Getting To Know…Alison
Alison is Mum to two children, one at Primary School and one preschooler. She juggles day to day life with full time work is a school librarian. A career that fits very well with her obsessive reading habit. Life is…
Carnegie and Greenaway: Wonder
R. J. Palacio My name is August. I won’t describe what I look like. Whatever you’re thinking, it’s probably worse. August Pullman wants to be an ordinary ten-year-old. He does ordinary things. He eats ice cream. He plays on his…
Carnegie and Greenaway: In Darkness
Nick Lake Listen. You’re the voices in the dark so the world can’t all be gone. There must be people left. I’m going to tell you how I got here and how I got this bullet in my arm. I’m…
Carnegie and Greenaway: Maggot Moon
Sally Gardner What if the football hadn’t gone over the wall. On the other side of the wall there is a dark secret. And the devil. And the Moon Man. And the Motherland doesn’t want anyone to know. But Standish…
Carnegie and Greenaway Awards: Oh No George
Chris Haughton George is a dog with all the best intentions. And his owner, Harry, has all the best hopes that George will be a well-behaved dog when he leaves him alone for the day. But when George spies a…
Carnegie and Greenaway Awards: The Weight Of Water
Sarah Crossan Armed with a suitcase and an old laundry bag filled with clothes, Kasienka and her mother head for England. Life is lonely for Kasienka. At home her mother’s heart is breaking and at school friends are scarce. But…
Carnegie and Greenaway Award: Code Name Verity
Fragments
Dan Wells Kira Walker has found the cure for RM, but the battle for the survival of humans and Partials is just beginning. Kira has left East Meadow in a desperate search for clues to who she is. That the…
Carnegie and Greenaway Awards 2013
It’s that time of year again; The Carnegie and Greenaway shortlists are out. For those that don’t know, these are two of the most prestigious book awards in the country. The Carnegie Award looks at books published for children over…
Sister Assassin
Kiersten White She never chose her deadly gift but now she’s forced to use it. How far would you go to protect the only family you have left? Annie is beset by fleeting strange visions and a guilty conscience. Blind…
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