|summary=A year after the defeat of the Horned King, Taran the Assistant Pig-Boy has returned to Caer Dallben. The time has come, however, for a brave band of allies to try to stop the birth of the Cauldron-Born warriors by destroying the infamous Black Cauldron. Gwydion calls allies to a council held by Dallben, and forges a team of companions to go on this perilous quest. In addition to Taran's friends from the first book, he's joined by Adaon, son of the chief bard, and Ellidyr, a brave but arrogant prince. Can they overcome terrible danger to triumph against all odds?
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1409515060</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Enid Blyton
|title=Five on a Treasure Island - Famous Five
|rating=3.5
|genre=Confident Readers
|summary=Julian, Dick and Anne can't go on their usual holiday this summer and to make matters worse their mother tells them that their father wants her to go on holiday to Scotland with him and without the children. (No. Don't say it. Please.) She's no idea what she's going to do with the children until their father has the idea of sending them to their Aunt and Uncle at Kirrin Bay. Apparently the Aunt and Uncle need the money and they have a daughter, Georgina, who doesn't have many friends a refer to be known as George. In fact - she won't answer to anything else. Surprisingly the children are excited and the family sets off on the long journey from London.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1444908650</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Chris Van Allsburg
|title=The Chronicles of Harris Burdick
|rating=4.5
|genre=Confident Readers
|summary=Meet Harris Burdick - not that many people ever did. He was a fictional entity, produced by [[:Category:Chris Van Allsburg|Chris Van Allsburg]], and in the 1980s [[The Mysteries of Harris Burdick by Chris Van Allsburg|his output]] was a dozen odd but beautiful pictures with, for each, a single caption and the name of the story they were designed to illustrate. Burdick, allegedly, disappeared - but his pictures stuck around to inspire a Stephen King short story. Now we get a lavish, yummy hardback of all the pictures, and now, through the agency of a great editor, they all have their appropriate short story.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1849394083</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Ali Sparkes
|title=Lizard Loopy
|rating=4
|genre=Confident Readers
|summary=
There has been a SWITCH. In the first season of these books, it was Josh and not Danny who preferred to turn into other animals, even though they were mostly creepy-crawlies and bugs. Josh likes that kind of animal, as much as all wildlife, and however many times they nearly got eaten, or ate something revolting themselves, or suffered loss of control of their brain, or did something slimey and disgusting, or even changed sex, Josh was more up for it. Here, however, Danny is more keen - now the science has evolved so they can become reptiles, he can't wait to be a cool-dude alligator
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0192732366</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Catherynne Valente
|title=The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making
|rating=5
|genre=Confident Readers
|summary=September has grown tired of life in her parents’ boring Nebraska home. She is twelve years old, ''somewhat grown and somewhat heartless'' and she is dreaming of adventure. So when a friendly Green Wind and a flying Leopard of Little Breezes blow past one morning, inviting her to Fairyland, of course she accepts. Upon arriving, September finds that Fairyland is under the iron rule of the cruel and relentless Marquess. But September is bright and bold and fearless; and she has certainly read enough books to know what a girl on a quest must do. September must fix things, and put everything back the way it should be. September makes her way across the strange and wonderful (and dangerous) Fairyland-scape with a book-loving Wyvern (a Wyverary) and a Marid boy named Saturday. Making new and very odd friends, many, many mistakes, losing both her shoes and her shadow, September wends her way with courage, adventure, a very special spoon and a key that never loses sight of her… And she finds so much more besides…
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1780338333</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Lloyd Alexander
|title=The Book of Three
|rating=4
|genre=Confident Readers
|summary=Taran has always sought adventure, but is worried he’ll remain an Assistant Pig Keeper all his life. But when the magical pig Hen Wen disappears, he sets out to save her from the evil Horned King, and ends up on a quest alongside a ragtag bunch of companions.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1409515052</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Roy Apps
|title=The Party Animal and Don't Look Under the Bed (Deadly Tales)
|rating=4
|genre=Teens
|summary=
''Bored with sleeping soundly? Fed up with sweet dreams? Well this is the book for you! ''Deadly Tales'' features two nightmare urban legends that you'll pray aren't true''.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1445103389</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=E Nesbit
|title=The Railway Children
|rating=4
|genre=Confident Readers
|summary=Few people can be unaware of ''The Railway Children''. It's a story which has stood the test of time not least because of the wonderful images of steam trains which it evokes for today's readers. Roberta (Bobbie), Peter and Phyllis (Phil) have to leave their London home when their father goes away unexpectedly and they move to a cottage in the countryside which is near the local railway station. They make friends with the porter, Albert Perks and the 'Old Gentleman' who is regularly on the 9.15 train. There's fun and they have adventures but they still wonder if their father is ever going to come home.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0192758195</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Jenny Smith
|title=My Big Fat Teen Crisis
|rating=4
|genre=Confident Readers
|summary=Sam’s left alone when her best friend moves to the Outer Hebrides. Can she take this opportunity to reinvent herself as a cooler, more sophisticated person? And will she manage to win the heart of the new boy at school, David? Aided by her childhood friend Cat, who’s just returned to the area, she’ll do her best – as long as the nasty Tania doesn’t get in the way.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1407115952</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Anne-Marie Conway
|title=Butterfly Summer
|rating=4.5
|genre=Confident Readers
|summary=Becky isn't best pleased to be moved from her home in the city, where she has friends and a place, to the countryside where her mother grew up. There's a whole secret past that Becky feels on the verge of discovering - starting with friends her mother never mentioned, friends who drop unintentional hints about the father Becky has never met, and ending with the photo she finds of her mother with a baby - dated 12 years before she was born.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1409538591</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Giles Andreae and Tony Ross
|title=Me, the Queen and Christopher
|rating=4
|genre=Confident Readers
|summary=Freya, who is seven years old, received a very important letter. On the back of the envelope it said ''Buckingham Palace'' and it was from the Queen, inviting her to tea. It looked as though the day was going to be a disaster as Freya curtsied - and managed to knock the Queen over. But the Queen is nothing if not resilient and up she got and off they went to her private quarters where she and Freya made themselves baked beans on toast and mugs of tea ('always dip your tea bag exactly twenty-seven times' is the Queen's advice for a good cuppa) and really it's rather like being in Freya's Gran's flat.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1408320053</amazonuk>
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