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===[[Ash Princess Take Me In by Laura SebastianSabine Durrant]]===
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It's not pleasant, the first time Marcus and Tessa meet Dave. They'My name is Theodosia Eirene Houzzarave taken their toddler, Queen of AstreaJosh, to Greece on holiday and I will endure thisin the blink of an eye something awful happens. Tessa isn't there, Marcus isn't looking, but Dave steps in and disaster is averted. For the last decadeJust. They're grateful to him, Theodosia has lived at the fragile mercy of her vicious enemies. From the day her beloved country, Astreacourse they are, was invaded by but after the Kalovaxians usual hand shakes and her motherweeping hugs and the offer to buy lunch for everyone, Queen they're a little relieved to return to their villa and live out the rest of Flame their week in peace. Just a tight little 3-person family unit. Because although Dave is a nice chap, and Fury, was brutally murdered directly in front although of hercourse they owe him a great deal, she has been forced into he is a life of submission and desperate survivallittle, well, intense. [[Ash Princess Take Me In by Laura SebastianSabine Durrant|Full Review]]
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===[[Falling Short Go Ask Fannie Farmer by Lex CoultonElisabeth Hyde]]===
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Lex Coulton's debut novel is Eighty-one-year-old Murray Blaire hoped for the best when he waited for his three children to arrive one Friday night. He might be a story about mistakesretired lawyer, failuresa state legislator, elected congressman and relationshipsnow an amateur farmer but he knew that there could be trouble when Ruth and George arrived. The main protagonist Ruth, Frances Pilgrima corporate lawyer, is would find fault and want to talk about him going into a sixth form English teacher who has recently fallen out with her best friend Jacksonretirement home. George, a work colleaguenurse, would argue and is grappling with the increasingly eccentric behaviour Lizzie, a professor of her motherEnglish Literature, who lived locally and kept and visited him regularly, would be unpredictable. This relationship is complicated by the fact Murray hoped that all would go smoothly, but that Francessimply wasn's father disappeared at sea when she was five years oldt going to happen. [[Falling Short Go Ask Fannie Farmer by Lex CoultonElisabeth Hyde|Full Review]]
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===[[The Aladdin Trial Riddle of the Runes by Abi SilverJanina Ramirez]]===
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When elderly hospital patient Barbara Hennessy The name Janina Ramirez is found dead well known: her television programmes on the pavement outside the hospitalcultural history, especially of early medieval times, are both lively and informative. She shares her extensive learning with a light hand (and a police investigation is launched into whether she jumped or was pushed. Having just have surgery on frequent giggle) and her foot, there is sufficient grounds to think this was no accident, but the only suspect the police can link enthusiasm encourages students and viewers alike to explore further the death is the hospital cleaner, a Syrian refugee, Ahmad Qabbanisubjects she discusses. Solicitor Constance Lamb and barrister Judith Burton reunite to defend Ahmad, but with an uncooperative hospital staff, Barbara's self interested But how will that translate into children and Ahmad keeping secrets, it's going an increasingly difficult task to prove to fiction? Will her academic desire for accuracy make the jury story dull and fact-packed? Will she hold up the mediaaction to display her considerable knowledge? Nope, that he is innocent. not a bit of it! [[The Aladdin Trial Riddle of the Runes by Abi SilverJanina Ramirez|Full Review]]
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===[[A Demon In Silver The Grey Bastards by R S FordJonathan French]]===
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Take ''The Grey Bastards'' is an absolute triumph! Fantasy, action and adventure cleverly wrapped around a fantasy world where gods once walked the land super plot and magic influenced everything for millenniawell written characters, where magic was power and the entire world was shaped around its influencethis book is so much fun. ThenA word of caution though, overnightthis is not suitable for all readers. As the tittle suggests there is a lot of bad language, that power was ripped awaya LOT of bad language, sorcerers' died instantly thrown around all the time in general speech. In addition to this there is also some sex and magic sexual language too, there is never heard of again. Until now. A farm girl from some violence but this is not actually very explicit and not as constant as the middle of nowhere has unleashed raw magic language and bawdy jokes. If this bothers you then this is not the tribal leaders will stop at nothing to control her, using whatever means necessarybook for you. Can For anyone save her, or will they need saving from her? who doesn't mind then this is an absolute must read. [[A Demon In Silver The Grey Bastards by R S FordJonathan French|Full Review]]
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===[[Lala The Boy at the Door by Jacek Dehnel and Antonia Lloyd-Jones (translator)Alex Dahl]]===
