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The Cat I Never Named: A True Story of Love, War, and Survival
- Amra Sabic-El-Rayess, Laura L. Sullivan
- Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
- ISBN13: 9781547604531
- Published: 08-09-2020
It is 1992 and Bihac, Amra's hometown, is a multicultural city with Muslims, Croats, and Serbs. But when tensions escalate, the Serbs turn on their Bosnian neighbors. The Serbs control the army, and now they have peaceful Bihac surrounded. Soon Amra and her family are dealing with starvation a...
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I, Ada: Ada Lovelace: Rebel. Genius. Visionary
- Julia Gray
- Andersen Press Ltd
- ISBN13: 9781839130076
- Published: 03-09-2020
Ada Byron is rich and clever, but she longs to be free. Free to explore all the amazing ideas that come to her imagination, like flying mechanical horses and stories inspired by her travels. Free to find love and passion beyond the watchful gaze of her mother and governesses. And free to learn...
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The Reckless Afterlife of Harriet Stoker
- Lauren James
- Walker Books Ltd
- ISBN13: 9781406391121
- Published: 03-09-2020
When Harriet Stoker dies after falling from a balcony in a long-abandoned building, she discovers a world of ghosts with magical powers - shape-shifting, hypnosis, even the ability to possess the living. Felix, Kasper, Rima and Leah welcome her into their world, eager to make friends with the...
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Kicking Off: Dick, Kerr Girls
- Eve Ainsworth
- UCLan Publishing
- ISBN13: 9781912979202
- Published: 03-09-2020
The remarkable story of the Dick, Kerr Ladies is brought to young readers for the very first time by award winning and CILIP Carnegie nominated Eve Ainsworth.It's 1917, and Britain is at war. Shy teenager Hettie wants to help the war effort, and signs up to work in the local Dick, Kerr & C...
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Red Stars
- Denise Muir, Davide Morosinotto
- Pushkin Children's Books
- ISBN13: 9781782692577
- Published: 03-09-2020
THE COUNTRY IS UNDER ATTACK. Twins Viktor and Nadya are twelve years old when Hitler's Germany declares war on the Soviet Union. As the Nazi army crushes the defending forces and enemy planes appear overhead, they are hurriedly evacuated from their home. 'WHATEVER HAPPENS, STAY TOGETHER' T...
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Punching the Air
- Ibi Zoboi, Yusef Salaam
- HarperCollins Publishers
- ISBN13: 9780008422141
- Published: 01-09-2020
From award-winning, bestselling author Ibi Zoboi and prison reform activist Yusef Salaam of the Exonerated Five comes a powerful YA novel in verse about a boy who is wrongfully incarcerated. Perfect for fans of the Noughts & Crosses series and The Hate U Give.</st...
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Mad, Bad & Dangerous to Know
- Samira Ahmed
- Little, Brown Book Group
- ISBN13: 9780349003559
- Published: 27-08-2020
It is August in Paris and budding art historian Khayyam should be having the time of her life - but even in the City of Lights she can't stop worrying about the mess she left back home in Chicago. Only when she meets a cute young Parisian - who happens to be a distant relative of the novelist...
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The Girl Who Became a Tree: A Story Told in Poems
- Joseph Coelho, Kate Milner
- Otter-Barry Books Ltd
- ISBN13: 9781913074784
- Published: 27-08-2020
Daphne is unbearably sad and adrift. She feels the painful loss of her father acutely and seeks solace both in the security of her local library and the escape her phone screen provides by blocking out the world around her. As Daphne tries to make sense of what has happened she recalls memorie...
