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Cinderella is Dead
Name: Beverley Somerset
06 August 2020;Genre: Fairy Tales & Folk Tales
Cinderella is Dead is an unusual book - a horror story based upon a well-loved fairy tale. In the fictional town of Lille, it is 200 years since Cinderella met Prince Charming and (apparently) lived 'happily ever after'. But for the girls and women living in Lille today, life...
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Every Little Piece of My Heart
Name: Sharon Bolton
06 August 2020;Genre: Friends and family
For Sophie, the last five months have been doubly rubbish. Not only has her best friend Freya disappeared suddenly and is proving impossible to contact, but she has also been battling lupus and its effects on her body. When a parcel from Freya arrives, Sophie experiences a brief upturn in her...
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Cinderella is Dead
Name: Tanja Jennings
01 August 2020;Genre: Fairy Tales & Folk Tales
From the distinctive front cover, celebrating Sophia Grimmins as proud, beautiful, defiant, fierce and brown skinned, to her explosive story inside, Kalynn Bayron reclaims the iconic fairy tale from the Brothers Grimm with her new YA fantasy, Cinderella Is Dead. Groundbreaking...
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Cinderella is Dead
Name: Linda Brown
31 July 2020;Genre: Fairy Tales & Folk Tales
After reading Cinderella Is Dead, you will never look at the original Grimms fairytale in the same way ever again... It's been 200 years since Cinderella found her Prince Charming and they lived happily ever after, or did they? Sophia, our lead character, knows th...
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Good Girls Die First
Name: Linda Brown
20 July 2020;Genre: Horror
Secrets, an abandoned carnival island and a group of teenagers, mixed with serious mind games and murder. I couldn't wait to delve into the pages of this supernatural suspense thriller/horror...16-year-old Ava receives an anonymous invitation to Portgrave Pier along with nine other...
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We Are Bound by Stars
Name: Linda Brown
09 July 2020;Genre: Fantasy
We are Bound by Stars is the second instalment set in the magical fantasy world of Scarossa (see We Are Blood and Thunder) and once again the authors writing is as beautiful and stirring. Bea is the middle sister in a se...
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The Rules
Name: Linda Brown
09 July 2020;Genre: Suspense & Thrillers
Amber is a looked-after child who is facing the prospect of spending Christmas alone, that is until her social worker tells her that she has received a letter from her dad. Amber, you would think, would be happy, but sadly you are mistaken; she now has to work out how to escape; she must move...
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The Rules
Name: Clair Bossons
09 July 2020;Genre: Suspense & Thrillers
I loved reading The Rules, it was a truly addictive read. Amber is a looked after child who is facing the prospect of a Christmas with no foster placement as her boarding school closes for the end of term. She is a bit of a prickly character who is not afraid to call it as she...
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Impervious
Name: Julie Broadbent
02 July 2020;Genre: Suspense & Thrillers
Trina Warren did not set out to be a hero, she was just going to fourth period. For her it was just another normal day at school. As she attempts to navigate her way to class, whilst trying to avoid any more hassle from the mean jocks, she hears a loud bang. She sees an overturned chair and th...
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The Short Knife
Name: Julie Broadbent
02 July 2020;Genre: Historical Fiction
The Short Knife is set in the 5th century. The Roman Empire has withdrawn from Britain, throwing it into the chaos of the Dark Ages. Young Mai and her sister Haf live a peaceful existence on their small farm with their father, until the day their lives are shattered by the arr...