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''This Cecilia is picking her daughters up from swimming when the mysterious nature pool's receptionist asks a quick favour of storytelling: her – to drop off a little boy from the same start can also mean different endings, and different starts can lead class as his parents seem to have forgotten to the same finalecollect him. It's all subordinate The pool is about to the greater narrativeclose, which starts somewhere in Kievand it''. This beautiful book s not a big ask although Cecilia is exactly somewhat put out that, the mysterious art of storytellingit will interrupt her routine. The wayward meanderings of memoryBut, of tangents and digressions, of side notes minor inconvenience isn't really a good enough reason to say no so she agrees and elaborations, but above all that of affection; for both bundles the story and boy whose name is Tobias into the storytellercar with her girls. What makes us who we are if not our culture This is a decision that will change her life, and heritage and in this book our narrator re-lives and re-tells the story of his heritage told to him by his grandmotherthat minor inconvenience quickly becomes something much larger that will haunt her every waking moment. [[Lala The Boy at the Door by Jacek Dehnel and Antonia Lloyd-Jones (translator)Alex Dahl|Full Review]]
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===[[Showtime (Dance Trilogy) by Jean Ure]]===
===[[A Thousand Perfect Notes by C G Drews]]=== [[image:4.5star4star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:TeensConfident Readers|TeensConfident Readers]]  ''What he wants most in the world is to cut off his own hands. At the wrist would be best.''
What child would think such a thing? Beck would think such a thingSecond years. The son girls couldn't believe that they'd made it through the first year - in fact they'd all made it, all eight of a talented pianist who became ill and could no longer playthem, which was most unusual. Usually some were thrown out - they might have grown too tall, Beck is the servant of his thwarted motherdidn't look right or didn's ambitions. He must be t have the pianist nowcommitment required. And Beck Maddie felt a bit nervous when she thought about that last bit as there's mother - the Maestro - makes him practise d been a point when she might have been thrown out for hours every daythat reason. If he rebels in any way, his mother She's response is violent. But Beck doesnnow determined that she ''really''t does want to play Chopinbe a ballet dancer, except. He wants to compose. Forbidden music fills his head but it's an impossible dream.[[A Thousand Perfect Notes Showtime (Dance Trilogy) by C G DrewsJean Ure|Full Review]]
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===[[In The Blood Gravediggers' Bread by Ruth ManciniFrederic Dard and Melanie Florence (translator)]]===
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Bringing up Blaise is at a child loose end, for having left Paris on your own is difficult: when that child is severely disabled a wild goose chase for a job, which was his friend's idea, he's stuck outside a call box waiting to report back before he gets the train. The woman in the post office using the obstacles are almost insurmountable payphone finally finishes her business, and criminal defence lawyer Sarah Kellerman struggles on leaves him with a strong impression – as well as a daily basis. Ben is nearly five but still canwallet dropped to the floor containing several days't walk or talk good money, and isn, when he tracks her to the village funeral directors't toilet trained, signs of her infidelity. His main way of communicating Lo and behold he is to have given a screaming tantrum, but he will watch job as the woman's husband'Teletubbies'' - for hours on end. She has sympathy with Ellie when s assistant, although she's charged with trying also starts to employ him in sending messages to murder her sonamour, firstly her childhood love before circumstances changed. Blaise is of course deeply in love with the woman by poisoning him now, and them by removing hates the dialysis line two obstacles preventing him from being with was circulating his blood to clean ither. On One is the face of it there doesn't seem to be lover, a brutish bloke with little prospects and a lot bad case of chance epilepsy. Surely he will not fall by the wayside, and surely the brick wall of fighting the charge - that's certainly what Sarah's boss thinks - but Sarah isn't quite so certain. fate keeping Blaise from his intended destiny will remain two men tall? [[In The Blood Gravediggers' Bread by Ruth ManciniFrederic Dard and Melanie Florence (translator)|Full Review]]
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===[[Hello, Shadowlands Boy Underwater by Patrick WinnAdam Baron]]===
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''HelloCymbeline Igloo (yes, Shadowlands'' chronicles that’s his real name!) is nine years old, and he has never been swimming, and this wouldn’t be a booming crime wave in South East Asia. It illuminates everything from really big problem except for the meth industry in Myanmar to fact that the abortion pill black market in school bully has somehow got the Philippines using both Winn's personal accounts impression that Cym is actually an amazing champion swimmer, and historical context. It is devastating has challenged Cym to a race at their very first school swimming lesson! He tries to imagine research swimming on the very real human lives internet, but there’s an accident at the pool that are swept up , initially, sees Cym embarrassed in this cloud front of refusethe other kids, and how but that results in his mum having a breakdown. Why has she never taken Cym swimming? And why does his accident at the West helped pool create it and is doing nothing to prevent it. such devastation in Cym’s life? [[Hello, Shadowlands Boy Underwater by Patrick WinnAdam Baron|Full Review]]
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===[[Hunted Smoking Kills by G X ToddAntoine Laurain and Louise Rogers-Lalaurie (translator)]]===
[[image:4star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:ThrillersGeneral Fiction|ThrillersGeneral Fiction]] ''Do you not sometimes think a storm is coming?'' ''Hunted'' continues where the ''Voices'' series left off, with our heroine on the run without anyone to defend her whilst the world around her is descending into chaos.
