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|title=Freddy and the Pig

|author=Charlie Higson and Mark Chambers

|rating=4.5

|genre=For Sharing

|summary=When Freddy send a pig to school in his place, wearing his school uniform and not looking entirely dissimilar to him, he thinks he's hit upon the perfect plan! The pig can work all day in school whilst he stays at home and plays his console game and eats and eats, and no one will ever know!

|amazonuk=<amazonuk>178112373X</amazonuk>

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{{newreview

|author=Andy Stanton

|summary=The hero of our story is nameless. He is only the Samurai, and not even quite that. He is dishonoured, a masterless Samurai, or Ronin. We do not know his master's fate but we can only assume it is death, and that Ronin has fled the field taking his injured dog to safety. The land is desolate and barren and both the text and the superbly drawn illustrations build a feeling of darkness and despair. The path he travels on is lined with skeletons of defeated warriors lashed to wagon wheels. It gives the reader the impression of the road to hell. The young Samurai takes refuge in a ruined palace, yet another sign of devastation upon the land, seeming to exist for the next few days only to care for Cho, his dog, while awaiting the punishment of the gods for his failure. He rises from despair to help others, first to defeat a demon haunting the palace, and then undertaking a journey to find and defeat another deadly demon. Soon the young warrior comes to a village suffering under the most horrific of curses. His courage will be put to the test as he must risk even his beloved Cho to save an innocent girl and lift the curse.

|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1781122202</amazonuk>

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~~|title=Thor and the Master of Magic~~

~~|author=Kevin Crossley-Holland and Siku~~

~~|rating=4~~

~~|genre=Dyslexia Friendly~~

|summary=I grew up with tales of the heroes of Asgard, and this story was always a firm favourite, but today's children are more likely to know Thor from ''The Avengers''. This book is sure to interest any young comic book fans, and the illustrations will certainly help with this, but it is still faithful to the original myth, and in my mind would count as literature, rather than just a fun read - but I wouldn't tell the children that. This is an excellent retelling of Thor's visit to Utgarda - Loki ( the giant king's hall) from Prose Edda a collection of Norse poetry thought to have been compiled by the Icelandic poet Snorri Sturluson in the 13th century.

~~|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1781122210</amazonuk>~~

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