Stocking Filler Recommendations - Oaks Park Library
Stocking Filler Recommendations
Oaks Park Library
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 Hogwarts with the unmissable series that has sparked a lifelong reading journey for children and families all over the world!
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Publishing PLC
ISBN: 9781408856772
Number of pages: 3872
Your Mood Journal: feelings journal for kids by Fearne Cotton
Have you ever felt...Sad... Happy... Angry...
Lonely... Worried... Scared... Excited? Or
several of these moods all at once?
Say hello to all of these moods in Your Mood Journal, a
customisable activity book divided into seven colourful and fully illustrated
chapters and packed full of interactive exercise and practical tips to guide
children to a better understanding of themselves and their emotions.
Publisher: Penguin
Random House Children's UK
ISBN: 9780241466698
Number of pages: 224
Tinsel: The Girls Who Invented Christmas by Sibeal Pounder
What if somewhere along the way we've all got
the Santa story a bit wrong...?
Join Blanche Claus and her best friend Rinki
for a funny festive sleigh ride you'll never forget!
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Publishing PLC
ISBN: 9781526619273
Number of pages: 320
The Night Bus Hero by Onjali Q Rauf
The boy's an absolute menace.'
'He's a bully. A lost cause!'
'Why can't he be more like his sister?'
Everyone thinks I'm just a bully. They don't believe I could be a hero….But
I'm going to prove them all wrong...
Publisher: Hachette
Children's Group
ISBN: 9781510106772
Number of pages: 304
A Clock of Stars: The Shadow Moth by Francesca Gibbons
Two sisters are swept up in a thrilling race
against time - helped by the spoiled prince of the kingdom, a dancing bear, a
very grumpy hunter... and even the stars above them.
Thrilling, sharply funny, and with characters
you will fall in love with, A
Clock of Stars is a timeless fantasy from an astonishing new
voice.
Publisher: HarperCollins
Publishers
ISBN: 9780008355036
Number of pages: 496
The Space we’re In by Katya Balen
This jaw-dropping,
heartbreaking and hopeful novel from debut author Katya Balen will remind you
we are all made of stardust.
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Publishing PLC
ISBN: 9781526601940
Number of pages: 304
The Haunting of Aveline Jones by Phil Hickes
Aveline Jones
loves reading ghost stories, so a dreary half-term becomes much more exciting
when she discovers a spooky old book. Turn
on your torches, and join Aveline Jones in her first charmingly spooky mystery,
from debut author Phil Hickes.
Publisher: Usborne
Publishing Ltd
ISBN: 9781474972147
Number of pages: 224
The History of Everything in 32 Pages by Anna Claybourne
In the beginning,
about 13.8 billion years ago, the Universe started with a bang. Travel through
time and space to learn how the world has evolved from the Big Bang onwards!
The History of Everything in 32 Pages is a visual guide to
'everything' - from the formation of the solar system, right up to the modern
day.
Publisher: Laurence King Publishing
ISBN: 9781786276834
Number of pages: 32
Wonderscape by Jennifer Bell
When Arthur, Ren
and Cecily investigate a mysterious explosion on their way to school, they find
themselves lost in the year 2473 in the Wonderscape, an epic in-reality
adventure game, they must call on the help of some unlikely historical heroes,
to play their way home before time runs out.
Publisher: Walker
Books Ltd
ISBN: 9781406391725
Number of pages: 352
Recommendations for Year 8 Students
Murder Most Unladylike by Robin Stevens
At Deepdean School for Girls, Daisy
Wells and Hazel Wong have set up their own detective
agency. But they are struggling to find any real crimes
to investigate. (Unless you count the case of Lavinia's
missing tie. Which they don't.)
Publisher: Penguin Random House Children's UK
ISBN: 9780141369761
Number of pages: 352
The Tower of Nero (The Trials of Apollo Book 5) - The Trials of Apollo by Rick Riordan
It's time to face the final trial . . .
But though the battle may have been won, the war is far from over.