LaceyMeet Fabrice Valantine. He's a headhunter, barely escaped with her life after the events of [[Defender by G X Todd|Defender]] and now she's being hunteda successful one too, in an office in Paris. By All around him however his world is changing – yes, there is a boy driven new ban on smoking in all workplaces. Goaded by a voice stealing away his sanity piece by piece and by another incapable non-smoking wife, even though they met over an ashtray, of speechsorts, he sees a hypnotist who had success with a mutual friend in stopping their nicotine habit. Both are determined The session seems to find her at all costs and both are building up an army have been successful, however he faces the prospect of followers having such a change to track her precise location before his own personality, his imbued habits and lifestyle, with fear, when he realises it will never again grant him any pleasure. He needs this pleasure when further changes at work come about – but it's what he replaces the habit with that will surprise the othermost. [[Hunted Smoking Kills by G X ToddAntoine Laurain and Louise Rogers-Lalaurie (translator)|Full Review]]
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===[[Across the Divide The Lost Letters of William Woolf by Anne BoothHelen Cullen]]===
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''I want all children to know that they CAN already make the world William Woolf is a better placeletter detective, and that there are other people, now and working in history and the Dead Letters Depot in fictionEast London. He spends his days deciphering smudged addresses, who stand alongside them in this.''This is what author Anne Booth said about the inspiration behind her latest children's book tracking down mysterious people and this thoughtful story about familyreading endless letters of love, guilt, death, hope, friendship and being brave enough to speak up for what you believe should help to achieve thiseveryday life. In Across the Divide she cleverly combines current issues regarding peace and conflict and the history of conscientious objectors during World War 1 in a moving portrayal of young people trying to make sense of the world and the decisions made by adults. [[Across the Divide The Lost Letters of William Woolf by Anne BoothHelen Cullen|Full Review]]
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===[[A Child Called Happiness by Stephan Collishaw]]===
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Mazowe Valley, 2011 – Natalie hears a sharp cry that she thinks at first might be a bird, but turns out to be a baby, abandoned to the birds on the kopje. She is there with her uncle and they take the child, back to his farm initially and then to a local village where it is taken in. They do not report it to the police. [[A Child Called Happiness by Stephan Collishaw|Full Review]] <!-- Paul Hughes -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:B07BW4QXJV4.5star.jpg|link=httpCategory:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07BW4QXJV/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21Teens|Teens]]
''Funny how no one ever uses the word 'love' when discussing my case. I do what I do because she's my mum. That pure and that simple.''
