Cambridge High School Library 2024

  By: John Boyne Location: FIC BOY Genre: Historical Fiction, Boy in Striped Pyjamas Number 2!!! “I told myself that none of it had been my fault, that I had been just a child, but there was that small part of my brain that asked me, if I was entirely innocent, then why was I living under an assumed name?” 1946. Three years after a cataclysmic event which tore their lives apart, a mother and daughter flee Poland for Paris, shame, and fear at their heels, not knowing how hard it is to escape your past. Nearly eighty years later, Gretel Fernsby lives a life that is a far cry from her traumatic childhood. When a couple moves into the flat below her in her London mansion block, it should be nothing more than a momentary inconvenience. However, the appearance of their nine-year-old son Henry brings back memories she would rather forget. Faced with a choice between her own safety and his, Gretel is taken back to a similar crossroads she encountered long ago. Back then, her complicity dis...

 By: Stephen King Location: FIC KIN Genre: Fantasy - Stephen King- he is his own genre “good people shine brighter in dark times.” ―  Stephen King,  Fairy Tale “You never know where the trapdoors are in your life, do you?” Elysse said this... Once Upon a Time ….. WONDERFUL!!!!! A 17 year old High School smart athletic great kid - a dog to love wholeheartedly - a purpose - moral integrity- growth - coming of age insights - adventures- the scary creepy willies - (arms distance) - a tribute to classic fairytales — Hansel and Gretel Rumpelstiltskin The Little Mermaid The Wizard of Oz Little Red Riding Hood Grimms’ Fairy Tales The Never Ending Story Legendary storyteller Stephen King goes deep into the well of his imagination in this spellbinding novel about a seventeen-year-old boy who inherits the keys to a parallel world where good and evil are at war, and the stakes could not be higher—for their world or ours. Charlie Reade looks like a regular high school kid, great at ba...

 By: Alexandra Bracken Location FIC BRA Genre: Fantasy On a continent ruled by three empires, everyone is born with a "witchery," a magical skill that sets them apart from others. In the Witchlands, there are almost as many types of magic as there are ways to get in trouble--as two desperate young women know all too well, as the Twenty Year Truce in a centuries-long war is about to end. In a continent on the edge of war, two witches hold its fate in their hands. Young witches Safiya and Iseult have a habit of finding trouble. After clashing with a powerful Guildmaster and his ruthless Bloodwitch bodyguard, the friends are forced to flee their home. Safi must avoid capture at all costs as she's a rare Truthwitch, able to discern truth from lies. Many would kill for her magic, so Safi must keep it hidden - lest she be used in the struggle between empires. And Iseult's true powers are hidden even from herself. In a chance encounter at Court, Safi meets Prince Merik and m...