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Comedy/Humour

Fantastic Mr Fox

Author:  Roald Dahl

Boggis, Bean and Bunce are three of the meanest farmers ever.And they hate Mr fox who regularly helps himself from their stores to feed his family. The farmers are determined to catch him by whatever means- but Mr Fox far too clever for them...

George's Marvellous Medicine

Author:  Roald Dahl

George does not like his grandma one little bit. She's mean and nasty and always complaining. George can do nothing right in Grandama's eyes, so when it's time for her medicine he decides to give her a dose of his own special brew.

The hundred-mile-an-hour dog

Author:  Jeremy Strong

Streaker is no ordinary dog. She's a rocket on four legs with a woof attatched. Trevor has got untill the end of the holidays to train her, or else he'll lose his bet with horrible Charlie Smugg. What on earth can trevor do to slow down the hundred-mile-an-hourd-dog?

Beauty Queens

Author:  Libba Bray

Teen beauty queens. A lost island. Mysteries and dangers. No access to email. And the spirit of fierce, feral competition that lives deep in the heart of every girl, a savage brutality that can only be revealed by a journey into the heart of non-exfoliated darkness. Oh, the horror, the horror! Only funnier. With evening gowns. And a body count. Join Libba Bray in this wicked satire of beauty pageants, reality TV and teen pop culture.

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The Twits

Author:  Roald Dahl

"Mr. and Mrs. Twit, two useless, smelly and unfriendly married people who have nothing better to do than play practical jokes and pranks on each other, have their monkeys stand upside down all the time, and make bird pie with the birds that they catch using their glue on the tree.

After playing a series of pranks on each other, the attention is switched to the monkeys and the birds. Luckily, the Roly-Poly bird was there to save the day. She warned the birds about the tree and helped the monkeys to escape. Then, the monkeys and birds took revenge.

Zombie Bums from Uranus

Author:  Andy Griffiths

Zack Freeman is back... and so is his bum.


Aided by little more than a squeezy bottle of tomato sauce, a rudimentary grasp of the hokey pokey and three of the oldest bum-fighters on the planet, Zack and his bum are fighting to protect the Earth against an invasion of some of the smelliest and most dangerous bums ever to pollute the univarse: zombie bums from Uranus!


Can they prevent the unthinkable – total zombie-bummification of the world?

Diary of a Wimpy Kid - Rodrick Rules

Author:  Jeff Kinney

Whatever you do, don't ask Greg Heffley how he spent his summer holidays, because he definately doesn't want to talk about it. 

As Greg enters the new school year, he's eager to put the past three months behind him...and one event in particular.

Unfortunately for Greg, his older brother Rodrick knows all about the incident. And secrets have a way of getting out...especially when a diary is involved.

Shrek the third

Shrek becomes heir to the throne of Far Far Away. He turns down the opportunity and sets out to find Arthur. Along the way he must deal with a great deal of stress.

Fearless Fourteen

Author:  Janet Evanovich

Personal vendettas, hidden treasure, and a monkey named Carl will send bounty hunter Stephanie Plum on her most explosive adventure yet.

Rats!

Author:  Lian Tanner

I glare at the new girl. She's got long blonde hair and a pale face.Her legs are thin and wobbly looking. Her eyes are a watery blue and she smiles every time Mrs Jacobs speaks to her. A sucky smile. If she had a tail she'd wag it... I hate her already.


Nicky's world is falling apart. Her Dad's left home, her mum's sold their house and now there's pukeface-her dad's new girlfriend-to contend with. What can Nicky do but declare her life a change free zone?