Books by women

October October by Katya Balen

*This website is supported by our users. We sometimes earn a small commission when you click through affiliate links. Please read more in our disclaimer Recommended by Josie Colley Form and Genre: Prose/children’s fiction Length: 304 pages Summary: October grows up in the forest with her father, away from society and truly connected to nature. On her birthday, when …

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Crossing the Line

*This website is supported by our users. We sometimes earn a small commission when you click through affiliate links. Please read more in our disclaimer Recommended by: Nicola Traverse Contact: @Mrs_Trav_ Author: Tia Fisher Form: Verse Novel – coming of age Length: 368 pages Brief synopsis: When Eric’s comfortable life falls apart, he finds himself …

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Small Island

*This website is supported by our users. We sometimes earn a small commission when you click through affiliate links. Please read more in our disclaimer Recommended by: Racheal Gartside Author: Andrea Levy Form: Historical fiction – novel Length: 350 pages Brief synopsis: The story of post-war Caribbean migration told through four narrators. The novel handles …

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When our worlds collided

*This website is supported by our users. We sometimes earn a small commission when you click through affiliate links. Please read more in our disclaimer Recommended by: Sabiha Patel Author: Danielle Jawando Form: YA Novel Length: 368 pages Brief synopsis: After fourteen-year-old Shaq is stabbed, three teenagers from different walks of life are thrown together …

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Unraveller

*This website is supported by our users. We sometimes earn a small commission when you click through affiliate links. Please read more in our disclaimer Recommended by: Rachel Ayres Contact: @rachelayres1979 Author: Frances Hardinge Form: Prose novel – fantasy Length: 481 pages Brief summary: The story is set in the fictional land of Raddith where …

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And The Stars Were Burning Brightly

*This website is supported by our users. We sometimes earn a small commission when you click through affiliate links. Please read more in our disclaimer Recommended by: Marie Bartlett  Contact: @LibraryLady Author: Danielle Jawando Form: YA Prose Novel Length: 388 pages Brief synopsis: When fifteen-year-old Nathan discovers that his older brother Al, has taken his own …

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I Am The Subway

*This website is supported by our users. We sometimes earn a small commission when you click through affiliate links. Please read more in our disclaimer Recommended by: Natalie Walker Contact: @natwalk87 Author: Kim Hyo Eun Form: Information and poetry picturebook Length: 52 pages Brief Summary: A beautiful information book set on the subway in Seol. …

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Safiyyah’s War

*This website is supported by our users. We sometimes earn a small commission when you click through affiliate links. Please read more in our disclaimer. Recommended by: Stephen Dilley Contact: @stephenjdilley Author: Hiba Noor Khan Form: Prose novel – historical fiction Brief summary: Set during the occupation of Paris in WW2 and based on a …

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House of Hollow

*This website is supported by our users. We sometimes earn a small commission when you click through affiliate links. Please read more in our disclaimer Recommended by: Rosanna Scholefield Contact: @zanwrites Author: Krystal Sutherland Form: Gothic/Horror YA Novel Length: 292 pages Brief Synopsis: Three young girls mysteriously reappear a week after going missing, but they …

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Brown Girl Dreaming

*This website is supported by our users. We sometimes earn a small commission when you click through affiliate links. Please read more in our disclaimer. Recommended by: Stephen Dilley Contact: @stephenjdilley Author: Jacqueline Woodson Form: Verse Memoir Brief synopsis: In stunningly crafted poems, Jacqueline Woodson describes her upbringing in 1960s South Carolina and New York …

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