Now Apollo and Meg must get ready for the final - and, let's face it, probably
fatal - adventure. They must face the last emperor, the terrifying Nero, and
destroy him once and for all.
Publisher: Penguin Random House Children's UK
ISBN: 9780141364070
Number of pages: 416
Windrush Child by Benjamin Zephaniah
In this heart-stopping adventure, Benjamin Zephaniah shows us what it was like to be a child of the Windrush generation.
How can a boy so far from home learn to enjoy his new life when so many things count against him?
Publisher: Scholastic
ISBN: 9780702302725
Number of pages: 208
Toffee by Sarah Crossan
Allison has run away from home and with
nowhere to live finds herself hiding out in the shed of what she thinks is an
abandoned house. But the house isn't empty. But there are worse places she
could be. Marla needs a real friend, she begins to ask herself -where is home?
What is a family? And most importantly, who am I, really?
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Publishing PLC
ISBN: 9781408868126
Number of pages: 416
Miss Peregrine's
Peculiar Children Boxed Set by Ransom Riggs
A mysterious
island. An abandoned orphanage. A strange collection of very curious
photographs.
Publisher: Quirk
Books
ISBN: 9781594749469
Number of pages: 1280
La
Belle Sauvage: The Book of Dust Volume One by Pilip Pullman
Seventeen years after Philip Pullman’s third
volume of His Dark
Materials trilogy sealed the door on Dust, daemons, witches
and armoured bears, a tantalising new beginning now lies open. A brand
new chapter, as enthralling for fledgling Pullman readers as for ardent
fans.
Publisher: Penguin
Random House Children's UK
ISBN: 9780241365854
Number of pages: 592
It's OK Not to Be
OK: A Guide to Wellbeing by Dr Tina Rae
It's OK not to be
OK acknowledges and explores common mental
health disorders such as depression, eating disorders and anxiety. Get the low
down on these issues, why they happen and discover ways of looking after mental
health in our fast-moving world.
This book will help children and young people develop the resilience to cope
with whatever life throws at them and grow into well-rounded, healthy adults.
Publisher: QED
Publishing
ISBN: 9780711256903
Number of pages: 64
Thornhill by Pam Smy
A true chills-down-the-spine ghost story that
is equal parts Edgar Allan Poe, Charlotte Bronte, Alfred Hitchcock and Joan
Aiken, Thornhill is
a completely absorbing mystery that taps into childhood loneliness and the
search for identity, with a healthy dose of heart-stopping dread thrown in for
good measure.
Publisher: David
Fickling Books
ISBN: 9781910200612
Number of pages: 544
A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness
Conor has the same dream every night, ever
since his mother first fell ill, ever since she started the treatments that
don't quite seem to be working. But tonight is different. Tonight, when he
wakes, there's a visitor at his window. It's ancient, elemental, a force of
nature. And it wants the most dangerous thing of all from Conor. It wants the
truth.
Publisher: Walker
Books Ltd
ISBN: 9781406361803
Number of pages: 240
A Christmas Carol
by Charles Dickens
Charles Dickens's tale of Ebenezer Scrooge,
who is haunted by three spirits and learns the true meaning of Christmas has
had, along with Dickens's other Christmas writings, a lasting and significant
influence upon our ideas about the season as a time for celebration, charity
and memory.
Publisher: Penguin
Books Ltd
ISBN: 9780141389479
Number of pages: 112
Recommendations for Year 9 Students
The Smell of Other People's Houses by Bonnie-Sue Hitchcock
Four very
different lives are about to become entangled.
These intertwining stories of love, tragedy, wild luck, and salvation on
the edge of America's Last Frontier introduce a writer of rare and wonderful
talent.
Publisher: Faber & Faber
ISBN: 9780571314959
Number of pages: 272
The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo
A novel about finding your voice and standing
up for what you believe in, no matter how hard it is to say. Brave, bold and
beautifully written - dealing with issues of race, feminism and faith - this is
a perfect read.
