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{{newreview|author=Heather <!-- Morris-->[[image:Morris_Auschwitz.jpg|title=The Tattooist of Auschwitzleft|ratinglink=4|genrehttps://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1785763644?ie=Historical FictionUTF8&tag=thebookbag-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1785763644]] |summary=So, you arrive in all ignorance at ==[[The Tattooist of Auschwitz, by Heather Morris]]=== [[image:4star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Historical Fiction|Historical Fiction]] So, you arrive in all ignorance at Auschwitz, and see the horror there, and immediately swear to survive the ordeal to see retribution dealt on those behind it, but what do you do to see that oath out? Do you get to work diligently as the Nazis demand, to the extent you get the word ''collaborator'' muttered behind your back? Do you dare to stick your neck out and get a job that means you're actually a Jew working in the political wing of the SS, answerable to Berlin? Do you dare get contacts with civilian workers building the place, and trade the loot purloined from the incoming victims' belongings with food they smuggle in for you, under the eyes of all the camp guards? The man whose real life story inspired this novel did all that, and survived to tell the tale, but he also managed to do something even more daring, and unexpected – he dared to invest hope in a burgeoning love that he found in the camp.[[The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris|Full Review]]|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1785763644</amazonukbr>}}{{newreview|author=Michael <!-- Wolff-->|title=Fire and Fury[[image: Inside the Wolff Trump White House.jpg|left|ratinglink=4.5https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1408711400?ie=UTF8&tag=thebookbag-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1408711400]]|genre==Politics and Society|summary=As I began listening to ''[[Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White Houseby Michael Wolff]]=== [[image:4.5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Politics and Society|Politics and Society]] As I began listening to ''Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House''' we were treated to the unedifying spectacle of the President of the United States taking to Twitter to establish that he was ''a stable genius'', as opposed, we must conclude to being an unstable... Well, let's not go there. It's a little too frightening: this is the most powerful man in the world. So what made me listen to this book? Well, Donald Trump didn't want me to read it: US presidents don't often go down that road and rarely to a good destination (I'm thinking of Richard Nixon here) and that made me really want to know what was between the covers. But how did the book stack up?[[Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House by Michael Wolff|Full Review]]|amazonuk=<amazonukbr>1408711400 </amazonuk!-- Giordano -->}}{{newreview|author= Mario [[image:Giordano|title= Auntie Poldi and the Fruits of the Lord.jpg|rating= 4left|genrelink= Crime|summary= How to describe this book https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1473661919?ie=UTF8&tag=thebookbag- well for starters it's unlike anything I've ever read before21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1473661919]] ===[[Auntie Poldi and the Fruits of the Lord by Mario Giordano]]=== [[image:4star. It's chaotic, mad, funny, fast-paced, confusing but once you get into it it's really good fun and totally enjoyable.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1473661919</amazonuk>jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}}Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Crime|Crime]]{{newreview|author=Karen Ellis|title=A Map of the Dark|rating=4|genre=Crime|summary=FBI Agent Elsa Myers finds missing children. ThereHow to describe this book - well for starters it's unlike anything I've ever read before. It's a link back to her childhood herechaotic, mad, funny, fast-paced, as she might not have been missing confusing but she was certainly lostonce you get into it it's really good fun and totally enjoyable. Her mother was abusive [[Auntie Poldi and her father preferred not to do anything about itthe Fruits of the Lord by Mario Giordano|Full Review]]<br> <br> <br><br>  <!-- Ellis -->[[image: there might have been a bit of pretense but there was no protectionEllis_Dark.jpg|left|link=https://www.amazon.co. All that should be in the past, although Elsa is still selfuk/gp/product/147366277X?ie=UTF8&tag=thebookbag-harming when under pressure, but her father is dying 21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=147366277X]] ===[[A Map of lung cancer and although she would have hoped for some personal time with him, her boss has allocated her to a new case, that of 17-year-old Ruby Haverstock, and you can't waste any time when the Dark by Karen Ellis]]=== [[image:4star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Crime|Crime]] FBI Agent Elsa Myers finds missing children go missing.