The SDG Book Club launched in April 2019, the aim being to develop a reading list of titles for readers aged 6-12 years about the importance of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and to encourage young people around the world to set up their own book clubs on this subject (more...
TheAstrid Lindgren Memorial Award(ALMA) is a global award, given annually to a person or organisation for their outstanding contribution to children’s and young adult literature. Created by the Swedish government in 2002, it offers a prize of five million Swedish kronor, the largest award of i...
Genre: Suspense Thriller Deal, Sponsor, Sofie has built a good life for herself and her teenage daughter in her hometown. Rated: 4.8 stars on 44 Reviews. 213 pages. ASIN: B0DSR5BK98. Also, get the eBook version here, and the paperback version here, please. *Deadly Secrets (Murderside ...
Seventeen-year-old Lázara overhears her brothers plotting to kill the teenage son of her employer for failing to pay his drug debt. Unable to bear the burden of the boy's murder on her conscience, she embarks on a crusade to save the boy, first alerting the boy's father then ...
“A gripping novel” of two North Korean teenage girls, and their harrowing journey as they escape the authoritarian state ( O, The Oprah Magazine ). Before she met Il-sun in an orphanage, Gi was a hollow husk of a girl, broken from growing up in one of North Korea’s forced-labor ...
As demonstrated in ‘Skippy Dies’, Murray is excellent at writing accurate teenage dialogue, although I was a bit less convinced by the absence of punctuation in Imelda’s section, which supposedly reflects her desperation and how her mind works. ‘The Bee Sting’ is less comic than ‘Skippy...
Lily Meyer is a UEA graduate and a talented translator; this is her first novel. I really enjoyed this, especially the Philip Roth-esque elements of horny teenage boys growing up in Chile. I really liked how this brought a unique angle and perspective to this particular story. Well written...
Computer games aren’t just for teenage boys locked in their bedrooms says author and formerProspectsenior editorTom Chatfield– they are vital tools for social development. Here he selects five of the best books on the theory behind games, and the culture that grows up around them. ...
(10) Taiwan’s Teenage Angst – Wild Kids by Chang Ta-Chun (10 Sep 2024) (11) One Pizza, One Penny by K.T. Hao – A Heartwarming Culinary Tale of Friendship and Cooperation (12 Sep 2024) (12) A Place Like the Sea – A Heartfelt Tale of Children and Marine Animals (13 Sep 20...
He was convicted of sexual assault and murder of at least 33 teenage boys and young men. The killings took place between 1972 and 1978 in the Chicago area. Twenty-six of Gacy’s victims were buried in a crawl space under his home. Three others were buried on his property and the last...