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• May 2015 Newsletter
  == May's News from Bookbag Towers == ...5,000 for the Teenage Cancer Trust through their [http://penguinblog.co.uk/2015/05/05/a-night-of-infinities/ Night of Infinities] on 26 June. Over the past
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• Christopher Fowler's Bryant & May Books in Chronological Order
  {{amazonurl|isbn=0553819690|title=Bryant and May On the Loose}} (2009) [[Bryant and May and the Invisible Code by Christopher Fowler|The Invisible Code]] (2012)
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• National Geographic Kids Infopedia 2016
  |date=May 2015 ...ore substance and quality, then the ''National Geographic Infopedia 2016'' may be just what you are looking for.
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• Bully by Laura Vaccaro Seeger
  |date=February 2015 ...he is able to shrink back down to normal size and join his friends. Adults may find this 'No consequences' approach unsatisfactory, but as a parent, I can
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• The Duke Can Go to the Devil by Erin Knightley
  |summary= The third book in the trilogy about three Regency ladies, it is May's turn to take centre stage and find romance. Oh, if only things were that |date=September 2015
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• The Lie Tree by Frances Hardinge
  |date=May 2015 '''Shortlisted for the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize 2015'''
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• Great Britain Concise Stamp Catalogue 2015 by Stanley Gibbons
  |title=Great Britain Concise Stamp Catalogue 2015 |date=May 2015
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• I Want Spaghetti! by Stephanie Blake
  |date=September 2015 ...me at the end of every read that what Simon should have said was 'Please, may I have some spaghetti, please?'!
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• Grrrrr! by Rob Biddulph
  |date=August 2015 ...ebut picture book ''Blown Away'' won the Waterstones Children's Book Prize 2015 so ''Grrrrr'' has a lot to live up to. Fortunately it's totally grrrrreat i
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• Top 10 of Everything 2015 by Paul Terry
  |title=Top 10 of Everything 2015 ''The Top 10 of Everything 2015'' is, as the title implies, a compilation of 'top ten' lists covering a wid
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• Teddy Picnic by Georgie Birkett
  |date=May 2015 ...ons are lovely, lots of pastel colours and crayon drawings, and while they may not be the most traditional of teddies, it’s a good reminder that teddies
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• The Table Of Less Valued Knights by Marie Phillips
  |date=July 2015 ...away after a disastrous wedding to… a… well… disastrous Prince Edwin. She may not realise it yet, but she too will have a job for Humphrey!
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• The Disappearing Dinner Lady (Mariella Mystery) by Kate Pankhurst
  |date=July 2015 ...o, including a disgraced children's chef called Arabella Flump, who may or may not bear something of a resemblance to a certain celebrity...
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• The Green Road by Anne Enright
  |date=May 2015 '''Shortlisted: Costa Novel Award 2015'''
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• Hibernia Unanimis: "Pro Deo, Rege et Patricia, Hibernia Unanimis" (For God, King and Country, Ireland is United) by John Piper
  |date=May 2015 ...r discussing some of his ideas with fellow holidaymakers while away. This may have given him the impetus but it's a talent for original, dark twists that
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• The Girl Who Was Saturday Night by Heather O’Neill
  |date=May 2014 '''Longlisted for the Bailey's Women's Prize for Fiction 2015'''
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• Kill Fee by Owen Laukkanen
  |date=February 2015 ...o look! Want someone killed by a professional for a reasonable fee? This may be depressingly easier than you think.
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• A Place Called Winter by Patrick Gale
  |date=March 2015 '''Shortlisted: Costa Novel Award 2015'''
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• Give and Take by Lucie Felix
  |date=September 2015 ...ing part of the page and sometimes adding it again on the next page. This may reveal a mouse or a candle, the simplicity works brilliantly in encouraging
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• Divorced, Beheaded, Died...: The History of Britain's Kings and Queens in Bite-Sized Chunks by Kevin Flude
  |date=September 2015 ...all those who came before her as our longest serving ruler. Such details may be trivia to some – especially those of us of a more royalist bent – an
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• The Good, the Bad and the Smug by Tom Holt
  |date=July 2015 ...ttle man spins gold from straw, offering benefits as well as a riddle. He may sound familiar, but forget the fairy tale; this Rumplerimp… Rumpski… bl
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• The World of Norm: 8: May Contain Buts by Jonathan Meres
  |title=The World of Norm: 8: May Contain Buts |sort=World of Norm: 8: May Contain Buts
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• Leap of Faith by Candy Harper
  |date=December 2015 ...s this completely wonderful for me. The last few pages here feel like they may be the natural endpoint for the series - and while I loved them and would i
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• Things We Have In Common by Tasha Kavanagh
  |date=May 2015 '''Shortlisted: Costa First Novel Award 2015'''
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• The Sudden Departure of the Frasers by Louise Candlish
  |date=May 2015 ...the dark shadows with mysterious bangs and alarming shrieks. The departure may have been sudden and surreptitious, but it wasn’t exactly scary or seedy.
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• An Island of Our Own by Sally Nicholls
  |date=April 2015 '''Shortlisted for the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize 2015'''
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• Hungry Roscoe by David J Plant
  |date=April 2015 ...g this book with their children for the first time as it’s likely they too may not immediately recognise a raccoon.
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• Of Bone and Thunder by Chris Evans
  |date=February 2015 ...aren’t good though; if the enemy doesn't get them, their own flying craft may. Nobody wants to be on the back of an overheated rag!
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• The Wolf in Winter (Charlie Parker Thriller) by John Connolly
  ...in, including private investigator Charlie Parker. Unlike the others, he may survive… or not… Great tension from a master thriller writer who will |date=January 2015
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• The Lodger by Louisa Treger
  |date= May 2015 {{toptentext|list=Top Ten Women's Fiction 2015}}
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• Construction by Sally Sutton and Brian Lovelock
  |date=January 2015 |summary=Ever taken a toddler past a building site? You may have noticed their fascination with the bright yellow vehicle and powerful
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• Esperanza Street by Niyati Keni
  |date=February 2015 ...countless other youngsters from this Filipino town of Puerto. His mother may have died too young and Joseph only sees his father one day a week (and has
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• Uprooted by Naomi Novik
  |date=May 2015 ...hat may attract the wizard - talents that the safety of the entire kingdom may come to depend on for their survival...
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• Kentucky Thriller and Rendezvous in Russia (Laura Marlin Mysteries) by Lauren St John
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• The Year of the Runaways by Sunjeev Sahota
  |date=June 2015 '''Shortlisted for the 2015 Man Booker Prize'''
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• How You See Me by S E Craythorne
  |date=August 2015 ...e's grown up as the son of a famous artist and bears the surname that some may seek to use for their own purposes. At least he has Alice, the love of his
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• Little Red and the Very Hungry Lion by Alex T Smith
  |date=May 2015 ...expect. This adds to the fun as from the start it is apparent that things may not go the lion’s way at all! On every page the vibrant colours create a
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• The Wickford Doom by Chris Priestley and Vladimir Stankovic
  |date=January 2015 ...nd a strange painting called the Doom, and Harry quickly learns that there may be something far more evil than a nasty joke to worry about. Can he fight b
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• The Princess in Black by Shannon Hale, Dean Hale and LeUyen Pham
  |date=August 2015 ...he be-all and end-all. You'll note the first sequel (promised for October 2015) is not The Princess versus something, but the Princess and a Perfect Party
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• I Wish I had a Pirate Hat by Roger Stevens
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• The Watchmaker of Filigree Street by Natasha Pulley
  |date=July 2015 ...stocking' physics student also owns such a watch. The two total strangers may think their watches odd, but 'odd' takes on a new meaning when they meet Mr
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• Trust by Mike Bullen
  |date=November 2015 The opening of the book means it may take readers a little while to warm to the two lead men – but their actio
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• The A-Z of You and Me by James Hannah
  |date=March 2015 '''Long listed for the Desmond Elliott Prize 2015'''
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• Playtime Stories by Luana Rinaldo
  |date=March 2015 ...r 6-18 month year old is not testing out the textures of the grooves, they may just be pulling on a flap. And that's not all! There is a further more tr
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• I Love You Already by Jory John and Benji Davies
  |date=December 2015 ...er is full of energy and just wants to play. The friction between the two may have been resolved by the end of [[Goodnight Already by Jory John and Benji
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• William Shakespeare's The Phantom of Menace by Ian Doescher
  ...am Shakespeare's Star Wars: The Phantom of Menace'' does far more than you may expect. Ingeniously clever, with brilliant jokes and references, and a new |date=April 2015
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• The Astounding Broccoli Boy by Frank Cottrell Boyce
  |date=March 2015 ...Rory asks himself questions such as 'What would Batman do?' Although this may sound a bit irritating in fact it isn't and gives an insight into Rory's th
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• A God in Ruins by Kate Atkinson
  |date=May 2015 '''Winner: Costa Novel Award 2015'''
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• Go to Sleep, Monty! by Kim Geyer
  |date=June 2015 ...e the form of a goldfish or a hamster, but for many it will be a dog. You may feel like you have only just managed to get your own child potty trained, b
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• Bitter Sixteen by Stefan Mohamed
  |date=March 2015 ...es, resurrected Aunts, awkward neck-snapping incidents and a marriage that may never have existed…), several young heroes have sprung up in his stead -
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• Dark Corners by Ruth Rendell
  |date=October 2015 Ruth Rendell died in May 2015 and this is her final novel. Some say that this is her best, but I'm not q
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• Circus Mirandus by Cassie Beasley
  |date=June 2015 ...elationship Micah has with his grandfather is touching, and at one point I may have shed a little tear. The addition of Jenny Mendoza, a girl who thinks t
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• The Ice Twins by SK Tremayne
  |date=January 2015 ...nd on the last page. Indeed the author plays with any perceptions that we may have and proves to us a few times that we don't have the vaguest clue of wh
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• The Boy at the Top of the Mountain by John Boyne
  |date=October 2015 ...s less of a fable this time round but is equally readable, and the setting may have a strong connection but the end result is still its own thing. But fo
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• Baby Touch: Busy Baby
  |date=May 2015 ...a baby who happens to come across a bunch of animals. Thankfully, things may be a little odd, but it has more the feel of an eccentric TV show than a ho
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• Clever Polly and the Stupid Wolf by Catherine Storr
  |date=July 2015 ...he wolf so despairing and sad that the reader develops a split loyalty and may briefly start supporting the wolf. The author originally wrote the stories
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• Where Will I Go? (When I Grow Up) by Richard Sinclair
  |date=May 2015 ...rming child friendly montages. There’s a sweet ending too - ''wherever you may travel to… … your Daddy loves you so''.
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• Grumpy Cat: No-it-All: Everything You Need to No by Grumpy Cat
  |date=October 2015 ...his point wondering what on Earth I am talking about, a little explanation may be useful: Grumpy-Cat is a cat (her proper name is Tardar Sauce) who happen
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• The Art of Being Normal by Lisa Williamson
  |date=January 2015 ...gree - a generally happy one. I think that for youngsters reading this who may find themselves questioning their assigned gender identity it's hugely impo
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• How to Build a Girl by Caitlin Moran
  |date=April 2015 ...hly based on her early life - ''Raised by Wolves'' started airing in March 2015.
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• Elementary: The Ghost Line by Adam Christopher
  |date=February 2015 ...s tie-in novel from the popular US series is surprisingly well written and may surprise a few fans of the classic adventures.
