Collins, Suzanne. The hunger games
Dowd, Siobhan. Solace of the road
Ellis, Deborah. Parvana
Ellis, Deborah. Parvana's journey
Gibbons, Alan. The edge
Golding, William. Lord of the flies
Hartnett, Sonya. Tursday's child
Hussani, Safiya & Tudo,Tungar. I Safiya
Inglis, Mark. No mean feat
Inglis, Mark. To the max
Khadra, Yasmina. The swallows of Kabul
Kidman, Fiona. The book of secrets
Krakauer, Jon. Into thin air
Paulsen, Gary. Hatchet
Ralston, Aron. Between a rock and a hard place
Verstraete, Larry. At the edge: daring acts in desperate times
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
Monday, September 7, 2009
Racism
Blackman, Malorie. Knife edge
Bradman, Tony (ed.) Skin deep (Short Stories)
Glass, Linzi. Ruby red
Johnston, Tony. Bone by bone
Kidd, Sue Monk. The secret life of bees
Lee, Harper. To kill a mockingbird (Book + DVD)
Lester, Julius. Guardian
Morrison, Toni. A mercy
Ridden, Brian. Sweet tea
Singer, M. (ed.) Face relations: 11 stories about seeing beyond colour (Short stories)
Walker, Alice. The colour purple
Walters, Minette. The shape of snakes
Bradman, Tony (ed.) Skin deep (Short Stories)
Glass, Linzi. Ruby red
Johnston, Tony. Bone by bone
Kidd, Sue Monk. The secret life of bees
Lee, Harper. To kill a mockingbird (Book + DVD)
Lester, Julius. Guardian
Morrison, Toni. A mercy
Ridden, Brian. Sweet tea
Singer, M. (ed.) Face relations: 11 stories about seeing beyond colour (Short stories)
Walker, Alice. The colour purple
Walters, Minette. The shape of snakes
Monday, August 24, 2009
Rags to Riches
Adiga, Aravind - The white tiger
Boyce, Frank Cotterell - Millions
Caletti, Deb - The fortunes of Indigo Skye (on order)
Dickens, Charles - Great expectations
Dickens, Charles - Oliver Twist
Dumas, Alexander - The Count of Monte Cristo
Golden, Arthur - Memoirs of a geisha
McKay, Sandra - Who wants to be a millionaire
Shaw, George Bernard - Pygmalion
Swarup, Vikam - Q & A/Slumdog Millionaire
Tashijian, Janet - The gospel according to Larry
Boyce, Frank Cotterell - Millions
Caletti, Deb - The fortunes of Indigo Skye (on order)
Dickens, Charles - Great expectations
Dickens, Charles - Oliver Twist
Dumas, Alexander - The Count of Monte Cristo
Golden, Arthur - Memoirs of a geisha
McKay, Sandra - Who wants to be a millionaire
Shaw, George Bernard - Pygmalion
Swarup, Vikam - Q & A/Slumdog Millionaire
Tashijian, Janet - The gospel according to Larry
Sunday, May 3, 2009
Future
Atwood, Margaret. The handmaid's tale
Beckett, Bernard. Genesis
Blackman, Malorie. Noughts and crosses sequence
Brin, David. The postman
Burgess, Anthony. A clockwork orange
Burgess, Melvin. Bloodsong
Card, Orson Scott. Ender's game
Clarke, Arthur C. 2001: A space odyssey
Huxley, Aldous. Brave new world
Lasenby, Jack. The Travellers' Quartet series
Mark, Jan. Useful idiots
Miller, Arthur. The crucible
Orwell, George. Nineteen eighty-four
Quick, William T. Planet of the apes
Russell, Mary Doria. The sparrow
Stead, C. K. Smith's dream
Wells, H. G. The time machine
Wells, H. G. War of the worlds
Beckett, Bernard. Genesis
Blackman, Malorie. Noughts and crosses sequence
Brin, David. The postman
Burgess, Anthony. A clockwork orange
Burgess, Melvin. Bloodsong
Card, Orson Scott. Ender's game
Clarke, Arthur C. 2001: A space odyssey
Huxley, Aldous. Brave new world
Lasenby, Jack. The Travellers' Quartet series
Mark, Jan. Useful idiots
Miller, Arthur. The crucible
Orwell, George. Nineteen eighty-four
Quick, William T. Planet of the apes
Russell, Mary Doria. The sparrow
Stead, C. K. Smith's dream
Wells, H. G. The time machine
Wells, H. G. War of the worlds
Sunday, November 23, 2008
Ambition
Butcher-McGunnigle, Zarah. Taking control
A short story, dealing with family relations and ambition. It is found in Tennis with raw eggs (Re-Draft series ; 6).
Courtenay, Bryce. The power of one
No stranger to the injustice of racial hatred, five-year-old Peekay learns the hard way the first secret of survival and self-preservation - the power of one. An encounter with amateur boxer Hoppie Groenewald inspires in Peekay a fiery ambition - to be welterweight champion of the world.
