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{{newreview
|author=Philip Caveney
|title=Night on Terror Island
|rating=5
|genre=Confident Readers
|summary=Kip is a real film buff, and because his dad runs the local independent cinema he gets to see all the latest films as a reward for making the popcorn and generally helping out each evening. But this happy state cannot continue for much longer: the big multiplexes on the edge of town are taking all their clients, and the Paramount Picture Palace may soon have to close for good. Things start to look up when the eccentric Mr Lazarus arrives, but Kip is suspicious: the new projectionist may have a gift for raising the quality of the films he shows to enviable standards, but he knows far more than he should about everyone who works at the cinema. And he talks about stars, films and cinemas of the past as if he had actually been there.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1849392706</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Ellie Irving
|summary=Boy Zero Wannabe Hero has defeated General Pandemonium twice before, but as with all supervillains, he's relentless. This time, the General has come up with a wicked plan to conquer the world by making everyone float off into space by feeding them catastrophic cupcakes. Will Boy Zero be able to save the world yet again?
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0571253261</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Betty G Birney
|title=My Pet Show Panic! (Humphrey's Tiny Tales)
|rating=3.5
|genre=Confident Readers
|summary=Humphrey is the classroom hamster of room 26 of Longfellow School. He's good friends with Og the frog, as well as the pupils at the school. We've met Humphrey [[Holidays According to Humphrey by Betty G Birney|lots]] [[Humphrey's Great-Great-Great Book of Stories by Betty G Birney|of times]] [[School According to Humphrey by Betty G Birney|before]] and thoroughly enjoyed his adventures every time. This time round, we're treated to a new series of tiny tales, for newly confident readers. Our first small adventure with Humphrey sees him being entered into a pet show, and trying not to fall foul of Clem, the big, yappy dog.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>057124632X</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Ali Sparkes and Ross Collins
|title=S.W.I.T.C.H: Spider Stampede
|rating=4
|genre=Confident Readers
|summary=Meet Josh and Danny. Eight year old twins, both think they are taller than their brother, and both think the other is weird - Danny because Josh loves creepy crawlies, bugs and insects, and Josh because Danny doesn't. But they're about to be joined in equal amounts of terror when a mad scientific experiment turns them into spiders.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0192729322</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Christopher Russell and Christine Russell
|title=The Warrior Sheep Go West
|rating=4.5
|genre=Confident Readers
|summary=I like these Warrior Sheep, and the scrapes they get in by following their ancient prophecies and in trying to save their world. [[The Quest of the Warrior Sheep by Christopher Russell and Christine Russell|Last time]] they thought a mobile phone was itself a call from the gods, but still did have to save the day. Here they misread a page on the Internet - and if you can't accept Internet-using sheep, your children surely will - and decide to go to America to save their whole species.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1405243775</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Jana Oliver
|title=The Demon Trappers: Forsaken
|rating=5
|genre=Confident Readers
|summary=You know that old saying, 'never judge a book by its cover', I'm guilty of it. I always fall into the trap – if the cover isn't amazing I pre-judge. And that's exactly what I did when this book landed on my doorstep – I took one look at the broody vamp looking girl on the cover and thought 'emo'. How wrong I was.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0330519476</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Robert Arley and Marisa Lewis
|title=Big Big Secrets
|rating=3.5
|genre=Confident Readers
|summary=When Jake's science experiment goes wrong he isn't faced with a room full of bad-smelling chemicals and a D grade as most students would be - instead he discovers that he has shrunk his teacher to the size of a Barbie doll! His friend, Annie, gets roped in to help him take care of his newly miniaturised teacher, keeping it a secret and trying, desperately, to find a way to reverse the process...
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0954540263</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Holly Webb
|title=Rose and the Silver Ghost
|rating=4
|genre=Confident Readers
|summary=This is the fourth volume in the ''Rose'' series, and its blend of magic, peril and excitement has proved a winning formula. Rose herself is a delightful character, combining the down-to-earth, practical qualities one would hope for in a housemaid with growing magical powers and a mysterious past. In this story, she discovers there may be a way to find out what happened to her mother a decade before, but her path is, as usual, fraught with danger and thrills.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1408304503</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Garth Nix and Sean Williams
|title=Troubletwisters
|rating=4.5
|genre=Teens
|summary=Jack and Jaide Shield, twins, are living perfectly normal lives until a brief visit from their elusive father sparks an unexplainable, chaotic, reality-bending storm that destroys their home and introduces them to the mysterious world of the Wardens, a group gifted with diverse powers, and their perpetual struggle against a force known only as The Evil. As young Wardens, or Troubletwisters, just growing into their Gifts, the pair struggle to make sense of the chaos that surrounds them and discover the true nature of their heritage.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1405258578</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Adam Blade
|title=The Chronicles of Avantia: Call to War
|rating=4
|genre=Confident Readers
|summary=Our three heroes and their magical giant beasts are still trying to snatch the quarters of an ancient, power-giving mask from the clutches of their realm's enemy. They're not doing too well in the chase, for he has two of the bits, and even his assistant they thought dead at the end of [[First Hero (The Chronicles Of Avantia) by Adam Blade|book one]] is still around. Can they have any luck this third time of asking, even when their country is being ravaged, turning once-helpful villagers against their quest, and their enemies are getting stronger by the battle?
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1408307499</amazonuk>
}}
 
{{newreview
|author=Dan Jerris
|title=The Deathless Pirate King (Dragon Blood Pirates)
|rating=3.5
|genre=Confident Readers
|summary=Well, after a six-book series, Al and Jack the 21st-Century boys found an ancient, treasured sword and scabbard, but they and their magic are incomplete. Four special diamonds are who-knows-where, but the first just might be found when they try to reunite a lovely, kidnapped princess with her freedom and her family jewels. Standing in the way, a near-undead pirate with sharp blades at the toes of his shoes...
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1408308231</amazonuk>
}}
 
{{newreview
|author=Katie Davies and Hannah Shaw
|title=The Great Cat Conspiracy
|rating=5
|genre=Confident Readers
|summary=Meet the new cat. A vicious thing, it's fond of having a go at any passing human feet, and is even able to stand its ground against the neighbourhood dogs. It also has a great habit of making a mess with its kills, which comes to a head (literally) when the front end of what was the vicar's prize carp ends up on Tom's pillow. After that the cat vanishes. Has it finally met a match? Has it been catnapped - and if so, who is seeking revenge by doing so?
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1847385974</amazonuk>
}}