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Book of the week
All the Things We Never Said (14+ Secondary/Adult)
Yasmin Rahman
This debut novel could so easily have become melodramatic, trivialising or sentimental. Its emotional charge remains riskily intense throughout its substantial length; but the interest of YA readers is likely to be fully sustained through the girls’ contrasting personalities and the circumstances which lead them to MementoMori.
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Winter of the Wolves (8-10 Junior/Middle)
Tony Bradman
(Bloomsbury Education)
This short tale has echoes of Rosemary Sutcliffe in it, following as it does a homeless boy who becomes a man, is tested in battle and finally finds his calling as a wordsmith, a teller of tales.
When We Were Warriors (8-10 Junior/Middle)
Emma Carroll
(Faber & Faber)
Emma Carroll is fast establishing herself as one of the most consistent and accessible authors writing for KS2 readers.
Now or Never-a Dunkirk Story (10-14 Middle/Secondary)
Bali Rai
(Scholastic)
This absorbing and revealing book is part of the Voices series, published to give a platform to those unsung heroes from the past whose authentic stories have not been fully told.
Paper Avalanche (14+ Secondary/Adult)
Lisa Williamson
(David Fickling Books)
This is Lisa Williamson’s third novel, and like its predecessors scores highly for sheer readability. Compassionate and understanding, even where silly spoilt Bonnie is concerned, this is YA fiction at its most assured.
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