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Sharon Creech
Love that Dog

Review by Lorna Haddow
Review by Philip Murray
Review by Nick Attwood

All books are rated using the turkey-o-meter scale.

Peter Dickinson
The Ropemaker

Review by Chris Cross
Review by Philip Murray

A turkey is a bad book

Eva Ibbotson
Journey to the River Sea

Review by Philip Murray
Review by Edward Lang
Review by Nick Attwood

Elizabeth Laird
Jake's Tower

Review by Tom Green
Review by Nick Attwood
Reviewed by Harry Keeling
Review by Nick Attwood

A sheep an OK book

Geraldine McCaughrean
The Kite Rider

Review by Joe Collingwood
Review by Jen Bates
Review by Peter Sharp
Review by Selina Yip
Review by Nick Attwood

Geraldine McCaughrean
Stop the Train

Review by Dan Summerbell
Review by Nick Attwood

And a grinning Cheshire Cat is an absolutely brilliant book

Terry Pratchett
Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents

Review by Suzanne Snook
Review by Martin Arcari
Review by Peter Johnson
Review by Tom Green

Virginia Euwer Wolff
True Believer

Review by Dan Summerbell

Cartoons by Martin Arcari