 | Alanna, the First Adventure (Song of the Lioness) by Tamora Pierce
Buy new: £3.53 / Used from: £1.31 Alanna is a heroine beyond all heroines. I want to learn to swordfight! Start of a series which you'll get hooked on. I know, I am.
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 | Ballet Shoes: A Story of Three Children on the Stage (Puffin Books) by Noel Streatfeild
Buy new: £3.99 / Used from: £0.01 I particularly like Petrova, since she did not want to be a singer, dancer or actress. Hurrah! Showbiz is overrated, but this book is not.
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 | White Boots by Noel Streatfeild
Buy used from: £14.21 Alas this seems to be out of print. Try ebay, because its as good as Ballet Shoes. Perfect for little girls, and for us bigger ones too.
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 | Snowfall by K. M. Peyton
Buy new: £4.03 / Used from: £1.45 At its simplest; a historical romance. But its so much more than that. Mountain Climbing, escaping tradition and defying expectation. Beautifully crafted.
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 | Flambards by K.M. Peyton
Buy new: £1.59 / Used from: £0.01 As above, but horses and aeroplanes, a dysfunctional family, and a young girl caught in the middle.
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 | The Little White Horse by Elizabeth Goudge
Buy new: £0.97 / Used from: £0.01 Better than the average fairy tale. Girl and her 'true love' defeat evil and live happily ever after with a delightful cast of extras.
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 | Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer
Buy new: £3.99 / Used from: £0.01 Introducing Holly Short, LEPrecon, keeping the faerie folk secret from us up here. And a teenage boy, who, like usual, is up to no good. With a large amount of gold at stake, chaos is bound to ensue
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 | The Recruit: Bk. 1 (CHERUB) by Robert Muchamore
Buy new: £4.14 / Used from: £1.35 A boys action story really - children recruited as spies! Good clean fun.
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 | Stormbreaker (Alex Rider 1) by Anthony Horowitz
Buy new: £3.99 / Used from: £0.01 Young boy becomes a spy through suspiciously contorted circumstances. Well told adventure. Not as gripping as it was, but still on my shelf.
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 | Homecoming (Collins Modern Classics) by Cynthia Voigt
Buy used from: £2.98 A story of true determination, family loyalty, and some twists of fate along the way. Again, the start of a series, an unusual family but one you'll wish you were part of.
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 | Ender's Game (The Ender Saga) by Orson Scott Card
Buy new: £1.38 / Used from: £0.97 I'm not normally a fan of science fiction, but this drew me in. A mixture of action and politics, good for both young kids and some deeper insights for us older kids.
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 | Ender's Shadow (Shadow Saga) by Orson Scott Card
Buy new: £3.98 / Used from: £1.90 Reads in parallel to the above. A story of its own, and also tells the other from another point of view. Excellent.
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 | Swallows and Amazons by Arthur Ransome
Buy new: £5.99 / Used from: £0.50 Classic! I'm definitely living vicariously, but I love it!
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 | Naughtiest Girl Collection by Enid Blyton
Buy used from: £3.98 You'll have to get these separately, but I put this one since it's a set. The title says it all! Some good ole boarding school fun.
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 | First Term at Malory Towers by Enid Blyton
Buy new: £3.24 / Used from: £1.12 In a similar vein to the above. Midnight feasts, matrons, pranks on mistresses and lacrosse matches. My school was rubbish in comparison!
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 | The Seeing Stone (Arthur) by Kevin Crossley-Holland
Buy new: £1.05 / Used from: £0.01 Arthur (of round-table fame) as a young child, and his journey (both spiritual and actual) into maturity. Great fantasy stuff. This is book 1 of 3.
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 | Gatty's Tale by Kevin Crossley-Holland
Buy new: £5.24 / Used from: £2.88 Not to be read until after the above, when you've got to know Gatty, and want her to have a story of her own for yourself.
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 | Little House on the Prairie (Classic Mammoth) by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Buy new: £0.97 / Used from: £0.01 A TRUE tale of pioneer family life. Makes me wish I was there. Part of a series - read them all.
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 | The Ordinary Princess by Mary Margaret Kaye
Buy new: £4.99 / Used from: £2.09 Some fairytale romance. Short and sweet.
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 | All American Girl by Meg Cabot
Buy new: £3.59 / Used from: £0.01 A bit of teenage chick-lit. Damn all these young girls for finding love; it's much harder in real life! Ah well, its good stuff all the same.
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 | Holes by Louis Sachar
Buy new: £1.05 / Used from: £0.01 A tremendous tale, and a tale within a tale. Surprisingly deep (pun intended, of course!)
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 | Kelp by Linda Aronson
Buy used from: £0.01 Fun. An large, odd family with really strong glasses, and a girl who just wants to fit in. Then her rich, cool uncle arrives, and things turn out better than could be expected :-)
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