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• Star Wars: A New Hope Junior Novel (Star Wars Junior Novel 1) by Ryder Windham
  |title=Star Wars: A New Hope Junior Novel (Star Wars Junior Novel 1) ...ke out, minus the pictures. You do get, on this first one, a '40 years of Star Wars' sticker, which is proof this is a classic we're looking at, but more
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• Star Wars Bounty Hunt: Lift the Flap by Katrina Pallant and Robert Ball
  |title=Star Wars Bounty Hunt: Lift the Flap ...ary=A flawed way to get temporary fun for the very literate young from the Star Wars Universe.
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• Star Dancer by Beth Webb
  |title=Star Dancer ...evil is drawing close, yet they cannot bring themselves to accept that the Star Dancer is a woman, not a man. And so Tegan is brought up with her silversmi
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• Star Wars Where's the Wookiee? 2 Search and Find Activity Book by Katrina Pallant and Ulises Farinas
  |title=Star Wars Where's the Wookiee? 2 Search and Find Activity Book |summary=A difficult task – perhaps excessively so – lies in wait for the Star Wars fan.
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• A Gold Star for George by Alice Hemming and Kimberley Scott
  |title=A Gold Star for George |sort= Gold Star for George
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• Star Wars: Imperial Assault Activity Book and Model (Star Wars Construction Books) by Emil Fortune and Neal Manning
  |title=Star Wars: Imperial Assault Activity Book and Model (Star Wars Construction Books) ...n U-Wing, turn [[Star Wars Rogue One Book and Model: Make Your Own U-wing (Star Wars Construction Books) by Katrina Pallant and Neal Manning|here]] – but
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• Invitation to Die by Helen Smith
  ...he scene is played for laughs, with Emily flitting between each suspect in turn, explaining their motives and then exonerating them one by one until only t ...member of said club and have no intention of giving her wonderful book one star.
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• Night Monkey, Day Monkey by Julia Donaldson and Lucy Richards
  ...nce the 'wrong' side of their routine. But what happens when they each in turn wake the other up, and night monkey has to suffer the brightness of day, an ...night monkey was the paler of the two – tufty topknot, perky features, and star in her hair. I had assumed the sense of night and day, light and dark, als
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• Ember Fury by Cathy Brett
  ...om pyromania. With a dead mother, an absentee rock-star father and a film star step-mother how is she going to cope? Recommended - and the semi-graphic n Ember Morton-Fury is the daughter of rock super-star Lyndon Fury and artist Amica Morton, who died when Em was a small child. I
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• The Radleys by Matt Haig
  ...who has to wear factor 60 sunblock. Clara is wasting away as she tries to turn vegan. Their parents are a normal suburban couple – aren't they? When a b ...nce they gave up drinking human blood – so in a moment of desperation they turn to Will, Peter's brother, who's rather more of a traditional vampire. Thing
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• Reap by Marilyn Bennett
  Melissa's parents turn tragedy into something positive and they become campaigners. Bennett's ver ...nd [[Twinkle Twinkle Little Star by Marilyn Bennett|Twinkle Twinkle Little Star]].