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>147366277X</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author= C J Tudor|title= The Chalk Man|rating= 5|genre= Horror |summary= The Chalk Man follows There's a group of friends haunted by an eerily terrifying spectrelink back to her childhood here, conjured during one fateful summeras she might not have been missing but she was certainly lost. By the time the new term begins, friendships will be fractured, and Her mother was abusive and her father preferred not to do anything about it: there might have been a girl will bit of pretense but there was no protection. All that should be dead. But who is in the killer; past, although Elsa is it The Chalk Manstill self-harming when under pressure, whose dusty white grip squeezes ever tighter, or someone much closer to home? Thirty years laterbut her father is dying of lung cancer and although she would have hoped for some personal time with him, Ed her boss has tried allocated her to forget about a new case, that summer, about all the poisonedof 17-year-old Ruby Haverstock, sinister memories of The Chalk Man. However, someone seems determined not to let him and you can't waste any time when the letters start to arrive, the past follows, plaguing him and dredging up the fever dream nightmare children go missing. [[A Map of the summer of 1986, populated Dark by fairs, raKaren Ellis|Full Review]]<br> <!-ra skirts and death- Tudor -->[[image:Tudor Chalk.jpg|left|link=https://www.amazon.co. Driven deeper into the mysterious events surrounding Ed's sleepy suburban life, the reader cannot help but wonder; who is uk/gp/product/0718187431?ie=UTF8&tag=thebookbag-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=0718187431]] ===[[The Chalk Man, and will he ever let Ed go?by C J Tudor]]=== [[image:5star.jpg|amazonuklink=<amazonuk>0718187431</amazonuk>Category:{{{rating}}}Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Horror|Horror]]{{newreview|author= Jane Robins|title= White Bodies|rating= 4|genre= Thrillers|summary=Callie and Tilda are very different twins. Callie lives ''The Chalk Man'' follows a quiet life, with a menial jobgroup of friends haunted by an eerily terrifying spectre, whereas Tilda craves conjured during one fateful summer. By the time the spotlightnew term begins, friendships will be fractured, and is a moderately successful actressgirl will be dead. Callie But who is the killer; is awkwardit The Chalk Man, suffering from a lifetime of acnewhose dusty white grip squeezes ever tighter, weight issues and comparing herself or someone much closer to her sister and her beautiful white body. Callie home? Thirty years later, Ed has very strong feelings for her sistertried to forget about that summer, envyabout all the poisoned, admiration, anger, lovesinister memories of The Chalk Man. However, someone seems determined not to let him and Tilda laps all of these feelings up. They are grownwhen the letters start to arrive, the past follows, plaguing him and see each other with relative frequency. But now Tilda has met a new mandredging up the fever dream nightmare of the summer of 1986, Felix. He's smartpopulated by fairs, charismatic, successful and very intense, very particularra-ra skirts and death. At first Callie loves himDriven deeper into the mysterious events surrounding Ed's sleepy suburban life, loves the way he includes her in their relationshipreader cannot help but wonder; who is The Chalk Man, but after a boating trip, fun turns into something more sinister, Callie begins to worry about this dynamic, to obsess ...and will he ever let Ed go? [[The Chalk Man by C J Tudor|Full Review]]|amazonuk=<amazonukbr>0008217548 </amazonuk!-- Robins -->}}{{newreview[[image:Robins_Bodies.jpg|left|authorlink=Sarah Vaughanhttps://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0008217548?ie=UTF8&tag=thebookbag-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=0008217548]]|title=Anatomy of a Scandal|rating=5|genre=General Fiction|summary=Sophie had been married to James for twelve years and two children[[White Bodies by Jane Robins]]=== [[image: to be honest she was more than a little bit in awe of him4star. James Whitehouse was an MP jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Thrillers|Thrillers]] Callie and junior minister: perhaps most importantly he was Tilda are very different twins. Callie lives a friend of quiet life, with a menial job, whereas Tilda craves the prime minister, so when he had to admit that he'd been having an affair he was confident that some contritionspotlight, and is a public admission that he'd been wrongmoderately successful actress. Callie is awkward, that he was not perfectsuffering from a lifetime of acne, would soon