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Waves By Sharon Dogar Waves is by far one of the best books that I have read in my entire life. The way the story is written makes you want to read non-stop until the end . You can't put it down! My favourite bit is when Sarz find a really small flatfish and names it flounder. I found it so cute! One thing that I disliked was the changes between the past and present. It was kind of hard to know who was speaking and what they were doing. The story starts off by describing Charley. The way her her golden ginger locks twirled in the sun light and how her eyes changed to the colour of what she was wearing. Hal has this ability too. Charley is Hal’s sister who got put into a coma after falling into the sea and banging her head against some rocks. Even though she isn’t moving, Hal has a really weird connection with her. They are able to share each others memories. Charley is trying to say something but Hal can't make out what it is she wants. After making a hard

Call me Bathsheba. The whales of Bathsheba's pod live for the hunt. Led by the formidable Captain Alexandra, they fight a never-ending war against men. Then the whales attack a man ship, and instead of easy prey they find the trail of a myth, a monster, perhaps the devil himself... With their relentless Captain leading the chase, they embark on the final hunt, one that will forever change the worlds of whales and men. 9 Things You Didn't Know About Patrick Ness 1. He has a tattoo of a rhinoceros. 2. He has run two marathons. 3. He is a certified scuba diver. 4. He wrote a radio comedy about vampires. 5. He has never been to New York City but... 6. He has been to Sydney, Auckland and Tokyo. 7. He got accepted into film school but turned it down to study writing. 8. He is no longer a goth. 9. Under no circumstances will he eat onions.

More than two decades after Northern Lights the first book of Pullman’s world-famous His Dark Materials trilogy, which has sold more than 17.5 million copies in over 40 languages comes,  La Belle Sauvage,  the first volume in his 'The Book of Dust' series. #BookofDust will return to the parallel world that has enthralled readers young and old.  La Belle Sauvage  is set 10 years before  Northern Lights  and centres on the much-beloved Lyra Belacqua. Alethiometers, dæmons, and the Magisterium all return to play their part. Since the ‘equel’ (as Pullman likes it to be known) to His Dark Materials was announced, fans around the globe have cheered the return of Lyra Belacqua, heroine of His Dark Materials.

The Dollmaker of Krakow by R. M. Romero PROLOGUE  The Seamstress and the Land of the Dolls  There once was a little doll named Karolina, who lived in a country far from the human world. The Land of the Dolls was a large kingdom that stretched countless miles in any direction. To the east, lay the sea and to the west, a glass mountain sprouted from the earth and climbed towards the sun. In the days when the wise king and queen ruled, the sky had always been a perfect shade of midsummer blue, the moonlight shone as pure as silver and no one had ever grown old or shabby. Across the sea, however, was a dark country.  Its residents, huge rats whose appetites seemed as great as the ocean itself, had been crafted by a wicked witch from shadows and tears and ash. The doll king and queen lived in fear that, one day, the rats would grow hungry enough to come to their home and would bring with them only cruelty and greed. But Karolina knew nothing of these rumours. Her home was a

Accelerated Reader Book Level: 4.3  This book is written by China Mieville. So you might be wondering what ‘Unlondon’ is, well it’s where all the lost and broken things in London end up in... This book is about a girl called Deeba who accidentally travels to the Unlondon and tries to help the people there defeat the SMOG…. The reason this book is so interesting is because it is unlike other books, she isn’t the chosen one, her friend is! Deeba doubts if she really can defeat the Smog (smoke and fog) but she tries anyway because she is Unlondon’s only hope. Though her journey she loses a couple of loyal friends but finds her courage in the end. My favorite character is Hemi. Hemi is a half – ghost boy, but don’t be alarmed he doesn’t take peoples souls (unless you took his first), the reason he is my favorite character is because at first when Deeba asked him for help, he was reluctant but eventually went with her because she paid him. In the end, he cared less about mo

LRC Quote of the Day “You can’t use up creativity.   The more you use, the more you have” Maya Angelou, 1982

Born to the sun, born to the sand, I hear the call and walk the land. A light appears, I turn to see, You greet me so happily. We build bridges, find friends so bold, And cross this desert's last threshold. Sliding fast, exchanging smiles, We descend a shimmering road of trials. Once safe at home, now strife with fear, We're lost among those keen to leer. Atonement comes from the chaos, Temptations clear, we learn our cause. The crossing comes, reclamation awaits, To fulfill out passion, our righteous fates. But soon the light begins to fade. Once warm and bright, now cold and weighed. At our nadir, we press on to see The reward of this long, hard Journey. Throughout us grows this numbing cold, Till we watch the other lose their hold. After all we've done, after all we've seen, Why end it now? This accursed dream... ...But wait! What's this, a field of white? We're glowing in a golden light! Fly high my frie

Lost letters have only one hope for survival... Inside the Dead Letters Depot in East London, William Woolf is one of thirty letter detectives who spend their days solving mysteries: Missing postcodes, illegible handwriting, rain-smudged ink, lost address labels, torn packages, forgotten street names - they are all the culprits of missed birthdays, broken hearts, unheard confessions, pointless accusations, unpaid bills and unanswered prayers. When William discovers letters addressed simply to 'My Great Love' his work takes on new meaning. 

An uplifting, authentically-voiced novella about finding your way from a bestselling YA author, and a pre-eminent publisher of inclusive fiction. Frizzy-haired Ruby is thoughtful and funny, but even she struggles a little when her mum takes in a new foster child, such as quiet, distrustful Clara who reminds Ruby of a “housemaid from Downton Abbey”. To Ruby’s mind, Clara is the kind of girl “who clearly doesn’t take many selfies”. Then, thanks to Ruby’s acts of kindness, Clara undergoes a butterfly-beautiful transformation as she discovers the wonders of the world and a newfound love of science and - slowly-slowly - realises who she really is.  Particularly suitable for struggling, reluctant or dyslexic readers aged 13+

The Boy Who Lived Mr and Mrs Dursley, of number four, Privet Drive, were proud to say that they were perfectly normal, thank you very much. They were the last people you’d expect to be involved in anything strange or mysterious, because they just didn’t hold with such nonsense. Mr Dursley was the director of a firm called Grunnings, which made drills. He was a big, beefy man with hardly any neck, although he did have a very large moustache. Mrs Dursley was thin and blonde and had nearly twice the usual amount of neck, which came in very useful as she spent so much of her time craning over garden fences, spying on the neighbours. The Dursleys had a small son called Dudley and in their opinion there was no fi ner boy anywhere. The Dursleys had everything they wanted, but they also had a secret, and their greatest fear was that somebody would discover it. They didn’t think they could bear it if anyone found out about the Potters. Mrs Potter was Mrs Dursley’s sister, but they ha

My name’s not Friday follows the life of well mannered and thoughtful Samuel and his misbehaving younger brother Joshua, who are free black boys living in an orphanage, at the end of the Civil War. When one of Joshua's pranks go too far one day, and Samuel takes the blame for him, he doesn't realise the consequences he now has to face. My name’s not Friday is a gripping read for anyone who is interested in history and also wants a great story novel.