Kids Zone from the Worcester News

Ballet Academy- A Question of Character by Beatrice Masini

11:39am Tuesday 16th February 2010

ZOE'S happy to be back at the Academy after the Christmas holidays, and keen to start work on the new character dance lessons they will be having – lessons full of fast steps and excitement.

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DOT Robot by Jason Bradbury

9:23am Wednesday 3rd February 2010

Dot.com billionaire Devlin Lear, founder of the top-secret defence force MeX, has been watching Jackson Farley.

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Dogstar by Philip Dalkin

9:18am Wednesday 3rd February 2010

THE year is 2347. Every living thing has to move to a new planet.

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Diary of a Wimpy Kid - Rodrick Rules by Jeff Kinney

9:12am Wednesday 3rd February 2010

THE highly anticipated sequel to the No.1 NEW YORK TIMES bestselling book!

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Diary of a Wimpy Kid - Dog Days by Jeff Kinney

9:09am Wednesday 3rd February 2010

IT'S summer vacation, the weather's great, and all the kids are having fun outside.

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Cows in Action - The Victorian Moo-ders by Steve Cole

11:51am Thursday 28th January 2010

Professor McMoo, Pat and Bo aren't just any old cows, they're time-travelling, super-clever Cows In Action who visit past and future, around the world to stop the evil Ter-moo-nators changing history . . .

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Style Sisters Green Goddesses by Liz Elwes

10:29am Wednesday 27th January 2010

THE Style Sisters go green when a new geography teacher comes to Boughton High!

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Jeremy Strong My Brother's Hot Cross Bottom

2:40pm Monday 21st September 2009

Dad stuck his fingers in his ears. 'La La La I can't hear anyone. 'La La La!'

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Silverfin - The Graphic Novel by Charlie Higson and Kev Walker

12:44pm Monday 21st September 2009

There's something slithering in the water at Loch Silverfin. Something deadly. Something that must be kept a secret...

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Ninnyhammer by Dick King-Smith

11:50am Sunday 20th September 2009

Ninnyhammer might be known as the village simpleton, but Peter knows there's more to him than that...

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The Secret Mermaid Enchanted Shell by Sue Mongredien

2:12pm Friday 18th September 2009

Far out in the ocean live the Shell-Keeper mermaids. While the rest of the world sleeps, one little girl joins them for some magical mermaid adventures.

Eco Worriers, Dolphin Disasters by Kathryn Lamb

12:57pm Friday 18th September 2009

A school trip to a sea life centre alerts committed eco-worriers, Evie and Lola, to the threat dolphins and other creatures face from plastic rubbish polluting their environment. They must do everything they can to stop it!

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Toad Surprise by Morris Gleitzman

12:46pm Friday 18th September 2009

Come and join Limpy the cane toad on one of his adventures.

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Diary of a Wimpy Kid Do It Yourself Book - What's Your Story by Jeff Kinney

12:42pm Friday 18th September 2009

What are you gonna do with this thing? This is your book now, so technically you can do whatever you want with it. Puffin Book, RRP £4.99
Age: 9+

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Dear Hound by Jill Murphy

12:18pm Friday 18th September 2009

'What on earth are we going to do with him?' asked Sunset. Puffin Book, RRP £9.99
Age: 7+

If You're Reading This, It's Too Late by Pseudonymous Bosch

3:11pm Wednesday 4th March 2009

Author of 'The Name of This Book is Secret'. If you have read this book then you will definately need to read this one.

Ginger Snaps by Cath Cassidy

3:16pm Tuesday 3rd March 2009

Friendships don't stay strong all by themselves... you have to work at it! Read this book to find out if Ginger and Shannon can stay best friends forever.

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I'm so not a Pop Star by Kimberly Greene

11:17am Tuesday 24th February 2009

Hi,I'm Sam and this is my blog! My life is TOTALLY weird right now because...

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Then by Morris Gleitzman

11:11am Tuesday 24th February 2009

A little hope goes a long way.

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Saxby Smart Private Detective - The Pirates Blood and other case files by Simon Cheshire

11:05am Tuesday 24th February 2009

A ghostly handprint inside a museum case containing pirates treasure, a classmate with a mysterious secret, and a strange case of arson in a bookshop...

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Hammy the Wonder Hamster by Poppy Harris

10:33am Tuesday 24th February 2009

The cleverest hamster the world has ever seen!

