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|title=Straight White Male

|author=John Niven

|rating=4

|genre=Humour

|summary=In Kill Your Friends, John Niven delivered a scathing and hugely entertaining satire on the music industry. In Straight White Male he's turned his attention to Hollywood and academia with similarly impressive results.

|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0434022861</amazonuk>

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These are just a few of the premises you can try out for size in Rob Keeley's third book of short stories for middle grade readers. He's really having some fun with this format. I approve. We need more short story collections for this age group. They're entertaining and they appeal particularly to reluctant readers. Short stories like this can act as a springboard to full-length novels.

|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1783060603</amazonuk>

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~~|title=Bertie's Guide to Life and Mothers~~

~~|author=Alexander McCall Smith~~

~~|rating=5~~

~~|genre=General Fiction~~

|summary=So. Bertie. Yes, dear Bertie finally turns seven in this book! And about time too! His birthday gifts from his parents are perhaps not everything he wished for, nor even what his dad might have wanted to get him, but Bertie's mother, Irene, has very definite ideas about what makes a good birthday present for a little boy. Fortunately for my blood pressure the odious Irene is soon whisked away to another country after winning a newspaper competition, and her stay there might be rather longer than she'd intended...

~~|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1846972531</amazonuk>~~

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