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Review: How It All Blew Up, by Arvin Ahmadi

How It All Blew Up by Arvin Ahmadi Edition: 2020 Pages: 272 Publisher: Bonnier Books UK - Hot Key Books Summary: Eighteen-year-old Amir Azadi always knew that coming out to his Muslim fam…

Review: Estoril, by Dejan Tiago-Stankovic

Estoril by Dejan Tiago-Stankovic Edition: 2018 Pages: 352 Publisher: Head of Zeus, Apollo Summary: Set in a luxurious grand hotel just outside Lisbon, at the height of the Second Wor…

Review: Ayiti, by Roxane Gay

Ayiti by Roxane Gay Edition: 2018 Publisher: Grove Atlantic / Grove Press Summary: Roxane Gay is an award-winning literary voice praised for her fearless and vivid prose, and her debut collection Ayiti exemplifies the raw talent that made her “one of the voices of our a…

Review: An Almost Perfect Christmas, by Nina Stibbe

An Almost Perfect Christmas by Nina Stibbe Edition: 201 7 Pages: 234 Publisher: Penguin Books UK Summary: "My mother is not a foodie. But for as long as I can remember, once a year, she becomes possessed of a profound and desperate need to serve up a perfect roa…

Review: No Time to Spare by Ursula K Le Guin

No Time to Spare by Ursula K Le Guin Publisher:  Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Released on: 5th December 2017 Synopsis : Ursula K. Le Guin has taken readers to imaginary worlds for decades. Now she’s in the last great frontier of life, old age, and exploring new literary territory: the…

Review: The Woman who Breathed Two Worlds

The Woman Who Breathed Two Worlds by Selina Siak Chin Yoke Edition: 2017 Pages: 474 Publisher: AmazonCrossing Summary: Facing challenges in an increasingly colonial world, Chye Hoon, a rebellious young girl, must learn to embrace her mixed Malayan-Chinese identity as a Ny…

Review: The Man Who loved Libraries - The Story of Andrew Carnegie

The Man Who Libraries - The Story of Andrew Carnagie by   Andrew Larsen , Katty Maurey (illustrator) Edition: 201 7 Publisher: Owlkids Books Summary: When he was a child in the 1840s, Andrew Carnegie and his family immigrated to America in search of a new beginning.…

Review: Letters to a Young Muslim, by Omar Saif Ghobash

Letters to a Young Muslim by Omar Saif Ghobash Edition: 201 7 Pages: 272 Publisher: PICADOR Summary: From the Ambassador of the UAE to Russia comes a bold and intimate exploration of what it means to be a Muslim in the twenty-first century. In a series of personal le…

Review: The Sun is Also a Star, by Nicola Yoon

The Sun is Also a Star by Nicola Yoon Edition: 2016 Pages: 384 Publisher: Penguin Random House UK Children's Summary: Natasha: I’m a girl who believes in science and facts. Not fate. Not destiny. Or dreams that will never come true. I’m definitely not the kind of gir…

Review: Here We Are, by Kelly Jensen

Here We Are by Kelly Jensen Edition: 201 7 Pages: 240 Publisher: Perseus Books Group, Running Press Summary: Let’s get the feminist party started! Here We Are is a scrapbook-style teen guide to understanding what it really means to be a feminist. It’s packed with es…

Review: Pretending to Be Erica by Michelle Painchaud

Pretending to Be Erica by Michelle Painchaud Edição/reimpressão: 2015 Páginas: 272 Editor: Viking Books for Young Readers Resumo: We Were Liars meets Heist Society in a riveting debut! Seventeen-year-old Violet’s entire life has revolved around one thing: becoming Erica Sil…

Review: Kissing the Witch by Emma Donoghue

Kissing the Witch  by Emma Donoghue Edição/reimpressão: 2013 Páginas:  288 Editor: Picador Resumo: Thirteen tales are unspun from the deeply familiar, and woven anew into a collection of fairy tales that wind back through time. Emma Donoghue reveals heroines young and old in un…

Review: The Art of Living Other People´s Lives: Stories, Confessions and Memorable Mistakes, by Greg Dybec

The Art of Living Other People's Lives: Stories, Confessions and Memorable Mistakes by Greg Dybec Edition: 201 7 Pages: 234 Publisher: Perseus Books Group, Running Press Summary: Elite Daily managing editor Greg Dybec worries about rent, sex, love, family, and—the mos…

Review: Serafina and the Black Cloak by Robert Beatty

Serafina and the Black Cloak de Robert Beatty Edição/reimpressão: 2015 Páginas: 293 Editor:  Disney•Hyperion Resumo: "Never go into the deep parts of the forest, for there are many dangers there, and they will ensnare your soul." Serafina has never had a reason to …

Review: Time Travelling with a Hamster by Ross Welford

Time Travelling with a Hamster by Ross Welford Edition:  2016 Pages:  335 Editor:  HarperCollins Publishers UK Summary: “My dad died twice. Once when he was thirty nine and again four years later when he was twelve. The first time had nothing to do with me. The second time defini…

Review: The Boy Most Likely To, by Huntley Fitzpatrick

The Boy Most Likely To by Huntley Fitzpatrick Edition: 2016 Pages: 446 Publisher: Egmont Publishing Summary: Tim Mason was The Boy Most Likely To find the liquor cabinet blindfolded, need a liver transplant, and drive his car into a house.. Alice Garrett was The…