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|title=Dandelion Clocks
|author=Rebecca Westcott
|rating=5
|genre=Confident Readers
|summary=This is a very difficult book to read. Make no mistake: that's not because of poor writing or a dull story — far from it — but because the story is so sad and yet uplifting, the situation so honestly and movingly portrayed that you'd need to be an automaton to read it without tears. Jacqueline Wilson is quoted as saying readers will need a large box of tissues, and she wasn't exaggerating.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0141348992</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|title=Fleatectives: Case of the Stolen Nectar
But things don't go to plan.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0857533819</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|title=Emily Climbs: A Virago Modern Classic (Emily Trilogy)
|author=L M Montgomery
|rating=5
|genre=Confident Readers
|summary=I had been a little unsettled during my re-reading of [[Emily of New Moon: A Virago Modern Classic (Emily Trilogy) by L M Montgomery|Emily of New Moon]] since I found as I read that I didn't particularly like Emily. Was I too grown up now to love Emily as I had when I was younger? But coming back to ''Emily Climbs'' was like sitting down with an old, favourite friend and having a lovely catch-up. I much prefer Emily in this book. She starts to grow up a little, developing her sense of humour, learning more about herself and her writing. Emily is sent away to high school in the local large town of Shrewsbury. Unfortunately, whilst she is there, she must board with her Aunt Ruth who (much to my dismay since we share a first name) is a dreadful person to live with! She is also cornered into promising that whilst she's away at school she will write no more stories. Her Aunt Elizabeth has never been happy about her story writing, fearing it is dangerously close to writing novels - a terrible thing, in her eyes! Emily has no choice but to make the promise, but she finds it very difficult. Still, she is allowed to continue writing her diaries, and she can write as much poetry as she likes.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1844089894</amazonuk>
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