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|author=Simon Urban and Katy Derbyshire (Translator)Linda Howard|title=Plan D|rating=4.5|genre=Crime|summary=October 2011 and the Berlin wall is still intact. Inspector Martin Wegener of the East German People's Police faces another day dividing his mind between thoughts of his luscious ex-lover Karolina and work. On this particular day 'work' is a body found hanging from the GDR section of gas pipeline that joins Russian to Europe. Not only is he hanging, the deceased has eight knots round his neck and his shoe laces are tied together: a Stasi trademark. Who is he and why are the Stasi killing again? Martin needs answers and they're sending a West Berlin detective in to help him find them; not the best start to a day.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1846556929</amazonuk>}} {{newreview|author=Neal Thompson|title=A Curious Man: The Strange and Brilliant Life of Robert 'Believe It or Not' Ripley Shadow Woman

|genre=BiographyThrillers|summary=Robert LeRoy Ripley was indeed Prelude: the President of the United States and the First Lady are on what is not being called a curious mancampaign tour. He throve on curiosity, his own and that of everyone elseIt is. It is most definitely a re-election campaign; it's just not supposed to be. By exploiting and never underestimating They retire to their suite for the public demand for trivianight, and by being in the right place at protection detail of the right time just as the news and broadcasting media were beginning Secret Service are looking forward to develop in America into the unassailable forces they were by a shift change at the end of the century, he became one of the most successful men of the agea long day.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>18479472040749955848</amazonuk>

|author=Lucy CruickshanksAnthony Quinn|title=The Trader of SaigonStreets|rating=4.5

|summary=In Anthony Quinn's ''The Streets'' is set in London in the Saigon of early 1880s in the 1980s the Vietnam War area known as Somers Town, which to those not familiar with London geography is over but the traces remain. Alexander has deserted from the US army area around Euston, St Pancras and makes a comfortable living selling girls to local business menKing's Cross stations. Phuc used to be a business manToday, complete with mansion and much of this falls under the means to keep his wife and three children trendy Camden area, but in affluence. Now his family live in a shanty hutthe 1880s, afraid was the site of some of the ruling government that spies through worst slum tenements in the eyes of childrencapital. At last he finds a way outSome 50 years' earlier, his luck just needs to hold. Hanh also lives Charles Dickens lived in povertythis part of London and although he had died by the time this is set, desperately trying to help her sick mother with the pittance she earns depiction of the poverty is not far from cleaning one of what we would term Dickensian. The book is narrated by David Wildeblood, who is a principled but naive young man who finds employment as an 'investigator' for the citycharismatic Mr Marchmont's many open latrines. Then one day she meets someone ''The Labouring Classes of London'' - a strange mix of social geography and journalism publishing regular stories of the poor who offers so much more. His name is Alexanderreside in the slums of London.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>17820632180099575159</amazonuk>

|author=Jon RobinsonJulia Green|title=NowhereThis Northern Sky|rating=34.5

|summary=There are 100 teenagers trapped in Kate is not happy. Still raw from the disaster with Sam, she's been whisked away on a long holiday with her parents to a remote Hebridean island. Even discounting a prison for crimes they donbroken heart, this is not the type of holiday a vivacious teenage girl wants to go on. And there't remember committings more. Does anyone know theyKate're there? What do the people holding them there want? s parents have been rowing of late. And will they ever break out?she knows that this holiday is a last ditch attempt to save their marriage. It's not something she wants to sit and observe, day after day. |amazonuk=<amazonuk>014134654X1408820692</amazonuk>

|author=Alain MabanckouMargo Lanagan|title=Tomorrow I'll Be TwentyYellowcake|rating=5|genre=General Fiction|summary=Michel is as carefree as any child can be during that difficult process called 'growing up'4. Here in Congo Brazzaville he has his best friend Lounes, a crush on Caroline (his best friend's sister), the hassles of school and a family consisting of two mothers in two houses which seems perfectly normal. He's also being educated about the world by his father; a world that changes daily as it's 1979. Never mind, he can always marry Caroline as long as he meets her conditions: she requires children, a red 5-seater car and a white dog.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1846685842</amazonuk>}} {{newreview|author=Melvin Burgess|title=Krispy Whispers|rating=4

