Lovereading.co.uk Top 10

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 Dear Me: A Letter to My Sixteen-Year-Old Self Dear Me: A Letter to My Sixteen-Year-Old Self What words of wisdom would you write to your sixteen year old self now, in your older wiser years? Here is a collection of letters from an array of personalities giving their younger selves advice and guidance for what lies ... Download free opening extract
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 Kisses on a Postcard: A Tale of Wartime Childhood Kisses on a Postcard: A Tale of Wartime Childhood Terence Frisby This is an absolute joy to read. Terry and his brother Jack were evacuated during World War Two and sent off to an idyllic spot in Cornwall and taken in by a lovely couple.These are Terry's remembrances of those days. ... Download free opening extract
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 Jolly Wicked Actually: The Hundred Words That Make Us English Jolly Wicked Actually: The Hundred Words That Make Us English Tony Thorne Another book on the English language but these are always so fascinating and interesting we can’t get enough of them! This one looks at the origins of words and phrases in English, how they help to make up our quirky ... Download free opening extract
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 Wives V. Girlfriends Wives V. Girlfriends Katie Agnew This will grip from the first, brilliant opening page. It’s not quite what you might be expecting and makes for a compelling page turner as you race through to find out what has happened and who it has happened to. ... Download free opening extract
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 The Graveyard Book The Graveyard Book Neil Gaiman Winner of the prestigious Teenage Book of the Year Award 2009. Winner of Best Novel at the Hugo Awards 2009Winner of the 2009 prestigious Newbery Medal.Spooks galore in this brilliant and fantastic story of life in the graveyard. When Baby ... Download free opening extract
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 Swallowing Darkness Swallowing Darkness Laurell K Hamilton The seventh instalment in this fantastic series of erotica, from the author of the ‘Anita Blake’ novels.  We continue to follow the charismatic Merry through perils and adventures as she tries to become pregnant and attain the Unseelie throne.  At ... Download free opening extract
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 Her Fearful Symmetry Her Fearful Symmetry Audrey Niffenegger Another magical tale from Audrey Niffenegger that follows the story of twins who have been left the flat of a dead aunt they have never met. Niffenegger has produced another cast of fascinating characters and intriguing plotlines to draw the ... Download free opening extract
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 Twilight - Twilight Saga Book 1 Twilight - Twilight Saga Book 1 Stephenie Meyer Shortlisted for the 2009 Penguin Orange Readers' Group Book of the Year. 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 ... Download free opening extract
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 The Clouds Beneath the Sun The Clouds Beneath the Sun Mackenzie Ford November 2009 Book of the Month. A mixture of love story and crime novel set against a beautifully evoked African backdrop. Mackenzie Ford is a talent to watch and this novel will keep you gripped from beginning to end. ... Download free opening extract
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 Am I Alone in Thinking...? Unpublished Letters to the Editor Am I Alone in Thinking...? Unpublished Letters to the Editor Iain Hollingshead A perfect book for dipping in to and guaranteed to bring a smile to the face. This collection of letters to the Telegraph, that never made it in to the paper's letters page are funny, observant and some are downright ... Download free opening extract

Lovereading4kids.co.uk TOP 10

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 FLIPS: Faraway Tree Stories (Nintendo DS) FLIPS: Faraway Tree Stories (Nintendo DS) Enid Blyton The Enchanted Wood is one of Enid Blyton’s most memorable and truly imaginative stories, capturing a world where almost anything can happen if you just believe in the magic of nature and its creatures.  Three stories from the Enchanted Wood ... Download free opening extract
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 1001 Children's Books You Must Read Before You Grow Up 1001 Children's Books You Must Read Before You Grow Up Julia Eccleshare & Quentin Blake Fall down the rabbit hole, take flight into Neverland, or follow the yellow brick road to the Emerald City; we all remember what it was like to disappear into the imaginary worlds of the most magical and fantastic type of ... Download free opening extract
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 FLIPS: Artemis Fowl (Nintendo DS) FLIPS: Artemis Fowl (Nintendo DS) Eoin Colfer Eoin Colfer’s terrific series featuring the teenage criminal mastermind Artemis Fowl has been acclaimed as ‘Die Hard with fairies’!  Now that his father has disappeared Artemis must take charge and rebuild his family fortune. Full of lots of interactivity this ... Download free opening extract
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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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 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
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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 Tear Thief The Tear Thief Carol Ann Duffy This is a warm, poignant and beautifully illustrated story set in a magical world where the tears of children arising from every emotion are of a different colour. An underlying thought-provoking message about emotions lies at its heart. The multi-coloured ... 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 Graveyard Book (illustrated by Chris Riddell) The Graveyard Book (illustrated by Chris Riddell) Neil Gaiman Winner of the prestigious Teenage Book of the Year Award 2009. Winner of Best Novel at the Hugo Awards 2009. 2009 winner of the prestigious Newbery Medal. Spooks galore in this brilliant and fantastic story of life in the graveyard. When Baby ... Download free opening extract
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 FLIPS: Cathy Cassidy (Nintendo DS) FLIPS: Cathy Cassidy (Nintendo DS) Cathy Cassidy Friends and relationships are the hallmarks of Cathy’s stories as she portrays her characters and their friendships particularly well.  The plot lines are easy to get into and there’s often a subliminal message too within the story. They’re cracking, fast-paced ... Download free opening extract