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|summary=It's not a spoiler if I tell you that Callie dies because she does die and she dies in the first few pages of ''Contagion''. Callie - Calista - disappeared more than a year ago. Her brother Kai is still looking for her, hopeful that she will be found alive and well. But Callie isn't alive and well. She's been taken to a secretive medical facility on the island of Shetland, experimented on, and then burned to death. But Callie survived the burning in non-corporeal form. How?
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1408341727</amazonuk>
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|author=Tanya Landman
|title=Passing for White
|rating=5
|genre=Dyslexia Friendly
|summary=In 1847, in Macon, Georgia, Benjamin was a slave. He was a talented carpenter too, but on November the 19th he was unnerved: a white woman was looking at him, smiling and being polite. What was going on? He wasn't just unnerved, but nervous: you see, Benjamin was looking at the white woman, looking ''her'' in the eye and a slave could get himself killed for less than that. Only this wasn't a white woman: this was Rosa, who was mixed race. She could pass for white, but she too was a slave. Rosa and Benjamin eventually married, but it didn't stop Rosa's master from taking sexual advantage of her and when she found that she was pregnant she had no way of knowing who the father was.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>178112681X</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|title=The Harder They Fall
|author=Bali Rai
|rating=4.5
|genre=Dyslexia Friendly
|summary=Cal loves comic books. He also dreams of being a superhero and saving the day while simultaneously winning the heart of the girl (Freya being the girl, hopefully). Batman is his favourite superhero. But Cal's world outside his daydreams is not particularly superhero-like. Because Cal is a bit of a geek and he is being bullied by mean girl Anu, who makes him complete homework assignments which she then sells on to lazy classmates. Still, it's not all bad. Cal's parents are lovely and the gorgeous Freya is making friendly overtures...
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1781126828</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Patrick Ness
|title= Release
|rating= 4.5
|genre= Confident Readers
|summary= Adam lives in small-town America in a deeply religious household. His father is an evangelical preacher. His brother is at a Christian college training to be an evangelical preacher. Adam is used to a restricted life and he is also used to an atmosphere of suspicion. Because Adam is gay. And this must be unspoken because to acknowledge it would lead to...
... well, best not to think about that.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1406331171</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author= Sebastien de Castell
|title= Spellslinger
|rating= 4
|genre= Teens
|summary=''And when did I volunteer to die down there just so two lousy humans could live?''
 
Enter the world of the Jan'Tep, powerful mages with the ability to draw on the seven magics. Then meet Kellen, who despite being the son of one of the most formidable mages in the clan, has no magical ability whatsoever.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1785761315</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|title=Countless
|author=Karen Gregory
|rating=4.5
|genre=Teens
|summary=Hedda is 20 weeks pregnant. It was a one-night stand, so there's no father on the scene. She's 17. She's in the grip of an eating disorder and has been for years. Her best friend recently died. She's living in a grotty flat because her relationship with her parents has broken down. I think we can all agree that the situation is dire.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1408882507</amazonuk>
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