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  • Category:Reviewed by Jill Murphy
    Jill lives in lovely rural England. She loves good food, good wine, good books a You may be looking for the [[:Category:Jill Murphy|author of the same name]] who wrote the [[The Worst Witch to the Res
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  • Category:Jill Murphy
    You may be looking for the [[:Category:Reviewed by Jill Murphy|Bookbag reviewer of the same name]]. [[Category:Authors|Murphy, Jill]]
    3 members (0 subcategories, 0 files) - 17:04, 24 October 2009
  • Category:Jill McGown
    [[Category:Authors|McGown, Jill]]
    1 member (0 subcategories, 0 files) - 14:56, 7 December 2015
  • Category:Jill Lewis and Deborah Allwright
    [[Category:Authors|Lewis, Jill]]
    2 members (0 subcategories, 0 files) - 17:04, 24 October 2009
  • Category:Jill Atkins
    [[Category:Authors|Atkins, Jill]]
    3 members (0 subcategories, 0 files) - 14:07, 25 September 2014
  • Category:Jill Mansell
    [[Category:Authors|Mansell, Jill]]
    1 member (0 subcategories, 0 files) - 17:04, 24 October 2009
  • Category:Jill McElmurry
    [[Category:Authors|McElmurry, Jill]]
    1 member (0 subcategories, 0 files) - 11:20, 21 January 2011
  • Category:Jill Marshall
    [[Category:Authors|Marshall, Jill]]
    1 member (0 subcategories, 0 files) - 17:04, 24 October 2009
  • Category:Jill Hathaway
    [[Category:Authors|Hathaway, Jill]]
    1 member (0 subcategories, 0 files) - 09:36, 20 April 2012
  • Category:Jill Marshall and Sam Childs
    [[Category:Authors|Marshall, Jill]]
    1 member (0 subcategories, 0 files) - 17:04, 24 October 2009
  • Category:Jill Ciment
    [[Category:Authors|Ciment, Jill]]
    2 members (0 subcategories, 0 files) - 16:08, 10 September 2015
  • Category:Jill Townsend
    [[Category:Authors|Townsend, Jill]]
    1 member (0 subcategories, 0 files) - 11:08, 2 May 2010
  • Category:Jill Jonnes
    [[Category:Authors|Jonnes, Jill]]
    1 member (0 subcategories, 0 files) - 16:24, 15 March 2019
  • Category:Jill Dawson
    [[Category:Authors|Dawson, Jill]]
    1 member (0 subcategories, 0 files) - 10:48, 19 February 2014
  • Category:Jill Newton
    [[Category:Authors|Newton, Jill]]
    2 members (0 subcategories, 0 files) - 19:12, 21 February 2010
  • Category:Jill Norman
    [[Category:Authors|Norman, Jill]]
    1 member (0 subcategories, 0 files) - 17:04, 24 October 2009
  • Category:Jill Stark
    [[Category:Authors|Stark, Jill]]
    1 member (0 subcategories, 0 files) - 13:20, 1 August 2013
  • Category:Jill Dupleix
    [[Category:Authors|Dupleix, Jill]]
    1 member (0 subcategories, 0 files) - 17:04, 24 October 2009
  • Category:Jill Leovy
    [[Category:Authors|Leovy, Jill]]
    1 member (0 subcategories, 0 files) - 16:13, 5 November 2015
  • Category:Jill Abramson
    [[Category:Authors|Abramson, Jill]]
    1 member (0 subcategories, 0 files) - 08:47, 27 April 2012
  • Category:Jill Foulston
    [[Category:Authors|Foulston, Jill]]
    3 members (0 subcategories, 0 files) - 17:04, 24 October 2009
  • Category:Jill Hucklesby
    [[Category:Authors|Hucklesby, Jill]]
    2 members (0 subcategories, 0 files) - 17:04, 24 October 2009
  • Category:Jill Tomlinson and Paul Howard
    [[Category:Authors|Tomlinson, Jill]]
    2 members (0 subcategories, 0 files) - 12:10, 8 November 2009
  • Category:Jill Santopolo
    [[Category:Authors|Santopolo, Jill]]
    1 member (0 subcategories, 0 files) - 15:10, 26 April 2017
  • Category:Jill Armitage
    [[Category:Authors|Armitage, Jill]]
    1 member (0 subcategories, 0 files) - 17:06, 12 May 2017
  • Category:Jill Lewis
    [[Category:Authors|Lewis, Jill]]
    3 members (0 subcategories, 0 files) - 17:04, 24 October 2009
  • Category:Jill Tomlinson
    [[Category:Authors|Tomlinson, Jill]]
    2 members (0 subcategories, 0 files) - 12:10, 8 November 2009
  • Category:Jill Barklem
    [[Category:Authors|Barklem, Jill]]
    2 members (0 subcategories, 0 files) - 14:40, 30 November 2010
  • Category:Reviewed by Jill Bone
    [[Category:Reviewers|Bone, Reviewed by Jill]]
    11 members (0 subcategories, 0 files) - 14:49, 28 October 2010
  • Jill Murphy
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  • Simple Food
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  • The Cook's Book
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  • The Joy of Shopping
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  • The Murdered Banker by Augusto De Angelis and Jill Foulston (translator)
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  • The Worst Witch to the Rescue
    #REDIRECT [[The Worst Witch to the Rescue by Jill Murphy]]
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  • Category:Augusto De Angelis and Jill Foulston (translator)
    [[Category:Authors|Foulston, Jill]]
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  • Category:Augusto de Angelis and Jill Foulston (translator)
    [[Category:Authors|Foulston, Jill]]
    2 members (0 subcategories, 0 files) - 12:50, 24 August 2016
  • Category:Jill Atkins and Barbara Vagnozzi
    [[Category:Authors|Atkins, Jill]]
    1 member (0 subcategories, 0 files) - 09:19, 15 August 2017
  • Category:Jill Thrussell
    [[Category:Authors|Thrussell, Jill]] Jill Thrussell grew up in Scotland without her parents and was for most of her l
    2 members (0 subcategories, 0 files) - 09:13, 13 September 2015
  • Landslide by Melissa Leet
    ...''Landslide'' is the story of how what happened determined the course of Jill's life and how great tragedy can breed resilience and hope. ...r adult life. She doesn't have Jill's hangups about sex or children. Can Jill come to terms with the almost total lack of a father during her childhood?
