Engels (4)
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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.
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Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief (Book 1)
2013 || Paperback || Rick Riordan || Penguin
Half boy. Half God. All Hero. Look, I didn't want to be a half-blood. I never asked to be the son of a Greek God. I was just a normal kid, going to school, playing basketball, skateboarding. The usual. Until I accidentally vaporized my maths teacher. Now I spend my time battling monsters and generally trying to stay alive.
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.
This Is My America
2022 || Paperback || Kim Johnson || Random House
Every week, seventeen-year-old Tracy Beaumont writes letters to Innocence X, asking the organization to help her father, an innocent Black man on death row. After seven years, Tracy is running out of time--her dad has only 267 days left. Then the unthinkable happens. The police arrive in the night, and Tracy's older brother, Jamal, goes from being a bright, promising track star to a "thug" on the run, accused of killing a white girl. Determined to save her brother, Tracy investigates what rea...