Quick Reads Discussion Guide - Without Warning and Only Sometimes
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Quick Reads 2024 are short books and great stories by bestselling authors, written in an accessible and easy to read style.
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Kia Abdullah, Those People Next Door
(abridged) (HQ, HarperCollins)
ISBN: 9780008654344
Number of pages: 160
Welcome to your dream home… meet your new neighbours… and prepare for the nightmare to begin…
Malorie Blackman, Boys Don’t Cry
(abridged) (Penguin, Penguin Random House)
ISBN: 9780241688106
Number of pages: 144
The bestselling Noughts & Crosses author delivers a page-turning story of an ambitious A-level student Dante who unexpectedly finds himself carrying an enormous new responsibility.
Matt Cain, Game On
(Headline, Hachette)
ISBN: 9781035409730
Number of pages: 128
A media-averse footballer and a football-hating journalist discover a shared hidden passion – for each other – in this rollicking rom-com full of heart.
Kit de Waal, Without Warning and Only Sometimes
(abridged) (Headline, Hachette)
ISBN: 9781035413683
Number of pages: 128
A poignant memoir painting a vivid portrait of cultural identity, family dynamics, and resilience in 1960s Birmingham.
Jo Nesbo, The Jealousy Man
(Vintage, Penguin Random House)
ISBN: 9781529928280
Number of pages: 112
Murder. Assassination. Revenge. A riveting and mysterious crime story, exploring the dark shadows of envy and betrayal.
Karen Swan, The Last Summer
(abridged) (Pan Macmillan)
ISBN: 9781035029143
Number of pages: 128
Summer on St Kilda – a wild, remote Scottish island. Two strangers from drastically different worlds meet …
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You can use this discussion guide to help facilitate conversation around the book.
You can use this discussion guide to help facilitate conversation around the book.
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