Publisher: Egmont UK
Ltd
ISBN: 9781405291460
Number of pages: 368
You Can Change the World!: Everyday Teen Heroes Making a Difference Everywhere by Margaret Rooke
This inspirational book tells the stories of
more than 50 of today's teenagers who've dared to change the world they live in
Publisher: Jessica
Kingsley Publishers
ISBN: 9781785925023
Number of pages: 320
Cane Warriors by Alex Wheatle
Nobody free till
everybody free. Moa is fourteen. The only life he has ever known is toiling on
the Frontier sugar cane plantation for endless hot days, fearing the vicious
whips of the overseers. Cane Warriors follows the true story of Tacky's War in
Jamaica, 1760.
Publisher: Andersen
Press Ltd
ISBN: 9781783449873
Number of pages: 192
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
It is 1939. In Nazi Germany, the country is
holding its breath. Death has never been busier - and will become busier still.
Publisher: Transworld
Publishers Ltd
ISBN: 9781784162122
Number of pages: 560
Life on the Refrigerator Door by Alice Kuipers
Life on the Refrigerator Door is told
exclusively through notes exchanged by Claire and her mother, Elizabeth, during
the course of a life-altering year. Their story builds to an emotional
crescendo when Elizabeth is diagnosed with breast cancer. It is also an elegy to how much can be said
in so few words, if only we made the time to say them.
Publisher: Pan
Macmillan
ISBN: 9781509801879
Number of pages: 240
Unstoppable by Dan Freedman
Fourteen-year-old
twins, Roxy and Kaine, have only one thing in common. They HATE each other.
Kaine is loud, brash and brilliant at football. Roxy is heading for tennis
superstardom. When tragedy strikes, their worlds are ripped apart. Can they
come together before it's too late?
Publisher: David
Fickling Books
ISBN: 9781788450508
Number of pages: 368
The Extraordinary Elements: The Periodic Table Personified by Xima Abadia
With the help of Alice Cooper, Freddie Mercury, Kurt Cobain and a whole host of weird and wonderful characters both real and imagined, The Extraordinary Elements presents the periodic table as you have never seen before. Gripping facts and easy-to-access information accompany stunning infographics and the personified elements, as well as chemistry basics
Publisher: Templar
Publishing
ISBN: 9781787417342
Number of pages: 136
Dear Martin by Nic Stone
Justyce McAllister is
top of his class and set for the Ivy League - but none of that matters to the
police officer who just put him in handcuffs on the day Justyce goes
driving with his best friend, Manny, windows rolled down,
music turned. Words fly. Shots are fired. Justyce and Manny are
caught in the crosshairs. In the media fallout, it's Justyce who
is under attack.
Publisher: Simon
& Schuster Ltd
ISBN: 9781471175565
Number of pages: 224
Wuthering Heights – A Retelling by Tanya Landman
The night that Heathcliff, an unkempt orphan,
arrives at the Heights, Cathy's life will change for ever ... but theirs will
not be a happy love story. From a harsh childhood to a foolish marriage, a
troubled path of pain and punishment lies ahead. Yet no matter how they suffer,
they cannot stay apart - for whatever souls are made of, Cathy's and
Heathcliff's are the same. After all these years, will Cathy's ghost find the
peace that life denied her?
Publisher: Barrington
Stoke Ltd
ISBN: 9781781129371
Number of pages: 104
The Art of being a Brilliant Teenager by Andy Cope
Calling all teenagers quit the moaning and start loving life! Don't be a cliche. Don't stay in your bedroom grunting and grumbling. How about getting motivated, energized and start making a difference?
So, whether you're an ambitious teenager, a parent or teacher desperate to turn a down-beat teenager into a ray of positivity and delight, How to Be a Brilliant Teenager is here to help.
Publisher: John
Wiley and Sons Ltd
ISBN: 9780857085788
Number of pages: 160
The Great Godden by Meg Rosoff
This is the story of one family, one dreamy
summer - the summer when everything changes.
