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• Category:Angela Young
  [[Category:Authors|Young, Angela]] ...nineteenth-century England. (I wrote under my full name, Angela Mackworth-Young, in those days.) In 2001 I was awarded an MA in Creative Writing from Middl
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• Speaking of Love by Angela Young
  |author=Angela Young ...ung popped into Bookbag Towers to [[The Interview: Bookbag Talks To Angela Young|chat to us]].
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• The Interview: Bookbag Talks To Angela Young
  |title=The Interview: Bookbag Talks To Angela Young ...which she'd read. There was quite a lot to talk about when author Angela Young popped into Bookbag Towers to chat to us.
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• Speaking of Love by Angela Young
  |author=Angela Young ...ung popped into Bookbag Towers to [[The Interview: Bookbag Talks To Angela Young|chat to us]].
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• Category:Angela Young
  [[Category:Authors|Young, Angela]] ...nineteenth-century England. (I wrote under my full name, Angela Mackworth-Young, in those days.) In 2001 I was awarded an MA in Creative Writing from Middl
  2 members (0 subcategories, 0 files) - 16:50, 31 October 2013
• The Grave Robber's Apprentice by Allan Stratton
  |summary=Hans is running away from his master, the grave robber. Countess Angela is trying to rescue her parents from the arch-duke, who is cruel and quite, .... Only the infrequent glimpses he manages of the pretty 'Little Countess', Angela Gabriela von Schwanenberg, lighten the gloom of his days.
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• Play Dead (D I Kim Stone) by Angela Marsons
  |author=Angela Marsons ...esn't prevent DI Kim Stone and her team being called in when the body of a young woman, her face smashed in and bloodied, is discovered in amongst the other
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• The Invention of Angela Carter by Edmund Gordon
  |title=The Invention of Angela Carter |sort=Invention of Angela Carter
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• My Mum Has X-Ray Vision by Angela McAllister and Alex T Smith
  |author=Angela McAllister and Alex T Smith ...e of humour. It improves with age and will become a firm favourite for any young book fan. Recommended.
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• Send Me A Lover by Carol Mason
  ...very enthusiastically. Her late husband used to say to her that if he died young, he would send her a lover (hence the book's title!) and part of her wonder ...on. It either seems to be treading water or moving at the speed of light. Angela goes from Canada to England to Greece, then back to Canada. Every couple of
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• More and More Ant and Bee by Angela Banner
  |author=Angela Banner ...though - there's a real adventure in this book, quite a lot of fun and any young reader is going to feel proud of themselves when they get to the end.
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• Her Final Confession (Detective Josie Quinn Book 4) by Lisa Regan
  ...missing, her vehicle and phone are off the radar and there's the body of a young man in her driveway? Josie Quinn can't believe that Gretchen - the woman s If this book appeals then you might also enjoy Angela Marson's [[Angela Marsons' D I Kim Stone Novels in Chronological Order|D I Kim Stone novels]]
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• The China Bird by Bryony Doran
  Then there is Angela. Young. Beautiful. Studying art with a true passion for the work. Old-fashioned No wonder then that I fell for Angela immediately. Brought up by her grandparents, and semi-adopted by the mythi
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• The Interview: Bookbag Talks To Angela Young
  |title=The Interview: Bookbag Talks To Angela Young ...which she'd read. There was quite a lot to talk about when author Angela Young popped into Bookbag Towers to chat to us.
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• Little Nothing by Marisa Silver
  ...find Pavla changed beyond all recognition... Along the way, Pavla meets a young boy called Danilo, and the reader follows Danilo's story too - one just as ...nt on the book likens it to both Franz Kafka and [[:Category:Angela Carter|Angela Carter]], which I found very apt - there's some rather shocking moments of
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• The Bunny That Couldn't Be Found by Angela Mitchell
  |author=Angela Mitchell ...y, but never quite see what’s under their noses. Cue lots of shouting from young readers and stabbing of stubby fingers at the book. If this were a pantomim
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• Uprooted by Naomi Novik
  ...agers take part in a ritual called 'The Choosing' every ten years - when a young girl is sent to serve the wizard for a decade. ...and often, nowadays, neutered, in order to tell of morals and to make sure young children steer clear of big bad wolves, witches in gingerbread houses, and
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• A Little, Aloud for Children by Angela Macmillan
  |author=Angela Macmillan ...collection of stories and poems selected for reading aloud to children and young people compiled by The Reader Organisation. This anthology contains somethi
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• Found (The Missing) by Margaret Peterson-Haddix
  ...in the plane and no-one can contact the pilot. Small wonder, because when Angela looks inside, the only people on board are babies. 36 babies. ...s very much Not Okay, but then she returns us to the bread-and-butter of a young teen's world - school, sport, annoying little sisters and well-meaning pare
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• Summer Half by Angela Thirkell
  |author=Angela Thirkell |summary=The fifth book in Angela Thirkell's Barsetshire series, reissued by Virago.