Earls, Nick. Making laws for clouds
This summer is different because there's a new girl in town. It's different because she's Tanika Bell - occasional bus driver, regular optimist and, it turns out, woman of the world. But expecting life to play by the rules is like making laws for clouds. Kane's whole family has never worked by the rules. His dad ran off years ago, his mother's still chafing and drinking, andhot and humid, and Kane works the road verges. But he's got lofty ambitions, he's got Tanika on his mind and he's going to make this summer count, whatever it takes.
Hellard, Bernadette & Gibbs, Lisa. Netball diary
Rachel is to play at the Commonwealth Games in Ottawa, her lifelong ambition to play for her country fulfilled. Her dad gives her a hand-held computer, so she can keep a diary of her adventures in Canada. In it she records her travel experiences, her on-court triumphs, and her struggle to adjust to life without her ex-boyfriend Daniel.
Newbury-Swash, Ruth. Bewitching golf
The story of thirteen-year-old Belinda who lives in New Zealand with her mother, her best friend Tui and Marmalade the cat. Fed up with her life, bored and lonely, she is inexplicably haunted by her father's death. In the gutter she discovers a magic pink golf ball and starts to dream of her future as a champion golfer.
Rabe, Jean. Red ambition
This is a short story, found in "The best of the realms: Volume 1".
Shakespeare, William. Hamlet
When Hamlet's mother remarries shortly after his father's death, he's suspicious. And when his father's ghost tells him that he was murdered by the queen's new husband, Hamlet swears to take his revenge.
Shakespeare, William. Macbeth
When Macbeth meets the witches on the heath, he can't believe the fame and fortune they predict for him. Then he sees that with one murder it could all be within his grasp. but one murder leads to another.
Wallace, Karen. The unrivalled Spangles
Ellen is the eldest daughter of the owner and ringmaster of Spangles Circus.She performs with her sister Lucy in a famous bareback horse-riding duo called the Incredible Scarletta Sisters. Lucy revels in the limelight but Ellen finds the showy world of the circus a prison. She is determined to break with tradition and get an education. Ellen deceives her parents and, unwittingly, helps Lucy form a dangerous relationship with a rival circus owner's son.
A short story, dealing with family relations and ambition. It is found in Tennis with raw eggs (Re-Draft series ; 6).
Courtenay, Bryce. The power of one
No stranger to the injustice of racial hatred, five-year-old Peekay learns the hard way the first secret of survival and self-preservation - the power of one. An encounter with amateur boxer Hoppie Groenewald inspires in Peekay a fiery ambition - to be welterweight champion of the world.
Earls, Nick. Making laws for clouds
This summer is different because there's a new girl in town. It's different because she's Tanika Bell - occasional bus driver, regular optimist and, it turns out, woman of the world. But expecting life to play by the rules is like making laws for clouds. Kane's whole family has never worked by the rules. His dad ran off years ago, his mother's still chafing and drinking, andhot and humid, and Kane works the road verges. But he's got lofty ambitions, he's got Tanika on his mind and he's going to make this summer count, whatever it takes.
Hellard, Bernadette & Gibbs, Lisa. Netball diary
Rachel is to play at the Commonwealth Games in Ottawa, her lifelong ambition to play for her country fulfilled. Her dad gives her a hand-held computer, so she can keep a diary of her adventures in Canada. In it she records her travel experiences, her on-court triumphs, and her struggle to adjust to life without her ex-boyfriend Daniel.
Newbury-Swash, Ruth. Bewitching golf
The story of thirteen-year-old Belinda who lives in New Zealand with her mother, her best friend Tui and Marmalade the cat. Fed up with her life, bored and lonely, she is inexplicably haunted by her father's death. In the gutter she discovers a magic pink golf ball and starts to dream of her future as a champion golfer.
Rabe, Jean. Red ambition
This is a short story, found in "The best of the realms: Volume 1".
Shakespeare, William. Hamlet
When Hamlet's mother remarries shortly after his father's death, he's suspicious. And when his father's ghost tells him that he was murdered by the queen's new husband, Hamlet swears to take his revenge.
Shakespeare, William. Macbeth
When Macbeth meets the witches on the heath, he can't believe the fame and fortune they predict for him. Then he sees that with one murder it could all be within his grasp. but one murder leads to another.
Wallace, Karen. The unrivalled Spangles
Ellen is the eldest daughter of the owner and ringmaster of Spangles Circus.She performs with her sister Lucy in a famous bareback horse-riding duo called the Incredible Scarletta Sisters. Lucy revels in the limelight but Ellen finds the showy world of the circus a prison. She is determined to break with tradition and get an education. Ellen deceives her parents and, unwittingly, helps Lucy form a dangerous relationship with a rival circus owner's son.
Forbidden love
Austen, Jane. Pride and prejudice
When Elizabeth Bennett first meets eligible bachelor Fitzwilliam Darcy, she thinks him arrogant and conceited, while he struggles to remain indifferent to her good looks and lively mind. When she later discovers that Darcy has involved himself in the troubled relationship between his friend Bingley and her beloved sister Jane, she is determined to dislike him more than ever.
