The Last Wild

The Last Wild
Piers Torday

In a world where animals no longer exist, twelve-year-old Kester Jaynes sometimes feels like he hardly exists either. Locked away in a home for troubled children, he's told there's something wrong with him. So when he meets a flock of talking pigeons and a bossy cockroach, Kester thinks he's finally gone crazy. But the animals have something to say. And they need him. The pigeons fly Kester to a wild place where the last creatures in the land have survived. A wise stag needs Kester's help, and together they must embark on a great journey, joined along the way by an overenthusiastic wolf cub, a military-trained cockroach, a mouse with a ritual for everything, and a stubborn girl named Polly. The animals saved Kester Jaynes. But can Kester save the animals? 

Highly Recommended by Jessica Fastier
For ages 10+

The Curiosity House

The Curiosity house
The Shrunken Head
Lauren Oliver
H.C.Chester

I'm speaking to you--you, with the chewing gum and the smudgy fingers. Don't try to pretend your fingers aren't smudgy. They are leaving marks even now. It's okay. Smudgy fingers are quite allowed in the museum.

What museum, you ask? But surely you've heard already. You see, within these pages is a museum, and within the museum is a story of wondrous weirdness, of magic and monsters... and four of the most extraordinary children in the world.

Please... do not Feed the alligator boy.

What you will find in this book:

• A rather attractive bearded lady
• Several scandalous murders
• A deliciously disgusting Amazonian shrunken head
• Four extraordinary children with equally extraordinary abilities
• A quite loquacious talking bird

What you will NOT find in this book:

• An accountant named Seymour
• A never-ending line at the post office
• Brussel sprouts (shudder)
• A lecture on finishing all your homework on time
• A sweet, gooey story for nice little girls and boys

If you enjoy this book check out the others and more on this website  Curiosity house 

For ages 10+

Recommended by Jessica Fastier

Crookedstar's Promise

Crookedstar's Promise, is a great book, about a kit called (first of all) Stormkit, who is disfigured for life when a tragedy befalls him. His mother, Rainflower, casts him aside and re-names him Crookedkit. As he struggles to prove to his clan-mates that he is ready to become an apprentice, he makes a seemingly harmless promise. That promise, however, turns out to be much more disastrous than he ever could have thought...

I recommend this book for readers aged 9-12.

The Wind Singer Triology

The Wind Singer Triology
William Nicholsen



Twins Bowman and Kestrel have saved their family and the rest of the Manth people from slavery and helped bring about the downfall of the cruel city-state of the Mastery. Now, led by their mother, a prophetess, they are free to seek their promised land. But the journey is long and hard, filled with many dangers, enemies, distractions, and temptations. And each of the travelers is preoccupied with his or her own worries. Hanno Hath, the twins' father, is troubled to see his beloved wife weaken as they draw close to the promised land. As well, he must bolster the endurance of the often doubting and disgruntled Manth people. Bowman is torn between his attraction to Sisi, a former princess, and his destiny, as he perceives it, to sacrifice himself for the good of the people. Kestrel also feels a pull toward a mission, toward something-but for some reason, she cannot envision her life beyond the journey.

for ages 10 +
recommended by Jessica
 

The Curious Tale Of The Inbetween

The Curious Tale Of The Inbetween
Lauren DeStefano



Pram Bellamy is special--she can talk to ghosts. She doesn't have too many friends amongst the living, but that's all right. She has her books, she has her aunts, and she has her best friend, the ghostly Felix.

Then Pram meets Clarence, a boy from school who has also lost a parent and is looking for answers. Together they arrive at the door of the mysterious Lady Savant, Who Promises to help, but little do they know that Lady Savant has other plans for them. 

Twilight

Twilight is a great book. It is about a girl called Bella Swan, who moves to a place called Forks to live with her dad.  But then, when she finds a boy called Edward, her life is put in danger by hanging out with him. As she delves deeper into his secrets, she finds out that he is not actually human, and she is in terrible danger.

Listen to the Moon

Listen to the Moon
Michael Morpurgo

 Alfie and his fisherman father find a girl on an uninhabited island in the Scillies - injured, thirsty, lost…and with absolutely no memory of who she is, or how she came to be there. She can say only one word: Lucy. Where has she come from? Is she a mermaid, the victim of a German U-boat, or even - as some islanders suggest - a German spy…? Only one thing is for sure: she loves music and moonlight. Will Lucy ever remember who she is and where she came from. A heart warming tale full of emotion and love you'll defiantly enjoy.

For ages 10-12
Recommended by Jessica