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CHERUB, the recruit. By Robert Muchamore.

Your average terrorist doesn’t let strangers into his house because they might be undercover agents or police but his children bring all their friends home and they run all over the place. The terrorist doesn’t know that one of those kids has bugged every room in his house, made copies of all his computer files, […]

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Trash by Andy Mulligan

This Book is about Raphael, Gardo and Rat. They have one thing in common, they are dumpsite boys. Ever since they were born they have hunted in the dump for anything worth a cent. One day they find something amazing. They go on the run from the police and uncover a mystery of a robbery […]

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The Fire of Ares, by Michael Ford.

In ancient Greece the Helot Slaves are never chosen to become Spartan Warriors so why was 12 year old Lysander? His most prized possession, the Fire of Ares, is stolen by a mysterious person in a dark alley. Lysander finds his Grandfather, an Ephor, the people most hated by the Helots. He takes part in […]

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The adventures of Robin Hood by Roger Lancelyn Green.

King Richard is lost in the holy lands and his brother Prince John takes control of the country. Prince John is not a fair King. One man takes action against him, his name is Robert, Earl of Huntingdon. When Prince John arrests him, on the day of the Earl’s wedding, Robert escapes into the gloom […]

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Gold of the gods by Bear Grylls

Beck Granger and his uncle Alan Granger are staying in Columbia for a secret expedition to find the lost city, El Dorado. El Dorado’s rivers are meant to be full of gold. Alan and the mayor get kidnapped. The kidnappers tell Alan and the mayor to lead them to the lost city. Beck and his […]

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Mission: Survival. Tracks of the Tiger, by Bear Grylls

When Beck Granger and his friend Peter go on holiday to the Indonesian jungle, they never expect to be stranded in the middle of a violent volcanic eruption, but funny enough that is exactly what happens. They have to outrun the lava and a tiger that seems to be stalking them. They must go straight […]

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Young Samurai, the way of the warrior, book 1.

By Chris Bradford. Jack Fletcher is a ship’s boy on the ship that his father is the navigator in 1611. Their aim is to reach the Japans and make a trading route between the Japans and England. On the night that they sight the Japans the boat is attacked by Ninja pirates and the evil […]

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Dracula, by Bram Stoker

During a business visit to Count Dracula’s castle in Transylvania, a young english solicitor finds himself at the centre of a series of strange and horrifying events. Jonathan Harker observes Count Dracula exiting from a window in the dead of night in a spider like fashion. He is attacked by three Phantom woman and discovers […]

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Rangers Apprentice, the Early Years, the battle of Hackham Heath. By John Flanagan

When Baron Morgarath escaped, to avoid punishment for treason, a peace fell on Araluen. The Rangers know that Morgarath will be planning his next move. The kingdom must prepare for war. Halt is going to spy on Morgarath and his army in the mountains of rain and night. It is an impossible task to climb […]

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Ranger’s Apprentice, the early years, the tournament at Gorlan.

By John Flanagan This book is to be read after the Rangers Apprentice series. Halt and Crowley, two young Rangers, set out to fight Morgarath, a treacherous baron. To do that they need help. They think they can get help from the once loyal Rangers that have been kicked out of the Ranger Corps. They […]

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Twenty thousand leagues under the sea, by Jules Verne

There is report of a strange creature living in the ocean and it is destroying ships at its leisure. Something must be done. A team consisting of a harpooner, a professer and a ship’s crew embark on a journey in the ship, The Abraham Lincoln to fight the creature. But all is not as it […]

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Safari Adventure, Hal and Rodger Hunt, by Willard Price

Hal and Rodger Hunt go to Tsavo, an African park where poaching is big business. They join the park warden, Mark Crosby in his fight against poaching. Hal and Rodger get involved with new ideas and tricks to capture the poachers. The gloves are off for them and the Hunt brothers risk their lives in […]

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Diving Adventure, Hal and Rodger Hunt by Willard Price.

Hal and Rodger Hunt take a specimen collecting trip to the Undersea city. There they find a city’s population living on the bed of the sea and finding food in the ocean. The boys are finding new ways to industrialise fishing. They find new species of fish at the bottom of the ocean, but someone […]

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Daughter of the Deep

By Rick Riordan Generations of Ana Dakkar’s family have attended the Harding-Pencroft Academy for aspiring underwater explorers. While attending the school, Ana witnesses a tragedy that will change her life forever. The legendary Captain Nemo from Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne, is real and he lived a long time ago. Ana […]

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Paladero. The city of night neverending, 2.

By Steven Lochran Joss has always wanted to be a Paladero and now he has the chance! He and his Brethen have to travel to the Northern Tundra to continue their training. Pirates raid the village he is staying in and Edgar is taken. No one knows were he was taken except maybe someone from […]

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Paladero. The Edge of the World, 3.

By Steven Lochran To finish their training as Paladeros they have to go to Blade’s Edge Acres were Hero was brought up. The prentices have to learn the art of flying on pterosaurs. When they get there they find a Paladero order in mourning. Hero’s mentor is dead. They think it is murder but nobody […]

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Paladero. The champions of the blade, 4

By Steven Lochran War is upon the land of Ai. The Shadow God and his forces of darkness are attacking the kingdom. Joss and his fellow Paladeros, Drake, Hero and Zeke are recruiting the kingdoms forces to go to war with the Shadow God. Not everyone is willing to fight, many of them are on […]

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Paladero, the riders of Thunder Realm

By Steven Lochran A Paladero is a protecter of the the kingdom in times of war and in peace time they are dinosaur herders. Joss has always dreamed of being a Paladero and now the chance has arisen. He has to go on the Way, a treacherous journey though the kingdom to find a Questing […]

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Spirt of the jungle, the jungle book adventure book 1

By Bear Grylls This book is inspired by Rudyard Kiplings, the jungle book. Mak is a regular kid from London, he goes to India because his uncle died and his parents need to manage his affairs. They travel to the middle of the Indian jungle to go to his uncles company base. Mak and his […]

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Sands of the scorpion

By Bear Grylls Bear Grylls is an ex SAS and survival expert with a survival TV show. He writes fiction and non fiction stories, this book is a fiction book using real life skills in a harsh environment. Beck Granger and his friend Peter are on holiday in Sierra Leone when they stumble across diamond […]

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Deeper, by Rodrick Gordon and Brian Williams

This story flows on from the end of the last book. Will and Cal are looking for Will’s banished father. They land on the miners train and find Chester. The train is bound for the Deeps, a desolate place deep underground were the Styx banish people. The three boys must survive in the Deeps. The […]

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Tunnels, by Rodrick Gordon and Brian Williams.

This is an awesome book if you like books about digging, fighting, mysteries and excitement, you will love this book. There are six books in this series. 14 year old Will Burrows loves to dig with his father. Will’s father, Dr Burrows works at the local museum and when he is presented with a mysterious […]

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The Hardy boys

By Franklin W Dixon The Hardy boys series was first published in 1927 and is still amazing. The early books are a bit dated but not too much. I still have not read all of the books in the series as there are about 190!! The books are about two teenage detectives, Frank and Joe […]