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Archive for 05/06/2013

Double Fudge – Judy Blume

‘Ooh, money, money, money,’ sang Fudge. ‘I love money, money, money!’

Pete’s little brother Fudge has a new obsession. He’s mad about money and he wants loads of it. In fact, he’s going to print a hundred million trillion ‘Fudge Bucks’ and buy the whole world. Or maybe he’ll just settle for buying the capital city of America and call it Fudgington.

He’s driving Pete nuts. Will Fudge ever stop being the most embarrassing brother on the planet?

Good Reads

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Grace – Morris Gleitzman

From the bestselling and award winning author of Once, Then and Boy Overboard comes the story of Grace Hillgrove.

In the beginning there was me and Mum and Dad and the twins.

And talk about happy families, we were bountiful.

But it came to pass that I started doing sins.

And lo, that’s when all our problems began.

Readings
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Artemis Fowl: the time paradox – Eoin Colfer

When Artemis Fowl’s mother contracts a life-threatening illness,

his world is turned upside down.

The only hope for a cure lies in the brain fluid of the silky sifaka lemur.

Unfortunately, the animal is extinct due to a heartless bargain Artemis himself made as a younger boy.

Though the odds are stacked against him, Artemis is not willing to give up.

With the help of his fairy friends, the young genius travels back in time to save the lemur and bring it back to the present.

But to do so, Artemis will have to defeat a maniacal poacher, who has set his sights on new prey: Holly Short.

The rules of time travel are far from simple, but to save his mother, Artemis will have to break them all.and outsmart his most cunning adversary yet: Artemis Fowl, age ten.

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