|summary=''A woman stops you in the road and gazes fearfully into the pramWe should always make time for short stories. "Your babies Especially if they are not human," she sayswritten by Margo Lanagan. Then she runs off.'' Ooh! Alien changelings! Cuckoos in the nest? Are they really? Really, really, really? Can you be sure? So begins the first story in In ''Krispy WhispersYellowcake'', a series of flash fictions by Bookbag favourite Melvin Burgesstraveller boy uses three items to reunite an old man with his memories. You also get A boy with a girl dreaming of riches, crippled foot watches his townfolk butcher a lonely woman who finds a pet and beautiful creature washed up in their harbour. Rapunzel gets a boyfriend too closely together for mere coincidencemakeover in which things turn out differently. And a priest who actually meets GodWe find out how the Ferryman of the Dead became the Ferrywoman. And a very worrisome monster. Concentrate hard. Because you'll need to keep up..more.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>B00DAC68EM1849921113</amazonuk>

|author=Anne FineDavid Levithan and Andrea Cremer|title=Blood FamilyInvisibility|rating=4.5

|summary=''Blood Family'' Stephen is the companion novel to Anne Finecursed with invisibility. He's never been seen by anyone, even his parents. Elizabeth isn't invisible, but sometimes she wishes she was. After problems back home, she'The Devil Walks''. Both books feature s hoping to make a boy locked away from new start in New York City by blending into the world background. Then she meets Stephen, and what happens when he can see him. What is rescued. 'it about her that's so special? The Devil Walks'' is two fall for each other hard - but in a Gothic shiver taleworld full of spells and curses, set in the past but ''Blood Family'' is does love stand a contemporary story, exploring what happens to children who have been abused and how their lives are affected. chance?|amazonuk=<amazonuk>08575324050141348879</amazonuk>

|author=Marie HarbonChris Ward|title=Seven Point EightOut of Office: The First ChronicleWork Where You Like and Achieve More|rating=3.5|genre=Science FictionLifestyle|summary=Following several main characters - scientist Paul'Imbibe coffee and become imbued with an entrepreneurial spirit' would be an apt summary of the gist of 'Out of Office' by Chris Ward. If you choose to read the book, businessman Maxbe prepared to receive inspiration rather than practical instruction on how to build an empire, remote viewer Tahra and mystery woman Ava - across two time frames spanning the 1940s if anything. This is not to discredit the present daybook; it is attractively designed, ''Seven Point Eight'' blends science fiction full of fundraising event photos and company founder portraits, motivational quotes and fantasy brief enthusiastic testimonies of the interviewees featured. But in a sprawlingterms of content, absorbing, diffuse novel it doesn’t offer substantial advice on how to make that will attract fans leap from the office cubicle – a context quite heavily vilified by Ward – to the existence of both genresthe creatively liberated mover and shaker.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>B005IBYKC00957612303</amazonuk>

|author=Manuel RivasRuth Thomas|title=All Is SilenceThe Home Corner

|genre=Literary General Fiction|summary=The small community of Noitía is When you finish your Highers, you’re supposed to go on to university, especially if you’re a place where everyone knows each other and each other’s businessgirl like Luisa. But she’s failed hers, which considering most of the adults are involved in the one business, smugglingso for now higher education is out, and working is potentially dangerous knowledgeunfortunately in. We follow So, she finds a small group of three young friends growing up job working as a classroom assistant in the area as they play a primary school. It’s not something she ever wanted to do, and learn and even experience she finds herself in a little weird sort of the black market dealings. They stumble across limbo, at a stash of smuggled whisky and are caught by life stage somewhere between the charismatic king pin responsible for the traffickingchildren in her class, who teaches them that silence is the most important lesson to learn when growing and her proper grown-up in Noitíaadult colleagues.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>184655568X057123061X</amazonuk>

