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|isbn=190874572X|title=Letters from Tove|author=Tove Jansson (Author), Boel Westin (Editor), Helen Svensson (Editor), Sarah Death (Translator)|rating=5|genre=Autobiography|summary=Back at the beginning of the century I went on holiday to Nepal. I met a wonderful Finnish woman and we became sort of friends. I can't remember if it was on that holiday or a later one that Paula told me I really had to read Tove Jansson. I do know that it was four years later that I finally acquired an English translation of The Summer Book, and that I eagerly awaited the ''Sort Of'' translations of the rest of Jansson's work and devoured them as soon as I could get my hands on them.}}{{Frontpage|isbn=1784742783Max Boucherat|title=The Benefit Last Life of Hindsight (Simon Serrailler)|author=Susan HillLori Mills|rating=5|genre=Crime|summary=A superficial look would suggest to you that Simon Serrailer has been lucky and - all things considered - his life is as good as it could be. He's back at work after a long break to recuperate from the violent incident which cost him his arm and almost his life. When he's not at work he's spending his time in the cathedral roof drawing the medieval angels which are being restored. There's talk of an exhibition of his drawings. Lafferton seems to be quite settled as far as crime is concerned until one night when two local men open their front door to a couple seeking shelter. It's the usual story of a broken-down car, and a phone which won't make a call. The man are generous and welcoming and have no suspicions that the couple are simply there to plan a robbery. It's a serious error of judgement in the course of this investigation which will throw Simon Serrailler's future into doubt.}}{{Frontpage|isbn=140638853X|title=Somebody Give This Heart a Pen|author=Sophia Thakur|rating=5|genre=Anthologies|summary=Sophia Thakur's debut anthology is a collection of poems that are all unique, whether in relation to their style, length or theme. The collection is split into four sections, titled 'grow','wait','break'and 'grow again', guiding you through a process which is one of the foundations that the anthology is built on. Each section begins with a foregrounded title page containing various small pieces of writing, ranging from a quote by a Nigerian playwright, to African proverbs. This provides a nice introduction to the section before you are immersed into the beautifully written and eloquent poems that Thakur has clearly put her heart and soul into.}}{{Frontpage|isbn=1910989460|title=Flember: The Secret Book|author=Jamie Smart|rating=5|genre=Confident Readers|summary=A mysterious island. A strange and mystical power called Flember. A boy-inventor called Dev, who uncovers a long forgotten secret. And a giant, red robot bear?! The sleepy village of Eden is about to descend into hilarious chaos - can disastrous Dev save his brand new best friend? Find out in this fully illustrated mad-cap adventure4.}}{{Frontpage|isbn=0241355222|title=Frostheart|author=Jamie Littler|rating=5|genre=Confident Readers|summary=Way out in the furthest part of the known world, a tiny stronghold exists all on its own, cut off from the rest of human-kin by monsters that lurk beneath the Snow Sea. There, a little boy called Ash waits for the return of his parents, singing a forbidden lullaby to remind him of them... and doing his best to avoid his very, VERY grumpy yeti guardian, Tobu. But life is about to get a whole lot more crazy-adventurous for Ash. When a brave rescue attempt reveals he has amazing magical powers, he's whisked aboard the Frostheart, a sleigh packed full of daring explorers who could use his help. But can they help him find his family?}}{{Frontpage|isbn=1913101037|title=The Extremely Inconvenient Adventures of Bronte Mettlestone|author=Jaclyn Moriarty|rating=5|genre=Confident Readers|summary=Bronte doesn't miss her parents, and she's not particularly sad when she learns of their terrible fate at the hands of pirates. And why should she be? After all, they just dumped her on Aunt Isabelle (without even asking if it would be a convenient arrangement for either party) when she was a baby. They swanned off to have adventures, and never once came back to check if their only child was healthy and happy.}} =='''8 OCTOBER'''=={{Frontpage|author= Alexandra Christo|title= Into the Crooked Place|rating= 4|genre= Teens|summary= In a world thriving with black magic, four young crooks embark on a quest to take down their criminal leader after they discover the plot behind his dangerous new magic.|isbn=1250318378}} =='''9 OCTOBER'''=={{Frontpage|isbn=1406389331|title=In the Key of Code|author=Aimee Lucido|rating=4