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  • A Tiger Too Many by Antony Wootten
    ...II difficult decisions have to be made about wild animals in captivity and Jill finds herself fighting for the life of a tiger she's befriended. There's an ...tiger cub, the runt of a litter rejected by his mother, who would need all Jill's care if he was to survive.
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  • Come Home by Lisa Scottoline
    |summary=Jill's former step daughter is back in her life, but will she risk everything to ...ncourage this investigation, and the family reunion it will bring, leaving Jill torn between her new family and her old one.
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  • Hunter's Prayer by Lilith Saintcrow
    Jill Kismet is a hunter, a dealer in dark things, spiritual exterminator and kic ...ered prostitutes start showing up, their bodies completely eviscerated. As Jill and Saul try to track down and identify the creature capable of such evil,
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  • Don't Read This Interview with Jill Lewis
    |title=Don't Read This Interview with Jill Lewis |summary=Bookbag loved [[Don't Read This Book! by Jill Lewis and Deborah Allwright]] and couldn't wait to find out more about it.
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  • I'll Meet You In Heaven by Jill Thrussell
    |author=Jill Thrussell ...Thrussell popped into Bookbag Towers to [[The Interview: Bookbag Talks To Jill Thrussell|chat to us]].
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  • Beachcombing by Maggie Dana
    |summary= A coming-of-middle-age story when Jill Hunter gives up her friends, her business and possibly her home for the man You'll like Jill Hunter. She's smart, independent and likes to have fun. Her business is o
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  • The Puppy Diaries: Living with a Dog Named Scout by Jill Abramson
    |author=Jill Abramson ...comparing the pup with his predecessor? But - times change - and in 2009 Jill and her husband Henry brought home a Golden Retriever by the name of Scout.
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  • Dear Hound by Jill Murphy
    |author= Jill Murphy ...ut a little bit more about Deerhounds at the beginning of the book because Jill Murphy gives us an illustrated guide to the hounds, from their various ear
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  • Blue Slipper Bay by Wendy K Harris
    |summary=Jill is concerned about her husband Ash, and the future of their health centre. ...s an osteopath who runs an alternative health centre on the Isle of Wight; Jill doesn't like him to go much beyond the bounds of conventional - or at least
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  • The Secret Staircase (Brambly Hedge) by Jill Barklem
    |author=Jill Barklem ...t on it. First and foremost is its size – the lush detail in the pictures Jill Barklem created alongside her text demand this to be an A4 colour picture b
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  • The Interview: Bookbag Talks To Melissa Leet
    * '''BB: How much of you is there in Jill and Susie? ''' ML: What Jill and Susie express best is how important friendship is to me. I’m lucky to
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  • Don't Read This Book! by Jill Lewis and Deborah Allwright
    |author=Jill Lewis and Deborah Allwright ...ey come. Jill Lewis was kind enough to be [[Don't Read This Interview with Jill Lewis|interviewed by Bookbag]].
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  • Aftershock (Shades 2.0) by Jill Atkins
    |author=Jill Atkins ...robably guess that it's Thailand - or thereabouts - and the year is 2004. Jill Atkins does an excellent job of contrasting the peace and tranquility of th
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  • The Interview: Bookbag Talks To Jill Thrussell
    |title=The Interview: Bookbag Talks To Jill Thrussell ...to those who have suffered loss. she had quite a few questions for author Jill Thrussell when she popped in to see us.
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  • Something Delicious by Jill Lewis and Ali Pye
    |author=Jill Lewis and Ali Pye ...not fail to appeal to young and old alike. It’s also worth mentioning that Jill Lewis and Ali Pye have created more stories featuring the ''little somethi
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  • Simple Food by Jill Dupleix
    |author=Jill Dupleix In 2000 she retired, to be replaced by Jill Dupleix. 'Jill who?' we all said. Well, she's Australian, she's young, sickeningly attract
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  • The Penguin Who Wanted To Find Out by Jill Tomlinson and Paul Howard
    |author=Jill Tomlinson and Paul Howard Paul Howard's illustrations marry perfectly with Jill Tomlinson's words. There's a realistic air to them, but with the necessary
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  • The Joy of Shopping by Jill Foulston
    |author=Jill Foulston ...rt of shopping over the years in a collection of quotes lovingly edited by Jill Foulston.
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  • Heroic Measures by Jill Ciment
    |author=Jill Ciment ...n. You see it's only a matter of months since we lost our beloved dog and Jill's Ciment's telling of Dottie's story in her own words captures so perfectly
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  • This Is My Book by Mick Inkpen
    ...terview Leigh Hodgkinson]] and [[Don't Read This Interview with Jill Lewis|Jill Lewis]].
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  • Zelah Green: Who Says I'm a Freak? by Vanessa Curtis
    |reviewer=Jill Murphy |comment=Dear Jill Murphy
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  • Crash Bang Donkey! by Jill Newton
    |author=Jill Newton Jill Newton's illustrations have a softness to them that suits the gentle tale.
