==Confident readers==
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{{newreview
|author=Simon Packham
|title=The Bex Factor
|rating=3.5
|genre=Confident Readers
|summary=Reality TV, especially the kind of talent competition where the backstory of the contestants is as much a part of the programme as their performance on stage, is a part of most young people's lives. A whole culture has grown up which dangles big breaks, lucrative contracts and happiness-ever-after to those talented few who can sing or dance, or, better still, do both at once. Fourteen-year-old Bex dreams of singing her way to stardom via the latest TV show, called 'The Tingle Factor'. All she needs to do is persuade geeky Year Ten Matthew to accompany her on the guitar.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1848121636</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=J R R Tolkien
|summary=Not many books begin with the hero and heroine losing their heads (literally) before page thirty. And that's not the only misfortune to befall Hansel and his sister. No sooner are their heads and necks reunited, and they've fled their murderous parents, than the two children find themselves in front of an edible house. And we all know what happens if you eat people's homes, don't we? Well, maybe.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1849393702</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Sam Osman
|title=Serpent's Gold
|rating=4
|genre=Confident Readers
|summary=Most children probably know more about Hindu gods and Creation myths than they do about ley lines, so there is a whole wealth of new information and ideas to be found in this series of books about the adventures of Wolfie, Tala and Zi'ib. Ancient beliefs about stone circles and megaliths, magic circles, the Great Pyramid at Giza and the Knights Templar are linked through these mysterious lines with modern sites like Battersea Power Station and the Tate Modern as our three heroes battle the forces of wickedness.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1407105760</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Lucinda Hare
|title=Dragon Whisperer: Flight to Dragon Isle
|rating=5
|genre=Confident Readers
|summary=Quenelda DeWinter is the twelve year old daughter of Earl Rufus DeWinter, the commander of the Stealth Dragon Services. As a member of the nobility, Quenelda should be at Grimalkin's College for Young Ladies and learning how to curtsey properly, like her jealous brother Darcy's fiancee, the ladylike Armelia. However, Quenelda is a dragon whisperer, and can communicate both telepathically and through dreams with dragons, and her ambition is to enrol at the Stealth Dragon Services Battle Academy at Dragon Isle.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0552560235</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Albert Uderzo and Renee Goscinny
|title=Where's Asterix?
|rating=4
|genre=Confident Readers
|summary=Following in the tradition of 'Where's Wally' books here we have 'Where's Asterix?' There are 12 different scenes from the Asterix stories where you have to find not just Asterix but a whole range of other characters hidden throughout as well. Turn it into a competition as you win a laurel wreath for each character you find!
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1444004441</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Emily Bearn
|title=Tumtum and Nutmeg: Trouble at Rose Cottage
|rating=4.5
|genre=Confident Readers
|summary=Mysterious things are afoot in Rose Cottage. It appears that some new mice, one with golden teeth, have moved into the kitchen and are threatening the tranquil lives of Tumtum and Nutmeg who live in Nutmouse Hall. After some investigation they discover the new mice are town mice, intent on causing trouble. Will the children discover who has been stealing their things, or discover a way to stop their father from selling Rose Cottage before it's too late and their lives, as well as Tumtum and Nutmeg's, are changed forever?
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1405256559</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=David Benedictus
|title=Return to the Hundred Acre Wood
|rating=5
|genre=Confident Readers
|summary=Christopher Robin is back! At least that's what the Rumour spreading like wild fire through the Hundred Acre Wood says. He's returning for more adventures with Pooh and Piglet and Rabbit and Owl and Kanga and Roo and Tigger and Eeyore and, as I'm sure you'll agree, that is a Very Good Thing. From exciting new friends (Lottie the Otter giving Kanga some welcome female company) to adventures and competitions, with water slides to locate, bees to relocate, books to write and schools to found, this book picks up where the previous one left off, and really does read like an organic 3rd part of a trilogy (poetry books excepted) rather than a tag on that comes some 80-plus years after the original and from the pen of another.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1405251603</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Jackie Martin
|title=Burglar Boy
|rating=3.5
|genre=Confident Readers
|summary=''Burglar Boy'' opens with a big scene - Dean is halfway though robbing a house when the owner returns. Chased by an irate man with a good aim and a golf club, he barely makes it out in one piece. But he dutifully returns home and divvies up a pile of ill-gotten goods to Callum, his older brother, who rewards him for the risk and the bruises with a paltry fiver. Still, it's more pocket money than Dean is likely to see from his mother, who has lapsed further and further into a bottle of vodka since her most recent boyfriend left.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1907552146</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Emma Kennedy
|title=Wilma Tenderfoot and the Case of the Rascal's Revenge
|rating=4.5
|genre=Confident Readers
|summary=Wilma Tenderfoot, assistant to the great Detective Theodore P. Goodman, is off to solve another case with the help of her loving dog, Pickle. The future of Copper Island hangs in the balance, and Wilma thinks it's possible that she may just yet discover who her parents really are...make sure you're sitting comfortably, you won't want to put this one down!
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0330535234</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Kay Woodward
|title=Wuthering Hearts
|rating=3.5
|genre=Confident Readers
|summary=book a real pain, she still wants to be Cathy in the school production - who wouldn't, especially with the utterly gorgeous new boy Robert as leading man? Robert, though, resembles Wuthering Heights' moody Heathcliff in more ways than just being good-looking, and Emily finds it very hard to get to know him properly, even after a development which means they're spending much more time together. Can two people find romance on the Yorkshire moors?
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1849392994</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Anne-Marie Conway
|title=Star Makers Club: Polly Plays Her Part
|rating=4.5
|genre=Confident Readers
|summary=Polly Conway is having to deal with rather a lot at the moment. Her mum has got a fabulous new job – but it’s in Spain! That leaves Polly to live with her dad, her new stepmother who she can’t stand, and her baby brother who’s just annoying. Depressed by the problems in her life, she ignores her dad’s rules and turns to the friend2friend website to find comfort. As she gets increasingly addicted to the
site, she starts to lose focus on the important things in her life – including her family and the Star Makers’ new production.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1409520919</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Elliott Skell
|title=Neversuch House: Mask of the Evergones
|rating=5
|genre=Confident Readers
|summary=The Halibuts are an extraordinary family. Almost two centuries ago the Captain used his immense wealth to buy up land and surround it by a high wall. He took a wife, and employed families of servants to serve his every need. Money was no object, and subsequent generations of Halibuts had anything they desired on one condition: if they ever left the grounds of the House, they could never return.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1847387446</amazonuk>
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