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Gloria Talyor, 12, Hong Kong International School
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Billy Elliot the Musical (soundtrack). This musical is fantastic with songs to match. The boys sing and dance really well. And they prove that ballet isn't always 'girly'.
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The Parent Trap. A funny and heartwarming movie, about a pair of twins who plot to get their parents back together.
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Flushed Away. An uptown rat gets flushed down the toilet, ending up in the sewers of London, where he has to learn a whole new way of life.
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Chicken Soup for the Girls' Soul. Contains words of wisdom for everything that teenage girls go through.
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iPod nano. It's small, cute, and easy to carry.
Sinead Cheung, 14, Chinese International School
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Eyes Open by Snow Patrol. The tracks on this album are a dynamic fusion of different styles.
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Nacho Libre. Jack Black pulls off a hysterical Spanish accent, playing a monk who dreams of being a star wrestler. A stupid but hilarious film.
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An Inconvenient Truth. Hard-to-hear but important documentary about global warming.
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Size 12 Is Not Fat. Unlike the other books Meg Cabot has written, this one is a funny, dramatic, thrilling mystery that the main character, Heather Wells has to solve before she ends up like the rest of the victims: dead.
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iPod shuffle. Small, light, holds up to 240 songs and lasts for up to 12 hours.
Radio3 Teen Time
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Westlife's Love Album. The Irish power ballad heartthrobs cover the best love songs.
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Black Eyed Peas Live From Sydney to Vegas. Cool DVD function lets you to choose the Sydney or the Vegas show.
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Flushed Away. Vocal performances by Kate Winslet and Hugh Jackman. An upper-class rat gets flushed into the sewers!
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My Little Yellow Taxi by Stephen T. Johnson. Excellent guidebook for all taxi-driver-wannabes. From mirrors to engines, you'll know it all.
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Muji Multi-Functional Clock. This cool cube is a clock/alarm/calendar/thermometer. To switch, just rotate it!