Asian Review of Books

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Heart of a Samurai by Margi Preus
	Fast-paced and full of adventure, this fascinating, true story is based on a real incident that occurred in 1841, and follows a young... Review: The Asian Review of Books

Bracelet of Bones by Kevin Crossley-Holland
	Will Solveig, a young Viking girl, survive the fierce journey to find her father at Constantinople? Find out in a new adventure from a... Review: The Guardian

Glass Collector by Anna Perera
	Fifteen-year-old Aaron lives amongst the rubbish piles in the slums of Cairo. His job? To collect broken glass. His life? Wasted. His hope?... Review: The Guardian Review: The Economist

Wreckers by Julie Hearn
	The box had been sealed and hidden for hundreds of years, but what lay within it was only dormant ... waiting for the time when it would be... Review: The Guardian

Everybody Jam by Ali Lewis
	Danny Dawson lives in the middle of the Australian outback. His older brother Jonny was killed in an accident last year but no-one ever... Review: The Guardian

Beautiful Lie by Irfan Master
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Kissing Game Short Stories by Aidan Chambers
	A collection of original short stories by acclaimed young adult writer Aidan Chambers. Review: The Guardian

Ministry of Pandemonium by Chris Westwood
	When Ben Harvester meets the mysterious Mr October in Highgate Cemetery, nothing could have prepared him for the strange and dramatic turn... Review: The Guardian

Glass Collector by Anna Perera
	Fifteen-year-old Aaron lives amongst the rubbish piles in the slums of Cairo. His job? To collect broken glass. His life? Wasted. His hope?... Review: The Guardian Review: The Economist

Riot of Goldfish by Kanoko Okamoto
	Obsession and desire swirl through these two novellas by Kanoko Okamato, as she describes Japanese society poised in a moment of peace... Review: The Asian Review of Books

Out of Shadows by Jason Wallace
	Zimbabwe, 1980s The war is over, independence has been won and Robert Mugabe has come to power offering hope, land and freedom to black... Review: the Guardian

Half Brother by Kenneth Oppel
	From the author of the Printz Honor Book "Airborn" comes an absorbing novel about a teenage boy whose parents bring home his new baby... Review: the Guardian

Quarry by Ally Kennen
	When he receives anonymous texts challenging him to bizarre dares, Scrappy's sure one of his mates is having a laugh. But the unknown... Review: the Guardian

When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead
	As her mother prepares to be a contestant on the 1970s television game show "The $20,000 Pyramid," a twelve-year-old New York City girl... Review: the Guardian

Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson
	Six years after Cassie and Lia resolved to become the skinniest girls in their school, Cassie dies. Unable to bear the sadness and guilt... Review: the Observer

Tyme's End by B R Collins
	An ambitious and satisfyingly terrifying ghost story from the award-winning B.R. Collins Review: the Guardian

Dangerous Journey by Tove Jansson
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