...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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...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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...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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...author Angela Young came along to [[The Interview: Bookbag Talks To Angela Young|chat to us]].
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|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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...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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...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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...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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...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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...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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...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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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 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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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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|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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...'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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...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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...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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...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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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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...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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|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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...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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...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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...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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...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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|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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...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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...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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...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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...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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...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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...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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...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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