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  • The Interview: Bookbag Talks To John Jackson
    |reviewer=Jill Murphy |summary=Jill fell in love with [[Tales for Great Grandchildren by John Jackson and Danie
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  • Last Kiss of the Butterfly by Jill Hucklesby
    |author=Jill Hucklesby |reviewer=Jill Murphy
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  • Who Stole Mona Lisa? by Ruthie Knapp and Jill McElmurry
    |author=Ruthie Knapp and Jill McElmurry Jill McElmurry's illustrations have an interesting style, slightly reminiscent o
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  • The Interview: Bookbag Talks To Paul Howard
    ...yed Paul Howard's illustrations in [[The Penguin Who Wanted To Find Out by Jill Tomlinson and Paul Howard|The Penguin Who Wanted To Find Out]] and couldn't ...yed Paul Howard's illustrations in [[The Penguin Who Wanted To Find Out by Jill Tomlinson and Paul Howard|The Penguin Who Wanted To Find Out]] and couldn't
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  • The Knife That Killed Me by Anthony McGowan
    |reviewer=Jill Murphy |comment=Dear Jill
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  • The Owl Who Was Afraid of the Dark by Jill Tomlinson and Paul Howard
    |author=Jill Tomlinson and Paul Howard ...sound of this, also have a look at [[The Penguin Who Wanted To Find Out by Jill Tomlinson and Paul Howard]].
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  • Oliver Moon and the Monster Mystery by Sue Mongredien
    ...by Jill Murphy|The Worst Witch to the Rescue]] by [[:Category:Jill Murphy|Jill Murphy]]. (That's not the Bookbag reviewer; they just share the same name).
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  • In Darkness by Nick Lake
    |reviewer=Jill Murphy ..., highly, and thrice highly recommended. Don't miss it. This was one of [[Jill's Top Ten YA novels of 2012]].
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  • The Past by Tessa Hadley
    ...ntial as fog,' he excitedly reports to Jill. With her marriage foundering, Jill can only see the negative side of such a pronouncement. Like Stella in [[Cl ...section, we already know that Tom and Jill's marriage broke down, and that Jill died of breast cancer when Alice was 13. What, then, are we meant to take f
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  • The Worst Witch to the Rescue by Jill Murphy
    |author=Jill Murphy I just love Jill Murphy. Whatever she does is classy. My grandchildren cut their teeth (some
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  • Slide by Jill Hathaway
    |author=Jill Hathaway Full marks to Jill Hathaway here for creating a paranormal thriller which is really original.
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  • In Your Dreams (Ruby Rogers) by Sue Limb
    ...and we think that you might also enjoy [[The Worst Witch to the Rescue by Jill Murphy]]. |name=Jill
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  • The Interview: Bookbag Talks To Anthony Gardner
    |reviewer=Jill Murphy |summary=Jill thought that [[Fox by Anthony Gardner]] was plot-focused and had twists to
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  • The Kick Off by Dan Freedman
    |reviewer=Jill Murphy |name=Jill
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  • Meg and Mog: Meg Goes to Bed by Helen Nicoll and Jan Pienkowski
    ...e Worst Witch to the Rescue is reviewed [[The Worst Witch to the Rescue by Jill Murphy|here]].
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  • The Interview: Bookbag Talks To Tessa Buckley
    |reviewer=Jill Murphy |summary=Jill's really taken by author Tessa Buckley's mystery and family drama series, E
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  • Kave-Tina Rox by Jill Marshall and Sam Childs
    |author=Jill Marshall and Sam Childs [[Category:Jill Marshall]]
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  • An Offer You Can't Refuse by Jill Mansell
    |author=Jill Mansell Jill Mansell has written tons of books, so it’s about time we had a review of
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  • Don't Wake Mr Bear! by Jill Newton
    |author=Jill Newton |website=http://web.mac.com/jill_bob/iWeb/carl%20and%20pop%20pups/jill%20newton.html
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  • April 2008 Newsletter
    ...ans burning the midnight oil. And there's some great stuff about, although Jill is still on her high horse about cliff hanger endings in children's books - ...and is Kate going to get more than just her story from Jake's restaurant? Jill loved [[The Dirty South by Alex Wheatle]]. Crisp, clean writing with wit an
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  • Act of God by Jill Ciment
    |author=Jill Ciment ...and the bookbag for my copy. We also have a review of [[Heroic Measures by Jill Ciment]].
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  • Jill's Top Ten YA novels of 2012
    2012 was a great year for YA fiction. Here are Jill's favourites. Why not [mailto:sue@thebookbag.co.uk tell us] about yours?
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  • The Real Test (Shades 2.0) by Jill Atkins
    |author=Jill Atkins ...noirish story and a twist I wasn't expecting. [[Aftershock (Shades 2.0) by Jill Atkins|Aftershock]] by the same author as ''The Real Test'' came across wel
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  • About Us
    And who are we? Well, The Bookbag was the brainchild of [[Jill Murphy]] and [[Sue Magee]], friends who have never met other than over the *[[Jill Murphy]] lives in Devon. She loves good food, good wine, good books and her
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  • Angel by Cliff McNish
    |reviewer=Jill Murphy |comment=Jill has really made me want to read the bk !!
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  • The Bower Bird by Ann Kelley
    |reviewer=Jill Murphy |name=Jill
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  • February 2009 Newsletter
    ...yfully dark adventure, and spot on for the young graphic novel generation. Jill loved [[Shadow Bringer by David Calcutt]], a lovely piece of magic realism
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  • June 2009 Newsletter
    ...you tune in. In the unlikely event you're not a great fan of tennis - and Jill's son thinks this is a silly thing to say, since everyone is a great fan of
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  • Murder at the Old Vicarage by Jill McGown
    |author=Jill McGown ''Murder at the Old Vicarage'' (originally published as ''Redemption'') is Jill McGown's homage to Agatha Christie's ''Murder at the Vicarage''. Would it
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  • Thinking About Almost Everything by Ash Amin and Michael O'Neill
    |reviewer=Jill Murphy Jill Murphy
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  • Top Ten Quirky Kids' Books
    |author=Jill Lewis and Deborah Allwright ...ey come. Jill Lewis was kind enough to be [[Don't Read This Interview with Jill Lewis|interviewed by Bookbag]].
