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===[[Running Amok (DCI Spearing and DI Devlin Series Book 2) Take Me In by Paul HughesSabine Durrant]]===
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DS Kevin Devlin has settled into his new job at Scotland Yard very quicklyIt's not pleasant, although he didnthe first time Marcus and Tessa meet Dave. They't have much choice but ve taken their toddler, Josh, to hit Greece on holiday and in the ground runningblink of an eye something awful happens. When we last saw him quite a few of the rogue element at MI5 and others who were causing Spearing and Devlin difficulties were conveniently dead and as Spearing has gone missingTessa isn't there, Devlin canMarcus isn't help looking, but wonder if Spearting was involved Dave steps in some way in bringing this convenient solution aboutand disaster is averted. Just. Whilst he might have wanted They're grateful to search for Spearinghim, of course they are, there's upheaval at but after the Yard: usual hand shakes and weeping hugs and the new commissioner is offering deals offer to corrupt officers. They can leave with buy lunch for everyone, they're a year's pay little relieved to return to their villa and live out the rest of their week in lieu of notice or they can be prosecutedpeace. Unsurprisingly there are suddenly Just a lot of empty desks tight little 3- person family unit. Because although Dave is a nice chap, and although of course they owe him a great deal, he is a promotion opportunity for Devlinlittle, well, intense. [[Running Amok (DCI Spearing and DI Devlin Series Book 2) Take Me In by Paul HughesSabine Durrant|Full Review]]
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===[[Go Ask Fannie Farmer by Elisabeth Hyde]]===
[[image:4.5star.jpg|link===Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[The Boy Who Lied by Kim Slater:Category:General Fiction|General Fiction]]===
[[image:5starEighty-one-year-old Murray Blaire hoped for the best when he waited for his three children to arrive one Friday night. He might be a retired lawyer, a state legislator, elected congressman and now an amateur farmer but he knew that there could be trouble when Ruth and George arrived. Ruth, a corporate lawyer, would find fault and want to talk about him going into a retirement home. George, a nurse, would argue and Lizzie, a professor of English Literature, who lived locally and kept and visited him regularly, would be unpredictable.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Confident Readers|Confident Readers]] Murray hoped that all would go smoothly, but that simply wasn't going to happen. [[:Category:TeensGo Ask Fannie Farmer by Elisabeth Hyde|TeensFull Review]]
''None of them believed me. Nobody believed I really couldn't remember what happened to my brother. I wanted to scream at them to listen. Because, for the first time in a long, long time, I was actually telling the truth.'' Ed Clayton is a teller of tall stories. He just can't help it - even though he knows and everybody else knows that most of what comes out of his mouth is complete fantasy. It all started when Ed's father was accused of fraud and sent to prison. Then mum's mental health went to pieces. Then, with nobody bringing money into the house, poverty - real, grinding, poverty - set in and life became all about scratching about for pennies and visiting the food bank. All of this is horribly shaming, so is it any wonder that Ed has become a bit of a Billy Liar, hiding the truth of his home life in the hopes the power of imagination can make it all disappear?[[The Boy Who Lied by Kim Slater|Full Review]]<!-- North Ramirez -->
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===[[84K Riddle of the Runes by Claire NorthJanina Ramirez]]===
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Can you put The name Janina Ramirez is well known: her television programmes on cultural history, especially of early medieval times, are both lively and informative. She shares her extensive learning with a price on human lifelight hand (and a frequent giggle) and her enthusiasm encourages students and viewers alike to explore further the subjects she discusses. But how will that translate into children's fiction? Will her academic desire for accuracy make the story dull and fact-packed? Will she hold up the action to display her considerable knowledge?Nope, not a bit of it! [[Riddle of the Runes by Janina Ramirez|Full Review]]
Theo can, he calculates the worth of each person to the penny. The Company own everything and everyone, including handing out punishments for crime. Theo sleepwalks through life keeping his head down whilst working for the Criminal Audit Office. Doing just enough work to avoid anyone noticing him, he calculates, without emotion, the cost of the crimes filling his inbox. They are variables on a spreadsheet, a simple mathematical equation, the expense of solving the crime added to how much the victim would have contributed to their community. Prisons are uneconomical so criminals in this world pay their debt to society in cold hard cash. [[84K by Claire North|Full Review]] <!-- Fischel French -->
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===[[Walls The Grey Bastards by Emma FischelJonathan French]]===