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• Scout, Atticus and Boo by Mary McDonagh Murphy
  |date=June 2015 ...me and place, help people, and change the world. And whilst I realise that may sound a tad pompous, thankfully the people who have contributed to ''Scout,
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• Kipper's Toybox by Mick Inkpen
  |date=March 2015 ...counting tasks he is able to work out that a couple of additional friends may have just come to visit.
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• An Empire on the Edge by Nick Bunker
  ...tion as a finalist for the 2015 Pulitzer Prize for History and winning the 2015 George Washington prize. It is a book that deserves its place in the canon If you enjoy ''An Empire on the Edge'', you may also enjoy [[Empire: What Ruling the World Did to the British by Jeremy Pa
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• One Thousand Things by Anna Kovecses
  |date=March 2015 ...t is presented here are concepts; the stuff of everyday life that grownups may take for granted but little ones must learn. Weather, body parts, colours,
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• The Dreamsnatcher by Abi Elphinstone
  |date=February 2015 ...shared their histories and their hopes for what the success of their quest may bring.
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• What I Tell You in the Dark by John Samuel
  |date=September 2015 ...ed girlfriend? No, by an Angel. Not the white-feathered guardian Angel you may expect, but one who wishes to help Will achieve his ends, and so possess th
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• A Possibility of Violence: An Inspector Avraham Avraham Novel (Inspector Avraham 2) by D A Mishani and Todd Hasak-Lowy (Translator)
  |date=January 2015 ...ector Avraham Avraham wants to find the bomber before next time as then it may not be pretence. Meanwhile Chaim Sara has a special interest in the bomb a
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• The Boy Who Killed Demons by Dave Zeltserman
  |date=April 2015 ...d freak completely if they discovered what some of the neighbours actually may be thinking! The clever thing is that no matter what our age, whether mid-
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• Battlemage by Stephen Aryan
  |date=September 2015 ...at a skeleton! Similarly, King Taikon the nutty, self-proclaimed emperor, may seem to be doing mad-Romanesque but he's turned it up to a delicious 11. W
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• Daddy's Sandwich by Pip Jones and Laura Hughes
  |date=May 2015 |summary=You may want to keep your kids out of the kitchen for a while after reading this on
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• The Bolds by Julian Clary and David Roberts
  |date=July 2015 .... It also has an underlying theme of tolerance and acceptance of those who may be a little different.
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• Grandad's Island by Benji Davies
  |date=July 2015 ...emotional topic of losing a loved one. For adult readers this theme may or may not be obvious. (I tried it out on a few friends and family and the results
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• The Good Girl by Fiona Neill
  |date=April 2015 ...plot wouldn’t have worked anywhere near as well 10 or 15 years ago. But in 2015 it’s easy to believe that (a) Romy would do what she did, and (b) that it
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• Dinosaur Police by Sarah McIntyre
  |date=May 2015 ...t pizza, well I’m not sure what comes next, but I suspect at some point he may need a [[Dinosaur Poo! by Christyan Fox and Diane Fox]]
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• What the Jackdaw Saw by Julia Donaldson and Nick Sharratt
  |date=May 2015 ...s for different words make this useful for slightly older children too. It may also prompt parent and child to find out more about sign language and the c
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• Foretold by Thunder by E M Davey
  |date=July 2015 .... If I listed them here, they would seem totally far-fetched but EM (if I may be so familiar) utilises his love of ancient history to the extent that we
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• Super Happy Magic Forest by Matty Long
  |date=September 2015 ...as a whole, but how do you spark this enthusiasm in your kids? Matty Long may just have come up with a cunning plan.
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• Playlist For The Dead by Michelle Falkoff
  |date=January 2015 ...eets an enigmatic, troubled girl and a disparate group of teens who may or may not have the key to the mystery.
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• Sword Of The North (The Grim Company) by Luke Scull
  |summary=The 2 year wait ends! The Grim Company are back and may be spread widely, geographically, but all have enough to keep them occupied |date=March 2015
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• The War at the Edge of the World: Twilight of Empire: Book One (Rome Reborn) by Ian Ross
  |date=January 2015 ...dismiss any thought of my usual first-in-series-expect-slow-build-up-next-may-be-better lecture. The build-up in Ian's world runs into pages rather than
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• Tinder by Sally Gardner
  '''Shortlisted for the 2015 CILIP Carnegie Medal''' '''Shortlisted for the 2015 CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal'''
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• Blue and Bertie by Kristyna Litten
  |date=December 2015 Giraffe fans may also like [[Giraffe's Big Night by Carrie Grant and David Grant]].
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• Playtime Rhymes by Tony Ross
  ...of fun nursery rhymes that you can carry around with you? This collection may be petite, but they are perfectly formed. |date=May 2015
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• Girl With A White Dog by Anne Booth
  '''Shortlisted for the 2015 Waterstones Children’s Book Prize: Best Fiction for 5-12s''' ...sent mingle Jessie learns that, just like Fairy Tales, goodies and baddies may not always be as they appear.
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• Stitches in Time: The Story of the Clothes We Wear by Lucy Adlington
  ...e, knitted bathing suits, restraining corsets, and the style of dress that may well have killed Marie Antoinette – this is a well-researched and intrigu |date=October 2015
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• Yuck! Said the Yak (Early Reader) by Alex English and Emma Levey
  |date=August 2015 ...h a nice underlying message of understanding the needs of others when they may not always be the same as your own.
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• The Silent Hours by Cesca Major
  |date=June 2015 ...ok by Catherine Law]] is another poignant war story that fans of this book may enjoy. We think you might also like [[The Last Night by Cesca Major]].
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• After The Crash by Michel Bussi
  |date=March 2015 ...the crash but she is a miracle, a ray of hope for her family… whoever they may be. For there were 2 young babies on board the flight, and although a mothe
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• The Night Before Christmas by Clement C Moore and Max Marshall
  |date=September 2015 ...strations reflected it. The language also, has not been changed, and there may be some new vocabulary for them, like ''lustre'' and ''coursers'', though i
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• Where's Gilbert? The Not So Little Princess by Tony Ross and Wendy Finney
  |date=August 2015 Young readers who have already learned to love the character may be happy to follow her growing up. There's plenty of incident in the story
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• The Word for World is Forest by Ursula K Le Guin
  |date=March 2015 ...to the Vietnam situation. It's a shame then that for me, at the remove of 2015, it doesn't tick many more boxes, all told.
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• Carrying Albert Home: The Somewhat True Story of a Man, His Wife and Her Alligator by Homer Hickam
  |date=November 2015 ...w and anyone who does not think that an alligator can be cute and adorable may have a change of heart after reading this book.
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• The Penny Heart by Martine Bailey
  |date=May 2015 {{toptentext|list=Top Ten Historical Fiction Books of 2015}}
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• Slade House by David Mitchell
  |date=October 2015 ...ns as the novel is divided into nine year intervals from 1979 to Halloween 2015, the latter almost coinciding with its publishing. Each time they welcome
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• Zero World by Jason M Hough
  |date=August 2015 ...to be an assassin who kills, forgets and kills again. This type of person may even forget that they have visited new worlds.
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• The Chimes by Anna Smaill
  |date=February 2015 ...only happens every now and again, but we notice that, for instance, people may move lento (slowly) or things happen subito (suddenly). Ok so what's in it
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• English Gothic: Classic Horror Cinema 1897-2015 by Jonathan Rigby
  |title=English Gothic: Classic Horror Cinema 1897-2015 |summary=A book so exhaustively detailed and knowledgeable you may feel like a rest in a darkened room having waded through it. But on secon
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• Quicksand by Steve Toltz
  |date=May 2015 I imagine fans of ''A Fraction of the Whole'' may be somewhat divided by ''Quicksand'' - I certainly was. Toltz is an immense
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• Akimbo Adventures by Alexander McCall Smith
  |date=May 2015 {{toptentext|list=Top Ten Books for Confident Readers 2015}}
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• The Red Notebook by Antoine Laurain, Emily Boyce (translator) and Jane Aitken (translator)
  |date=April 2015 ...ok, and demand it be looked at. As unconvincing as I feel short write-ups may be, there really is not a bad word to say about this wonderful work of art.
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• The City Stained Red by Sam Sykes
  |date=September 2015 ...them for their service. Lenk is determined to live a normal human life and may be willing to leave his friends behind in order to do so, but soon they bec
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• Honeydew by Edith Pearlman
  ...e eclectic individual tales. Me? There were those I loved and others that may be an acquired taste. |date=January 2015
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• Hidden by Emma Kavanagh
  |date=November 2015 ...e build-up to the shooting, there are a few side stories, too, that may or may not be relevant to the main plot. There are crumbling relationships, a chil
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• The Good Italian by Stephen Burke
  ...starkly contrasting pre-WWII conflict in Ethiopia and Eritrea. This novel may have started as a film idea but now has 'potential literary prize winner' w |date=May 2014
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• The Mechanical (Alchemy War) by Ian Tregillis
  |date=March 2015 ...d communication are only shared between themselves and their freedom? Jax may be a Clakker, but he's working on freedom.
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• We Used to Be Kings by Stewart Foster
  |date=January 2015 I may be making ''We Used to Be Kings'' sound like an utterly miserable book, but
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• Wolf Winter by Cecilia Ekback
  |date=February 2015 ...the local priest investigate, Frederika discovers that finding a dead body may not be the worst thing that happens to her.
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• The Stolen Queen by Lisa Hilton
  |date=October 2015 ...despite the nightmares of the horned man and the occurrences of a certain May night that will haunt the rest of her life.
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• Ready, Steady, Jump by Jeanne Willis and Adrian Reynolds
  ...elephant just can’t jump at all. However, his low centre of gravity just may come in helpful in this colourful, if slightly daft, children’s sharing b |date=March 2015
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• The Silvered Heart by Katherine Clements
  |date=May 2015 ...n him in a life that provides her with the excitement she craves – and yet may prove all too dangerous…
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• Dreams That Veil by Dominic Luke
  ...lass and their servants just before the WWI shift in ideas; the first half may need some patience but the second half is well worth waiting for. |date=June 2015
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• The Lady of Misrule by Suzannah Dunn
  |date=May 2015 ...owards her, mixed with his fear and anger at what has gone before and what may lie ahead. However Jane is treated well by the new Queen Mary despite the
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• Down to the Sea in Ships by Horatio Clare
  |date=February 2015 ...Clare explains that shipping is a dying trade - and that many of these men may soon be out of jobs.
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• Sucker by Mark Lingane
  |date=February 2015 ...and the link to a recurring childhood nightmare that materialises, then he may have refused. Too late now though…
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• Notebooks of a Middle-School Princess by Meg Cabot
  |date=May 2015 Young princess fans may enjoy [[Princess Hannah and the Little Black Kitten (Tiara Club) by Vivian
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• Atlas of Adventures by Lucy Letherland
  '''Shortlisted for the 2015 Waterstones Children’s Book Prize: Best Illustrated Book''' ...images and discovering a new gem each time. The style of the illustrations may polarise people. The pictures have a slightly 1970s feel and sometimes the
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• Yes! I Can Manage, Thank You! by Virginia Ironside
  |date=March 2015 ...her. However, not all is negative. Grandson Gene is now 7 years old and may be the link to a little part time work for Marie to keep her artistic hand
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• Elspeth Hart and the School for Show-offs by Sarah Forbes
  |date=May 2015 ...chool. Piecing together scraps of information, she searches for clues that may enable her to escape.
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• Ghosting by Jonathan Kemp
  |date=March 2015 My choice for further reading may seem incredibly far from the setting of ''Ghosting'', and goes to very diff
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• Washington Stratagem by Adam LeBor
  |date=May 2015 ...listic background shows. No matter how unlikely the settings and scenarios may sound, they come with a ring of authenticity.