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|summary=Emmy is moving with her parents halfway across America, to follow her fatherWe meet Lori on the first evening she's dreams of a big break in his music career. She leaves behind her friends and her school in Wisconsin, and moves got the house to California, knowing only what she has heard in songs. Her struggle herself – no neighbour to settle into her new life, make friends and feel happy and confident again, is agonisingly told pop in a way we can all relate to. There are many new opportunities and setbacks, taking the reader on a rollercoaster of emotionsbabysitter poorly, but it isn't until Emmy joins a coding class using computer language that she begins to feel she might have a chance to feel like she truly belongs.}} =='''17 OCTOBER'''=={{Frontpage|author= Karina Sainz Borgo and Elizabeth Bryer (translator)|title= It Would Be Night in Caracas|rating= 4|genre= Literary Fiction |summary= ''It Would Be Night in Caracas'' illuminates the everyday horrors of modern day Venezuela. It begins with the death of Adelaida Falcon's mother and chronicles Adelaida's coming to terms with her new solitude in this world and her attempts to escape it. Danger stalks the shadows andat work, in a society where the establishment is crumbling, who can you turn to? |isbn=0062936867}}{{Frontpage|isbn=0349423067|title=The Body on the Train (Kate Shackleton Mysteries)|author=Frances Brody|rating=4.5|genre=Crime (Historical)|summary=From Christmas to Easter a train ran from Leeds City Station to King’s Cross, arriving before dawn so that the forced rhubarb it carried could be taken to Covent Garden. In early March 1929 one of the porters who was unloading the boxes discovered the body of a manjust an avidly rule-breaking eleven year old, stripped naked and with no means of identification. Scotland Yard hit a dead end and called on the services of Kate Shackleton in the hope that her knowledge and connections in Yorkshire would give them the lead they neededlonesome. Kate immediately found herself hamstrung: Commander Woodhead remembered her as a child and What could not come to terms with the fact that she was now a woman experienced in dealing with murder. possibly go wrong? He was reluctant to give her all the information which the police held.}}=='''19 OCTOBER'''=={{Frontpage|isbn=1925820025|title=Once, I was Loved|author=Belinda Landsberry|rating=4|genre=For Sharing|summary=Tock, the toy rabbit, is Snuggled in a box of toys going to the charity shop. He realises that he's not wanted any moreblanket fort, but muses that it wasn't always this way. ''Once''she has one main intention, he says, ''I was loved''. And he tells us of all the children who have loved him over the years.}} =='''24 OCTOBER'''=={{Frontpage|isbn=1542015421|title=The Royal Baths Murder|author=J R Ellis|rating=3.5|genre=Crime|summary=When Damian Penrose was murdered there was no shortage of suspects: he was a deeply unpleasant man. In fact the only surprising thing was and that there wasn't more of a queue waiting is to log on to do the dirty deed. What was a bit of a headline maker was that Penrose was a crime writer and that he was strangled in the midst of Harrogate's crime writing festival. He went for a swim at the Royal Baths and never returnedVoxminer, his body being found by the receptionist. DCI Jim Oldroyd was the man tasked with investigating the crime. It would not be the only deathworld-building, and it was only because of the quick actions of his sergeant, Andy Carter, that Oldroyd's was not one of them.}} {|classcritter-"wikitable" cellpadding="15" =='''29 OCTOBER'''== <!-- Meg Cabot and Cara McGee -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:1401286208.jpg|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1401286208/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]] | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[Black Canary: Ignite by Meg Cabot and Cara McGee]]=== [[image:3.5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Confident Readers|Confident Readers]], [[:Category:Graphic Novels|Graphic Novels]] Meet Dinah Lance. Frustrated collecting game that her policeman father will not allow her to try and follow in his footsteps, and seemingly lumbered with being a cheerleader at school, she is desperate to find her voice. But it's actually more a case of her voice finding her, as when she gets frustrated or plain dissed at school her vocal outcry can shatter glass better than any opera singer. You could almost call it a weapon, or a power. But hit in order for her to call herself a superhero, there has to be a whole path of steps for her to take – one of which will be into her past… [[Black Canary: Ignite by Meg Cabot and Cara McGee|Full Review]] |}{|class-"wikitable" cellpadding="15" =='''31 OCTOBER'''== {{Frontpage|isbn=B07X6GLQ3Q|title=See Them Run|author=Marion Todd|rating=4|genre=Crime|summary=D I Clare Mackay is still relatively new to St AndrewLori's: she was previously at Maryhill Rd station in Glasgowworld. She's left quite But first Lori has a lot behind including a relationship tiny inkling that wasnthis stormy night doesn't going anywhere after Tom failed to support her when the chips were down. She also left a nasty situation, of find herself entirely on her own making but not her fault, and St Andrew's is a fresh startthen she finds something even more spooky. Not long into For the job server she's faced with a hit and run death her bestie and there's little doubt that it wasn't accidental - the card with the number five suggests murder. Andy Robb was married nobody else should be able to Sandraenter shows signs of tampering. You could say that they had an open marriage but there seemed to be a lot of the 'open' When malevolent eyes spark up on her phone screen, and very little of her safe place in the 'marriage' left - on both sidesgame has been doctored – well, but would she want him deadwhere is a girl to turn?|isbn=0008666482
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===[[The Impossible Boy by Ben Brooks]]===
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''Oleg and Emma entered their den to find a cardboard spaceship standing where they usually sat. Slowly, the front door opened. Smoke billowed out. And out stepped a boy, dressed in a long coat with an even longer scarf, wound around his neck.''