|author=Royce ProutyKate Maryon|title=Stoker's ManuscriptInvisible Girl|rating=4.5|genre=FantasyConfident Readers|summary=In a world where vampires are The day that it happened, that everything changed for Gabriella had felt the new romantic heroes, Stoker’s Manuscript is same as any other. If she had realised that she would not sleep in her own bed again she may have snuggled down for a bit little longer. If she had known how very hungry she would get she would have made time for an extra piece of a Godsendtoast that morning. If Gabriella had known what was going to happen she may have begged her Dad to change his mind. IHowever in the space of twenty four hours Gabriella was to lose her home, for oneher Dad, am absolutely delighted her school and her best friend. She finds herself totally alone and stakes everything on being able to find some good old fashioned evil as sinher brother, night dwellingBeckett, blood guzzling, crucifix hating Romanian villainswhom she has not seen for several years. Of course, this means sacrificing sexiness, romance She believes if she can find Beckett she will have found a home and attractively sulking out of a window but since what we get in exchange is stunning views of Transylvania, thought-through biology (for want of a better word) of the creatures and stakes that are elevated beyond one person, I say sharpen up the spike pitfamily.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>00995744540007466900</amazonuk>

|author=Paul HollywoodPeter Bently and Russel Ayto|title=Paul Hollywood's Bread: How to make great breads into even greater mealsDustbin Dad|rating=3.5|genre=CookeryEmerging Readers|summary=It was a happy accident which started me watching Paul Hollywood's television series about bread and baking - and it quickly became compulsive viewing. We were predisposed to the basic idea as it's many years since we last bought Dustbin Dad'' is a loaf, but we've always used cautionary tale aimed at all of those children who leave food on their plate at the end of a bread-makermeal. The results have been good and far Dad likes nothing better than anything you could buy anywhere but an artisan bakeryto polish off the leftovers, but there are limitations as much to what you can makethe disgust of his family. I was tempted to see what else we could achieve and whilst the television series didn't promise One day, however, he gobbles down a pint of something that tastes like fish chowder. Unfortunately, it would be ''easy'' is cat medicine and it did leave me with confidence that we could do ''better''has some very strange side effects indeed, as dad discovers when he hears a loud rip and a long tail pops out of the back of his trousers.. Buying the book was the next step.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>14088406931847388744</amazonuk>

|author=Mike SmithEllen Crimi-Trent|title=The Hundred Decker BusMy School Day|rating=4.5

|summary=Can you imagine if one dayThe feature that initially attracted me to ''My School Day'' was the huge, you're interactive clock face on the bus front cover. Learning to town and suddenly tell the driver decides to take a different road? Perhaps he carries on down this roadtime is such an important life skill, just to see where it might gobut sometimes young children can struggle with the concept. I know what I'd be doingA hands-on approach, combining the senses of sight and it isn't sitting happily in my seat waiting to see where we end up! However, in fiction anything touch can happen be an effective method of teaching. The child is learning through play and in this story, when having lots of fun at the driver heads off on his own little jaunt, his passengers come along quite happily with him!same time.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>02307545891849158533</amazonuk>

|author=Gillian Shields and Cally Johnson-IsaacsFuminori Nakamura|title=Elephantantrum!Evil and the Mask

|genre=For SharingCrime|summary=Ellie The novel begins when the protagonist is one only eleven years old, and spans the rest of ''those'' children. You knowhis life, alternating between the sort you see lying on past and the floor present in the supermarket screaming that they won't go anywhere first half of the novel, until you buy them we catch up with the present day. At the start young Fumihiro is summoned to the room of his elderly father, the pink fairy doll with present president of the flashing wandKuki Group of interlinked corporations across Japan. WeWhat transpires next is a monologue from Fumihiro've all been theres father, or at least I have an awful memory of trying telling the boy he was bred to fold my daughter back into her pushchair in M&S and her going stiff as be a board cancer on the world and screaming a high pitched scream for what felt like 5 hours rather than 5 minutes! Anywayspread unhappiness. Fumihiro's father ends with introducing Fumihiro to his new adopted sister, Ellie gets whatever she wants when she wants itKaori, and this time sheinforming them both that when they turn fourteen Kaori will be an integral cog in the plan to break Fumihiro's decided that she wants an elephant. Her dad manages spirit; to get her one, but once the elephant arrives Ellie finds that sometimes getting what you wish for isn't quite what you actually wanted..show him hell'.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>14449040191616952121</amazonuk>

