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|title=The Surprise Attack of Jabba the Puppett: An Origami Yoda Book
|author=Tom Angleberger
|rating=4
|genre=Confident Readers
|summary=What is out there that can make a wimpy kid less, er, wimpy? Why, a paper finger puppet of the ''Star Wars'' universe's Yoda character, that's what. One kid in school has taken the Origami Yoda persona on through several other books and adventures, and he's going to be useful here, as he, our chief narrator Tommy and all their friends despair at changes in the school. In a rash move, the principal has banned all the semi-educational but fun classes, like music, drama and, er, Lego Robot Club, and replaced them with horrendously boring and patronising, shrill TV programmes and rote filling-in of worksheets, just so collectively the school's exam marks bounce back from a one-year dip. But how can one little paper Yoda inspire such a large scale retraction, and get the changes reversed?
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1419710451</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|title=Star Wars Jedi Academy
Thirteen-year-old Rosa doesn't get out much. She lives with her father, a doctor, and their housekeeper-come-governess in the remote island community of Mirasol. It's always raining on Mirasol. And it's a superstitious place. People believe that if the rain stops, evil will come. And they also believe that monsters can stop the rain. Monsters like Rosa.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0385619200</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|title=Alex, the Dog and the Unopenable Door
|author=Ross Montgomery
|rating=4.5
|genre=Confident Readers
|summary=If there's a young reader in your life who loves mystery and adventure stories with a large dollop of the eccentric stirred into the mix, then you could do worse than point them in the direction of this silly (in a good way!) book. What happened to Alex's dad that makes him constantly run away, even when he's promised not to? Why does he think he's not human any more? Why does he keep shouting ''squiggles''? And what really lies at the centre of the mysterious forest on the edge of town?
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0571294618</amazonuk>
}}

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