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STAR WARS: SHATTERED EMPIRE by GREG RUCKA GRAPHIC NOVEL Part of
the Lucasfilms Journey to the Force Awakens publishing campaign,
this is THE book to read before Star Wars: The Force Awakens. It is
the official prequel describing the events between Return of the
Jedi and the newest film, Star Wars VII: The Force Awakens.
AVENGERS: MAGNIFICENT SEVEN by MARK WAID GRAPHIC NOVEL The
Avengers are dead - long live the Avengers! Earth's Mightiest
Heroes - Captain America, Thor, Vision and Iron Man - are living
separate lives, not tied to any team but when a threat from beyond
the stars targets our world, fate draws them together once more,
alongside Nova, Ms. Marvel and Miles Morales, a.k.a.
Spider-Man!
THE WREN HUNT by MARY WATSON FANTASY - YA
Every winter, Wren Silke is chased through the forest in a
warped version of a childhood game. The boys who haunt her are
judges, powerful and frightening pursuers, who know nothing of her
true identity. If they knew she was an augur, their sworn enemy,
the game would turn deadly.
But Wren is on the hunt, too. Sent undercover as an intern to
the Harkness Foundation - enemy headquarters - her family's
survival rests on finding a secret meant to stay hidden. As the
enmity between two ancient magics reaches breaking point, Wren is
torn between old loyalties and new lies. And trapped in the most
dangerous game of her life.
BOYWATCHING by CHLOE BENNET HUMOUR - YA The annual joint school
dance (aka the Snog Fest) is looming, and Chloe and her three best
friends are determined not to repeat last year's disaster, which
led to Year 9's top Mean Girl, Maggie, humiliating them online as a
pack of sad losers. First they need to figure out just what's going
with the utterly incomprehensible yet strangely attractive St
Thomas's boys - and so the science of BoyWatching is born...
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SENSELESS by STEVE COLE SCI FI It's a dream come true - Kenzie
has been invited to a big international gaming tournament on a
sun-soaked island. But then unreality ratchets up with disturbing
scenes involving other contestants, soldiers and frantic chases
through the hotel. Worst of all, Kenzie seems to be losing his
senses one by one - and he has no idea whether the dangers he faces
are real or the game. This is a Quick Read.
BAD GIRLS WITH PERFECT FACES by LYNN WEINGARTEN THRILLER -
YA
No one is good enough for Xavier. Not according to Sasha, his
best friend. There's nothing Sasha wouldn't do to protect Xavier
from getting hurt, especially by his cheating ex Ivy, who's
suddenly slithered back into the picture. Worried that Xavier is
ready to forgive and forget, Sasha decides to do a little
catfishing. She poses as a hot guy online, to prove cheaters never
change.But Sasha's plan goes wrong fast, and soon the lies lead
down a path from which there's no return . . .
WHAT THE BIRDS SEE by SONYA HARTNETT SELF DISCOVERY
Three children go to the shop to buy ice-cream and never return
home. The year is 1977. Nine-year-old Adrian lives with his gran
and his uncle Rory. He loves to draw and he wants a dog. He’s
afraid of quicksand, shopping centers and self-combustion. But as
closely as he watches his suburban world, there is much he cannot
understand. He does not, for instance, know why three neighbourhood
children might set out to buy ice-cream one summer’s day and never
be seen again...
In this suburb that is no longer safe and innocent, in a broken
family of self-absorbed souls, Sonya Hartnett sets the story of a
lone little boy – unwanted, unloved and intensely curious – a story
as achingly beautiful as it is shattering. As her quiet tale
ominously unfolds, we are reminded of how fragile are the threads
that hold us secure – and how brave, how precious, is the heart of
each child who soldiers on.
ALIENS DON’T EAT BACON SANDWICHES by HELEN DUNMORE SHORT STORIES
A collection of 11 short stories which vary from the ghostly
experience of "The Airman's Sixpence", the drama of "The Gap in the
Dark" and the future shock of "The Mars Ark" and the fantastical
"Aliens Don't Eat Bacon Sandwiches".
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DO YOU SPEAK CHOCOLATE by CAS LESTER FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS
Jaz has found the best way to make friends with new girl Nadima,
who doesn't speak any English - by offering her a chocolate bar.
Nadima grins and offers back some Turkish Delight, the ice is
broken, and a special friendship begins ... Jaz is outgoing,
rebellious, gumptious and a little bit bolshy - but it doesn't stop
her from finding it hard that she doesn't have a best friend at
school any more. Not since Lily went off with Kara ... She's not
one to get down about things, though - and things start to look up
when Nadima comes into their classroom. Before long the girls are
firm friends, even when Nadima, recently arrived from Syria, can't
speak much English. The path of true friendship doesn't run smooth,
though ... Jaz, ever the entrepreneur, cooks up a plan to sell
Turkish Delight at school, with disastrous results. A drama project
with Nadima about family history proves impossible to manage. And
Charity Challenge Week puts the icing on the cake as Jaz puts every
foot wrong possible. Can she find a way to put things right, and
restore the wonderful and unique friendship that she has with
Nadima?