|author=Peter MooreKatherine Longshore|title=Damn His Blood: Being a True and Detailed History of the Most Barbarous and Inhumane Murder at Oddingley and the Quick and Awful RetributionTarnish|rating=4.5|genre=True CrimeTeens|summary=In 1806 Anne Boleyn is coming back to court. After suffering embarrassment and exile, Anne is not about to let this second chance slip through her fingers. But the Reverend George Parker was Rector trickery of Oddingleycourt life is difficult to navigate, and telling friend from foe can be the difference between social success and becoming a quiet little Worcestershire villagepariah. Married with a small daughterLuckily she has the help of Thomas Wyatt, he was also a part-time farmer poet and kept a herd of four dairy cows which were taken by a servant infamous womaniser. He promises to graze in a meadow in make Anne the north of most popular woman at court, and when Anne starts to play his parish every morninggame, things start to escalate far further than anyone ever imagined. This gave him For not only does Anne manage to get the chance to enjoy a gentle stroll along court eating out of her hand, but the peaceful lanes when he went King is starting to fetch them home in the afternoon for milkingsit up and take notice too...|amazonuk=<amazonuk>00995546741471116964</amazonuk>

|author=Hilary ReylSahar Delijani|title=Lessons In FrenchChildren of the Jacaranda Tree|rating=3.54|genre=General FictionCrime|summary=American graduate Kate leaves the States Azar is in labour and about to give birth to her first child. Elsewhere she'd be looking forward to medical care for as long as she needs it and a job in Paris, working for good chance of a [[The Devil Wears Prada by Lauren Weisberger]] style boss, world famous photo-journalist Lydia Schellsafe delivery. She’s lived But this is Iran in France before, so she thinks she knows what she’s letting herself 1983 and Azar is in for. She doesn’t. So while the title doesn’t refer to the language itself (she is beautifully fluent even before she arrives), there are many lessons notorious Evin Prison for her daring to learn, believe in something different from how the government. Amil saves date stones to act as make into a go-between bracelet for Lydia and her husband Clarence (and his graduate students), to how to handle the handsome Olivier and little baby as she grows into a child without him; he too is incarcerated. Even those on the ''bon chic bon genre'' boys, outside need to where to source the lavish ingredients be wary of what they say or do as Laila discovers when hair falls over her employer needs for dinner or how to make a proper timelineface while she's out walking. The Berlin Wall is about This isn’t the brave new world that the revolution was meant to fallprovide, however it is the continent is buzzingworld in which they, their children and Kate is a part of it, for better or worsechildren's children will need to survive.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>00074462680297869027</amazonuk>

|author=Frances BrodyHelen Smith|title=Murder In The Afternoon: (Kate Shackleton Mysteries)Invitation to Die|rating=4.5|genre=Crime (Historical)|summary=Kate Shackleton's business as I must confess I feel a private investigator is beginning little apprehensive writing this review. Why? It has to attract interest but when there's a loud banging on the door very early one morning she soon learns do with the truth subject matter of the old adage that when family comes book, a murder mystery set in, money doesn'ta London Hotel. The visitor murder victim ''just'looks'' familiar but Kate can't quite place where shehappens's seen the woman before. Eventually it emerges that Mary Jane Armstrong is Kate's sister. Kate was adopted as to be a baby blogger who writes book reviews [laughs to self nervously] and knew nothing one of her natural family but Mary Jane needs help. Her children had the key suspects is a writer who has taken food for their father offense at the quarry where he worked and ten-year-old Harriet reported finding poor reception that her father dead on the floor of the hut, but when searchers returned to the quarry there was no sign of a body or of Ethan Armstrong eitherbook has received online. Local opinion said I keep telling myself that her husband had abandoned them, but Mary Jane believed her daughterthis is only fiction. ''Only'' ''fiction''.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>07499548761477807306</amazonuk>

|author=Ryu MurakamiVictoria Eveleigh|title=From The Fatherland, With LoveJoe and the Hidden Horseshoe|rating=4.5|genre=Literary FictionConfident Readers|summary=From The FatherlandJoe did not want to move. Birmingham suited him just fine. It was where his friends were and his school - and he'd got life sorted quite nicely. But his father had got his dream job as head of a group of village primary schools and the family - Mum, Dad, With Love is Joe and his younger sister Emily - moved to a 2005 Japanese novel set farmhouse in the then-near future of 2011Devon. Fatherland (as I will abbreviate His Mum was determined that she and Emily would have ponies to ride and not being prone to thinking things through before acting it) explores wasn't long before Lady and Lightning arrived in a horsebox. Mum should have made checks on the social ponies before deciding to buy them and political ramifications of one speculative scenario: what if North Korea invaded Japan?she should have been even more wary when the ponies were delivered with little ceremony. But she wasn't.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1908968451144400591X</amazonuk>

