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Itch Element Hunter
Name: Bernadette Cameron
29 January 2012;Genre: Adventure
To be completely honest when faced with reading Itch, I was not all that enthusiastic, believing it to be a second rate offering from yet another celebrity. Well I owe Simon Mayo a huge apology. This book is fantastic. Read. The story line is fast paced and full of action-packed adventure. Th...
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The Hidden Kingdom
Name: Dorne Fraser
29 December 2011;Genre: Adventure
This is an exciting fantasy adventure featuring three young people who are about to meet their destinies. Every 700 years demons from Hades try to enter the world and rule it and now is that time. Spoilt and pampered Prince Osami is saved from certain death when he is taken from his palace by Lis...
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Shimmer
Name: Natalie J.
29 December 2011;Genre: Adventure
Shimmer is the second title in the series about 12 year old Riley Bloom, who is the sister of Ever, the protagonist of No's bestselling The Immortals series. Despite personally disliking the writing style and characterisation in the book, I can see it and the series being popular with young te...
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Soul Beach
Name: Karen Kingham
29 December 2011;Genre: Adventure
Soul Beach is a compelling read which leaves you guessing beyond the last page. Alice receives an email from her reality TV star sister, Meggie. Only trouble is, Meggie is dead - murdered - and this is the day of her funeral. In her grief, Alice replies and then receives an invitation to Soul B...
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The Truth About Celia Frost
Name: Caroline Downie
29 December 2011;Genre: Adventure
Celia Frost suffers from a dangerous blood disease. It has made her mother over protective and secretive, she has changed schools so many times she can't remember and is continuously moving house. After an incident at school where she is taken to A&E, they move on again to a run-down estate on th...
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Money Run
Name: Alex Kingsbury
29 December 2011;Genre: Adventure
Ash and Benjamin are best friends, but they're also partners in crime. As the most precocious teenage thieves in the world they've pulled off some impressive jobs, and now they're onto their biggest one yet: stealing $200 million from the headquarters of one of the most powerful companies on the...
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Lottie Biggs is Not Tragic
Name: Sophie Butcher
29 December 2011;Genre: Friends and family
Set in Cardiff, this book explores the life of sassy and complicated Lottie Biggs. Her best friend Goose is there to help her through any crisis, but is she having a crisis of her own and can Lottie help? Lottie's boyfriend Gareth seems to be trying to tell her something, but will he ever be abl...
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The Mystery of the Midnight Ghost
Name: Valerie Christie
29 December 2011;Genre: Adventure
On first glance at the front cover of this book I was reminded of the Enid Blyton 'Adventure Series', much enjoyed in my youth. In true Blyton tradition a group of children and their dog try to solve The Mystery of the Midnight Ghost, the second book in the Adventure Island Mysteries by Helen Mos...
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The Day Louis Got Eaten
Name: Ferelith Hordon
29 December 2011;Genre: Adventure
Sarah and Louis are out riding their bicycles through the woods when, suddenly, Louis is swallowed by a Gulper and the stage is set for a funny, fast-paced and cumulative story. John Fardell has already established himself as an inventive picture book author-illustrator with his previous titles...
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Anna Hibiscus' Song
Name: Ferelith Hordon
29 December 2011;Genre: Adventure
Anna Hibiscus lives in Africa. She is so happy she doesn't know what to do - so she asks around the family, but their answers though good, are not quite enough - until Anna Hibiscus finds her own answer. Anna Hibiscus has already appeared in a couple of longer stories ideal for bed time reading....
