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Book of the week
The Time Travel Diaries (10-14 Middle/Secondary)
Caroline Lawrence
Caroline Lawrence, author of the best-selling 'Roman Mysteries' series, has combined her detailed knowledge of the Roman period with a considerable storytelling ability to create a gripping new historical adventure. This novel tells the story of 12- year-old Alexander Papas who is recruited by the wildly eccentric billionaire Solomon Daisy to travel back in time to Roman London via a portal accidentally created by the wealthy man’s “tech guys”. Alex’s task is to find the blue-eyed girl with the ivory knife whose skeleton...
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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.
Lark (10-14 Middle/Secondary)
Anthony McGowan
(Barrington Stoke)
As with the earlier books, along with the excitement of the adventure, our interest lies in the relationship between the brothers and the emotional frontiers they cross, together and separately. McGowan makes such complexity available to his teenage readers in a social context where day-to-day life can be abrasive and emotion is implicit rather than expressed.
The shortlists for the CILIP Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Medals have been announced. Selected by volunteer Youth Librarians from longlists of 20 books per medal, there are eight on each shortlist.