HOW TO HANG A WITCH by ADRIANA MATHER SUPERNATURAL
After Sam's father is hospitalised, she has to move from New
York to Salem with her stepmother, Vivian. Unfortunately, Sam is
related to Cotton Mather, one of the men responsible for the Salem
Witch Trials, and to say she feels unwelcome in Salem is an
understatement... She is particularly unnerved by The Descendants,
a mysterious and tight-knit group of girls related to those
persecuted in the Trials. At the same time, she must deal with
Elijah, the handsome but angry ghost who has appeared in her house,
and her new neighbour Jaxon only complicates things further.
When a centuries-old curse is rekindled, Sam finds herself at
the centre of it. Can she stop history repeating itself?
THE WORLD OF SUPERSAURS by JAY JAY BURRIDGE FANTASY Imagine a
world where dinosaurs have survived and evolved as ... SUPERSAURS.
This is the world that Bea Kingsley lives in, a world where humans
live side by side with supersaurs, sometimes in peace but often in
conflict. Bea is the daughter of explorer parents who went missing
when she was just a baby. So when her grandmother suddenly takes
her on a trip to the remote Indonesian islands of Aru, Bea starts
asking some big questions. But the more questions Bea asks, the
more trouble she and her grandmother find themselves in. Was the
journey to the islands a big mistake? The adventure starts
here...
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FUZZY MUD by LOUIS SACHAR SCI-FI
Tamaya is on a scholarship to the prestigious Woodridge Academy
and every day she and seventh-grader Marshall walk to school
together. They never go through the woods. And when they arrive at
school they stop talking to each other - because Marshall can't be
seen to be friends with a little kid like Tamaya. Especially not
with Chad around. Chad-the-bully, who makes Marshall's life utterly
miserable. But today, hoping to avoid Chad, Marshall and Tamaya
decide to go through the woods ... And what is waiting there for
them is strange, sinister and entirely unexpected.
The next day, Chad doesn't turn up at school - no one knows
where he is, not even his family. And Tamaya's arm is covered in a
horribly, burning, itchy wound. As two unlikely heroes set out to
rescue their bully, the town is about to be turned upside down by
the mysterious Fuzzy Mud ...
SHELL by PAULA RAWSTHORNE SELF DISCOVERY - YA What if you
thought you had died, only to wake up in someone else's body? When
Lucy, a teen diagnosed with terminal cancer wakes up cancer-free,
it should be a dream come true. But faced with a life she didn't
choose and trapped in a new body, Lucy must face the biggest
question of all . . . How far would you go to save the one you
love?
SECOND BEST FRIEND by NON PRATT FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS
Stunning novella by a hot talent in YA, in a gorgeous collectable
edition. Jade and Becky have always been best friends; inseparable
and often indistinguishable. But when a spiteful comment from an
awful ex pushes Jade to the edge, she begins to see that she has
always been second best in everything. When the school election
offers her the chance to finally be number one, Jade learns just
how far she is willing to go to be better than her closest friend.
This is a Quick Read.
SAVING DAISY by PHIL EARLE SELF DISCOVERY
Daisy's mum is gone. Her dad refuses to talk about it. As far as
Daisy's concerned, it's all her fault. As her life starts to spiral
out of control, panic leads to tragedy and Daisy's left alone.
But sometimes the kindness of a stranger can turn things around.
A stranger who desperately wants to save Daisy - if she'll only let
herself be saved . . .
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DOES SHE DARE by BERNARD ASHLEY HISTORICAL A challenging story
of women’s struggle for equality. When 16-year-old Lizzie Parsons
starts to meet women involved in the suffragist cause, she has no
idea of the dramatic changes that lie ahead. As the women’s rights
campaign fights on, Lizzie must also face her own personal battle
with a violent, abusive father.
DAUGHTERS UNTO DEVILS by AMY LUKAVICS HORROR - YA
Sixteen-year-old Amanda Verner fears she is losing her mind. When
her family move from their small mountain cabin to the vast
prairie, Amanda hopes she can leave her haunting memories behind:
of her sickly Ma giving birth to a terribly afflicted baby; of the
cabin fever that claimed Amanda's sanity; of the boy who she has
been meeting in secret. . . But the Verners arrive on the prairie
to find their new home soaked in blood. So much blood. And Amanda
has heard stories - about men becoming unhinged and killing their
families, about the land being tainted by wickedness. With guilty
secrets weighing down on her, Amanda can't be sure if the true evil
lies in the land, or within her soul . . .
