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• Tastes Like Fear (D.I. Marnie Rome 3) by Sarah Hilary
  ...the second body and the sister of the first victim is in danger. Laura's young, feisty and more than a little bit foolhardy. ...join the story DS Noah Jake is already immersed in the disappearance of a young girl, May Beswick. She's a talented artist and the team have to try and tr
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• Aliens! (Dirty Bertie) by Alan MacDonald and David Roberts
  ...k I now think should have been corrected a long time ago. He's a friendly young chap, and we meet him in friendly, short episodes. Here are three of them, ...ight treats – there aren't too many voices to adopt, for one, although the young will love it if you throw your heart into the bird-watcher's lure noise in
  3 KB (506 words) - 10:38, 10 October 2020
• Flip-A-Shape: Go! by SAMI
  ...to bananas and segments of oranges. ''Go!'' will definitely appeal to the young train driver in your life and ''Yum!'' will be enjoyed by any child who has Children learning to read will enjoy [[Ant and Bee by Angela Banner]]. For an unusual look at shapes we can recommend [[Monkey Nut by S
  2 KB (377 words) - 15:24, 29 March 2018
• November 2013 Newsletter
  ...author Angela Young came along to [[The Interview: Bookbag Talks To Angela Young|chat to us]].
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• Rising Stars: New Young Voices in Poetry by Pop Up Projects
  |title= Rising Stars: New Young Voices in Poetry ...oning their skills. Overall though, this is a great starting point for any young writer and a fun collection to read.
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• The Teleportation Accident by Ned Beauman
  ...las Adams|Douglas Adams]], Raymond Chandler even [[:Category:Angela Carter|Angela Carter]] to name just a few. Beauman takes a huge range of styles and genre ...it is trying to be just too clever. Beauman is one of the most innovative young writers around and is one to follow. At times this book is gloriously enter
  5 KB (816 words) - 09:19, 6 March 2018
• Horace & Harriet Take on the Town by Clare Elsom
  ...time since I was that age, Harriet is a very believable seven-year-old and young readers will find it easy to identify with her. They may, however, find Hor ...he ancient battle involving cowpats and custard pies to the way nasty girl Angela ends up covered in pigeon poo. Personally what made me smile the most was t
  3 KB (581 words) - 08:57, 19 March 2018
• Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik
  ...y of Angela Carter, then adding a lightness of touch that'll appeal to the Young Adult fiction market – and Novik has created something that deserves to b
  3 KB (452 words) - 13:13, 5 June 2018
• Effie Gray by Suzanne Fagence Cooper
  ...fall apart, with Effie's health suffering as a consequence. When handsome young artist John Everett Millais was taken on as a protégé by Ruskin, Effie fe ...e is obviously the star of this book, and comes across as a rather capable young woman constrained by the social boundaries of the time. Seeing her health d
  4 KB (658 words) - 09:02, 9 April 2018
• The Elves and the Shoemaker by Lucy M George and Rachel Swirles
  ...s coming out every month, it can be easy to forget the old classics. Every young child should be familiar with the Grimm fairytales, and if they don't have ...o, Geraldine McCaughrean, Rose Impey, Andrew Matthews, Jane Ray, Ian Beck, Angela Barrett, Emma Chichester Clark and Alan Snow]] is a must. Slightly older re
  3 KB (472 words) - 15:20, 10 April 2018
• The Princess Who Had No Kingdom by Ursula Jones and Sarah Gibb
  ...ies with the freshness of the tale. It'd make for a gorgeous present for a young girl. Recommended. ...o, Geraldine McCaughrean, Rose Impey, Andrew Matthews, Jane Ray, Ian Beck, Angela Barrett, Emma Chichester Clark and Alan Snow]]. Slightly older children wil
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• Tender Morsels by Margo Lanagan
  Liga's upbringing has not been a happy one. Her mother died young. Her father has sexually abused her and forced herbal concoctions on her in ...t it takes to engage with it. In fact, I think Lanagan is even better than Angela Carter, and that's saying something.
  4 KB (638 words) - 13:55, 19 February 2018
• The Affairs of Others by Amy Grace Loyd
  The story is a first-person-Celia narrative as the young landlady takes us from the present to the past and back again. Celia would ...er Reading: If this appeals then we recommend [[Speaking of Love by Angela Young]], another beautifully told story of relationships and the ravages life pil
  4 KB (610 words) - 12:57, 23 March 2018
• Hello Kitty Dictionary
  The Hello Kitty Dictionary takes a concept that many young students might not find too interesting (me, on the other hand, I love book ...Hello Kitty’s dictionary, and there are various features included to help young learners. Each page has the alphabet running down the side, in case you can
  5 KB (791 words) - 10:23, 6 October 2020
• Bob Books First by Bobby Lynn Maslen and John Maslen
  |reviewer=Margaret Young ...uch as their own name. It is possible to teach a very young child, even as young as two or three to read a few of these books, but it really is best to achi
  6 KB (1,015 words) - 12:50, 17 April 2018
• The Trap by Catherine Ryan Howard
  ...'taxi problem', particularly in the light of 'the missing women'. For one young woman, the final stop on the bus leaves her a long way short of her home. We hear the story from three main sources: Lucy (Nicky O'Sullivan's sister), Angela Fitzgerald a civilian working for the Missing Person Unit of An Guarda Sío
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• The Oxford Treasury of Fairy Tales by Geraldine McCaughrean and Sophy Williams
  ...els. There's one image in ''The Thirteenth Child'' that is gorgeous, of a young girl picking leaves surrounded by white ducks. It's a wonderfully atmosphe ...o, Geraldine McCaughrean, Rose Impey, Andrew Matthews, Jane Ray, Ian Beck, Angela Barrett, Emma Chichester Clark and Alan Snow]]
  4 KB (582 words) - 16:44, 31 August 2020
• Fables: Legends in Exile - Vol 01 by Bill Willingham
  ...comic, but it's certainly aimed at adults, or well-read teens, rather than young kids. When we finally learn the details of how the Fables lost the Homeland ...agan]]. We also enjoyed [[Roxy and Jones: The Great Fairytale Cover-Up by Angela Woolfe]].
  3 KB (542 words) - 10:43, 19 March 2021
• Firewatching by Russ Thomas
  ...n he realised that the son of the dead man (and a possible suspect) is the young man he spent the night with only yesterday. Oscar Cartwright hasn't said a ...also enjoy [[XX by Angela Chadwick]] or [[A Portrait of the Arsonist as a Young Man by Andrew McGuinness]].
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• Fraser's Line by Monica Carly
  It's Angela Gabriel (a neat play on names, there) who helps Fraser not just to come to ...h and although he had lived and married in England – was the father of two young children – he felt obliged to go and support his countrymen in the 1943 W
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