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'''Caution: Mild spoilers for [[Beginning to End by Paul Hughes|Beginning to End]]''' DS Kevin Devlin has settled into his new job at Scotland Yard very quickly, although he didn't have much choice but to hit the ground running. When we last saw him quite a few of the rogue element at MI5 and others who were causing Spearing and Devlin difficulties were conveniently dead and as Spearing has gone missing, Devlin can't help but wonder if Spearting was involved in some way in bringing this convenient solution about. Whilst he might have wanted to search for Spearing, there's upheaval at the Yard: the new commissioner is offering deals to corrupt officers. They can leave with a year's pay in lieu of notice or they can be prosecuted. Unsurprisingly there are suddenly a lot of empty desks - and a promotion opportunity for Devlin. [[Running Amok (DCI Spearing and DI Devlin Series Book 2) by Paul Hughes|Full Review]] <!-- Slater Waites -->
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===[[The Old Religion by Martyn Waites]]===
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The Cornish village of St Petroc isn't on the tourist trail: there'None s nothing particularly pretty, or historic, or interesting about it, which might be one of them believed methe reasons why Tom Killgannon is there. Nobody believed I really couldn He had been an undercover policeman, but something had gone badly wrong and now he't remember what happened to my brothers in witness protection and working in the local pub. I wanted to scream at them to listen St Petroc feels safe and it's put a good deal of distance between him and some very violent people. Because He's got an on-again, for off-again relationship with the first time in a longlocal policewoman, long time, I was actually telling with the on-again bits coinciding with the truthtimes when her husband's away. It''s not an exciting life, but right now it suits Tom just fine. Until he meets Lila, that is. [[The Old Religion by Martyn Waites|Full Review]]
Ed Clayton is a teller of tall stories. He just can't help it - even though he knows and everybody else knows that most of what comes out of his mouth is complete fantasy. It all started when Ed's father was accused of fraud and sent to prison. Then mum's mental health went to pieces. Then, with nobody bringing money into the house, poverty - real, grinding, poverty - set in and life became all about scratching about for pennies and visiting the food bank. All of this is horribly shaming, so is it any wonder that Ed has become a bit of a Billy Liar, hiding the truth of his home life in the hopes the power of imagination can make it all disappear?[[The Boy Who Lied by Kim Slater|Full Review]]<!-- North Owen -->
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===[[84K by Claire North]]===
===[[The Dragonfly Story: Explaining the death of a loved one to children and families by Kelly Owen]]=== [[image:4.5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Dystopian FictionFor Sharing|Dystopian FictionFor Sharing]]
Can you put a price on human life?''The Owen family were feeling sad. There used to be five of them. There was Mum, Dad and three children: Abi, Jenny and Joe. But then Abi died. Now there were only four of them. Life felt very strange without their sister, and they were all very unhappy.''
Theo can, he calculates How does a family cope with the worth loss of each person to the penny. a beloved child and sibling?[[The Company own everything and everyone, including handing out punishments for crime. Theo sleepwalks through life keeping his head down whilst working for Dragonfly Story: Explaining the Criminal Audit Office. Doing just enough work to avoid anyone noticing him, he calculates, without emotion, the cost death of the crimes filling his inbox. They are variables on a spreadsheet, a simple mathematical equation, the expense of solving the crime added loved one to how much the victim would have contributed to their community. Prisons are uneconomical so criminals in this world pay their debt to society in cold hard cash. [[84K children and families by Claire NorthKelly Owen|Full Review]]
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===[[Walls Marsha's Deal by Emma FischelLaura Solomon]]===
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When NedMarsha didn's parents decide they can no longer stay together they come up t have an easy ride in life the first time around. She'd been afflicted with what they think is an ingenious plan[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fibrodysplasia_ossificans_progressiva fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva], a rare disease which is turned parts of her body to bone when they were damaged. Finally she was unable to stand her life any longer and went to divide their house in twoDignitas, so the Swiss euthanasia clinic. She'd thought that there will would be a mum side and a dad sidethe end, but after cremation her body went straight to hell and she found herself face-to-face with the children can spend a week on either side at a timedevil. Whilst his parents hope this will be less disruptive, Ned is incensed by the walls And that spoil his beautiful home and stop him from moving through was when she made the house as he used topact. The walls make him angry, In exchange for details about some of those who had been close to her - their strengths and that anger grows and grows until one weaknesses - she would be reborn on the same dayto the same parents, Ned suddenly discovers that the walls are no longer important because he can walk through them! but would live her life free of disease. [[Walls Marsha's Deal by Emma FischelLaura Solomon|Full Review]]
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===[[Mr Peacock's Possessions The Mercy Seat by Lydia SysonElizabeth H Winthrop]]===
