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September 2017 Newsletter (view source)
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For middle grade readers, Linda gushed over [[A Skinful of Shadows by Frances Hardinge]]. What a wonderful title! Once again the vivid and decidedly quirky imagination of Frances Hardinge has produced a story which grips the reader while he or she is reading it, and remains in the memory long after the book has been replaced on the shelf. Set during the English Civil War, it has luscious phrasing, a mind-bogglingly original premise and another of those sturdy young heroines who face all manner of perils with courage, determination and ingenuity.
And of course we won't forget our YA readers. Jill was blown away by [[The Taste of Blue Light by Lydia Ruffles]]. Lux went to a party. Then she woke up in hospital. And she can't remember what happened. Her worried parents hover. Doctors of the body do scans. Doctors of the mind conduct therapy sessions. But nothing works. And what Lux wants is to get back to school. She's sure that the answers will come if only she can do that. Every now and again a YA novel comes along that defies your expectations and really isn't like anything - in either form or voice - that you've read before. The Taste of Blue Lightis Light is such a novel. It feels new and fresh and original and powerful.
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