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Publishing PLC
ISBN: 9781526618511
Number of pages: 256
The War of the Worlds by H G Wells
From the planet of war they came to conquer
the Earth ...
The night after a shooting star is seen streaking across the sky, a cylinder is
discovered on Horsell Common. Fascinated and exhilarated, the local people
approach the mysterious object armed with nothing more than a white flag. But
when gruesome alien creatures emerge armed with all-destroying heat-rays, their
rashness turns rapidly to fear. As the rays blaze towards them, it soon becomes
clear they have no choice but to flee - or die.
The forces of the Earth, however, may prove harder to beat than they at first
appear.
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
ISBN: 9780241382707
Number of pages: 240
A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson
A Short History of Nearly Everything is
hBill Bryson’s quest to understand everything that has happened from the Big
Bang to the rise of civilization - how we got from there, being nothing at all,
to here, being us.
Bill Bryson's challenge is to take subjects
that normally bore the pants off most of us, like geology, chemistry and
particle physics, and see if there isn't some way to render them comprehensible
to people who have never thought they
Publisher: Transworld
Publishers Ltd
ISBN: 9781784161859
Number of pages: 672
The Deathless Girls by Kiren Millwood Hargrave
Gothic, intoxicating, feminist, darkly
provoking and deeply romantic - this is the breathtakingly imagined untold
story of the brides of Dracula, by bestselling author Kiran Millwood Hargrave
in her much-anticipated YA debut.
Publisher: Hachette
Children's Group
ISBN: 9781510105799
Number of pages: 272
Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand
In 1943 a bomber crashes into the Pacific
Ocean. Against all odds, one young lieutenant survives. Louise Zamperini had
already transformed himself from child delinquent to prodigious athlete,
running in the Berlin Olympics. Now he must embark on one of the Second World
War's most extraordinary odysseys. Zamperini faces thousands of miles of open
ocean on a failing raft. Beyond like only greater trials, in Japan's
prisoner-of-war camps.
Driven to the limits of endurance,
Zamperini's destiny, whether triumph or tragedy, depends on the strength of his will.
Publisher: HarperCollins
Publishers
ISBN: 9780007378036
Number of pages: 500
Cosmos by Carl Sagan
The story of fifteen billion years of cosmic
evolution transforming matter and life into consciousness, of how science and
civilisation grew up together, and of the forces and individuals who helped
shape modern science. A story told with Carl Sagan's remarkable ability to make
scientific ideas both comprehensible and exciting.
Publisher: Little,
Brown Book Group
ISBN: 9780349107035
Number of pages: 416
White Rabbit, Red Wolf by Tom Pollock
Peter Blankman is afraid of everything and
must confront unimaginable terror when his mother is attacked.
Seventeen-year-old Peter Blankman is a maths prodigy. He also suffers from
severe panic attacks.
Afraid of everything, he finds solace in the
orderly and logical world of mathematics and in the love of his family: his
scientist mum and his tough twin sister Bel, as well as Ingrid, his only
friend.
Armed only with his extraordinary analytical
skills, Peter may just discover that his biggest weakness is his greatest
strength.
Publisher: Walker
Books Ltd
ISBN: 9781406378177
Number of pages: 400
Dear Justyce by Nic Stone
Vernell LaQuan
Banks and Justyce McAllister grew up a block apart in the Southwest
Atlanta neighborhood of Wynwood Heights. Years later, Justyce walks the
illustrious halls of Yale University . . . and Quan sits behind bars at the
Fulton Regional Youth Detention Center.
Through a series of flashbacks and letters to Justyce, Quan's story takes form.
Troubles at home and misunderstandings at school give rise to police encounters
and tough decisions. But then there's a dead cop and a weapon with Quan's
prints on it. What leads a bright kid down a road to a murder charge? Not even
Quan is sure...
