilson
    ...-Rex by Steve Cole]]. You might also appreciate [[Tregarthur's Promise by Alex Mellanby]].
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  • Ascension by Victor Dixen
    |reviewer= Alex Mitchell
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  • You Had Me At Hello by Mhairi McFarlane
    Continuing on the theme of my adopted hometown, we have [[Life with Sir Alex: A Fan's Story of Ferguson's 25 Years at Manchester United by Will Tidey]]
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  • Blood Lines (D I Kim Stone) by Angela Marsons
    ...instincts ''are'' heightened too: she's had a letter from her nemesis, Dr Alex Thorne, whom Kim put behind bars in [[Evil Games (D I Kim Stone) by Angela
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  • Dungeon Runners: Hero Trial by Kieran Larwood and Joe Todd-Stanton
    ...Kieran Larwood|Podkin One-Ear]]. [[The Glorious Race of Magical Beasts by Alex Bell and Tim McDonagh]] is a further fantasy-based contest, although for an
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  • Transference by B T Keaton
    |reviewer=Alex Mitchell
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  • The Boat by Clara Salaman
    ...ers us [[Shame on You by Clara Salaman|Shame on You]] while [[The Beach by Alex Garland]] is the same style and approach as ''The Boat''
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  • To Sleep in a Sea of Stars by Christopher Paolini
    |reviewer=Alex Mitchell ...h (hence their name) and insects or crustaceans and communicate via scent [Alex here: which is interpreted like this, which is a little confusing at first]
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  • The Blind Spy by Alex Dryden
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  • April 2008 Newsletter
    ...han just her story from Jake's restaurant? Jill loved [[The Dirty South by Alex Wheatle]]. Crisp, clean writing with wit and humour tempers a story of the
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  • Tales from Schwartzgarten: Marius and the Band of Blood by Christopher William Hill
    ...omething equally eccentric, but with a somewhat lower body count, go for [[Alex, the Dog and the Unopenable Door by Ross Montgomery]]. Most sensible pet do
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  • Catching the Sun by Tony Parsons
    ...tory, [[Killed at the Whim of a Hat by Colin Cotterill]] or [[The Beach by Alex Garland]]. For more about the natural disaster which struck Thailand in 20
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  • The Red House by Mark Haddon
    ...n a stranger to love, either giving or receiving it, all his life. It was Alex who stole the book for me - the teenager coming to terms with his sexuality
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  • Frostheart by Jamie Littler
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  • 101 Things You Wish You'd Invented and Some You Wish No One Had by Richard Horne and Tracey Turner
    ...h noise made by human beings, though. I SHOUT. She SHRIEKS. Michael BAWLS. Alex swears and plays guitair.
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  • The Twilight Time by Karen Campbell
    We've recently reviewed another [[Pitch Black by Alex Gray|book]] based in Glasgow, but ''The Twilight Time'' is much better. We
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  • The Island by M A Bennett
    |reviewer= Alex Mitchell
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  • Burnt Island (Ben Kitto) by Kate Rhodes
    ...lebrations, but it would be marred this year by the discovery of Professor Alex Rogan's body on a bonfire. He'd obviously been alive when he was put on th
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  • Top Ten Picture Books For Overcoming Bedtime Woes
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  • Sorting the Priorities: Ambassadress and Beagle Survive Diplomacy by Sandra Aragona
    ...their relative tables in Rome, they're off again. Their younger daughter, Alex, will go with them - in fact she'll have to go on ahead of them so that she
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  • The Walled City by Ryan Graudin
    |reviewer= Alex Mitchell
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  • Chasing the Dark by Sam Hepburn
    Readers who enjoy the exploits of characters like Alex Rider and the young James Bond, but find it hard to identify with their ext
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  • Lakes of Mars by Merritt Graves
    |reviewer=Alex Mitchell
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  • Stirred But Not Shaken: The Autobiography by Keith Floyd
    ...n or acumen. I always think of Floyd along side George Best and snooker's Alex Higgins – flawed geniuses who brought what they did to a wider audience t
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  • Unbecoming by Jenny Downham
    ...ulous story about identity and in which truth depends upon the teller is [[Alex As Well by Alyssa Brugman]]. We also loved [[Read Me Like A Book by Liz Kes
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  • Dead Boy Talking by Linda Strachan
    ...Gowan]] and [[Teacher's Dead by Benjamin Zephaniah]]. [[The Dirty South by Alex Wheatle]] is also superb.
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  • The Free World by David Bezmozgis
    ...long for me. There's also a strange rush of excitement towards the end as Alex finds himself embroiled in his brother's dodgy dealings, and suddenly you w
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  • Draw It! Colour It! Creatures by Axel Scheffler, Emily Gravett et al
    [[Category:Alex T Smith]]
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  • The Ghost Garden by Emma Carroll and Kaja Kajfez
    ...e - we might have to look as far back as [[Grave Matter by Juno Dawson and Alex T Smith]], nearly four years prior to this Ghost Garden entertaining us.
