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Frances Hardinge
A Face Like Glass

A Face Like Glass is set in Caverna, an underground city with traditions and rules that you break...

Weird Worlds

A Weird Worlds game has been created for Tony Robinson's new series of books...

Harry Potter's virtual world now 'live'

The test phase of the Harry Potter world, Pottermore.com, is now over and all...

Paul Howard
Bugville

Superfly and his side-kick Midge are on the trail of the biggest villain ever...

Siobhan Dowd
A Monster Calls

'A Monster Calls' is a masterly piece of writing and is both traumatic and...

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