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|title=The Adventures of Shola
|author=Bernardo Atxaga
|rating=4.5
|genre=Confident Readers
|summary=You can approach Bernardo Atxaga, one of the most renowned Basque-language writers currently working, from two ways. Either start at the [[The Accordionist's Son by Bernardo Atxaga|literate end]], finding out if his voice is unique, his content exotic or universal enough for your tastes, and see if his Basque roots make him special in any way. Or you can just approach him as a wordsmith, and enjoy him enjoying himself, such as with these small children's stories put into this most handsome anthology. From the original, where the title character is spelled Xola, Atxaga has himself translated them into Spanish – even if the fourth is yet to appear there – and this is a fine English language version of all four tales.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1782690093</amazonuk>
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|summary=Miss Slightly Jones is a thoroughly likeable young person. She is courageous and determined (although her Granny Tonic, who adopted her when her parents died, might use other, less charitable words like foolhardy, impulsive and stubborn) and her quick wit enables her to get out of many a difficult situation. Her hero, needless to say, is the celebrated Sherlock Holmes, and she often seeks inspiration from his cases when she is unable to decide what to do next.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1846471702</amazonuk>
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