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 =='''25 JUNE9 MAY'''== 
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|author=Laura Imai MessinaTom Percival|title=The Phone Box at the End of the WorldWrong Shoes
|rating=5
|genre=Literary FictionConfident Readers|summary= In the northeast of JapanWill's life is difficult, in Inwate Prefecture a man installed a telephone box in his gardenmultitude of ways. He is bullied because he has 'the wrong shoes'Inside there is an old black, telephonehe has the wrong shoes because his dad can't work and doesn't have enough money for even the most basic of things like food, disconnectedand his dad can't work because he lost his job at the college, was working a cash-in-hand job on a building site and had an accident. Throw into that carries voices into mix the windfact that his mum and dad are separated, and Will's life seems bleak in every direction.'' It is a real place And yet, he still has a necessary placetiny amount of hope. He is good at art, and I am pleased clings to see the IMPORTANT NOTE that the author attaches to her storymoments of joy when he is drawing, that feel like a light at the place is not a tourist destination, it is end of a sacred placelong, a place that must be left to those who really need itdark tunnel.|isbn=178658039X1398527122
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 =='''1 JULY23 MAY'''== 
{{Frontpage
|author=Angela MackOnyi Nwabineli|title=I Am Unworthy|rating=4|genre=Teens|summary= Isabel is determined to start fresh. Start again. Sixth form will be different. Her tormentor doesn't go to Gilleford Secondary School anymore. She can escape the hurt, the fear, and the person she became. Josh is determined to keep going, even through the rage, the pain, and using his fists to solve any problem or situation. But he has secrets that threaten to tear him and his brothers apart. When Josh and Isabel's worlds collide, can they make their relationship work? Can they both finally be happy? Or will Josh's time run out?|isbn=B089FL7H4H}} =='''9 JULY'''== {{Frontpage|author= Helly Acton|title= The Shelf|rating= 4|genre= Women's Fiction|summary= When we meet Amy, she's in a relationship with Jamie. You can't really call it a partnership, because things tend to get done on his terms, but she's sticking around because she hopes she can change him. Ah, yes. Haven't we all been there? Things are looking up when he tells her to pack for a surprise trip. Could this be it? Is he ''finally'' going Allow Me to get down on one knee? Was the work (and the wait) worth it?|isbn=1838770879}}{{Frontpage|author=Kat Ellis|title=Harrow LakeIntroduce Myself
|rating=4.5
|genre=TeensGeneral Fiction|summary=When we first meet 17-year-old Lola, daughter Anuri spent her childhood on display to legendary horror movie director Nolan Noxthe world, she is saying goodbye thanks to New York City her step- by sneaking out and stealing from its residents. But when she is found by her fathermother Ophelia's assistant and forced to come homeincreasingly popular presence on social media, where she arrives to find an unlocked door, a trail posted every step of blood, Anuri's childhood for sponsorships and influencer deals and her father dying in his study. And so, while he recoversbasically, monetary gain. Now Anuri is in her twenties and she is sent off slowly trying to regain her confidence and to live with get her grandmother in Harrow Lakelife back, suing her step-mother to take down the small 1920s town in Indiana that served as the location for the film that made content about her parents famous. But something about this place isn't right. There's a darkness inside the Anuri is battling alcoholism, failing to start her PhD, undergoing therapy and secretly abusing people hereonline and receiving money from them for doing so. Secrets Most importantly, she is desperately worried about her mother and dark tales little sister, who is the new focus of the townOphelia's cannibal monster 'Mister Jitters' fill every corner, and disturbing happenings plague Lolaonline empire. But with every passing hour, secrets long buried come painfully to light and Can she begins to think that these stories may not be stories at allsave her sister, and something very real perhaps herself and sinister lurks in Harrow Lake.her relationship with her father at the same time?|isbn=02413970490861546873
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 =='''13 JULY4 JUNE'''== 
{{Frontpage
