Books

Jodi Picoult – House Rules

Bestselling author Jodi Picoult seems to produce books at a rate of knots. She must have a team of literary elves slaving away day and night, but when you’re this popular, it makes sense to keep them coming. Her most recent offering centres around teenager Jacob Hunt, who suffers from Asperger’s syndrome. When he becomes the key suspect in a murder, even his own mother doubts his innocence. 

Andy Stanton – Mr Gum and the Cherry Tree

The seventh book in the wonderful series of children’s books by Andy Stanton, which adults can’t resist falling for. With gloriously vivid and evocative illustrations by David Tazzyman, these books feel like natural successors to the historic work of Rhoald Dahl and Quentin Blake. In this adventure, we follow Polly and Friday on the streets of Lamonic Bibber, while watching out for that dastardly villain, Mr Gum! What’s not to like?