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On In an isolated Louisiana town, a remote volcanic island off young black prisoner sits in his dingy cell, staring at the coast shadow of New Zealandthe window bars cast onto the concrete wall by the evening's dying sun rays. At midnight, he will be dead; strapped to a family chair and electrocuted for the rape of settlers struggle a white girl, who later committed suicide. He is resigned to make such an unforgiving place his fate; it is futile to protest his innocence or to expect anyone to believe what really happened; after all, love between a home. When black man and a ship appears, they feel that their wishes white woman was never going to have been granted and their community reinvigorated – but high hopes are swiftly dashed when a vulnerable boy disappears. As both settlers and newcomers come together happy ending in the search for the child, they uncover far, far more than they were looking for – discovering dark secrets about both the island and those who inhabit ita small town filled with small-minded people. [[Mr Peacock's Possessions The Mercy Seat by Lydia SysonElizabeth H Winthrop|Full Review]]
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===[[Nightfall Berlin The Girl Who Thought Her Mother Was a Mermaid by Jack GrimwoodTania Unsworth]]===
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I have heard it said that the best way to begin to tell Stella's mother died when she was a story little girl. Stella is to create growing up in a multi-dimensional characterhouse with her dad, imbued with compelling layers of detail - be it backstorywho is often away, character quirks or behaviours. The point seems to be that in creating a character in such a way you begin to reflect the truth of life wherein people are by definition multi-dimensional and thus, you bring your story to life. In Major Tom Foxher grandmother, Grimwood has successfully created just such a character. In one man he gifts us an exciting and honourable figure who somehow simultaneously manages is starting to present as damaged and flawedexperience the onset of dementia. Grimwood provides some character history This is all hard enough for Fox which clearly informs the actions of a young girl, but at the character but I would suggest same time Stella finds that she feels like rather than any written history provided for Major Foxan oddball, it is struggling to fit in the way he interacts at school, and as her grandmother begins to lose her grip on reality, Stella struggles with the other characters feeling very alone. When Stella's only school friend suddenly moves away, Stella struggles even more. She is desperate to find out what happened to her mum and drives the action of the story that we come to know himuncover her family's secrets. [[Nightfall Berlin The Girl Who Thought Her Mother Was a Mermaid by Jack GrimwoodTania Unsworth|Full Review]]
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===[[Beginning to End Ascension by Paul HughesVictor Dixen]]===
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Sir Mark WrightSix girls, Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, based at New Scotland Yard was aware that the Met was riddled with corruption, but six boys. Each in 1967 times were changing and Wright was determined that he was going to upgrade the service by ridding it two separate bays of corrupt officers a single spaceship. They have six minutes each week to seduce and bringing in new technology. Unsurprisinglyto make their choices, there were a lot of people against him: some were making very good money on under the side and quite a few unblinking eye of the oldon-timers weren't too keen on all this technology nonsenseboard cameras. They didnare the contenders in the Genesis programme, the world't think walkies craziest speed-talkies would really work and computers would never really catch dating show ever, aimed at creating the first human colony onMars. One Leonor, an 18 year old orphan, is one of Wright's first actions was to bring in some new blood: what came to be known as 'the trained brains' chosen ones. She has signed up for glory. She has signed up for love. She has signed up for a one- people with qualifications in specific areas who could introduce new ideas, whilst being mentored by way ticket. Even if the olderdream turns to a nightmare, more experienced officersit is too late for regrets. [[Beginning to End Ascension by Paul HughesVictor Dixen|Full Review]]
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===[[Kat Wolfe Investigates (Kat Wolfe 1) by Lauren St John]]===
===[[The Toad Who Loved Tea by Faiz Kermani]]=== [[image:4star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Confident ReadersFor Sharing|Confident ReadersFor Sharing]]
Kat Wolfe lives with her mumTungtang is not like other toads. She can't sit still, a vettongue protruding, in London and following wait to catch a break-in they decide that fly. Tungtang needs to be on the time has come to move out of the city. KatSometimes, a confirmed animal lover, is delighted when she even hops right the way over to the rotten tree stump in her mum accepts the offer community of a job on the idyllic Dorset coast as the job comes with one special conditionMuddy River. They must agree And she loves to adopt the previous owner's catregale her fellow toads with stories of her exploits. However this presents a problem that Kat had not foreseen for the cat That is , until a wild Savannah who resists all Kat's attempts to sooth mean old crow comes along and tame him. Furthermore when she starts tells Tungtang that a pet-sitting agency to make pocket money Kat's problems mount up. The owner of real adventure would take her first charge disappears leaving a series of mysterious clues behind him. What started out as lot further than a promising escape from city life quickly escalates into tree stump by a mystery that deepens bridge everyone knows. Infuriated by the crow and becomes steadily more dangerous. Luckily Kat has inspired by her new friend Harper to support grandfather's stories of humans and help her. Although Harper is laid up with two broken legs thanks to ancient toad prophecies, Tungtang decides on a horse riding accident she is not about Real Adventure and heads off to let that stop her getting involvedthe town of Little Cobblestone. Harper is a language and coding whizz and she and Kat are determined solve the clues and make people listen to them. Even if they can't do that by themselves they know that they have their animal friends to help. Can the team work together to save the day? [[Kat Wolfe Investigates (Kat Wolfe 1) The Toad Who Loved Tea by Lauren St JohnFaiz Kermani|Full Review]]
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