Publisher: Simon
& Schuster Ltd
ISBN: 9781471186936
Number of pages: 288
One of Us is Lying by Karen M McManus
Five students go to detention. Only four
leave alive.
Investigators conclude it's no accident. All
of them are suspects. Everyone has secrets, right?
What really matters is how far you'll go to
protect them.
Publisher: Penguin
Random House Children's UK
ISBN: 9780141375632
Number of pages: 368
Recommendations for Year 11 Students
Orangeboy by Patrice Lawrence
A young man has an impossible choice to make,
in this powerful urban story that will challenge preconceptions and melt the
hardest heart.
Publisher: Hachette
Children's Group
ISBN: 9781444927207
Number of pages: 448
The Art of Rest by Claudia Hammond
Much of value has
been written about sleep, but rest is different; it is how we unwind, calm our
minds and recharge our bodies. Counting
down through the top ten activities which people find most restful, Hammond
explains why rest matters, examines the science behind the results to establish
what really works and offers a roadmap for a new, more restful and balanced
life.
Publisher: Canongate
Books Ltd
ISBN: 9781786892829
Number of pages: 304
One for Sorrow – The Magpie Society by Zoe Sugg and Amy McCulloch
Illumen Hall is a boarding school of tradition and
achievement.
Told from two alternating
view-points, this is the first book in a modern gothic thriller series that
will have you gripped like no other book this year.
Publisher: Penguin
Random House Children's UK
ISBN: 9780241402344
Number of pages: 336
A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness
A world of
witches, daemons and vampires.
A manuscript which
holds the secrets of their past and the key to their future.
Publisher: Headline
Publishing Group
ISBN: 9780755374045
Number of pages: 704
Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys
It's early 1945
and a group of people trek across Germany, bound together by their desperation
to reach the ship that can take them away from the war-ravaged land. Four young
people, each haunted by their own dark secret, narrate their unforgettable
stories...
Publisher: Penguin Random House Children's UK
ISBN: 9780141347400
Number of pages: 400
Sapiens – A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari
In this bold and provocative book, Yuval Noah Harari
explores who we are, how we got here and where we're going. Sapiens is a thrilling account of humankind's extraordinary
history - from the Stone Age to the Silicon Age - and our journey from
insignificant apes to rulers of the world.
Publisher: Vintage Publishing
ISBN: 9780099590088
Number of pages: 512
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl by Jesse Andrews
It is a universally acknowledged truth that high
school sucks. But on the first day of his senior year, Greg Gaines thinks he's
figured it out. The answer to the basic existential question: How is it
possible to exist in a place that sucks so bad? His strategy: remain at the
periphery at all times. Keep an insanely low profile. Make mediocre films with
the one person who is even sort of his friend, Earl.
This plan works for exactly eight hours. Then Greg's mother forces him to
become friends with a girl who has cancer. This brings about the destruction of
Greg's entire life.
Publisher: Allen
& Unwin
ISBN: 9781760290450
Number of pages: 304
Lord of the Rings by J R R Tolkien
Since it was first
published in 1954, The Lord of the Rings has been a book people
have treasured. Steeped in unrivalled magic and otherworldliness, its sweeping
fantasy has touched the hearts of young and old alike.
Publisher: HarperCollins
Publishers ISBN: 9780261103252
Number of pages: 1178
The Shortest History of England by James Hawes
The story of England as you've never seen it before.
There has never
been a better time to understand why England is the way it is, and there is no
better guide.
Publisher: Old
Street Publishing
ISBN: 9781910400692
Number of pages: 240
Recommendations for Adults
Tomorrow will be a Good Day by Captain Tom Moore
Captain Tom Moore is an inspiration.
He only wanted to
help other people – and yet he has inspired a nation to believe anything is
possible by reminding us all it is never, ever too late.
Publisher: Penguin
Books Ltd
ISBN: 9780241486108
Number of pages: 400
Troy by Stephen Fry
Troy. The most
marvellous kingdom in all the world. The Jewel of the Aegean. Glittering Ilion,
the city that rose and fell not once but twice . . .
