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New Books on the Block, Term 2 2012

&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-size&colon; 9pt&semi;">&nbsp&semi;<img class&equals;" alignleft size-full wp-image-390" style&equals;"margin&colon; 5px&semi; float&colon; left&semi;" src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;schoolnewsnz&period;fastrackdev&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2012&sol;05&sol;Fishing&lowbar;Fame&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Fishing Fame" width&equals;"200" height&equals;"150" &sol;><&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-size&colon; 9pt&semi;">&nbsp&semi;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-size&colon; 9pt&semi;">&nbsp&semi;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-size&colon; 9pt&semi;">&nbsp&semi;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-size&colon; 9pt&semi;">&nbsp&semi;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-size&colon; 9pt&semi;">&nbsp&semi;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p> <&excl;--more--> <&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong><span style&equals;"font-size&colon; 9pt&semi;">Fishing Fame<&sol;span><&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-size&colon; 9pt&semi;">Melanie Drewery and John Bennett<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-size&colon; 9pt&semi;">RRP &dollar;16&period;50<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-size&colon; 9pt&semi;">Scholastic<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-size&colon; 9pt&semi;">Can you catch a big fish from a paddle-boat&quest;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-size&colon; 9pt&semi;">Too right you can&excl;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-size&colon; 9pt&semi;">Max and Dan are desperate to get their names onto the<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-size&colon; 9pt&semi;">Fishing Fame Board&period; When they take a paddle boat out<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-size&colon; 9pt&semi;">fishing&comma; they catch much more than they bargained for …<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-size&colon; 9pt&semi;">A humorous chapter book with illustrations&comma; not just for<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-size&colon; 9pt&semi;">fishing enthusiasts<span style&equals;"font-size&colon; 10pt&semi; font-family&colon; 'Verdana'&comma;'sans-serif'&semi;">&excl;<&sol;span><&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-size&colon; 9pt&semi;">&nbsp&semi;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong><span style&equals;"font-size&colon; 9pt&semi;"><img class&equals;" alignleft size-full wp-image-391" style&equals;"margin&colon; 5px&semi; float&colon; left&semi;" src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;schoolnewsnz&period;fastrackdev&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2012&sol;05&sol;Snakes&lowbar;and&lowbar;Ladders&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Snakes and Ladders" width&equals;"200" height&equals;"150" &sol;><&sol;span><&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong><span style&equals;"font-size&colon; 9pt&semi;">&nbsp&semi;<&sol;span><&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong><span style&equals;"font-size&colon; 9pt&semi;">&nbsp&semi;<&sol;span><&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong><span style&equals;"font-size&colon; 9pt&semi;">&nbsp&semi;<&sol;span><&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong><span style&equals;"font-size&colon; 9pt&semi;">&nbsp&semi;<&sol;span><&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong><span style&equals;"font-size&colon; 9pt&semi;">&nbsp&semi;<&sol;span><&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong><span style&equals;"font-size&colon; 9pt&semi;">&nbsp&semi;<&sol;span><&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong><span style&equals;"font-size&colon; 9pt&semi;">&nbsp&semi;<&sol;span><&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong><span style&equals;"font-size&colon; 9pt&semi;">Snakes and Ladders <&sol;span><&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-size&colon; 9pt&semi;">Mary-Anne Scott<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-size&colon; 9pt&semi;">RRP &dollar;21&period;00<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-size&colon; 9pt&semi;">Scholastic<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-size&colon; 9pt&semi;">&nbsp&semi;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-size&colon; 9pt&semi;">Finn’s druggie Dad is on trial for manslaughter&comma; and so Finn is sent away to an exclusive boarding school to remove him from the small-town gossip machine&period; At first he feels a bit like a fish out of water&comma; but soon makes some good friends&comma; and even scores with the much-lusted-after Mia&comma; who plays in the symphonic band with him&period; However there is someone who knows Finn’s secret … <&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-size&colon; 9pt&semi;">Blackmail and lies … will Finn ever face the truth&quest; It’s not until disaster befalls one of his friends at an illicit after-ball party that Finn learns what is most important in life&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-size&colon; 9pt&semi;">&nbsp&semi;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong><span style&equals;"font-size&colon; 9pt&semi;"><img class&equals;" alignleft size-full wp-image-392" style&equals;"margin&colon; 5px&semi; float&colon; left&semi;" src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;schoolnewsnz&period;fastrackdev&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2012&sol;05&sol;My&lowbar;Granny&lowbar;is&lowbar;a&lowbar;priate&period;jpg" alt&equals;"My Granny is a priate" width&equals;"200" height&equals;"150" &sol;><&sol;span><&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong><span style&equals;"font-size&colon; 9pt&semi;">&nbsp&semi;<&sol;span><&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong><span style&equals;"font-size&colon; 