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2009: Blood Ties by Sophie McKenzie
Synopsis
When Theo discovers the father he thought died when he was a baby is still alive, he's determined to find him. The clues lead him to the lonely Rachel, who has problems of her own, including parents who compare her unfavourably to her long-dead sister. But when Rachel and Theo are attacked by men from RAGE - the Righteous Army against Genetic Engineering - at Rachel's school disco, they are rescued by strangers and taken to meet a mysterious figure. There, they both make some startling discoveries about their identities, which will affect their past, present, and future in dramatic and life-altering ways...
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2008: Frozen
Fire by Tim Bowler
Synopsis
It starts with the phone call, late at night. The mysterious boy says
he is dying. Dusty doesn't want to get involved - but the boy seems
to have a link to the one person who's most important to her. Soon
she has been drawn in - and now she has to deal with the other people
who are looking for the boy - the violent man and his two sons, and
the police too . . . Yet throughout all this, Dusty senses the presence
of a boy who is not dying, a strange elusive boy who can show her
what happened to her missing brother and solve the greatest mystery
of her life. Where he is, who he is, why he wants to die, she cannot
say. Only one thing is certain. Finding him will be dangerous.
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2007: Leaving Poppy by
Kate Cann
Synopsis
Poppy needs
you. She's always needed you. She'll never let you go.
It's time to leave home, escape your sister, get out of her clutches.
But what if your new life isn't a safe place? Someone is waiting for
you there. Waiting for Poppy.
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2006: Wolf Brother by
Michelle Paver
Synopsis
Thousands
of years ago the land is one dark forest. Its people are hunter-gatherers.
They know every tree and herb and they know how to survive in a time
of enchantment and powerful magic. Until an ambitious and malevolent
force conjures a demon: a demon so evil that it can be contained only
in the body of a ferocious bear that will slay everything it sees,
a demon determined to destroy the world. Only one boy can stop it
- 12 year old Torak, who has seen his father murdered by the bear.
With his dying breath, Torak's father tells his son of the burden
that is his. He must lead the bear to the mountain of the World Spirit
and beg that spirit's help to overcome it. Torak is an unwilling hero.
He is scared and trusts no one. His only companion is a wolf cub,
whom he seems to understand better than any human.
Theirs is
a terrifying quest in a world of wolves, tree spirits and Hidden People,
a world in which trusting a friend means risking your life.
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2005: Private Peaceful
by Michael Morpurgo
Synopsis
Heroism
or cowardice? Told in the voice of a young soldier, the story follows
24 hours in his life at the front during WW1, and captures his memories
as he looks back over his life. Full of stunningly researched detail
and engrossing atmosphere, the book leads to a dramatic and moving
conclusion. Both a love story and a deeply moving account of the horrors
of the First World War.
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2004: Montmorency by Eleanor
Updale
Synopsis
Fleeing across a roof on
a dark night in Victorian London, a thief crashes through a skylight
to almost certain death. But a young doctor reconstructs his shattered
body, and unwittingly provides him with the key to a new existence.
On his release from prison he begins to lead a double life, becoming
both the respectable, wealthy Montmorency and his degenerate servant,
Scarper.
Meanwhile,
the police are baffled by a wave of mysterious thefts...But Montmorency
must be on his guard at every moment. The smallest mistake could reveal
his secret and destroy both his lives.
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