|author=Sakinu AhronglongStuart Douglas|title=Hunter School|rating=4.5|genre=Autobiography|summary= The flyleaf to this little collection tells us that it is a work of fiction. That's possibly misleading. I am not sure whether it is "fiction" in the sense that Ahronglong made it all up, or whether it is as the blurb goes on to say ''recollections, folklore Lowe and autobiographical stories''. It feels like the latter. It feels like the stories he tells about his experiences as a child, as an adolescent, as an adult are real and true. But memory is a fickle thing, and maybe poetic licence has taken over here and there and maybe calling it fiction means that its safer and therefore more people will read it. More people should.|isbn=1999791282}} =='''16 JULY'''=={{Frontpage|isbn=1787301435|title=Dark Waters|author=G R Halliday|rating=4|genre=Crime|summary=Twenty-two-year-old Annabelle Whittaker made her second mistake when she opted to drive down the private road in Glen Turrit. It was a long road through some breathLe Breton Mysteries -taking scenery and she could push the car to its limits without fear of being caught speeding. When the blond child stepped out in front of her she instinctively jerked the steering wheel and hit a tree. When she came round after the accident she couldn't work out where she was, but it obviously wasn't a conventional hospital. She'd made her first mistake some time ago, although the realisation wouldn't be obvious to her for a long time. She'd made it when she chose to have her father buy her a pale blue BMW M4.}}=='''23 July'''=={{Frontpage|isbn=1473682401|title=The Turning Tide (Dandy Gilver)|author=Catriona McPherson|rating=4|genre=Crime (Historical)|summary=Those who were with us at the end of [[A Step So Grave (Dandy Gilver) by Catriona McPherson|A Step So Grave]] will remember that Donald was engaged to Mallory Dunnoch. They're now married and Mallory is having twins. When they arrive no one can doubt the charms of Lavinia Dahlia Cherry and her brother, Edward Hugh Lachlan Gilver. There are two drawbacks: they're noisy and they're staying with Dandy and Hugh. Dandy and her detective partner, Alec Osborne, had not taken up the chance to look into a problem Death at the Cramond ferry when it was offered to them twice before, but suddenly the possibility of being out of the house at Gilverton seems irresistible.}}{{Frontpage|isbn=1785765698|title=Shed No Tears|author=Caz FrearDress Rehearsal|rating=43.5
|genre=Crime
|summary=In November 2012 Christopher MastersDuring location filming for his 1970's sitcom 'Floggit and Leggit', the leading man who would become known as 'Edward Lowe stumbles across the roommate killer', strangled three women in dead body of a fortnight. When he was arrested he admitted woman on the killingsedge of a reservoir. A fourth The police seem happy to assign it as an accidental death was attributed to him - that of Holly Kemp - and on occasions, Masters admitted to but something about the killingwhole thing bothers Lowe, then and he denied it - then admitted itenlists the help of a fellow actor, then denied itJohn Le Breton to help him investigate matters further. He played with They travel across the policecountry during their days off filming, uncovering more possible murders and, seemingly, but there was sufficient evidence on the first three killings a link to put him away for a long time and death during the CPS were not convinced about the Holly Kemp caseSecond World War. There was no body and once Masters was murdered in prison, no hope of progressing But is there really a link between the case further.deaths? And will they manage to uncover who is responsible before more people lose their lives?|isbn=1803368209
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 =='''6 AUGUSTJUNE'''== 
{{Frontpage
|author=Non PrattKieran Larwood and Joe Todd-Stanton|title=Every Little Piece of My HeartDungeon Runners: Hero Trial
|rating=4
|genre=Teens
|summary= Freya was a beautiful, popular and complex girl, loved by many and seemingly stable in her existence as a queen bee 16-year-old student, complete with best friend and the promise of the end of GCSEs just months away. But one day, on January 1st, she just... left. No explanation. No warning. No goodbye. No one heard from her since. A once active social profile left deserted. So, when her best friend Sophie receives a mysterious parcel from her 5 months after, she expects it to contain answers of some kind, but is surprised to find the parcel contains another layer addressed to a complete stranger, and then another layer to another person and another, each containing an item unique to them and Freya, connecting 4 strangers through her mystery and the promise of 'treasure' at the end of it all. With each parcel, a new layer of the story and of Freya is unwrapped - and painful truths come to light that threaten to break bonds, both new and old. Can what's been broken be fixed? And why did Freya leave?