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Magic Puppy - School of Mischief by Sue Bentley

8:50am Tuesday 9th December 2008

NEVER in Freya's wildest dreams had she imagined having a magic puppy for a friend!

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Diary of a Toothfairy by Alan Durant, illustrations by Vanessa Cabban

10:09am Friday 7th November 2008

Pip has always wanted to be a tooth fairy and now she's going to training school to learn the tricks of the tooth fairy trade.

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Katie Price's Perfect Ponies - Pony in Disguise

9:52am Friday 7th November 2008

"Ponies don't just disappear. Carol must be somewhere and we're going to help find her!"

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Give Peas a Chance by Morris Gleitzman

12:48pm Monday 20th October 2008

If you want ribtickling fun then this book will make you laugh until you cry!

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Magic Puppy - Party Dreams by Sue Bentley

9:38am Monday 13th October 2008

Never in Paige's wildest dreams had she imagined having a magic puppy for a friend!

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Araminta Spook Ghostsitters as told to Angie Sage

1:07pm Tuesday 7th October 2008

Home alone with two ghosts.
Can the girls work out a way to get Ned and Jed out of the house for good?

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Spydog Superbrain by Andrew Cope

1:01pm Tuesday 7th October 2008

She drives cars. She's a playstation champ. She's got a black belt in Karate... She's Agent GM451 (or Lara to you - Licenced Assault and Rescue Animal).

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Ice Claw by David Gilman

12:26pm Tuesday 7th October 2008

Max Gordon: Wanted for Murder.

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Call of the Wild by Jack London

12:20pm Tuesday 7th October 2008

Take a trek with Buck the dog and await the call of the wild!

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A World Away by Pauline Francis

12:02pm Tuesday 7th October 2008

A World Away is a bold and beguiling story of love and separation, set against tragedy of the first settlers inthe New World.

Percy Jackson and The Sea of Monsters by Rick Riordan

12:16pm Tuesday 7th October 2008

Can Percy survive the treacherous sea of monsters and restore order the Half-Blood Hill? Read this story to find out.

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A Stanley Wells Mystery - Tree Soup by Joel Stewart

11:59am Tuesday 7th October 2008

Stanley Wells is an ordinary boy with some extraordinary friends - not least the mysterious Dr Moon and his canine companion Morcambe.

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The Famous Fives Survival Guide by Enid Blyton

9:36am Tuesday 7th October 2008

Packed with useful information on surviving outdoors and solving mysteries, here is the one mysteries that the Famous Five never managed to solve.

Hocus Pocus by Paul Kieve

8:01am Friday 3rd October 2008

A tale of magnificant magicians and their amazing facts
With an introduction by Daniel Radcliffe (Harry Potter).

Why the Wales Came by Michael Morpurgo

12:33pm Wednesday 1st October 2008

Grace and her friend Daniel are warned to keep away from Samson island as it is Cursed.

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The Bare Bum Gang Battle the Dogsnatchers by Anthony McGowan

12:55pm Monday 20th October 2008

Ludo, Noah, Jamie, Philip and Jennifer are THE BARE BUM GANG! They have an embarrassing name but a cool Gang Den, so things could be worse.

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Saxby Smart Private Detective - The Fangs of the Dragon and other Case Files by Simon Cheshire

3:16pm Monday 12th May 2008

A string of break-ins where nothing is stolen, a rare comic book snatched from an undamaged safe, and clues apparently leading to a hidden treasure...

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Scarper Jack & The Bloodstained Room by Christopher Russell

3:11pm Monday 12th May 2008

'I heard a MURDER being planned'.

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Trouble According to Humphrey by Betty G Birney

2:59pm Monday 12th May 2008

Dear friends, Room 26 of Longfellow School, where I live, is usually a peaceful place.

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Magic Puppy - A New Beginning by Sue Bentley

12:53pm Monday 12th May 2008

Never in Lily's wildest dreams had she imagined having a magic puppy for a friend!

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Demon's Rock by Sandra Glover

12:46pm Monday 12th May 2008

Demon's Rock is feared by the locals.

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Nim's Island by Wendy Orr

12:32pm Monday 12th May 2008

Nim's island is the most beautiful island in the whole world.

