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A review by Tim from the cool-reads team |
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Anthony McGowan |
Hellbent |
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| Hellbent follows Conor, a boy whose life on Earth is snuffed out by an ice cream van and who is sentenced to eternal torment in Hell. |
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A review by Tim from the cool-reads team |
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Stephen Cole |
The Wereling: Resurrection |
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| Tom and his friends try to foil a plot to resurrect a long dead and powerful evil. |
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A review by Tim from the cool-reads team |
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Ann Halam |
Siberia |
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| The story of Sloe, a young girl who is banished with her mother to a remote Siberian prison camp. |
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A review by Tim from the cool-reads team |
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Jeanne DuPrau |
The City of Ember |
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| The story of Doon and Lina, two children who have the fate of their city on their shoulders. |
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A review by Tim from the cool-reads team |
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Stuart Hill |
The Cry of Icemark |
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| The story of Thirrin and the fight to lead her country against a mighty empire. |
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A review by Tim from the cool-reads team |
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Kate Saksena |
Hite |
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| The story of Lee Highsmith, living on a council estate with an abusive father and mixed up in crime, street gangs and graffiti. |
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A review by Tim from the cool-reads team |
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Joyce Carol Oates |
Freaky Green Eyes |
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| The story of Franky Pierson, who has to live with her famous reporter father Reid, who is entirely different off the television. |
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A review by Tim from the cool-reads team |
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Nigel Hinton |
Time Bomb |
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| A novel set after the war in England when four school boys discover an unexploded bomb near where they live. |
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A review by Tim from the cool-reads team |
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Matthew Reilly |
Hover Car Racer |
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| The story of Jason and his younger brother who are plunged into the breakneck world of hover car racing - much like formula one today but four feet off the ground! |
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A review by Tim from the cool-reads team |
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Bjarne Reuter |
The Ring of the Slave Prince |
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| The story of Tom O'Connor, a young Irish boy in the 17th century Caribbean where he encounters everything from pirates to shipwrecks. |
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A review by Tim from the cool-reads team |
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Chris Ryan |
Hunted |
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| The story of the 5 teenagers in the Alpha Force team as they attempt to stop poachers in Zambia. |
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A review by Tim from the cool-reads team |
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Rosemary Sutcliff |
The Eagle of the Ninth |
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| The story of Marcus, a young Roman on a quest to recover the honour of his father's legion. |
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A review by Tim from the cool-reads-team |
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Geraldine McCaughrean |
Not the End of the World |
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| Expanding on the classic biblical story of Noah's Ark, this book follows Timna and her family, along with several thousand animals, onto a voyage into the unknown. |
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A review by Tim from the cool-reads team |
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Jonathon Stroud |
The Golem's Eye |
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| The sequel to the Amulet of Samarkand again follows Nathaniel and Bartimaeus as they attempt to deal with a rogue demon stalking the streets of London. |
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A review by Tim from the cool-reads team |
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John Fardell |
The 7 Professors of the Far North |
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| The story of Zara, Ben and Sam as they venture into the frozen reaches of the Arctic to try and find Ben and Zara's uncle. |
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A review by Tim from the cool-reads team |
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Lynne Reid Banks |
Tiger, Tiger |
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| The story of two tigers brought to ancient Rome, and the way that their fates are entwined with the Princess Aurelia, daughter of Caesar. |
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A review by Tim from the cool-reads team |
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Benjamin Zephaniah |
Gangsta Rap |
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| The story of 3 boys, drop-outs in their society, who are finally able to pursue their dreams and make their own rap band. |
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A review by Tim from the cool-reads team |
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Anna Dale |
Whispering to Witches |
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| The story of Joe, who is suddenly thrown into a world of witchcraft, magic and intrigue when he is travelling to meet his family at Christmas. |
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A review by Tim from the cool-reads team |
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Jason Hightman |
The Saint of Dragons |
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| The story of Simon and his father, Aldric who must combat the indescribably evil Dragons who roam our planet. |
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A review by Tim from the cool-reads team |
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Paul Stewart and Chris Riddell |
Freeglader |
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| The latest book in the Edge Chronicles series, Freeglader follows a mass migration of people from the capital city to safety deep within the Deepwoods. |
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A review by Tim from the cool-reads team |
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Michelle Paver |
Wolf Brother |
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| The story of Torak, a young hunter, and his struggle against a bear which killed his father. |
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A review by Chris from the cool-reads team |
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Janet Tashijian |
The Gospel According to Larry |
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| The story of Josh, lauching an anti consumerism website and suddenly being catapulted into the spotlight. |
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A review by Chris from the cool-reads team |
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Ned Vizzini |
Be More Chill |
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| The changing life of Jeremy, when he meets a Squib (a small computer that sits in his brain) that tells him how to be cool. |
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A review by Tim from the cool-reads team |
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Keith Gray |
Creepers |
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| Creepers follows two boys who are obsessed by Creeping, a pastime where you go down a street via people's gardens without being caught, and follows them as they attempt one of the hardest Creep's in their neighbourhood. |
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A review by Tim from the cool-reads team |
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Richard Lewis |
The Flame Tree |
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| When a Muslim uprising threatens the peaceful coexistence of Christians and Muslims in Indonesia, Isaac's parents refuse to leave, but this is a decision which endangers them all. |
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A review by Tim from the cool-reads team |