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When Ned's parents decide they can no longer stay together they come up with what they think 'The Grey Bastards'' is an ingenious planabsolute triumph! Fantasy, action and adventure cleverly wrapped around a super plot and well written characters, which this book is to divide their house in twoso much fun. A word of caution though, so that this is not suitable for all readers. As the tittle suggests there will be is a mum side and lot of bad language, a dad sideLOT of bad language, and thrown around all the children can spend a week on either side at a timein general speech. Whilst his parents hope In addition to this will be less disruptivethere is also some sex and sexual language too, Ned there is incensed by some violence but this is not actually very explicit and not as constant as the walls that spoil his beautiful home language and stop him from moving through bawdy jokes. If this bothers you then this is not the house as he used tobook for you. For anyone who doesn't mind then this is an absolute must read. The walls make him angry, and that anger grows and grows until one day, Ned suddenly discovers that the walls are no longer important because he can walk through them! [[Walls The Grey Bastards by Emma FischelJonathan French|Full Review]]
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===[[Mr Peacock's Possessions The Boy at the Door by Lydia SysonAlex Dahl]]===
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On a remote volcanic island off Cecilia is picking her daughters up from swimming when the coast of New Zealand, pool's receptionist asks a family quick favour of settlers struggle her – to make such an unforgiving place drop off a homelittle boy from the class as his parents seem to have forgotten to collect him. When a ship appearsThe pool is about to close, they feel that their wishes have been granted and their community reinvigorated – but high hopes are swiftly dashed when it's not a vulnerable boy disappearsbig ask although Cecilia is somewhat put out that it will interrupt her routine. As both settlers But, minor inconvenience isn't really a good enough reason to say no so she agrees and newcomers come together in bundles the search for boy whose name is Tobias into the childcar with her girls. This is a decision that will change her life, they uncover far, far more than they were looking for – discovering dark secrets about both the island and those who inhabit itthat minor inconvenience quickly becomes something much larger that will haunt her every waking moment. [[Mr Peacock's Possessions The Boy at the Door by Lydia SysonAlex Dahl|Full Review]]
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===[[Nightfall Berlin Showtime (Dance Trilogy) by Jack GrimwoodJean Ure]]===
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I have heard Second years. The girls couldn't believe that they'd made it said that through the best way to begin to tell a story is to create a multifirst year -dimensional characterin fact they'd all made it, imbued with compelling layers all eight of detail them, which was most unusual. Usually some were thrown out - be it backstorythey might have grown too tall, character quirks didn't look right or behavioursdidn't have the commitment required. The Maddie felt a bit nervous when she thought about that last bit as there'd been a point seems when she might have been thrown out for that reason. She's now determined that she ''really'' does want to be that in creating a character in such a way you begin to reflect the truth of life wherein people are by definition multi-dimensional and thusballet dancer, you bring your story to life. In Major Tom Fox, Grimwood has successfully created just such a characterexcept. In one man he gifts us an exciting and honourable figure who somehow simultaneously manages to present as damaged and flawed. Grimwood provides some character history for Fox which clearly informs the actions of the character but I would suggest that rather than any written history provided for Major Fox, it is in the way he interacts with the other characters and drives the action of the story that we come to know him. [[Nightfall Berlin Showtime (Dance Trilogy) by Jack GrimwoodJean Ure|Full Review]]
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===[[Beginning to End The Gravediggers' Bread by Paul HughesFrederic Dard and Melanie Florence (translator)]]===
[[image:34.5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Crime|Crime]], [[:Category:Thrillers|Thrillers]]
Sir Mark WrightBlaise is at a loose end, Commissioner of the Metropolitan Policefor having left Paris on a wild goose chase for a job, based at New Scotland Yard which was aware that the Met was riddled with corruptionhis friend's idea, but in 1967 times were changing and Wright was determined that he was going 's stuck outside a call box waiting to upgrade report back before he gets the service by ridding it of corrupt officers and bringing train. The woman in new technology. Unsurprisinglythe post office using the payphone finally finishes her business, there were and leaves him with a strong impression – as well as a lot of people against him: some were making very wallet dropped to the floor containing several days' good money on , and, when he tracks her to the side village funeral directors', signs of her infidelity. Lo and quite behold he is given a few of job as the old-timers werenwoman't too keen on all this technology nonsense. They didn't think walkie-talkies would really work and computers would never really catch on. One of Wrights husband's first actions was assistant, although she also starts to bring employ him in some new blood: what came sending messages to be known as 'her amour, her childhood love before circumstances changed. Blaise is of course deeply in love with the woman by now, and hates the trained brains' - people two obstacles preventing him from being with qualifications in specific areas who could introduce new ideasher. One is the lover, whilst being mentored a brutish bloke with little prospects and a bad case of epilepsy. Surely he will not fall by the olderwayside, more experienced officers. and surely the brick wall of fate keeping Blaise from his intended destiny will remain two men tall? [[Beginning to End The Gravediggers' Bread by Paul HughesFrederic Dard and Melanie Florence (translator)|Full Review]]