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• The Red Lily Crown by Elizabeth Loupas
  ...4 is not a good time to be at the Florentine court under the Medici. Life may be decadent and love unbridled but death is sudden and unprovoked. Worst y |date=May 2015
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• Lily and the Christmas Wish by Keris Stainton
  |date=November 2015 ...than a little sceptical that wishes can come true, no matter how much you may want them to. Then a strange storm blows in and scatters all the wishes acr
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• Worrying: A Literary and Cultural History by Francis O'Gorman
  |date=July 2015 ...t [[On Kindness by Adam Phillips and Barbara Taylor]], while other readers may be drawn to [[My Age of Anxiety by Scott Stossel]] for an account of anxiet
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• London Underground (Amazing and Extraordinary Facts) by Stephen Halliday
  |date=October 2015 ...s being in a series extolling their use while in the porcelain museum, you may well be dipping in and out and browsing at random.
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• The House At The End Of Hope Street by Menna Van Praag
  |date=April 2015 If the above sounds like you might want to give it a try, you may also enjoy [[A Funny Thing About Love by Rebecca Farnworth]] which we at Bo
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• Death is a Welcome Guest: Plague Times Trilogy 2 by Louise Welsh
  |date=June 2015 ...t the only threat to his life in a world where only the lucky survive. He may be lucky in some respects but luck has a habit of running out, the only que
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• The Crossing by Andrew Miller
  |date=August 2015 ...unbarred access to. It took me some time to get used to the tone used, and may feel cold to some initially. In truth though, it is perhaps quite a realist
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• Boo by Neil Smith
  |date=May 2015 ...; something that Neil uses well. Demonstrating mood via chemical elements may be little off the wall in fiction but it definitely works – even for a sc
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• The Last Days of Rabbit Hayes by Anna McPartlin
  |date=January 2015 ...something odd. She's provided me with what could be my favourite book of 2015 and the publishing date is only 1st January! It's a story about dying and
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• Not Without My Whale by Billy Coughlan and Villie Karabatzia
  |date=September 2015 ...nd fun story about something that just could not happen. A po-faced adult may not be able to get their mind around a whale in a school, but for any imagi
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• Skink No Surrender by Carl Hiaasen
  |date= May 2015 ...an eccentric, crazy, courageous, reckless renegade with an anarchic, devil-may-care approach and a no nonsense attitude. He is a good-hearted protector of
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• Dear Daughter by Elizabeth Little
  |date=July 2015 ...ought to life. Evidence concerning the death of her mother. Who she may or may not have killed. Hmmm.
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• Elmer by David McKee
  |date=June 2015 ...he topic of differences between people and celebrating diversity. The book may be about elephants but the moral isn’t.
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• On the Train by Carron Brown and Bee Johnson
  |date=April 2015 The drawings themselves really hold their own even if the light aspect may fall a little flat. Our first read was without a light and my little boy lo
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• BOO! by Jonathan Litton and Fhiona Galloway
  |date=August 2015 ...ooks on the market. Setting a book around Halloween and all things spooky may not seem to fill these criteria, but a little fear can sometimes make a sma
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• Franco's Crypt: Spanish Culture and Memory Since 1936 by Jeremy Treglown
  |date=March 2015 ...s give an interesting overview of various works, particularly films, which may be little known by modern foreign audiences.
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• The Gracekeepers by Kirsty Logan
  |date=May 2015 {{toptentext|list=Top Ten General Fiction Books for 2015}}
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• The Fabulous Foskett Family Circus by Quentin Blake and John Yeoman
  |date=June 2015 ...wings were started first and then the words etched in to correspond? This may not be the case, but it feels like it.
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• Boyfriend by Christmas by Jenny Stallard
  |date=November 2015 This is a warts and all book in which you may find her being more frank than you would like about certain escapades, but
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• The Undesired by Yrsa Sigurdardottir and Victoria Cribb (translator)
  |date=October 2015 ...at the place is heavily populated with trolls. Yrsa Sigurdardottir may or may not agree with that, but she certainly peoples her world with ghosts. Here
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• Night Owls by Jenn Bennett
  |date=August 2015 ...her name, she knows she is already lost despite the fact that Jack may or may not be the City's most infamous (and talented) graffiti artist.
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• 13 Coins by Michael B Jackson, Martin Brennan and Simon Bisley
  ...d, and certainly better than the hodge-podge of previous similar titles it may have been, this horror comic is for the regular reader of such only. |date=August 2015
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• The Fifth Heart by Dan Simmons
  ...and British detective Sherlock Holmes leads to intrigue in the US. Belief may need suspension but it's still clever and rollicking fun – even for ACD f |date=March 2015
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• The Last Confession of Thomas Hawkins by Antonia Hodgson
  |date=June 2015 ...progresses and danger deepens we realise that it's not just the devil who may care; we care too, rather a lot.
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• On Purpose: Delivering a Branded Customer Experience People Love by Shaun Smith and Andy Milligan
  |date=November 2015 ...l quotes from it I have been spouting at work since, but I feel like there may be better books on branding out there if you do have a specific interest in
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• Paper Weight by Meg Haston
  |date=July 2015 ...ie's life before admission and her life inside. Calling it ''life inside'' may make it sound like a prison, but that's what it feels like to her. As a min
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• Influx by Daniel Suarez
  |date=February 2015 ...ld imagine and the characters that you believe will be key towards the end may not even make it that far. This all combines to create a tension that only
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• The Eye of Winter’s Fury by Michael J Ward
  ...inters Fury'' is a hugely exciting and involving book. The game mechanisms may take some getting used to, but you’ll soon be hooked. |date=April 2015
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• Elena Vanishing by Elena Dunkle and Clare B Dunkle
  |date=May 2015 ...a girl with a mental illness, and this comes across clearly. While others may use that to define her, she has more strings to her bow, both good and bad,
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• Ghosts of War by George Mann
  |date=March 2015 ...the streets, America and Britain are locked in a cold war, and a lone hero may hold the key to keeping the peace...
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• Quarry's List by Max Allan Collins
  |date=December 2015 ...oker's Daughter'', ''Quarry's List'' is the second book in the series that may not introduce you to the character, but it does introduce you to why Quarry
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• Second Life by S J Watson
  ...Go to Sleep]] is about a woman's search for her dead sister's killer. It may start low key (comparatively) but builds to something exceeding the sum of |date=February 2015
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• Bill, the Galactic Hero by Harry Harrison
  |date=May 2015 For another blast of militaristic, old-school sci-fi, you may enjoy [[The Word for World is Forest by Ursula K Le Guin]].
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• Feather and Fang by Ali Sparkes
  |date=May 2016 ...augh out loud. (Although I suspect this frustration with the world of work may go over the teenage reader's head).
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• The Free by Brian Ruckley
  ...strong characters, although given that it is the start of a series, these may well be further developed in books to come. Yulan could do with a little mo ...cians and mages. Book Two is also now out, with Book Three out in February 2015.
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• Bomber by Paul Dowswell
  |date=May 2015 ...try and the Allied cause. And that's how he became a gunner on the ''Macey May'', an American Flying Fortress stationed in East Anglia, far away from Harr
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• The Restoration of Otto Laird by Nigel Packer
  |date=January 2015 ...to reveal Otto’s memories to the reader out of chronological order, so you may know what happened early but the why will keep you guessing until the end a
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• Asterix and the Missing Scroll (Album 36) by Jean-Yves Ferri
  |date=October 2015 ...nt originals. I love the premise, and I think it's one which works well in 2015, with Caesar writing a history of his campaign in Gaul. The problem though
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• System: With his face in the sun by Jon A Davidson
  |date=May 2015 This may be [[:Category:Jon A Davidson|Jon A Davidson's]] debut novel but when it co
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• The Underwriting by Michelle Miller
  |date=June 2015 ...e completely reprehensible. Thankfully, they are great to read about – you may feel a bit grubby at times, but I was unable to stop reading.
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• Wild Adventures by Mick Manning and Brita Granstrom
  |date=February 2015 ...er hours in the sitting room if our parents had not thrown us outside. In 2015, there are far more TV channels to watch and games come in high fidelity, w
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• Field Guide: Creatures Great and Small (Field Guides) by Lucy Engelman
  |date=May 2015 ...t four paragraphs regarding a picture book we ourselves have to finish off may leave some members of our audience wanting to see the results.
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• The Artificial Anatomy of Parks by Kat Gordon
  |date=July 2015 ...in mind of Kate Atkinson, albeit a younger, pricklier version, so readers may want to try her debut novel [[Behind the Scenes at the Museum by Kate Atkin
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• Bryant and May – The Burning Man by Christopher Fowler
  |title= Bryant and May – The Burning Man ...ted humour and an unexpected touch of pathos in the 12th of the Bryant and May series.
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• Rutabaga the Adventure Chef: Book 1 by Eric Colossal
  |date=March 2015 ...f the matter, as any fantasy reader will tell you, is while so many quests may be constructed and told to us in the most forensic detail, so seldom do we
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• I Let You Go by Clare Mackintosh
  |date=May 2015 {{toptentext|list=Top Ten Crime Novels of 2015}}
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• The Boy in the Shadows by Carl-Johan Vallgren and Rachel Willson-Broyles (Translator)
  |date=January 2015 ...service days, to investigate. Danny has a hunch that Joel's disappearance may be connected to Kristoffer's but before he has a chance to prove it, he rea
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• Three Cheers for Thomas the Tank Engine by W Awdry
  |date=June 2015 I don't like Thomas the Tank Engine. He may be a 'really useful' engine but he is also over exposed and (Surely? Please
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• The Shakespeare Trail by Zoe Bramley
  ...The Shakespeare Trail'' is a far more compelling read than initial glances may suggest. Useful for those who fancy a wander round those places that inspir |date=October 2015
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• On the Construction Site by Carron Brown and Bee Johnson
  |date=July 2015 ...ntegrating. Type two are parents who know the answers. In this case, they may well work in the construction field, live and breathe this sort of thing, a
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• Top Ten Fantasy Books of 2015
  We had a fun time choosing our top ten fantasy novels of 2015, not least because it got us into a lot of ''do you remember...?'' conversa ...aren’t good though; if the enemy doesn't get them, their own flying craft may. Nobody wants to be on the back of an overheated rag!
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• Don't Chew the Royal Shoe by Kate Leake
  |date=January 2015 |summary=Do you know where your shoes are right now? You may think that they are all nestled together in the bottom of your wardrobe, bu
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• The Creative Colouring Book for Grown-Ups
  |date=April 2015 ...to fill in. They may seem to take a different approach to the norm, which may well be the making of this title, in that only a few are flowers, birds etc
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• The Grace of Kings (The Dandelion Dynasty) by Ken Liu
  ...fantasy with an additional take on transposed Ancient Chinese history. We may need to concentrate a bit more than with run of the mill fantasy novels but |date=December 2015
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• Planetfall by Emma Newman
  |date=November 2015 ...lance to the hidden Suh-Mi, secrets can no longer be hidden – secrets that may just destroy the colony…
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• Fallout (Tito Ihaka) by Paul Thomas
  |summary=Maori police detective Tito Ihaka may have started investigating a society party murder but he also uncovers a re |date=March 2015
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• The Orchard Book of Bedtime Fairy Tales by Helen Craig
  |date=November 2015 ...at are coaxed into the fox's den – explaining this one to a three year old may be tricky. I would have preferred to have had all the Fairy Tales stick to
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• Tracer by Rob Boffard
  ...is just a simple Tracer trying to do her job, but one package she carries may hold the key to the future of both Earths. Join her in this frantic scienc |date=July 2015
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• Kitchen Disco by Clare Foges and Al Murphy
  |date=August 2015 ...now that fruit also awakens? If you listen closely as you go to sleep you may just hear the soft pulse of some Happy House or Dubstep as down in the kitc
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• The Machine Awakes by Adam Christopher
  |date=April 2015 ...h prefer to be stamping out the Spider menace. However, the two instances may be more closely linked than he can imagine as the Spiders’ AI is working
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• Ballet Shoes by Noel Streatfeild
  |date=July 2015 ...s will be used to. There are also a couple of places were a little editing may have made it more accessible to twenty-first century readers. For example,
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• Walter's Wonderful Web by Tim Hopgood
  |date=September 2015 ...I would not condone spiders, but in the case of a spider called Walter, I may just be able to stomach them as he combines shapes with a fun story.