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• Star Gazing by Linda Gillard
  |title= Star Gazing ...erself and her motives with a clarity we should all envy. She has a pithy turn of phrase and despite all the problems she has an adventurous spirit, so wh
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• Jelly Baby by Jean Ure
  ...ith her own employment agency and she's the sort of person who makes heads turn when she walks into a room. Bitsy (Caroline ''insists'' on calling her 'Fl ...Jean Ure can oblige here too - have a look at [[Star for a Day by Jean Ure|Star for a Day]] which is dyslexia friendly. We also appreciated [[Too Many Blo
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• Creepy Caves (Elf Girl and Raven Boy) by Marcus Sedgwick and Pete Williamson (illustrator)
  ...you want now that the shelf is full of these splendid volumes and you can turn the combined thousand pages and pore over the whole adventure again and aga ...for the target audience, which will find nothing to fault. As regards our star rating, you ought to feel free to disregard it for this volume – it is a
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• To Hold the Bridge by Garth Nix
  ...d challenge me to add another star. Those new to Garth’s writing might, in turn, think I’ve been over-generous given the mixed nature of the stories in t
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• The Story of Matthew Buzzington by Andy Stanton
  ...w held on to one fact though - he knew that he had a superpower. He could turn himself into a fly. There's only one problem. It didn't work. No matter Girls will enjoy [[Star for a Day by Jean Ure]] and [[Bright Star by Jenny Oldfield]]. Boys with a similar reading age will enjoy [[Klaus Vo
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• Blackwater (Pendragon) by D J MacHale
  ...series reaches half way with a fifth book that shows no diminishing of its star qualities, with a cat and mouse saga on a world vaguely familiar to fans of ...ertainly enough here that is original. Also, wherever Charlton Heston did turn up, he never found himself as low down the food chain as Bobby Pendragon do
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• Trio by William Boyd
  ...use his catchphrase, or include a song from the leading man, whose musical star is fading. ...one must know. Anny's boyfriend, French philosopher Jacques Soldat, could turn up on the set at any time and Ben is Emily's driver, so the relationship wo
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• The Vinyl Detective - The Run-Out Groove: Vinyl Detective 2 by Andrew Cartmel
  ...tep requesting his help in tracing a missing child of a 1960's female rock star whose own death was shrouded in now somewhat cultish mystery, he says no. T ...cluding their friends, enemies and passers-by (not forgetting the cats who turn out to play a nearly-pivotal role at some of the most climactic moments) ta
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• Gone by Midnight by Candice Fox
  |summary=A five star thriller, this starts with a familiar premise but tells its own story with This is a five star thriller of the highest order, and I felt like I was plunged right into the
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• The Ultimate Book of Space by Anne-Sophie Baumann, Olivier Latyk and Robb Booker (translator)
  ...a right gallimaufry of things that pop up out of the page, with things to turn and pull, and even an astronaut on the end of a curtain wire. Within minut ...order it does provide just the basics. It's a pity it defines a shooting star/meteor twice – and the young will have to jump at the facts given that st
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• You Deserve Nothing by Alexander Maksik
  Initially, I was viewing it as losing a star in rating merely for not being innovative enough in subject matter, but the But where the story earns more than the four star rating for me is the exploration of the philosophical issues that so intere
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• The Boss: The Many Sides of Alex Ferguson by Michael Crick
  ...waitress many years ago, but it's mentioned in passing rather than used to turn him into a womaniser. ...orm well. I'd like to say that I was surprised at the ease with which fans turn against a manager or at the murkiness and corruption that surrounds what is
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• Forbidden by Tabitha Suzuma
  ...services and children's homes, and so they've only ever had one another to turn to. Lochan, in particular, has suffered. Crippled by anxiety and nerves, he Told in a turn-and-turn-about dual narrative, readers can see the full turmoil in both Lochan and M
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• Star Quality (Dance Trilogy 2) by Jean Ure
  |title=Star Quality (Dance Trilogy 2) ...that she knows best. Now, you're probably wondering if Maddy is going to turn into something of a caricature, but this is a Jean Ure book - you're in saf
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• The Dead Girls' Dance (Morganville Vampires) by Rachel Caine
  ...ing offered our heroes and heroines, which turned out to be quite a tragic turn of events. Partly as a result this second title can branch out a little mo ...eady impressive opening to the series. Take off probably more than half a star for those starting here, and add a slap to the wrist that you haven't jumpe
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• Playing for Keeps by Sally Wragg
  ...able to predict what’s going to happen and to whom. The eighteen-year-old star footballer/tabloid bête noir by the name of Paris might give you a bit of ...ome about for the flimsiest of reasons. All lose ends are tied up and you turn the final page with a smile hovering about your lips. If you’re interest
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• Maya Makes a Mess by Rutu Modan
  ...ng the bottoms of all the pages is not the only thing to make the audience turn back to the beginning and follow the story several more times.
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• Fly by Alison Hughes
  ...the school life that drains all the well-meaning from him, leaving him to turn to an unlikely source to back up his thoughts of honour and chivalry. ...more unexpected layer on the whole piece, and who knows – people may well turn to more than the exam notes to check it out as a result.
