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I've arranged to volunteer at a charity shop for a few days over the next fortnight. The opportunity to do volunteering work arose and this was one of the options, and certainly the one I was most excited about. Yes, in part it is because I hope to get first look at the books that are donated, although I'm not sure how realistic an ambition that is. At the least, it's going to be an insight into the trading side of charity shops. I've spent many an hour kneeling down by the bargain box, tilting my head an squinting to see if there's something that I want between copies of the latest book to be given away for free by a magazine. (At the moment, I am extremely glad that I paid less than a quid for my copy of Patricia Wentworth's 'The Clock Struck Twelve'.

Castle Secrets by Jean Seivwright, Nelson, Triumph Series.

I've added a new tag, the 07 Hay haul, which I'm still working through. (I've been alternating them with adult books and got distracted by Harry Potters). It wasn't intentional, but a lot of them seem to be older girls' stories - Diana and the two eldest Phillimores had left school, the heroine of The Honour of the School is in the sixth, and the heroine of Adventure in the West is a 'teenager' rather than a child. I want a fourth form story next!!!

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