|summary=In the third book of this enchanting series Liz Kessler manages to show both the delights and the sorrows of friendship: a topic which is eternally popular with young (and not so young) readers. Philippa has travelled with her father and mother to Ravenleigh to spend New Year with her new friend Robyn. But she has only just arrived when disaster strikes. Daisy, her other best friend and fairy godsister (like a fairy godmother but the same age as you), realises Philippa's mother is in danger, and tries to help. But in order to do so she has to break a lot of rules, and a series of catastrophes means Philippa ends up with Daisy in ATC (Above The Clouds), a sector of the fairy world. And the other fairies don't realise who she is ...
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1842559966</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Jane Smiley
|title=Nobody's Horse
|rating=5
|genre=Confident Readers
|summary=Abby lives on her family's farm in California. They specialise in taking horses and ponies which are not at their peak and bringing them on so that they can be sold at a profit. Abby's father is determined that she won't get attached to any of the horses, because that only increases the pain when they inevitably go, but two are going to make an impact on her that she could not have expected. The first is a foal whose dam dies when he's a matter of weeks old and he takes Abby's heart. The second has the opposite effect because every time that Abby rides him he's determined to buck her off. She's frightened of him and it's a tribute to Abby that the worst she calls him is Grumpy George.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0571253547</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Neil Gaiman
|title=Instructions
|rating=4
|genre=For Sharing
|summary=Go through the mysterious door, mind the imp, trust the wolves and answer the ferryman's question carefully. Neil Gaiman takes us on a tour of a fantasy land with a series of instructions for surviving the adventure. You'll discover wonders beyond your wildest dreams, and return home safely, a little older and a little wiser.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1408808641</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Don Boyd
|title=Margot's Secrets
|rating=5
|genre=General Fiction
|summary=Margot is a psychologist who specialises in sexual disorders and obsessions. She lives and works for herself in Barcelona amongst the ex-pat community, and although she only has a dozen or so clients at any one time, spends much of her week living at her office. Her clients, both male and female, are bewildering and fascinating in equal portions, and the description of the therapy sessions make fascinating and revealing reading.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0955405149</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Barbara Mitchelhill
|title=Damian Drooth, Supersleuth: Football Forgery
|rating=4.5
|genre=Confident Readers
|summary=Getting to the end of a story, even one which really grips you, can be hard work if you have only just learned to read independently or are at the younger end of the confident readers range. But ''Damian Drooth, Supersleuth: Football Forgery'' is a slim book (60 pages), with lots of pictures, and a decent-sized font. And it is a proper book, too, with an engaging main character, lots of action and a fascinating mystery, so satisfaction is guaranteed.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1849390355</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Gill Schierhout
|title=The Shape of Him
|rating=4
|genre=Historical Fiction
|summary=The story is told in the first person by Sara Highbury. She's running a small business in an efficient but rather detached fashion. She's all washed up. She starts to recount her earlier, happier life when it meant something to her. And the reader soon discovers that a diamond digger called Herbert was - and still is - the love of her life. And here Schierhout gives us a taster of the hard and dirty work digging for stones (they're never called diamonds by the workers apparently). The danger and precarious nature of the work is laid bare. But Herbert seemed to be a natural. Why?
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0099535777</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=A J Jacobs
|title=My Experimental Life
|rating=3.5
|genre=Humour
|summary=A J Jacobs has a reputation for setting himself onerous tasks. His first book was about reading the entire Encyclopedia Britannica; his second detailed a year spent according to the Biblical precepts. In My Experimental Life, he recounts nine briefer episodes of living outside his comfort zone.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0099547422</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Anne-Marie Vukelic
|title=Far Above Rubies
|rating=3.5
|genre=Historical Fiction
|summary=Shy Catherine Hogarth first meets Charles Dickens at her parents' house when he hilariously comes in through the window to dance a jig before the assembled guests, before leaving and then entering again via the front door. Employed by her father George, the editor of the Evening Chronicle, as a reporter and sketch writer, Charles is at the start of his writing career and soon becomes a regular visitor to the Hogarth household.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0709090536</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Chris Barnardo
|title=Dadcando: Build, Make, Do ... the Best Way to Spend Quality Time with Your Kids
|rating=4
|genre=Crafts
|summary=The ideas in this book originated as a [http://www.dadcando.co.uk/ website] that Chris Barnardo set up for divorced and separated fathers to help them spend quality time with their children Now he's written a book that although aimed at single fathers is equally as useful for married dads, and mums too or grandparents or carers to inspire crafty ideas of things to make with kids.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0852652011</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Julia Williams
|title=The Bridesmaid Pact
|rating=5
|genre=Women's Fiction
|summary=I recently read [[Last Christmas by Julia Williams]] and enjoyed it so much that I was determined to read more by this fabulous author. The opportunity presented itself in the shape of 'The Bridesmaid Pact', a truly wonderful book that not only met but also exceeded all my expectations. In fact it was so good that I read the last 200 pages in just one day, totally ignoring my family whilst doing so.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1847560873</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Vicki Myron and Brett Witter
|title=Dewey: The True Story of a World-famous Library Cat
|rating=4.5
|genre=Confident Readers
|summary=This heart-warming book tells the wonderful true story of a cat called Dewey. His beginnings were very humble and his life could quite probably have been quite short if it had not been for a fortuitous event that occurred one cold winter morning. Vicki Myron, the chief librarian at Spencer Library in Iowa, heard some very strange noises coming from the book drop box that borrowers used in order to return their books when the library was closed. On opening the box she discovered a small, dirty, shivering kitten and her heart melted. As a consequence, the kitten, which was soon to be named Dewey, was adopted and became the official library cat.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1847388442</amazonuk>
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