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  • The Interview: Bookbag Talks To Eric Lindner
    |reviewer=Jill Murphy |summary=Jill thought that [[Hospice Voices: Lessons for Living at the End of Life by Eri
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  • Peck, Hen, Peck! and Ben's Pet (Early Reader) by Jill Atkins and Barbara Vagnozzi
    |author=Jill Atkins and Barbara Vagnozzi [[Category:Jill Atkins]]
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  • The Interview: Bookbag Talks To Ed Straw
    |reviewer=Jill Murphy |summary=Jill's not easily impressed by political books but she did enjoy [[Stand and Del
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  • Seven Days One Summer by Kate Morris
    ...ns have risen, things have gone missing and no one is sure what to make of Jill, the friendly neighbour who has a knack of always being there. Will they ma Things are not helped by the mysterious and sometimes ungracious Jill who keeps turning up under the pretext of being helpful but just ends up be
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  • A Year in Brambly Hedge by Jill Barklem
    |author=Jill Barklem ...okbag. We also have a review of [[The Secret Staircase (Brambly Hedge) by Jill Barklem]].
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  • The Interview: Bookbag Talks To Eve Ainsworth
    |reviewer=Jill Murphy |summary=Jill's cheeks ''ached'' when she read [[The Blog of Maisy Malone by Eve Ainswort
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  • Beswitched by Kate Saunders
    ...ends) by Ann Bryant]] and Jill Murphy's [[The Worst Witch to the Rescue by Jill Murphy|The Worst Witch to the Rescue]] (and the five previous books in that
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  • The Interview: Bookbag Talks To Spadge Whittaker About Confessions of Modern Women
    |reviewer=Jill Murphy |summary=Jill thought that ''Confessions of Modern Women'' was both fun and funny to read
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  • Sapphique by Catherine Fisher
    |reviewer=Jill Murphy |name= Jill
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  • Golden Goal (Jamie Johnson) by Dan Freedman
    |reviewer=Jill Murphy ...here near it, what weight would I carry? Frank likes it. Jermain likes it. Jill Murphy isn't keen. It's a no brainer. Happily, I like it. Your Jamie Johnso
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  • Dark Angels by Katherine Langrish
    |reviewer=Jill Murphy Thanks to Jill and Book Bag for another great review.
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  • The Interview: Bookbag Talks To Richard Smith
    |reviewer=Jill Murphy |summary=Jill thought that [[Time Trap by Richard Smith]] was a riproaring adventure and
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  • Goodnight Buffy: Loving a Lakeland Terrier by Thomasina Price
    ...cout by Jill Abramson]]The Puppy Diaries: Living with a Dog Named Scout by Jill Abramson
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  • Quicksilver by R J Anderson
    |reviewer=Jill Murphy ...time from Faraday's point of view. Please tell me I'm right! Best wishes, Jill.
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  • Amazon Kindle
    |reviewer=Jill Murphy Like a child at Christmas, Jill was the first into print. She was also the only one to write in the first p
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  • The Tell-Tale Heart by Jill Dawson
    |author=Jill Dawson ...ageing roué achieved redemption when he received a fresh young heart. But Jill Dawson has given the story a great deal more depth and it pushed my mind in
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  • Grave's End (DS Alexandra Cupidi) by William Shaw
    ...he body of a man in the freezer in the garage. DS Alexandra Cupidi and DC Jill Ferriter are on the case. Well, Jill would have gone on the first visit, but she had a date arranged with Harry
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  • The Light We Lost by Jill Santopolo
    |author=Jill Santopolo ...that changed the shape of the world. It forms a starting point for author Jill Santopolo's tale here - a spark which ignites into a fire that Gabe and Luc
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  • The Interview: Bookbag Talks To Christopher Bowden
    |reviewer=Jill Murphy |summary=Jill thought that [[The Green Door by Christopher Bowden|The Green Door]] was an
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  • Moscow 1941: A City and Its People at War by Rodric Braithwaite
    |reviewer=Jill Murphy |comment=Excellent review, Jill.
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  • Oranges in No Man's Land by Elizabeth Laird
    |reviewer=Jill Murphy I just wanted to say how much I love your site, Jill's reviews of kids books especially are so strong and well-written and are a
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  • The Interview: Bookbag Talks To Christopher Bowden about 'The Purple Shadow'
    |reviewer=Jill Murphy |summary=It's not long since Jill enjoyed Christopher Bowden's novel [[The Green Door by Christopher Bowden|T
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  • Legacy of Blood: Spartan 3 by Michael Ford
    |reviewer=Jill Murphy |name=Jill
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  • Beethoven Was One-Sixteenth Black by Nadine Gordimer
    |reviewer=Jill Murphy |name=Jill
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  • Banana by Ed Vere
    |name=Jill |comment=That's the one, Jill!
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  • September 2009 Newsletter
    ...ch has the low down on this year's [[Man Booker Prize 2009|Booker prize]]. Jill is rooting for the utterly sublime [[Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel]]. What wou
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  • July 2008 Newsletter
    ...he kingdom after he deposed his tyrannical cousin King Richard II in 1399. Jill's on her soapbox as usual and recommends [[Aid and Other Dirty Business: Ho ...g and perfectly plotted, it will steal your heart and a great many awards. Jill also loved [[After the Flood by L S Matthews]], a beautiful fable set in a
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  • Cold Tom by Sally Prue
    |reviewer=Jill Murphy |name=Jill
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  • Hex Hall by Rachel Hawkins
    ...e Worst Witch to the Rescue is reviewed [[The Worst Witch to the Rescue by Jill Murphy|here]] – or from Diana Wynne Jones' books such as [[Charmed Life (
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  • Breathing Underwater by Julia Green
    |reviewer=Jill Murphy ...The Truth About Forever by Sarah Dessen]], [[Last Kiss of the Butterfly by Jill Hucklesby]], and for younger readers, [[Eggs by Jerry Spinelli]]. We also
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  • Henry Tumour by Anthony McGowan
    |reviewer=Jill Murphy ...Hey, that's my book! And, Well, what an utterly delightful review. Thanks, Jill, it really made my day.