The stage is set
for the oldest and greatest story ever told, where monstrous passions meet the
highest ideals and the lowest cunning. In Troy you will find
heroism and hatred, love and loss, revenge and regret, desire and despair. It
is these human passions, written bloodily in the sands of a distant shore that
still speak to us today.
Publisher: Penguin
Books Ltd
ISBN: 2928377000493
Number of pages: 752
Cook, Eat, Repeat by Nigella Lawson
Cook,
eat, repeat is a
delicious and delightful combination of recipes intertwined with narrative
essays about food
Publisher: Vintage
Publishing
ISBN: 9781784743666
Number of pages: 352
Dark Tides by Philippa Gregory
Midsummer's Eve,
1670. A wealthy man waits outside a poor London warehouse to meet with Alinor,
the woman he failed twenty-one years before. He has everything to offer: money,
land, status - and he believes she has the only thing he cannot buy: his son
and heir.
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Ltd
ISBN: 2928377042585
Number of pages: 400
A Life on Our Plant by Sir David Attenborough
I have been witness to this decline. A Life
on Our Planet is my witness statement, and my vision for the future.
It is the story of how we came to make this, our greatest mistake - and how, if
we act now, we can yet put it right.
We have one final chance to create the perfect home for ourselves and restore
the wonderful world we inherited.'
All we need is the will to do so.'
Publisher: Ebury
Publishing
ISBN: 9781529108279
Number of pages: 272
Word Perfect by Susie Dent
From 'Turning a
Blind Eye' (Nelson putting the telescope to his missing eye to ignore the order
to stop fighting) to why 'May Day' became a distress call; from 'stealing
someone's thunder' to the real Jack the Lad, from 'tartle' (forgetting
someone's name) to 'snaccident' (unintentionally eating a whole packet of
biscuits).
Word
Perfect is her brilliant
linguistic almanac full of unforgettable true stories tied to every day of the
year. You'll never be lost for words again.
Publisher: John
Murray Press
ISBN: 9781529311518
Number of pages: 416
My Name is Why by Lemn Sissay
At the age of
seventeen, after a childhood in a fostered family followed by six years in care
homes, Norman Greenwood was given his birth certificate. He learned that his
real name was not Norman. It was Lemn Sissay. He was British and Ethiopian. And
he learned that his mother had been pleading for his safe return to her since
his birth.
This is Lemn's
story, written with all the lyricism and power you would expect from one of the
nation's best-loved poets, this moving, frank and timely memoir is the result
of a life spent asking questions, and a celebration of the redemptive power of
creativity.
Publisher: Canongate
Books Ltd
ISBN: 9781786892362
Number of pages: 224
Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart
It is 1981.
Glasgow is dying and good families must grift to survive. A wonderful look into
families and love.
Publisher: Pan
Macmillan
ISBN: 9781529019278
Number of pages: 448
The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman
In a peaceful retirement village, four
unlikely friends meet up once a week to investigate unsolved killings.
But when a local property developer shows up
dead, 'The Thursday Murder Club' find themselves in the middle of their first
live case.
The four friends, Elizabeth, Joyce, Ibrahim
and Ron, might be octogenarians, but they still have a few tricks up their
sleeves. Can our unorthodox but brilliant gang catch the killer, before it's
too late?
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
ISBN: 9780241425442
Number of pages: 400
Greenlights by Matthew McConaughey
I've
been in this life for fifty years, been trying to work out its riddle for
forty-two, and been keeping diaries of clues to that riddle for the last
thirty-five. Notes about successes and failures, joys and sorrows, things that
made me marvel, and things that made me laugh out loud. How to be fair. How to
have less stress. How to have fun. How to hurt people less. How to get hurt
less. How to be a good man. How to have meaning in life. How to be more me. This book is a love letter. To
life.
Publisher: Headline Publishing Group
ISBN: 9781472280831
Number of pages: 304
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