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Second years. The girls couldn't believe that they'd made it through the first year - in fact they'd all made it, all eight of them, which was most unusual. Usually some were thrown out - they might have grown too tall, didn't look right or didn't have the commitment required. Maddie felt a bit nervous when she thought about that last bit as there'd been a point when she might have been thrown out for that reason. She's now determined that she ''really'' does want to be a ballet dancer, except... [[Showtime (Dance Trilogy) by Jean Ure|Full Review]]
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Archie McBudge is sitting in the of Honeystone Hall with his mother. And a lawyer called Mr Tatters has some important information for Archie. A great uncle he has never heard of has died and Archie is his sole heir. This means that Honeystone Hall now belongs to Archie. But that isn't all - this young boy is now sole owner of Scotland's premier sweets giant: McBudge's Fudge and Confectionery Company... [[The Chocolate Factory Ghost (The Dundoodle Mysteries) by David O'Connell|Full Review]]
===[[The House with Chicken Legs by Sophie Anderson]]===
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''My house has chicken legs. Two or three times a year, without warning, it stands up in the middle of the night and walks away from where we've been living.''
Ok. I dare you to tell me that you ''don't'' want to read a story about a house with chicken legs. There is no way anyone could resist. I certainly couldn't! Marinka lives in this chicken-legged house with her grandmother, Baba Yaga, whose job it is to guide dead people through The Gate. But Marinka is ''lonely''. The house, her grandmother and Marinka never stay anywhere long enough for Marinka to make any friends. And Marinka is determined to change this. But the chicken-legged house has its own agenda... [[The House with Chicken Legs by Sophie Anderson|Full Review]]