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In a sprawling mansion filled with peculiar treasures, January Scaller is a curiosity herself. As the ward of the wealthy Mr. Locke, she feels little different from the artifacts that decorate the halls: carefully maintained, largely ignored and utterly out of place. But her quiet existence is shattered when she stumbles across a strange book. A book that carries the scent of other worlds and tells a tale of secret doors, of love, adventure and danger. Each page reveals more impossible truths about the world, and January discovers a story increasingly entwined with her own.

Award-winning author and human rights activist Ishmael Beah brings us The Door to Tamba, a powerful story centered on a mining village in West Africa where the destruction of earth and pollution of life impacts the mind, body, and soul of communities. Hindolo, a storyteller, returns to his hometown after 30 years and recalls the solitary and formidable old man who opened his home to him and introduced a world of literature and imagination, which for many years, was his only escape. Hindolo begins writing the stories down on paper stolen from a nearby mine to share with his classmates.

It’s the first day at my new school and I already have a "wide load" sticker on my back. But this is still better than life was before. Before I was taken away from my parents. Before I moved in with my grandma. Before I met Jon Scoller. He’s cute, he lives down the street, but the guy asks way too many questions. Questions about a past I’d rather forget.

The boy next door. That's what he was. Dash Frasier - my hero from the day we met, when I was six and he was nine. His sister was my best friend, the three of us one happy crew. Then one sweaty summer night changed everything. No one understood me like Dash. No one made me feel so loved. That's why, when he skipped town, it wrecked me. Now I'm older. Wiser. I've just snagged my dream job, writing at a film studio. The lead animator on my project? You guessed it.

Stepping off the boat in Mombasa, 18-year-old Rachel Fullsmith stands on Kenyan soil for the first time in six years. She has come home. But when Rachel reaches the family farm at the end of the dusty Rift Valley Road, she finds so much has changed. Her beloved father has moved his new partner and her son into the family home. She hears menacing rumours of Mau Mau violence and witnesses cruel reprisals by British soldiers.

Five little boys set off for their first day at Selton Junior School. Their friendship grows, but who would have expected how their lives would turn out and, ultimately, where this journey takes them? Live with the boys through their heartaches, misdemeanors, love, broken dreams, and eventually the realization of friendship. This book is based in the Peak District of Derbyshire, a place to visit at least once in your life.

Cal's back, and his arrival changes everything. Lauren knew it was coming, but what she didn't think he'd bring with him was an ultimatum. A choice. One that Lauren feels trapped under. A choice she's unsure will make a difference but could possibly change everything. Cal doesn't just have an ultimatum; he has answers. The ones Lauren so desperately craves. But the truth won't only affect the lives of Cal and Lauren but everyone around them...and not everyone wants the truth to come out.

It’s bad enough that its venom-dripping chelicerae can slice through flesh like warm butter. Worse? It’s right there under the bunk. It’s a fact now. To make it through the night, the children must obey the rules: don’t get out of bed, stay out of the shadows, and don’t wake the beast. But as the threats multiply, so do the rules of survival. And with the safety of dawn still hours away, the fun is just beginning.

Have you ever felt alone, heartbroken, peer-pressured, guilty, abandoned, simply not good enough, or depressed? Seven Doors to Salvation: A Tale of Darkness and Light is a powerful story about improving your mental health and staying hopeful whenever the weight of the world is pushing you down. How far would you go to regain what you’ve lost? Danny wakes up in an unfamiliar place one night with no recollection of anything or anyone.

The young A&E doctor is dumbstruck when he walks into the softly-furnished quite room, The Royal London Hospital's "Room of Death" to merry medics. For, standing there before him - about to receive the worst of news from his lips - is the identical twin of the 25-year-old woman he has just pronounced dead, after yet another cycling fatality at the Old Street roundabout.