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Miss Phillips is currently Miss Speck Addicted to its atmosphere, it’s a thriller and a love story and reading... Miss Speck recommended recommends... historical fiction too. Waters’ this book to me, it's set in Dickensian London is brutal yet Nigeria and follows the erotic and nothing in this plot is as it seems. Sue, adopted story of two sisters - you by a baby farmer, agrees to trap guessed it - one of them is a high society a serial killer! This book is girl in a terrifying scheme. But quick, with short punchy then she begins to care for the chapters. It throws you girl in unexpected ways. There right into the story and are always novels that you envy demands that you catch up! people for not yet having read, I'm really enjoying reading for the pleasures they still have it, and wondering how to come. Well, this is one. Long, many other men Ayoola is dark, twisted going to kill, and Korede is and satisfying, it's a fabulous going to cover up. piece of writing. Student's View by Karen M McManus Bella H, Second Year 'One of Us Is Lying' is an amazing book that I strongly recommend, especially if you are interested in drama and murder books. It’s plot line is based on five teenagers who go into detention together and only four come out alive! Once the police get involved they start digging up old secrets every person wished If you like mystery dramas, they could hide. But as the plot thickens and not try these... everybody turns out who they seem to be, they finally find the murderer - or do they?

This book is filled with many red herrings and plot twists that keep you on the edge of your seat and force you to carry on reading. I loved that this book was so realistic, and I feel that most children in secondary school can relate to the different characters' personalities. I like how the characters were so diverse and interesting instead of your typical hero or villain; it shows that nobody is one dimensional. The one flaw that I found is that the subplot/ side love story was a bit unnecessary and didn’t add to the story. Rating: 5 stars out of 5 We were thrilled to host a virtual Author visit with Tom on the eve of Holocaust Memorial Day, with over 60 of our Library Leaders and Scholars Students! Author Corner T o m P a l m e r

Tom shared his research and writing process for Tom Palmer is an award winning British historical fiction, how he discovered reading author who has written 55 books! Tom during his 20s, gave advice on the joy of writing originally wrote fictional football adventures, and insights into publishing Children's Fiction! but then successfully branched into historical fiction. We have many of his books in the library, and the new eLibrary, which are popular with Lower School. Find out more about Tom at www.tompalmer.co.uk M r C u t l e r - C o m p u t e r S c i e n c e D r W a y m a r k - D e p u t y H e a d Kaz Brekker – the criminal prodigy know as “Dirtyhands” is just one of the brilliantly realised expands his ‘Illustrated Man’ character in characters from the book - Six of Crows. Kaz lives 'Something Wicked This Way Comes' into a peculiar in the city of Ketterdam where he works as a travelling fair and a child’s battle to escape its focus member of the Dregs, a vicious gang of thugs after he discovers its frightening secret. Written in and thieves willing to do anything to survive. But punchy and energetic style, Bradbury creates a intriguing page turner with more twists and turns than Kaz has ambitions, he has a plan, all he needs most imaginations could muster. now is a crew. I have always enjoyed Bradbury’s short stories, even Fantasy and adventure in this brilliant series! now that they are a little dated in their concepts, and so the opportunity to read a full length novel by him was welcome. It is certainly different in style to his short stories, but for the better, in my opinion. Although written in 1962, it still plays on an intoxicating mixture of our own childhood memories of travelling fairs and circus, and our fears or intrigue behind the people who move and run these, I would certainly recommend this to older teenagers. Not a difficult a read, but plenty to challenge the imagination.

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