February reading list

Forced to hide herself away from the superstitious island community of Mirasol, thirteen-year-old Rosa seeks solace online. There she meets Ansel95, and as the friendship moves from virtual to real, Rosa discovers that she's not the only one with something to hide.

Naomi Klein, a writer, journalist, professor, and activist, traced the climate crisis back to its roots, connecting the issue to every facet of life and shows that its causes run deep. It explores the global economic and societal structures that have been built to maximize profit for a few at the expense of everyone else and the planet. 

Some of the science is explained, but most of the page space is dedicated to “disaster capitalism”: how we got into a tangle of climate misinformation, why inequality is baked into the system, the importance of environmental justice, and the need for collective action.

Cosmic is a book that makes the world look like something worth protecting. It’s hilariously funny, but also wise. It makes its readers want desperately to go into space, but also focuses on the importance of taking care of the world while we’re on it. The Earth is, as one of the astronauts says, “some kind of lovely.”

This slim book gathers the writings and speeches of Greta Thunberg, the Swedish teen who made history in 2018 when she went on strike from school to protest climate change. 

Her actions sparked a global movement of students, who also went on strike for our planet. Thunberg's book reminds you how powerful your own voice can be and is the perfect size for tucking into your pocket on the way to your next climate strike.

Unhappy about his baby sister's illness and the chaos of moving into a dilapidated old house, Michael retreats to the garage and finds a mysterious stranger who is something like a bird and something like an angel...

This book can be found in our LBS Library. 

A great book for Roald Dahl fans, and the first in the Battle of the Beetles series. Darkus can't believe his eyes when a huge insect drops out of the trouser leg of his horrible new neighbour. It's a giant beetle - and it seems to want to communicate. But how can a boy be friends with a beetle? And what does a beetle have to do with the disappearance of his dad and the arrival of Lucretia Cutter, with her taste for creepy jewellery?