Advent Count Down-Book 22

The Dogs

I love crime stories and this is a great psychological thriller about a boy and his mother who are constantly on the run.   The question for Cameron is, is it all necessary? Or are he and his mother both paranoid? Full of tension with lots of twists. Click on the link above to view a book  trailer.

Advent Count Down - Book 18

Two people jump from a building and disappear. As various characters tell their version of events this mystery is gradually revealed in this sci-fi fantasy romance. Could it be a government cover-up, a secret genetic experiment, or young people just living too close to the edge?  

Advent Count Down - Book 12

Nicky Singer's "Island"  has to be one of my absolute favourite reads of this year. Beautiful illustration from Chris Riddell add to the magical, mystical feel of the story. Yet it is contemporary with topical concerns of how we look after our planet.

Cameron is a city boy but comes to this uninhabited Arctic island with his mother, a scientist. There he meets an Inuit girl and a white polar bear amongst the snow, the white cottongrass, the erupting graves, the 24 hours of daylight and the Ukpik-owl.

And any book which advocates silence as a positive is a winner with me.

Advent Count Down - Book 5 and 6

I am going to cheat and recommend two books this time. Sarah Crossan is an amazing writer and writes incredible stories in free verse. "One" is the story of conjoined twins and "Moonrise" is about the effect that going to jail for a criminal act can have on the rest of the family. Both books are just simply beautifully written. Loved them but both are emotional reads so you might need a box of tissues to hand!

Advent count down- Day 4

Today's choice is "Things a bright girl can do" by Sally Nicholls. If you enjoy Young Adult books with a bit of history and politics woven through the story then this is a great choice. The cover does not do it service as an introduction to the suffragette movement over the period of the Great War. Three female characters from very different social backgrounds fighting for their right to vote.
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Advent Count Down - Book 2

Today I would like to recommend  "Seed" by Lisa Heathfield. This book arrived on my desk last month and I had it read in a night! It is a gripping story of life lived in a cult. "Trust us" Papa S tells Pearl and so she does.  Papa S is the leader of the community at Seed where 15 year old Pearl has lived her whole life - and he's the last person she should trust. When a family from the forbidden outside comes to live at the community Pearl begins to realise that there could be a very different version of the outside world to the one she has been told about.