Reading Age: 0 to 3 Years

A lawyer's advice to his children as he defends a black man charged with attacking a white girl. This book explores the irrationality of adult attitudes to race and class in the Deep South. It creates one of the heroes of literature, whose lone struggle for justice pricks the con...science of a town steeped in prejudice, violence and hypocrisy.
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In a perfect world, what is there left to fear? A chilling and thought-provoking sci-fi novel from New York Times bestselling author Neal Shusterman.A dark, gripping and witty thriller in which the only thing humanity has control over is death. In a world where disease, war and c...rime have been eliminated, the only way to die is to be randomly killed ("gleaned") by professional scythes. Citra and Rowan are teenagers who have been selected to be scythes' apprentices, and despite wanting nothing to do with the vocation, they must learn the art of killing and understand the necessity of what they do.Only one of them will be chosen as a scythe's apprentice and as Citra and Rowan come up against a terrifyingly corrupt Scythedom, it becomes clear that the winning apprentice's first task will be to glean the loser.
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A new, upcoming work of fiction to be published by Penguin Random House UK

Luna has always wanted to change the world-to fix it, to free it-even if she's never actually known how. Now that all of dragon-and humankind are in mortal danger, Luna is flying back home to Pantala with a team of dragons on a rescue mission, determined to be brave and useful. B...ut saving a continent isn't as easy as a prophecy makes it sound, and facing a great evil definitely requires more than the fiery silk that Luna is uniquely able to create. As she fights her way to the abyss that hides the dark roots poisoning Pantala, Luna must uncover a long-buried secret and unite her friends, her enemies, and her own powers. If she doesn't, she won't get to change the world. She'll have to say goodbye to it-forever.
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Having just survived an attack on his life Evan Smoak isn't interested in a new mission. But one finds him anyway. Aragon Urrea is a major drug-dealing kingpin in South Texas. But he's also a local patron - providing legitimate employment, and a future to a people with little hop...e. However, for all his money and power, when a vicious cartel kidnaps his daughter he is helpless. Not only must Evan break into the fortress of a heavily armed, deeply paranoid cartel leader - he must decide if he should help a very bad man, no matter how just the cause.
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