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  • The Patience Stone by Atiq Rahimi
    But if like me, you agree with Jill's Bookbag review that some of Hosseini's works can be a bit over-theatrical
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  • The Murdered Banker by Augusto de Angelis and Jill Foulston (translator)
    |author=Augusto de Angelis and Jill Foulston (translator) ...e a review of [[The Mystery of the Three Orchids by Augusto de Angelis and Jill Foulston (translator)]].
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  • Everfound by Neal Shusterman
    |reviewer=Jill Murphy Jackin' Jill is still with Mary's minions though, intrigued despite herself by a newcome
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  • The Rise and Fall of Marks & Spencer: ...and How It Rose Again by Judi Bevan
    |name=Jill |verb=replied:At the time when you would have been going through the system, Jill, I think you might have found that there was something of a glass ceiling f
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  • Skulduggery Pleasant by Derek Landy
    |reviewer=Jill Murphy |comment= I have to agree with Magda with this one and go against Jill Murphy's view that readers teen or younger do not enjoy the process of worl
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  • Being by Kevin Brooks
    |reviewer=Jill Murphy |name=Jill
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  • White Dolphin by Gill Lewis
    |reviewer=Jill Murphy Dyslexia is also an underlying issue in [[Last Kiss of the Butterfly by Jill Hucklesby]], a sad but evocative story of one girl's summer with her mother
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  • The Interview: Bookbag Talks To Richard Smith about The Darzoids' Stone
    |reviewer=Jill Murphy |summary=Jill loved [[The Darziods' Stone by Richard Smith|The Darziods' Stone]] - a fast
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  • Along for the Ride by Sarah Dessen
    |reviewer=Jill Murphy ...writes about introspective girls. I think [[Last Kiss of the Butterfly by Jill Hucklesby]] and [[Flightsend by Linda Newbery]] would also appeal. You mig
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  • Hex Hall: Raising Demons by Rachel Hawkins
    ...e Worst Witch to the Rescue is reviewed [[The Worst Witch to the Rescue by Jill Murphy|here]] – or from Diana Wynne Jones' books such as [[Charmed Life (
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  • The Interview: Bookbag Talks To Rosanne Licata
    |reviewer=Jill Murphy |summary= Jill thought that [[Blood Bonds: The Caravan by Rosanne Licata]] was enchanting,
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  • The Interview: Bookbag Talks To Sharmi Albrechtsen
    |reviewer=Jill Murphy |summary=Jill learned a great deal about Danes, about Americans and about herself when sh
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  • November 2009 Newsletter
    ...ninth instalment in the saga that fans old and new will not want to miss. Jill's favourites were two reworkings of stories from the Mabinogion. [[White Ra ...ing. Children and adults alike will laugh their heads off. For older ones, Jill's recommending [[ The Battle of the Sun by Jeanette Winterson]], a beautifu
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  • Ghettoside by Jill Leovy
    |author=Jill Leovy This is the question that journalist and author Jill Leovy has spent years trying to discover, having spent time working alongsi
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  • Tease by Amanda Maciel
    |reviewer=Jill Murphy |comment=Fab review, Jill! I wasn't planning on reading this because I didn't think I could cope with
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  • January 2016 Newsletter
    ...er father again. Intense, literary and with a flavour of magical realism. Jill loved this beautiful and heart-rending story. She won't forget how it felt ...PT FOR THE SPIDERS. Spadge explained the inclusion of SPIDERS when she and Jill had a good [[The Interview: Bookbag Talks To Spadge Whittaker|chat]].
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  • Knife by R J Anderson
    |reviewer=Jill Murphy ...ularly girls, of ten right up to fifteeen (or forty-four if they're called Jill) are going to love it.
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  • February 2014 Newsletter
    ...family that is probably different from your family, but just like it, too. Jill loved it and heartily recommends it to every single reader of 9 and up. ...oved [[A Room Full of Chocolate by Jane Elson|A Room Full of Chocolate]]. Jill got to do the review, but Robert was at the front of the queue with the que
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  • Bound (Detective Sam Shephard) by Vanda Symon
    Detective Sam Shephard wondered if the two men whom Jill Henderson described had spotted the trappings of wealth at the family home, Jill Henderson's descriptions lead the police to Gideon Powell and Jacob Sandhur
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  • Waking Merlin by Tanya Landman
    |reviewer=Jill Murphy |name=Jill
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  • The Interview: Bookbag Talks To Jane Elson
    ...oved [[A Room Full of Chocolate by Jane Elson|A Room Full of Chocolate]]. Jill got to do the review, but Robert was at the front of the queue with the que ...oved [[A Room Full of Chocolate by Jane Elson|A Room Full of Chocolate]]. Jill got to do the review, but Robert was at the front of the queue with the que
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  • January 2014 Newsletter
    ...wears its quality lightly and comes highly recommended by us. For tweens, Jill also loved [[The Dark Inside by Rupert Wallis]], a beautiful story about be ...about his life-affirming novel [[In Bloom by Matthew Crow|In Bloom]]. Both Jill and Robert were impressed by [[Love in Revolution by B R Collins]] but it w
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  • Daughters of Time by Mary Hoffman (editor)
    ...angrish her excellent story here makes me want to track something down and Jill's review of [[Dark Angels by Katherine Langrish|Dark Angels]] suggests it's
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  • The Interview: Bookbag Talks To David Windle
    |reviewer=Jill Murphy |summary=After reading [[Spudboy and Chip by David Windle]] Jill wants a potato superhero. There was a lot to talk about when the author po
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  • The Interview: Bookbag Talks To Clive Lawton
    |reviewer=Jill Murphy |summary=Jill really enjoyed [[Flowers From Fukushima by Clive Lawton]], a haunting story
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  • A Good Month For Murder by Del Quentin Wilber
    ...who are either part of the drugs trade, or victims of it. [[Ghettoside by Jill Leovy]] investigated a similar situation, but in this book Leovy tried to p ...to it try [[The Mad Sculptor by Harold Schechter]], whilst [[Ghettoside by Jill Leovy]] may be flawed, but at least it investigates the reason behind so ma
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  • January 2015 Newsletter
    Ladybird Books is celebrating its centenary this year. Jill is old enough to have learned to read using its "keyword" system, often see ...and over again. It's hard to recommend this one without spoilers but take Jill's word for it. It's fantastic!