|author=Elizabeth LoupasJeremy Strong and Scoular Anderson|title=The Second DuchessChuckle Bob's Great Escape

|genre=Crime (Historical)Confident Readers|summary=Elizabeth Loupas, it seems, was not Chuckle Bob looks positively wicked in the first author illustration of this book, but then who can blame him for feeling a bit cranky? He wants to be inspired by swing in the intrigue trees and scandal of run in the renaissance court of Ferreragrass, not sit in a cage all day. The poem 'My Last Duchess' by Robert BrowningWhen he sees a chance to escape, he takes it, first published causing all sorts of mayhem in 1842 is an elegiac account reflecting the popular view that Duke Alfonso d’Este murdered his first wife Lucrezia de Medici because of her unfaithfulnessprocess. Loupas explores some Once out of his cage he turns the themes raised in entire pet shop into a disaster zone. He lets the poem and cleverly combines elements of Browning’s work with true historical accounts to create an appealing murder-mystery set against parrot loose, but it falls into the sumptuous backdrop of renaissance Italyfish tank.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1848093837</amazonuk>}} {{newreview|author=Emma Straub|title=Laura LamontFish get knocked everywhere, including down the pet store assistant's Life in Pictures|rating=3.5|genre=Historical Fiction|summary=Small town girl Ella Emerson loves acting - her father runs the Cherry County Playhousetop, and she's always been captivated by then he lets out the stagegerbils and rabbits as well. She loves watching While Mr Rush, the actors perform, pet store owner and getting involved in shows where she can. Following a family tragedyhis assistant Maya try to deal with all the mischief he has caused, thoughan unsuspecting customer enters the door, she moves to Hollywood to marry an actor and reinvents herself as Laura Lamont. QuicklyChuckle Bob makes his escape, she outshines her new husbandwith just a bit more mayhem of course. Can her success, and their relationship, last?|amazonuk=<amazonuk>14472032081781122156</amazonuk>

|author=Suzanne RindellRobert Sellers|title=What Fresh Lunacy is This?: The Other TypistAuthorised Biography of Oliver Reed

|genre=Literary FictionBiography|summary=The Other Typist is set in 1920s New York CityFor rather more of his career than he, with Prohibition at its height his family and Rose Bakerclosest friends might have liked, an orphaned young womanthe name Oliver Reed was a byword for booze, working as a police typistbrawls and all types of laddish behaviour. While she has no real friends As Sellers’ very full and remarkably objective biography reveals, she's good it was a funny yet sad life all at her job and seems once. For although he repeatedly played up to have the respect image of the Sergeantlovable rogue which he had created, whom she admires and underneath the Lieutenant Detective, whom she's less keen bad boy of popular legend he was at heart a professional actor who could always deliver a first-rate performance on. Then a perfect storm comes into their lives, in the shape of the enchanting Odalie, and nothing will be the same againfilm set when required.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0241002885147210112X</amazonuk>

|author=Alex GutteridgeLisa Cutts|title=Last Chance AngelNever Forget|rating=3.54|genre=TeensCrime|summary=Jess turns up at DC Nina Foster isn't ''that'' unusual in the gates of Heaven police force. She's perhaps a few days early, causing little overweight and a major headache for Darren little too fond of wine. Her relationships don't tend to last but then the Angel of Deathunpredictable hours which the job demands don't help in that area. To keep her quiet She has some good friends within the force - part camaraderie, he agrees part common interest and a lot of knowledge that she can go that these are the people you might be relying on in an emergency. Nina does have one secret though and it relates back to Earth her childhood. She does her best not to give what happened to her any room in an invisible form to see her friends head and family most of the time it works. Most people have no idea about her history. Then a frenzied stabbing pulls Nina into her first murder investigation and say goodbyethe Major Incident Room. Can she find closure, or even a way to stay alive?|amazonuk=<amazonuk>18487729981908434260</amazonuk>

