Book With No Pictures

B. J. Novak

You might think a book with no pictures seems boring and serious. Except . . . here's how books work. Everything written on the page has to be said by the person reading it aloud. Even if the words say . . . BLORK. Or BLUURF. Even if the words are a preposterous song about eating ants for breakfast, or ...

The Power

Naomi Alderman

**WINNER OF THE 2017 BAILEYS WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION**   What would happen if women suddenly possessed a fierce new power?   In THE POWER, the world is a recognizable place: there's a rich Nigerian boy who lounges around the family pool; a foster kid whose religious parents hide their true nature; an ...

Zennor in Darkness: From the Women's Prize-Winning Author of A Spell of Winter

Helen Dunmore

Spring, 1917 and war haunts the Cornish coastal village of Zennor- ships are being sunk by U-boats, strangers are treated with suspicion, and newspapers are full of spy-fever.Into this turmoil come DH Lawrence and his German wife Frieda, hoping to escape the war-fever that grips London. They befriend Cl...

Stuff - Extraordinary Stories of Ordinary Things

Maddie Moate; Paul Boston (Illustrator)

The first children's book from CBBC presenter Maddie Moate, this is a collection of incredible stories about everyday things and how they are made, used and re-used This is the first children's book from CBBC presenter Maddie Moate- a collection of incredible stories about STUFF. Discover mind-boggling...