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Chips, Beans and Limousines by Leila Rasheed

12:26pm Monday 12th May 2008

Dear New Diary, I have a surprise for you. It is a BIG surprise.

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Katie the Revolting Holiday by Mary Hooper

12:19pm Monday 12th May 2008

Monday's diary.

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Sky Wolves by Livi Michael

3:47pm Wednesday 7th May 2008

When Sam's aunt rescues a lost dog, Sam knows that something incredible is going to happen.

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Animal Investigator's Mission 2 - Ghost Dogs by Susan Gates

3:43pm Wednesday 7th May 2008

When expert tracker Ellis is sent to investigate stories of greyhound poisoning, he is shocked to come face-to-face with a strange feral boy, and a pack of what seem to be ghostly dogs.

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Eco-Worriers Tree Troubles by Kathryn Lamb

3:33pm Wednesday 7th May 2008

Lola and Evie are extremely worried about the state of the planet and are determined to get their school to go green.

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Tangshan Tigers - The Stolen Jade by Dan Lee

3:24pm Wednesday 7th May 2008

Matt James is thrilled to win a place at the Beijing International Academy for Martial Arts.

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Matilda by Roald Dahl

12:57pm Thursday 17th April 2008

Brilliant first-grader Matilda triumphs over her book-hating parents...

I'm Special, I'm Me! by Ann Meek and Sarah Massini

12:55pm Thursday 17th April 2008

Milo is fed up. He wants to play at being a pirate captain, but the other children say he's too short, he must be a deck-hand.

Kiss by Jacqueline Wilson

12:53pm Thursday 17th April 2008

Sylvie and Carl have been friends since they were tiny children.

Snakehead by Anthony Horowitz

12:48pm Thursday 17th April 2008

What goes up must come down, and when we last saw Alex Rider, he was as up as can be - in outer space.

The Perfumed Pirates of Perfidy by Charlie Small

3:26pm Friday 29th February 2008

This book is one of the Red House Children's Book Award shortlisted for Young Readers.

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Mammoth Acadamy in Trouble by Neal Layton

3:22pm Friday 29th February 2008

This book is one of the Red House Children's Book Award shortlisted for Young Readers.

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Ottoline and the Yellow Cats by Chris Riddell

3:15pm Friday 29th February 2008

This book is one of the Red House Children's Book Award shortlisted for Young Readers.

Sylver's Quest by Ri Ferrier

3:08pm Friday 29th February 2008

"Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius and power and magic in it." Sylver, a young unicorn, finds and ancient Rune that is the beginning of an adventure that will change his view of the world forever.

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The Wickit Chronicles - Ice Road by Joan Lennon

2:57pm Friday 29th February 2008

It's the harshest winter anyone can remember, and the vast waterways of the Fens are frozen solid, transformed into an Ice Road.

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Ranger's Apprentice - The Icebound Land by John Flanagan

12:05pm Monday 25th February 2008

WILL SCREAMED in absolute animal terror as the freezing water hurled HIM ALONG THE DECK of the Wolfship.

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Chicken Dance by Jacques Couvillon

11:41am Monday 25th February 2008

Don Schmidt knows his name was changed from Stanley when he was very little.

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Tangshan Tigers - The Golden Key by Dan Lee

2:41pm Thursday 7th February 2008

Masters of Martial Arts Fighters of Crime - Matt, Catarina, Oliver, Shawn.

Abbot Dagger's Academy and the Quest for the Holy Grail by Sam Llewellyn

2:05pm Thursday 7th February 2008

A boarding school for children so WEIRD, BAD or just plain BRILLIANT they must be locked up FAR from civilisation...

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Tales of the Frog Princess by E D Baker

12:53pm Thursday 7th February 2008

Follow the adventures of Princess Emeralda in three hilarious stories of witches, spells - and love.

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Lost by Jeremy Strong

12:49pm Thursday 7th February 2008

Streaker the dog is lost. And not just a bit lost, but really lost.

Lee Raven Boy Thief by Zizou Corder

12:40pm Thursday 7th February 2008

Lee Raven, boy theif, has stolen something he really didn't mean to.

The Water Horse by Dick King-Smith

12:32pm Thursday 7th February 2008

Is it a beastie? Is it at Kelpie? Is it a sea monster?

The X-Streamists by Patricia Jones

11:36am Thursday 7th February 2008

Year 8C class at Brennington High School is notorious.

