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Boy In The Tower

Polly Ho-Yen · 2015

When they first arrived, they came quietly and stealthily as if they tip-toed into the world when we were all looking the other way.<br/><br/>Ade loves living at the top of a tower block. From his window, he feels like he can see the whole world stretching out beneath him.<br/><br/>His mum doesn’t really like looking outside – but it’s going outside that she hates.<br/>She’s happier sleeping all day inside their tower, where it’s safe.<br/><br/>But one day, other tower blocks on the estate start falling down around them and strange, menacing plants begin to appear.<br/><br/>Now their tower isn’t safe anymore. Ade and his mum are trapped and there’s no way out . . .

Royal Blood

Aimée Carter · 2023

You Could Be So Pretty

Holly Bourne · 2023

Sweetpea: Sweetpea Series, book 1 (Sweetpea Series, 1)

C. J. Skuse · 2018

Graveyard Book

Neil Gaiman · 2009

When a baby escapes a murderer intent on killing the entire family, who would have thought it would find safety and security in the local graveyard? Brought up by the resident ghosts, ghouls and spectres, Bod has an eccentric childhood learning about life from the dead. But for Bod there is also the danger of the murderer still looking for him - after all, he is the last remaining member of the family. A stunningly original novel deftly constructed over eight chapters, featuring every second year of Bod's life, from babyhood to adolescence. Will Bod survive to be a man?

Girl in Pieces

Kathleen Glasgow · 2018