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|author= Kevin Sands
|title= The Blackthorn Key
|rating= 5
|genre= Confident Readers
|summary= Seventeenth century England isn't always a comfortable place to live. Apart from the obvious differences from the modern day – no National Health Service, no laws to protect orphans like Christopher from cruelty and exploitation, and a constant foul smell from poor sanitation - fear and suspicion are a daily fact of life. In 1665 Charles II has been back on the throne for several years, but not everyone is happy about his extravagant and luxurious life-style, even among those who found the Puritan rules of Cromwell's time excessively strict. There are spies everywhere, and rumours of conspiracies fill the streets. It's a time to keep your head down and avoid attention from the authorities.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>014136064X</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Teal Triggs and Daniel Frost
|summary= Heather agrees to a camping holiday with Dougie and his friends because she's desperate to get closer to him. But when they disturb a pagan burial site above the beach, Heather becomes certain that they have woken a malevolent spirit. Something is alive out there in the pitch-black dark, and it is planning deadly revenge.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1471404870</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author= Tony Ross and Wendy Finney
|title= Where's Gilbert? The Not So Little Princess
|rating= 3.5
|genre= Emerging Readers
|summary=This title is part of a new series which develops Tony Ross's unforgettable Little Princess for older children reading on their own.
The Not So Little Princess hasn't really grown out of her teddy bear, Gilbert, but she's old enough to have become self-conscious when her friend Ollie finds her telling stories to the teddy in the garden. She denies and abandons Gilbert.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1783443049</amazonuk>
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