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  Ha Noi, 1972.  As war breaks out in Viet Nam, twelve-year-old Huong clings to her grandmother in an improvised shelter as American bombs fall around them. For her grandmother, the experience is horribly familiar. This is a woman who knows what it takes to hold a family together as a country crumbles. And now, coming of age in a nation rocked by conflict, Huong must do the same. With the epic sweep of Min Jin Lee's Pachinko and the haunting beauty of Khaled Hosseini's The Kite Runner, The Mountains Sing tells the enveloping, multigenerational tale of the Tran family, intimate, lyrical and bursting with life. Publisher:  Oneworld Publications   ISBN:  9781786079220   Number of pages:  352  

  What if you could bring your best friend back to life - but only for a short time? Jamal's best friend, Q, doesn't know that he died, and that he's about to die ... again. He doesn't know that Jamal tried to save him. And that the reason they haven't been friends for two years is because Jamal blames Q for the accident that killed his parents. But what if Jamal could have a second chance?  A new technology allows Q to be reanimated for a few weeks before he dies ... permanently. And Q's mom is not about to let anyone ruin this miracle by telling Q about his impending death. So how can Jamal fix everything if he can't tell Q the truth? Forever Ends on Friday  weaves together loss, grief, friendship, and love to form a wholly unique homage to the bonds that bring people together for life - and beyond. Publisher:  Pan Macmillan   ISBN:  9781509881024   Number of pages:  480  

  Amari Peters knows three things. Her big brother Quinton has gone missing. No one will talk about it. His mysterious job holds the secret ... So when Amari gets an invitation to the Bureau of Supernatural Affairs, she's certain this is her chance to find Quinton. But first, she has to get her head around the new world of the Bureau, where mermaids, aliens and magicians are real, and her roommate is a weredragon. Amari must compete against kids who've known about the supernatural world their whole lives, and when each trainee is awarded a special supernatural talent, Amari is given an illegal talent - one that the Bureau views as dangerous. With an evil magician threatening the whole supernatural world, and her own classmates thinking she is the enemy, Amari has never felt more alone. But if she doesn't pass the three tryouts, she may never find out what happened to Quinton ... Publisher:  HarperCollins Publishers   ISBN:  9781405298179   Number of pages:  384  

  Ana is born in Galilee at a time when women are seen as possessions, only leaving their fathers' homes to marry.  Ana longs to control her destiny. Taught to read despite her mother's misgivings, she wants to be a writer and to find her own voice. A voice that will speak for the silenced women around her. Betrothed to an elderly widower, Ana almost despairs. But an encounter with a charismatic young carpenter in Nazareth awakens new longings in her, and a different future opens up.  Yet this is not a simple love story. Ana's journey will bring both joy and tragedy, but it will also be enriched by the female friendships she makes along the way.  The Book of Longings  is an exquisite tale of dreams and desire, and of the power of women to change the world. Publisher:  Headline Publishing Group   ISBN:  9781472232519   Number of pages:  432  

  On Earth, at the battle of Scuffenbury Hill, time has been suspended. Dragons and their natural enemies, the Ix, are trapped in a bitter, unresolved conflict. But at the dawn of history, something is working to change the past...and the future. A mysterious force is rewriting the timelines, turning what was once legend into startling reality. But is David Rain strong enough to save himself and those he loves from being written into a deadly new destiny?

  Boy lives in a caravan on his own in the woods. His dad, John, is in prison and promises to get out soon. All the boy needs to do is survive alone for a little while longer. But dark forces are circling - like the dangerous man in the Range Rover, who is looking for his stolen money. And then there are the ancient forces that have lain asleep in the woods for an age... Publisher:  Andersen Press Ltd   ISBN:  9781839130571   Number of pages:  216  

  Clap When You Land  by  Elizabeth Acevedo  (Hot Key Books) The Girl Who Speaks Bear  by  Sophie Anderson , illustrated by Kathrin Honesta (Usborne) The Girl Who Became A Tree  by  Joseph Coelho , illustrated by Kate Milner (Otter-Barry Books) On Midnight Beach  by  Marie-Louise Fitzpatrick  (Faber) Run, Rebel  by  Manjeet Mann  (Penguin Random House Children’s) Look Both Ways  by  Jason Reynolds  (Knights Of) The Fountains Of Silence  by  Ruta Sepetys  (Penguin Random House Children’s) Echo Mountain  by  Lauren Wolk  (Penguin Random House Children’s)

  Arsène Lupin, the prodigious gentleman-burglar created in 1905 by Maurice Leblanc, has become an enduring myth who, like his counterpart and cherished foe, Sherlock Holmes, has inspired many pastiches over the years.  This collection offers two, never before translated Arsène Lupin tales by Maurice Leblanc, plus nineteen other stories, including five written especially for this volume. A host of celebrated writers, such as Thomas Narcejac, the author of Diabolique and Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo, Edgar- and Hugo-Award winner Anthony Boucher, French playwright André Mouëzy-Éon, Canadian science fiction author Jean-Louis Trudel, Belgian author Alain le Bussy, French author Xavier Mauméjean, and many others take Lupin from the shadowy Rue Morgue in Paris to the bustling streets of Saigon and the smoky dens of Casablanca.  Watch the indomitable gentleman-burglar use his gallic charm to cross swords with Sherlock Holmes, the Phantom of the Opera, vampires and nazis -- and even the Devi

  Nine-year-old Frankie Appleton likes to count gates. One day she hopes to design the perfect gate - a gate to keep the bad things out. Little does she know that the bad things have already got in. Now her mother is dead, and the only other person with a house key has disappeared. Frankie thinks she knows who it is. But first, she has to prove it. A delicately brutal exploration of what lies behind closed doors, and of the secrets and lies that form the fabric of every family,  The Weight of Small Things  is as charming as it is chilling. Publisher:  Mirror Books   ISBN:  9781913406189   Dimensions:  198  x  129  mm  

  The extraordinary story of a boy called Wart - ignored by everyone except his tutor, Merlyn - who goes on to become King Arthur. "Come, sword," said the Wart. He took hold of the handles with both hands, and strained against the stone... but nothing moved... When the wizard Merlyn comes to tutor Sir Ector's sons, Kay and the Wart, studying suddenly becomes much more exciting. After all, who wouldn't enjoy being turned into a fish, or a badger, or a snake? But the Wart is destined for greater things and Merlyn's magical teachings are only the beginning of his amazing future... Publisher:  HarperCollins Publishers   ISBN:  9780007263493   Number of pages:  368  

  The Women’s Prize Trust is a registered charity championing women writers on a global stage. Longlist for 2021: 'The Vanishing Half’ by Brit Bennett, published by Dialogue Books One of the most hotly anticipated books of last year,  Vanishing Half  spans the 1950s to the 1990s, from the Deep South to California. It’s deftly woven plot follows two twin sisters who take very different paths. Compelling and utterly original, Bennett explores questions of racism as well as expectations, lies, love and compassion.  ‘Small Pleasures’ by Clare Chambers, published by Weidenfeld and Nicolson Set in 1957, it follows Jean Swinney, the features editor of the  North Kent Echo , who spends her time writing about weddings and household hints. She lives a rather uneventful life until a Swiss woman named Gretchen Tilbury writes to the paper claiming her daughter is the result of a virgin birth. The editor then sets off to find out whether this is a miracle or a fraud.  'Piranesi’ by Susanna C