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• The Damned (The Darkest Hand Trilogy) (Inquisitor Poldek Tacit 1) by Tarn Richardson
  |date=May 2015 ...lic Inquisition sends one of its best to investigate: Poldek Tacit. Tacit may be a tortured, troubled soul fighting the demons of his own past but when i
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• Leo: A Ghost Story by Mac Barnett and Christian Robinson
  |date=August 2015 ...e can be a little perturbed by the idea of imaginary friends and this book may reassure them too!
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• Bear Counts by Karma Wilson and Jane Chapman
  |date=May 2015 ...ts'' is anything but. This is a fantastically realised counting book that may have a simple story, but more importantly is a great way for children to en
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• That Girl from Nowhere by Dorothy Koomson
  |date=April 2015 ...bargained for. Or rather it discovers her. Ok some of the circumstances may be a little coincidental but coincidences do happen and the overall effect
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• Boxes by Pascal Garnier and Melanie Florence (translator)
  |date=May 2015 ...Frank Wynne (Translator)]] for the crime, and a great favourite for being 2015's best, [[The Red Notebook by Antoine Laurain, Emily Boyce (translator) and
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• The Life and Death of Sophie Stark by Anna North
  |date=May 2015 {{toptentext|list=Top Ten Literary Fiction Books of 2015}}
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• Finn Fancy Necromancy by Randy Henderson
  |date=February 2015 Douglas Coupland suggested that all families are psychotic and he may just be right if that family consists of necromancers. The usual family dy
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• SPQR A History of Ancient Rome by Mary Beard
  |date=October 2015 ...e of source material needed to support the scale of the book, some readers may be disappointed at the lack of a full bibliography. There is a detailed ch
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• The Time Of The Clockmaker by Anna Caltabiano
  |date=August 2015 ...lled by the clock and Rebecca thinks that, in a time as early as this, she may now be safe from the clutches of the immortal that killed her mentor. So R
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• The Diary of Dennis the Menace: Bash Street Bandit (Book 4) by Steven Butler and Steve May (illustrator)
  |author=Steven Butler and Steve May (illustrator) |date=February 2015
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• Pirates Don't Drive Diggers by Alex English and Duncan Beedie
  |date=May 2015 ...t pirates do. Is this to be a tale of tragedy and woe? Don't worry, Brad may get to drive a digger after all…
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• The Queen's Handbag by Steve Antony
  |date=October 2015 ...d off with her handbag and a madcap chase is needed to recover it. Now you may think the Queen would surely have people to do this sort of thing for her,
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• The Throwaway Children by Diney Costeloe
  |date=May 2015 Those who enjoy this book may like reading [[Days of Grace by Catherine Hall]], a story of intense friend
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• Violet and the Pearl of the Orient by Harriet Whitehorn
  '''Shortlisted for the 2015 Waterstones Children’s Book Prize: Best Fiction for 5-12s''' ...hink, be popular with quite a wide age range. The puns and use of language may appeal to slightly older primary school age children but this would work we
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• Off the Page by Jodi Picoult and Samantha Van Leer
  |date=May 2015 ...h a human boy in order to join his true love in the real world. The lovers may be together for now, but the book has other ideas, and soon begins rewritin
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• Field Service by Robert Edric
  |date=August 2015 ...uncovered in various settings including farmers' fields. It's a job that may take its toll on any man and it does.
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• Twelve Kings: The Song of the Shattered Sands by Bradley Beaulieu
  |date=September 2015 She may have an ally in a childhood friend and on-and-off contact with a mysterious
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• Stars of Fortune (Guardians Trilogy) by Nora Roberts
  |date=November 2015 Sasha suffers from nightmares. The scary details may vary but the gist of the contents remain the same: the voice of a stranger,
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• Preposterous Rhinoceros by Tracy Gunaratnam and Marta Costa
  |date=January 2015 Reading is easy! You may say that after all you are reading this very review. However, if you had n
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• Help! The Wolf is Coming! by Cedric Ramadier and Vincent Bourgeau
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• The Astrologer's Daughter by Rebecca Lim
  |date=July 2015 Rebecca Lim has given us a thought-provoking mystery that may or may not have a 'happy ending'. You really do have to make of the conclusion wh
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• Railways (Amazing and Extraordinary Facts) by Julian Holland
  |date=November 2015 ...t will have a chance of delighting at the contents, but the average person may struggle. Here are specialist railway photographers, articles about the au
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• My Pen by Christopher Myers
  |date=April 2015 ...number of words, forget totalling the pages, and ignore how many times you may return to bring it off the shelf. What matters so much more than how long
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• Poo in the Zoo by Steve Smallman and Ada Grey
  |date=July 2015 ...for it...banana! And naughty Iguana makes a run for it and escapes! You may think to yourself that an Iguana is not that fast so Bob could easily run a
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• The Drowning Lesson by Jane Shemilt
  |date=September 2015 ...been different on every level. In the real world of Portugal, the McCanns may have had many horrible things to deal with, but witch doctors and black mag
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• The Avengers Vault by Peter A David
  |date=March 2015 ...ck, with bright and eager eyes, to see what we can find, what the beginner may need to know, and what the fan will have fond memories of.
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• How to Speak Spook (and Stay Alive) by Ally Kennen
  |date=May 2015 {{toptentext|list=Top Ten Books for Confident Readers 2015}}
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• The Land of Stories: Beyond the Kingdoms by Chris Colfer
  |date=August 2015 ...ithered corpses being floated down-river to the witches coven so that they may harvest the body parts. When the identity of the corpses is revealed, it re
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• Clash of the Rival Robots (Adventures of the Steampunk Pirates) by Gareth P Jones
  |date=August 2015 ...s a surprise to their inventor when it happened. But you never know, they may be about to face a showdown against said scientist – and, worse, his next
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• Wake Up, Alfred! by David Ellwand
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• A Whisper of Horses by Zillah Bethell
  |date=August 2015 ...real horse; no-one has. When Serendipity finds a map that hints that there may still be horses living in 'Grey Britan', she makes the brave decision to tr
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• As Quiet as a Mouse by Karen Owen and Evgenia Golubeva
  |date=September 2015 ...careful around a baby is not easy and Karen Owen's ''As Quiet as a Mouse'' may just help as it weaves looking after your baby sister/brother into a fun st
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• Shadows Of War (Traitors) by Michael Ridpath
  |date=August 2015 ...to shed it in order to go underground for a special assignation with what may be a Nazi double agent. (Before we go any further, this review does contai
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• Kingmaker: Winter Pilgrims (Kingmaker 1) by Toby Clements
  |date=February 2015 ...the skin of Warwick and other mover and shaker the Earl of Salisbury, you may be a bit disappointed but this isn't bad news for the rest of us.
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• Black Wolves (Black Wolves Trilogy) by Kate Elliott
  |date=November 2015 ...as had walked away from the palace in a fog of shock and self-blame and he may not want to come back
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• Crunch! by Carolina Rabei
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• May 2015 Newsletter
  == May's News from Bookbag Towers == ...5,000 for the Teenage Cancer Trust through their [http://penguinblog.co.uk/2015/05/05/a-night-of-infinities/ Night of Infinities] on 26 June. Over the past
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• Recipe For A Story by Ella Burfoot
  |date=January 2015 ...posed to simply read every word on the page. If you’re reading together it may be wise to give it the once over first to make sure you’ve got it right a
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• Haunt: Dead Wrong by Curtis Jobling
  |summary= Will may have been killed, but that doesn't mean he's going anywhere. A riotous, cra |date=February 2015
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• Goodnight Already by Jory John and Benji Davies
  |date=March 2015 If you list all of my favourite things you may be surprised what one of my top choices is - sleep. Lovely, blessed sleepy
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• Kinslayer (Lotus War Trilogy 2) by Jay Kristoff
  over the dystopian land of Shima. He may be dead but Hiro (equally nasty This series may feature a teenage girl but again the author himself
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• Winner: My Racing Life by A P McCoy
  |summary=The autobiography of the jockey whose records may never be beaten. It's insightful and a good read. Recommended. |date=November 2015
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• I'll Give You The Sun by Jandy Nelson
  |date=April 2015 |summary=It may take a little while to get to grips with the unique voices of the character
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• The Wind's Twelve Quarters and The Compass Rose by Ursula K Le Guin
  ...sy genres. Fascinating, detailed, and incredibly well written, these tales may not always take you where you expected to go but I think they are well wort |date=August 2015
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• Edgewater by Courtney Sheinmel
  |date=September 2015 Lorrie may run with the big dogs, but right now she's more of a mutt. Her mother is AW
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• Top Ten Historical Fiction Books of 2015
  ...op class historical fiction and there have been some very good examples in 2015. In making our selection we've avoided books which are the later parts of ...n him in a life that provides her with the excitement she craves – and yet may prove all too dangerous…
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• Village of Secrets by Caroline Moorehead
  |date=July 2015 ...n the sort of book you'd sit and read for an hour in the evening, but that may partly depend on your level of interest in, and knowledge of, the subject a
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• The Bear Who Went Boo by David Walliams and Tony Ross
  |date=November 2015 ...Ross. I defy anyone not to fall in love with the little cub, naughty as he may be.
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• The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
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• Kipper’s Little Friends by Mick Inkpen
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• Shadow Spell (The Cousins O'Dwyer Trilogy Book 2) by Nora Roberts
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• 50 Games to Play With Your Cat by Jackie Strachan
  |date=December 2015 ...ere is an excellent array of hide-and-seek games, whereas the lazier moggy may appreciate one of the cosy retreats featured later in the book. We also hav
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• Renishaw Hall: the story of the Sitwells by Desmond Seward
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• Ghettoside by Jill Leovy
  |date=October 2015 ...no easy task. Dismiss these urban lyricists at your peril, as crude they may be, but ''Ghettoside'' will soon inform the disbeliever that life on the st
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• MOD: From Bebop to Britpop, Britain's Biggest Youth Movement by Richard Weight
  |date=January 2015 ...ng generations, all ready to adapt the style to changing times. Though it may not be the Mod fashion that it seemed to be during the premiership of Harol
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• The World of Norm: 9: May Still Be Charged by Jonathan Meres
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• The Quality of Silence by Rosamund Lupton
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• Tremarnock: The Lives, Loves and Secrets of a Cornish Village by Emma Burstall
  |date=October 2015 Liz may be the protagonist, but the real star of the book is her daughter Rosie. Ro
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• Bloodmining by Laura Wilkinson
  ...ertain fresh foods can be scare and disease shows its ugly face. The year 2015 crops up time and time again. Something important happened then. Wilkinso ...d. If you enjoy a family-type read (with plenty of detail) then this book may just suit. It fell short for me on several levels.
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• How to Win Every Argument by Madsen Pirie
  |date=March 2015 ...eep in time with each other, or take direction well as part of a group. It may be a good orchestra, but there’s no must about it.
