The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon

Title: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Author: Mark Haddon
Blurb: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time is a murder mystery novel like no other. The detective, and narrator, is Christopher Boone. Christopher is 15 and has Aspergers Syndrome, he knows a very great deal about maths and very little about human beings. He loves lists/patterns and the truth. He hates the colours yellow and brown and being touched. He has never gone further than the end of the road on his own but when he finds a neighbours dog murdered, he sets out on a terrifying journey which will turn his whole world upside down.


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Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides

Title: The Virgin Suicides
Author: Jeffrey Eugenides
Blurb: The shocking thing about the girls was how nearly normal they seemed when their mother let them out for the one and only date of their lives. Twenty years on, their enigmatic personalities are embalmed in the memories of the boys who worshipped them and who now recall their shared adolescence: the brassiere draped over a crucifix belonging to the promiscuous Lux; the sisters' breathtaking appearance on the night of the dance; and the sultry, sleepy street across which they watched a family disintegrate and fragile lives disappear.

The haunting, humourous and tender story of the brief lives of the five entrancing Lisbon sisters, now a major film.

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A Long Way Down by Nick Hornby

Title: A Long Way Down
Author: Nick Hornby
Blurb: For disgraced TV presenter Martin Sharp the answer's pretty simple: he has in his own words, "pissed his life away". And on New Year's Eve he's going to end it all...But not, as it happens, alone. Because first single-mum Maureen, then eighteen-year-old Jess and lastly American rock-god JJ turn up and crash Martin's private party. They've stolen his idea - but brought their own reasons.

Yes it's hard to jump when you've got an audience queuing impatiently behind you. A few heated words and some slices of cold pizza later and these four strangers are suddenly allies. But is their ulikely friendship a good enough reason to carry on living?

Film rights were rumoured to have been bought, by Hollywood actor Johnny Depp, before this book even made it to publication. It is currently in pre-production, and is currently set to star Emile Hirsch, Pierce Brosnan and Toni Collette (subject to change, of course), with a release date of "2013".


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The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

Title: The Book Thief
Author: Markus Zusak
Blurb: Here is a small fact: You are going to die.

1939. Nazi Germany.  The country is holding its breath. Death has never been so busy.

Liesel, a nine-year-old girl, is living with a foster family on Himmel Street. Her parents have been taken away to a concentration camp. Liesel steals books. This is her story and the story of the inhabitants of her street when the bombs begin to fall.

Some important information: This novel is narrated by death.

It's a small story, about:

• a girl
• an accordionist
• some fanatical Germans
• a Jewish fist fighter
• and quite a lot of thievery.

Another thing you should know: Death will visit the book thief three times.

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Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones

Title: Howl's Moving Castle
Author: Diana Wynne Jones
Blurb: In the land of Ingary, where seven-league boots and cloaks of invisibility really exist, Sophie Hatter attracts the unwelcome attention of the Witch of the Waste, who puts a curse on her. Determined to make the best of things, Sophie travels to the one place where she might get help - the moving castle which hovers on the nearby hills.

But the castle belongs to the dreaded Wizard Howl who appetite, they say, is satisfied only by the hearts of young girls...

The first book in the Howl Series.

Adapted to a motion picture, by Studio Ghibli, and voiced by Jean Simmons, Christian Bale, Josh Hutcherson, Billy Crystal and Emily Mortimer.


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Catching Fire by Suzanne Collings

Title: Catching Fire
Author: Suzanne Collins
Blurb: Against all odds, Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark are still alive. Katniss should be relieved, but now there are whispers of a rebellion against the Capitol - a rebellion that Katniss and Peeta may have helped create.

As the nation watches Katniss and Peeta, the stakes are higher than ever. One false move and the consequences will be imaginable.

This is the second book in the popular Hunger Games series, and is due to be made into a motion picture (release date is currently November 2013).

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