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|author=Sarah Silverwood
|title=The Nowhere Chronicles: The Double-Edged Sword
|rating=4.5
|genre=TeWhen Fin's guardian, Judge Harlequin Brown is murdered, life as he knows it becomes a whole lot more exciting and dangerous. In the course of one life-changing day, he learns that there is a pathway between his London in 'Somewhere', and an alternate London of a parallel world called 'Nowhere', and that the fates of both worlds are now under threat from a group of rogue Knights, who have the ability to travel between these worlds using their double edged swords.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0575095288</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Chloe Aridjis
|summary=Malvina is thirteen years old, the youngest of three children in a dysfunctional family. Her father is a very grumpy teacher, with little understanding of children, whilst her mother seems to suffer permanently from migraine. She has a good friend, Lizzy, and they play together as much as they can, united in their dislike of the 'boys from the estate'. Her grandmother died last year, leaving her granddad on his own and it's Malvina's job to go and visit him and take him his meals. The family think this is a great arrangement because they know how much Granddad loves Malvina and looks forward to her visits. There's a problem though. Malvina doesn't like going, particularly on her own. Granddad kisses her on the mouth.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1849390606</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Shaun Hutson
|title=Epitaph
|rating=4.5
|genre=Horror
|summary=To state the obvious, all of us are afraid of different things. Gina, a woman having an affair in cheap hotels, is scared of getting caught. Paul, mid-30s and in advertising, sees the redundancy notice he's just been handed as prelude to a nightmarish future. And Laura, 8, can find the underpass from school to home, and echoing footsteps within it, too spooky. The nastiest thing about this book is that for all these characters, they're forced beyond these horrors, to find something even more frightening.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1841497649</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Catherine Cooper
|title=The Golden Acorn - The Adventures of Jack Brenin
|rating=3.5
|genre=Confident Readers
|summary=Determined as 'The One' when he insouciantly picks up a golden acorn, Jack Brenin is thrust into a world of adventure and magic as he is given the heavy responsibility of saving the diminishing magical population of the village of Glasruhen, along with Camelin, the talking raven who provides welcome flair through his humorous dialogue.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1906821658</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Ross Laidlaw
|title=Justinian: The Sleepless One
|rating=3
|genre=Historical Fiction
|summary=Born Uprauda Ystock, the son of a peasant, Justinian (as he was to become known) managed to change his life around when his mother's brother, Roderic, an important general in the Roman Army, paid for his education. After a series of successes, Roderic became Emperor Justin and then passed the mantel on to his nephew, who became known as Justinian. When he came into power, the Roman Empire was under attack from all directions and Justinian was forced to battle for his right to remain Emperor. Fortunately, he married Theodora, an ex-courtesan, who helped to mould him into the leader that he needed to be. Was this enough to remain in power, or would it all be snatched away from him?
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1846971586</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Don Mullan
|title=The Boy Who Wanted to Fly
|rating=3.5
|genre=Autobiography
|summary=There is a Foreward by both Pele and Archbishop Desmond Tutu. Names to make most of us sit up and notice. The title is certainly quirky and Mullan is probably hoping that prospective readers will be saying to themselves, what's this all about then. Good start, I thought. Then I realised that there's an awful lot of football in this book. Even although it's a slim, sliver of a book, there's no getting away from the subject matter. Football. I don't 'do' football. So, I counted to ten, put on what I hoped was a good reviewer's face and started to read ...
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1907756019</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Tony Ross
|title=A Little Princess Treasury
|rating=4.5
|genre=For Sharing
|summary=Most parents of two to three year olds will surely be aware of The Little Princess. She is used universally whilst potty training thanks to 'I want my potty!' and always seems to raise giggles and sniggers from little ones when her stories are read aloud. I do enjoy reading them aloud, as I get to be loud and shouty and obnoxious! This treasury is a lovely collection, with a wide range of stories as well as some puzzles for slightly older toddlers thrown in too.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1849392048</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Philippe Lechermeier and Rebecca Dautremer
|title=The Secret Lives of Princesses
|rating=4
|genre=Confident Readers
|summary=Ah, the French! They're so good at being funny in eccentric ways. This book is a perfect example. Although princesses such as Cinderella are mentioned in passing, here we are being introduced to less commonly known princesses like Princess Alli Fabette who is 'verry pritty butt she has a huje problim: she dusn't spell verry welll' or Princess Anne Phibian who is obsessed with frogs, is convinced her Prince Charming is disguised as one, and 'spends most of her time standing in ponds kissing every green creature she encounters.'
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1444902032</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=John Foster
|title=See You Later, Escalator
|rating=4.5
|genre=Children's Rhymes and Verse
|summary=Always a sucker for a good poetry anthology here at Bookbag, we've enjoyed two previous collections from John Foster. ''See You Later, Escalator'' continues in the same vein, with poems from the likes of Tony Mitton, Michael Rosen, Michelle Magorian and Brian Patten.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0192731831</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=P J Bracegirdle
|title=The Joy of Spooking: Unearthly Asylum
|rating=3.5
|genre=Teens
|summary=The district of Spooking is still a problem for the evil diplomats from Darlington, the city that surrounds it. It was in the way of their waterpark [[The Joy of Spooking: Fiendish Deeds by P J Bracegirdle|last time]], and now puts a stop to a new sewage plant. Actually, chiefly in the way last time was Joy, who still calls it home. A cold, decrepit, run-down and gothic home in her instance, but home nevertheless. But the evil diplomats are still making their plans to redevelop the place. If only Joy could claim historical prestige for it with her beloved author E A Peugeot as a son of Spooking.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1847385206</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Leila Rasheed
|title=The World Turned Upside Down
|rating=4
|genre=Teens
|summary=Stratford upon Avon 1642 – The English Civil War has come to the town. Mary is a young Catholic at a time when her religion was regarded with deep suspicion. She is drawn to Jack, even though he is a Roundhead soldier with no money, land or status, and he is from an inferior background to her.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0956506402</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Patricia Malcolmson and Robert Malcolmson (Editors)
|title=Nella Last in the 1950s: The Further Diaries of Housewife, 49
|rating=4
|genre=History
|summary=Nella Last wrote a regular diary for twenty-seven years. Two previous volumes, also edited by Patricia and Robert Malcolmson, deal with the Second World War and immediate [[Nella Last's Peace: The Post-war Diaries of Housewife 49 by Patricia Malcolmson (Editor), Robert Malcolmson (Editor)|post-War years]]. Now this third book starts with selections from 1950 and covers four years of social change as Britain moves into the reign of Elizabeth II.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1846683505</amazonuk>
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