Hot New Books is a new feature on the Christchurch Kids Blog where we highlight some of the hot new books that we’ve just got in the library. If any of them take your fancy just click on the book cover, which will take you to the library catalogue, and you can reserve them.
Tom Angleberger’s latest book begins when M’Lady Luggertuck loosens her corset (it has never been loosened before!), thereby setting off a chain of events in which all the strict rules of Smugwick Manor are abandoned. When, as a result of “the Loosening,” the precious family heirloom, the Luggertuck Lump (quite literally a lump), goes missing, the Luggertucks look for someone to blame. Is it Horton Halfpott, the good-natured but lowly kitchen boy who can’t tell a lie? Or one of the many colorful cast members in this romp of a mystery that combines supreme silliness with a tale of a young hero with heart.
Ghost Club: The New Kid by Deborah Abela
Angeline and Edgar might be kids, but they’re also two of Ghost Club’s youngest ghost-catchers. Got a problem with a ghost, poltergeist or ghoul? Can’t sleep because of all the rattling chains and cackling laughter? Angeline and Edgar are the experts to call.
So it’s entirely logical that when new kid Dylan joins Ghost Club, Angeline and Edgar are the perfect candidates to introduce him to everything he needs to know, from which ghost-catching gadget will do the trick to when to run like crazy to avoid being splattered with ectoplasm.
The trouble is, Dylan’s not quite sure he wants to be a ghost-catcher . . .
Muncle Trogg and the Flying Donkey by Janet Foxley
His home on Mount Grumble is at risk from being destroyed when the mountain shows signs of erupting, but all his fellow giants can think about is celebrating the departure of the smalling humans from down the mountain.
Luckily for Muncle, his friend Emily hasn’t abandoned him – and she has an idea. The giants might not listen to a little giant but they will sit up if a donkey – the wisest, most wondrous animal they know – makes an eeaw-mously important appearance.
Barney Willow thinks life couldn’t get any worse. He’s weedy, with sticky-out ears. Horrible Gavin Needle loves tormenting him Barney has no idea why. And headteacher-from-hell Miss Whipmire seems determined to make every second of Barney’s existence a complete misery! Worst of all, Dad has been missing for almost a year, and there’s no sign of him ever coming home. Barney just wants to escape. To find another life being a cat, for example. A quiet, lazy cat. Things would be so much easier right? Barney’s about to discover just how wrong he is. Because he’s about to wake up as a cat and not just any cat. Gavin Needle’s cat.
Wonder is the funny, sweet and incredibly moving story of Auggie Pullman. Born with a terrible facial abnormality, this shy, bright ten-year-old has been home-schooled by his parents for his whole life, in an attempt to protect him from the stares and cruelty of the outside world. Now, for the first time, Auggie is being sent to a real school and he’s dreading it. The thing is, Auggie’s just an ordinary kid, with an extraordinary face. But can he convince his new classmates that he’s just like them, underneath it all? Through the voices of Auggie, his big sister Via, and his new friends Jack and Summer, “Wonder” follows Auggie’s journey through his first year at Beecher Prep.
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