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(0)Anthony McGowan
Author
Publisher
Oneworld Publications
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Formats
Description
'It broke my heart and then splinted it back together again... Magnificent.' Hannah Gold, bestselling author of The Last Bear
'A dog's eye perspective that's so vivid you can almost taste the earthworms.' FT, YA Book of the Year
'This visceral story of heartbreak and survival...has the memorable feel of a classic.' Guardian, Best children's and YA books of 2022
Chernobyl, 1986. Natasha's...
'A dog's eye perspective that's so vivid you can almost taste the earthworms.' FT, YA Book of the Year
'This visceral story of heartbreak and survival...has the memorable feel of a classic.' Guardian, Best children's and YA books of 2022
Chernobyl, 1986. Natasha's...
2) Rook
Author
Publisher
Union Square & Co
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"When Kenny and Nicky rescue a rook left for dead, Kenny is determined to keep it alive. Nicky doubts the scruffy bird will make it, but then Nicky has plenty else to worry about. This time, it's not his dad or Kenny who needs help--his dad's sorting his life out and Kenny's busy making plans with his new best friend. Now it's Nicky's turn to struggle--with a school bully, his first love, and the fact that everything is about to go very, very wrong"--Provided...
3) Jack Tumor
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2009.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 10
Lexile measure
890L
Language
English
Description
Fourteen-year-old Hector, suffering from severe headaches, is diagnosed with a brain tumor which speaks in his head, calling itself Jack Tumor and making an effort to improve Hector's home life, increase his popularity, and win him a girlfriend before the operation that will mean the end of one or both of them.
Author
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
[2008]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 7
Lexile measure
HL 720L
Language
English
Description
Paul Varderman, a secondary student in an English Catholic School, is a loner until, just as he is becoming friends with "the freaks," the school bully encourages Paul to join his gang and gives him a knife to carry as an incentive.
5) Lark
Author
Series
Publisher
Union Square & Co
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Things are getting tense at home for Nicky and Kenny as they wait for a visit from their estranged mother. To escape, they go for a walk on the moors, taking their little Jack Russell terrier with them. But what should have been a laugh, a lark, turns deadly when the weather changes and they are caught in a blizzard. Nothing will ever be quite the same again...
6) Pike
Author
Series
Publisher
Union Square & Co
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
When Kenny and Nicky spot a glint of gold in the murky waters of Bacon Pond, they can't leave it alone. It means money, and money helps patch things up when you haven't got any. But sometimes it's better not to look too deep. Not when there are local gangsters involved, and tough questions about your own family's past. But Nicky can't help looking back. He knows it's a bad idea, and it could ruin everything. Can he save himself and his family, or...
7) Brock
Author
Series
Publisher
Union Square & Co
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Life's not easy for Nicky. His mother is gone, his dad's out on bail, and his older brother, Kenny, needs looking after like a little kid. When Kenny drags Nicky out of bed one dark morning, Nicky has no idea that he is about to witness a terrible act of destruction, and the senseless killing of an innocent animal. But Nicky manages to save something precious from the disaster, and his and Kenny's lives are changed forever...
Author
Publisher
Rock the Boat
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Chernobyl, 1986. Without humans, how will dogs survive? As humans fled the nuclear disaster, they were forced to leave their pets behind. Without people, nature began to return to the woods surrounding the power plant--lynx, bear, and wolves. But the overgrown forest is no place for dogs. Can Zoya, and her pups Misha and Luka, learn to survive in the deadlands? And will Zoya ever find her way home to her beloved owner? --
