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|summary=Raven Boy and Elf Girl are on a mission. An ogre has been trampling and crashing around the place, pulling up all the trees and destroying people's homes. Many of the forest creatures have fled, and poor Elf Girl has somehow managed to lose her parents. What's more, she doesn't really believe Raven Boy when he says he can talk to the animals, mostly because all they seem to say is RUN!
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1444004859</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Michael Morpurgo
|title=Outlaw: The Story of Robin Hood
|rating=4.5
|genre=Confident Readers
|summary=Have you heard of Robin Hood? Of course you have. Have you heard of Michael Morpurgo? I’m guessing the answer to that one is yes as well. This new version of one of England’s most famous legends, told by one of the country’s most popular authors, is surely a can’t miss prospect, isn’t it?
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0007465920</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=P J Night
|title=Creepover: Truth or Dare
|rating=4
|genre=confident Readers
|summary=When playing Truth or Dare with her friends at a party, Abby Miller tells them she has a crush on Jake Chilson. When she gets a text in the middle of the night warning her to stay away from him, or else, she can't believe it would be any of them - but nobody else knows. Could it really be the ghost of Jake's ex-girlfriend Sara, who was tragically killed when a car hit her? As more and more strange things start happening to her, Abby wonders whether she believes in ghosts or not...
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1907411232</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Frances Hardinge
|title=A Face Like Glass
|rating=5
|genre=Confident Readers
|summary=It would be hard to imagine any book by Frances Hardinge being anything but excellent. She has a knack for creating bizarre characters whose actions, somehow, make sense because they live in utterly fantastic but well-structured worlds. If you then add to the mix, as she does, a determined and thoroughly endearing young heroine for whom you simply have to stand up and cheer, then you are guaranteed a pleasurable and thought-provoking read.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0230748791</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Lou Kuenzler
|title=Shrinking Violet
|rating=4.5
|genre=Confident Readers
|summary=Violet is very excited. She has finally grown sufficiently to be eligible for a scary ride called Plunger at her family's local theme park. She persuades her parents to take her there, accompanied reluctantly by her teenage sister... then, just as they are about to get on the ride, the fulfillment of Violet's dreams, she starts to shrink. And finds herself staring face-to-face with a worm.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1407130048</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=A F Harrold
|title=Fizzlebert Stump: The Boy Who Ran Away from the Circus (and Joined the Library)
|rating=3.5
|genre=Confident Readers
|summary=The number of times the fictional cliche of the boy who ran away to the circus has been used are beyond count. Here though is the boy who appears, from his clown mother and strongman father's point of view, to have run away FROM the circus. The truth, of course, is more unusual. In trying to return a dropped library book, Fizz gets enamoured of the opportunity at his local branch, but this captivation leads to a captivity of a more physical kind...
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1408830035</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Michael Bond
|title=Paddington Races Ahead
|rating=4
|genre=Confident Readers
|summary=Far be it from me to suggest that a bear we all know and love is cashing in on the London Olympics AND the Jubilee, but here he is on the front of a rather splendid book, racing along - and waving a Union Jack. He's a bear of good intentions, but somehow they seem to get him into difficult situations which are always of his own making. There was the matter of the shaving cream which it ''should'' have been possible to get back into the tube - and for something which cleans it shouldn't make such a mess. We won't even discuss why the London bus had to be evacuated or what happened when Paddington was mistaken for a Peruvian hurdler.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0007458843</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Lissa Evans
|title=Big Change for Stuart
|rating=4.5
|genre=Confident Readers
|summary=In Stuart's [[Small Change for Stuart by Lissa Evans|previous adventure]] we saw him discovering his Uncle's magical secrets. Now that Tony Horten's tricks have been found, Stuart is able to investigate how they actually work. During these investigations he discovers that they are rather more magical than you might initially think, but the magic of each item lasts for only one adventure each...will Stuart and April be able to uncover all of the secrets of the tricks and discover who their rightful owner is?
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>038561828X</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=H L Dennis
|title=Secret Breakers: The Power of Three
|rating=4
|genre=Confident Readers
|summary=The back cover of this book says it is the 'Da Vinci Code for kids' and that's not a bad description. Secret messages, codes, helter-skelter journeys to well-known places, and baddies lurking round every corner . . . plenty of action and adventure, mixed in with generous dollops of facts and information which will definitely appeal to readers who enjoy having their brains challenged as well as their imaginations. The legend of King Arthur, the house where the famous Enigma code was cracked and a fabulous sea-side building created for a prince are only a few of the clues the three teenagers will encounter on their journey towards the truth.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0340999616</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Tom Bradman and Tony Bradman
|title=Titanic: Death on the Water
|rating=4
|genre=Confident Readers
|summary=I'll let you in on the end of this story - she sinks. Of course it would be a travesty if she didn't, and insulting to the 1,517 who died in the disaster. But this is a story of some historical characters, and some invented ones, and of course there's high drama in seeing who is destined to survive. The main invented character is young Billy, who joins up as a bellboy to abandon an apprenticeship at the same shipyards where his own dad died. He's too conscientious, too polite and too brave for one of his more rough 'n' ready colleagues, but when push comes to shove, is it enough?
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1408155818</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Lloyd Alexander
|title=The Black Cauldron
|rating=4.5
|genre=Confident Readers
|summary=A year after the defeat of the Horned King, Taran the Assistant Pig-Boy has returned to Caer Dallben. The time has come, however, for a brave band of allies to try to stop the birth of the Cauldron-Born warriors by destroying the infamous Black Cauldron. Gwydion calls allies to a council held by Dallben, and forges a team of companions to go on this perilous quest. In addition to Taran's friends from the first book, he's joined by Adaon, son of the chief bard, and Ellidyr, a brave but arrogant prince. Can they overcome terrible danger to triumph against all odds?
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1409515060</amazonuk>
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