- Location(s): Baghdad
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): 1258 and 2017
In the Year 1258, Baghdad, the capital of the great Abbasid Caliphate, fell to the Moguls. Within hours, the city of enlightenment was swallowed up by darkness, another society becoming a victim of hatred and greed. The mighty Tigris...
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
- Location(s): Malawi
- Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs
- Era(s): 2002
When William Kamkwamba was just 14 years old, his family told him that he must leave school and come home to work on the farm – they could no longer afford his fees. This is his story of how...
- Location(s): Norway
- Genre(s): Children, Fiction
- Era(s): N/A
‘It’s time,’ I say. ‘For … It. Me. You. Us. The bench. The zoo. The question. Why?’ The only thing that Elvis Crampton Lucas knows about where he’s from is that he was found on the bench at a...
- Location(s): Sri Lanka (Ceylon)
- Genre(s): Children
- Era(s): N/A
From the author of The Girl Who Stole an Elephant comes another brilliant escapade for 9+ readers! A thrilling adventure set in fictional Sri Lanka, jam-packed with peril and kidnap and a huge blue whale! Razi, a local fisherboy,...
- Location(s): Morocco
- Genre(s): Fantasy
- Era(s): Contemporary
When 12-year-old Krish finds out his mum is dying, he is desperate to give her more time to live. This leads to a deal with a devil-like creature to travel to another realm, Ilir, and collect the Myrthali –...
- Location(s): South Sudan
- Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs
- Era(s): 2004
The inspiring story of David Nyuol Vincent, a Sudanese refugee who survived famine, wars, and fifteen years in camps to find a new life in Australia. David Nyuol Vincent was a little boy when he fled southern Sudan with his father,...
The Boy with the Perpetual Nervousness
- Location(s): Accrington
- Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs
- Era(s): 1970s & 1980s
Graham Caveney was born in 1964 in Accrington: a town in the north of England, formerly known for its cotton mills, now mainly for its football team. Armed with his generic Northern accent and a record collection including the...
- Location(s): Herat, Russia, United Kingdom
- Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs
- Era(s): 2000
A powerful tale of a family in crisis, and a moving love letter to the NHS Herat, Afghanistan, 2000. A mother speaks out against the fundamentalist leaders of her country. Meanwhile, her family’s watchful eyes never leave their beloved...
- Location(s): Val d'Isere
- Genre(s): Psychological Thriller
He loves you. He loves you not. Amy is fiercely independent, with a high-powered career, a flat of her own and tight-knit friendships. But as she approaches her thirtieth birthday, she can’t help but rue the one thing she...
- Location(s): Indiana
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Modern
Computer-whiz Audrey McCarthy feels most at home in a tech lab, surrounded by her fellow geeks. Once popular and fearless, she hasn’t been the same since her dad died. And her ex-best friend, gorgeous queen bee Blake Dawkins, has...
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