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Ewart, Franzeska G.: The Pen-Pal from Outer Space
Egmont, 2002
Jasbir hates to be at a new school. Finding new friends is difficult as well. One day the teacher has a surprise for the class. There is a list of pen-pals from all over the world in the teacher’s hand and every pupil gets to choose one. But because Jasbir is new, she’s left without a pen-pal. Jaspir feels sad and goes to the library where she eventually finds a piece of paper lying on her desk. It was a letter from the Planet Zargos. ZipPy* had picked up Jasbir’s brain waves and he noticed how sad Jaspir was without a pen-pal. ZipPy* offers to be Jasbir’s friend and pen-pal but not a very ordinary one because ZipPy* is a pen-pal from outer space.
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Gavin, Jamila: Deadly Friend
Egmont, 2000
Adam Starbright looks like an average school boy but he is in fact sent to Earth by Information Gatherers. Adam’s task is to research life of a human child. Mohun’s best friend Simon wants him to come out and play, but Mohun is far more interested in a strange computer game called Information Gatherers which has totally taken over Mohun’s mind. When the deadly game and real life begin to mix only Mohun can save his friend from devastation.
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Gruber, Wilhelm: The Upside-Down Reader
North-South Books, 1998
Tina goes to a real school already and her little brother Tim is still stuck in the playschool. Tina is very proud of learning to read and making homework and she can’t stand Tim in her sight. Tina and Tim end up sitting across each other on the table. Tina reads words and sentences out loud and Tim draws with crayons – and he is paying attention to Tina’s reading. Soon he notices that he can read too, but only when the words are upside-down!
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King-Smith, Dick: Emily’s Legs
Hodder Children's Books, 2002
Emily was an ordinary spider just like her ninety-nine siblings. No one noticed any differences at all. Until Emily took part in the eight-legged races for spiderlings at the spider sports and she won them all. Other spiderlings were jealous and started to wonder why Emily could win all the races. They counted Emily’s legs and found out that she had ten legs instead of eight. Emily had to give back all the fly-prizes because she was disqualified. Who would like Emily ever again?
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McKeown, Arthur: Titanic
Poolbeg, 1998
The Titanic was built in Belfast and she had all the latest inventions of that time. Everyone thought that Titanic was the best ship ever and she could never sink. Mary was going to visit her aunt and uncle in New York. Mary was really excited when she got on board with over two thousand other passengers on 10th of April, 1912. Only five days later Titanic hit an iceberg in the middle of the Atlantic…
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Solís, Valerie: Pink for Polar Bear
Puffin Books, 1998
Nanook is a polar bear and she is pink. Other polar bears tease Nanook because of her colour. They say she’s not a real polar bear at all. Nanook doesn’t like to swim or chase the seals, so she starts to agree with the other polar bears. One day Nanook goes astray from her family in a snow storm and she realises she’s all alone. Soon she makes new friends who will help her in finding her own talent.
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Sutherland, David: Samantha Cardigan and the Genie’s Revenge
Egmont, 2004
Samantha Cardigan and Rabbit, the International Adventurers are on a dangerous quest through the desert. Samantha and Rabbit’s mission is to help the Sheikh’s daughter Zara down from the ceiling of their tent. Sadly the evil Genie of the Sands has cast a curse on the Sheikh, because many years ago the Sheikh’s goats rested in the oasis the Genie considered to be his. Will Samantha and Rabbit outwit the Genie and rescue Zara from floating away with the wind?
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Waddell, Martin: Star Striker Titch
Walker Books, 2003
School’s five-a-side World Cup Day is at hand and dad has bought Titch new boots and all. Titch is ready to score goals. But Bungo is the biggest and he makes all the decisions. He is the striker and he doesn’t want any tinies like Titch and Cosmo in his team, which is called Bungo’s team, obviously. Bungo’s team plays against Spain and Peru and Wales and they just keep losing no matter what Bungo tries to do. The playing turns ugly and the ref, Mrs. Scott has to blow her whistle many times. Who will grab the World Cup glory?
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Whybrow, Ian: Young Robin’s Hood
Hodder Children's Books, 2000
Do you know the second name of the famous Robin who lived in the Sherwood Forest? You’ll probably say “Hood, of course” or perhaps you’ll think it’s a trick question and say “Goodfellow”. Both answers are right, because when Robin Hood was still a boy he was Robin Goodfellow. But how did he get the nickname? The same goes to Robin’s Merry Men. Once they all were little boys with ordinary names and lives. One May Day there was a sports day in the Deer Park and also a challenge match of target shooting between Master Lucas and his servant boy John Little. Everything seemed to go terribly wrong…
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