A SEMI DEFINITIVE LIST OF WORST NIGHTMARES BY KRYSTAL SUTHERLAND
ROMANCE - YA Esther Solar's family is . . . unusual. Her father
hasn't left the basement in six years. Her brother is terrified of
darkness. Esther isn't afraid of anything - because she avoids
pretty much everything. Elevators are off limits, as are open
spaces, crowds, family pets, birds, needles, haircuts, dolls and
mirrors. But when Esther is pickpocketed by her cocky old classmate
Jonah Walker, Esther and Jonah become surprising friends. Jonah
sets a challenge: every week they must work their way through the
world's fifty most common phobias. Skydiving, horse riding,
beekeeping, public speaking, reptilehouses - they plan to do it
all. Soon their weekly foray into fear becomes the only thing that
keeps them tethered to reality, and to each other. But each is
keeping a secret from the other, a secret that threatens to rip
them apart.
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SCYTHE by NEAL SHUSTERMAN DYSTOPIA - YA
A dark, gripping and witty thriller in which the only thing
humanity has control over is death.
In a world where disease, war and crime have been eliminated,
the only way to die is to be randomly killed ("gleaned") by
professional scythes. Citra and Rowan are teenagers who have been
selected to be scythes' apprentices, and despite wanting nothing to
do with the vocation, they must learn the art of killing and
understand the necessity of what they do.
Only one of them will be chosen as a scythe's apprentice and as
Citra and Rowan come up against a terrifyingly corrupt Scythedom,
it becomes clear that the winning apprentice's first task will be
to glean the loser.
GOODBYE, PERFECT by SARA BARNARD FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS
When I was wild, you were steady . . . Now you are wild - what
am I?
Eden McKinley knows she can’t count on much in this world, but
she can depend on Bonnie, her solid, steady, straight-A best
friend. So it’s a bit of a surprise when Bonnie runs away with a
guy Eden knows nothing about five days before the start of their
GCSEs. And it's the last person she would have expected.
Sworn to secrecy and bound by loyalty, only Eden knows Bonnie’s
location, and that’s the way it has to stay. There’s no way she’s
betraying her best friend. Not even when she’s faced with police
questioning, suspicious parents and her own growing doubts.
As the days pass and things begin to unravel, Eden is forced to
question everything she thought she knew about the world, her best
friend and herself.
LOTTIE BIGGS IS NOT TRAGIC by HAYLEY LONG FAMILY &
RELATIONSHIPS
Just when things were starting to look up for Lottie her life's
gone a bit pear-shaped, wonk-ways and downside up again. Her mum's
all soppy over a bloke with a horrible shemo* daughter, her best
pal Goose has disappeared in a cloud of nerd-gas and Lottie's in
the midst of an existential crisis. There's only one thing to do -
get the hell out of Cardiff and go on the road with the gorgeous
Gareth Stingecombe (and his manly thighs). But things don’t go to
plan, and Lottie starts to realise she might have been a bit me me
me lately. . .
*a female emo, obviously
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SHIVERTON HALL by EMERALD FENNELL FANTASY
They slowed as they reached the gate; two stone columns, each
with its own crumbling angel perched on top. The angels held up a
rusty, wrought-iron arch that read, in curling, serpentine letters:
SHIVERTON HALL.
Arthur Bannister has been unexpectedly accepted into Shiverton
Hall, which, as it turns out, is an incredibly spooky school, full
of surprises. And it is just as well that Shiverton Hall has made
its offer, because Arthur had a horrible time at his previous
school, and was desperate to leave. Timely indeed . . .
But Arthur has no time to worry about the strange coincidence.
He is too busy trying to make head or tail of Shiverton Hall,
dogged as it is by tales of curses and bad fortune. At least there
are a few friendly faces: George, who shows him around; also Penny
and Jake. But not all the faces are friendly. There are the
bullying Forge triplets for starters. And then there is the acid
tongue of the headmistress, Professor Long-Pitt, who seems to go
out of her way to make Arthur's life a misery.
Luckily Arthur has his new friends to cheer him up. Although
there are some friends that you don't want to have at all, as
Arthur is soon to find out.
FLYING TIPS FOR FLIGHTLESS BIRDS by KELLY McCAUGHRAIN SELF
DISCOVERY – YA
Twins Finch and Birdie Franconi are stars of the flying trapeze.
But when Birdie suffers a terrifying accident, Finch must team up
with the geeky new kid, Hector Hazzard, to form an all-boys double
act and save the family circus school.
Together they learn to walk the high-wire of teen life and
juggle the demands of friends, family, first love and facing up to
who they are – all served up with a dash of circus-showbiz
magic.
THE WONDER OF US by KIM CULBERTSON FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS –
YA
Riya and Abby are: Best friends. Complete opposites. Living on
different continents. About to embark on an epic adventure around
Europe.
