Lovereading.co.uk TOP 10

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 The Outcast The Outcast Sadie Jones Reviewed on Richard & Judy on Wednesday 25 June 2008.   Shortlisted for the Orange Broadband Prize for Fiction 2008.An incredibly moving story about a damaged son returning home from prison determined to make a better life for himself. However, some ... Download free opening extract
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 Mr Cavendish, I Presume Mr Cavendish, I Presume Julia Quinn If you love this genre of Regency Romance then Julia Quinn is definitely worth a look. These are funny and charming, with plenty of dialogue to give them a fast pace. Julia Quinn writes pure escapism with feisty, fun characters ... Download free opening extract
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 East of the Sun East of the Sun Julia Gregson Reviewed on Richard & Judy on Wednesday 9 July 2008.     This is an utterly captivating story of three young British women in search of freedom and love in 1920s India, but it also provides a wonderful insight into a now vanished ... Download free opening extract
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 Twilight (Twilight Saga Book 1) Twilight (Twilight Saga Book 1) Stephenie Meyer Deeply seductive and irresistibly compelling, this is an extraordinary love story that will stay with you long after you’ve finished it. It’s the first in the Twilight series and is a captivating sage of vampire romance. ... Download free opening extract
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 Holly Would Dream Holly Would Dream Karen Quinn An excellent choice for a fun, madcap summer read. Holly is constantly wishing he life was like that of an old fashioned Hollywood movie star and it isn’t far off that until one day when everything in her life suddenly ... Download free opening extract
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 It's a Kind of Magic It's a Kind of Magic Carole Matthews Totally charming relationship tale, almost a fairy story of a young couple who have been taking each other for granted for too long so Emma throws Leo out and Isobel appears on the scene and then the magic begins. ... Download free opening extract
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 An Offer You Can't Refuse An Offer You Can't Refuse Jill Mansell Another funny, romantic novel from Jill Mansell to keep you company on the beach this summer. When Lola is offered £10,000 to break up with her boyfriend by his mum she has no intention of taking her up on the ... Download free opening extract
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 Ferney Ferney James Long April 2008 Book of the Month. I fell in love with this book when it was first published in 1997. It did moderately well but not as well as it should. I think one of the problems was that up ... Download free opening extract
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 The Death Chamber The Death Chamber Sarah Rayne A story of sadness and a lost past with repercussions echoing down the years from the First World War to the present. There is murder, blackmail and many hidden secrets but it is the effect of the past on ... Download free opening extract
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 Black Ships Black Ships Jo Graham     July 2008 Debut of the Month.   This is a slightly difficult one to categorise as it seems to encompass several genres, part historical fiction, part supernatural, part romance this is a novel of wide appeal. Gul is an oracle, she ... Download free opening extract

Lovereading4kids.co.uk TOP 10

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 Owl Who Was Afraid Of The Dark - Book & CD Owl Who Was Afraid Of The Dark - Book & CD Jill Tomlinson Plop is a baby owl. Perfect in every way - except for one. He's afraid of the dark! But he soon discovers, through a variety of new friends, that dark can be fun and exciting and magical! This is a story for ... Download free opening extract
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 The Mysterious Benedict Society The Mysterious Benedict Society Trenton Lee Stuart This is a No. 1 New York Times Bestseller that we’ve been raving about since it went stratospheric across the water earlier this year. Here you will meet four very unusual children each with three things in common – ... Download free opening extract
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 Journey To The Centre Of The Earth Journey To The Centre Of The Earth Jules Verne A thrilling, science-fiction adventure that takes its readers on a journey of discovery and imagination thousands of feet deep, deep into the centre of the earth. When a priceless coded parchment falls from a book, eccentric Professor Lidenbrock and his ... Download free opening extract
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 You Have Been Warned! You Have Been Warned! Roger Mcgough A deliciously macabre collection of cautionary poems in which gruesome and grisly children are taught the errors of their ways. McGough’s own poem ‘Cautionary Tales’ entertainingly describes the fate that befalls Josephine whose lack of application at school cause leads ... Download free opening extract
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 Artemis Fowl and the Time Paradox Artemis Fowl and the Time Paradox Eoin Colfer This is the jaw-dropping, eagerly anticipated sixth book in multi-award-winning block buster Artemis Fowl series. Artemis finds himself travelling back in time to fight his younger self and save his mother from a dangerous illness. Fast, funny and as usual ... Download free opening extract
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 Before I Die Before I Die Jenny Downham Winner of the Branford Boase Award 2008. This is a haunting yet truly amazing read but don't read it too young. Definitely not for someone less than 14 years old. If you knew you were going to die what would ... Download free opening extract
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 Wow! 366: Speedy Stories In Just 366 Words Wow! 366: Speedy Stories In Just 366 Words Various Authors , Ian Whybrow, Georgia Byng, Roddy Doyle, Jeremy Strong This anthology of 240 mini stories, each told in just 366 words, features authors such as Roddy Doyle, Raymond Briggs, Charlie Higson, Michael Morpurgo and a surprise entry from the current Prime Minister Gordon Brown. This book is a great ... Download free opening extract
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 Abc Uk Abc Uk James Dunn A wonderful picture book for parents to share with younger and older children alike. It’s unusual in that through the alphabet it introduces a quirky celebration of Britain’s vibrant and unique cultural identity beginning with A is for Arthur ... Download free opening extract
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 The Number 7 Shirt The Number 7 Shirt Alan Gibbons This is an action-packed story involving a boy who dreams of being a football pro. Because fiction and non-fiction are interwoven together, it’s likely to attract less keen readers but readers who may have a passion for football. His heroes ... Download free opening extract
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 Reckless Reckless Cecily Von Ziegesar Definitely Sex and the City for teens. Wonderfully engrossing and totally addictive with plenty of love/hate relationships to keep everything rocking the It Girl teen series is a mega hit already in the US and is bound to catch on here. Definitely the ... Download free opening extract