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|author=John Dougherty and David Tazzyman (illustrator)
|title=Stinkbomb and Ketchup-Face and the Evilness of Pizza
|rating=4.5
|genre=Confident Readers
|summary=There are a few important things to know about the Island Kingdom of Great Kerfuffle. One is that it is pestered by a criminal gang of badgers, who find it impossible to just sit around in prison, but always have to escape and cause danger and nastiness to other people, even if they are on the whole incredibly stupid. You also need to know, however, that brother and sister Stinkbomb and Ketchup-Face are great at solving the problems the badgers cause, and getting through the adventures in a very self-knowing way, even discussing the lengths of the chapters and the style of story as they go about their business. Here the problem is revealed quite late on, so in an effort not to spoil the plot I'll just point out that in a book this stupidly, deliriously daft you hardly need bother about the plot in the first place, and can just relax and have the sheer joy of entertainment for an hour or so.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0192738259</amazonuk>
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|author=Alan Kennedy
|summary=''Song of the Slums'' fuses politics, music, social injustice and gaslight fantasy. Set in 1846 during the age of steam it tells the story of Astor Vance and her mysterious servant/companion Verrol who are caught up in the machinations of the plutocratic Swale family and must fight for survival in a world of intrigue.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1743310056</amazonuk>
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