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• The Orchard Book Of Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales by Martin Waddell and Emma Chichester Clark
  |title=The Orchard Book Of Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales ...ection of classic fairy tales that every child will adore. Staying true to the originals, whilst also bringing a freshness to them, makes this a must-have
  4 KB (630 words) - 11:09, 18 February 2018
• My Book of Stories: Write Your Own Fairy Tales by Deborah Patterson
  |summary=Once more this series looks back at what's gone before, while giving the young writer more than enough stepping stones to take their own literary jo |publisher=The British Library Publishing Division
  4 KB (632 words) - 15:22, 23 March 2018
• Warrior (Wolfblade Trilogy) by Jennifer Fallon
  ...y of political power and personal tragedy, where the lives of a few affect the fate of a kingdom. ...om her own family, helpless to reach the world outside the city and facing the most terrible betrayal of her life.
  4 KB (657 words) - 13:44, 25 August 2020
• Daisy: The Lives and Loves of the Countess of Warwick by Sushila Anand
  |title= Daisy: The Lives and Loves of the Countess of Warwick ...torious promiscuity but also for her conversion to radicalism and work for the early socialist cause, until then almost unheard of in aristocratic circles
  5 KB (781 words) - 11:28, 6 September 2020
• King's Cage by Victoria Aveyard
  ...ts better with each instalment, perfect to dive into before the release of the final book! ''He caught me in a prince's trap. And now I'm in a King's cage. But I'm not leaving this place unless
  5 KB (762 words) - 12:31, 14 April 2018
• Magic Under Glass by Jaclyn Dolamore
  ...agical fantasy about an exotic trouser girl who falls in love with a fairy prince trapped inside an automaton. Dolamore creates a vivid world in a highly rom ...Lorinar's Sorcerer Council. Parry has an automaton, a curiosity that plays the piano, and he wants Namira's unique voice to accompany it.
  3 KB (553 words) - 17:01, 14 April 2018
• The Queen's Knight by Martyn Downer
  |title=The Queen's Knight ...ne, who fought and was wounded in the Crimean War, and later became one of the most trusted confidantes of Queen Victoria and her family.
  4 KB (620 words) - 14:08, 9 April 2018
• The Watcher in the Shadows by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
  |title=The Watcher in the Shadows |sort=Watcher in the Shadows, The
  4 KB (600 words) - 11:23, 23 April 2018
• Dork Diaries: Once Upon a Dork (Book 8) by Rachel Renee Russell
  ...s peopled by other folk from school, but her hunky friend Brandon is still Prince Charming, and her enemy Mackenzie Hollister is still able to make her life ...he title refers to the one-day only nature of the story as much as it does the typical fantasy world featured.
  4 KB (676 words) - 12:12, 23 April 2018
• The Three Wishes by David Melling
  |title=The Three Wishes ...illustrations full of humour and quirky touches, this comes recommended by the Bookbag for older preschoolers.
  2 KB (291 words) - 07:05, 7 October 2020
• Kings of Albion by Julian Rathbone
  ...tal travellers in search of a missing kinsman find themselves slap-bang in the middle of earthy (well, muddy), basic England. Kings of Albion has its tong ...ng could have happened in an alternative solar system on the other side of the universe. Nevertheless, I did read around a bit.''
  6 KB (1,088 words) - 14:42, 3 March 2018
• The Twistrose Key by Tone Almhjell
  |title=The Twistrose Key ...t's beautifully written with wonderful characters and a gripping plot. Not the most original story, but we loved it.
  4 KB (606 words) - 18:11, 14 March 2018
• The Queen's Man by Rory Clements
  |title=The Queen's Man |sort=Queen's Man, The
  4 KB (635 words) - 12:26, 1 September 2020
• The Blinding Knife (Lightbringer 2) by Brent Weeks
  |title=The Blinding Knife (Lightbringer 2) ...and lots of politics and manipulations to keep the reader on their toes to the very last pages. Superb reading.
  4 KB (652 words) - 09:19, 13 March 2018
• Treason by Berlie Doherty
  ...or period, written with great verve by an author who really brings to life the setting and characters. ...neously gaining more awareness of the world he lives in and the plights of the working class.
  4 KB (637 words) - 13:32, 22 March 2018
• A Good Month For Murder by Del Quentin Wilber
  ...George’s County. Join them in this bleak and over sensationalised look at the senseless murder of so many in a broken part of America. ...lthough it is 'real’. Is there a place to sensationalise actual death for the entertainment of others?
  4 KB (733 words) - 08:34, 7 May 2018
• Black Ships Before Troy by Rosemary Sutcliff
  ...he excellent artistic skills of Allan Lee, makes for a lavish retelling of the Iliad. ...ction. Hector, Ajax and Odysseus to name a few; however, none more so than the mighty Achilles himself.
  4 KB (648 words) - 10:08, 19 April 2018
• The Last Princess: The Devoted Life of Queen Victoria's Youngest Daughter by Matthew Dennison
  |title=The Last Princess: The Devoted Life of Queen Victoria's Youngest Daughter |summary=A biography of the princess who was widowed early and spent much of her adult life as companio
  4 KB (695 words) - 12:44, 9 April 2018
• Frogkisser! by Garth Nix
  ...ies to riff off all that's come before it, but isn't anywhere nearly as on the ball as it needs to be. ...that hugely important demand might be swamped by what is really troubling the world…
  4 KB (638 words) - 21:34, 5 April 2018
• A Confusion of Princes by Garth Nix
  |summary=Perhaps not Nix's best, as the plotting is very linear and mediocre, but his creation of an old-fashioned ...ant he is alone except for a very close bodyguard, but - at least he is in the running to become Emperor, and thus almost godlike. But in a world where y
  4 KB (637 words) - 17:52, 28 March 2018

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