Since Riya moved away with her family to Berlin, she and Abby
have struggled to be there for one another, and they haven’t spoken
in weeks. But Riya is pretty sure she knows the perfect way to make
things better – a grand tour of European cities. Two weeks, six
countries, unimaginable fun.
Can the lush countrysides and dazzling cities of Europe fix
their friendship, or does growing up mean growing apart?
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BREAKING by DANIELLE ROLLINS THRILLER – YA
Charlotte doesn't fit in with her two best friends, or with
anyone else at The Underhill Preparatory Institute, her cut-throat
school for the rich and gifted. But when those best friends die
suddenly, Charlotte doesn't know where to turn.
Were they keeping secrets? Could Charlotte be the reason they
did it? Because Charlotte has a secret of her own, and now she must
decide how much she will risk to discover the truth.
In venomous, page-turning style, Danielle Rollins keeps readers
on the edge of their seats with this haunting thriller full of
pretty people and ugly secrets.
WE COME APART by SARAH CROSSAN ROMANCE – YA
YA stars Sarah Crossan and Brian Conaghan join forces to break
readers' hearts in this contemporary story of star-cross'd
lovers.
Jess would never have looked twice at Nicu if her friends hadn't
left her in the lurch. Nicu is all big eyes and ill-fitting
clothes, eager as a puppy, even when they're picking up litter in
the park for community service. He's so not her type. Appearances
matter to Jess. She's got a lot to hide.
Nicu thinks Jess is beautiful. His dad brought Nicu and his mum
here for a better life, but now all they talk about is going back
home to find Nicu a wife. The last thing Nicu wants is to get
married. He wants to get educated, do better, stay here in England.
But his dad's fists are the most powerful force in Nicu's life, and
in the end, he'll have to do what his dad wants.
As Nicu and Jess get closer, their secrets come to the surface
like bruises. The only safe place they have is with each other. But
they can't be together, forever, and stay safe - can they?
STRANGE ALCHEMY by GWENDA BOND FANTASY – YA On Roanoke Island,
the legend of the Lost Colony and the 114 colonists who vanished
without a trace more than four hundred years ago still haunts the
town. But that's just a story told for the tourists or it is? When
114 people suddenly disappear from the island in present day, it
seems history is repeating itself and an unlikely pair of seventeen
year olds might be the only hope of bringing the missing back.
Miranda Blackwood, a member of one of island's most infamous
families, and Grant Rawling, the sherrif's son, who has demons and
secrets of his own, find themselves at the center of the mystery.
As the unlikely pair works to uncover the secrets of the new Lost
Colony, they must dodge everyone from the authorities to long dead
alchemists as they race against time to save their family and
friends before they too are gone for good.
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THE START OF ME AND YOU by EMERY LORD ROMANCE – YA It's been a
year since Paige's first boyfriend died in a swimming accident and
it's time she rejoined the real world. So she makes a plan: 1. Date
a boy (long-standing crush Ryan Chase seems like the perfect
choice) 2. Attend parties (with best friends by your side: doable)
3. Join a club (simple enough, right?) 4. Travel (might as well
dream big) 5. Swim (terrifying. Impossible) But when she meets
Ryan's sweet but so nerdy cousin, Max, he opens up her world and
Paige's plans start to change. Is it too late for a second chance
at life?
GUARDIAN ANGEL: SHADOW SQUADRON by CARL BOWEN WAR Shadow
Squadron has a new team member, and he is welcomed with their most
challenging mission yet. The Secretary of State has been kidnapped
in the Central African Republic-by child soldiers. Unwilling to
harm the armed youths, Lieutenant Commander Ryan Cross will have to
get creative and stretch his resources to the limits if he wants to
save the Secretary. This is a Quick Read.
VAMPIRES INC: HUNTER’S MOON by PAUL BLUM SUPERNATURAL Vampires
Inc. follows John an author and Rose a vampire hunter keep order in
Brighton, a beachfront city with a secret. John Logan may write
books about the supernatural, but he doesn't believe in it. Rose
Petal is a vampire hunter who helps keep order in Brighton, a
beachfront city with a secret. When bite marks aare found on a
body, Rose is called in to solve the crime and John is about to
discover that the real world is stranger than anything he could
make up ... This is a Quick Read.
DEAD IN THE WATER by JOHN TOWNSEND ACTION & ADVENTURE Tyler,
Blake and Maddie are happily paddling their dingy near the shore.
At first they don't notice the scuba diver swimming ashore and the
tiger shark sweeping in for the attack. Then they hear the scream -
and see the grisly commotion. Despite being badly injured, he's far
more anxious to tell them a random list of letters and numbers. He
insists they take note of a message. It later turns out this was a
professor of oceanography who had just made a remarkable discovery
at the bottom of the ocean. They are now privy to some top secret
information, but more worryingly, the bad guys are after it,
desperate and hot on their heels. This is a Quick Read.
