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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
  4 KB (645 words) - 12:20, 26 September 2020
• 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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