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===[[Kat Wolfe Investigates (Kat Wolfe 1) Boy Underwater by Lauren St JohnAdam Baron]]===
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Kat Wolfe lives with her mumCymbeline Igloo (yes, a vetthat’s his real name!) is nine years old, in London and following a break-in they decide that the time he has come to move out of the city. Katnever been swimming, and this wouldn’t be a confirmed animal lover, is delighted when her mum accepts really big problem except for the offer of a job on fact that the idyllic Dorset coast as school bully has somehow got the job comes with one special condition. They must agree to adopt the previous owner's cat. However this presents a problem impression that Kat had not foreseen for the cat Cym is a wild Savannah who resists all Kat's attempts actually an amazing champion swimmer, and has challenged Cym to sooth and tame him. Furthermore when she starts a pet-sitting agency to make pocket money Kat's problems mount up. The owner of her race at their very first charge disappears leaving a series of mysterious clues behind him. school swimming lesson! What started out as a promising escape from city life quickly escalates into a mystery that deepens and becomes steadily more dangerous. Luckily Kat has her new friend Harper He tries to support and help her. Although Harper is laid up with two broken legs thanks to a horse riding research swimming on the internet, but there’s an accident she is not about to let at the pool that stop her getting involved. Harper is a language and coding whizz and she and Kat are determined solve , initially, sees Cym embarrassed in front of the clues and make people listen to them. Even if they can't do other kids, but that by themselves they know that they have their animal friends to helpresults in his mum having a breakdown. Can Why has she never taken Cym swimming? And why does his accident at the team work together to save the daypool create such devastation in Cym’s life? [[Kat Wolfe Investigates (Kat Wolfe 1) Boy Underwater by Lauren St JohnAdam Baron|Full Review]]
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===[[Underwater Breathing Smoking Kills by Cassandra ParkinAntoine Laurain and Louise Rogers-Lalaurie (translator)]]===
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A tumble-down Edwardian house that will sooner rather than later tumble down the mud cliffs Meet Fabrice Valantine. He's a headhunter, and away into the sea a successful one too, in an office in Paris. All around him however his world is changing – yes, there is where we meet Jacob and Ella. They share a bathroom new ban on smoking in the turretall workplaces. Goaded by his non-smoking wife, old and cold and not really supposed to be used…but this is where even though they hide away from the shouts met over an ashtray, of their parents' arguments. Here they play the Underwater Breathing gamesorts, submerging themselves he sees a hypnotist who had success with a mutual friend in the water holding stopping their breath for as long as they cannicotine habit. For sixteen year old Jacob it's just a way of drowning out The session seems to have been successful, however he faces the arguments…but for Ella it is more than that. She is terrified prospect of the seahaving such a change to his own personality, his imbued habits and lifestyle, with fear, of the fact that when he realises it will come and swallow their housenever again grant him any pleasure. She He needs to know this pleasure when further changes at work come about – but it's what he replaces the habit with that she can survive under water. She has to practicewill surprise the most. [[Underwater Breathing Smoking Kills by Cassandra ParkinAntoine Laurain and Louise Rogers-Lalaurie (translator)|Full Review]]
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===[[The Butcher's Daughter Lost Letters of William Woolf by Victoria GlendinningHelen Cullen]]===
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The Tudor era William Woolf is often chosen for historical fiction because it has such a wealth of intrigueletter detective, plots and machinations. The regular cast of courtly characters are usually rich and powerful, with so many to choose from that the well never seems to run dry and working in the characters are often those high up Dead Letters Depot in the circles of power, or those prepared to do anything to get thereEast London. This bookHe spends his days deciphering smudged addresses, however, is totally different. Set in the mid–to–late 1500s we see the world through the eyes tracking down mysterious people and reading endless letters of Agnes Peppinlove, a youngguilt, poor woman. As a woman she can either marrydeath, or join a convent. Since Agnes has disgraced herself then she has no choice at allhope, and she is sent to join the nuns of Shaftesbury Abbeyeveryday life. [[The Butcher's Daughter Lost Letters of William Woolf by Victoria GlendinningHelen Cullen|Full Review]]
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===[[The Brighton Mermaid by Dorothy Koomson]]===
[[image:4.5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] ==[[:Category:General Fiction|General FictionThe Weight of a Thousand Feathers by Brian Conaghan]]===
