Fracture by Megan Miranda

A seductive yet chilling thriller about life after death.

Advent Calendar of Banned Books

An advent video calendar with a difference! A different banned book from around the world is featured every day throughout December.
http://www.kirjastokaista.fi/category/video/87/?strictmedialanguage=0&language=english

Read to a million kids

Justin Richards reads an extract from 'The Parliament of Blood' today. Watch the video and quiz!

Kimbookworms' Christmas Party

Another hilarious and, of course, noisy session with plenty of pizza and seasonal jokes!

Mrs Hart's Star Wars joke:

Darth Vader: "Luke, I know what you've got for Christmas"

Luke Skywalker: "How's that?"

Darth Vader: "I felt your presence!"

Double Shadow

Set against the back-drop of the Second World War, Sally Gardner's amazing new novel defies categorisation. It's a challenging tale for mature readers which plays around with time and memory. Once you read a couple of chapters, you'll be hooked.

The end of traditional reading?

A new survey has revealed that literacy rates are low and one in three children in the UK doesn't even own a book. The full results are available at National Literacy Trust