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WITCHBORN by NICHOLAS ROWLING FANTASY – YA It's 1577. Queen
Elizabeth I has imprisoned scheming Mary Queen of Scots, and
Alyce's mother is burned at the stake for witchcraft. Alyce kills
the witchfinder and flees to London - but the chase isn't over yet.
As she discovers her own dark magic, powerful political forces are
on her trail. She can't help but wonder: why is she so important?
Soon she finds herself deep in a secret battle between rival
queens, the fate of England resting on her shoulders ...
S.T.A.G.S. by M.A.BENNETT THRILLER – YA Nine students. Three
bloodsports. One deadly weekend. It is the autumn term and Greer
MacDonald is struggling to settle into the sixth form at the
exclusive St. Aidan the Great boarding school, known to its
privileged pupils as S.T.A.G.S. To her surprise Greer receives a
mysterious invitation with three words embossed upon on it: huntin'
shootin' fishin' - an invitation to spend the half term weekend at
the country manor of Henry de Warlencourt, the most popular and
wealthy boy at S.T.A.G.S. Greer joins the other chosen students at
the ancient and sprawling Longcross Hall, and soon realises that
they are at the mercy of their capricious host. Over the next three
days, as the three bloodsports - hunting, shooting and fishing -
become increasingly dark and twisted, Greer comes to the horrifying
reality that those being hunted are not wild game, but the very
misfits Henry has brought with him from school...
NOSHAME by ANNE CASSIDY SELF –DISCOVERY – YA Stacey Woods has
been raped and now she has to go through a different ordeal - the
court trial. But nothing in life it seems is black and white and
life is not always fair or just. Suddenly it seems that she may not
be believed and that the man who attacked her may be found not
guilty . . . if so Stacey will need to find a way to rebuild her
life again . . .
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LOVE, HATE & OTHER FILTERS by SAMIRA AHMED SELF DISCOVERY –
YA A romantic and relevant debut about Islamophobia and how it
affects the normal life of a teenage girl. Maya Aziz dreams of
being a film maker in New York. Her family have other ideas. They
want her to be a dutiful daughter who wears gold jewellery and high
heels and trains to be a doctor. But jewellery and heels are so
uncomfortable . . . She's also caught between the guy she SHOULD
like and the guy she DOES like. But she doesn't want to let Kareem
down and things with Phil would never work out anyway. Would they?
Then a suicide bomber who shares her last name strikes in a city
hundreds of miles away and everything changes . . .
SWARF by L.P.HOWARTH ACTION & ADVENTURE Extraordinary things
are happening in Ant's normally humdrum life--everything has come
to a standstill because, mysteriously, everyone's petrol has turned
to green gel overnight making transport and normal life impossible.
Ant is sent to his grandmother's while his parents go to find
answers. However, on arrival, he is distraught to find that his
grandmother is very ill and desperately needs hospital attention.
With great trepidation yet fierce determination, Ant sets out on a
long and perilous journey to get his grandmother the help she
needs. Extraordinary things are happening in Ant's normally humdrum
life--everything has come to a standstill because, mysteriously,
everyone's petrol has turned to green gel overnight making
transport and normal life impossible. Ant is sent to his
grandmother's while his parents go to find answers. However, on
arrival, he is distraught to find that his grandmother is very ill
and desperately needs hospital attention. With great trepidation
yet fierce determination, Ant sets out on a long and perilous
journey to get his grandmother the help she needs.
ON CANAAN’S SIDE by SEBASTIAN BARRY HISTORICAL
Narrated by Lilly Bere, On Canaan's Side opens as she mourns the
loss of her grandson, Bill. The story then goes back to the moment
she was forced to flee Dublin, at the end of the First World War,
and follows her life through into the new world of America, a world
filled with both hope and danger.
At once epic and intimate, Lilly's narrative unfurls as she
tries to make sense of the sorrows and troubles of her life and of
the people whose lives she has touched. Spanning nearly seven
decades, it is a novel of memory, war, family-ties and love, which
once again displays Sebastian Barry's exquisite prose and gift for
storytelling.
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REFUGEE by ALAN GRATZ HISTORICAL - YA
JOSEF is a Jewish boy living in 1930s Nazi Germany. With the
threat of concentration camps looming, he and his family board a
ship bound for the other side of the world . . .
ISABEL is a Cuban girl in 1994. With riots and unrest plaguing
her country, she and her family set out on a raft, hoping to find
safety in America . . .
MAHMOUD is a Syrian boy in 2015. With his homeland torn apart by
violence and destruction, he and his family begin a long trek
toward Europe..
All three kids go on harrowing journeys in search of refuge. All
will face unimaginable dangers -- from drownings to bombings to
betrayals. But there is always the hope of tomorrow. And although
Josef, Isabel, and Mahmoud are separated by continents and decades,
shocking connections will tie their stories together in the
end.
