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Books
Titles not to miss in June
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Teens are sure to be gripped by June’s YA offering, while preteens can dive into the mythical underbelly of the North East in Riverskin. Charlotte Eyre reports
Teenage & YA
Kenechi Udogu ( 1) Augmented Faber, 5th, £8.99, PB, 9780571385843
In a near future London where extreme weather has depleted plant
life, coder Akaego finds out that she can project a vocal frequency that accelerates plant life. But when an anti-enhancement group called the Freestakers warn Akaego to not get augmented, she discovers the terrible truth about her ability and the lengths people are willing to go to control it. Udogu is an exciting new voice in science fiction for teenagers and her debut is the first winner of the Imagined Futures Prize to be published.
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Jarvis ( 3) Our Pebbles Walker Books, 5th, £12.99, HB, 9781529516036 A little boy and his grandad set off to the beach with sweets in their pockets to find pebbles to wash and paint. Sentimental and sweet, yet not mawkish, Our Pebbles celebrates the relationship between the generations, and gently reflects on how golden childhood memories sustain us when we can no longer make the trip. From the creator behind Thank You, which will be published in paperback in June (23638).
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Emma Young ( 2), Super Freak (illus) What If... You Didn’t Make Snot? DK, 5th, £9.99, HB, 9780241733318 Young tackles some of the questions children commonly ask about the human body, such as what if you could take off your skin? And what would happen if you ate a bowl of grass? Each question gets a double spread and Young packs in a lot of fascinating (and only sometimes disgusting) facts, and there are illustrations as well as photographs throughout. A second title is scheduled for November and two further books will be released in 2026.
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Books Children’s Previews
MARINA HARDIMAN
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