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Private Peaceful by Michael Morpurgo. A War story- an intense
historical fiction.
Tommo, Big Joe and Charlie are the ‘peaceful’ brothers and ironically

their world is about to go to war. Tommo with his haunting past, and a
bleak looking future must look after Big Joe and his family as the going

gets tougher.
To the tune of ‘Oranges and Lemons’ their sacred anthem, find out
what happens to Tommo amidst the guns and the groundless glory.

The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and six more by Roald Dahl. 7
short stories packed with adventure, fantasy and humor.

The book contains ‘The Boy who talked with Animals’, ‘The Hitch-
hiker’, ‘The Mildenhall Treasure’, ‘The Swan’, ‘Lucky Break’, ‘A Piece of
Cake’ and of course, ‘The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar’. An old
farmer unearths ancient roman treasure. There is a mysterious
disappearance of a boy and a sea turtle. A rat-like “fingersmith” hitches
a ride and a ‘peter’-shaped swan lands in peter’s mother’s garden.
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There even lives a man who can see through cards and more! … read
on to find out their stories.
The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern. A High fantasy- defined by the Chhabra
epic nature of its settings.
In this phantasmagorical tale, journey with the nocturnal circus- open
only from sunset to sunrise. “Le Cirque des Rêves” or ‘The Circus of
Dreams’ will show you unimaginable ethereal enigmas! Get ready to The Book List presents to
see blooming ice gardens, floating patrons, a disguised train and much
more, all in shades of black and white with splashes of red, that you your ideal fantastical
contain more colour than you can ever imagine!
getaway. A series of

recommended novels to
Absent in the Spring by Mary Westmacott. A Mystery…a tragedy.
Stranded in an unfamiliar barren land, waiting for the next train, Joan pass the time with, in
Scudamore finds herself thinking of her life and family back home and your favorite armchair,
realises much. A little too much for her comfort.
sipping a cup of steaming

hot-chocolate on a rainy

And Then There Were Noneby Agatha Christie. Some thrill. Some day. Tell us your
drama. And an unsolved mystery.
Eight people receive an invitation to an isolated island and the butler preferences. A detective
and cook-housekeeper together make it ten. But what will happen
when the owner never shows up? What will happen when they can’t novel, a romance, a
go back to the mainland just yet? tragedy, a fable, or some
‘…one toddled home, and then there were nine…’
fiction…. Let us dive into

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Persuasion by Jane Austen. A Romance novel set in the 19 century. the sea of resonating
Persuasion is Austen’s last written novel. In the book, Anne Elliot, the
second daughter of Sir Walter, is intelligent, accomplished words and gripping
but…unmarried. Though she fell in love with Frederick Wentworth
seven years ago, she was ‘persuaded’ by her aunt to break the emotions that make you
engagement. Anne has forever been pushed to make choices and want to never put these
adjustments to her life, keeping in mind her family’s wishes and well-
being. Will she ever be able to break out of these guilt-ridden bounds books down until the very
and pursue her own freedom?
last page.
The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. A Novella. A Speculative
fiction in the form of a fable.
A ‘grown-up’ narrator speculates on the nature of all the other grown-
ups and their inability to perceive the especially important things.
Things like, for instance, a snake digesting an elephant, or a sand-
haired prince from a planet with a proud rose, three volcanoes and
life-threatening baobab trees. Fall in love with the childish prince from
a planet-asteroid!
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RECOMMENDATIONS….
As the Crow Flies by Jeffrey Archer.
Charlie, the grandson of a barrow costermonger, strives to run his own
enterprise in the “biggest barrow” after his grandfather suddenly https://www.goodreads.co
passes away, and he is left to take care of a dysfunctional family. He m/book/popular_by_date/
faces much, and even goes to war- twice- in order to change his poor
and helpless status to one of success. He even encounters his business 2020/9?ref=nav_brws_new
partner, Rebecca from the old days and things are finally starting to rels
look up, until…

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