THE GOOSE ROAD by ROWENA HOUSE HISTORICAL – YA
France 1916. Angélique Lacroix is haymaking when the postman
delivers the news: her father is dead, killed on a distant
battlefield. She makes herself a promise: the farm will remain
exactly the same until her beloved older brother comes home from
the Front. "I think of it like a magical spell. If I can stop time,
if nothing ever changes, then maybe he won’t change either." But a
storm ruins the harvest, her mother falls ill and then the
requisition appears... In a last-ditch attempt to save the farm
from bankruptcy, Angélique embarks on a journey across France with
her brother's flock of magnificent Toulouse geese.
THE TATTOOIST OF AUSCHWITZ by HEATHER MORRIS HISTORICAL I
tattooed a number on her arm. She tattooed her name on my heart. In
1942, Lale Sokolov arrived in Auschwitz-Birkenau. He was given the
job of tattooing the prisoners marked for survival - scratching
numbers into his fellow victims' arms in indelible ink to create
what would become one of the most potent symbols of the Holocaust.
Waiting in line to be tattooed, terrified and shaking, was a young
girl. For Lale - a dandy, a jack-the-lad, a bit of a chancer - it
was love at first sight. And he was determined not only to survive
himself, but to ensure this woman, Gita, did, too. So begins one of
the most life-affirming, courageous, unforgettable and human
stories of the Holocaust: the love story of the tattooist of
Auschwitz.
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THE COWS by DAWN O’PORTER FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS
A piece of meat; born to breed; past its sell-by-date; one of
the herd.
Three women. A whole world of judgement. Tara, Cam and Stella
are very different women. Yet in a society that sets the agenda,
there’s something about being a woman that ties invisible bonds
between us.
When one extraordinary event rockets Tara to online infamy,
their three worlds collide in ways they could never imagine – and
they discover that one woman’s catastrophe might just be another’s
inspiration. Through friendship and conflict, difference and
likeness, they’ll learn to find their own voices.
Because sometimes it’s OK not to follow the herd.
DIARY OF A WIMPY KID: THE MELTDOWN by JEFF KINNEY HUMOUR
When snow shuts down Greg Heffley's middle school, his
neighbourhood transforms into a wintry battlefield.
Rival groups fight over territory, build massive snow forts, and
stage epic snowball fights.
And in the crosshairs are Greg and his trusty best friend,
Rowley Jefferson. It's a fight for survival as Greg and Rowley
navigate alliances, betrayals, and warring gangs in a neighbourhood
meltdown.
When the snow clears, will Greg and Rowley emerge as heroes? Or
will they even survive to see another day?
DAVID WALLIAMS COLLECTION HUMOUR RATBURGER THE BOY IN THE DRESS
MR STINK DEMON DENTIST BILLIONAIRE BOY AWFUL AUNTIE
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TO ALL THE BOYS I’VE LOVED BEFORE by JENNY HAN ROMANCE - YA Lara
Jean keeps her love letters in a hatbox her mother gave her. One
for every boy she's ever loved. When she writes, she can pour out
her heart and soul and say all the things she would never say in
real life, because her letters are for her eyes only.Until the day
her secret letters are mailed, and suddenly Lara Jean's love life
goes from imaginary to out of control.
P.S I STILL LOVE YOU by JENNY HAN ROMANCE - YA Lara Jean didn't
expect to really fall for Peter. But suddenly they are together for
real - and it's far more complicated than when they were
pretending! A risque video of the two of them has been posted
online. Will Lara Jean ever live it down? Peter is spending more
and more time with his ex. Has he still got feelings for her? A boy
from Lara Jean's past has returned, and so too have her feelings
for him. Can a girl be in love with two boys at once? Only one
thing is certain: falling in love is just the easy part!
ALWAYS AND FOREVER LARA JEAN by JENNY HAN ROMANCE - YA Lara Jean
is having the best senior year a girl could ever hope for. She is
head over heels in love with her boyfriend, Peter; her dad's
finally getting remarried to their next door neighbor, Ms.
Rothschild; and Margot's coming home for the summer just in time
for the wedding. But change is looming on the horizon. And while
Lara Jean is having fun and keeping busy helping plan her father's
wedding, she can't ignore the big life decisions she has to make.
Most pressingly, where she wants to go to college and what that
means for her relationship with Peter. She watched her sister
Margot go through these growing pains. Now Lara Jean's the one
who'll be graduating high school and leaving for college and
leaving her family-and possibly the boy she loves-behind. When your
heart and your head are saying two different things, which one
should you listen to?
SISTER CARRIE by THEODORE DREISER CLASSIC A landmark in American
literature, presented in its complete and unexpurgated version.