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• The Borrower by Rebecca Makkai
  ...the Head of the Children's Section, Lucy but then their friendship takes a turn for the worse ... ...s down at the library (somewhere in Missouri) Ian soon comes across as the star pupil. He seems to eat books for breakfast. He can't stuff enough of them
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• Billie Templar's War by Ellie Irving
  ...el-good. In fact, Irving is becoming one of the authors I’m most likely to turn to when I need cheering up because she writes with such warmth it’s impos And she has such great characters! While Billie is the undoubted star – and I can forgive her even some rather bratty moments because her heart
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• Half Moon Investigations by Eoin Colfer
  ...hen the hair that is at the centre of the problem is a missing lock of pop star's tresses, bought from eBay. It becomes even more interesting when the priv ...t remains a couple of hours of speedy and worthwhile reading. You can also turn to [[Artemis Fowl and the Lost Colony|my Artemis Fowl review]], again to se
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• Revenge of the Wedding Planner by Sharon Owens
  ...rd to their biggest challenge yet - planning the wedding of an ageing rock star and his French model fiance. Everything would be fine if it were not for th ...eddings should be a doddle! It is until her latest clients, an ageing rock star and his chic French model girlfriend, announce what they want for their wed
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• Kokoschka's Doll by Afonso Cruz and Rahul Bery (translator)
  ...Dresden that what little I knew of it mentioned, too. But you've seen the star rating that comes with this review, and can tell that if love was on these
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• Nemesis by Jo Nesbo and Don Bartlett (translator)
  ...to English. The first was ''The Devil's Star'', but actually ''The Devil's Star'' turns out to be the third in the series and very much the sequel to ''Nem ...several plots and sub-plots, clues and red herrings, and many a twist and turn. It is very well written (and the translator should get an honourable menti
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• Making Christmas Table Decorations by Polly Pinder
  ...and holographic paper etc. That appealed to me, as it is always lovely to turn junk into a work of art. Again there are variations available on this proje ...cover with stars (that you have made with a punch). And then attach a big star with headpins and bead on silver and gold beads (this bit is really effecti
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• Who I Am by Charlotte Rampling, Christophe Bataille and William Hobson (translator)
  ..., leaving the rest of the text here to be both a collaborative look at the star's background, and a musing perusal of the nature of creating the book in th ...ons she made in its creation, but being one of her audience more likely to turn to the non-existent reportage-styled book, I did leave this short read feel
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• Pippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren
  A true classic of children's literature? Check. Illustrations from a modern star with her own unique and delightful style? Check. If you're not already gurg ...all sorts of scrapes and japes, with politeness and a kind heart at every turn, but with her own way of living life, the world wisdom woven with cheeky li
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• Zombie-Loan by Peach-Pit
  Unfortunately that ring can turn black, like those of two classmates involved in a near-fatal accident. Or e ...many a Bookbag site user I would never dream of giving a manga book a five star review, but I'm grateful to the publishers for sending this to us to sample
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• The Art of Noir by Eddie Muller
  ...ist out of his depth, the corrupt cop on the make – and hit on the various star faces and major names behind the cameras that made these decades of cinema
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• Superfrog! by Michael Foreman
  |summary=A light-hearted superhero romp, with a frog as the star. There are a few nice touches, and this is good, solid picture book fare. W ...ter and watching the world pass by. However, come nighttime, things take a turn for the worse: the Big Boss oversees a crime wave. When the Big Boss' creep
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• I Want a Boyfriend! by Tony Ross
  ...wants a boyfriend, he is not your typical prince charming. Maybe, he will turn out to be her soul mate but, as this amusing story demonstrates, the course ...suitable boyfriend under bushes and in waste paper baskets. Of course, the star of the book is the Little Princess who is as determined and strong willed a
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• Possessed: The Life of Joan Crawford by Donald Spoto
  |summary=A biography of the film star, who according to the author was a contradictory human being but certainly ...ie Dearest' by her adopted daughter Christina, the enduring image of movie star Joan Crawford is one of an alcoholic, sadistic monster. Spoto clearly beli
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• Emma Hearts LA by Keris Stainton
  ...interested, great weather, and locations from movies and TV shows at every turn, maybe LA is actually a pretty good place to live...
