Where did the snippets come from?
The Graveyard Book, by Neil Gaiman
Modelled on Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book, this is the story of an orphan called Nobody Owens who is adopted by the undead inhabitants of a local graveyard and protected from the men who would kill him.
Written in the Stars, by Aieesha Said
The story of an American Pakistani girl whose parents catch her with an American boyfriend and then take her to Pakistan where they force her to a marry a complete stranger.
Forged by Fire, by Sharon M. Draper
The story of a teenage boy who struggles to escape a cycle of family violence and poverty. Full of escalating drama.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, by Mark Twain
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer feature truancy, scams, piracy, murder, grave-robbing, romance, and buried treasure. An American classic.
Peter Pan, by J.M.Barrie
The story of a boy who can fly and refuses to grow up, and a family of children he leads to magical island of Neverland. More lyrical and melancholy than you might think.
Pet, by Akwaeke Emezi
A world in which monsters have been banished, but a terrifying creature emerges from a bloody painting and draws a child into a hunt for... something even worse.
Little Women, by Louisa May Allcott
Another American classic and an early feminist novel, about a family of four sisters working together to build their lives in the shadow of the Civil War.
