New Books in May

Lots of new books came into the library this week. New titles are on the 'New in the Library' table- If the book you wish to borrow is not there please ask and we can put you on the reservation list. A list of new titles is below.

Junior Fiction

Black Dawn- Rachel Caine

Out of Sight, Out of Time- Ally Carter

VIII- Harriet Castor

City of Lost Souls- Cassandra Clare

The Death Cure- James Dashner

Fear- Michael Grant

Paper Towns- John Green

We'll always have summer- Jenny Han

Department 19: The Rising- Will Hill

The Intern- Dillon Khan

Falling Fast- Sophie McKenzie

Killing Honour- Bali Rai

The Kane Chronicles: The Serpents Shadow- Rick Riordan

Under the Never Sky- Veronica Rossi

Insurgent- Veronica Roth

Brothers to the death- Darren Shan

The One Dollar Horse- Lauren St John

Senior Fiction

The land of the painted caves- Jean M Auel

On Canaan's side- Sebastian Barry

An invisible sign of my own- Aimee Bender

Red Mist- Patricia Cornwell

Neverwhere- Neil Gaiman

Pigeon English- Stephen Kelman

The Dogs of Riga- Henning Mankell

A Storm of Swords: Part 1- George RR Martin

A Storm of Swords: Part 2- George RR Martin

Pure- Andrew Miller

Graphic Novels

Bakuman Volume 1

Essential Avengers

Reference and Textbooks

Folio Writing Skills for Higher and Intermediate 2 English

How to pass. Flash Revise! Higher Biology

How to pass. Flash Revise! Higher Chemistry

How to pass. Flash Revise! Higher Maths

Stop what you're doing and read this

Book of the Week

This week's Book of the Week is:  'Ruby Redfort:  Look Into My Eyes' by Lauren Child.

If you liked the Clarice Bean books when you were younger, maybe you wished that her favourite fictional heroine, Ruby Redfort, really existed?  Well, wish no more, as Lauren Child gives life to this character in a book aimed at teens instead of tweens!

13-year-old Ruby is recruited by a secret agency to become a code breaker.  She's super-smart and always cool...but can she keep her mouth shut?

Book of the Week

This week's Book of the Week is:  'The Tiger's Wife' by Tea Obreht. 


A tiger escapes from the local zoo, padding through the ruined streets and onwards, to a ridge above the Balkan village of Galina. His nocturnal visits hold the villagers in a terrified thrall. But for one boy, the tiger is a thing of magic - Shere Khan awoken from the pages of The Jungle Book.
Natalia is the granddaughter of that boy. Now a doctor, she is visiting orphanages after another war has devastated the Balkans. On this journey, she receives word of her beloved grandfather's death, far from their home, in circumstances shrouded in mystery. From fragments of stories her grandfather told her as a child, Natalia realises he may have died searching for 'the deathless man', a vagabond who was said to be immortal. Struggling to understand why a man of science would undertake such a quest, she stumbles upon a clue that will lead her to a tattered copy of The Jungle Book, and then to the extraordinary story of the tiger's wife.

World Book Night

As you may already know, last night was the second official World Book Night.  The purpose of World Book Night is to get people to give away a book that they love to others, and so encourage more people to enjoy reading.  We are always big fans of reading promotion events at the Library, so we thought we'd make our own display of this year's chosen titles to celebrate!


For more information about World Book Night, visit:  http://www.worldbooknight.org/

Book of the Week

This week's book of the week is the thought-provoking 'My Name Is Mina' by David Almond.

Mina writes and writes in an empty notebook, and through her stories, thoughts, lessons and dreams, her journal grows into something extraordinary...

Recommended reading!