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The Great Food Bank Heist

November 19, 2021 /in Fiction 8-10 Junior/Middle

…of food poverty by mingling contemporary social issues, appealing characters and a pacy plot. Through the character of Nelson, she makes readers feel the effects of being hungry and struggling…

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The Great Big Body Book

November 5, 2016 /in Information Book 5-8 Infant/Junior

…‘Kittens can walk at FIVE days old’ boasts the little tabby cat whose witty speech bubble comments can be found on every spread. Hoffman and Asquith take on issues like…

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Migrations: Open Hearts Open Borders

July 1, 2019 /in Picture Book 10-14 Middle/Secondary

…a gesture of support focussing on issues of inclusivity and cultural diversity. Each illustrator was asked to imagine a bird, picking up the notion of flight and of freedom, and…

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What We Left Behind

January 5, 2016 /in Fiction 14+ Secondary/Adult

…are appealing characters. It’s enlightening on issues of gender and sexuality, but never takes itself too seriously; Toni’s attempts at using gender neutral pronouns, like ‘hir’, ‘ze’ and ‘they’ are…

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The Girl Who Wasn’t There

September 1, 2014 /in Fiction 10-14 Middle/Secondary

…and her old friends and Kat… well, she has her own issues. It raises and deals with, thoughtfully, those big issues such as trust, acceptance, closure and moving on. I…

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The Winds of Heaven

January 1, 2013 /in Fiction 14+ Secondary/Adult

…for young adults, this book deals with serious and important issues such as teenage pregnancy, depression and suicide. It is beautifully written – at times poetic – especially in its…

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How Hard Can Love Be?

March 5, 2016 /in Fiction 14+ Secondary/Adult

…finds the girls, as Usborne’s publicity puts it, ‘facing down tough issues with the combined powers of friendship, feminism and cheesy snacks’. We meet 17-year-old Amber heading through airport security…

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Noble Conflict

July 1, 2013 /in Fiction 14+ Secondary/Adult

…Die Hard. However, as always Blackman has a purpose. As with her previous novels which have covered such issues a racism, teenage parenthood and organ donation, here she looks at…

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A Sneetch is a Sneetch and other philosophical discoveries

November 1, 2013 /in Non Fiction Books About Children's Books

…by panelled notes on Wittgenstein and The Philosohy of Language) and when he does re-emerge it’s hard to reconcile his story with the philosophic issues he has introduced. Wartenberg is…

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Hate

May 1, 2014 /in Fiction 14+ Secondary/Adult

Inspired by the true story of Sophie Lancaster who was brutally and fatally attacked in a Lancashire park, Alan Gibbon’s Hate explores issues of difference and courage. As much as…

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Lies We Tell Ourselves

November 1, 2014 /in Fiction 14+ Secondary/Adult

…other. Challenged beliefs concerning a range of diversity issues are at the heart of this book, with the added intrigue and drama of the historical setting making them all the…

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Jemmy Button. The Boy that Darwin Returned Home

May 1, 2013 /in Information Picture Book 8-10 Junior/Middle

…appearances, this is a very complex picture book which introduces issues way beyond its apparent simplicity. It is definitely a book which will provoke discussion and debate about cultural identity,…

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Not If I Can Help It

September 22, 2021 /in Fiction 8-10 Junior/Middle

…Willa is determined not to let this happen. Not If I Can Help It sensitively deals with many of the issues that children face at this time in their lives,…

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Here Be Dragons

September 5, 2015 /in Fiction 10-14 Middle/Secondary

…myth and legend and put them in a thoroughly modern setting. The issues that Ellie face are the same as most young people today: will she get to sixth form…

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Aubrey and the Terrible Yoot

September 5, 2015 /in Fiction 8-10 Junior/Middle

…looks sympathetically at complex issues such as depression. It shows the impact depression can have on a family, and the fact that people suffering from depression can become desperate enough…

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More of Me

March 5, 2016 /in Fiction 14+ Secondary/Adult

This debut novel is both unusual and ambitious, tackling a number of contemporary issues in unexpected ways. Teva appears to be an ordinary 16-year-old girl, with a great talent for…

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The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks

March 5, 2015 /in Fiction 14+ Secondary/Adult

…rarely elsewhere. Like a number of other contemporary stories from that country, it is set in a co-educational private school for rich teenagers. But rather than taking up issues of…

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Jekyll’s Mirror

January 5, 2015 /in Fiction 14+ Secondary/Adult

…surprisingly, relate to life issues for people of the participants’ age rather than to issues arising from Stevenson’s novel. The task confronting Sam and the other participants is to compose…

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