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  • The Interview: Bookbag Talks To S B Charles
    |reviewer=Jill Murphy |summary=Jill thought that [[Gliding With Black Swans by S B Charles]] was a roller coast
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  • 101 Things You Wish You'd Invented and Some You Wish No One Had by Richard Horne and Tracey Turner
    |reviewer=Jill Murphy |name= Jill
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  • Category:Alan Hamilton
    ...ol home in 1931; the vanishing of Lord Lucan in the 1970s, and the fate of Jill Dando in 1999.
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  • Ruby Red by Linzi Glass
    |reviewer=Jill Murphy The review was really interesting to read and it showed that the reviewer Jill Murphy can adpat to this character Ruby on the way she is feeling.
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  • Find Me by Romily Bernard
    |reviewer=Jill Murphy ...id here. There's also second mystery, and I got that straightaway, too. If Jill Slow-on-the-uptake Murphy latched on this quickly, I can't imagine a reader
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  • The Carbon Diaries 2015 by Saci Lloyd
    |reviewer=Jill Murphy |name=Jill
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  • Palestinian Walks: Notes from a Vanishing Landscape by Raja Shehadeh
    |reviewer=Jill Murphy |comment=Thank-you Jill Murphy for the passion, clarity and unconditional humaneness of your review
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  • The Kindly Ones by Jonathan Littell
    ...Amis the novelist, but that is possibly his best book and much better than Jill's 3.5 stars suggest :-)))))
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  • Michael Tolliver Lives by Armistead Maupin
    |reviewer=Jill Murphy |name=Jill
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  • The Last Days by Scott Westerfeld
    |reviewer=Jill Murphy |name=Jill
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  • High Sobriety: My Year Without Booze by Jill Stark
    |author=Jill Stark On the first of January 2011 Jill Stark woke up with the hangover from Hell. She was no stranger to them: at
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  • The Mistress's Daughter by A M Homes
    |reviewer=Jill Murphy |name=Jill
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  • The Sunshine Cruise Company by John Niven
    ...injustice, Sue and Julie conspire to rob a bank, taking along their friend Jill – a devout Christian conflicted due to lack of money and a terminally ill ...rive the plot along, the real emphasis here is on character. Susan, Julie, Jill, Vanessa – and especially Ethel, are both realistic and hugely likeable (
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  • Teenage Kicks: 101 Things to Do Before You're 16 by Clive Gifford
    |reviewer=Jill Murphy |name=Jill
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  • The Tower by Valerio Massimo Manfredi
    |reviewer=Jill Murphy |name=Jill
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  • Coraline by Neil Gaiman
    |reviewer=Jill Murphy ...Having seen the 3D extravaganza they made of the film, I have to reassure Jill it is "jolly impressive", and I can recommend it on the big screen. Very d
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  • The Interview: Bookbag Talks To N S Blackman
    |reviewer=Jill Murphy |summary=Jill thought that [[The Secret Dinosaur: Giants Awake by N S Blackman|The Secret
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  • October 2008 Newsletter
    ...has something for everyone aged eight to eighty-eight. For middle readers, Jill also loved [[Waterslain Angels by Kevin Crossley-Holland]]. Crossley-Hollan
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  • Everybody Jam by Ali Lewis
    |reviewer=Jill Murphy |comment= Jill Murphy's review of this book is excellent - I don't think anyone could have
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  • Finding Violet Park by Jenny Valentine
    |reviewer=Jill Murphy ...thing I really liked was how well the novel exploits the mystery genre. As Jill Murphy says, "its not over-paced, but is a real page-turner". A very absorb
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  • Soul Eater by Michelle Paver
    |reviewer=Jill Murphy You are right, Jill, in that the series is more of a 'traditional' children's series than say P
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  • The Interview: Bookbag Talks To Joe Dunthorne
    |reviewer=Jill Murphy |interviewer=Jill Murphy
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  • A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
    |reviewer=Jill Murphy |name=Jill
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  • March 2008 Newsletter
    ...bout the contribution a beloved pet can make to family life. [[Jill Murphy|Jill]] would like to recommend the vivid and intelligent [[A Great and Terrible
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  • Tokyo Traffic (Detective Hiroshi) by Michael Pronko
    ...ports, leaving Sukayana in the midst of a scene of carnage at the Jack and Jill Studios. The dead bodies are definitely not props though. ...lled in to clean up the mess at the studios by Shibaurak who runs Jack and Jill. They're both more than a little nervous about the appearance of Yoshitako
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  • The Interview: Bookbag Talks To P De V Hencher
    |reviewer=Jill Murphy |summary=Jill thought that [[The Leopard of Dramoor by P De V Hencher]] had an intricate
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  • The Interview: Bookbag Talks To Spadge Whittaker
    |reviewer=Jill Murphy |summary=Jill thought that [[Braver Than Britain, Occasionally by Spadge Whittaker]] in w
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  • The Silver Donkey by Sonya Hartnett
    |reviewer=Jill Murphy |name=Jill
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  • A Room Full of Chocolate by Jane Elson
    |reviewer=Jill Murphy |comment= What a fab review, Jill! I really liked this one as well, especially the friendship between Megan a
    4 KB (704 words) - 12:34, 2 September 2020
  • The Interview: Bookbag Talks To Jeffrey Dunn