|author=Anna DewdneyChristopher Fowler|title=Llama Llama Shopping DramaBryant and May and the Invisible Code|rating=4.5|genre=For SharingCrime|summary=It's Never judge a few months since we [[Llama Llama Red Pyjama book by Anna Dewdney|first met]] Llama Llamaits cover? Oh come on.. At the time he was suffering from night-time terrors, but today Mama is taking Llama Llama shopping and she promises that there'll be a treat when it's all finished. Llama Llama was happily playing in the sun: he doesnDoesn't ''want'' that do a huge disservice to go shopping and the trip doesn't begin well. It's a big buildingarmy of graphic designers designing those covers? To be fair, with lots of signs and lots of aisles. He doesnthe designers don't like the music, get the ladies around all small far too sweet final say and hewe's staring at their ''knees''. And ve all read things thatdidn's ''before'' he gets to t do what they said on the agony of trying on sweaters and shoes. You know whattin, but I think it's going time we started giving a bit of credit to happen, don't you? Well, Llama Llama does it big timethose that do.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>14449109060857500953</amazonuk>

|author=Richard MabeyFrancesca Simon and Tony Ross|title=The Ash and the BeechHorrid Henry's Nightmare

|genre=ReferenceConfident Readers|summary=Horrid Henry was the first chapter book my son ever read alone. It was quickly followed by a succession of books in the series and my son''The Ash s confidence in reading grew by leaps and bounds with this engaging series that gets young children reading and keeps them reading. The Beech'' simple fact is an updated version of Mabey’s popular ''Beechcombings'', which has been given with such a new foreword and afterword by the author large number of books in light of the recent issues concerning ash die-backseries, which currently threatens Britain’s ash populationany child who reads through the whole lot will improve their reading skills. Mabey expands on this topic by examining the history of British trees, particularly the Beech and how it As he has managed to survive and adapt over the centuries despite threats from wargrown older, fellinghis tastes in books have changed, disease but as I sat down to read 'Horrid Henry's Nightmare' to my four year old he was happy to listen in as well and storms. He raises some important and thought-provoking ideas and questions whether our constant intervention in such cases serves to do more harm than goodwe all enjoyed sharing this book as a family.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>00995872381444000160</amazonuk>

|author=Ioanna Bourazopoulou and Yannis Panas (Translator)Claudia Pineiro|title=What Lot's Wife SawA Crack in the Wall|rating=4.5|genre=Science FictionThrillers|summary= It's been over 20 years since The Overflow came, flooding half Pablo Simó is an architect on the verge of Europe. Around the same time Violet Salt, a new multi-functional mineral, appeared, its production now governed globally by the mysterious, all-powerful Consortiummid life crisis. Meanwhile back in Europe The ColonyHis work, a haven for those escaping floods marriage and indeed justice, general life is ruled governed more by Governor Bera habit and six officialsroutine than anything, leaving him to ponder over the 'Purple Stars'attractions of his colleague Marta with whom he suspects his boss may be having a relationship. All seems to be well in When a young girl enters the office asking if anyone knows a despoticman called Nelson Jara, lawless way until the six wake up to the realisation three architects deny all knowledge, but they do know him. He was involved in a claim that one of the Governor has died mysteriously practice's projects caused a crack in the night. The Consortium needs answers so choose the greatest crossword compiler wall of his apartment and how this was resolved is something all three of the age, Phileas Book, to investigate, whether he wants to or notthem would rather forget.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>18450254741908524081</amazonuk>

|author=Sarah SkiltonMarlen Haushofer|title=BruisedNowhere Ending Sky|rating=4.5|genre=TeensLiterary Fiction|summary=Imogen Little Meta is growing up in a black belt in Tae Kwon Do. She's childhood paradise with two parents who love her grandmaster's top student. Agile, strong, and confident, she has dedicated years of her life a younger brother to tease and train to do all the things that Meta wants him to becoming this good. Then she gets However the chance to use her skills when sheworld outside Meta's involved in an attempted hold-up at a diner - paradise will soon change beyond all recognition as the Austria and freezes completely. The gunman gets shot, Germany of the 1920s makes way for the Austria and she blames herself, losing all Germany of her confidencethe 1930s. What good is Tae Kwon Do in the real world if she can't bring herself to do anything with it?|amazonuk=<amazonuk>14197038700704373130</amazonuk>