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• The Submission by Amy Waldman
  Things then take an unexpected (and unwelcome for some) turn. The soon-to-be winning submission is by an architect by the name of - Moh ...potted history on Claire. Why? Because she's become the star member, the star 9/11 widow (dreadful phrase I know but that's how she's perceived by many)
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• English Gothic: Classic Horror Cinema 1897-2015 by Jonathan Rigby
  ...y, is it long and detailed – is immediately marked out as a sterling, five-star read, and yet the humble reviewer (like perhaps a victim of one of these go ...contemporary review, and the nearest thing to a nitpick is knowing when to turn to those while in the full swing of things. A symbol would have helped.
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• Marooned in the Arctic by Peggy Caravantes
  ...should discover them for yourselves, and this book is the perfect place to turn. ...just in the small chapters each man has devoted to him) it does eventually turn into a book about just that, a remarkable female story.
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• Old Macdonald had a farm by Pam Adams
  ...re of the farm with a hole right through to the back which shows the dog. Turn the page over and the hole which revealed the dog now reveals what he said, ...reativeASIN=0859539415&adid=1HDH6V6ME3X29JYNZ7EK& Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star], [http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0859531414?tag=thebookbag-21&camp=1406&creati
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• A Song of Isolation by Michael J Malone
  |summary=Too many, too early clues turn what could have been a very dark thriller into something sadly less. May be Film star Amelie Hart throws up a career that is only beginning to hit the heights to
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• The Trains Now Departed: Sixteen Excursions into the Lost Delights of Britain's Railways by Michael Williams
  ...rtures and other factors that are dead or dying, however some of those can turn into lists too easily. I didn't find it a completely easy read, in fact, f ...e and transport just as any kind of train can today. I've given a healthy star rating for the book due to what it made me feel critically, but there will
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• Bedtime Without Arthur by Jessica Meserve
  ...r goes missing, and Bella has to face the monsters on her own. Will Arthur turn up? Will Bella ever get a good night's sleep again? Arthur is the star of the show. From the moment you see him doing karate against a shadowy dra
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• Still Life (DCI Karen Pirie) by Val McDermid
  ...It was, of course, the solution but if you don't spot it, this is a five-star book. ...at the writing is superb. There isn't a wasted word and the pages seem to turn themselves. I'm sure that if McDermid wrote a shopping list, it would be a
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• Mr Wuffles by David Wiesner
  ...to alien beings. It’s their space ship, and they’ve clearly taken a wrong turn somewhere along the way to end up here, but they have ended up here and wit ...a family that contains a female astrophysicist and weans its children on ''Star Trek'' and ''Blake’s 7''. I think it would be especially good for junior
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• Under Your Skin by Sabine Durrant
  ...out the boyfriend? The housemates? A mystery lover?), it’s down to Gaby to turn amateur sleuth with the help of a friendly fellow journalist to try to clea ...’s writing, both for adults and for teens, for many years. She has a great turn of phrase – I still remember ''creamy with catches, like chocolate chip i
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• Tyranny by Lesley Fairfield
  ...re great in themselves, but they also keep the text to a minimum, which in turn allows Anna to be an everywoman. Readers won't find her threatening either ...htness of touch as it picks its way through difficult issues, and [[Second Star to the Right by Deborah Hautzig]], which is moving and intensely personal.
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• Doctor Who: Time Lord Fairy Tales by Justin Richards and David Wardle
  ...y the thoughts that while the book is inventive enough he doesn't actually star as the main role in many of these tales, as well as meeting a Beast with a ...reating such a book – nothing feels tacked together lightly. The Slitheen turn up as some of the forty thieves, there is one troll to three others, and we
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• The Summer of Kim Novak by Hakan Nesser
  ...pense in your mouth and as you get closer to the end you'll not be able to turn the pages quickly enough: Nesser is a master at playing with your emotions. Should you have been lucky enough not to read the blurb then this is a five star book, a delight. If, on the other hand, you ''did'' read the back of the b
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• Lord of the Rams: The Greatest Story Never Told by Ronan Smith
  ...een a lad (of either sex), known one or feared that they might be about to turn into one this book will be hilarious. Punches are not pulled (even when it ...has tried to drink the world dry you might like to read [[Grumpy Old Rock Star by Rick Wakeman]].