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• Flood of Fire (Ibis Trilogy 3) by Amitav Ghosh
  |date=May 2015 Ok, one or two minor disbelief suspensions may be required. For instance the author takes great care to organise events s
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• Words of a Feather by Graeme Donald
  |date=November 2015 ...llenge (such as ''limelight''/''lemon sole''). But while some of the links may seem open to debate, the entries are written in such an engaging way, peppe
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• The Fifth Gospel by Ian Caldwell
  |date=April 2015 If you enjoy ''The Fifth Gospel'', you may also enjoy [[The Last Testament by Sam Bourne]] and [[CODEX by Adrian Daws
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• Dreamland by Robert L Anderson
  |date=September 2015 ...trick is that in Dea, Rob has written a credible real world teenager. She may suffer from a behind-back-whispering bullying and from having few friends d
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• The Deadly Seven by Garth Jennings
  |date=January 2015 ...e baddie and save the day. Just, well, don't try this at home, okay? Chaos may be fun but getting grounded till you draw your pension really, really isn't
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• Dark Sky by Mike Brooks
  |date=November 2015 ...living doing odd jobs with your crew; some legal, some not so legal. You may not have much money, a good ship or even adequate washing facilities, but w
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• Catherine Certitude by Patrick Modiano, Sempe (illustrator) and William Rodarmor (translator)
  |summary=A slight and highly-illustrated piece this may be, but it's only fun to see the Nobel Prize-winner in such light and whims ...nch city is very much your thing for your nearby younger reader, then they may like [[Madame Pamplemousse and the Time-travelling Cafe by Rupert Kingfishe
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• In Darkling Wood by Emma Carroll
  |date=July 2015 ...ne call they have been waiting for. The long-awaited heart transplant that may save her sick brother’s life is now possible. Alice finds herself sent to
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• The Snake Trap: Travis Delaney Investigates by Kevin Brooks
  |date=July 2015 ''The Snake Trap'' may well be for a slightly younger audience than usual for Brooks, but the auth
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• The Only Pupil in the School by Hsukung Liu and Xinlin Wang (translator)
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• The Mountain Can Wait by Sarah Leipciger
  |date=May 2015 ...troubled by the events of the accident, as well as ghosts of the past that may cause more pain than either man had anticipated.
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• Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard
  |date=February 2015 For those used to the fast pace of young adult books, this may feel rather slow at times. However, Victoria Aveyard is a genuinely good wr
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• How to Write your Best Story Ever! by Christopher Edge
  |date=May 2015 ...of me, for it will easily sit alongside the junior scribbler wherever s/he may be from now on. It has a beginning, middle and end (and index), and can be
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• Bryant and May - London's Glory by Christopher Fowler
  |title=Bryant and May - London's Glory |summary= Bryant and May return for a series of short adventures in true anarchic style. The silline
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• Fusion: Volume 4 (Tesla Evolution) by Mark Lingane
  |date=July 2015 ...ark finishes the book with two, coming as a final surprise. After that we may be sad that ''Tesla'' is over but knowing the prolific Mr L, I'm sure somet
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• Divorce Turkish Style (Kati Hirschel Istanbul Murder Mystery) by Esmahan Aykol
  |date=September 2015 ...here again this is nothing compared to Kati's next realisation: this death may not have been that natural.
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• Quarry's Choice by Max Allan Collins
  |date=January 2015 |summary=Quarry, the hit man without a heart, returns, but this time he may have to stay in one place for a while before making a killing. Join him in
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• Age of Iron (The Iron Age Trilogy) by Angus Watson
  Dug may be cussingly world-weary has-been, Lowa may be a feisty woman and Spring an innocent child but they aren't from a writi ...ist is driven by a question that we'd rather like answered too. The clues may be there but we need to hear it from the King himself.
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• Cat and Dog by Helen Oswald and Zoe Waring
  ...n unlikely friendship that revolves around scrapping with each other, this may not have the positive message you wish to impart to your little ones, but i |date=July 2015
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• The Queen's Hat by Steve Antony
  |date=May 2014 '''Shortlisted for the 2015 Waterstones Children’s Book Prize: Best Illustrated Book'''
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• Azzi in Between by Sarah Garland
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• Robert James Talks To Bookbag About Popular: The Launch
  |date=27 May 2014 ...dline for the draft of her first novel is at the end of this summer, for a 2015 publication. Also at the end of the summer, the screenplay is due for Popul
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• Little Owl's Colors by Divya Srinivasan
  |date=August 2015 ...s and nocturnal animals. It's just that if you analyze these colours they may not look right to UK eyes.
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• Vasilisa the Beautiful (Russian Folktales) by Anthea Bell and Anna Morgunova
  |summary=While the large text font with narrow line may make it a little awkward for the very young solo reader, and the artwork wi |date=October 2015
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• The Iron Ghost by Jen Williams
  |date=February 2015 Ooh by the way, before I start there may be spoilers for Book 1 so please go away and read that first.
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• Thieves Fall Out by Gore Vidal
  |date=April 2015 ...unpleasant environment of Egypt in the high summer. Those who know Vidal may also be unsurprised that his writing is also a little controversial. The w
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• Tales from Schwartzgarten: Marius and the Band of Blood by Christopher William Hill
  |date=November 2015 ...is new friends he battles bloodthirsty and dastardly villains, one of whom may actually be hidden among the ranks of the Band itself.
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• Deadly Spells by Jaye Wells
  ...fitting finale to a trilogy is all the more exciting when we realise this may not be the end! |date=February 2015
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• Harrison Squared by Daryl Gregory
  |date=March 2015 ...he same world; others are more like a bag of literal allsorts. A novelist may produce one book that is a satirical and adult; just don’t assume that th
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• Creaturepedia by Adrienne Barman
  |date=March 2015 ...hical beats and extinct animals, as well as endangered species that sadly, may become extinct very soon.
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• Little Black Lies by Sharon Bolton
  |date=July 2015 ...tealing the focus from Catrin’s original aim. While you know something sad may happen at the end, you almost get frustrated when the story takes a differe
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• 1,234 QI Facts to Leave You Speechless by John Lloyd, John Mitchinson and James Harkin
  |date=November 2015 ''No US President has ever died in May.'' ''There are fewer women on corporate boards in America than there are m
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• More Than This by Patrick Ness
  ...afterlife dream? Seth begins a painful search for answers hoping that he may not be alone after all; that there just might be more than this… '''Shortlisted for the 2015 CILIP Carnegie Medal'''
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• Personal by Lee Child
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• Dacre's War by Rosemary Goring
  |date=June 2015 It may have been 10 years since Flodden as we start reading this but, more importa
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• Lobsters by Tom Ellen and Lucy Ivison
  '''Shortlisted for the YA Book Prize 2015''' ...of before recommending this one to younger teens or those with parents who may be offended.
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• Ten Little Dinosaurs by Mike Brownlow and Simon Rickerty
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• Behind God's Back (Ariel Kafka Series) by Harri Nykanen and Kristian London (translator)
  |date=January 2015 ...ng connections are discovered. The Mossad ''may'' be involved but then so may Ari's brother Eli.
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• The Death House by Sarah Pinborough
  |date=February 2015 ...ke, while the former may be the author having her cake and eating it or it may be part of her brilliant way at creating an unsettling other-worldly feel.
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• Busy Alice in Wonderland
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• The Dark Defiles by Richard Morgan
  |date=September 2015 ...occurs in the last sixty or seventy pages. The way these characters end up may also frustrate some – there are no neat and tidy endings here, but I for
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• The Slaughter Man by Tony Parsons
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• The It Girl by Katy Birchall
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• Charlie Cook's Favourite Book by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler
  |date=January 2015 ...gether to create complete joy in storytelling for young children, and this may be one of my favourites that they have ever produced. I hope this edition h
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• Real Monsters by Liam Brown
  |date=March 2015 ...ith his wife and two children. Although all this is important to Liam, it may not live long in the memory of the global book-buying public. To them/us h
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• The Golden Age of Murder by Martin Edwards
  |date=May 2015 ...me in the mid-1950s, perhaps with the death of Dorothy L Sayers in 1957. I may sound tentative here because there is no entirely precise end date. The Det
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• Shimmer by Paula Weston
  ...nt in this latest installment of her excellent Rephaim series. ''Shimmer'' may lack the sizzling romantic tension with Rafa imprisoned for a good chunk of ...everything in place for a final confrontation with the Gatekeeper demons, 2015 and book 4 can't come soon enough. Highly recommended.
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• Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik
  ...eager to exploit Miryem's talents – she soon becomes aware that her skills may be more trouble than they're worth… ...on of the Napoleonic Wars. Novik first entered the world of fairy tales in 2015 with ''Uprooted'' – a beautiful and spellbinding tale that blended a comp
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• Edward IV: Glorious Son of York by Jeffrey James
  |date=September 2015 ...edly drowned in a butt of malmsey wine – though James informs us that this may be no more than colourful legend and that he was more probably strangled in
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• Foul Tides Turning by Stephen Hunt
  |date=June 2015 ...ew feel like they are fully fleshed out – although I don't doubt that this may well be changed in book 3.
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• The Book of Margery Kempe by Margery Kempe and Anthony Bale (editor)
  |date=February 2015 ...kind of formal education. She was, however, taught religious texts, which may well have set the way for the visions she would encounter later in life.
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• I'll Meet You In Heaven by Jill Thrussell
  |date=July 2015 ...der lady, Samaria provides insight into the feelings around widowhood that may occur later in life.
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• Elizabeth is Missing by Emma Healey
  '''Longlisted for the Bailey's Women's Prize for Fiction 2015''' '''Shortlisted for the Desmond Elliott Prize 2015'''
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• The Economist Style Guide: 11th Edition
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• Jules and Nina Dine Out by Anita Pouroulis
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• Soon by Timothy Knapman and Patrick Benson
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• The Boleyn Deceit (Anne Boleyn Trilogy Book 2) by Laura Andersen
  |date=January 2015 ...charmingly portrayed historical baddies but Minuette doesn't. In fact she may not even live to find out.
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• The Adventures of an Urban Fox: Maggie Arrives by Yara Evans and Luciana Betti
  |date=April 2015 ...London. Yes, there's a real Maggie! And I suspect Black Cat and Tabby Cat may reside chez Lara also! You really get a sense of the ingenuity of the urba
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• Remix by Non Pratt
  |date= June 2015 ...e but their lives are about to change irrevocably. Ruby has a sassy, devil may care outer shell that hides her vulnerability but where do her loyalties re
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• Nelly and the Quest for Captain Peabody by Roland Chambers and Ella Okstad
  |date=October 2015 ...s silently knitting and nothing more has been heard from her father. There may be a lesson about parental inadequacy and unreliability here but if so it's
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• The Message by Yan Vana
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• Deep Thought: 42 Fantastic Quotes that Define Philosophy by Gary Cox
  |summary= Quoting a philosopher may seem impressive, but what happens when someone asks what you mean? This ent |date=September 2015
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• Bedtime Rhymes by Tony Ross
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• The Cellar by Minette Walters
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• The Chief Cellist by Wenhua Wang, Amann Wang and Yu Yan Chen (translator)
  |date=December 2015 ...see – the gentle tale takes us to several places we would not expect (and may have a strong Chinese allegorical situation with a white dog that means les
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• Preposterous Rhinoceros (Early Reader) by Tracy Gunaratnam and Marta Costa
  |date=August 2015 Reading is easy! You may say that after all you are reading this very review. However, if you had n
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• The Potion Diaries by Amy Alward
  |date=July 2015 ...ncess Bride''. I have to be honest. I think readers expecting such a story may be disappointed. Aside from challenges - and every fantasy story has its qu
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• Tregian’s Ground by Anne Cuneo, Roland Glasser (translator) and Louise Rogers Lalaurie (translator)
  |date=April 2015 ...I provide a line or two about the author. In this case a couple of lines may not suffice but we'll have a go... In précis, Anne Cuneo, French born of I
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• Ten Million Aliens by Simon Barnes
  |date=July 2015 ...system morphs into a larva which breaks free from her when she dies. This may sound like the stuff of science fiction, but the truth is that we share our
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• The Drop in My Drink by Meredith Hooper and Chris Coady
  ...ons of years – the same journey one little drop of water in one child' cup may have taken! |date=November 2015
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• Nina Goes Barking Mad! by Anita Pouroulis
  |date=June 2015 ...res, the embedded photos and the complexity of each page. Whilst the style may not be unique, it certainly feels different.
