Book of the Week
1
Apr
2019

HOW TWO UNLIKELY HEROES INSPIRE
A TOWN BY FIGHTING TO SAVE A TREE
Sometimes, in the blink of an eye, you do something
that changes your life forever.
Like climbing a tree with a girl you don't know.
Marnus is tired of feeling invisible, living in the shadow
of his two…
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Book of the Week
25
Mar
2019

ALIVE
Twelve-year-old Jerome doesn't get into trouble.
He goes to school. He does his homework.
He takes care of his little sister.
Then Jerome is shot by a police officer who
mistakes his toy gun for a real threat.
DEAD
As a ghost, watching his family trying to cope with his…
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Book of the Week
18
Mar
2019

Marinka dreams of a normal life, where her house
stays in one place long enough for her to make friends.
But her house has chicken legs and moves on without warning.
For Marinka's grandmother is Baba Yaga, who guides spirits
between this world and the next.
Marinka longs to change…
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Book of the Week
11
Mar
2019

By the multi award-winning author of 'Slated'...
'Gripping, Chilling...Unputdownable'.
The first in the 'Dark Matter' trilogy...
Callie is missing.
Her brother Kai is losing hope of ever seeing her again.
Then he meets Shay, a girl who saw Callie the day
she disappeared, and his…
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Book of the Week for World Book Day
4
Mar
2019

Shif is just an ordinary boy who likes chess, maths and racing his best friend
home from school. But one day, soldiers with guns come to his door -
and he knows that he is no longer safe.
Shif is forced to leave his mother and little sister, and embark
on a dangerous journey; a…
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Book of the Week
25
Feb
2019

A true story of hope and survival during the Second World War.
Fourteen-year-old Lisa Jura was a musical prodigy who hoped
to become a concert pianist.
But when Hitler's armies advanced on pre-war Vienna, Lisa's parents
were forced to make a difficult decision.
Able to secure…
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Book of the Week
11
Feb
2019

How can you build a future when your heart's stuck in the past?
It was an epic journey, a journey from a broken world
towards the possibility of freedom.
Along the way, I lost my hopes and dreams, my childhood,
but I found some stuff too!
Forced to flee his home in Syria for safety…
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Book of the Week
4
Feb
2019

'Nicky Singer has carved a world from granite and ash.
Fantastic and terrifying.' Eoin Colfer
Mhairi owns only two things:
a gun with no bullets
and her identity papers.
The world is a shell of what it once was.
Mhairi must prove herself worthy of existence
at every turn, at…
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Book of the Week
28
Jan
2019

The latest in the Alex Rider series from Anthony Horowitz...
"Horowitz will grip you with suspense, daring and cheek -
and that's just the first page!...Prepare for action scenes as fast as a movie." (The Times)
THE EXPLOSIVE NEW MISSION IN THE No 1 BESTSELLING SERIES
After being…
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Book of the Week
21
Jan
2019

HOW FAR WOULD YOU GO TO CHANGE YOUR WORLD?
When Albie's mum dies, it's natural he should ask where she's gone.
His parents are scientists and they usually have all the answers.
Dad mutters something about quantum physics
and parallel universes, so Albie gets a box, a laptop
and a…
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Book of the Week
14
Jan
2019

This sequel to 'Ink' is a story of deception and truth,
of old foes and new friends,
of abandonment and acceptance.
These words will get under your skin.
Leora is questioning everything she knew
about her family and herself.
She flees to Featherstone, outlawed home
of the…
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Book of the Week
7
Jan
2019

From Joseph Delaney-the first of a new series.... ABERRATIONS
Swallowed by darkness,
he heard a terrible slithering sound.
He turned, horrified to see something
emerging from the soil...
Crafty can't remember a time before the Shole -
the terrifying mist that has engulfed parts…
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