Blackman, Malorie. Noughts and crosses
Malorie Blackman tackles the issues of racism and prejudice in a world set in an alternate historical reality.
Boock, Paula. Dare, truth or promise
Godden, Rumer. The peacock spring
Una Gwithiam is summoned suddenly with her younger sister Hal, from their English boarding school, to join her father, the diplomat Sir Edward, in New Delhi. Why? No reason is given but soon the secret becomes painfully evident.
Hearn, Lian. Across the nightingale floor
A novel set in medieval Japan, this story of ancient tradition undermined by spies and assassins unravels within a landscape of incomparable beauty torn by civil war.
Lingard, Joan. Across the barricades
Kevin is Catholic. Sadie is Protestant. They live in Belfast and aresupposed to be enemies - so what chance do they have when they fall in love?
Rai, Bali. Rani & Sukh
In 1950s Punjab, a secret affair goes terribly wrong and the bride commits suicide after her lover is attacked by her family. The two families part in violence and conflict. In Leicester in 2004, Rani and Sukh fall in love, unaware of the terrible legacy of the past and the conflict between their families.
Shakespeare, William. Romeo and Juliet
Shanahan, Lisa. My big birkett
Taylor, William. The blue lawn
Tolstoy, Leo. Anna Karenina
Westall, Robert. Falling into glory
Wilson, Jacqueline. Love lessons
When Elizabeth Bennett first meets eligible bachelor Fitzwilliam Darcy, she thinks him arrogant and conceited, while he struggles to remain indifferent to her good looks and lively mind. When she later discovers that Darcy has involved himself in the troubled relationship between his friend Bingley and her beloved sister Jane, she is determined to dislike him more than ever.
Blackman, Malorie. Noughts and crosses
Malorie Blackman tackles the issues of racism and prejudice in a world set in an alternate historical reality.
Boock, Paula. Dare, truth or promise
Godden, Rumer. The peacock spring
Una Gwithiam is summoned suddenly with her younger sister Hal, from their English boarding school, to join her father, the diplomat Sir Edward, in New Delhi. Why? No reason is given but soon the secret becomes painfully evident.
Hearn, Lian. Across the nightingale floor
A novel set in medieval Japan, this story of ancient tradition undermined by spies and assassins unravels within a landscape of incomparable beauty torn by civil war.
Lingard, Joan. Across the barricades
Kevin is Catholic. Sadie is Protestant. They live in Belfast and aresupposed to be enemies - so what chance do they have when they fall in love?
Rai, Bali. Rani & Sukh
In 1950s Punjab, a secret affair goes terribly wrong and the bride commits suicide after her lover is attacked by her family. The two families part in violence and conflict. In Leicester in 2004, Rani and Sukh fall in love, unaware of the terrible legacy of the past and the conflict between their families.
Shakespeare, William. Romeo and Juliet
Shanahan, Lisa. My big birkett
Taylor, William. The blue lawn
Tolstoy, Leo. Anna Karenina
Westall, Robert. Falling into glory
Wilson, Jacqueline. Love lessons
Outsiders
Dawe, Ted. Thunder Road
Hinton, S. E. The outsiders
Frame, Janet. Insulation
Frame, Janet. You are now entering the human heart
Frame, Janet. The bath
Frame, Janet. Faces in the water
Frame, Janet. Snap-dragons
Frame, Janet. State of siege
Hornby, Nick. About a boy
Hulme, Keri. The bone people
Ihimaera, Witi. Dear Miss Mansfield
Irving, John. The cider house rules
Lee, Harper. To kill a mockingbird
Mahy, Margaret. Memory
Mansfield, Katherine. The doll's house
Mulgan, John. Man alone
Oates, Joyce Carol. Big Mouth and Ugly Girl
Salinger, J. D. Catcher in the rye
Steinbeck, John. Of mice and men
Richardson, Ben. Songs of youth
Found in Tennis with raw eggs (Re-Draft series ; 6), this short story deals with drug abuse and mental health issues.
Hinton, S. E. The outsiders
Frame, Janet. Insulation
Frame, Janet. You are now entering the human heart
Frame, Janet. The bath
Frame, Janet. Faces in the water
Frame, Janet. Snap-dragons
Frame, Janet. State of siege
Hornby, Nick. About a boy
Hulme, Keri. The bone people
Ihimaera, Witi. Dear Miss Mansfield
Irving, John. The cider house rules
Lee, Harper. To kill a mockingbird
Mahy, Margaret. Memory
Mansfield, Katherine. The doll's house
Mulgan, John. Man alone
Oates, Joyce Carol. Big Mouth and Ugly Girl
Salinger, J. D. Catcher in the rye
Steinbeck, John. Of mice and men
Richardson, Ben. Songs of youth
Found in Tennis with raw eggs (Re-Draft series ; 6), this short story deals with drug abuse and mental health issues.
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