- Location(s): Vanuatu
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Contemporary
When Diana quit her job and followed her husband to Manila, she believed the move would work for both of them: Jay would finally have his dream job, and she would take time off from her accounting career to...
- Location(s): La Paz
- Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs
- Era(s): Contemporary
Expecting to treat some mildly ill children from the streets of Bolivia on a quick “service trip,” an idealistic young medical student gets more than he bargained for when he takes a year off from Harvard Medical School to...
- Location(s): Indiana
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): early 21st century
Jess Mastriani has never been what you’d call a typical Midwestern teenager—her extracurricular activities, instead of cheerleading or 4-H, include fist-fights with the football team and month-long stints in detention. A part of Jess would like to be the...
- Location(s): Brooklyn
- Genre(s): Fiction, Thriller
- Era(s): Modern
Rear Window meets Get Out in this gripping thriller from a critically acclaimed and New York Times Notable author, in which the gentrification of a Brooklyn neighbourhood takes on a sinister new meaning… Sydney Green is Brooklyn born and...
- Location(s): Manchester
- Genre(s): Young Adult
- Era(s): Contemporary
A powerful coming-of-age story about chance encounters, injustice and how the choices that we make can completely change our future. The second YA novel from the critically acclaimed Danielle Jawando, perfect for fans of Angie Thomas, Gayle Foreman, Jennifer...
- Location(s): Botswana
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Contemporary
When Rainclouds Gather: Escaping South Africa and his troubled past, Makehaya crosses the border to Botswana, in the hope of leading a peaceful, purposeful life. In the village of Golema Mmidi he meets Gilbert, a charismatic Englishman who is...
When Rain Clouds Gather And Maru
- Location(s): Botswana
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): Earlier 20th Century
When Rainclouds Gather: Escaping South Africa and his troubled past, Makehaya crosses the border to Botswana, in the hope of leading a peaceful, purposeful life. In the village of Golema Mmidi he meets Gilbert, a charismatic Englishman who is...
- Location(s): London
- Genre(s): Children
- Era(s): N/A
Secrets from the past are the keys to the future…if two children can find them. Bold adventure, timely themes and breath-taking writing from award-winning author, Sita Brahmachari. Usha is devastated when her grandmother Kali Ma passes away. Then straight-talking...
- Location(s): China, Hong Kong
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): WW2
Hong Kong, 1941. Following the Japanese occupation of Shanghai, the wealthy Tang family flee to Hong Kong. As the First Wife of the family, Mingzhu leads a sheltered – if lonely – existence overseeing her daughter Qiang and managing...
- Location(s): Kenya
- Genre(s): Children
- Era(s): Modern
Omar and his brother Hassan, two Somali boys, have spent a long time in the Dadaab refugee camp. Separated from their mother, they are looked after by a friendly stranger. Life in the camp isn’t always easy. The hunger...
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