|isbn=1406366943
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=='''20 AUGUST'''==
 
{{Frontpage
|author=Jacqueline Wilson
|title=Love Frankie
|rating=4.5
|genre=Teens
|summary= Frankie is nearly fourteen. Being nearly fourteen is not easy when your mum has been diagnosed with MS when your dad has decided to leave her for another woman, when your older sister has turned into the girliest girl who ever lived, and, above all when Sally and her mates are bullying you at school. Oh, and when Sam, your best friend since forever, suddenly starts sending out signs that he might fancy you - and you don't fancy him back.
 
Poor Frankie!
|isbn= 0857535897
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{{Frontpage
|author= Adrian Tchaikovsky
|title= The Doors of Eden
|rating= 4.5
|genre=Science Fiction
|summary= Wow – this novel is gigantic, in every sense of the word. "Epic" is a word that's thrown around a lot these days, but if a book ever earned the name it's this one. It's a doorstopper full of big ideas, and at times it almost felt too big for my brain.
|isbn=1509865888
}}
 
=='''27 AUGUST'''==
 
{{Frontpage
|author= Samira Ahmed
|title= Mad, Bad and Dangerous to Know
|rating= 3.5
|genre=Teens
|summary=''In the end, we all become stories''
 
Spending the summer in Paris sounds like a dream for most people, especially art-lovers, but Khayyam can't relax and stop thinking about the mess she left behind in Chicago. On a chance encounter with a descendant of Alexandre Dumas, Khayyam finds herself on a historical journey with him to unveil the truth about the 19th century Muslim woman who may have crossed paths with Alendre Dumas, Eugene Delacroix and Lord Byron. As the two teenagers travel the city they not only discover themselves, but uncover the true story of the woman and why it was one that should never have been forgotten.
|isbn=0349003556
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=='''3 SEPTEMBER'''==
 
{{Frontpage
|author=Natasha Farrant
|title=Voyage of the Sparrowhawk
|rating=5
|genre=Confident Readers
|summary=Set Meet Kit. Like most of the people in England in the aftermath of World War Onehis world, it seems, this he is an avid fan of Dungeon Running – the story sport where a team of two childrenwarrior, Lotti mage and Benhealer enter specially prepared, century-old, who have lost everyone they lovemagical mazes, but don't want and race to let go of their lastthe exit, tiny glimpses of hopeperhaps bothering with the treasure or the big bad and the points they grant you along the way. Ben is living on a narrowboat on the canalUnfortunately for Kit, lying to the police about his brotheronly thing he's imminent return from seen of the latest race on the battlefields to take care of him. Lottiinn TV equivalent is that one team has been retired, meanwhileeaten, has been expelled from school and is back at home; it's a beautiful house that belongs to her but that her terrible Aunt and Uncle currently have guardianship for. The day Lotti meets Ben (the day she steals a dog!) new trio of questors is the beginning of a deep, and powerful friendshipneeded. It sees them become each other's familyPossibly very unfortunately indeed for Kit, and undertake a perilous trip he has taken to France, in the boat, to try to find out goading from the truth token bully of the people they both love.|isbn=0571348769}} ==his world and stumbled into declaring he'''8 SEPTEMBER'''== {{Frontpage|author=Sharon Doering|title=She Lies Close|rating=4|genre=Thrillers|summary= Ava Boone was five years old when she went missing, around 6 months agoll enter as a team. There has been no sign of her since What chance does this friendless, and no arrests muscle-free-zone have been made. And yet, this book is not about Ava. Not really. This book is about Grace, who has just discovered her neighbour in her new house is a suspect in Ava's disappearance. As a single mother to two young childrenactually managing that, she's really wishing this sort of information had come and how could he possibly hope to light before they moved in.succeed?|isbn=17890941941839945184
}}
 =='''10 SEPTEMBER13 JUNE'''== 
{{Frontpage
|authorisbn= Andrea Stewart1635866847|title= The Bone Shard Daughter (The Drowning Empire)Lavender Companion|author=Jessica Dunham and Terry Barlin Vesci
