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|author=Judith Kerr

|title=When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit

|rating=5

|genre=Confident Readers

|summary=It's Germany, 1933 and nine year old Anna has a dream – she wants to be famous when she grows up. Unfortunately nearly all the famous people she's heard of have suffered from a ''difficult childhood'' and Anna knows that's not her. She has a loving family with enough money. Her life is, however, turned upside down by Adolf Hitler's rise to power. Anna's told that she's Jewish (her parents aren't particularly religious so she was only dimly aware of this) and her dad is likely to be a target under a Nazi government. Anna and her family are forced to flee Germany and build a new life as refugees in Switzerland, then France and ultimately England. It's a hard life, especially when money worries settle in, but for Anna and her brother it's also an adventure. It's, therefore, a long time before Anna realises that her experiences might actually count as a ''difficult childhood''.

|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0007274777</amazonuk>

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{{newreview

|author=Martin Walker

|summary=Set just five weeks after the events of ''Scorpia Rising'', Alex Rider is living in San Francisco and attempting to adjust to life as a normal high school student. Normal, however, is not a word that we associate with this particular fifteen year old. After all, this is the boy who's completed nine successful missions for M16: the teenager who has saved the world (more than once) and effectively brought down the international criminal organisation, Scorpia. And things aren't about to change. Given everything that has happened in Alex's young life, it's not surprising that the past is about to catch up with him…

|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1406377058</amazonuk>

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~~{{newreview~~

~~|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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