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|author=David AlmondElliott Skell|title=The Boy Who Climbed Into The MoonNeversuch House
|rating=5
|genre=Confident Readers
|summary=It's Omnia Halibut, aged twelve and a quarter, has lived her whole life on a vast estate which has been separated from the new David Almond outside for young readersgenerations by a huge wall with only one gate. Do you really need to know any more? With daftness She believes she knows every corner of her world, until a chance event sets her on a dangerous, enthralling adventure which uncovers a web of corruption and menace at the heart by the bucketload, it's a must readof Neversuch House.
[[Iggy and Me Spindlewood: Pip and the Happy Birthday Wood Witch Curse by Jenny ValentineChris Mould]] is the second outing for Iggy and Flo and if you're looking to give two books you could pair tale of an orphan who escapes a terrible fate as a cabin boy. Young readers will gallop through this book with [[Iggy , loving the excitement and Me by Jenny Valentine|the first]]. They're simple tales of family life menace, and brimming with humour and interest. They're also wonderfully readablewill soon be begging for the next book in the series.
For more detective stories we can recommend [[Pippi Longstocking Laura Marlin Mysteries: Kidnap in the Caribbean by Astrid LindgrenLauren St John]] is a true classic of children- it's literature, made all the more wonderful by Lauren Child's sublime illustrations. If the children in your life don't already have a copy of Pippi Longstocking, there's something very very wrong. Highly recommendedthoroughly good read from a highly-respected athor.
A classic makes a thoughtful Christmas gift so you might like to have a look at [[Top Ten Classics of Children's Literature]].
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>14063145791847387438</amazonuk>
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