have his career back on trackweight issues and comparing herself to her sister and her beautiful white body. And it seemed as though that was the way it was goingCallie has very strong feelings for her sister, envy, admiration, until a friend of the 'other woman'anger, parliamentary researcher Olivia Lyttonlove, persuaded her to go to the policeand Tilda laps all of these feelings up. There was no dispute that the relationship had been consensualThey are grown, and see each other with relative frequency. But now Tilda has met a new man, Felix. He's smart, charismatic, but after James had finished the affair there was an incident in a lift in House of Commons successful and very intense, very particular. At first Callie loves him, loves the police and the Crown Prosecution Service were both of the opinion that way he includes her in their relationship, but after a boating trip, fun turns into something more sinister, Callie begins to worry about this amounted dynamic, to rape. The prosecuting counsel is Kate Woodcroft and she's very determined that Whitehouse is going to be brought to bookobsess ...[[White Bodies by Jane Robins|Full Review]]|amazonuk=<amazonukbr>1471164993 </amazonuk!-- Vaughan -->}}{{newreview[[image:Vaughan Scandal.jpg|left|titlelink=https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1471164993?ie=UTF8&tag=thebookbag-21&linkCode=as2&camp=Everless|author1634&creative=Sara Holland|rating6738&creativeASIN=41471164993]]|genre=Teens|summary=Jules and her father live in the kingdom ==[[Anatomy of Semperaa Scandal by Sarah Vaughan]]=== [[image:5star. In Sempera, everything is reckoned in terms jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:General Fiction|General Fiction]] Sophie had been married to James for twelve years and two children: to be honest she was more than a little bit in awe of timehim. Wages come in James Whitehouse was an MP and junior minister: perhaps most importantly he was a friend of the form of blood-coinsprime minister, currency taken from actual blood and denominated in weeks, months or even years of life. In Sempera, as youso when he had to admit that he'd imaginebeen having an affair he was confident that some contrition, the rich live for a long time and the poor do public admission that he'd been wrong, that he was notperfect, would soon have his career back on track. In debt and struggling to afford the rent, Jules decides to ignore her father's warnings and take And it seemed as though that was the way it was going, until a job at Everless, an estate belonging to friend of the Gerling family. But Jules's father objects for a reason: there is a royal wedding coming up, between Lord Roan Gerling and a ward of Semperaother woman's queen, and secrets long concealed thatparliamentary researcher Olivia Lytton, if revealedpersuaded her to go to the police. There was no dispute that the relationship had been consensual, would change everything...|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1408349159</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author=Linni Ingemundsen|title=The Unpredictability but after James had finished the affair there was an incident in a lift in House of Being Human|rating=5|genre=Teens|summary=I came Commons and the police and the Crown Prosecution Service were both of the opinion that this amounted to this book expecting only a typical teenage coming of age story, yet somehow, within only rape. The prosecuting counsel is Kate Woodcroft and she's very determined that Whitehouse is going to be brought to book. [[Anatomy of a matter of pages, I was utterly engrossed Scandal by the wonderful character of MalinSarah Vaughan|Full Review]]<br> <!-- Holland -->[[image:Holland Everless. I read this book faster than any other I've read this year! Malin is a fourteen year old girl, who is very naive and innocent, and she struggles with social interactionjpg|left|link=https://www.amazon.co. It is never stated within the book (a fact that I liked) but I suspect that she's somewhere on the autistic spectrumuk/gp/product/1408349159?ie=UTF8&tag=thebookbag-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1408349159]] ===[[Everless by Sara Holland]]=== [[image:4star. But that isn't really what the book is aboutjpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Teens|Teens]] Jules and her father live in the kingdom of Sempera. It's about Malin growing upIn Sempera, struggling at school, having a first date, and dealing with family difficulties, all at the same everything is reckoned in terms of time.