Cambridge High School Library 2024

 By: Tasha Suri Location: FIC SUR Genre: Re-Tell. Wuthering Heights. Historical Fiction My favorite of the Remixed Classics series thus far! I wasn't a fan of Wuthering Heights when I read it some years ago. There was too much tragedy, and the characters were all awful people. But I still jumped at the chance to read this because Tasha Suri is a fantastic writer, the synopsis is intriguing, the cover is stunning, and I have absolutely l oved every installment of the Remixed Classics series thus far. Shilo In the Remixed Classics series, authors from marginalized backgrounds reinterpret classic works through their own cultural lens to subvert the overwhelming cishet, white, and male canon. Two British Indian teens cut off from their heritage find solace in each other in this gothic Wuthering Heights YA remix that subverts the default whiteness of the original text. Sometimes, lost things find their way home... Yorkshire, North of England, 1786. As the abandoned son of a lascar―a sai...

 By: Naomi Alderman  Location: FIC ALD Genre: Fiction, Sci Fi "So you mean... like... a book is stored thoughts. But an 'artificial intelligence' is stored thinking?" Phenomenal! Magic! Ingenious! Words cannot express how incredible The Future is. The Future is a fast-paced, suspenseful read with short chapters and a version of Reddit with twists upon twists! LISA The bestselling, award-winning author of  The Power  delivers a dazzling tour de force where a handful of friends plot a daring heist to save the world from the tech giants whose greed threatens life as we know it. When Martha Einkorn fled her father’s isolated compound in Oregon, she never expected to find herself working for a powerful social media mogul hell-bent on controlling everything. Now, she’s surrounded by mega-rich companies designing private weather, predictive analytics, and covert weaponry, while spouting technological prophecy. Martha may have left the cult, but if the apocalyptic warnings i...

 By: Sara Hashem Location: FIC HAS Genre: Romantasy, Magic, High Fantasy, Egypt “One day, I would stand trial before the spirits of my dead. One day, the bodies I never buried would call upon me to answer for my sins. One day, but not today.” At ten-years-old, the Heir of Jasad flees a massacre that takes her entire family. At fifteen, she buries her first body. At twenty, the clock is ticking on Sylvia's third attempt at a home. Nizahl's armies have laid waste to Jasad and banned magic across the four remaining kingdoms. Fortunately, Sylvia's magic is as good at playing dead as she is. When the Nizahl Heir tracks a group of Jasadis to Sylvia’s village, the quiet life she's crafted unravels. Calculating and cold, Arin's tactical brilliance is surpassed only by his hatred for magic. After a mistake exposes Sylvia’s magic to Arin, he offers her an escape: compete as Nizahl’s Champion in the Alcalah tournament and win immunity from persecution. In exchange, Arin will u...

 By: Gabrielle Tozer Location: FIC TOZ Genre: Rom Com, Coming of Age From Miranda- Goodreads Oh, my heart! I absolutely devoured this sweet, generous and genuinely funny book. I want to hang out with and hug all of these characters. A note-perfect love story about that bittersweet time in life when it feels like everything is changing, and a moving exploration of how to find your true self amidst grief and the chaos of life. A beautiful, funny and touching ode to friendship, love and the family holiday park! From the YA Queen of Rom-com comes a funny and fraught 'enemies-to-will-they-won't-they' romance between family friends Jamila and Billy. Jamila Dakhoul wants to escape her life. Forget everything. Forget that her only friends are strangers on the internet. Forget she's stuck in a caravan after a fire destroyed her family's house. Forget that Year 12 is a brutal hellhole where bullying is an Olympic sport. Forget Billy Radcliffe once and for all. But as Jamila t...

