Lovereding4kids Top 10

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 Grubtown Tales: Stinking Rich and Just Plain Stinky Grubtown Tales: Stinking Rich and Just Plain Stinky Philip Ardagh Winner of the 7 - 14 yr old category of the Roald Dahl Funny Prize 2009. You cannot fail to find the town of Grubtown and its inhabitants hysterically funny.  What goes on defies belief but if you've read books by ... Download free opening extract
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 Mrs Cockle's Cat Mrs Cockle's Cat Philippa Pearce This magical story weaves a delightful fantasy around a simple and touching story of a lost cat. Mrs Cockle lives at the top of a very tall house which has a useful trap door that opens directly onto the roof. ... Download free opening extract
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 The Best of Times The Best of Times Michael Morpurgo Beautifully told and exquisitely illustrated, this is a gem of a book. Michael Morpurgo weaves a magical story about the unusual way a prince finds to make his princess happy and so to save her life. Emma Chichester Clark’s illustrations capture the subtle ... Download free opening extract
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 The Death-defying Pepper Roux The Death-defying Pepper Roux Geraldine Mccaughrean Prize-winning Geraldine McCaughrean has turned her deft hand to a brilliantly witty and fast moving story about a boy who wants to defy his destiny. Pepper is an unusual name and Pepper Roux is an unusual child especially since, according ... Download free opening extract
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 Really Really Big Questions about life, the Universe and everything Really Really Big Questions about life, the Universe and everything Stephen Law, Nishant Choksi 100 Really Really Big Questions is an unusual and fun introduction to philosophy that explores life's important but often unanswered questions. Readers will be able to explore the history of thought and the great thinkers and learn how to think ... Download free opening extract
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 The Vanishing of Katharina Linden The Vanishing of Katharina Linden Helen Grant Shortlisted for the prestigious Teenage Book of the Year Award 2009. This debut novel is a great page-turner with an endearing story that's full of rich detail and beautifully written.  It has a terrific sense of place.  Although the narrator ... Download free opening extract
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 A Perfect Ten A Perfect Ten Chris Higgins Winner of the Young Minds Book Prize 2009. Chris Higgins’ writing rivals the likes of Cathy Cassidy and Jacqueline Wilson.  She’s an author truly in tune with the teen psyche.  This is her fourth novel and she gets better and better with each ... Download free opening extract
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 The Penguin Who Wanted to Find Out The Penguin Who Wanted to Find Out Jill Tomlinson This is a perfect story for animal lovers young and old, filled with tenderness and love combined with a subtle humour.  Soft focus illustrations take readers right into the cold world of the penguins living in Antarctica. The beautiful pictures ... Download free opening extract
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 Crocodile Tears: An Alex Rider novel Crocodile Tears: An Alex Rider novel Anthony Horowitz As exciting as ever with even more action and suspense, boy hero Alex Rider is back for his eighth spectacular adventure.  When Alex finds himself in great danger he turns to MI6 for protection. They are willing to help – ... Download free opening extract
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 A Dinosaur Ate My Socks A Dinosaur Ate My Socks Eric Brown Space fantasy, dinosaurs and a trip back in time are the elements in this dramatic story about some homework that goes a bit wild. Millie and Mouse disagree about their homework on dinosaurs: Millie who loves them thinks it will ... Download free opening extract