In 1993, two teenagers stumble across a horrific scene on the beach as they're sneaking home after an un-authorised night out[[image: a body of a young woman, partially stripped, totally deceased4. The find hits the girls in different ways. Nell becomes obsessed with finding the identity of the girl – who she calls ''the Brighton Mermaid'' because of a distinguishing tattoo – whereas Jude just wants to forget it ever happened. Fast forward 25 years and Nell is still haunted by what happened that night. With few leads to go on, the Police closed the case without cracking it, and so it remains one of those unsolved mysteries that become part of local folklore, but Nell struggles to let sleeping dogs, or even sleeping mermaids, lie. As for Jude, well no one knows if the discovery still haunts her because no one knows where she is. Shortly after that fateful night, she too disappeared, never to be seen or heard from again. There's more to Brighton than Stag Dos and Gay Pride, it seems5star. jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[The Brighton Mermaid by Dorothy Koomson:Category:Teens|Full ReviewTeens]]
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[[image:4starBobby Seed's mum has MS and it's getting worse. Bobby, who is seventeen, shoulders most of her care. And he also keeps house and also looks after his little brother Danny. He gets some help from his best friend Bel, who has her own reasons for spending as much time as possible not at home, but it's still a slog. But Bobby doesn't mind because he loves his mum and they have a wonderful relationship, mostly based on taking the mickey out of each other. Bobby also attends a support group for young carers. It's a bit daft with all the role play exercises and the like, but it's nice to meet other kids in the same boat as you. Especially Lou, the American boy with the weird way of speaking and the Vespa and the air of cool. Bobby can barely keep his eyes off Lou.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:CrimeThe Weight of a Thousand Feathers by Brian Conaghan|CrimeFull Review]]
Bruno Courreges is now the police chief for the whole of the Vezere valley, but the promotion is not without its drawbacks, as the chain of command is not quite as clear as it was when he knew that he worked for the mayor. Still, on a cool, damp Sunday afternoon in spring he had other things on his mind: he was watching the St Denis women's rugby team playing in the regional final. One player stood out: Paulette was the daughter of the local florists and she was the best player that Bruno had ever trained, male or female. He had hopes of her making the national squad, but there might be a cloud on the horizon - Paulette had been sick and had fainted in the showers. [[A Taste for Vengeance (A Bruno, Chief of Police Novel) by Martin Walker|Full Review]]
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===[[The Old Religion by Martyn Waites]]===
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[[imageThe Cornish village of St Petroc isn't on the tourist trail:4there's nothing particularly pretty, or historic, or interesting about it, which might be one of the reasons why Tom Killgannon is there. He had been an undercover policeman, but something had gone badly wrong and now he's in witness protection and working in the local pub. St Petroc feels safe and it's put a good deal of distance between him and some very violent people. He's got an on-again, off-again relationship with the local policewoman, with the on-again bits coinciding with the times when her husband's away. It's not an exciting life, but right now it suits Tom just fine.5star Until he meets Lila, that is.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Confident ReadersThe Old Religion by Martyn Waites|Confident ReadersFull Review]]
Aimee like languages. She's particularly keen on Latin and enjoys a sparring session or two with her teacher. Aimee would like nothing better than to have her head stuck in a book all day every day. But that's not possible when it's 1918 and you live in the town of Bray - captured and recaptured by the Germans and the British during WWI. The Germans are advancing and Aimee's mother decides it's finally time to tell her daughter that she is part of a secret spy ring, helping the British. Aimee is desperate to help. And help she does, soon uncovering a traitor in the British camp. [[The Silver Hand by Terry Deary|Full Review]] <!-- Lean Owen -->
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===[[All The Dragonfly Story: Explaining the death of This Is True a loved one to children and families by Lygia Day PenaflorKelly Owen]]===
[[image:34.5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:TeensFor Sharing|TeensFor Sharing]]''Undertow'' is the latest YA novel to hit the best seller lists. It's a study in grief and Miri is its biggest fan. So, when author Fatima Ro comes to Long Island for a book signing, Miri is determined to meet her and takes her friends along. Soleil has writing ambitions of her own and so she is overjoyed when Fatima takes the group of friends under her wing. Penny wants to be noticed and will do anything for Fatima, who notices. And Jonah? Well, Jonah has secrets and Fatima loves secrets... [[All of This Is True by Lygia Day Penaflor|Full Review]]<!-- Longridge -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:1788034503.jpg|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1788034503/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[Silence in the Desert by David Longridge]]===
[[image''The Owen family were feeling sad. There used to be five of them. There was Mum, Dad and three children:3Abi, Jenny and Joe.5starBut then Abi died.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Historical Fiction|Historical Fiction]]Now there were only four of them. Life felt very strange without their sister, [[:Category:Thrillers|Thrillers]]and they were all very unhappy.''