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  • Ctrl+S by Andy Briggs
    |reviewer=Alex Mitchell
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  • Lucerin: Identity by Dan Corns
    Fans of this book will also enjoy [[Crocodile Tears (Alex Rider) by Anthony Horowitz]], another exciting tale of teenage heroes and w
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  • Orphans of the Tide by Struan Murray and Manuel Sumberac (illustrator)
    |reviewer=Alex Mitchell
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  • The Dark Wild by Piers Torday
    ...book well worth reading. And if you want something a little lighter, try [[Alex, the Dog and the Unopenable Door by Ross Montgomery]]: still about bad huma
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  • The Dirty South by Alex Wheatle
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  • IBoy by Kevin Brooks
    ...as at home on the realism shelf alongside books like [[The Dirty South by Alex Wheatle]], [[The Knife That Killed Me by Anthony McGowan]] and [[Teacher's
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  • Consequence: A Thriller by Eli Yance
    |reviewer= Alex Merrick
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  • Preposterous Rhinoceros (Early Reader) by Tracy Gunaratnam and Marta Costa
    ...haps you want to see King Lion in full voice; [[ROAR! by Margaret Mayo and Alex Ayliffe]]. For another book band turquoise early reader we can recommend [
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  • The Day No One Was Angry by Toon Tellegen and Marc Boutavant (illustrator)
    ...joy the animal antics of [[Foxy Tales - The Cunning Plan by Caryl Hart and Alex T Smith]]. The latest pictorial selection of Aesop fables to cross our pat
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  • Ratbridge Chronicles: Worse Things Happen at Sea by Alan Snow
    ...are the Buffalogre! by Rob Stevens]]. And start with [[The Mousehunter by Alex Milway]] for more rodents on boats.
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  • The Unadoptables by Hana Tooke
    |reviewer=Alex Mitchell
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  • Top Ten Books For Your Father
    |title=The Boss: The Many Sides of Alex Ferguson
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  • Ghost Moon by Ron Butlin
    ...'ve enjoyed this, we're pretty sure you'll also love [[The Universe Versus Alex Woods by Gavin Extence]].
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  • The Nothing Man by Catherine Ryan Howard
    For another 'book within a book', we can recommend [[Eight Detectives by Alex Pavesi]]. I had my doubts about reading another book so soon after I'd fin
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  • No Way to Go by Bernard Ashley
    ...xploring gang culture through fiction will also enjoy [[The Dirty South by Alex Wheatle]]. It's marketed as adult fiction, but it suits that crossover age.
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  • You'll Win Nothing With Kids by Jim White
    ...might also enjoy Michael Crick's excellent and very revealing biography of Alex Ferguson, [[The Boss]].
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  • Otherland by Louie Stowell
    |reviewer=Alex Mitchell
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  • Gamerunner by B R Collins
    ...nd more of an adventure story, perhaps [[Chronosphere: Time Out of Time by Alex Woolf]] might appeal.
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  • Into the Crooked Place by Alexandra Christo
    |reviewer=Alex Mitchell
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  • Paper Lion by George Plimpton
    ...the larger than life members of the team like Dick 'Night Train' Lane and Alex Karras as real people rather than just 'cardboard cut-out' jocks.
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  • Santa Claude by Alex T Smith
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  • Claude in the City by Alex T Smith
    |author=Alex T Smith
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  • Dreams From The Endz by Faiza Guene
    ...ad about the British Black urban youth experience try [[The Dirty South by Alex Wheatle]] or a British book that deals with Bangladeshi immigrants in Londo
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  • You Are Awful (But I Like You): Travels Through Unloved Britain by Tim Moore
    ...e sense of past life syndrome. On a different tack, [[Britain for Sale by Alex Brummer]] is just as approachable in discussing some of the reasons British
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  • Daphne by Justine Picardie
    ...writing, a biography of Branwell Bronte, and begins a correspondence with Alex Symington, a former librarian, in her quest to find out information about t
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  • MetaWars: The Fight for the Future by Jeff Norton
    ...R world here as something like that in [[Chronosphere: Time Out of Time by Alex Woolf|this book]], with the inherent freedom to do what you want, while you
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  • Top Ten Beach Reads For Women
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  • Desert Creatures by Kay Chronister
    |reviewer= Alex Merrick
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  • Bookbag's Christmas Gift Recommendations 2011
    [[Alex's Adventures In Numberland by Alex Bellos]] is a perfect look at all the cool, amazing and fascinating things |author= Alex T Smith
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