Lovereading.co.uk Top 10

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 Corduroy Mansions Corduroy Mansions Alexander McCall Smith His fans will love another wittily observed gem of a book. With McCall Smith, the places change – you could be in Botswana or Scotland or, now, London - but the sheer humanity is the same. Here, a new group ... Download free opening extract
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 Living in Perhaps Living in Perhaps Julia Widdows August 2009 Debut of the Month. There is a sinister undertone throughout this book, it is the way that children can be innocent and yet so manipulative at the same time. This is a real page turner, well structured, engaging, intriguing ... Download free opening extract
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 Passion Passion Louise Bagshawe August 2009 Book of the Month. After 13 top selling glitz and glamour novels, this talented author has changed tack and written an adventure yarn, a sort of James Bond for girls, and it’s terrific.  Fast moving, lots going on, bags ... Download free opening extract
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 Under Fishbone Clouds Under Fishbone Clouds Sam Meekings August 2009 Debut of the Month. From the opening pages you know that this is going to be a magical book. Beautifully written and intricately blending the story of a marriage with Chinese history and folklore makes this a debut not ... Download free opening extract
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 The Crossing Places The Crossing Places Elly Griffiths August 2009 Book of the Month. This is the author’s first venture in to crime writing, and this will be the first in a new series which looks set to be gripping and engaging stuff. Ruth Galloway makes a great lead ... Download free opening extract
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 The Lazarus Project The Lazarus Project Aleksandar Hemon August 2009 Book of the Month. A Bosnian, living in Chicago with his American wife, stumbles on an old news story about the death of Lazarus, a Jewish immigrant at the beginning of the twentieth century.  He becomes intrigued, obtains a ... Download free opening extract
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 The White Queen The White Queen Philippa Gregory This is a must for any of you who devour their historical fiction. Focusing on one of the most scandalous and intriguing times in British history The White Queen centres around Elizabeth Woodville, the mother of the Princes in the ... Download free opening extract
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 An Equal Stillness An Equal Stillness Francesca Kay Written as if a biographer is writing about an artist not recognised in their time this is a moving and beautifully written debut delving in to the world of art, creativity and passion. A very moving story, from an exciting new talent. ... Download free opening extract
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 It's the Little Things It's the Little Things Erica James The story of two couples who survived the Boxing Day tsunami and how their lives changed in the following four years.  It’s touching, perceptive and well-rounded.  As an author I feel she has ‘grown up’, her books are now deeper, ... Download free opening extract
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 The Best Day of Someone Else's Life The Best Day of Someone Else's Life Kerry Reichs May 2009 Debut of the Month. Funny, sophisticated, witty and thoroughly enjoyable! Kerry Reichs certainly inherited the writing gene from her mother Kathy and we think you will find her debut novel impossible to put down. Unlucky in love, Vi finds ... Download free opening extract

Lovereading4kids.co.uk Top 10

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 The Rabbit Problem The Rabbit Problem Emily Gravett An outstandingly original and entertaining book packed full of rabbitty details and a feast of novelty features that makes it all the more fun to read again and again and again. The Rabbit Problem shows what happens after Lonely sends ... Download free opening extract
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 Call Me Gorgeous Call Me Gorgeous Giles Milton Stunning illustrations show the most arresting features of all sorts of animals – the pointy teeth of a crocodile and the long curving neck of a flamingo – all of which are fitted together to create a wonderful invented creature.  ... Download free opening extract
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 Charlie Small: The Mummy's Tomb Charlie Small: The Mummy's Tomb Charlie Small An exciting series of unusual escapades are noted by Charlie Small in his journals as one hectic adventure follows another.  Charlie’s adventures start ordinarily enough when his Mum forces him to leave his computer game and go out to play. Charlie sets out ... Download free opening extract
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 Timewalker Timewalker Justin Stanchfield Full of intrigue, this is a terrific time-twist adventure with a dramatic plot that keeps its tension to the end. When sleepwalking along a lonely road near the quiet town of Antler, Sean meets a strange girl who is being ... Download free opening extract
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 Darke Academy 1: Secret Lives Darke Academy 1: Secret Lives Gabriella Poole This is the first story in a series of three featuring supernatural spirits, with each one set in a different exotic city.  Secret Lives has a gripping unputdownable plot, a sophisticated Parisian setting and paranormal romance that will set the ... Download free opening extract
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 The Troll The Troll Julia Donaldson An original and witty version of a traditional tale which shows what happens when two stories get blended into one. The Troll lives under the bridge – which is where he is meant to live. And the pirates are out ... Download free opening extract
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 Boom! Boom! Mark Haddon Everything about this deliciously improbable adventure is almost completely daft – and that’s the fun of it all. When Charlie sets up his walkie-talkie in the staff room he doesn’t hear gossip about the pupils as he had expected. Instead, ... Download free opening extract
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 The Boy in the Dress The Boy in the Dress David Walliams Touching, funny and full of insight, this tender story tells how Dennis decides that everyone does not have to be the same. Bravely, he decides to do something completely different. Taking a risk he reinvents himself and begins to see ... Download free opening extract
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 Gruff the Grump Gruff the Grump Steve Smallman Kindness works like a magic charm on the grumpy old Gruff, a growly, grizzly grump of a bear. When Gruff the Grump unexpectedly does something kind and rescues a rabbit stuck in a tree, the rabbit repays him by bringing ... Download free opening extract
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 Wolven Wolven Di Toft A howlingly hairy summer adventure - Picture a boy, his eccentric grandparents and a pet dog that is a kind of special werewolf in reverse, all living on the edge of a strange and eerie wood. Now imagine that this ... Download free opening extract