As How does a family cope with the shadow loss of the Second World War descends upon the planet, four people are explored in a tale of love beloved child and friendship. Henri, fulfilling a family tradition in joining sibling?[[The Dragonfly Story: Explaining the Foreign Legion, Bill, arriving at Cambridge on an RAF scholarship, Leo, struggling to align his beliefs with those death of his upbringing, and Elisabeth, crossing continents and changing names are all brought together by strife and turmoil. As the war rages, these men are tested like never before, with trust, loyalty and love leading a loved one to decisions that affect both their lives children and those all around them. [[Silence in the Desert families by David LongridgeKelly Owen|Full Review]]
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===[[Marsha's Deal by Laura Solomon]]===
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Marsha didn't have an easy ride in life the first time around. She'd been afflicted with [[imagehttps:4//en.5starwikipedia.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]org/wiki/Fibrodysplasia_ossificans_progressiva fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva] , a rare disease which turned parts of her body to bone when they were damaged. Finally she was unable to stand her life any longer and went to Dignitas, the Swiss euthanasia clinic. She'd thought that would be the end, but after cremation her body went straight to hell and she found herself face-to-face with the devil. And that was when she made the pact. In exchange for details about some of those who had been close to her - their strengths and weaknesses - she would be reborn on the same day to the same parents, but would live her life free of disease. [[:Category:TeensMarsha's Deal by Laura Solomon|TeensFull Review]]
Joni is halfway through her A levels. But she has a lot more than A levels to think about. Life is pretty tough at the moment. There isn't much money about, the family is behind on bills, Dad's back is getting worse and worse, and little brother Jack has a school trip coming up that needs to be paid for. Older brother Jamie got the sack from his dream job and, although he found somewhere else to work, is a big ball of resentment. To make matters worse, the charity that runs the housing on their estate is running out of money and thinking of selling up. But Joni has a great group of friends and a lovely mum and dad and a teacher who thinks she could get into university. [[Skylarks by Karen Gregory|Full Review]] <!-- Almond Winthrop -->
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===[[The Mercy Seat by Elizabeth H Winthrop]]===
===[[The Colour of the Sun by David Almond]]=== [[image:4.5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Teens|Teens]], [[:Category:Confident ReadersHistorical Fiction|Confident ReadersHistorical Fiction]]  ''This book... explores what excites and mystifies me about the nature of being young, and dramatises the joys and excitements of growing up. And I guess it embodies my constant astonishment at being alive in this beautiful, weird, extraordinary world.''
