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Turtles All the Way Down
2022 || Paperback || John (Author) Green || Penguin
"Wrenching and revelatory." An instant #1 bestseller, the widely acclaimed Turtles All the Way Down is John Green's brilliant and shattering new novel."A tender story about learning to cope when the world feels out of control." - PeopleSixteen-year-old Aza never intended to pursue the mystery of fugitive billionaire Russell Pickett, but there's a hundred-thousand-dollar reward at stake and her Best and Most Fearless Friend, Daisy, is eager to investigate. So together, they navigate the short ...
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Twelfth Night
2014 || Paperback || William Shakespeare || Cambridge University Press
An improved, larger-format edition of the Cambridge School Shakespeare plays, extensively rewritten, expanded and produced in an attractive new design. An active approach to classroom Shakespeare enables students to inhabit Shakespeare's imaginative world in accessible and creative ways. Students are encouraged to share Shakespeare's love of language, interest in character and sense of theatre.
Substantially revised and extended in full colour, classroom activities are thematically organised ...
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De schelmenstreken van Reinaert de vos
2018 || Hardcover || Koos Meinderts || Hoogland & Van Klaveren, Uitgeverij
Terwijl Reinaert de Vos tijdens het monopoly-spelen met zijn kinderen stiekem een briefje van duizend uit de bank jatte en zich te goed deed aan een kipkluifje, verklaarde Koning Nobel in de paleistuin de jaarlijkse Hofdag voor geopend.
Met de opening van de Hofdag opent ook de fonkelende bewerking die Koos Meinderts maakte van het bekendste epos uit de Middelnederlandse literatuur: Van den Vos Reynaerde. In achttien hoofdstukken verhaalt Meinderts over de belevenissen van de geslepen vos Rei...
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Cal
2000 || Paperback || Bernard Mac Laverty || Penguin
Cal has very few choices in life. He can continue working at the abattoir that sickens him, or join the ranks of the unemployed. He can brood on his past or try to plan a future with Marcella.
Cal is a haunting love story set against the fear and violence of Ulster, where tenderness and innocence must struggle to survive.
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
2021 || Paperback || Ransom Riggs || Random House
A mysterious island. An abandoned orphanage. A strange collection of very curious photographs. It all waits to be discovered in Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children, an unforgettable novel that mixes fiction and photography in a thrilling reading experience. As our story opens, a horrific family tragedy sets sixteen-year-old Jacob journeying to a remote island off the coast of Wales, where he discovers the crumbling ruins of Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children. As Jacob explore...
Holes
2015 || Paperback || Louis Sachar || Bloomsbury Publishing
'This is a story of friendship with the cleverest of plot twists, and descriptions so vivid you can feel the heat of Stanley's desert prison burning off the page. A total must-read' The Times 'Totally absorbing and beautifully written' The Bookseller
October, October
WINNER OF THE YOTO CARNEGIE MEDAL 2022
2021 || Paperback || Katya Balen || Bloomsbury
Katya Balen's October, October is a very special new addition to the shelf and deserves classic status - Times Children's Book of the Week
A classic in the making for anyone who ever longed to be WILD.
October and her dad live in the woods. They know the trees and the rocks and the lake and stars like best friends. They live in the woods and they are wild. And that's the way it is.
Until the year October turns eleven. That's the year October rescues a baby owl. It's the year Dad falls out of ...
When Stars are Scattered
2023 || Paperback || Victoria Jamieson e.a. || Faber & Faber
A heart-wrenching true story about life in a Kenyan refugee camp that will restore your faith in real-life happy endings. Omar and his brother Hassan, two Somali boys, have spent a long time in the Dadaab refugee camp.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
2024 || Paperback || Lewis Carroll || Macmillan
Lewis Carroll's Alice has been enchanting children for 150 years. Curious Alice, the bossy White Rabbit, the formidable Queen of Hearts and the Mad Hatter are among the best-loved, most iconic literary creations of all time.Macmillan was the original publisher of Alice in 1865 and is proud to remain true to the vision of its creators. Every bit as iconic are Sir John Tenniel's remarkable illustrations, perfectly capturing the combination of the ordinary and the extraordinary at the heart of W...
Private Peaceful
2020 || Paperback || Michael Morpurgo || HarperCollins
A stunning edition of this modern classic of World War One, featuring an introduction by the author and insightful testimonies from soldiers.