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|author=Mick Manning and Brita Granstrom
|title=Viking Longship
|rating=3.5
|genre=Children's Non-Fiction
|summary=''Fly on the Wall'' is a new series of history books by award-winning duo Manning and Granström, which aim to bring history to life for young readers. ''Viking Longship'' is the story of Grimm, a Viking warrior who buys a broken ship called the Sea Dragon and fixes it up to set sail in search of pastures new. The story follows Grimm's progress as he invades England with his band of warriors and then creates a farm settlement where his family can live in peace. The book touches on various aspects of Viking life before coming full circle when the settlement is raided by Saxons, culminating in a Viking funeral and a final image of the longboat in flames.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1847806244</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Alice Hoffman
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1471124215</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Garth Jennings
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1447279786</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Frank Cottrell Boyce
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1781124248</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Chris Priestley
|summary=Teenage Sam and his little sister Lizzie are starving on the streets of London, which is gripped by terrible cold. Asking an old businessman for money, a man who looks at them with such sheer contempt that Sam's heart fills with hate. He swears that he will seek vengeance and rob the old man, not caring whether his victim will live or die. But before he can do so, a strange spirit appears to him, and warns him about the terrible path he will put himself on with this violent act. Can Sam resist the temptation to gain revenge? Several more spirits show him the possible consequences of his action, as we see Dickens's classic A Christmas Carol from a new viewpoint.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1408854139</amazonuk>
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