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• Quillan Games (Pendragon) by D J MacHale
  ...Does acolyte equate to apostle? How messianic are the characters going to turn out to be? Do the ten planets and ten adventures here point us to the Deca ...umes. I guess it comes down to another four star adventure, but in a five star series. It is getting so delightfully convoluted. Anything and everything
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• Dreaming the Bear by Mimi Thebo
  ...my concerns were eradicated and tears welled in my eyes at the unexpected turn of events. I'd also like to thank the author for the light hearted laugh-ou ...erful storyline. For the right type of reader this will undoubtedly be a 5 star book and I fully expect it to be nominated for, and win, a large number of
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• Isabel's Noisy Tummy by David McKee
  ...very detailed pictures, there’s lots to talk about too, either before you turn the page or when the story’s finished. The scenario is a common one – w ...eedn’t have worried. This is such a sweet book and Isabel is very much the star of the show, so I think she’ll be proud to re-read it again and again.
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• The Mill River Redemption by Darcie Chan
  ...le it's only in the most predictable of books that you see every twist and turn coming, ultimately even if they come out of the blue they should make sense
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• A Holiday to Die For by Marion Leigh
  ...sh that she'd just be a bit more ''careful'' and then you wouldn't have to turn the pages ''quite'' so quickly and stay up ''quite'' so late to make certai For me the real star of the show was Southern Africa itself. Leigh gives us superb descriptions
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• The Snow Angel by Lauren St John
  ...ng Makena and her happy and settled home. Then events take a very dramatic turn as Makena is forced into life in the Mathare slum. Finally, we move to Scot ...y different, why not try [[Winter Magic by Abi Elphinstone (Editor)]], a 5-star collection of stories that includes one from Lauren St John. You might als
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• Lessons from the Top: How Successful Leaders Tell Stories to Get Ahead - And Stay There by Gavin Esler
  I wasn’t sure whether this book would turn out to be a fun collection of stories or an academic dissection of what mak ...ll find something for you in this book. Common themes are identified, like STAR moments (''Something They Always Remember'') or the three key questions of
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• Goal! Glory Days by Robert Rigby
  ...e boxes. They also have a great energy and enthusiasm about them, which in turn taps straight into the energy and enthusiasm so many boys - including Murph ...t, thank heavens, we don't get some of the other more unsavoury aspects of star footballers. Santi is a very grounded chap, and his wife Roz is a nurse, no
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• The Noisiest Night by Thomas Taylor
  When he goes to sleep himself at dawn, it's his turn to be kept awake by all the daytime noisy creatures. ...3.5 BookBag stars from me, while the excellent audio ups this to a full 4-star rating.
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• Playtime Rhymes by Tony Ross
  ...g with a baby or small toddler. Made from strong card children can help to turn the pages and they can easily find their favourite story as each page has a ...tive nursery rhyme books to check out including [[Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star and Other Nursery Favourites by Mandy Stanley]] and [[The Orchard Book Of N
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• Scoop of the Year by Tom Claver
  ...ory about a pharmaceutical company comes Martin's way, he is determined to turn it into something worthwhile and rescue his floundering prospects...
