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“The story is about what Helen learns about herself as much as about everything else, which I think is important. I must have read this when I was quite new in secondary school when so much was changing for me. I think when you move somewhere new there are all the hidden codes that you don’t know or understand. All the way through, you really feel for her because she’s trying really hard and doesn’t quite know how to do it. It is an unexpectedly funny book and very positive in many ways.” Read more...
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The Lord of the Rings
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I am a book. I am a portal to the universe.
by Stefanie Posavec & Miriam Quick (illustrator) -
Harry Potter: the Complete Series
by J.K. Rowling