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  “ORIGINAL AND UNFORGETTABLE” Liz Hyder and her editor Sarah Odedina of Pushkin Children’s Books win the 2020 BRANFORD BOASE AWARD awarded to the author and editor of the outstanding debut novel for children Liz Hyder is the winner of the  2020 Branford Boase Award  for the year’s outstanding debut novel for children for her powerful dystopia  Bearmouth . Based on real-life stories of nineteenth century child miners,  Bearmouth  is set in a deep underground mine, and told in a distinctive dialect, invented by Hyder and maintained throughout. The award is shared with her editor, Sarah Odedina, editor-at-large, Pushkin Children’s Books. Life in Bearmouth is one of hard labour, the sunlit world above the mine a distant memory. Reward will come in the next life with the benevolence of the Mayker. New accepts everything - that is, until the mysterious Devlin arrives. Suddenly, Newt starts to look at Bearmouth with a fresh perspective, questioning the system, and setting in motion a chain o

  When 12-year-old Billy Chan finds out his parents are sending him to a summer camp in middle-of-nowhere China he doesn't know what to expect. There he meets fellow campers Dylan, Charlotte and Ling-Fei and together they stumble upon an age-old secret: four powerful warrior dragons, hidden deep within the mountain behind the camp. They have been trapped since an epic battle with the Dragon of Death and need the children's help to set them free before terrible evil is unleashed on the earth. Billy and his friends must set off on a dangerous adventure that will take them to the heart of the Dragon Realm. But can they save the dragon and human worlds from destruction? Dragon Mountain  is the first book in the Dragon Realm series by Katie and Kevin Tsang, co-authors of the  Sam Wu is not Afraid  series. Publisher:  Simon & Schuster Ltd   ISBN:  9781471193071   Number of pages:  336  

  All you have are your words. Meet Adunni, a teenage girl born into a rural Nigerian village. Aged fourteen, she is a commodity, a wife, a servant. She is also smart, funny, curious, with a spirit and joy infectious to those around her. And despite her situation going from bad to worse, she has a plan to escape: she will find her 'louding voice' and get her education, so that she can speak up for herself - and all the girls who came before her. As she turns enemies into friends and superiors into aides, Adunni will take you with her on a heart-breaking but inspiring journey from a small village to the wealthy enclaves of Lagos, and show you that no matter the situation, there is always some joy to be found. Publisher:  Hodder & Stoughton   ISBN:  9781529359275   Number of pages:  320  

  High in the Himalayas sits a dilapidated mansion, home to three people, each dreaming of another time. The judge, broken by a world too messy for justice, is haunted by his past. His orphan granddaughter has fallen in love with her handsome tutor, despite their different backgrounds and ideals. The cook's heart is with his son, who is working in a New York restaurant, mingling with an underclass from all over the globe as he seeks somewhere to call home. Around the house swirl the forces of revolution and change. Civil unrest is making itself felt, stirring up inner conflicts as powerful as those dividing the community, pitting the past against the present, nationalism against love, a small place against the troubles of a big world. Publisher:  Penguin Books Ltd   ISBN:  9780141027289   Number of pages:  336  

  Bess Kalb has saved every voicemail message her grandmother - her best friend, her confidante - ever left her until the day she died. In this wildly imaginative memoir, Bobby Bell's voice is still in Bess's head. Stubborn, glamorous, larger than life, she gives Bess critical advice on everything and tells the history that made them both. Beginning with her mother's escape from the pogroms of Belarus in the 1880s to the rambunctiously cramped Brooklyn apartment where Bobby was born, it swings through her loving marriage, blazes over the rebellious youth of her daughter and finally - falls madly in love with her granddaughter, Bess.  Nobody Will Tell You This But Me  are the truths - full of devotion, killer instincts and hard-won experience - that Bess's grandmother tells even when they hurt - and even though she's gone. This unusual love story celebrates the bond of women across generations and the personalities that live on through grief and love. Told through do

  You can be Fearless with help from this interactive and informative book for tweens & teens.  Fearless helps you find the confidence to be your true self.  With vibrant colour illustrations throughout, Fearless shows that by breaking free from labels and stereotypes, together we can build a generation who are healthy, happy and can truly realize their full potential. Fearless explores how stereotypes influence everything - from how you feel about your body, to your interests and career aspirations. Publisher:  Scholastic   ISBN:  9781407197937   Number of pages:  160  

  Animals, trees, flowers, our city forbids them all... Juniper Greene lives in a walled city from which nature has been banished, following the outbreak of a deadly man-made disease many years earlier. While most people seem content to live in such a cage, she and her little brother Bear have always known about their resistance to the disease, and dream of escaping into the wild. To the one place humans have survived outside of cities. To where their mother is.  When scientists discover that the siblings provide the key to fighting the disease, the pair must flee for their lives. As they journey into the unknown, they soon learn that there's cruelty in nature as well as beauty. Will they ever find the home they're searching for?  Publisher:  Little Tiger Press Group   ISBN:  9781788951524   Number of pages:  352  

  Stocking Filler Recommendations Oaks Park Library   Dear Parents/Guardians   The Holidays are fast approaching and your mind may be beginning to turn to shopping for friends and loved ones. We have put together a list of suggested titles that we hope that you find useful as you plan those potential stocking-fillers. When better to share a love of reading, than over the Holidays?   Kind regards,   Mrs Taylor The Library Manager Oaks Park High School   Recommendations for Year 7 Students The Midnight Guardians by Ross Montgomery When Col's childhood imaginary friends come to life, he discovers a world where myths and legends are real. But there are darker forces at work. Soon Col is pursued by the terrifying Midwinter King, who is determined to bring an eternal darkness down over everything. Publisher: Walker Books Ltd   ISBN: 9781406391183   Number of pages: 400     Harry Potter Box Set: The Complete Collection by J K Rowling Escape to Hogwa