Coming Soon - Venom

Venom - Isles of Storm and Sorrow #2

by Bex Hogan

What they say: Marianne has never wanted to be a fighter, but with unrest and discord threatening the Twelve Islands, she will have to battle threats both inside and out in an attempt to attain peace for her homeland.

Marianne is now the Viper, but her hopes for peace in the Eastern Isles are being frustrated. The corrupt King remains on the throne, bandits are proving hard to stop and Marianne is not sure who among her crew she can truly trust.

For the islands to prosper, the invisible bond that once existed uniting land and sea must be reinstated. There's only one way that can happen - the return of magic. To do that Marianne must put aside all her fears: she must return to her roots, the Western Isles, and call on the power that runs in her blood.

She must become a Mage.

Only then, can she possibly command the army needed to finally take down the King.

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Coming Soon - The Dark Lady

The Dark Lady

by Akala

What they say: A natural storyteller with a vision of his own, THE DARK LADY, Akala's debut novel for teens will enthuse and entertain teenagers and young adults, showing that reading is a true super-power.

A PICKPOCKET WITH AN EXCEPTIONAL GIFT

A PRISONER OF EXTRAORDINARY VALUE

AN ORPHAN HAUNTED BY DREAMS OF THE MYSTERIOUS DARK LADY

Henry is an orphan, an outsider, a thief. He is also a fifteen-year-old invested with magical powers ...

This brilliant, at times brutal, first novel from the amazing imagination that is Akala, will glue you to your seat as you are hurled into a time when London stank and boys like Henry were forced to find their own route through the tangled streets and out the other side.

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World Book Day 2020

Happy World Book day!!

I LOVE world book day - it supports everything I believe in and am thrilled I get to share my love of books and reading with the children at school as well. We're doing PJ's to school instead of dressing as a character this year.

The theme is Share a Million Stories.

Look out for your voucher to get a free World Book Day book or £1 off another book!

For more info head to the official website!

Why it's important:

Research has shown that reading for pleasure has a huge impact on how successful children become. Unfortunately reading for pleasure is in decline (this breaks my heart) and many children in the UK do not own a book and the number of children being read to is in huge decline! As a teacher I see the impact on children. It ranges from impact on health, play and imagination to speaking and listening. So let's read people!

Wolrd Book day socials:

#WorldBookDay #ShareAStory #ReadingIsPower

@WorldBookDayUK 

@WorldBookDaySocial

Whatcha Reading Wednesday - Crater Lake

Ooh this one will have children on the edge of their seats!

Crater Lake
by Jennifer Killick

What they say: Who is the mysterious bloodstained man who stops their coach? Why is no one around when Lance and the rest of Year Six arrive at the brand new Crater Lake activity centre? But this is just the beginning of the school trip from hell; a fight for survival that sees five pupils band together to save their classmates from an alien fate far worse than death. But whatever happens, they must Never. Ever. Fall asleep!

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Gimme Gimme Gimme - The Deathless Girls

UK release 2nd April 2020

The Deathless Girls
by Kiran Millwood Hargrave 

What they say: They say the thirst of blood is like a madness - they must sate it. Even with their own kin.

On the eve of her divining, the day she'll discover her fate, seventeen-year-old Lil and her twin sister Kizzy are captured and enslaved by the cruel Boyar Valcar, taken far away from their beloved traveller community.

Forced to work in the harsh and unwelcoming castle kitchens, Lil is comforted when she meets Mira, a fellow slave who she feels drawn to in a way she doesn't understand. But she also learns about the Dragon, a mysterious and terrifying figure of myth and legend who takes girls as gifts.

They may not have had their divining day, but the girls will still discover their fate...

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Spotlight and a Reread - Half-Blood

I'm on a bit of a JLA reread kick at the mo!

Half-Blood - Covenant #1

by Jennifer L. Armentrout

What they say: The Hematoi descend from the unions of gods and mortals, and the children of two Hematoi pure bloods have godlike powers. Children of Hematoi and mortals--well, not so much. Half-bloods only have two options: become trained Sentinels who hunt and kill daimons or become servants in the homes of the pures.

Seventeen-year-old Alexandria would rather risk her life fighting than waste it scrubbing toilets, but she may end up slumming it anyway. There are several rules that students at the Covenant must follow. Alex has problems with them all, but especially rule #1:Relationships between pures and halfs are forbidden. Unfortunately, she's crushing hard on the totally hot pure-blood Aiden. But falling for Aiden isn't her biggest problem--staying alive long enough to graduate the Covenant and become a Sentinel is.

If she fails in her duty, she faces a future worse than death or slavery: being turned into a daimon, and being hunted by Aiden. And that would kind of suck.

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