''"My name's Sebastian Cole," the boy said, "But you already know that."''
And indeed they do. Ever since the summer, when their friend Sarah's mother had moved her away, Oleg and Emma have been unable to find a new friend to take her place. [[The Impossible Boy by Ben Brooks|Full Review]]
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===[[Salvation Lost by Peter F Hamilton]]===
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In the twenty-third century, humanity is enjoying a comparative utopia. Yet life on Earth is about to change, forever. Feriton Kane's investigative team has discovered the worst threat ever to face mankind – and we've almost no time to fight back. The supposedly benign Olyix plan to harvest humanity, in order to carry us to their god at the end of the universe. And as their agents conclude schemes down on earth, vast warships converge above to gather this cargo. Some factions push for humanity to flee, to live in hiding amongst the stars – although only a chosen few would make it out in time. But others refuse to break before the storm. As disaster looms, animosities must be set aside to focus on just one goal: wiping this enemy from the face of creation. Even if it means preparing for a future this generation will never see. [[Salvation Lost by Peter F Hamilton|Full Review]]
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===[[Photographer of the Lost by Caroline Scott]]===
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May 1921. Edie receives a photograph through the post. There is no letter or note with it. There is nothing written on the back of the photograph. It is a picture of her husband, Francis. Francis has been missing for four years. Technically, he has been "missing, believed killed" but that is not something that a young widow can believe. She hangs on the word 'missing', disbelieving the word killed. [[Photographer of the Lost by Caroline Scott|Full Review]]
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=='''3 NOVEMBER'''==
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===[[Fowl Twins by Eoin Colfer]]===
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Relax, everyone – our old friend Artemis may be off planet, but the baddies aren't getting away with skulduggery any time soon because they now have not one but two members of the Fowl family to contend with. Those cute little twins are now eleven (and, frankly, cute no longer) and in this, their first independent adventure, they meet a troll and without even trying manage to make two deadly enemies: a nobleman obsessed with immortality whatever the cost (to other people), and an unusual interrogator-nun. The boys are chased, kidnapped, arrested and even killed (though not for long), all with the help of one trainee fairy. [[Fowl Twins by Eoin Colfer|Full Review]]
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=='''7 NOVEMBER'''==
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===[[Long-Haired Cat-Boy Cub by Etgar Keret, Aviel Basil and Sondra Silverston (translator)]]===
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One day a boy is in the zoo with his father, when the man gets called away on urgent business. The boy isn't hustled into a cab and taken home first, though, no – he's given hot dog money, and taxi money, and told to just stick around on his own and enjoy himself. Well, it's no surprise that the orphan-for-an-afternoon sensation the lad feels doesn't make him happy, and so he thinks of a species name for himself, and curls himself up into an empty cage, as if he were a new exhibit. And it's then the drama begins… [[Long-Haired Cat-Boy Cub by Etgar Keret, Aviel Basil and Sondra Silverston (translator)|Full Review]]
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=='''12 NOVEMBER'''==
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===[[The Pursuit of William Abbey by Claire North]]===
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When William Abbey fails to prevent the lynching of a young boy in 1880's South Africa, he finds himself cursed by the grieving mother. A naïve English Doctor, he slowly learns the weight of the curse upon him, as the shadow of the dead boy begins to follow him across the world. Never stopping, always growing – it crosses oceans and mountains in pursuit of William. As he finds himself unable to resist speaking the truths that he hears in others, he also learns that the dark shadow is deadly – and seeks to kill the one he loves the most… [[The Pursuit of William Abbey by Claire North|Full Review]]
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===[[Invisible in a Bright Light by Sally Gardner]]===
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The beginning of this excellent story will leave the reader more than a little confused: who is the man in the green suit, what is the Reckoning, and why are rows of people in a cave? But stick with it – Ms Gardner is very cleverly letting us experience the same disorientation as our heroine. We watch in dismay as the strange man, who seems to have no eyes, does his best to persuade her to answer his questions. But for some reason Celeste, despite her bewilderment, remains wary and gives nothing away. [[Invisible in a Bright Light by Sally Gardner|Full Review]]