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• Rot & Ruin by Jonathan Maberry
  ...rld. Resources are scarce and all citizens must find a job as soon as they turn fifteen, else their rations are cut in half. Benny Imura has just turned fi ...he catastrophe of First Night caused their descent into depravity. But the star of the show is Tom - the reluctant killer, martial arts master, and the per
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• Real Food by Nigel Slater
  ...us recipes that are, by and large, easy to follow and yummy to eat. A five star cookery book, reduced to four only because of one or two pretentious puddin ...chip butty. The cornflake cakes you remember from childhood are there, but turn the page and you are discovering the delights of a white chocolate mousse f
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• Death in Heels by Kitty Murphy
  ...een Mae B. What is meant to be a night of excitement soon takes a downward turn when fellow drag queen, Eve, takes to the stage to mock Mae B. As if the ni Unfortunately, I had to knock off a star in my review because of the ending which I found underwhelming and lacking
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• Perfumes: The A - Z Guide by Luca Turin and Tania Sanchez
  ...y enthusiastic collector) not only treat perfume creation as high art, but turn perfume criticism into an art form (or at least a sophisticated genre of wr ...') or a short phrase (''dreadful little thing''), typically meted out to 1-star performers, to an elaborate account, more typical of accolades reserved fro
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• The Vernham Chronicles by John Saunders
  ...dings. Almost unique and nearly beautiful as the village is, it's not the star of The Vernham Chronicles. The stars are the people who live in Vernham. It's said that in times of war people turn to Jane Austen for her gentle humour and a reassurance that all will be wel
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• Horace and Hattiepillar (Hedgehugs) by Lucy Tapper and Steve Wilson
  ...at they can together, from playing hide and seek, to looking for the first star of the night. One day when they’re out together, they find something sma ...as flown away, Horace has the brilliant idea that he and Hattie can try to turn into butterflies too. They do everything the caterpillar did and after all
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• How To Scare The Pants Off Your Pets (Ghost Buddy) by Henry Winkler and Lin Oliver
  ...ned style. It doesn't seem successfully edited, the jokes (like the guest star Otis Redding in a bad pun) don't work, and when Billy's narrator declares ' ...ck. Children won't baulk at this entirely – there's nothing to completely turn them off – but in this world where so many books are forcing children to
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• Mimosa Fortune by Echo Freer
  |summary=The start of an interesting series sees a young girl turn out to be a medium, and finds a hunky spectre with a mission to resolve. Fi ...ean they just move down the A14 or anything - no, Mimosa might be a fan of Star Wars, just she only saw it badly dubbed into Romanian. Wherever in the worl
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• Chocolate Shoes and Wedding Blues by Trisha Ashley
  ...to live with Nancy, who is becoming increasingly frail. She makes plans to turn the general shoe shop into a specialist wedding shoe shop and finds herself ...[[The Scent of Water by Alison Hoblyn]]. We've also enjoyed [[Wish Upon a Star by Trisha Ashley]].
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• The Changeover by Margaret Mahy
  ...terious wasting disease, Laura knows that doctors can't save him. She must turn to the Carlisle family for help. ...his welcome reissue by Harper Collins, ''The Changeover'' gets a full five star rating from Bookbag. Don't miss it.
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• Pretty Baby by Mary Kubica
  ...f many a chapter and you’re left frustrated as the story takes a different turn for a while, dragging you away from the point you really want to focus on. The writing in this book is 5 star, perfectly pitched and gender neutral so although written by a woman and pr
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• Stampy's Lovely Book by Joseph Garrett
  ...activities, remind me of a certain TV programme that used to invite us to turn off and do something more active instead?
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• The Lunar Chronicles: Cinder by Marissa Meyer
  ...nuing saga will successfully encompass all four tales. Part of my Bookbag star rating has to be for the optimism this book brings, therefore - if Meyer pu ...into one of those omnipresent franchises. It might, however, given time, turn out to be just too good for that.
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• To Sleep in a Sea of Stars by Christopher Paolini
  ...acked and destroyed by an alien ship, and she has to flee to the 61 Cygnus star system. She is revived aboard the freighter Wallfish, crewed by Captain Fal ...of the literary world for essentially ripping off the original trilogy of Star Wars and Lord of the Rings in the creation of The Inheritance Cycle. This b
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• Selling Well Is The Best Revenge by Linda Gillard
  ...ell in love with Linda Gillard when we read [[Star Gazing by Linda Gillard|Star Gazing]]. Sue described it as intelligent women's fiction and since then w ...ell in love with Linda Gillard when we read [[Star Gazing by Linda Gillard|Star Gazing]]. Sue described it as intelligent women's fiction and since then w
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• Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (150th Anniversary Edition) by Lewis Carroll and Anthony Browne
  If you're then quibbling about how I can betray the Bookbag star rating and give a book I patently disagreed with four stars, then bear in m Turn to [[The Secret of the Stone Frog by David Nytra]] for how this kind of thi
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• Falling in Love by Donna Leon
  The star of the story is Venice itself and Donna Leon, who has lived there for thirt ...might be Vice-Questore Giuseppe Patta's secretary but she's the person to turn to if you want some information that isn't ''strictly'' available to you.
