Becoming is an insightful anecdote by Michelle Obama documenting her somewhat unprivileged childhood, through her year of education and into her two-time presidential term as the First Lady of the United States or FLOTUS. It represents her obstacles and victories, her hardships and love. Travelling through her unique life. Michelle…
The tales of Beedle the Bard is part of the Wizarding World series. Written by JK Rowling, it builds on your understanding of the Wizarding World. The book is alluded towards in Deathly Hallows. It is made up of 5 unique stories, each reasonably short with Wizarding morals in each…
Listen to the moon is an intriguing novel tracing the story of a young girl stranded on the uninhabited isle of Scilly and the boy who found her. Alfie and his father find a young girl – abandoned, wounded and starved – huddled in the corner of the Pest House.…
The Poppy War is one of the most impressive dark fantasy debuts I have ever read. From the outset, Kuang introduces us to a morally complex character-Fang Runin, known simply as Rin. What initially begins as a stereotypical novel of covering well-known tropes including the: chosen one, being ‘different’, arch-enemy,…
McEwan’s most notable novel ‘Atonement’ journeys the reader through a blossoming and rather brusque romance between an aristocratic Cecilia Tallis and the labouring Robbie Turner. The novel is split into four parts which develop the complex character narrative structure through the use of multiple perspectives and focalisation. In Part 1…
This text is a historical bildungsroman focalised through the two central protagonists- Maryam and Laila. The plot centres around how, together, these female protagonists overcome the tyrannical rule of their husband Rasheed within a political landscape in Afghanistan that is constantly changing. A Thousand Splendid Suns captured my interest through…
The wolf wilder is the type of book you rarely find that has the perfect balance of adventure, fantasy, reality and friendship. It starts in the middle of a wood in the wilderness of Russia where Feodora and her mother live in a lone, cosy cottage. They are both wolf…
“You had a magic mirror that lets you see life outside your tiny world. Your castle. I had books. Reading them is like travelling to other places. Being other people. Living other lives. It made life feel less… lonely” The strange but most beautiful girl in the village, Belle, lives…
The portal is a book full of mystery waiting to be solved creatively written by Andrew Norriss. Beginning with William and Daniel Seward’s return from school, having found their parents have disappeared. Not long after, William discovers there is a whole lot more to this than what he and his…
YOU CAN’T BLEND IN, WHEN YOU WERE BORN TO STAND OUT. Wonder is a heart-warming book by R.J. Palacio. It shares the story of how a young boy called August Pullman, goes to school for the first time. August was born with a facial disorder, causing him to have over…