Book of the month archive
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April 2013: Light
Electric MonkeyThe final book in the Fayz series will more than satisfy the high expectations of the many fans of Michael Grant's addictive saga.
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March 2013: The Day I Met Suzie
Hodder Children's BooksIndigo has a soft spot for lost causes, so when she meets Suzie, she decides to take her under her wing. Yet as Suzie's life improves, Indigo's seems to fall apart around her.
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February 2013: Dead Romantic
Chicken HouseCamille is longing for the perfect boyfriend - and her best friend Zoe has a rather unusual plan to bring her dream boy to life.
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November 2012: The Feathered Man
David Fickling BooksLong ago in a German town, Klaus, the tooth-puller’s boy, sees his master steal a diamond from the teeth of a dead man in the wicked Frau Drecht’s lodging house.
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October 2012: The Raven Boys
ScholasticPopular author Maggie Stiefvater is in top form in what is arguably her most complex and ambitious book to date, and the first in a magical new series.
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September 2012: Maggot Moon
Hot Key BooksCombining conspiracy theory and dystopia, this hugely original novel is set in an alternate 1950s in which Britain is dominated by the ruthlessly oppressive forces of The Motherland.
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May 2012: Heart-Shaped Bruise
Headline PublishingLying forgotten on top of a wardrobe at the Archway Young Offenders institution is a notebook. Inside its pages, the notorious Emily Koll reveals the story she has refused to tell anyone, even her psychiatrist - the truth about the crime she committed, and why she did what she did to her best friend, Juliet.
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April 2012: After the Snow
Macmillan Children's BooksFifteen-year-old Willo has been left alone in the freezing and snow covered hills that have been his home for years.
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March 2012: Brave New Girl
Frances Lincoln Children's BooksSeren is 14, passionate to support the various branches of her stepfamily, and has a great talent for putting her foot in it!
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February 2012: Oliver Twisted
Electric Monkey'Can I have some gore?' Oliver Twist is given a supernatural spin in this vivid reimagining of Dickens’ novel.
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January 2012: The Weight of Water
BloomsburyThis beautiful book is written in verse and captures 13-year-old Kasienka’s emotions and experiences perfectly
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December 2011: Abandon
Macmillan Children's BooksSkilful characterisation, gothic locations and plenty of humour combine to create an addictive read
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November 2011: Out of Shadows
Andersen PressBack in the early 1980s, Robert Jacklin doesn't want to move to the newly independent Zimbabwe with his parents, nor does he want to be shipped off to boarding school.
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October 2011: Killing Honour
Corgi Children'sA blood-curdling murder story set in Leicester’s Asian community where family honour seems sometimes to count for more than family love






