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Girl Interrupted

by Susanna Kaysen

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Akata Witch
by Nnedi Okorafor

Danny Champion of the World
by Roald Dahl

The Hobbit
by J R R Tolkien

Beren and Lúthien
J R R Tolkien, Alan Lee (illustrator), Christopher Tolkien (editor)

Ben Rothery's Deadly and Dangerous Animals
by Ben Rothery

Father Christmas Goes on Holiday
by Raymond Briggs