Dreiser's unsparing story of a country girl's rise to riches as the
mistress of a wealthy man marked the beginning of the naturalist
movement in America. Both its subject matter and Dreiser's
objective, nonmoralizing approach made it highly controversial, and
only a heavily edited version could be published in 1900. In this
restored version, the truly revolutionary nature of Sister Carrie
is made fully evident.
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THE GORMENGHAST TRILOGY by MERVYN PEAKE FANTASY Gormenghast is
the vast, crumbling castle to which the seventy-seventh Earl, Titus
Groan, is lord and heir. Titus is expected to rule this gothic
labyrinth of turrets and dungeons (and his eccentric and wayward
subjects) according to strict age-old rituals, but things are
changing in the castle. Titus must contend with treachery,
manipulation and murder as well as his own longing for a life
beyond the castle walls.
REBECCA by DAPHNE DU MAURIER CLASSIC On a trip to the South of
France, the shy heroine of Rebecca falls in love with Maxim de
Winter, a handsome widower. Although his proposal comes as a
surprise, she happily agrees to marry him. But as they arrive at
her husband's home, Manderley, a change comes over Maxim, and the
young bride is filled with dread. Friendless in the isolated
mansion, she realises that she barely knows him. In every corner of
every room is the phantom of his beautiful first wife, Rebecca, and
the new Mrs de Winter walks in her shadow.
THE LITTLE STRANGER by SARAH WATERS HISTORICAL In a dusty
post-war summer in rural Warwickshire, a doctor is called to a
patient at lonely Hundreds Hall. Home to the Ayres family for over
two centuries, the Georgian house, once grand and handsome, is now
in decline, its masonry crumbling, its gardens choked with weeds,
its owners - mother, son and daughter - struggling to keep pace.
But are the Ayreses haunted by something more sinister than a dying
way of life? Little does Dr Faraday know how closely, and how
terrifyingly, their story is about to become entwined with his.
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MOONRISE by SARAH CROSSAN FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS They think
I hurt someone. But I didn't. You hear? Cos people are gonna be
telling you all kinds of lies. I need you to know the truth. Joe
hasn't seen his brother for ten years, and it's for the most brutal
of reasons. Ed is on death row. But now Ed's execution date has
been set, and Joe is determined to spend those last weeks with him,
no matter what other people think ... From one-time winner and
two-time Carnegie Medal shortlisted author Sarah Crossan, this
poignant, stirring, huge-hearted novel asks big questions. What
value do you place on life? What can you forgive? And just how do
you say goodbye? `
TURTLES ALL THE WAY DOWN by JOHN GREEN SELF DISCOVERY 'Our
hearts were broken in the same places. That's something like love,
but maybe not quite the thing itself' Aza's life is filled with
complications. Living with anxiety and OCD is enough but when
Daisy, her Best and Most Fearless Friend, brings her on a mission
to find a fugitive billionaire things are about to get even more
complicated. To find Russell Pickett, Aza must enter the world of
his geeky, but maybe kind-of-cute son, Davis. But the chances of a
first kiss, and maybe even a first love, could send Aza into a
spiral of anxiety... A perfect coming-of-age novel filled with
love, mystery and Star Wars fan-fiction.
EVOLUTION by TERI TERRY SCI FI - YA FINAL PART OF THE DARK
MATTER TRILOGY
Shay has followed Xander and joined his mysterious scientific
cult at their remote Scottish compound. She's desperately searching
for Callie, who went missing before the start of the epidemic that
kills 95% of cases, and leaves a tiny number of survivors with
astonishing new powers.
Can Shay uncover the truth about the origins of the epidemic,
find Callie and perhaps even rekindle her relationship with Kai? Or
will Xander's grand plans destroy them all for ever?
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THE ABC MURDERS by AGATHA CHRISTIE CRIME
There’s a serial killer on the loose, bent on working his way
through the alphabet. And as a macabre calling card he leaves
beside each victim’s corpe the ABC Railway Guide open at the name
of the town where the murder has taken place.
Having begun with Andover, Bexhill and then Churston, there
seems little chance of the murderer being caught – until he makes
the crucial and vain mistake of challenging Hercule Poirot to
frustrate his plans…
TOM’S MIDNIGHT GARDEN by PHILIPPA PEARCE FANTASY When Tom is
sent to stay at his aunt and uncle's house for the summer, he
resigns himself to endless weeks of boredom. As he lies awake in
his bed he hears the grandfather clock downstairs strike . .
.eleven . . . twelve . . . thirteen . . . Thirteen! Tom races down
the stairs and out the back door, into a garden everyone told him
wasn't there. In this enchanted thirteenth hour, the garden comes
alive - but Tom is never sure whether the children he meets there
are real or ghosts . . . This entrancing and magical story is one
of the best-loved children's books ever written.