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• George's Grand Tour by Caroline Vermalle and Anna Aitken (translator)
  |date=March 2015 ...roline's independently minded pensioner, George, with relish. Both heroes may be of a certain age but each story is an original slice of charm in its own
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• Poppy Pym and the Pharaoh's Curse by Laura Wood
  |date=September 2015 ...for my personal taste but, again, I'm not the target audience and children may well love these.
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• Silly Dizzy Dinosaur by Jack Tickle
  |date=June 2015 ...es mean that it will get kid-handled a little more than most and therefore may tarnish a little quicker than average. This should not be a huge issue as
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• Skyborn: 1 (The Seraphim Trilogy) by David Dalglish
  |date=November 2015 ...ng that fateful battle. From a relatively simple start, I thought that it may be going a bit [[The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins|Hunger Games]] perhaps
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• This is not a Love Story by Keren David
  |date=May 2015 ...Theo we have to work him out. This is skilfully managed and other readers may feel, as I do, that Ethan is the character who evokes the most sympathy of
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• Claxton: Notes From a Small Planet by Mark Cocker
  |date=October 2015 ...plied a list of all the various species that he spotted in his parish – it may well be worth seeing if you come across any of those yourself!
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• Impulse by Dave Bara
  |date=February 2015 ...hankfully Bara is able to handle the story with aplomb. At times the book may be silly, but at least it is well written and has some great action set pie
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• Birth of a Theorem by Cedric Villani
  |date=March 2015 If you enjoy ''Birth of a Theorem'', you may also enjoy [[Mathematics of Life by Ian Stewart]] and [[From 0 to Infinity
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• Lives in Writing by David Lodge
  |date=January 2015 ...ple discarded when it first came out, but lo and behold its main character may have even presaged the man Amis turned into in later life. Here is a look
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• Liberty's Fire by Lydia Syson
  |date=May 2015 Paris in the uneasy and violent months between March and May 1871 is an inspired setting for this tense, dramatic novel. ''Liberty's Fir
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• Out of the Woods: the armchair guide to trees by Will Cohu
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• The Long Drawn Aisle by Simon Marshall
  |date=July 2015 ...ew of a more ebullient Dickensian type narrative, rich in a verbosity that may not be to everyone's taste, to the description of the everyday, such as in
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• Granada: The Light of Andalucia by Steven Nightingale
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• The Interview: Bookbag Talks To John Searancke
  |date=28 October 2015 ...ne, and it seems important to me to record things in writing so that they may all remember exactly what people like my father went through in order that
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• The Book of Learning by E R Murray
  |date=August 2015 The themes dealt with – death, reincarnation, evil, may seem a little too mature for the target audience, but this books deals with
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• Two Years Eight Months and Twenty-Eight Nights by Salman Rushdie
  |date=September 2015 Tediously captivating may not sound like the most compelling recommendation for a book you've ever he
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• At The Animal Ball by Ella Bailey
  |date=April 2015 suspect the costumes and slightly cutesy style may appeal more to
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• Glass Thorns - Window Wall (Book Four) by Melanie Rawn
  |date=April 2015 Ok, Cade may start rejecting his elsewhens but to be honest that's a bit of a non-story
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• Vanishing Girls by Lauren Oliver
  |date=March 2015 ...to capture the similarities that exist, no matter how different two people may seem at first glance. While this story focuses on the relationship between
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• Battle Bunny by Jon Scieszka, Mac Barnett and Matthew Myers
  |date=January 2015 ...best poker face so when they are given a gift they don’t really want, they may not spare your feelings. The little boy who received ''Birthday Bunny'' wa
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• A Few Words For The Dead by Guy Adams
  |date=April 2015 ...rnatural phenomena. (Preternatural rather than supernatural as the events may be explained by science one day.)
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• 1916: A Global History by Keith Jeffery
  |date=October 2015 For more on specific aspects of the war, may be also recommend [[Gallipoli by Peter Hart]]; for the prelude as to how it
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• Secrets of the Pomegranate by Barbara Lamplugh
  |date=April 2015 ...serious subject matter, I found this to be a hopeful story overall. Alice may wonder 'Why did happiness always come with a built-in expiry date?' but the
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• Modesty Blaise - The Killing Distance by Peter O'Donnell and Enric Badia Romero
  |date=May 2015 ...rd warning in these books that the originals needed for their reproduction may not be in the best condition is warranted, for a few looked out of focus, a
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• Remarkable Animals by Tony Meeuwissen
  |date=January 2015 ...n’t have the patience to tackle a whole story book. The interactive format may also draw in more reluctant readers. Just watch out for the Wigallar – he
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• The Adventures of Beekle: The Unimaginary Friend by Dan Santat
  ...the dark and no one thinks about them, do they exist? An audacious animal may just buck up the courage to stop waiting around for someone to imagine them ...little uncomfortably between the two. The book won a prestigious prize in 2015 for being a distinguished American picture book, but for me, it feels like
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• Lockdown (Urban Outlaws) by Peter Jay Black
  |date=September 2015 ...ll-established tradition of Random Acts of Kindness – New York style. This may be the third sortie for Jack and his rag-tag team, but somehow the author s
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• Grasshopper Jungle by Andrew Smith
  |summary=This book may be love or hate, with a really unique writing style, but I fell for it hard '''Longlisted for the 2015 CILIP Carnegie Medal'''
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• Master of War: Defiant Unto Death by David Gilman
  |date=February 2015 Even before 2015 started there were three books that I was looking forward to with unseemly
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• You Tell Me! by Roger McGough, Michael Rosen and Korky Paul (illustrator)
  |date=January 2015 ...pping somewhere, the policeman living in a world of bad puns, an uncle who may or not have brought memories of sniper fire back from war. All of life it
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• The Man With The Overcoat by David Finkle
  |date=April 2015 In summary, you may or may not enjoy it. The jury is still out for me.
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• Invaded by Melissa Landers
  |date=March 2015 ...ating her diet and eliminating sugar – but she comes to realise that there may be benefits to some of their traditions. But she's not afraid to fight for
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• A Fifty Year Silence by Miranda Richmond Mouillot
  |date=March 2015 ...Prepare for your expectations to be subverted as you find, while the story may feel like fiction, it is actually reality.
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• Christmas Paper Play by Lydia Crook
  |date=August 2015 ...to execute. Some are in black and white and need colouring, whilst others may be in colour and need cutting out. Almost everything that you can think ab
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• The Winter Place by Alexander Yates
  |date=October 2015 ...mpossible bear. By the time Tess realises the danger her brother is in, it may be too late to save him.
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• Gray Mountain by John Grisham
  |date=July 2015 ...r attention throughout. However, fans who enjoy the drama of the courtroom may be a little disappointed as not much action actually takes place within the
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• Darkmouth: Worlds Explode by Shane Hegarty
  |date=December 2015 ...(aka Dad). The villagers (who could surely show a speck of gratitude: Finn may be rubbish at the job but at least he's trying) sneer at him, the single cl
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• Secrets, Schemes and Sewing Machines by Katy Cannon
  |date=February 2015 ...n sewing club. Being a costume mistress definitely wasn't the plan, but it may leave her in a position to step into the lead role if needed - and there's
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• The World of Lore, Volume 1: Monstrous Creatures by Aaron Mahnke
  Aaron Mahnke is the host of a podcast called ''Lore'' – it began airing in 2015 and has been hugely successful, with books now being published collecting t Fans of the podcast may be disappointed to find that this book is, essentially, a selection of the
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• Frank Sinatra: An Extraordinary Life by Spencer Leigh
  ...d dealings with sometimes less reputable company, and more. While Sinatra may not always have been the most pleasant of men, it is impossible not to admi |date=October 2015
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• The Novice by Taran Matharu
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• Dylan's Amazing Dinosaurs - The Triceratops by E T Harper and Dan Taylor
  |date=December 2015 ...this outing. However, those kids not too enamoured with previous outings may question why you are reading to them essentially the same book.
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• My Depression : A Picture Book by Elizabeth Swados
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• Swords Around The Throne (Twilight of Empire) by Ian Ross
  |date=July 2015 We may know or guess a little of the political infighting and regularity of suspic
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• Game of Mirrors by Andrea Camilleri
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• Savage Lane by Jason Starr
  |date=October 2015 ...s nothing gratuitous or over the top – although I can't deny some chapters may leave some a little shaken. Things never get too dark though – despite de
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• Harvest by Jim Crace
  '''Winner: 2015 International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award''' ...ave much of a conclusion - it's an anecdote, an episode, a pondering. Some may find it frustrating, but I love it for that subtle refusal. It's is a story
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• Minecraft Beginners's Handbook: Updated Edition by Stephanie Milton
  |date=May 2015 Construction fans may also enjoy [[Brick by Brick: How LEGO Rewrote the Rules of Innovation and C
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• Underwater by Marisa Reichardt
  ...e twenty in the US in 2015 alone. Perhaps, for this reason, ''Underwater'' may read slightly differently to a UK audience than to a US one. Britons are un
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• A Lover's Pinch by Jean Ravencourt
  |date=March 2015 ...th the developments and as we see different sides of the protagonists. We may start assigning labels and bending our emotions to fit our assumptions but
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• Paddington At The Palace by Michael Bond and R W Alley
  |date=January 2015 ...ve been updated slightly (there’s an ethnic diversity in the tourists that may not have been present in the first round of illustrations) but it’s still
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• Jam and Roses: The Lives and Loves of 1920s Factory Girls by Mary Gibson
  |date=January 2015 ...revious novel, several themes tie the stories together (eagle-eyed readers may even spot a cameo appearance from one of the characters!). There is still g
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• Tragic Magic: The Life of Traffic's Chris Wood by Dan Ropek
  |date=December 2015 The book is in A4 size, which some may find a little physically cumbersome. That apart, this is a very interesting
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• Attack of the Giant Sea Spiders (Adventures of the Steampunk Pirates) by Gareth P Jones
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• Nightbird by Alice Hoffman
  |date=February 2015 There are a few plot twists and secrets along the way and it may be that some are a little bit too easy to decipher, even for a middle grade
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• The Pleasure of Reading: 43 Writers on the Discovery of Reading and the Books That Inspired Them by Antonia Fraser (editor)
  |date=May 2015 ...do before you die. ''The Pleasure of Reading'', edited by Antonia Fraser, may be, then, the most sophisticated and erudite result of this fascination for
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• Sixty Years a Nurse by Mary Hazard
  |date=April 2015 Readers may also enjoy [[The Locked Ward by Dennis O'Donnell]], an absorbing account ab
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• Rules of Summer by Shaun Tan
  '''Shortlisted for the 2015 CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal''' ...f nostalgia for the crowded city streets of a place I once called home. It may be grey and dark, but that doesn't mean it is ugly. In the street the older
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• The Four Books by Yan Lianke
  |date=March 2015 If you enjoy ''Four Books'', you may also enjoy:
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• Watch the Lady by Elizabeth Fremantle
  |date=June 2015 ...that history side lined her as she wasn't exactly a shrinking violet. She may have been placed at court by her mother's ambitions but she was more than r
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• Fortunes of France: City of Wisdom and Blood by Robert Merle and T Jefferson Kline (translator)
  ...hist fict series moves to 1566 and the next generation. Samson and Pierre may not get into as much swash and buckle as their father did but the historica |date=September 2015
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• A Horrid Factbook: Crazy Creatures by Francesca Simon and Tony Ross
  |date=July 2015 ...books out there that cover creatures, but for a ''Horrid Henry'' fan, this may be the only thing they are willing to pick up. ''Crazy Creatures'' will do
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• Tigerman by Nick Harkaway
  |date=January 2015 ...good bloke to spend time with and Nick Harkaway? The façade of this novel may be Graham-Greenesque but every now and again, the façade is taken down and
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• Clash of Iron (The Iron Age Trilogy) by Angus Watson
  |date=April 2015 He may not sound like a king, but royal he is, meaning all his whims and odd hobbi
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• Techbitch by Lucy Sykes and Jo Piazza
  |date=June 2015 ...ions, ostensibly for Imogen’s benefit, but also for the reader’s. Some you may already be familiar with, but others are a little more niche. Just before I
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• The Forbidden City (Infinity Drake, Book 2) by John McNally
  |date=June 2015 Finn may be only 9mm tall and still a teenager, but he's already saved the world onc
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• Wake by Elizabeth Knox
  |date=March 2015 ...situation. As the madness threatens to return, the fear that the violence may return becomes an increasing reality…
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• Panther by David Owen
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• The Dress by Kate Kerrigan
  |date=September 2015 ...ut it seemed the right thing to do and Frank Fitzpatrick married Joy. She may well have been the most beautiful woman in New York, but she adored Frank.