9pt&semi;">&nbsp&semi;<&sol;span><&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong><span style&equals;"font-size&colon; 9pt&semi;">&nbsp&semi;<&sol;span><&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong><span style&equals;"font-size&colon; 9pt&semi;">&nbsp&semi;<&sol;span><&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong><span style&equals;"font-size&colon; 9pt&semi;">&nbsp&semi;<&sol;span><&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong><span style&equals;"font-size&colon; 9pt&semi;">&nbsp&semi;<&sol;span><&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong><span style&equals;"font-size&colon; 9pt&semi;">&nbsp&semi;<&sol;span><&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong><span style&equals;"font-size&colon; 9pt&semi;">My Granny is a Pirate<&sol;span><&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-size&colon; 9pt&semi;">By Val McDermid&comma; illustrated by Arthur Robins<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-size&colon; 9pt&semi;">RRP &dollar;19&period;99<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-size&colon; 9pt&semi;">Hachette<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-size&colon; 9pt&semi;">&nbsp&semi;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-size&colon; 9pt&semi;">My granny is a pirate&excl;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-size&colon; 9pt&semi;">She&&num;8217&semi;s sailed the seven seas&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-size&colon; 9pt&semi;">She captured many pirate ships<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-size&colon; 9pt&semi;">But was always home for tea&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-size&colon; 9pt&semi;">When a family secret about Granny is revealed&comma; we discover all about her fearsome pirate reputation and her swashbuckling ways &&num;8211&semi; from making other roguish pirates walk the plank to singing<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-size&colon; 9pt&semi;">sea shanties to her dog&comma; Jolly Roger&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-size&colon; 9pt&semi;">Look again at your granny&&num;8230&semi;could she be<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-size&colon; 9pt&semi;">a pirate too&quest;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-size&colon; 9pt&semi;">A must-have book for all pirate fans&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-size&colon; 9pt&semi;">&nbsp&semi;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-size&colon; 9pt&semi;"><img class&equals;" alignleft size-full wp-image-393" style&equals;"margin&colon; 5px&semi; float&colon; left&semi;" src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;schoolnewsnz&period;fastrackdev&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2012&sol;05&sol;Adorkable&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Adorkable" width&equals;"200" height&equals;"150" &sol;><&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong><span style&equals;"font-size&colon; 9pt&semi;">&nbsp&semi;<&sol;span><&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong><span style&equals;"font-size&colon; 9pt&semi;">&nbsp&semi;<&sol;span><&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong><span style&equals;"font-size&colon; 9pt&semi;">&nbsp&semi;<&sol;span><&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong><span style&equals;"font-size&colon; 9pt&semi;">&nbsp&semi;<&sol;span><&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong><span style&equals;"font-size&colon; 9pt&semi;">&nbsp&semi;<&sol;span><&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong><span style&equals;"font-size&colon; 9pt&semi;">&nbsp&semi;<&sol;span><&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong><span style&equals;"font-size&colon; 9pt&semi;">&nbsp&semi;<&sol;span><&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong><span style&equals;"font-size&colon; 9pt&semi;">Adorkable<&sol;span><&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-size&colon; 9pt&semi;">Sarra Manning<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-size&colon; 9pt&semi;">RRP &dollar;21&period;99<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-size&colon; 9pt&semi;">Hachette<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-size&colon; 9pt&semi;">A fun&comma; funky new story from the queen of teen fiction&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-size&colon; 9pt&semi;">Jeane Smith is seventeen and has turned her self-styled dorkiness into an art form&comma;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-size&colon; 9pt&semi;">a lifestyle choice and a profitable website and consultancy business&period; She writes a style<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-size&colon; 9pt&semi;">column for a Japanese teen magazine and came number seven in The Guardian’s 30<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-size&colon; 9pt&semi;">People Under 30 Who Are Changing The World&period; And yet&comma; in spite of the accolades&comma;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-size&colon; 9pt&semi;">hundreds of Internet friendships and a cool boyfriend&comma; she feels inexplicably lonely&comma; a<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-size&colon; 9pt&semi;">situation made infinitely worse when Michael Lee&comma; the most mass-market&comma; popular and<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-size&colon; 9pt&semi;">predictably all-rounded boy at school tells Jeane of his suspicion that Jeane’s boyfriend<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-size&colon; 9pt&semi;">is secretly seeing his girlfriend&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-size&colon; 9pt&semi;">Michael and Jeane have NOTHING in common – she is cool and individual&semi; he is the<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-size&colon; 9pt&semi;">golden boy in an Abercrombie and Fitch T-shirt&period; So why can’t she stop talking to him&quest;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-size&colon; 9pt&semi;">&nbsp&semi;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;

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