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• Deadly Cry (D I Kim Stone) by Angela Marsons
  |author=Angela Marsons ...all the hallmarks of a quick, functional kill, but who would do that to a young mother out shopping with her child?
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• Roxy and Jones: The Great Fairytale Cover-Up by Angela Woolfe
  |author=Angela Woolfe ...te her reign of terror, Roxy and Jones hold the fate of the world in their young hands…so, no pressure then!
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• Fly Away Home by Marina Warner
  ...ory:Marina Warner|Ms Warner]] to know she is not [[:Category:Angela Carter|Angela Carter]], nor [[:Category:Jeanette Winterson|Jeanette Winterson]], even if ...ces here had a style and origin that was definitely in the fairy world. A young girl becomes bride to a friend of her mother's, but gets unlikely help earl
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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
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• 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
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• 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
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• 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
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• 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
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• 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
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• 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
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• 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.
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• 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
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• 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
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• 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
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• 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]]
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• 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]].
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• 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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• Top Ten Retellings of Myths, Legends and Fairy Tales
  ...quisite art work. Some is a little delicate but the book will delight any young girl. Recommended. ...retelling of the famous King Arthur legends, through the eyes of Gwyna, a young servant girl who encounters Myrddin (Merlin) after her home is destroyed by
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• I Am Unworthy by Angela Mack
  |author=Angela Mack ...but YA novel about the monsters in our homes and heads, the pains of being young, and the power of letting people in.
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• The Book of a Thousand Days by Shannon Hale
  ...identities, beautiful princesses, cruel khans and love, loss and heroism. Angela Carter for the little ones. Super. ...e and vivid when told through the eyes of this stalwart, courageous, loyal young girl.
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• Every Little Piece of My Heart by Non Pratt
  ...anged their lives, one way or another, to create a very relevant story for young people. ...nd truthful book about the fascinating politics between a group of diverse young people, rife with lessons about truth, love, friendships and relationships
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• Shed No Tears by Caz Frear
  ...minally ill and she was juggling to cope with her job, her husband and two young sons and it would be understandable if something had slipped past her. How ...If this series appeals then you're probably going to enjoy reading about [[Angela Marsons' D I Kim Stone Novels in Chronological Order|DI Kim Stone]]. YOu m
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• Shot Through the Heart (DI Grace Fisher 2) by Isabelle Grey
  ...just the people on the sharp end of a bullet: what about Davey Fewell, the young son of the killer, who will go through life as the child of a mass murderer ...ng. Have a look at [[Turning Blue by Benjamin Myers]], [[Silent Scream by Angela Marsons]], T F Muir's [[T F Muir's DCI Andy Gilchrist Novels in Chronologi
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• The Land of Stories: The Wishing Spell by Chris Colfer
  |publisher=Little, Brown Young Readers ...o, Geraldine McCaughrean, Rose Impey, Andrew Matthews, Jane Ray, Ian Beck, Angela Barrett, Emma Chichester Clark and Alan Snow]] whereas those who prefer the
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• Mother of Eden by Chris Beckett
  ...en and became matriarch and patriarch of a new race of primitive humans. A young leader, John Redlantern, rose up within the group, determined to free his p .... In this new story, the protagonist is Starlight Brooking, an adventurous young woman soon to outgrow her small boatbuilding community. She begs her uncle
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• Dickens's Women: His Life and Loves by Anne Isba
  ...ple, or was Dickens merely the protector and platonic lover of an innocent young girl, and one who helped to look after her widowed mother and fatherless si ...invaluable, relationship was formed between Dickens and the philanthropist Angela Burdett-Coutts, who was thought to be the richest woman in the land after Q
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• May 2014 Newsletter
  ...t this month is a book you may never even have heard of. [[August Folly by Angela Thirkell]]. First published in 1936 and it perfectly captures that period b ...whilst not simplistic, for very young children. It will introduce the very young to what fun books can be. There is a lot to learn and enjoy here, from the
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• Top Ten Crime Novels 2016
  ...so certain that she's guilty? What secrets is she keeping? And what does a young girl called Ella know that holds the key? As more characters from Noah's pa |author=Angela Marsons
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• The Gruffalo by Julia Donaldson
  ...of double-deceit spun by the mouse was very difficult to understand for a young pre-schooler who had not really learned to lie herself yet (in the sense th |name=Angela Scrivener
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• Top Ten Self-Published Books 2013
  ...Iraq's birth pangs are violent and unrelenting. And then there's Adel, a young Iraqi lad who never dreamt of violence; not until the day that Benes killed |author=Angela Young
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• The Interview: Bookbag Talks To Philip Threadneedle
  ...errors and was really nice about it - and Rachel, who was the first actual young person to read it. I was very nervous about letting her have it, but she t ...d books, and I often re-read them. I love the ''Little Vampire'' books by Angela Sommer-Bodenburg. The beginning of the first one partly inspired Grandpa's
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