21st Century Fiction – Scuffed Granny

The New Wilderness by Diane Cook

A project takes people back to nature and a nomadic lifestyle but is this going to be the idyll they think it will be?

An intriguing title for an intriguing book about an imaginative girl called April at a key time in her life

A fun book for middle graders, which is humorous and a little bit bonkers, of an unlikely hero and his fight to save Snackland and dumplings

Spain’s love of bullfighting is explored in this tale of competition between family, money and tradition

This book was a breath of fresh air! It had a lot going on – romance, tragedy, families – beautifully packaged by excellent storytelling!

Family, farm-life and hardship feature in this original novel set in Australia, with elements of saga mixed with myth and magical realism

Time-travelling husband attempts to save wife by going back to their high school years, making for tension-filled story of sinister pursuit

In Hart’s excellent book, we follow Cora and make, through encounters she has on the plane trips, discoveries about her and her life

Meet Cockroach, an unlikely superhero as he combats bank robbing bad guys in a book speckled with humour and in jokes

A character study of a confused young woman, trying to come to terms with her past in order to allow herself to see a brighter future