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• Vera Magpie by Laura Solomon
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• Eddie's Tent and How to go Camping by Sarah Garland
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• Flight by Isabel Ashdown
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• Practical Landscape Painting: Materials, Techniques & Projects by David Hollis
  |date=September 2015 ...ond attempt that in this way we see what the lines are representing and so may find it easier to draw with that context in mind. I made a reasonable fist
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• The Gift of Failure: How to step back and let your child succeed by Jessica Lahey
  |date=September 2015 ...so gives a brief history of earlier parenting styles. Whilst some readers may find this background information interesting, I found it took the reader aw
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• The Girls Who Went to War by Duncan Barrett and Nuala Calvi
  |date=May 2015 Readers may be drawn to another history of the Second World War, [[Our Longest Days: A
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• Demolition Dad by Phil Earle and Sara Ogilvie
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• Salinger's Letters by Nils Schou
  |date=November 2015 ...ets will change without much elaboration; while such a way of storytelling may sometimes be justified as an artistic choice or literary device, in Schou's
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• Top Ten Crime Novels of 2015
  We've tried to give you a varied selection of crime novels for 2015. They come from several continents and some have been translated and there ...o look! Want someone killed by a professional for a reasonable fee? This may be depressingly easier than you think.
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• The Leopards of Normandy: Devil: Leopards of Normandy 1 by David Churchill
  |date=February 2015 ...civil servant and author [[:Category:Robert Wilton|Robert Wilton]]? There may be more but I can think of two things: neither of them writes under their r
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• Keep Your Friends Close by Paula Daly
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• My Magical Oasis: Art Therapy Colouring Book for Creative Minds by Eglantine de la Fontaine et al
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• British Bulldog by Sara Sheridan
  |date=May 2015 ...or female detectives, you'll enjoy the Rizzoli and Isles series, which you may already know from your TV. We think [[Keeping The Dead by Tess Gerritsen]]
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• The Interview: Bookbag Talks To John Piper
  |date=6 July 2015 ...The whole point is to hold my audience and open their minds to things they may not have imagined themselves.
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• Revelations of Divine Love (Oxford World's Classics) by Julian of Norwich and Barry Windeatt (Translator)
  |date=May 2015 ...ic, therefore Julian's writings encompass such concepts as purgatory which may be a barrier to some faiths and denominations today. However, this can be
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• Sons of York: Volume 2 (The Sprigs of Broom) by Lesley J Nickell
  |date=September 2015 ...Richard Neville, Duke of Warwick and his ward Edward, Earl of March. They may be much higher than commoner Janet but she has caught Edward's eye and what
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• 1815: Regency Britain in the Year of Waterloo by Stephen Bates
  |date=January 2015 While this book may be fairly kaleidoscopic in nature and not go very deep into the subjects co
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• A Hundred Pieces of Me by Lucy Dillon
  '''Shortlisted: Romantic Novel Awards 2015 - Contemporary Romantic Novel''' If you like this book, you may enjoy [[Lost Dogs and Lonely Hearts by Lucy Dillon]].
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• Reign of Iron (The Iron Age Trilogy) by Angus Watson
  |date=September 2015 ...ries around… well… Dug. They don't have time to brood though. The Romans may be taking their time but they haven't given up on the invasion idea. Meanw
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• The Just City by Jo Walton
  |date=July 2015 ...s a disguised Apollo). Whilst the city flourishes, the arrival of Socrates may prove to be a fly in the ointment…
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• Peacock Pie: A Book of Rhymes by Walter de la Mare
  |date=January 2015 ...re much shorter, equally antiquated and silly, and yet more satisfying. I may well be alone in my assumption, but on this evidence I have to see de la Ma
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• The Bus Is for Us by Michael Rosen and Gillian Tyler
  |date=February 2015 ...petitive rhymes mean that the book is fun to follow by any age group. You may have to start looking forward to hearing those important words as you wait
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• The Ocean of Time by David Wingrove
  |date=March 2015 ...enjoyed it – although I worried that the immensely complicated plot twists may serve to put me off future instalments. Now Book 2 is here, I can't help bu
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• Cowgirl by G R Gemin
  '''Shortlisted for the 2015 Waterstones Children’s Book Prize: Best Fiction for 5-12s''' ...to read another book about a town girl being affected by country life you may enjoy [[Shine by Kate Maryon]], We also have a review of Gemin's [[Sweet P
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• Great Britain Concise Stamp Catalogue 2014 by Stanley Gibbons
  |date=May 2014 ...Bookbag. We have a review of the [[Great Britain Concise Stamp Catalogue 2015 by Stanley Gibbons]].
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• Queen & Country: A Hew Cullan Mystery (Hew Cullan Mystery 5) by Shirley McKay
  |date=September 2015 ...e second half of the novel. Don't let that put you off though; the murder may take over 100 pages to surface but we have loads to keep us occupied and en
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• Darkling by Laura Beatty
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• A Home for Shimmer by Cathy Hopkins
  |date=January 2015 The story may be a little formulaic and predictable, but it has a heart of gold and is su
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• January 2016 Newsletter
  ...film adaptation of our Golden Hour book this month is looking as though it may land itself an Oscar nomination or two. Whether or not you've seen the film ...last year. You can see for yourself at our [[Top Ten Self-Published Books 2015]] feature. Enjoy!
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• Kevin by Rob Biddulph
  Written in rhyme, there is a lot of text for a picture book. This may put off some younger readers but it will delight those with above-average r ...while [[Grrrrr! by Rob Biddulph|Grrrrr!]] was one of our top ten picks in 2015.
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• Clever Commuter: Puzzles, Tests and Problems to Solve on Your Journey by Dr Gareth Moore
  |date=April 2015 ...ll certainly stay in your hand longer than some of the novels we cover, it may not be the ideal purchasing decision.
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• The Insect Farm by Stuart Prebble
  |date=March 2015 ...are evident on every page, and there are indications aplenty that Jonathan may not know or understand Roger nearly as well as he thinks, giving Roger's ch
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• Silent Mountain by Michelle Briscombe
  |date=May 2013 ...(though you were right about that) and should be published late 2014/early 2015.
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• Murder on the Minneapolis by Anita Davison
  |date=June 2015 ...one could be guilty and there is always a chance that a desperate murderer may strike again...
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• The Art of Stephen Hickman by Stephen Hickman
  |date=November 2015 A whole book featuring mainly cover art may not seem immediately appealing or indeed interesting, but Stephen Hickman h
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• Little Bits of Sky by S E Durrant
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• Mermaid by Cerrie Burnell and Laura Ellen Anderson
  |date=April 2015 So, what is wrong with the book? ''Mermaid'' may have its heart in the right place, but it seemed to lack a coherent plot.
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• When I Am Happiest by Rose Lagercrantz and Eva Eriksson
  |date=August 2015 ...io here, and the simplicity and directness of the delivery, that the adult may want to be attendant to check things are OK. There are chapter breaks here
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• Foxglove Summer (Rivers of London 5) by Ben Aaronovitch
  ...erefordshire, PC Grant finds himself assisting with the investigation. It may be countryside rather than the London patch he's used to, but crime is crim ...personality to spare in such a good way. OK, his good lady of the moment may be a river goddess but his feet are firmly on the ground with a GSOH that l
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• Travels of an Extraordinary Hamster by Astrid Desbordes and Pauline Martin
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• The Boleyn Reckoning (Anne Boleyn Trilogy) by Laura Andersen
  |date=July 2015 The British hist-fict purists may wince slightly at the use of the odd Americanism but we've all accepted a c
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• Mungo Monkey goes on a Train by Lydia Monks
  |date=February 2015 ...for a toddler as the book will last a little longer. For this reason, it may be something you want to buy rather than borrow – many of us know that si
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• How to Train Your Dragon 12: How to Fight a Dragon's Fury by Cressida Cowell
  |date=September 2015 The book works as a standalone novel, but readers may wish to read the previous books in the series, such as the excellent [[How
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• The Ungrateful Refugee by Dina Nayeri
  |date=May 2019 In 2015, Alan Kurdi was found drowned on a Turkish beach, a refugee from the ongoin
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• The Umbrian Thursday Night Supper Club by Marlena de Blasi
  |date=April 2015 ...ut merely telling tales of their long and interesting lives. Life for them may seem relatively idyllic with the rolling countryside, fresh food and simple
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• The Summer of Broken Stories by James Wilson
  |date=April 2015 ...t. James' telling of this not only takes us back to the time when the war may have been over but not forgotten, it also shows he remembers what it's like
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• Precious and the Zebra Necklace by Alexander McCall Smith
  |date=July 2015 ...Nancy's case and, indeed, she tries to prepare Nancy for the fact that she may not find out anything. But I like her eagerness to help, and that in seein
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• January 2015 Newsletter
  Hi, hello and a very happy New Year. May 2015 be healthy, happy and fulfilling for each and every one of you. ...y in, including private investigator Charlie Parker. Unlike the others, he may survive… or not… This book offers great tension from a master thriller
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• Misty Falls by Joss Stirling
  '''Shortlisted: Romantic Novel Awards 2015 - Young Adult Romantic Novel''' ...he villain to strike. On that note, the villain is so easy to spot that he may as well have turned up wearing a black hat and twirling his moustaches. Thi
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• Katy by Jacqueline Wilson
  |date=July 2015 ...ables her to mend her relationship with her step-mum and step-sister. Katy may not walk again but she has potential to achieve her dreams despite her disa
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• April 2015 Newsletter
  ...nce and psychological insight, ''Adeline'' is Rebecca's favourite novel of 2015 so far. ...erly from the boy he used to be, and Jude is reduced to spying on him. It may take a little while to get to grips with the unique voices of the character
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• The Edge of Reason (The Edge Series) by Melinda Snodgrass
  ...d such shows as ''Star Trek'' or ''The Outer Limits'' in recent years, you may have seen some of Melinda's episodes. Similarly if you enjoy [[:Category:G ...nd I'm raring and ready for part 2, ''The Edge of Ruin''. Shame that July 2015 is so far off!