 By: Alex Michaelides Location: FIC MIC Genre: Mystery, Thriller "From a breathtaking five-act Greek tragedy to a heart-wrenching love story, a labyrinthine mystery, and ultimately the most intellectually stimulating work in the author's repertoire, "Fury" delves into uncharted territories. "  Nulifer from Goodreads Totally original and utterly compelling, with a voice all of its own, this is the outstanding new thriller from the no.1 internationally bestselling author of  The Silent Patient , Alex Michaelides. This is a tale of murder. Or maybe that's not quite true. At its heart, it's a love story, isn't it? One spring morning, reclusive ex-movie star Lana Farrar invites a small group of her closest friends for a weekend away, on her small private island, just off the coast of Mykonos. Beneath the surface, old friendships conceal violent passions and resentments. And in forty-eight hours, one of them will be dead. But that was just the beginning......

 By: a range of stunning authors Location: FIC AND Genre: Henry 8th Wives- Historical Fiction The Wives of Henry VIII tell all.... I love this book, different voices, hopes, dreams, and all besotted  (or told they had to be ) by the large rumpish Henry VIII. It is so Netflixy!! Divorced, Beheaded, Died, Divorced, Beheaded, Survived   We hear the story of each of these wives... It is like a mystery thriller, with romance, intrigue and religion all chucked in for good measure. I forgave Anne, had compassion on Catherine and just could not warm to Miss Parr! Perfect for anyone fascinated by the Royal Wedding, Netflix's  The Crown   , or  Wolf Hall   , this is a pitch-perfect reimagining of the romance and tragedy of Henry VIII and his six wives, told from multiple points of view by some of your favorite authors. If you were one of King Henry VIII's six wives, who would you be? Would you be Anne Boleyn, who literally lost her head? Would you be the subject...

 By: Bradley P. Beaulieu Location: FIC BEA Genre: Fantasy, Dragons, Epic Fantasy The Dragons of Deepwood Fen is the superb new high fantasy series by Bradley P Beaulieu. This is a classic tale of the thirst for power, of rising up from oppression and of a race to save the world, all done with a fantastic draconian twi st. Lorelei Aurelius is the smartest inquisitor in the mountain city of Ancris. When a mysterious tip leads her to a clandestine meeting between the Church and the hated Red Knives, she uncovers a plot that threatens not only her home but the empire itself. The trail leads to Rylan Holbrooke, a notorious thief posing as a dragon singer. Lorelei soon discovers there's more to Rylan than meets the eye. He came to Ancris to solve the very same mystery she stumbled onto. Knowing his incarceration could lead to the Red Knives' achieving their goals, Lorelei makes a fateful decision: she frees him. Now branded as traitors, the two flee the city on dragonback. In the mas...

 By: Lynda Tomalin Genre: FIC TOM Location: FIC TOM Shortlisted for the 2022 Storylines Tessa Duder Award Hollie is learning to live with depression. She’s working hard to put the darkest days behind her. She’s got a job she loves, friends she cares about, and she’s coping. In fact, she’s doing pretty well. Then a mysterious – and gorgeous – new boy shows up at school. Jonathan is running away from his past. Weighed down by a guilty secret, he’s fled to his aunt’s rural property under the guise of helping out on the farm. As Hollie and Jonathan are unexpectedly thrown together, a growing mutual attraction scares and excites them. But the past isn’t so easy to escape, and they both have to decide if it’s enough to keep hiding, from themselves and from each other. Or can they risk hoping for more? ​ CW: This book contains detailed descriptions of mental health struggles, particularly depression. MILLIE Firstly, I received this book as an arc by Book sirens and Lynda Tomalin which I a...

 By: Beverley McWilliams Location: FIC MAC Genre: War, Pigeons Sometimes we must do things we don't want to, even if they frighten us. Royal Blue is a royal racing pigeon from a long line of champions. Every morning he wakes in his comfortable loft at Sandringham House, eats the very best seeds and spends the day training with his best friend to be the fastest and strongest pigeon in Britain. But there's a war going on, and things are changing. Then one day the King himself comes to the loft and chooses Blue for a very special assignment. As Blue goes on missions, helping with rescues, carrying secret messages and facing dangers he never could have imagined, one thing will become clear: never underestimate a pigeon. REVIEW This is a fascinating story about brave pigeons risking their lives in duty to their country. King George and Princess Elizabeth also have small roles in this story set during World War II. It’s a story of courage, friendship, growing up, responsibility and i...