|author=Joanna PhilbinLea Carpenter|title=Rules of SummerEleven Days|rating=24.5|genre=TeensLiterary Fiction|summary=Rory wanted Sara raised Jason alone; even when she was with his father it felt as if she was a lone parent. Jason's father always seemed to get be away from doing something indefinable abroad; then he disappeared leaving her mother, even if it means working as an errand girl for the wealthy Rule familycompletely. Two years later Jason's father was dead. Isabel Rule just wanted However Jason is a summer romance with lad to be proud of, never giving Sara a hot guy. I wanted moment's trouble and now a fun read with engaging characters. Guess which member of the three of us was disappointed?elite US Navy SEALS. Now he's missing in action… Now she has to hang on and hope.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>03490016421444776231</amazonuk>

|author=Alice ThompsonFiona McIntosh|title=Burnt IslandThe Lavender Keeper|rating=4.5|genre=HorrorThrillers|summary=Max Long is Provence 1942: Lavender farmer Luc Bonet joins the Maquis (a semi-successful author and has had seven novels published, none rural guerrilla wing of which were bestsellers. Max is unsatisfied with the critical and sales responses for his books and is determined to write a story that will rocket him French Resistance) to stardom and avenge the bestseller listdeath of his adoptive Jewish family. Burnt Island Meanwhile in London gifted linguist Lisette Forester is recruited by the Special Operations Executive (SOE), a remote rocky outpost in the ocean that he believes will inspire him group of trained specialists parachuted into enemy territory to send vital information back to write a novel for the masseshomeland. He lodges Their paths will cross as Lisette is sent into France with another author on the island and although meaning to concentrate on his writing he is distracted by the people and the creepy atmosphere aim of the isleingratiating herself with Nazi Colonel Markus Kilian. Something The mission is not at all what it seems clear cut on Burnt Islandpaper, but is it of Max's creation or something that was already waiting for him?life can be messier than any plan can predict.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>19077734870749013443</amazonuk>

|author=Bee RidgwayTatyana Feeney|title=The River of No ReturnLittle Owl's Orange Scarf|rating=4.5|genre=FantasyFor Sharing|summary= Nick was born in England in 1790 Little Owl's Mummy knitted him a scarf. A long, itchy, orange scarf, and is rather partial to pickled bits of pig and beef jelly. Little Owl does not like it! He finds this rather difficult tries to explain to his girlfriendsget rid of it, him being using it as wrapping for a young man gift, and this being Americahiding it in a suitcase bound for Peru, 2013. His 19th century Napoleonic war wounds are hard to explain away toobut no luck! Mummy finds it every time. His second lease Then one day, Little Owl goes on life in the 21st century is thanks a school visit to the mysterious Guild whose main rule is that no one can return to the time or zoo and he comes home country from which they originated. He doesn't mind as they pay him well for without his silence but all this is about to change. Eventually they seem to think that they can send him back and won't take no for an answerscarf. Any thought of a possible catch is suppressed by thoughts of Julia, the girl Nick left behind in England. It's all a bit fishy though.What will Mummy say?|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0718176987019279454X</amazonuk>

|author=Leo TimmersSimon Urban and Katy Derbyshire (Translator)|title=BangPlan D|rating=4.5|genre=For SharingCrime|summary=It all starts with a deer in a bright yellow carOctober 2011 and the Berlin wall is still intact. He has a stack Inspector Martin Wegener of books tied to the back East German People's Police faces another day dividing his mind between thoughts of his car, but couldnluscious ex-lover Karolina and work. On this particular day 'work't resist reading one while he drives. It might have been OK if is a bin had not fallen body found hanging from the lorry in front GDR section of him, but engrossed in his book he never notices until with a very loud ''bang'' he comes crashing gas pipeline that joins Russian to a stopEurope. This sets off a chain reaction resulting in a ten-car pile up as every car but one comes crashing into the car in front of it. The quick thinking of Mr Gecko means Not only is he is able to stop just in time with a screech of the brakeshanging, but Mr Penguin in the ice cream van is not so lucky, crashing into the gecko deceased has eight knots round his neck and his truck load of multi coloured paint shoe laces are tied together: a Stasi trademark. Who is he and forcing why are the Gecko forward Stasi killing again? Martin needs answers and they're sending a West Berlin detective in to smash into help him find them; not the last car in the pile upbest start to a day.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>18775791811846556929</amazonuk>

