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MR RIPLEY'S BOOK COVER AWARD: HEAT FOUR (Plus a Mystery Book Prize Competition)
Welcome all.....Mr Ripley's Enchanted Book Cover Award Rules:There will be four weekly heats with five book covers to vote for. All heat winners will make the grand final. However, one more entry will...
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Guest Post: Superman, Batman and er.. Nick O’Teen by Tim Collins (Author of...
My new book Adventures of a Wimpy Superhero is about a boy who loves comics so much he decides to become a masked crime-fighter himself. But he discovers that making the world a better place while...
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Mr Ripleys Enchanted Books: Derek Landy - Demon Road - Book Review
I've taken that path down the Demon Road.... Do you dare? The reader will hurtle along on a five star horror experience across the supernatural highways and the black roads of America with this book....
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Mr Ripley's Enchanted Books: Top Five Favourite Christmas Children's Picture...
Chris Van Allsburg - The Polar ExpressLate one Christmas Eve, a boy boards a mysterious train: The Polar Express bound for the North Pole. Once there, Santa offers the boy any gift he desires. The boy...
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MR RIPLEY'S BOOK COVER WARS GRAND FINAL 2015/16 - PLUS ASTERIX BOOK COMPETITION
Here we go again....Over the last four weeks, different authors and illustrators have battled for their book covers to be voted into the grand final. As a result, we now have five worthy winners who...
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Mr Ripley's Enchanted Books: Top Five Favourite Winter/Festive Children's...
Matt Haig and Chris Mould: A BOY CALLED CHRISTMAS tells the story of the early years of the world's most beloved hero. It is a gripping adventure set in eighteenth century Finland full of elves,...
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Mr Ripley's Enchanted Books: Anna and the Swallow Man - by Gavriel Savit -...
“Man who try to understand the world without the help of children are like men who try to bake bread without the help of yeast” ― Gavriel SavitAnna and the Swallow Man is a beautiful and stunning read...
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Guest Post: Talisman by Paul Murdoch - Rebranded, Re-Written and...
Will you be tempted by Talisman?So, what are The Peck Chronicles? What is Talisman, book 1 in this new fantasy adventure for children, all about? And who is Paul Murdoch?Well... The Peck family are at...
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Mr Ripley's Book Cover Wars Final Winner 2015/16 - M. G. Leonard - 'Beetle...
Mr Ripley's book cover wars final has now come to an end. After four exciting heats, we now have a fantastic winner.......As usual I would like to thank the many people who have supported the book...
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Mr Ripley's Enchanted Books: The Red Abbey Chronicles: Maresi by Maria...
Maresi came to the Red Abbey when she was thirteen, in the Hunger Winter. Before then, she had only heard rumours of its existence in secret folk tales. In a world where girls aren't allowed to learn...
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Mr Ripley's Enchanted Books: Top Favourite Young Adult Book Reads 2015
It's that time of year yet again. After a very productive year and, as usual, never enough reading time which I blame on social media and too much daydreaming, it's time to reflect on some of my...
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Mr Ripley's Enchanted Books: Top Favourite Middle Grade Book Reads 2015 (Part...
I've had so much pleasure reading books for this age group this year. In fact, I've found it really difficult to leave out so many good books, but I've done my best to pick a selection of books. These...
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Mr Ripley's Enchanted Books: Top Favourite Middle Grade Children's Book Reads...
This is my second post sharing my top 10 favourite Middle Grade Reads this year. It was really hard to shorten the list; this is a very strong age group in 2015. Please check out the first post. Have a...
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Mr Ripley's Enchanted Books: Children's UK Book Picks For January 2016 - Post...
Gareth P. Jones - Death or Ice Cream? - Published by Hot Key Books (7 Jan. 2016)Larkin Mills: The Birthplace of Death! Larkin Mills is no ordinary town. It's a place of contradictions and enigma, of...
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Mr Ripley's Enchanted Books: Time Travelling with a Hamster by Ross Welford -...
Paperback: 400 pagesPublisher: HarperCollins Children's Books (31 Dec. 2015)ISBN-10: 000815631XAge: 10+Laugh, cry and wonder at this race-against-time story of a boy who travels back to 1984 to prevent...
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Mr Ripley's Enchanted Books: Children's/Teenage UK Book Picks For January...
Max Brallier and Douglas Holgate - The Last Kids on Earth - Published by Egmont (7 Jan. 2016)Forty-two days ago I was an ordinary kid, living an uneventful life. But now it’s TOTAL MONSTER ZOMBIE CHAOS...
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Mr Ripley's Enchanted Books: M. G. Leonard - Beetle Boy (The Battle of the...
Paperback: 336 pagesPublisher: Chicken House Ltd (3 Mar. 2016)ISBN-10: 1910002704Age: 9+Darkus is miserable. His dad has disappeared, and now he is living next door to the most disgusting neighbours...
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Mr Ripley's Enchanted Books: Interview with Christopher Edge - The Many...
Here we have the first interview of the new year, which is with Christopher Edge. His latest book "The Many Worlds of Albie Bright" is a brilliant read and one that I would thoroughly recommended. The...
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Favourite Book Picks: Kids/Teens - January 2016 - US Published (Mr Ripley's...
Patrick Samphire - Secrets of the Dragon - Published by Henry Holt and Co. (January 12, 2016)Mars in 1816 is a world of high Society, deadly danger, and strange clockwork machines. Pterodactyls glide...
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Dan Smith Boy X - Book Review (Chicken House Ltd)
Paperback: 352 pagesPublisher: Chicken House Ltd (4 Feb. 2016)ISBN-10: 1909489042Age: 10+Kidnapped and drugged, Ash wakes up on a remote tropical island. His mum - a genetic scientist - has been...
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