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Sudoku
Fill the spaces with numbers from 8 9 6 4 3 5 7
1 to 9 so that every row, column
and 3x3 box contains all the
4 7 8 YOU AND YOUR PET
numbers from 1 to 9. Pet Our dog, Meg
Age 2
4 6 2 7 8 5 Breed Border terrier

Say what 5 9 2
Favourite toy A furry
fox – she loves us to

you see 2 1 4 8 9 3
chase her for it.
Hobby She is a champion
footballer (actually, she uses her nose
Can you find the well-known phrase
hidden in this puzzle. It helps if you say and never passes the ball). She likes
out loud what you can see! 2 6 5 to sing, particularly when someone is
playing the harmonica or flute.
Favourite food Anything meaty. We
5 4 7 2 9 1 3
OINT MENT made a chicken “cake” for her birthday
that she ate in 10 seconds flat.
Alice Piper, 10, and Ben Piper, 8
For answers see tomorrow’s G2

YOUR REVIEW
How to... You will
need
flies made from
a ­raisin and two
The Silver Crown by
Robert O’Brien

Make • A whopping
great 100g bar
flaked almond
wings.
In this breathtaking
novel, you will

Dongle of chocolate
(milk or dark)
6 Leave them to
cool in the fridge
go on a terrifying
journey with a young girl

Droppings • 3 tablespoon-
fuls of something
and then grunch
away. Lummy!
called Ellen. The book
starts on Ellen’s birthday,
when she finds a life-
sweet and sticky
­changing present on the
. . . maple syrup, 3 Add the sticky,
end of her bed. After a short
honey, or golden sweet ingredient
walk, she returns to find her ­family
syrup should do (whichever one
dead. The reader travels with
the trick you chose).
Ellen, ­trying to find her only living
• 60g of ­unsalted 4 Stir in the ­cereal
relative, Aunt Sarah. As you read,
butter until it’s all
you will discover both scary and
• 90g coated in
­mysterious happenings. I would
of cereal ­squibbly
recommend this book to anyone who
(you can chocolate.
doesn’t mind ­being a little bit spooked!
use any 5 When
Janey Harold, 9
type of it’s all Buy The Wrong Pong
cereal as jumbled by Steve Butler for
long as it’s flaky, up nicely, pop a £4.79 (RRP £5.99)
lumpy, crispy and great big spoon-
with free UK p&p. Call We need you
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tinkler). into a cupcake And look out for the trip? Got a good joke? Want to introduce
Wrong Pong: Holiday
• 12 cupcake case and, if you Hullabaloo by Steven
your guinea pig to G2 readers? We want
cases want to, decorate Butler (Puffin), which is your jokes, tips, film reviews, museum
your cakes with out on 4 August. ­reviews, and pet profiles, so drop us a
Ever wanted to make troll food? These What line at g2kids@guardian.co.uk.
may sound like chocolate cornflake you do And if you’ve read a book you
cakes but actually they’re a troll’s 1 Get a grown-up want to tell the world about,
Illustrations © Chris Fisher

favourite lip-smacking pud! How do to help you melt email your book review to our friends
we know? We asked the expert, ­Steven the chocolate in a at childrens.books@guardian.co.uk
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