|author=Tim ParksLucy Cruickshanks|title=Sex is ForbiddenThe Trader of Saigon|rating=4.5

|summary=Tim Parks's ''Sex is Forbidden'' is narrated by twenty-something, Beth. She's working as a volunteer server at a Buddhist retreat called the Dasgupta Institute where she has been for the last nine months although In the book covers one ten day cycle Saigon of retreat. The Dasgupta Institute imposes bans on attendees, although the conditions are slightly less onerous on 1980s the servers who, nevertheless are expected to join in Vietnam War is over but the meditationstraces remain. There's no talking, no writing, no mingling of Alexander has deserted from the sexes US army and no physical or even eye contactmakes a comfortable living selling girls to local business men. One day Beth, still Phuc used to be a rebel at heartbusiness man, wanders into complete with mansion and the men's side where she discoverers an attendee is keeping a diary where he is contemplating means to keep his moment of crisis wife and she is hookedthree children in affluence. The revealing Now his family live in a shanty hut, afraid of the past ruling government that has driven both Beth and spies through the mysterious diary keeper eyes of children. At last he finds a way out, his luck just needs to hold. Hanh also lives in poverty, desperately trying to such an austere retreat is part of help her sick mother with the intrigue pittance she earns from cleaning one of the book, but while there is an inevitable focus on introspection and new age thinking, Bethcity's tone many open latrines. Then one day she meets someone who offers so much more. His name is delightfully sceptical and feels very authentic. It's almost impossible not to feel for her plight and to admire her approachAlexander.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>00995658971782063218</amazonuk>

|author=Marguerite Abouet and Mathieu SapinAlain Mabanckou|title=AkissiTomorrow I'll Be Twenty

|genre=For SharingGeneral Fiction|summary=Many parents are becoming upset with the over sexualisation of female characters in childrenMichel is as carefree as any child can be during that difficult process called 's films and books. I know many are also fed growing up with the stereotyped princess character. If you are looking for a book for a little girl who doesn't suit the stereotypes, Akissi is absolutely perfect. In addition to breaking stereo types Here in childrenCongo Brazzaville he has his best friend Lounes, a crush on Caroline (his best friend's literaturesister), this book gives children the hassles of school and a first hand look at life family consisting of two mothers in another countrytwo houses which seems perfectly normal. I have often read He's also being educated about the world by his father; a world that children exposed to stories of other cultures usually grow up more tolerant. Whether changes daily as it is the stories themselves, or simply the type of parent who chooses that type of story, I don't knows 1979. Still I have Never mind, he can always gone out of my way to make sure my marry Caroline as long as he meets her conditions: she requires children have books which depict children from , a wide variety of locations red 5-seater car and cultures. This book gives the reader a very realistic vision of what life in Africa might be like. Best of all though, this book lets the children just be children. They don't look like adults and they don't act like adults. I think we need more books like thiswhite dog.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>190926301X1846685842</amazonuk>

|author=Tor FreemanMarie Harbon <!-- 6/12 -->|title=Seven Point Eight: The Toucan BrothersFirst Chronicle|rating=3.5|genre=For SharingScience Fiction|summary=I hate to mention illustrations before mentioning the story with a children's bookFollowing several main characters - scientist Paul, but the illustrations are clearly the first thing you will notice with the book. My childrenbusinessman Max, drawn by remote viewer Tahra and mystery woman Ava - across two time frames spanning the illustrations, had this pulled out of the box of books it came in and were sitting down reading it before I could even sort through 1940s to the rest. As soon as I saw thispresent day, I thought of [[:Category:Richard Scarry|Richard Scarry]]. The illustrations are highly reminiscent of Scarry's work, but if anything these are bolder, brighter 'Seven Point Eight'' blends science fiction and busier. If you have fantasy in a child who is a visual learnersprawling, absorbing, or who needs plenty diffuse novel that will attract fans of visual cues when reading, this book is definitely one you want to take a closer look at. The expressions on the characters faces are perfect and each page literally seems to come to life with so many activities going onboth genres.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1447218639B005IBYKC0</amazonuk>