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• The Smoke Thieves by Sally Green
  ...nd two others, tell the story of the Pitorian Lands, taking it in turns to star in their own chapters throughout the book. This works well, even though at ...tantly changing points of view as the main characters take each chapter in turn, but in the end I found I was happy to move between protagonists and find o
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• Strange Star by Emma Carroll
  |title=Strange Star ...de there is a frantic knocking at the door and events take a more chilling turn than any of their stories.
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• French Lessons by Ellen Sussman
  ...e might not have been so keen if she knew how gorgeous young Chantal would turn out to be.
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• The Ruin of the Roman Empire by James J O'Donnell
  ...of Rome was in spite of the Barbarians not because of them. Deduct half a star from the rating if you're a complete novice! ...l. What is less expected is that the professor has at times a very amusing turn of phrase. How many academics would describe Theodora, wife of Justinian as
  4 KB (630 words) - 09:59, 13 April 2018
• Clara and Olivia by Lucy Ashe
  ...a charm, a ''joie de vivre''. The difference between a hard-worker, and a star. ...me want to pull out some pointe shoes from the back of a drawer and chaîné turn my way across the kitchen.
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• He Who Fears the Wolf by Karin Fossum
  ...gunpoint - but as his plans unravel he begins to rely on Errki. Errki, in turn, starts to talk to Morgan in a way that he's never done before. For more th The real star of this book is the writing. Karin Fossum's style always puts me in mind of
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• Savage Moon by Chris Simms
  ...e limelight: there were plenty of middle rankers, but no one I thought had star quality. I think that has just changed. Chris Simms is definitely the one t ...there but I didn't spot them at all and towards the end I simply couldn't turn the pages fast enough to find out what happened next. Superb.
  4 KB (613 words) - 09:18, 11 March 2018
• Tremarnock: The Lives, Loves and Secrets of a Cornish Village by Emma Burstall
  ...will need to rely on them more than ever, as her life takes an unexpected turn that threatens to destroy her happiness. Liz may be the protagonist, but the real star of the book is her daughter Rosie. Rosie has cerebral palsy, which has left
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• Slow Getting Up by Nate Jackson
  ...behind the scenes look at what it is to be a normal player in the NFL. A star at College, Jackson soon had to readjust to being a much smaller fish when ...ews, the dominoes clack, clack, clacking. Jackson also has a very amusing turn of phrase; there are some very funny lines in the book as he chooses to loo
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• Lollipop and Grandpa's Dinosaur Hunt by Penelope Harper and Cate James
  ...ranches and and electricity pylon, but with a bit of imagination these all turn into wonderful creatures from another time. Lollipop and her Grandpa spot a ...eve this would be less of an issue for younger children. I've taken a half star off for this, and think I would be happier buying this for a younger child,
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• Sea of Rust by C Robert Cargill
  ...s compete for world domination: CISSUS and VIRGIL. They capture robots and turn them into drones; uploading their minds into a hive consciousness. The few ...Asimov (with an interesting twist on the laws of robotics), the Borg from Star Trek, Terminator and even a generous slice of Alice in Wonderland for good
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• Robot Overlords by Mark Stay
  ...s hotly pursued by deadly robots and human collaborators alike. The tables turn once more when a botched robot scan turns Sean into a human weapon that may ...t element has a whiff of familiarity, creating a twisted amalgam of X-men, Star Trek, Real Steel, Terminator and pretty much every robot movie ever made, w
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• The Motherhood Walk of Fame by Shari Low
  ...udio bigwigs, but family troubles and a gorgeous ex boyfriend turned movie star soon start to scupper her plans. ...t quite sure ''who'' she is. Her once glam life has taken a rather mundane turn and now that the kids are off at nursery and school during the day, she's s
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• Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
  ...bled across a highly enjoyable film called ''Fanboys'', about a bunch of ''Star Wars'' fans trying to break into George Lucas' mansion to get a sneak previ ...viduals like Wade Watts to corporations who will want to charge for it and turn the Oasis to their own ends.
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