Cuckoo in the Nest
By: Michelle Magorian
4.10
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
As an evacuee, Ralph received a good education, but after the war Ralph's working-class father rese…
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1. Mortal Engines (Mortal Engines, #1)
By: Philip Reeve
3.76
Format: 326 pages, Paperback
"It was a dark, blustery afternoon in spring, and the city of London was chasing a small mining tow… read more
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- fiction
- young adult
"And now he was dead, his soul fled down to the Sunless Country and his body lying cold in the cold mud, somewhere in the city's wake."-Philip Reeve, Mortal Engines (Mortal Engines, #1)
"It was a dark, blustery afternoon in spring, and the city of London was chasing a small mining town across the dried-out bed of the old North Sea."-Philip Reeve, Mortal Engines (Mortal Engines, #1)
"How should I remember the child's name? It was fifteen, sixteen years ago and I have never liked babies; nasty creatures, leak at both ends and have no respect for ceramics."-Philip Reeve, Mortal Engines (Mortal Engines, #1)
2. Monstrous Regiment (Discworld, #31; Industrial Revolution, #3)
By: Terry Pratchett
4.12
Format: None pages, Paperback
Polly Perks joins the Discworld army to find her brother Paul. "Ozzer" cuts off blonde braids, dons… read more
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- war
- fiction
3. The Explorer
By: Katherine Rundell
4.83
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
Parents' Choice Recommended From Boston Globe-Horn Book Award winner Katherine Rundell comes an exc… read more
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- middle grade
- childrens
- fiction
- historical fiction
4. The Year of Living Danishly: My Twelve Months Unearthing the Secrets of the World's Happiest Country
By: Helen Russell
4.10
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
Denmark is officially the happiest nation on Earth. When Helen Russell is forced to move to rural J… read more
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5. The Wreath (Kristin Lavransdatter, #1)
By: Tiina Nunnally , Sigrid Undset
3.62
Format: None pages, Paperback
Originally published in Norwegian in 1920 and set in fourteenth-century Norway, The Wreath chronicl… read more
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- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
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7. The Blue
By: Lucy Clarke
4.90
Format: None pages,
In the tradition of Alex Garland's The Beach, a spine-tingling adventure novel about a group of fri… read more
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8. Instructions for a Heatwave
By: Maggie O'Farrell
3.67
Format: 542 pages, Hardcover
Sophisticated, intelligent, impossible to put down, Maggie O'Farrell's beguiling novels blend richl… read more
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9. Tongues of Serpents (Temeraire, #6)
By: Naomi Novik
4.00
Format: 258 pages,
A dazzling blend of military history, high-flying fantasy, and edge-of-your-seat adventure, Naomi N… read more
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10. Tomorrow, When the War Began (Tomorrow, #1)
By: John Marsden
4.28
Format: None pages, Paperback
When Ellie and her friends return from a camping trip in the Australian bush, they find things hide… read more
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11. This Year It Will Be Different, and other stories
By: Maeve Binchy
4.00
Format: 204 pages,
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12. Womb: The Inside Story of Where We All Began
By: Leah Hazard
4.10
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
A groundbreaking, triumphant investigation of the uterus--from birth to death, in sickness and in h… read more
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13. Shrines of Gaiety
By: Kate Atkinson
3.85
Format: 439 pages, Hardcover
London 1926. Roaring Twenties. Corruption. Seduction. Debts due. In a country still recovering … read more
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- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
"The library had not been a career choice. After all, who would choose to be a librarian?"-Kate Atkinson, Shrines of Gaiety
"His head was always in the clouds. 'I'm writing a novel,' he told her. As if that was something to crow about. As if there weren't enough novels in the world already."-Kate Atkinson, Shrines of Gaiety
14. Black Butterflies
By: Priscilla Morris
4.25
Format: 256 pages, Kindle Edition
Sarajevo, spring 1992. Each night, nationalist gangs erect barricades, splitting the diverse city i… read more
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- historical
- war
- fiction
- historical fiction
15. Just Sayin': My Life In Words
By: Malorie Blackman
4.53
Format: 267 pages, Kindle Edition
The long-awaited autobiography of one of the world's greatest children's writers, and an empowering… read more
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"Sometimes, when love has flown or is absent, when life knocks us to the ground and won't let us get back up, hope may be all we have left to cling to."-Malorie Blackman, Just Sayin': My Life In Words
16. Snap
By: Belinda Bauer
3.81
Format: 282 pages, Kindle Edition
On a stifling summer's day, eleven-year-old Jack and his two sisters sit in their broken-down car, … read more
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- fiction
"... "That Rhod's an arse, isn't he?" "Total arse," she agreed ..."-Belinda Bauer, Snap
"He was only wearing trainers, but a kick in the face is a kick in the face."-Belinda Bauer, Snap
17. Wandering Souls
By: Cecile Pin
4.15
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
A luminous, boldly imagined debut novel about three Vietnamese siblings who seek refuge in the UK, … read more
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- historical
- war
- fiction
- historical fiction
"We tell ourselves stories in order to live. We tell ourselves stories in order to heal."-Cecile Pin, Wandering Souls
"I didn't know that my culture had fashioned the shape of my mourning; I didn't know that my grief could be improper."-Cecile Pin, Wandering Souls
18. The Roommate Risk (The Midnight Heat Collection, #2)
By: Talia Hibbert
3.72
Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition
From New York Times bestselling author Talia Hibbert comes an electric, domestic, roommates-to-love… read more
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- fiction
"Rahul didn't count himself certain of many things. There was his life plan, which could be summed up as study and succeed; his beloved family; his numbers, which would never deceive him. And now, app…"-Talia Hibbert, The Roommate Risk (The Midnight Heat Collection, #2)
19. Stateless
By: Elizabeth Wein
3.91
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
A murder mystery set in 1937 Europe with intrigue, glamour, secrets, and betrayal. When Stella Nort… read more
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- historical
- young adult
- world war ii
- fiction
- historical fiction
20. Impossible Creatures (Impossible Creatures, #1)
By: Katherine Rundell
4.18
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
The day Christopher saved a drowning baby griffin from a hidden lake would change his life forever.… read more
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- fiction
- middle grade
- childrens
- young adult
"I'm no philosopher, and I prefer, in an ideal world, to go uneaten. (p. 111)"-Katherine Rundell, Impossible Creatures (Impossible Creatures, #1)
"What is this rainfall of children? Did I go sailing just to have storms of infants cascading down my sail at me? (p. 74)"-Katherine Rundell, Impossible Creatures (Impossible Creatures, #1)
"Nighthand grunted, and signalled for another bottle of wine. "Are you sure?" said Irian. "Shouldn't we keep our wits about us?" "I see no reason to. I prefer the world drunk. It disappoints me less."…"-Katherine Rundell, Impossible Creatures (Impossible Creatures, #1)
21. Cuckoo in the Nest
By: Michelle Magorian
4.10
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
As an evacuee, Ralph received a good education, but after the war Ralph's working-class father rese… read more
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- childrens
- historical
- war
- middle grade
- young adult
- world war ii
- fiction
- historical fiction
