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|title=Running on the Roof of the World

|author=Jess Butterworth

|rating=4.5

|genre=Confident Readers

|summary=Rule Number One: Don't run in front of a soldier.<br>

Rule Number Two: Never look at a soldier. <br>

Rule Number Three: Say as little as possible.<br>

There are two words banned in Tibet: Dalai Lama.

Tash lives in a Tibet under the Chinese occupation that began in 1950. Chinese soldiers are a constant and oppressive feature of her life. Most of Tibet's cultural and religious traditions are severely suppressed and any act of rebellion can result in you taken away by the soldiers, never to be seen again. But there is resistance. Tash's father belongs to a secret cell that tries to get information out to the wider world. But it's dangerous. And when, one day, a man self-immolates in her village as an act of protest, the Chinese authorities crack down hard.

|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1510102086</amazonuk>

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|author= Mark Huckerby and Nick Ostler

A terrifying noise is rumbling through the sleepy town of Starkley (the fourth most boring town in Britain) and having a peculiar effect on the residents. Gravity has gone into reverse and the poor townsfolk are floating skyward, helplessly trying to grab onto whatever they can in order to slow their ascent. Hamish Ellerby has just arrived home to find his family stuck to the ceiling, along with a bowl of fruit, six batteries and a wind-up meerkat. What could be causing this strange phenomenon? Could it be leading up to something bigger? A ''gravity-belch'', or heaven forbid, a ''gravity-FART''? It's up to Hamish and his gang, the PDF, to solve the mystery and restore order to Starkley in time for the official visit from the Public Office of Pride, or POP (shouldn't it be POOP?).

|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1471147126</amazonuk>

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~~|author=Sarah Carroll~~

~~|title=The Girl In Between~~

~~|rating=4~~

~~|genre=Confident Readers~~

|summary=After a family argument, a girl and her mother are stuck out on the streets of Ireland, finding shelter finally in an old, abandoned mill. The mill becomes the girl's castle, where she finally feels safe from the lurking threat of 'the authorities' and some of the strange men in her mother's life. Her mother, however, seems to be tumbling deeper into depression, keeping her daughter locked up, out of sight inside, and now there are strange men in hard hats coming around the mill to measure and make notes. Can the two of them move on, or will they be too late to escape?

~~|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1471160629</amazonuk>~~

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