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===[[Violet by S J I Holliday]]===
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I've never been but understand that travelling is all about meeting new people and forming instantaneous bonds with people in often chance situations. Well that's exactly what happens when the two main/only characters meet in a travel agency in Beijing - Carrie is unsuccessfully trying to get a refund on an extra ticket for the Trans-Siberian train and Violet is trying to unsuccessfully buy a ticket for the same sold-out journey. As the two team up, travelling through Mongolia, Serbia and into Russia, it could've been the start of a beautiful friendship but this a thriller after all so it quickly becomes a tale of obsession, manipulation and toxic friendships. [[Violet by S J I Holliday|Full Review]]
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===[[Nothing Important Happened Today by Will Carver]]===
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Nothing Important Happened Today is a dark, twisted, difficult read. Stories about cults often are, but this is different; it's written with a sense of style that is quite unlike anything I've read before. I can't remember ever having read a novel with such an odd, distinctive narrative voice. While a slim and relatively small book, the slow-moving nature of the plot makes it feel far larger than its 276 pages. [[Nothing Important Happened Today by Will Carver|Full Review]]
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=='''21 NOVEMBER'''==
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===[[The Rabbits' Rebellion by Ariel Dorfman and Chris Riddell]]===
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We're in the realm of the rabbits, only the foxes and wolves have taken over. King Wolf, His Wolfiness, has declared the rabbits don't exist, but the pesky birds have spread rumours from awing that the bunnies are in fact still around. Demanding a propaganda spree, King Wolf orders a humble monkey to be his official portrait photographer, but whatever the poor innocent monkey prints out in his darkroom there is a distinct leporine hint. Can King Wolf succeed in proving himself victorious, can the rabbits show their continued existence to all who need to know of it – and what can the poor monkey caught in between do? [[The Rabbits' Rebellion by Ariel Dorfman and Chris Riddell|Full Review]]
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|genre=Emerging ReadersGeneral Fiction|summary=Set in Indonesia, in Jean lives on Jersey with her mother where they are celebrating the end of the not too distant past, this is a story about social changeoccupation. Dealing with some difficult issuesDuring the war, such as political corruption Jean's father was arrested for listening to a banned radio and nepotismsoldiers took him away one night, the book is neither boring nor preachyleaving Jean and her mother waiting for years for news of him. It educates gently, with vibrant, challenging illustrationsAs the British finally free the Channel islands from the Nazis, and it portrays how social movements need people who will trythe war is finally over, even when it seems their hopes rise that they will failfinally learn what became of him. The message is But will the truth come as a positive one; that in an increasingly uncertain worldrelief, we do still or will it raise further questions around what else happened during the war? Who was the informer who told the Nazis about the radio? And what other secrets have been kept throughout the power to instigate change.occupation?|isbn=16098093511846976537
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=='''9 JANUARY 2020'''==
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===[[In Her Eyes by Sarah Alderson]]===
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Ava lives a charmed life, but those things sometimes rub other people up the wrong way. One evening she returns from a night out with a friend, and before she can finish her bedtime routine, her home, and her life, are under attack: masked men have broken in and are demanding money from her husband, while her young daughter cowers beside him. In the scuffle than ensues, Ava is hurt, badly. When she wakes up in hospital she can barely remember what happened, but she knows it was life-changing. With her daughter still fighting for her life in a room down the corridor, Ava has a lot to contend with as she tries to recover, wills her daughter to recover, and attempts to piece together what happened and why. [[In Her Eyes by Sarah Alderson|Full Review]]
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