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• Without a Trace by Lesley Pearse
  |date=August 2015 ...n, but Molly soon discovers that she is in too deep and her investigations may have put her own life at risk...
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• Generation by Paula McGrath
  |date=July 2015 How can we know the effect that our choices may have on the next generation? Even a seemingly minor decision has the potent
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• Grendel by John Gardner
  |date=July 2015 ...h is deeply clever and philosophical, buzzing with existential angst. This may put some readers off. It is no epic narrative of magical creatures and war,
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• The Axeman's Jazz by Ray Celestin
  |date=May 2014 '''Shortlisted for the Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award 2015'''
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• Squirrel Boy vs the Squirrel Hunter by Dave Lowe
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• Read Me Like A Book by Liz Kessler
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• Elliot's Arctic Surprise by Catherine Barr and Francesca Chessa
  |date=October 2015 ...ise that brings in a Christmas message to the book that you and your child may find a little odd. Where did that come from?
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• Charlie Merrick's Misfits in I'm a Nobody, Get Me Out of Here! by Dave Cousins
  |date=June 2015 ...I was surprised from the off. (Young readers might be, too, but even they may find some of the opening scenes – someone getting left behind on the coac
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• Lottery Boy by Michael Byrne
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• May 2016 Newsletter
  == May's News from Bookbag Towers == See what we were reading [[May 2015 Newsletter|last year]].
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• Top Ten Thrillers of 2015
  The trouble with choosing our top ten thrillers of 2015 was that there was an almost overwhelming temptation to go back and reread ...the crash but she is a miracle, a ray of hope for her family… whoever they may be. For there were 2 young babies on board the flight, and although a mothe
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• The Crime at Black Dudley by Margery Allingham
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• The Turning Point by Freya North
  |date=June 2015 Fans of Freya North may also enjoy [[Chances by Freya North|Chances]]
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• A Gold Star for George by Alice Hemming and Kimberley Scott
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• Showman Killer: Heartless Hero by Alejandro Jodorowsky, Nicolas Fructus and Ivanka Hahnenberger (translator)
  |date=December 2015 ...wise, which like the derivative and trying-too-hard feel of the first book may also kill the series off for some. (What's more, the reviews on Amazon Fra
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• The Last Four Days Of Paddy Buckley by Jeremy Massey
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• Hocus Pocus Diplodocus (Early Reader) by Steve Howson and Kate Daubney
  |date=August 2015 ...dinosaurs left the Earth (note how I didn't put ''died out''). The science may be dodgy but it's no worse than any of those tales that are thinly veiled b
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• Box Nine by Jack O'Connell
  |date=December 2015 ...gly meaningless monologues from the characters. A more enlightened reader may pick up more from these sections, but to me they just smacked of a writer c
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• It's a Groovy World, Alfredo! by Sean Taylor and Chris Garbutt
  |date=June 2015 ...ed the same when they turn the page to see Alfredo trying to copy. Alfredo may not look much like a frog but his face does have huge expression and we can
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• Super-Loud Sam by Jo Simmons
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• The Mistress of Paris by Catherine Hewitt
  |date=November 2015 You may be thinking that this is the tale of a cold hearted society climber, but it
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• All Sorts of Possible by Rupert Wallis
  |date=August 2015 ...t has awoken dormant psychic abilities in Daniel. In fact, those abilities may even be what saved him. How can you tell someone you've only just met about
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• Words of Power: Volume 1 by Ritchie Valentine Smith
  |date=October 2015 ...ory that comes to us dripping with fantasy-satisfying magic. The evil one may be a dab hand at nasty tricks but the goodies are no slouches either.
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• Harry Potter: The Character Vault by Jody Revenson
  |date=October 2015 ...l as stills from the films. This is a very lovely coffee table book, and I may well be looking out the other books in the series. As a nice little bonus,
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• Eating Well Made Easy: Deliciously healthy recipes for everyone, every day by Lorraine Pascal
  ..., concise and stylish culinary inspiration. One or two of the ingredients may not be exactly store cupboard but, whether gluten free, dairy free, vegetar |date=August 2015
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• Grandpa's Great Escape by David Walliams
  |date=September 2015 ...rown-up people decide Grandpa can't look after himself any more. His brain may be on the fritz but he's determined and loyal, and physically he's pretty f
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• The Mountain Story by Lori Lansens
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• The Wrong Girl (Detective Pieter Vos) by David Hewson
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• Time is Money by T K Williams-Nelson
  ...f eighteen and not content with that started an online fashion boutique in 2015 when she was only twenty one. Our journey starts with a series of case stu ...ing for business funding, Williams-Nelson suggests that the Prince's Trust may be able to help. Don't rule out social media which is free and can be used
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• Inside Alcatraz: My Life on the Rock by Jim Quillen
  |date=December 2015 ...account of life in Alcatraz, Quillen also describes the escape attempt in May 1946. Inmates Cretzer, Hubbard, Thomson, Carnes and Shockley executed a wel
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• Diary of the Fall by Michael Laub
  |date=April 2015 ...from many of the books I've been reading lately. While at first glance it may not sound like a breakneck thriller, it's a thoughtful and moving read that
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• Horace and Hattiepillar (Hedgehugs) by Lucy Tapper and Steve Wilson
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• Glory by Rachel Billington
  |date=April 2015 ...e tells a fellow officer to stop ducking as ''the men don't like it''. It may show a certain out-of-touchness with men who have other things to think abo
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• Dark Run by Mike Brooks
  |date=June 2015 ...gged into delivering a parcel that he would rather not. Drift’s instincts may have proved true as this is one delivery that will put him and his crew in
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• Kipper's Beach Ball by Mick Inkpen
  |date=July 2015 ...ow to inflate it, but once that's done it's time to play. The wind and sea may have other ideas, blowing the ball around, lifting it high out of their rea
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• Food Bank Britain by Ray Barron Woolford
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• Dinoblock by Christopher Franceschelli
  |date=July 2015 ...SORE-ah). Micropachycephalosaurus. (MY-cro-PACK-ee-SEFF-ah-low-SORE-us). I may still stumble a bit over that second example. So we learn the name, have on
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• The Boy Who Wept Blood (Erebus Sequence 2) by Den Patrick
  |date=January 2015 I may have been a little luke-warmish when it came to last year's ''Erebus Sequen
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• The Boleyn King (Anne Boleyn Trilogy 1) by Laura Andersen
  ...at a time in paperback. (Part 2, ''The Boleyn Deceit'' is due out in July 2015.) Your opinion of ''The Boleyn King'' will depend on how you like your his ...fiction from hist fict author and academic, Dr Gregory, but the best of – may raise expectations a tad. Philippa Gregory splices story with historical t
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• Stampy's Lovely Book by Joseph Garrett
  |date=October 2015 ...t either recaps what the fan will already know, or provides something they may not actually require. Just as the reason the videos exist in the first pla
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• Mischief at Midnight by Esme Kerr
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• The Dead Assassin by Vaughn Entwhistle
  |date=June 2015 At first glance, this may seem a strange mix of concepts – the serious looking Conan Doyle with the
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• Deadeye by William C Dietz
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• The Hotel on Mulberry Bay by Melissa Hill
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• Why We Do the Things We Do: Psychology in a Nutshell by Joel Levy
  |date=September 2015 ...d reeling about them at times. To the brighter younger audience member it may well provoke a budding scientist who will be able to come up with a firm so
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• When You Dead, You Dead by Guy Martin
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• Fools, Frauds and Firebrands: Thinkers of the New Left by Roger Scruton
  |date= October 2015 ...of one book. People who have unthinkingly been on the left of the spectrum may find it alleviating to read a book that pokes at the revered thinkers of th
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• Bookbag's Christmas Gift Recommendations 2015
  ''No US President has ever died in May.''<br> ...[Top Ten Books for Teens 2015|list of]] our favourite books for teens over 2015, but ''Railhead'' just has to be the choice for a Christmas gift that will
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• The Interview: Bookbag Talks To John Kemp
  |date=4 April 2015 ...Some, having misplaced their glasses for the second time in as many days, may worry that dementia could be creeping up on themselves, or that they might
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• Arabel’s Raven by Joan Aiken and Quentin Blake
  |date=June 2015 ...better either to share of a bedtime, reading it aloud yourself to whoever may want to curl up and listen, or else pass it over to your newly confident li
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• The Storms of War by Kate Williams
  |date=March 2015 ...lar, but despite the large number of novels about the First World War you may ask what it is about this book that makes it stand out. The main point for
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• The Hunt for the Golden Mole: All Creatures Great and Small and Why They Matter by Richard Girling
  |date=June 2015 ...n. A recent study found that up to one third of species considered extinct may not be, while species new to Western science are still being discovered all
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• Yes! No (Maybe...) (Tom Gates) by Liz Pichon
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• My Dating Disasters Diary by Liz Rettig
  |date=May 2009 ...ind of teen diary novel, they couldn't do better than [[The Carbon Diaries 2015 by Saci Lloyd]], which looks at a future Britain under carbon rationing. It
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• Kauthar by Meike Ziervogel
  |summary=An intriguing and intimate read, that may be more autobiography than experiment. |date=August 2015
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• Mad About Monkeys by Owen Davey
  |date=June 2015 ...e – all of which makes this an interesting read whatever your species bias may be.
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• Where, Oh Where, is Rosie's Chick? by Pat Hutchins
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• The Worst Girlfriend In The World by Sarra Manning
  |date=May 2014 '''Shortlisted: Romantic Novel Awards 2015 - Young Adult Romantic Novel'''
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• My Pet Book by Bob Staake
  |date=April 2015 ...ightly bizarre concept, ''My Pet Book'' is a children’s sharing novel that may prove a little too full on for some very small readers. However, as they b
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• The Lovers of Amherst by William Nicholson
  |date=February 2015 ...ng for happiness outside it till he meets Mabel. The very liberated Mabel may be married too, but her husband believes in freedom within wedlock. There
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• Koko the Mighty by Kieran Shea
  |date=August 2015 ...el with their partner somewhere in a picturesque holiday destination. You may just deserve this new life, but running a hotel is not easy, especially whe
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• Itchcraft by Simon Mayo
  |date=March 2015 ...upporting cast members include an expert team of female divers, who may or may not be on the right side of the law, an enthusiastic energy scientist who w
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• The Well by Catherine Chanter
  |date=March 2015 ...wist of crime (did you see what I did there?). If ''The Well'' appeals you may also wish to take a look at [[I Am Legend by Richard Matheson]], which we l
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• The Pearl That Broke Its Shell by Nadia Hashimi
  |date=February 2015 ...to control their own destiny. The story demonstrates powerfully how time may have marched through the many cultures sharing this planet, bringing change
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• Hieronymus by Marcel Ruijters and Laura Watkinson (translator)
  |date=October 2015 ...id pages for. I know five centuries is a stretch, and biographical detail may not be completely full as a result, but I would position this book as an ev
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• Made For You by Melissa Marr
  |date=March 2015 ...h a rather traumatising set of events. The book is respectful to those who may have been in similar situations - for example, our protagonist suffers from
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