Dangerous Reality by Malorie Blackman Published by Corgi Children’s Books, 2004 PB:176pp So your mum s this brilliant scientist. She s just invented the most awesome Artificial Intelligence system. Its virtual world is the perfect place to forget about real life. Which is exactly what you want. But then a bug corrupts the system. It…
Grandma Nuh Easy At All by Josephine Gooden LMH Publishing 2016 pb:180pp Hazel grew up in a small town named Rosetta, in the beautiful parish of St. Ann, Jamaica. She was a disciplinarian who would no doubt try to discipline even a lifeless corpse. It was said that when her husband died, she told him…
Hacker by Malorie Blackman Published by Corgi Childrens, 2004 PB, 240pp MESSAGE: This is the system operator. Who is using this account? Please identify yourself . . . When Vicky s father is arrested, accused of stealing over a million pounds from the bank where he works, she is determined to prove his innocence. But…
Hostage by Malorie Blackman Barrington Stoke 2012pp 64 Brand new package for this gripping adventure story by top author Malorie Blackman. Blindfolded. Alone. Afraid. No idea where she is or what will happen next. The only thing Angela knows is that she s been kidnapped. Does she have the courage to escape? Will she ever see…
Inner City Girl by Colleen Smith-Dennis LMH Publishing LTD 2010 pb:268pp Martina does the unthinkable: a poor girl from the inner city gains entry into one of the most prestigious high schools in the country. Milverton High, situated on a hill with its picturesque surroundings, students from the upper echelons of society and teachers who…
Midnight Without A Moon by Linda Williams Jackson Published by HMH Books for Young Readers, 2018 PB:320pp It s Mississippi in the summer of 1955, and Rose Lee Carter can t wait to move north. For now, she s living with her sharecropper grandparents on a white man s cotton plantation. Then, one town…
Miles Morales: Spider-Man Publisher: Marvel PB 261pp Everyone gets mad at hustlers, especially if you re on the victim side of the hustle. And Miles knew hustling was in his veins. Miles Morales is just your average teenager. Dinner every Sunday with his parents, chilling out playing old-school video games with his best friend,…
My Sister Shahrazad:Tales from the Arabian Nights by Robert Leeson & Christina Balit Published by Frances Lincoln Children s Books, 2003 PB: 88pp For these ten masterly retellings, entrancing and gloriously funny by turns, Robert Leeson has selected a feast of tales that give a rich flavour of the Thousand and One Nights. The collection…
9th Ward by Jewell Parker Rhodes Published by Little Brown for Young Readers, 2012 PB:240pp Abandoned by her peers because of her ability to see spirits, Lanesha longs for connection despite the strong love of her adopted grandmother, Mama Ya-Ya. As hurricane Katrina approaches and her neighbours flee, Lanesha must stay and brace for a…
Pig Heart Boy by Malorie Blackman Published by Corgi Children s, 2004 PB:256pp You re thirteen. All you want is a normal life. But most normal kids don t need heart transplants. So there s this doctor. He says there s a chance for you. But he also says it s experimental, controversial and risky….
President of the Whole Sixth Grade by Sherri Winston Little Brown & Co. 2015 pb:320pp Brianna Justice is determined to raise enough money for the big class trip to Washington, D.C., but she s up against a lot: classmates who all pretend to be something they re not, a new nemesis determined to run her…
Robot Girl by Malorie Blackman Published by Barrington Soke, 2015 PB:72pp A futuristic drama full of suspense from the UK Children s Laureate 2013-2015. Claire is keen to find out what her dad has been working on in his lab. He s been really excited about it and Claire knows it must be something that…
Roll Of Thunder Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor Published by Puffin, 2014 PB: 368pp Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor is reissued under the new Puffin Modern Classics series, A Puffin Book – stories that last a lifetime.There are over 30 titles in the series, some listed below, all with contemporary…
Tales From The Caribbean by Trish Cooke Published by Puffin Classics, 2017 PB:256pp A collection of favourite tales gathered from the many different islands of the Caribbean, one of the world s richest sources of traditional storytelling. From the very first Kingfisher to Anansi the Spider Man, these lively retellings full of humour and pathos,…
The Creation by James Weldon Johnson Holiday House; Anniversary edition (1 Nov. 2018) hb:40pp James Weldon Johnson, author of the civil rights anthem Lift Ev ry Voice and Sing, wrote this beautiful Bible-learning story in 1922, at the height of the Harlem Renaissance. Set in the Deep South, The Creation alternates breathtaking scenes from Genesis with images…