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Having won the previous extinction trials, Storm’s living the good life with her increased rations. Or is she? Plagued by thoughts of Piloria, Lincoln and his disease-ridden sister, Storm is far from flourishing.

Lincoln, too is plagued by worry about his sister’s condition. There is no cure on all of Earthasia for the Blistering Plague. But there is on Piloria.

Will Piloria harbour the solace they are looking for?

The Extinction Trials: Book 1

Stormchaser, Lincoln and the entire population of Earth, live on the grey, overcrowded and dull continent of Earthasia. When they gets the chance to leave and visit the green, colourful and – did I mention – dinosaur inhabited continent of Piloria, they take the opportunity with both hands.

But this means entering a deadly contest. Everyone is desperate to win and earn a lifetime of food and supplies, now more then ever. Stormchaser and Lincoln can’t afford to trust anyone – not even each other.

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I’ve just added a search bar and a translator at the bottom of the home page; I’m also trying to add more pages. Just figuring it out right now though.

Basically, the ‘My book’ page is all one post, so if you’re looking for the latest chapter, you need to scroll to the bottom of it.

Lirael, by Garth Nix (2nd in the Old Kingdom series)

Lirael, an outsider since the moment she was born, her pale skin, dark eyes and darker hair marking her in stark contrast to all the other Clayr, with their blonde hair, tanned skin and green eyes.

The Clayr, a tribe who live in the Old Kingdom, in the Glacier, where they See the future, mark coming of age by Sight Awakening. Lirael, at fourteen, still wears the blue children’s tunic and every day must watch girls increasingly younger than her gain the Sight and the honour of wearing the moonstone circlet. On her fourteenth birthday, unable to bear the embarrassment of another Awakening, Lirael goes to end her life at the top of the Glacier, and in an unexpected turn of events, encounters Queen Sabriel, the Abhorsen and King Touchstone, along with the Nine-Day Watch, thereby changing her life forever.

Sabriel by Garth Nix

I doubt that a lot of you have heard of this book, and neither had I until recently, but the book series that accompanies Sabriel is one of the best I’ve ever read – it’s up there with Harry Potter.

When we meet Sabriel, she is sixteen and attending Wyverly College, in Ancelstierre, but only three miles from the Wall and the Old Kingdom. The Old Kingdom, where Charter Magic is strong – but so are the Free Magic constructs, and Dead creatures. And it is Sabriel’s father’s job to banish these Dead far beyond the Ninth Gate.

Abhorsens have been protecting Ancelstierre and the Old Kingdom for centuries, and now it is Sabriel’s turn.

Because these books are very hard to explain, I’m including an extract,

Sabriel ran forward and an arm pushed out towards her, the neck of the sack clutched in its fingers. She reached out, missed, and then tried again. The sack was secure in her grasp, as the current took the creature completely under. Sabriel looked after it, hearing the roar of the First Gate suddenly increase as it always did when someone passed its falls. She turned and started to slog back against the current to a point where she could easily return to life. The sack in her hand was heavy and there was a leaden feeling in her stomach. If the messenger was truly Abhorsen’s, then he himself was unable to return to the realm of the living. And that meant he was either dead or trapped by something that should have passes beyond the Final Gate.

The Hobbit

Although somewhat complicated and hard to read, this novel will extend vocabulary and improve comprehensive abilities.

First, the Hobbit transports you to a cosy hobbit-hole, where Bilbo Baggins imbibes large quantiteas – see what I did there – of tea and cake, before enjoying an evening stroll.

But then he meets Gandalf, Thorin and the dwarves, who appear on his doorstep one day and change his life forever.

Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi

Zelie Adebola is one of the maji in a pre-colonial version of Nigeria, called Orisha. Maji are the few people left with the ability to perform magic. They were once worshipped by all but now anyone seen performing magic is killed and the maji, easily recognisable by their white hair, are treated like mud.

When Zelie meets the prince of Orisha, the son of her arch-nemesis, Inan, and his sister Amari, they, along with her brother, Tzain embark on a journey to re-ignite the magic that once ruled Orisha and unknowingly igniting a different type of fire, too

P.S. I’m sorry, ’embark on a journey’ is overused, but it sounds so good 🙂

On the Come Up by Angie Thomas

On the Come up follows Bri, a 16-year-old rapper trying to get her come up and make it as one of the greatest rappers of all time. Bri gets mass internet attention after posting a controversial rap song online.

Eventually, with homelessness staring her family on the eye, Bri doesn’t just want to make it, but has to.

The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas

This moving…………no, not moving, enlightening, book is a grounding but intriguing insight into the lives of black American teenagers. This story tells of 16-year-old Starr Amara Carter. Living in the fictional and predominantly black of neighbourhood Garden Heights but attending a mainly white private school, Williamson Prep, Starr has to balance her two worlds and keep them from colliding.

When she was ten, Starr became a witness to the drive-by shooting of her friend Natasha, and at the beginning of the novel, a witness to the police shooting her best friend, Khalil. Starr needs to choose whether to speak out or stay silent.