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1474940633</amazonuk>}}{{newreview <!Wages come in the form of blood-- remove 10/1 -->|author=Jnr Rademeyer|title=Hero From Another Planet|rating=3|genre=Confident Readers|summary=Jason Bronkurts is the kid the teachers like: he's always on time coins, currency taken from actual blood and puts his school work firstdenominated in weeks, months or even years of life. He isnIn Sempera, as you't d imagine, the rich live for a great socialiser long time and certainly the poor do not one of the cool kids. In debt and struggling to afford the rent, although heJules decides to ignore her father's had something of warnings and take a crush on Rosiejob at Everless, but he's known her since kindergarten and done nothing about itan estate belonging to the Gerling family. At the other end of the scale are Jack Radogerens and his friend Ryan, who bully Jason. It might be Wednesday, but Jason will be glad when the weekBut Jules's over. His home life is father objects for a bit strange tooreason: when we meet thirteen-year-old Jasonthere is a royal wedding coming up, his dad has just phoned to say that hebetween Lord Roan Gerling and a ward of Sempera's going to be away for three daysqueen, and secrets long concealed that, if revealed, would change everything. Jason's on his own. Well, apart from the UFO and its occupants, that is.[[Everless by Sara Holland|Full Review]]|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1546284451</amazonukbr>}}{{newreview<!-- Ingemundsen -->[[image:Ingemundsen_Human.jpg|author= Andrew Norrissleft|titlelink= Mike|ratinghttps://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1474940633?ie= 5 |genreUTF8&tag= Teensthebookbag-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1474940633]] ===[[The Unpredictability of Being Human by Linni Ingemundsen]]=== [[image:5star.jpg|summarylink=Floyd is a rising teen tennis sensation. At Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Teens|Teens]] I came to this book expecting only fifteena typical teenage coming of age story, yet somehow, he is set to become the youngest ever champion within only a matter of the national under 18spages, his tennis career is written in I was utterly engrossed by the starswonderful character of Malin. Until Mike shows up. At firstI read this book faster than any other I've read this year! Malin is a fourteen year old girl, Floyd thinks Mike who is just a weird kid following him around. Why else would he be at tennis practice in very naive and innocent, and she struggles with social interaction. It is never stated within the school so early? But when he appears on the tennis court in book (a fact that I liked) but I suspect that she's somewhere on the middle of the match, Floyd canautistic spectrum. But that isn't understand why everyone really what the book is acting so calm … until Floyd realises he is the only one who can see him. Floyd is referred to about. It's about Malin growing up, struggling at school, having a specialist first date, and together they unpick dealing with family difficulties, all at the mystery same time. [[The Unpredictability of Mike. 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At only fifteen, he is coming set to us just before become the youngest ever champion of the Winter Olympics national under 18s, his tennis career is written in South Korea in February 2018. It celebrates a century and a half of the development of women's sport by looking at fifty of its highest achieversstars. Until Mike shows up. At first, covering sports as diverse as swimming, fencing, riding, skating, and much moreFloyd thinks Mike is just a weird kid following him around. Think of a sport and a pioneering women succeeding Why else would he be at it is probably tennis practice in this book somewhere. Each entry the school so early? But when he appears on the tennis court in the middle of the match, Floyd can't understand why everyone is a double page spread with a brief biography acting so calm … until Floyd realises he is the only one who can see him. Floyd is referred to a specialist and a striking portraittogether they unpick the mystery of Mike.[[Mike by Andrew Norriss|Full Review]]|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1526360926</amazonukbr>}}{{newreview<!-- Dean -->[[image:Dean Dark.jpg|author=Abi Elphinstoneleft|titlelink=Sky Song|rating=4https://www.amazon.co.5|genre=Confident Readersuk/gp/product/178607253X?ie=UTF8&tag=thebookbag-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=178607253X]] ===[[Dark Pines by Will Dean]]=== [[image:5star.jpg|summarylink= The Ice Queen has cast Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:General Fiction|General Fiction]] Tuva Moodyson works for a spell on Erkenwaldlocal paper in small town Sweden - there to be near an ailing Mother, separating but desperate for the Fur and Feather Tribes and making the third – the Tusk Tribe – the enemy big break that will have her moving on to pastures new. Just outside of both. Eager to secure her position by gaining eternal lifetown, Gavrik, two bodies lie deep in the Ice Queen is consuming forest - brutally murdered and their eyes ripped out. They bring back dark memories for a town that has seen this crime before - and Tuva is desperate to find the voices of the Erkenwald peoplekiller. There seems little anyone can do until three children – Eska, Flint and Blu – come together. With help from At first, she'the wild', they set off on s just out to write a quest to find good story - but as the legendary 'Frost Horn' crimes continue she finds herself drawn deeper and deeper into the magical 'Sky Song' that will free Erkenwald from forests outside of Gavrik, filled with stranger characters and dark secrets. Will she find the Ice Queen's control.killer before they find her? 