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Title: The SPARK Files Dog Run 

Author:  Terry Deary & Barbara Allen. 

The main characters are Boozle, the dog, Sally Spark, Dad Spark, Granny Spark, Susie Spark, Sam Spark and Simple Simon. They are mysterious people in the series.

In this book the mysterious person is a woman.  She is called Mabel Snook. It all started one morning when Dad Spark fell down the stairs because Boozle was sleeping at the top of the stairs.  Dad said he would get rid of Boozle. There was a story on the TV news that there was a dangerous dog on the  loose.  It fitted the description of Boozle. The Spark family had to hide Boozle.  First they took Boozle to Granny Brick’s kennels but he escaped from the kennels.   Granny Brick rang the Sparks to say that Boozle escaped. The Spark family was worried that the police would catch him and put him to sleep.  Granny Spark found Boozle in the tumble dryer.  He was safe.  Susie had to take Boozle for a walk.  She took him out in a pram; a woman came over and claimed that the dog bit her.  She came to the Sparks house  and said she was going to tell the police. Sally saw something wrong with her hand - the blood was fake. It was ketchup.  Mabel Snook  was stuck in the cabbage club and was cheating. She said that she had a new breed of flower. All she did was a con.             

By Seamus O’ Keeffe, Hugh O’ Conner.

Name: Stranger Danger

Author: Anne Fine

Main characters: Joe, his parents & his brother

One day a policeman came to the school  to talk about strangers. He said never to take sweets from a stranger. When Joe went home, his mother was dressed and she was putting on lipstick.  His clothes were on the bed. That night was very important for his mother. His brother was playing in the orchestra and it went on for an hour or so. Joe had a very bad cough and a man offered him a sweet to calm his cough. When he went outside his parents went to get the car a man came up with a case and the lock was broken. He asked Joe to help him carry the case down the steps but Joe was supposed to stay away from strangers so he saw his parents car was there and he ran down to it.

by Danny Murphy & Jerry McCarthy

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