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Sally Prue |
Goldkeeper |
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| The story of Sebastian, the young High Priests' Apprentice, who has to try and save the temple which he serves from being undermined by gangsters. |
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A review by Tim from the cool-reads team |
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Katherine Roberts |
The Olympic Conspiracy |
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| The story of Sosi and his brother Theron, who is competing in the Ancient Greek Olypmics when a series of sabotage attempts threaten to disrupt the games altogether. |
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A review by Tim from the cool-reads team |
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Elizabeth Kay |
Back to the Divide |
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| The second book in the Divide trilogy follows all the same characters and more, as Felix and his friends attempt to apprehend and defeat the villainous pixie, Snakeweed. |
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A review by Nicky Murphy from Yorkshire |
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Melvin Burgess |
Tiger, Tiger |
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| A story where a tigress Lila and a young boy Steve help to get Lila's revenge for her killed cubs. |
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A review by Natasha Koppel from Scotland |
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Cliff McNish |
The Doomspell |
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| A story where two children have to fight the Witch using their unique magical powers |
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A review by Natasha Koppel from Scotland |
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Gweneth Rees |
My Mum's From Planet Pluto |
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| A tale where a boy must look after and make decisions for himself without the help of adults. |
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A review by Tim from the cool-reads team |
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Lian Hearn |
Grass for his Pillow |
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| The second book in the Tales of Otori series follows Takeo, a young Japanese warrior and his beloved, Kaede, as they fight their different battles in a struggle to be free and together. |
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A review by Tim from the cool-reads team |
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Catherine MacPhail |
Underworld |
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| Five teenagers are trapped in a cave where a great monster is rumoured to exist, and with no way out, their fears grow greater each hour. |
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A review by Tim from the cool-reads team |
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Alan Gibbons |
The Defender |
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| The story of Ian and his father, who are on the run from a notorious gang of money seeking crooks. |
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A review by Tim from the cool-reads team |
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Tamora Pierce |
Song of the Lioness Quartet |
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| This Quartet follows Alanna of Trebond, a young girl who swaps places with her brother to secretly begin training as a male knight in the land of Tortall. |
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A review by Tim from the cool-reads team |
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Katherine Langrish |
Troll Fell |
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| This book follows Peer, a young boy who is taken away by his horrible Uncles and forced to work harder than ever before, until he discovers the horrible fate they have designed for him. |
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A review by Tim from the cool-reads team |
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Andrew Daddo |
Chewing the Seatbelt |
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| The story of Fergus, a young boy living in Australia who gets up to a whole range of mischievous things including egging old men and running away. |
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A review by Tim from the cool-reads team |
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Alison Craggon |
The Gift |
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| The story of Maerad, trapped since birth in harsh slavery, working for a greedy private baron who hardly even acknowledges the slave's existence. She must then undertake a journey through the most dangerous parts of the land to escape and brings news of great danger. |
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A review by Tim from the cool-reads team |
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Caroline Lawrence |
The Gladiators from Capua |
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| The eighth book in the Roman mysteries series is very much based around gladiatorial combat and has plenty to interest readers. |
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A review by Thomas Lloyd from England |
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Benjamin Zephaniah |
Face |
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| A boy is badly burnt in a car crash and this is his story |
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A review by Sam Riley from UK |
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Paul Jennings |
Uncovered |
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| A book of brilliantly crafted short, weird stories. |
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A review by Phoebe Eccles from London |
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Catherine Macphail |
Another me |
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| A scary, well written book. |
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A review by Olivia Brabazon from South Yorkshire, UK |
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Paul Shipton |
The Pig Scrolls |
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| A pig and girl save the world from disaster. |
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A review by Molly Gibb from Linlithgow, Scotland |
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Arthur Ransome |
Peter Duck |
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| Children go on a Carribean Treasure hunt to find themselves up against deadly pirates |
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A review by Gagandeep Kaur Batth from England,Wolverhampton |
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Robert Mckinley |
Spindle's End |
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| It was about a girl who had something bad done to her when she was born. This bad thing would happen to her when she turned twenty one. |
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A review by Tim from the cool-reads team |
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Chris Ryan |
Red Centre |
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| The fourth Alpha Force adventure, which follows the survival team as they encounter an infamous world terrorist who is supposed to be behind bars, but is in fact holding people hostage and threatening death. |
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A review by Tim from the cool-reads team |
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Chris Ryan |
Desert Pursuit |
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| The story of Alex, Hex, Paulo, Li and Amber, who are forced to endure the merciless conditions of the desert while they try to track down a cruel child slaver. |
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A review by Tim from the cool-reads team |
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Eoin Colfer |
Supernaturalist |
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| This book follows Cosmo Hill, a young boy who becomes embroiled in a futuristic world of parasites, dangerously armed lawyers and giant corporations who threaten to dominant the planet. |
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A review by Tim from the cool-reads team |
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James Valentine |
Jumpman Rule One |
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| The story of Theodore Pine, a young boy from the future who is pioneering the latest time travel device when something goes very wrong, and he ends up stranded in a present-day teenager's bedroom. |
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A review by Patricia S from Glasgow, Scotland |
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Garth Nix |
Abhorsen |
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| A fast paced novel with the job to thrill any reader
When The Ninth Gate Calls, Who Can Resist Its Summons ? |
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