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His parents assure Zak and his older sisterjpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Confident Readers|Confident Readers]], May, that this will be a flying visit but, as you[[:Category:Children'd expect with any action adventure story, things go wrong from the moment their plane crashes into the ice outside Outpost Zero. Zak and his family are about to find themselves s Non-Fiction|Children's Non-Fiction]] ''Women in a chilling adventure that will leave them fighting for survivalSport'' is coming to us just before the Winter Olympics in South Korea in February 2018.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1910655929</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author= Marissa Meyer|title= Renegades|rating= 3.5|genre= Teens|summary= ''So long as there are heroes in this world, thereIt celebrates a century and a half of the development of women's hope that tomorrow might be better''Once the minority in a world sport by looking at fifty of chaos and disorderits highest achievers, covering sports as diverse as swimming, fencing, the Renegades fought for freedom and justice. Victorious in driving their opponentsriding, the leaderless Anarchists undergroundskating, those specially gifted with an extraordinary range and much more. Think of abilities are now the lawmakers a sport and leaders of the future, governing a new peaceful and prosperous societypioneering women succeeding at it is probably in this book somewhere. They are the heroes of society; the role models young children look up to, the officers people look to for justice Each entry is a double page spread with a brief biography and strengtha striking portrait. 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Eager to feed his people - but not only to feed their stomachs but to feed their mindssecure her position by gaining eternal life, too. Kalamchi wants to raise his the Ice Queen is consuming the voices of the Erkenwald people. There seems little anyone can do until three children – Eska, Flint and Blu – come together. With help from 's consciousness so that they can fight against the dictator Bamutu - chillingly known as wild', they set off on a quest to find the legendary 'Frost Horn'president for life and after deaththe magical 'Sky Song'that will free Erkenwald from the Ice Queen's control.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1848765800</amazonuk>}}{{newreview <!-- remove 28/12 -->|author=Rob Murphy[[Sky Song by Abi Elphinstone|title=Rotten to the Core|rating=4|genre=Thrillers |summary=It's 2009, and Russia look like being awarded the football World Cup hosting rights for the oh-so-distant 2018 tournament - that is, until England stick their oar in. They have solved their hooligan problem, and improved their transport system, and so at last are valid final holders. Watching this is France, who have to reciprocate with the Russians who helped them get France '98, and they have a plan. At this stage the UEFA European championship of 2016 has not been awarded, and while France remain favourites to get the job, again some upstart idea has poked its head above the parapet - a joint offering from Wales and Scotland. Yes, these two tiny countries, separated by 200 miles and without a brilliant connection from one to the other, and without some vital posh hotels here and there, and with no serious claim to soccer fame when it comes to winning things, are unlikely hosts. But what if France could persuade the world it was a good idea - and let Russian espionage prove it not to be so, with all the while the French around to pick up the pieces? All of the UK would be damaged, meaning England '18 would be dead in the water, and Russia would win out. And who's to say the Brits, with their devolution habits, and their first coalition government in a long time, could not get through without damaging themselves?|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1546282998</amazonuk>}}{{newreview <!