|rating=4.5
|genre= FantasyLifestyle|summary=It's strange, the things that make you 'I could never be what he wanted if I did not take what I wanted'immediately'' In an empire controlled by a bone shard magic feel that powers animal-like constructs, an heir to this is the thronebook for you. Before I started reading ''The Lavender Companion'', a smuggler, and a warrior will fight to find their place in I visited the worldauthor's [https://wwwLin is the emperorpinelavenderfarm.com/ website] and there's forgotten daughter, kept locked away in a palace picture of a slice of secrets chocolate cake on the homepage. I don't eat cakes and closed doorsdesserts - but I wanted that cake viscerally. When her father refuses to recognise her as heir to the throne, she vows to show him she is capable of reviving (There's a dying empire and recipe in secretthe book, she begins to unlock one door after another, searching for which I'm avoiding with some difficulty!!) Then I started reading the mysteries of her past book and the forbidden art I was told to make a mess of bone shard magic. Yet Lin is playing a deadly game and her quest for power will come at great costit. With revolution Notes in the air and creeping closer and closer margins are sanctioned. You get to fold down the gates corners of the palace, Lin must decide just how far she will to go to become pages. You suspect that smears of butter would not be a catalyst of change and save her peopleproblem. I ''loved'' this book already.|isbn=0356514943
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=='''1 OCTOBER4 JULY'''== 
{{Frontpage
|author=Tania UnsworthMax Boucherat|title=The Time Traveller and the TigerLast Life of Lori Mills
|rating=4.5
|genre=Confident Readers
|summary=Elsie is an ordinary sort of girl. The sort of small girl who often gets overlooked, and forgotten. She is quiet, and compliant, and makes We meet Lori on the first evening she's got the best of whatever happens house to her. So when her parents forget that her school holidays have started before they are free herself – no neighbour to take care of herpop in, they have to arrange for her to go and stay with her Great Uncle for a week. Poor Elsiebabysitter poorly, forgotten againmother at work, just decides to make the best of thingsan avidly rule-breaking eleven year old, on her lonesome. On investigating the house she finds that her Great Uncle had lived What could possibly go wrong? Snuggled in India as a boyblanket fort, and he she has an enormous tiger rug on the floor of one of the rooms. When Elsie asks him about the rug he seems unhappymain intention, and he says he has that is to keep it because he was the one who shot the tiger when he was 12 years old, and he says it was the worst thing he ever did. So when Elsie suddenly finds herself magically transported back many, many years, log on to the time in India when her Great Uncle was 12 years oldVoxminer, she believes that she must try to stop him from killing the tigerworld-building, in order to put something right critter-collecting game that happened is a long time ago.|isbn=1788541707}} ==hit in Lori'''19 AUGUST 2021'''== {{Frontpage|author=Anders de la Motte|title=End of Summer|rating=4|genre=Crime|summary= In the summer of 1983, little Billy Nilsson goes missings world. He was chasing But first Lori has a rabbit, through the gardentiny inkling that this stormy night doesn't find herself entirely on her own, and into the maize field behind. He has not been seen sincethen she finds something even more spooky. In For the present day, Veronica Lindh is a grief counsellor running group therapy sessions for the bereaved – although server she clearly has problems of her own: anxiety, panic attacks, a scar on and her arm that she keeps obsessively hidden bestie and she is barely hanging on nobody else should be able to her jobenter shows signs of tampering. It's clear that she has just returned to work after an episode that seems to have resulted in restraining orders against When malevolent eyes spark up on herphone screen, a deal of therapy, a change of location and her supervisor is watching closely. As safe place in the game has been doctored – well, he needs where is a girl to.turn?|isbn=17857682390008666482
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