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Aesop's Fables by Saviour Pirotta, illustrated by Richard Johnson

2:56pm Monday 3rd December 2007

Eight timless fables introduced by Aesop's himself!

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The Lottie Project by Jacqueline Wilson

8:23am Tuesday 27th November 2007

Charlie's world is changing -- for the worse. Her new teacher refuses to call her anything but Charlotte.

Wencesles by Geraldine McCaughrean and Christian Birmingham

2:57pm Friday 23rd November 2007

Good King Wenceslas looked out,

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Woodenface by Gus Grenfell

11:36am Thursday 8th November 2007

Meg could see the face of a figure lurking there, a wooden face, waiting impatiently for her to give him life.

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Artemis Fowl The Graphic Novel by Eion Colfer

11:24am Thursday 8th November 2007

Our story begins several years ago at the dawn of the twenty-first century.

The Worst Witch to the Rescue by Jill Murphy

11:19am Thursday 8th November 2007

'It isn't actually a known spell. I sort of made it up by myself'.

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Peter Pan in Scarlet by Geraldine McCaughrean

11:10am Thursday 8th November 2007

Neverland is calling again...

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Nickolai's Quest by Lucy Daniel Raby

11:05am Thursday 8th November 2007

Nickolai is a brave young elf, determined to carry out the most daring of quests - to deliver gifts to all the world's children in one night. But someone is determined to stop him...

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Blaze of Silver by K M Grant

3:42pm Tuesday 6th November 2007

Fighting for his country.

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The Thousand Nights and One Night by David Walser

3:27pm Tuesday 6th November 2007

Welcome to the world of The Thousand Nights and One Night an ancient world of enchantment and adventure, where magic is commonplace and animals talk, where genies rub shoulders abound.

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Invasion of the Christmas Puddings by Jeremy Strong

3:22pm Tuesday 6th November 2007

'Tis the season to be jolly - Tra-la-la-la-la...

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Hurricane Gold by Charlie Higson

3:16pm Tuesday 6th November 2007

'The Mayans use to talk of a cursed treasure called hurricane gold, which if you held on to it would bring ruin to you and your family...'

What I Was by Meg Rosoff

9:35am Friday 12th October 2007

Carnegie Medal Winner. I'd been kicked out of two boarding schools and the last thing I wanted was to be here, on the East Anglian coast, in a third.

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The Suburban Werewolf by Mark Cooke

12:34pm Thursday 20th September 2007

Two young hereos go in search of a mystery which has baffled and excited mankind since the beginning of time. Is the supernatural fact or fiction?

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Bazaar Nights and Camel Bites by Sophie Parkin

12:33pm Wednesday 19th September 2007

It's hard being sane in a mad world...

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The Warrior Troll by Rachel Lindsay

12:13pm Wednesday 19th September 2007

When one Treasure is found, another is threatened...

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The Monstrous Memoirs of a Mighty McFearless by Ahmet Zappa

12:02pm Wednesday 19th September 2007

BEWARE! Only those who are the McFearlessly brave may read from the pages of these Monstrous Memoirs.

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Hunky Dory by Jean Ure

11:50am Thursday 13th September 2007

"I am having terrible trouble with girls. They won't leave me alone! From now on I am going to ignore them. They are going to be KEPT OUT."

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Sea Girls - Return to Fortuna by G.G. Elliot

11:55am Thursday 13th September 2007

Desperate to know whether their real parents are still alive, Polly, Lisa and Lydia make a brave return to the troubled underwater city of Fortuna, this time taking their friend Matt with them.

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Venus Spring - Star Turn by Jonny Zucker

11:43am Thursday 13th September 2007

Venus gritted her teeth and sped forward at full throttle. She was gaining on the red motorbike, going as fast as she could.

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Burn my Heart by Beverley Naidoo

11:33am Thursday 13th September 2007

A Carnegie medal winner. Mathew and Mugo - two boys living on the same Kenyan farm but they share an UNEASY friendship.

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Half Moon Investigations by Eoin Colfer

10:03am Thursday 13th September 2007

A curious young detective.

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The Rock Bottom Twins by Ronald and Philip Kinsella

3:22pm Wednesday 12th September 2007

Meet Boogle and Buff Kings-Million - fat, grimy, argumentative and the most ungrateful and pompous identical twin brothers the world has ever encountered.