It is a fact of life that readers love libraries, and so, they are bound to adore this sweet story set in the world of one such library. Rida and her grandfather are instantly recognisable as the friendly, local librarians many of us know and love, with their daily micro-missions of pairing somebody with the perfect book.
George and the Mini Dragon is a book that is simply bursting with fun about a boy who wishes for a pet dragon of his own.
In a word, Here to Slay is vibrant. This story is beautifully inspired by Indian mythology, as well as holding space for important conversations about representation, racism and colourism.
Loverboy takes its title from the very apt nickname of the main character, Alfie, a boy looking for love in all the wrong places. What makes matters worse is he keeps thinking he’s found it! The plot of this book swerves and dips along with Alfie’s choices, many of them impulsive and emotion-driven. The reader gets a sense that Alfie’s search for a girlfriend is rooted deeper than just on the surface level; he is also looking for himself in the story, trying to understand his place in the world, even when such a world makes little sense to him.
When a stray dog wanders into the lives of a group of children, they give her the name Elki, although they acknowledge that she must have a different name – it’s just that they ‘don’t speak dog’.
Unicorns, castles, sweets and gingerbread, pirate ships and wicked witches – this book is teeming with classic storybook elements!
Kateryno is a regular teenager in many ways. She gets crushes on boys. She fights with her brother. She dreams about her future career. But Kat also has shrapnel scars, she has traveled through six countries in two months and distinctly remembers the day her house came crashing down around her. Kat is a Ukrainian refugee.
