==Confident readers==
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{{newreview
|author=Nicola Pierce
|title=Spirit of the Titanic
|rating=5
|genre=Confident Readers
|summary=Samuel Joseph Scott was fifteen years old when he landed a job in the Belfast shipyards. But when Sam plunges to his death while working on construction of the magnificent Titanic, he doesn't leave her behind. Sam becomes a spirit on board, realising his dream of sailing away with his beloved Titanic on her first... and, of course final voyage. Sam roams freely throughout the ship, from the luxurious first class all the way down to the engine room. He observes the lives of the people on board, become privy to their hopes, dreams and fears. Sam takes particular interest in one third-class family, Jim, Isobel and their children, as they sail away to their new and better life in America. But when disaster threatens the lives of all on board, can Sam find a way to lead the family to safety? And what will become of Sam as the Titanic sinks to the ocean's bed?
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1847171907</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Garrett Carr
|summary=It takes courage, and a lot of skill, to write a book which parodies not one but dozens of popular stories, and it is fortunate that Paul Stewart and Chris Riddell are just the guys for the job. They take on wizards, handsome vampires, fairies, princesses, dragons and flying carpets, and jumble the whole lot up together. The result is one hilarious, silly and thoroughly satisfying story.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0230747671</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Michael Morpurgo
|title=War: Stories of Conflict
|rating=4
|genre=Confident Readers
|summary=Throughout history, war has blighted society and had long lasting impacts on not only those directly involved but the innocent bystanders too. This collection of stories, edited by the magnificent Michael Morpurgo himself, looks to explore the impacts of war on individual soldiers, families and especially children. Every story approaches conflicts from a different angle and this ensures that even though there are a good number of short stories in the book, you will never feel as if it is becoming repetitive or dull. The stories do a good job of conveying just how multi-faceted and complex the concept of war is.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1447205014</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Karen McCombie
|title=You, Me and Thing: The Curse of the Jelly Babies
|rating=4.5
|genre=Confident Readers
|summary=At the bottom of Ruby's garden there lives a Thing. He's a strange creature, a little like a squirrel (only don't suggest that to him because you'll make him ''very'' angry! But he has wings, and huge bush baby eyes. Ruby and Jackson discover him together and decide to keep his existence secret which is all well and good until the magic starts, and then there's the curse and a bit of a problem with jelly babies!
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0571272398</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Mary Hooper
|title=Velvet
|rating=4.5
|genre=Confident Readers
|summary=The opening chapter of this book is a roller-coaster of a read. Velvet has fainted while doing back-breaking, gruelling work in a laundry, and risks being sent to the workhouse. Quick thinking saves her job, and the reader relaxes, only to learn a shocking and shameful secret about the heroine we have already begun to like. Her fortunes soon change, in true Dickensian style, but her troubles are not over: this same secret will come back to haunt her (please excuse the pun) and put her in the power of one of the other characters.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0747599211</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Tom Angleberger
|title=Darth Paper Strikes Back: An Origami Yoda Book
|rating=4
|genre=Confident Readers
|summary=In this follow up to ''The Strange Case of Origami Yoda'' there is a new paper finger puppet in school. Harvey has made himself a Darth Vader (Darth Paper) and it is, of course, turning him to the dark side! I hadn't read the original story to begin with, so I must admit that there were times when I wondered quite what was going on! It seems that one of the boys at school, Dwight, made an Origami Yoda finger puppet and this puppet gave his classmates amazing advice, advice that helped them in their school relationships and resolved various problems. Origami Yoda was, undoubtedly, using the force!
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1419701274</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Lesley Howarth
|title=Maphead
|rating=4
|genre=Teens
|summary=MapHead and his father Ran are of the Subtle World. Ran can travel through time, make things disappear and erase human memories. MapHead can flash the map of any place across his face and bald scalp. MapHead is a halfling and now he is almost 12, Ran has brought him to meet his human mother. As they need to pass for humans, they've taken new names - Boothe and Powers, from a random movie - practised their English, and enrolled MapHead at the same school as his half-brother.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1846471206</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Rob Keeley
|title=The Alien in the Garage and Other Stories
|rating=4
|genre=Confident Readers
|summary=Would aliens like custard creams? Can fake tan hide a big lie? Are TV remotes sinister objects? Do secrets make you popular?
Rob Keeley explores all these questions and more in a super collection of slightly spooky, blackly comic short stories. They're beautifully observed and you can see that Rob knows children well. He has the emotional landscape exactly right and is equally accurate when describing - and sometimes gently mocking - peer relationships.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1848765797</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Susan Cooper, Joseph Delaney, Berlie Doherty, Jamila Gavin, Matt Haig, Robin Jarvis, Derek Landy, Sam Llewellyn, Mal Peet, Philip Reeve and Eleanor Updale
|title=Haunted
|rating=4.5
|genre=Teens
|summary=I've always enjoyed a good ghost story – whether at a sleepover when I was a teenager, or even now reading horror stories in bed in the middle of the night. As soon as I saw this book I knew I wanted to read it, and it did not disappoint; a group of excellent authors from all genres have come together and the result is a collection of brilliant stories not to be missed by any ghost hunters out there.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1849393214</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Joyce Lankester Brisley
|title=Milly-Molly-Mandy's Friends
|rating=5
|genre=Confident Readers
|summary=Milly-Molly-Mandy doesn't much mind being an only child when she has people like Little Friend Susan, Billy Blunt and Miss Muggins's Jilly to play with. And what fun they have! With overnight guests, trips in the pony-trap, dressing up as Proper Ladies, running races and even forming secret clubs, there's never a dull moment.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>023075497X</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Joyce Lankester Brisley
|title=Milly-Molly-Mandy's Family
|rating=5
|genre=Confident Readers
|summary=Millicent Margaret Amanda (that's Milly-Molly-Mandy to you and me) lives with Father and Mother and Grandpa and Grandma and Uncle and Aunty (and Toby the dog) in a nice white cottage with a thatched roof. And do you know, she has all sorts of adventures. She goes out into town alone to fetch things for her extended family, she goes to a concert where she even knows one of the performers, she gets invited to parties in the village hall, and she does it all with the company of Little Friend Susan and Billy Blunt.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0230754988</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Saviour Pirotta and Mark Robertson
|title=The Giant Book of Giants
|rating=4
|genre=Confident Readers
|summary=There's a rather large giant's eye starting back at me from the cover of this book...I'm not scared though, because the book promises that the giant contained within is a gentle giant who will guard my room! And he really is contained within since this is a book set which includes a book of giant stories from around the world as well as a huge giant poster (over one metre high!) which is in 3D and contains moving parts!
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1405260084</amazonuk>
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