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    Quick Reads would also like to thank the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills; Arts Council England and World Book Day for their sponsorship and NIACE for their outreach work.
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    Reaching for the Stars
    How you can make your dreams come true
    Lola Jaye
     
    Harper
     
     
    ‘When I was eleven years old I used to shut myself away in my room and write, creating characters and imagining them on children’s telly!’
     
    Lola Jaye always dreamed of being a writer, but getting her first book published wasn’t easy. She would come home from her day job and write every evening and weekend. But it wasn’t until years later, after lots of rejections, that she finally got her first book deal.
     
    Now Lola wants to help others reach for their dreams. In this step-by-step guide, she shows that, with plenty of self-belief and hard work anything is possible.
    The Dare
    John Boyne
     
    Black Swan
     
     
    At the start of his school holidays, Danny Delaney is looking forward to a trouble-free summer. But he knows that something terrible has happened when his mother returns home one afternoon with two policemen.
     
    There has been an accident. Mrs Delaney has hit a small boy with her car. The boy is in a coma at the local hospital and nobody knows if he will ever wake up.
     
    Danny’s mother closes herself off, full of guilt. Danny and his father are left to pick up the pieces of their broken family.
     
    John Boyne tells the story from the point of view of a twelve-year-old boy. The Dare is about how one moment can change a family forever.
    Dr Who: The Sontaran Games
    Jacqueline Rayner
     
    BBC Books
     
     
    Every time the lights go out, someone dies...
     
    The TARDIS lands at an academy for top athletes, all hoping to be chosen for the forthcoming Globe Games. But is one of them driven enough to resort to murder? The Doctor discovers that the students have been hushing up unexplained deaths. As he begins to investigate, the Doctor finds a squad of Sontarans invading the academy!
     
    As the Sontarans begin their own lethal version of the games, the Doctor is captured and forced to take part in the Sontaran Games. Can even a Time Lord survive this deadly contest?
     
    Featuring the Doctor as played by David Tennant in the acclaimed hit series from BBC Television.
    All These Lonely People
    Gervase Phinn
     
    Penguin Paperbacks
     
     
    The world is full of lonely people. One wonders where they all come from…
     
    Even with a huge problem to worry about, Father McKenzie still manages to see the good in everyone. His job is made more difficult by his nosy housekeeper and the gossips from the shop down the road. Will they succeed in spoiling things, or will Father McKenzie’s advice win the day?
     
    This charming tale shows the ups and downs of everyday life in a truly heart-warming way. It will have you laughing out loud and shedding a tear - all at the same time.
    The Tannery
    Sherrie Hewson
     
    Pan
     
     
    This is the story of one family struggling to survive the war years.
     
    It’s 1938. Dolly Ramsden is six years old. Times are hard. But Dolly doesn’t care. Her family is everything to her.
     
    Then war comes and everything changes. Her father leaves his job at the local tannery and joins the war effort. He leaves behind a bitter wife and a daughter who can see no hope for the future. With no money, Dolly’s mother is forced to take desperate measures to help them survive. Soon she becomes lonely and depressed. She turns to drink and Dolly’s life becomes a living hell.
     
    When the war ends and Dolly’s father comes home, he finds a teenage daughter who has grown up too soon, and a wife