    |reviewer=Jill Murphy |summary=Jill enjoyed [[Radio Free Olympia by Jeffrey Dunn|Radio Free Olympia]], a story
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  • You'll Win Nothing With Kids by Jim White
    |reviewer=Jill Murphy |name=Jill
    4 KB (745 words) - 11:55, 1 March 2018
  • Walking with Witches by Lynne Huggins-Cooper
    |reviewer=Jill Murphy |name=Jill
    4 KB (707 words) - 12:15, 18 April 2018
  • Expedition to Pine Hollow (Outriders) by Ed Decter
    |reviewer=Jill Murphy |name=Jill
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  • The Interview: Bookbag Talks To Gloria D Gonsalves About Lamellia: The Kingdom of Mushrooms
    |reviewer=Jill Murphy |summary=Jill enjoyed [[Lamellia: The Kingdom of Mushrooms by Gloria D Gonsalves]] and sa
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  • The Interview: Bookbag Talks To Sadie S Forsythe
    |reviewer=Jill Murphy |summary=Jill enjoyed [[The Weeping Empress by Sadie S Forsythe|The Weeping Empress]] fin
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  • The Interview: Bookbag Talks To Sebastiana Randone
    |reviewer=Jill Murphy |summary=Jill thought that [[The House by Sebastiana Randone]] was genre busting and she
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  • The Mystery of the Three Orchids by Augusto de Angelis and Jill Foulston (translator)
    |author=Augusto de Angelis and Jill Foulston (translator) [[Category:Jill Foulston]]
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  • The Wave by Morton Rhue
    |reviewer=Jill Murphy |name=Jill
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  • Arbella Stuart: The Uncrowned Queen by Jill Armitage
    |author=Jill Armitage Throughout the narrative, Jill Armitage portrays with sympathy the life of a woman often placed in an impo
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  • Escape from Genopolis by T E Berry-Hart
    |reviewer=Jill Murphy |name=Jill
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  • May 2011 Newsletter
    ...view now we're in 2011. Bet you a shiny new United Kingdom pound to one of Jill's son's smelly socks. Bet you. Read the rest of the newsletter while wonder For teenagers, Jill thinks you should look at [[Dangerous to Know by Katy Moran]], an intense f
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  • September 2016 Newsletter
    ...e post, addressed only to them. We ''love'' the sound of Scoop. It reminds Jill of the Puffin Post, to which she enthusiastically subscribed as a child. If For teens, Jill suggests [[I'll Be Home For Christmas by Benjamin Zephaniah and Others]]. P
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  • September 2013 Newsletter
    ...as is Bookbag reviewer Nigethan. We hope all goes well for them both - and Jill hasn't shed a single tear at the loss of her oldest, honest! For teens, September is a great month. After much deliberation, Jill has chosen two books for you. There's [[The Dead Men Stood Together by Chri
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  • The Secrets of Married Women by Carol Mason
    |summary=Jill and Richard's marriage is on the rocks following the results of some fertil ...book, I was fed up with the characters and their ongoing sagas. I thought Jill was annoying and a little too smug at times, and her journey from happily m
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  • Slawter (The Demonata) by Darren Shan
    |reviewer=Jill Murphy |name= Jill
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  • Flowers From Fukushima by Clive Lawton
    |reviewer=Jill Murphy |comment= I think Jill Murphy's sensitive review of this lovely book is perfect. It is such an upl
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  • Jimmy Coates: Revenge by Joe Craig
    |reviewer=Jill Murphy |name=Jill
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  • Slave Girl by Jackie French
    |reviewer=Jill Murphy |name=Jill
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  • The Chronicles of Narnia by C S Lewis
    |reviewer=Jill Murphy ...lver Chair'' - the scariest of the series. Eustace and new Narnian visitor Jill journey underground with Puddleglum the Marshwiggle to try to save Prince R
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  • The Interview: Bookbag Talks To Dr Kris J Sime
    |reviewer=Jill Murphy |summary=Jill thought that [[Dragon's Flight by Dr Kris J Sime|Dragon's Flight]] was ''FU
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  • My Swordhand is Singing by Marcus Sedgwick
    |reviewer=Jill Murphy |name=Jill
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  • The Sticky Rock Cafe by Susie Cornfield
    |reviewer=Jill Murphy |name=Jill
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  • Restless by William Boyd
    |reviewer=Jill Murphy |name=Jill
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  • The New Green Consumer Guide by Julia Hailes
    |reviewer=Jill Murphy |name=Jill
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  • June 2011 Newsletter
    ...'s beautifully done in spare prose and has a marvellous central character. Jill loved it and is sure they will too. ...humour and moments of real pathos, it's both challenging and entertaining. Jill is rather sad that it's all over!
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  • Pop! by Catherine Bruton
    |reviewer=Jill Murphy |name=Jill
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  • Sara's Face by Melvin Burgess
    |reviewer=Jill Murphy |name= Jill
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  • The Pesthouse by Jim Crace
    |reviewer=Jill Murphy |name=Jill
    4 KB (757 words) - 13:43, 3 April 2018
  • Frogspell by C J Busby
    |reviewer=Jill Murphy
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  • Brave Charlotte by Anu Stohner and Henrike Wilson
    |name=Jill |comment=Point taken Jill. I don't think it's clear how "old" Charlotte is, but she's the character t
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  • The Cat in the Hat by Dr Seuss
    |name=Jill |name=Jill Mutch
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  • Skellig by David Almond
    |reviewer=Jill Murphy |name=Jill
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  • March 2014 Newsletter
    ...is taking a long time to write, so we'll have to wait a while yet (boo!) - Jill is on tenterhooks.
