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|title=The Odyssey (The Classics)
|author=Rosemary Sutcliff and Alan Lee (illustrator)
|rating=4
|genre=Confident Readers
|summary=It took ten years but the drama contained within [[The Iliad (The Classics) by Rosemary Sutcliff and Alan Lee (illustrator)|The Iliad]] finally concluded, and the few people to survive were able to go back home. Many packed up their black ships and sailed from whence they arrived, although one was not to find the journey so direct. Odysseus, and his command of twelve ships, were to be battered and torn, tried and tested in all manner of ways, before they had any hope of finishing their circuitous loops of the classical world. But for all the threat they endured, something equally base and nasty was happening at the home they so actively sought…
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1847805299</amazonuk>
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|title=Stinkbomb and Ketchup-Face and the Quest for the Magic Porcupine
|summary=Beverley Naidoo is best known for her award winning fiction for older readers but in this title in the World Alphabet series she brings her native country of South Africa to life for younger children. Starting with A for the Apartheid Museum and finishing with Zoo Lake in Jo’burg she covers many different aspects of life including traditions, food, landscape, animals, music and family life and each subject is accompanied by one of Prodeepta Das’s stunning photos. The poetic text flows and this would work well read aloud.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1847805027</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|title=Shrinking Violet Absolutely Loves Ancient Egypt
|author=Lou Kuenzler
|rating=4.5
|genre=Confident Readers
|summary=Shrinking Violet Absolutely Loves Ancient Egypt is the fourth instalment in the popular series about a tween girl who magically shrinks to the size of a doll whenever she gets excited. In her latest adventure, Violet's gran wins a trip to Egypt and decides to treat Violet, her surly sister Tiff and moody cousin Ant to a Nile cruise. The trip culminates in an archaeological dig at the mysterious 'Temple of the Cats', but when Ozzy the ship's cat goes missing, it is up to Violet and Gran to solve the mystery before it is too late for the unfortunate feline.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1407143743</amazonuk>
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