-- remove 28/12 -->|author=Paul Stidolph|title=Forests in the Sahara|rating=4|genre=Thrillers |summary=''Everyone I speak to thinks you are going to come to some sort of sticky end.'' Those are not the most promising words a man can hear from his new partner, but she doesn't lie in this instance. He is Jeffrey Harvey, a young Cambridge professor, who has been dabbling with some extra-curricular work, creating GM trees that can keep vast quantities of water purified. Get an iceberg or three worth of H2O near Africa, where clean water is still a scarce resource, and the trees can do their bit and the water will advance the place and make Jeffrey a well-respected global entrepreneur. If, that is, he can get round all the problems in his life - fractions in the start-up involved in the project, a finance officer embezzling the funds for gambling - oh, and a man ready to accuse Jeffrey of murder and theft of research data on a case reaching back several years. It seems the lovely girlfriend was right to see no shortage of possible sticky ends...|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1546282351</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author= Jenny Quintana|title= The Missing Girl|rating= 4|genre= Thrillers|summary= In the unseasonably warm autumn of 1982, fifteen-year-old Gabriella Flores goes missing. Her younger sister Anna is torn up by her sister's disappearance and for the next thirty years, no one knows what happened to Gabriella. Decades later, Anna has built a life for herself in Athens and has tried to put the past behind her. But the sudden death of her mother forces Anna to return to her childhood home and the village where she and her sister grew up. Being the only Flores left in her family she is left to sort through her mother's possessions, and having to reconnect with her past makes Anna question something she hasn't dared think about in years – what happened to Gabriella?|amazonuk=<amazonuk>150983950X</amazonuk>}}{{newreview <!-- remove 23/12 -->|title=The Adventures of Billy Bog Brush!: The Fire Brigade |author=Ian Campbell and Tim Constable |rating=3.5|genre=For Sharing|summary=Billy Bog Brush's family have gone out for the day, leaving him staring out of the window at the lovely weather outside and wondering what he could do to pass the time. Suddenly, he hears a desperate cry for help. Mrs Brown's house is on fire, the key is inside, and her little boy Tommy is locked in. Tommy is in terrible danger and what if the fire brigade doesn't arrive in time?|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1546282718</amazonuk>}}{{newreview <!-- remove 21/12 -->|author=Andrew Mackay|title=Trials and Tribulations of a Travelling Prostitute|rating=3.5|genre=Lifestyle|summary=Just chance you think that you're picking up a book about what can go wrong in life for an itinerant sex worker I'd better explain exactly what it was that author Andrew Mackay did for thirty three years. A travelling prostitute is a worker who is employed by one company but his services are sold out to other countries, usually at a substantial profit to the employing company and a lot of inconvenience to the employee. Mackay was an engineer who knew all that there was to be know about turbines and generators, or if he didn't could soon be up to speed to the extent of being able to teach other people. Occasionally his skills were used in the UK, but frequently he was abroad. Just every now and again he would be in those parts of the world which has the rest of us green with envy, but then there were those areas which feature heavily in the news and not in a good way.|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1524683094</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author= John Banks|title= W|rating= 4|genre= General Fiction |summary=On the slopes of Mt Hood in Oregon, an 1000-year old Viking is discovered frozen - three thousand miles further west than any previously known Viking exploration. Josh Kinninger is inspired by the Viking discovery - three personal catastrophes having left him angry, unmoored and with his world in turmoil. Beginning a journey westward, he's filled with a desire to wreak vengeance on the individuals he finds morally corrupt. |amazonuk=<amazonuk>0983333416</amazonuk>}}{{newreview|author= SM Wilson|title= The Extinction Trials|rating= 4|genre= Teens|summary= Storm and Lincoln live on Earthasia, a continent ruined by overpopulation. Space is scarce and energy and food are rationed. Education is minimal and mostly focused around searching for new, efficient food sources. Storm's mother has died and she never knew her father, so she lives in one of Earthasia's overcrowded shelters, goes to school for one day per week and wrestles hay bales for a job. Lincoln's sister is dying from the blistering disease and he has no access to the healthcare that could save her. It's a mean, desperate existence for them both and so they are first to volunteer for the Stipulators' trials for a new mission to the neighbouring continent of Piloria. The aim is to retrieve dinosaur eggs so that a virus to kill them can be engineered and the citizens of Earthasia will have access to the space and abundant food sources Piloria offers...Full Review]]|amazonuk=<amazonukbr>1474927343</amazonuk>}}