|summary=Misadventures in the English Language styles itself as an examination of the confusing bits of grammar, vocabulary and punctuation, with some indication of which rules matter and which can be broken without dire consequences, though it's actually broader than this description makes it sound. It has chapters on: words and phrases borrowed from other languages, new usage and changes of meaning, common grammar and punctuation pitfalls, confusing spellings, dreadful jargon, and using unnecessary words that don't add anything to your sentence except length.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1782436472</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Karen Maitland
|title=The Plague Charmer
|rating=4.5
|genre=Fantasy
|summary=The people of Porlock Weir have heard the rumours. King Edward III has fled with his family to the New Forest to escape the Plague in London. Will it remain confined to the city? The last time no one was safe and, according to Janveer, the strange woman fishermen rescued from the sea, it'll be the same again. Janveer has a proposition though. She can save Porlock and all it will cost them is one life.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1472235827</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Mark Morris
|title=The Wraiths of War (Obsidian Heart book 3)
|rating=4
|genre=Fantasy
|summary=Although not dead as he thought he was, Alex Locke feels no closer to finding his missing daughter across time or, indeed, unmasking the dark man. However, he knows what he has to do. Alex must use the obsidian heart to travel back and fight in World War I beside the ghostly soldier who visited him a century or so later. It's not as simple as it seems, as Alex keeps telling himself… or rather as Alexes (plural) keep telling himself.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1781168741</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Alice Pattullo
|title=An Animal ABC
|rating=4.5
|genre=For Sharing
|summary= If you have ever tried to print a design using traditional methods such as screen printing or block printing, you will know how tricky a feat this is. Making a simple black and white design is tough enough as you try and spread the paint evenly and avoid bleeding, but multicolours are even more complex. You have to remove your screen and add another, then make sure the new colour sits exactly where it should. When it goes wrong it looks amateurish and you have to start again. Do it right and it can look as wonderful as ''An Animal ABC'' by Alice Pattullo.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1843653133</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Stephen Moss
|title=Planet Earth II
|rating=5
|genre= Animals and Wildlife
|summary=''Planet Earth II'' is the official companion to the upcoming BBC wildlife documentary series of the same name. Our understanding of the world around us has reached a new level, courtesy of ground-breaking technology that gives us unparalleled access to a diverse range of environments and a ''sneak peek'' into previously hidden worlds. The book looks at six vastly different environments: Jungles, Mountains, Deserts, Grasslands, Islands and Cities and showcases some of the amazing creatures that live in each one.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1849909652</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Paul Beatty
|title=The Sellout
|rating=5
|genre=Literary Fiction
|summary=''This may be hard to believe, coming from a black man, but I've never stolen anything.''
Isn't that one of the great opening lines of literature?
Our black hero and narrator, surname Me, first name unknown, was born in the southern Los Angeles suburb of Dickens and subjected to an isolated upbringing dominated by his father's extreme views on race, supposedly the subject of a psychological memoir which will solve their financial problems, but cruel and unnatural to anyone with an ounce of humanity. To add insult to injury Me discovered after his father's death (a racially provoked shooting) that there was no memoir. A drive-by shooting produces nothing more substantial than a bill for a drive-through funeral, but it starts Me on the path which will end in the Supreme Court, the subject of a race trial: ''Me v the United States of America''.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1786070154</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author= Paul Thurlby
|title= NY is for New York
|rating= 5
|genre= Emerging Readers
|summary= Long gone are the days when children didn't travel, and picture books had to be about animals. And while your pre-schoolers might not be planning solo trips to the States any time soon, it's never too early to get them and older siblings interested in other places and other cultures. ''NY is for New York'' is a themed alphabet book, based around the city that never sleeps, and it's chock full of facts and figures about a city I love, teaching me many new things I didn't know about a place I'm familiar with from visits and TV shows and many, many Manhattan books.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1444930311</amazonuk>
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