A WRINKLE IN TIME by MADELEINE L’ENGLE FANTASY When Charles
Wallace Murry goes searching through a 'wrinkle in time' for his
lost father, he finds himself on an evil planet where all life is
enslaved by a huge pulsating brain known as 'It'. How Charles, his
sister Meg and friend Calvin find and free his father makes this a
very special and exciting mixture of fantasy and science fiction,
which all the way through is dominated by the funny and mysterious
trio of guardian angels known as Mrs Whatsit, Mrs Who and Mrs
Which.
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WITCH CHILD by CELIA REES HISTORICAL - YA When Mary sees her
grandmother accused of witchcraft and hanged for the crime, she is
silently hurried to safety by an unknown woman. The woman gives her
tools to keep the record of her days - paper and ink. Mary is taken
to a boat in Plymouth and from there sails to the New World where
she hopes to make a new life among the pilgrims. But old
superstitions die hard and soon Mary finds that she, like her
grandmother, is the victim of ignorance and stupidity, and once
more she faces important choices to ensure her survival.
GLASS SWORD (BOOK 2) by VICTORIA AVEYARD FANTASY - YA
I was born to kill a king, to end a reign of terror before it
can truly begin.
If there's one thing Mare Barrow knows, it's that she's
different.
Mare's blood is red - the colour of common folk - but her Silver
ability, the power to control lightning, has turned her into a
weapon that the royal court wants to control.
Pursued by the vengeful Silver king, Mare sets out to find and
recruit other Red-and-Silver fighters to join the rebellion.
But Mare finds herself on a deadly path, at risk of becoming
exactly the kind of monster she is trying to defeat. Will she
shatter under the weight of the lives that are the cost of
rebellion? Or have treachery and betrayal hardened her forever?
KING’S CAGE (BOOK 3) by VICTORIA AVEYARD FANTASY - YA
ALL WILL BURN
Mare Barrow is a prisoner, powerless without her lightning,
tormented by her mistakes. She lives at the mercy of a boy she once
loved, a boy made of lies and betrayal.
Now a king, Maven continues weaving his web in an attempt to
maintain control over his country - and his prisoner.
As Mare remains trapped in the palace, the remnants of the Red
Rebellion continue organizing and expanding. As they prepare for
war, no longer able to linger in the shadows, Cal - the exiled
prince with his own claim on Mare's heart - will stop at nothing to
bring her back.
Blood will turn on blood and allegiances will be tested on every
side. If the Lightning Girl's spark is gone, who will light the way
for the rebellion?
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THE FIRE MAKER (BOOK1) by PETER MAY CRIME
LI YAN
A grotesquely burned corpse found in a city park is a troubling
mystery for Beijing detective Li Yan. Yan, devoted to his career as
a means of restoring the respect his family lost during the
Cultural Revolution, needs outside help if he is to break the
case.
MARGARET CAMPBELL The unidentified cadaver in turn provides a
welcome distraction for forensic pathologist Margaret Campbell.
Campbell, married to her work and having left America and her
broken past behind, throws herself into the investigation, and
before long uncovers a bizarre anomaly.
THE FIREMAKER An unlikely partnership develops between Li and
Campbell as they follow the resulting lead. A fiery and volatile
chemistry ignites: exposing not only their individual demons, but
an even greater evil - a conspiracy that threatens their lives, as
well as those of millions of others.
THE FOURTH SACRIFICE by PETER MAY CRIME
THE SECOND OPINION
The Chinese police have once more been forced to enlist the
services of American forensic pathologist Margaret Campbell: this
time to investigate a series of four horrific ritual executions
that have taken place in Beijing.
THE THIRD DEGREE Detective Li Yan is determined to discover just
how one of the victims in particular, an American diplomat, became
caught up in the slaying. And he is arguably even more determined
to have nothing to do with Campbell.
THE FOURTH SACRIFICE The polarity that once attracted Yan and
Campbell eventually pulls them back into partnership. Yet the
closer they are drawn to the truth, the nearer they come to a
killer prepared to use extreme force to conceal it.
THE KILLING ROOM by PETER MAY CRIME
THE NEW CASE
When a mass grave containing eighteen mutilated female corpses
is discovered in Shanghai, detective Li Yan is sent from Beijing to
establish if the bodies are linked to an unsolved murder in the
capital. Here, Li will be working with Mei Ling, deputy head of
Shanghai's serious crime squad.
THE NEW COLLEAGUE Mei Ling is a formidable woman: a fact that is
not lost on Li's on-off lover, forensic pathologist Margaret
Campbell. But when Campbell, vulnerable and still grieving the loss
of her father, learns that the victims were subjected to 'live'
autopsies, she knows the case is bigger than her pride.THE KILLING
ROOM Li, Campbell and Mei Ling are now entering the arena of a
sickening nemesis, and opening a door behind which lies each of
their very worst nightmares.