|summary=That Mr Lazarus is an odd man. He works at the local cinema, which is owned by Kip's dad, and unknown to anyone but Kip he's actually set up home in the projection room. He claims to be about 120 years old, and he makes money by selling film memorabilia. But he doesn't acquire his loot by hanging round movie plots, or rummaging around on stalls at car boot sales. No, he does it by persuading (well, that's a polite way of putting it: blackmail's such an ugly word) Kip and Beth to go into films and steal it. Yup. Into actual films, while they're playing. Downside? If they don't get out by the closing credits, they're stuck there. No pressure, then.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1849394172</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Garth Nix
|title=A Confusion of Princes
|rating=4
|genre=Teens
|summary=Meet Khemri. One of the universe's chosen, he has been selected as a Prince, giving him biological enhancements, mental connection to priests to aid his psychic ability, and so much more. It has also probably led to the death of his parents, and meant he is alone except for a very close bodyguard, but - at least he is in the running to become Emperor, and thus almost godlike. But in a world where you can have everything - including more than one chance at living - it might still be wise to think more about what you wish for...
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0007298358</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Catherine Bruton
|title=Pop!
|rating=4.5
|genre=Teens
|summary=Elfie's mam has done her twelfth - or is it thirteenth? - bunk and things aren't so hot in the Baguley household. No mother, no money, and an ongoing strike plagued by immigrant workers and scabs. Elfie needs a plan. And since plans are what Elfie excels at - if you listen to Elfie and not to anybody else - she soon comes up with a stonker. If she can win TV talent show Pop to the Top, she'll net a cool £25k - enough to get her father out of debt and to fund her friend Jimmy's Olympic swimming dreams. All she needs is a voice, which she finds in Agnes, who sings like an angel.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1405261331</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Karen McCombie
|title=Life According to... Alice B. Lovely
|rating=5
|genre=Confident Readers
|summary=
Thirteen-year-old Edie knows that she doesn't need a nanny. She's old enough to look after herself, and her six-year-old brother Stan. Between them, they've managed to scare off nearly everyone who their parents have hired to take care of them. So when a girl of just sixteen starts looking after them after school, Edie is less than impressed. But then the girl, Alice B. Lovely, with her captivating dress sense and strange way of looking at the world, starts to win over Stan... could she be the person to fix Edie's problems?
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1407131729</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=David McKee
|title=Elmer and Butterfly
|rating=4.5
|genre=For Sharing
|summary=One day, Elmer, the patchwork elephant, is out walking when he hears a cry for help. It's his cousin, Wilbur, playing tricks and because of this, when Elmer hears a second cry for help he is tempted to ignore it. Luckily, he doesn't though, as this time the plea is for real as Butterfly is trapped behind a fallen branch. It does not take Elmer long to set his small friend free and, of course, Butterfly is enormously grateful. Anxious to return the favour, Butterfly promises to repay Elmer one day and tells him just to call if help is needed. Elmer thinks that is highly unlikely and, as he goes on his way, he chuckles:
''A butterfly saving and elephant, that's a good one!''
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1842709380</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Louane K Beyer
|title=Six Days Inside A Mountain
|rating=3
|genre=Confident Readers
|summary=On the day after his thirteenth birthday Peter and his younger brother, ten-year-old Andy, set off on an adventure. Peter's parents had given him a pellet rifle for his birthday and he and Andy were heading out in search of game. They lived near the Rocky Mountains in an area where game was plentiful and they set off early because they'd promised to be home by 4.30. There's something about the mixture of boys, a rifle, targets and a forest which ''isn't'' conducive to getting home on time and before Andy thought to look at his watch they were late - and they were lost.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1469166488</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Amy Krouse Rosenthal and Tom Lichtenheld
|title=Wumbers
|rating=3
|genre=Confident Readers
|summary=''Wumbers'' mixes - as you might have guessed - words and numbers. Think text speak that doesn't horrify stuffy parents. Each page takes in a different scene, with a speech bubble along the lines of ''Look at his 2can ta2!"" It takes a little bit of decoding for its young readers (and rapidly ageing reviewers) but look upon it as a bit of a game, and it's good fun.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1452110220</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Linda Newbery
|title=The Treasure House
|rating=5
|genre=Confident Readers
|summary=Linda Newbery says she once helped out in a charity shop, and felt it was a perfect place to find material for stories. Each item had a history, whether sad or happy, and ''Second-Hand Rose'', the shop owned by Nina's eccentric great-aunts, is full of vintage clothes and other fascinating things, including a big green toy crocodile which is bought and returned so many times it becomes the shop mascot. But finding things there she is sure her absent mother would never willingly give away, Nina is puzzled, distressed and, eventually, determined to find out what made her mother leave—and whether she intends to come back home one day.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1444003437</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Jack Gantos
|title=Dead End In Norvelt
|rating=4
|genre=Confident Readers
|summary=Meet Jack Gantos. Grounded for the summer after an accident with a Japanese rifle, Jack expected his holiday to be spent doing chores and reading his history books. So when the old people in his off-kilter town suddenly start dropping like flies, he jumps at the chance to be an assistant to Miss Volker, one of the Norvelt originals and a personification of the town's old-fashioned ideals and reverence to history. While faithfully typing up the unique and flavoured obituaries that Miss Volker orates, Jack finds himself learning a lot about the origins of his dying town, about the history of America, about a lot of things in fact, while simultaneously being drawn into the oddest of murder mysteries.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0440870046</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Edith Pattou
|title=North Child
|rating=4.5
|genre=Confident Readers
|summary=Superstition says that children born facing north will travel far from home and Rose's mother is terrified that Rose, a north child, will face a lonely, icy death if she follows her destiny.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0746068379</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Marcus Sedgwick
|title=Raven Boy and Elf Girl
|rating=4.5
|genre=Confident Readers
|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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