This is what David Almond says about In an isolated Louisiana town, a young black prisoner sits in his latest novel for young peopledingy cell, ''The Colour staring at the shadow of the Sun'window bars cast onto the concrete wall by the evening's dying sun rays. AndAt midnight, having now read ithe will be dead; strapped to a chair and electrocuted for the rape of a white girl, I see what he who later committed suicide. He is saying so clearly. This resigned to his fate; it is futile to protest his innocence or to expect anyone to believe what really happened; after all, love between a story of being young - both older than you used to enjoy being black man and younger than you aspire a white woman was never going to be. And it's have a story of finding strangeness happy ending in ordinary thingsa small town filled with small-minded people.[[The Colour of the Sun Mercy Seat by David AlmondElizabeth H Winthrop|Full Review]]
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===[[The Particular Wisdom of Sally Red Shoes Girl Who Thought Her Mother Was a Mermaid by Ruth HoganTania Unsworth]]===
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MashaStella's son Gabriel mother died some years agowhen she was a little girl. She'd been Stella is growing up in a single parent house with help from her frienddad, who is often away, Edwardand her grandmother, who had grieved as much as Masha and whilst Edward has moved on (his boyfriend moved out in is starting to experience the immediate aftermath onset of the drowningdementia. This is all hard enough for a young girl, but there's now a new love interest) Masha is still strickenat the same time Stella finds that she feels like rather an oddball, feeling that it would somehow be disloyal struggling to Gabriel if she was fit in at school, and as her grandmother begins to be happylose her grip on reality, Stella struggles with feeling very alone. An independentWhen Stella's only school friend suddenly moves away, rebellious woman has somehow been diminishedStella struggles even more. She is desperate to find out what happened to her mum and to uncover her family's secrets. [[The Particular Wisdom of Sally Red Shoes Girl Who Thought Her Mother Was a Mermaid by Ruth HoganTania Unsworth|Full Review]]
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===[[Six Tudor Queens: Jane Seymour, The Haunted Queen Ascension by Alison WeirVictor Dixen]]===
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When it comes to Jane SeymourSix girls, six boys. Each in the third wife two separate bays of Henry VIII, popular opinion is divideda single spaceship. Some see her as a scheming marriage-wrecker from an ambitious family who would stop at nothing They have six minutes each week to seduce and to gain favour in make their choices, under the unblinking eye of the king's eyes. Others view her as a pious and Godon-fearing woman who brought calm and stability into Henry's life following his turbulent marriage to Anne Boleynboard cameras. Perhaps both sides They are true, to an extent. In ''The Haunted Queen,'' the third book contenders in the Genesis programme, the world''Six Tudor Queens'' seriess craziest speed-dating show ever, author and historian Alison Weir puts flesh aimed at creating the first human colony on Mars. Leonor, an 18 year old orphan, is one of the bones of chosen ones. She has signed up for glory. She has signed up for love. She has signed up for a Queen haunted by one-way ticket. Even if the shadow of dream turns to a formidable predecessornightmare, it is too late for regrets. [[Six Tudor Queens: Jane Seymour, The Haunted Queen Ascension by Alison WeirVictor Dixen|Full Review]]
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===[[Don't Make a Sound by David Jackson]]===
 
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Malcolm and Harriet are a little odd. That much is clear from the start, from the way he is around her, the way he prepares things in such a way as to make her happy. It's a nice sentiment, but something is off. We meet their daughter Daisy and again, it all seems nice enough but there's a vibe, a hint of a feeling that all is not what it seems. Just how bad things are, though, is yet to be revealed. [[Don't Make a Sound by David Jackson|Full Review]]
 
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Innokenty Petrovich Platonov wakes up in a hospital bed with no recollection of who he Tungtang is or how he got therenot like other toads. He is tended by a single doctorShe can't sit still, Doctor Geigertongue protruding, who gives him and wait to catch a pencil and notebook and encourages him fly. Tungtang needs to write down his observations and memoriesbe on the move. The notebook is thickSometimes, like a novel. How can Innokenty fill it if he cannot remember anything? But slowly she even hops right the memories start way over to return, memories of childhood holidays at the beach, of life rotten tree stump in the dacha, her community of the airfield and the aviators.Muddy River.And she loves to regale her fellow toads with stories of her exploits.That is, until a mean old crow comes along and the island...it seems like some memories may be better left buried. He remembers tells Tungtang that he is the same age as the century, born in 1900a real adventure would take her a lot further than a tree stump by a bridge everyone knows. But if that is Infuriated by the casecrow and inspired by her grandfather's stories of humans and ancient toad prophecies, how is he still Tungtang decides on a young man when Real Adventure and heads off to the pills by his bedside are dated 1999? town of Little Cobblestone... [[The Aviator Toad Who Loved Tea by Eugene Vodolazkin and Lisa Hayden (Translator)Faiz Kermani|Full Review]]
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