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Knowing the Enemy: The Last Tribes of Britannia by Lea Moran

A glimpse into ancient Britain told through the eyes of Luca, whose story is one of family, rivalry, relics, roots and war.

Not so much a book as an essay in book form, this little hardback is a treatise on why children’s books should be read by adults too.

Sylvia Plath’s book of children’s stories and verse is funny, original and magical and has that repetitive rhythmic quality for easy reading

Dorothea visits female prisoners condemned to death, but when she meets Ruth Butterham, she is told a story of murder which is beyond belief

A book for our times, where the traditional roles and perceptions of women are discussed through the lives of Tara, Cam and Stella

The subject of death is discussed with sensitivity by Sue Black, within the context of her work but also as a human being

The fictionalised true story of Lale Sokolov, the tattooist of Auschwitz – a tale of human survival and the will to endure, as well as love

A coming-of-age book about a boy with extraordinary abilities who embarks on a quest to find his father when he disappears

When Abi is offered the chance of a new life, she hopes it will fill the gap left by the death of her twin, but will it give her that?

A strange little book, crammed with notes written by flatmates with witty and irreverent discussion of and conjecture about, their contents