Book of the Week
23
Apr
2018
Category: Book Reviews
Three different kids.
One mission in common:
ESCAPE
JOSEF is a Jewish boy living in 1930's 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…
Book of the Week
16
Apr
2018
Category: Community
For our older readers...
A brilliant thriller... No film or televising could compete with the immediacy of this intense plotting.
This novel crackles with tension as the plot unfolds - a mother and son desperate to start a new life.
Danny is a boy on the edge. A boy teetering on the brink…
Book of the Week
9
Apr
2018
Category: Book Reviews
Jennifer Niven delivers another poignant, exhilarating love story about finding that one person
who sees you for who you really are - and seeing them right back.
Everyone thinks they know Libby Strout, but no one's ever looked past her weight
to see who she really is. Since her mum's…
Book of the Week
19
Mar
2018
Category: Book Reviews
In Memory of Stephen Hawking
Travelling to Infinity: the incredible story of Jane and Stephen Hawking
His Mind Changed Our World...
A memoir by Jane Hawking of her life with the most famous
and remarkable scientist of our time.
NOW AVAILABLE IN THE STUDY CENTRE
Book of the Week
26
Feb
2018
Category: Book Reviews
Ruby Cooper likes to expect the worst.
That way, she's never disappointed.
Abandoned by her mother and forced to leave the house she calls home,
Ruby is facing too many changes.
Her world has been transformed into a life of luxury by her long-lost sister;
but all Ruby wants to do…
Book of the Week
19
Feb
2018
Category: Book Reviews
For our older readers...
A masterful suspense novel from the author of the unforgettable bestseller-We Were Liars
Imogen is a runaway heiress, an orphan, a cook and a cheat.
Jule is a fighter, a social chameleon and an athlete.
Imogen and Jule. Jule and Imogen.
An intense…
Book of the Week
5
Feb
2018
Category: Book Reviews
I had to find out what was going on.
It was as simple as that.
I had to know.
Travis's parents have been killed in a car crash.
It looks like an accident, but Travis has his doubts.
To distract himself from his grief, he goes to the private investigation
agency they ran and…
Book of the Week
29
Jan
2018
Category: Book Reviews
A beautiful story of friendship, loss and bravery.
It's September 1939, and London is preparing for the Second World War.
As blackout blinds are drawn and air-raid shelters hastily built, ten-year-old Shirley is
woken early and told to pack her things. She doesn't know where she's…
Book of the Week
22
Jan
2018
Category: Book Reviews
From Cressida Cowell and for our younger readers...
The Wizards of Once
Once there was Magic, and the Magic lived in the dark forests.
Until the Warriors came...
Xar is a Wizard boy who has no Magic, and will do anything to get it.
Wish is a Warrior girl but she owns something…
Book of the Week
15
Jan
2018
Category: Book Reviews
From Tim Bowler, winner of the Carnegie Medal...
Meet Blade. But be careful.
You might not like what you see.
He's dangerous. He needs to be.
Because there are people who want him dead.
It's dog eat dog in his world.
Win or die.
He thought he was safe.
But now they've found…
Book of the Week
8
Jan
2018
Category: Community
From the creator of Percy Jackson...
' Witty and inspired, hugely entertaining, gripping and touching.'
'If you're reading this, you're already in danger.
Sadie and I might be your only chance.'
My name is Carter Kane. I guess it started in London,
the night our dad blew up the…
Book of the Week
11
Dec
2017
Category: Book Reviews