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  • Dawn of Empire by Sam Barone
    |reviewer=Jill Murphy |name=Jill
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  • The Interview: Bookbag Talks To Rob Keeley
    |reviewer=Jill Murphy ...t Barry (who wrote the Simon and the Witch books), [[:Category:Jill Murphy|Jill Murphy]] (The Worst Witch – no relation to my reviewer on The Bookbag!),
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  • Eggs by Jerry Spinelli
    |reviewer=Jill Murphy |name= Jill
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  • Hospital by Toby Litt
    |reviewer=Jill Murphy |name=Jill
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  • Are We There Yet? by David Levithan
    |reviewer=Jill Murphy |name=Jill
    5 KB (800 words) - 17:40, 29 March 2018
  • I, Coriander by Sally Gardner
    |reviewer=Jill Murphy |name=Jill
    5 KB (884 words) - 13:04, 12 August 2020
  • Lucas by Kevin Brooks
    |name=Jill |name=Jill
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  • Why Bookbag Uses A Wiki
    ...ore Bookbag was even a glint in Sue's eye, a guy called Jeff had suggested Jill attach a wiki to a message board she was running at the time. (As you can s By now, Jill and I had experience of editing [http://en.wikipedia.org Wikipedia]. Sue I
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  • Whitethorn by Bryce Courtenay
    |reviewer=Jill Murphy |name=Jill
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  • The Interview: Bookbag Talks To Lynne Thomas
    |reviewer=Jill Murphy |summary=Jill thought that [[Jelly Cooper: Alien by Lynne Thomas|Jelly Cooper: Alien]] wa
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  • Unwind by Neal Shusterman
    |reviewer=Jill Murphy |name=Jill
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  • Hattie the Bad by Jane Devlin and Joe Berger
    ...picture book with an anarchic twist, check out [[Don't Read This Book! by Jill Lewis and Deborah Allwright]]. Slightly older children will love [[Sensible
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  • June 2010 Newsletter
    ...corrida grows ever closer. It's a stunning but uncomfortable read and one Jill feels absolutely privileged to have read.
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  • The Interview: Bookbag Talks To Pete Johnson
    |reviewer=Jill Murphy * '''BB: Jill has two teenage sons and they both mock her in exactly the same way your ch
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  • Marianne Dreams by Catherine Storr
    |reviewer=Jill Murphy |name=Jill
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  • Wicked: Witch and Curse by Nancy Holder and Debbie Viguie
    ...[[The Worst Witch to the Rescue by Jill Murphy|The Worst Witch]] series by Jill Murphy, while parents might enjoy sharing [[My Unwilling Witch (The Rumblew
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  • Scratch Kitten on the Pirate's Shoulder by Jessica Green
    |reviewer=Jill Murphy
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  • October 2011 Newsletter
    ...e mini Indian summer at the start of the month? It came as such a shock to Jill that she almost got the vapours. Short-sleeved t-shirts? In October? ''Octo ...new, but is it? Central character Lili tells a different story. As soon as Jill had read the last page she turned back to the beginning and read it from st
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  • Inferno: The Devastation of Hamburg, 1943 by Keith Lowe
    |name=Jill |name=Jill
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  • The Ten-year Nap by Meg Wolitzer
    ...emember the last time her husband Leo had gotten terribly excited by her. Jill could not understand why she did not really feel like much of a mother to h ...much to be grateful for. This does not, mercifully, go unnoticed by Amy, Jill, Roberta and Karen – they know only too well that their lives are plentif
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  • October 2015 Newsletter
    ...to author Jill Thrussell, who gave some [[The Interview: Bookbag Talks To Jill Thrussell|interesting answers]]. Sue has spent some very indulgent hours re
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  • Remember, Remember the Fifth of November by James Sharpe
    |reviewer=Jill Murphy |name=Jill
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  • Apples by Richard Milward
    |reviewer=Jill Murphy |name=Jill
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  • Mister Pip by Lloyd Jones
    |reviewer=Jill Murphy |name=Jill
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  • Oranges and Lemons: Rhymes From Past Times by Karen Dolby
    ...f the amount of detail given varies rather a lot between rhymes. 'Jack and Jill' has a particularly interesting set of theories associated with it, while t
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  • March 2009 Newsletter
    ...wo families whose lives are framed by world events and the madness of war. Jill thinks you should read [[The Voluptuous Delights of Peanut Butter and Jam b ...preciation of poetry. For the junior fan of historical fiction of any age, Jill recommends [[Bloodline Rising by Katy Moran]]. 7th century life is vividly
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  • The Snow Womble by Elisabeth Beresford
    |reviewer=Jill Murphy
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  • The Interview: Bookbag Talks To Janine A Southard
    |reviewer=Jill Murphy |summary=Jill thought that [[Queen & Commander (A Hive Queen Novel) by Janine A Southard|
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  • July 2016 Newsletter
    ...ead for a much longer time. Is there room in the market for more novellas? Jill hopes so because doorstep novels have to be really good before she wants to For teens, Jill recommends [[The Bone Sparrow by Zana Fraillon]]. Subhi is ten years old. H
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  • The Blog of Maisy Malone by Eve Ainsworth
    |reviewer=Jill Murphy |name= Jill
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  • The Interview: Bookbag Talks To SJ Griffin
    |reviewer=Jill Murphy |summary=Jill thought that [[The Vanguard by SJ Griffin]] was an enjoyable post-catastrop
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  • Gatty's Tale by Kevin Crossley-Holland
    |reviewer=Jill Murphy ...something as cheaply as possible to be played within a certain time limit. Jill tells me that the unabridged version is often available from Talking Books
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  • Burning by Danielle Rollins
    |reviewer=Jill Murphy
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  • Hybrids by David Thorpe
    |reviewer=Jill Murphy |name=Jill
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  • Pumpkin Soup by Helen Cooper
    |reviewer=Jill Murphy |name= Jill
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  • August 2010 Newsletter
    Hello! How are you? We're all good here at Bookbag Towers. Jill is dealing with a glut of runner beans. Sue is enjoying her new office. Kei For the younger ones, Jill sings the praises of [[Firebrand (Rebel Angels) by Gillian Philip|Fireband
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