Best books for kids and young adults coming in 2022
Time to get excited about the must-read books of 2022 for kids aged
9 to 12 and young adults, from a magical sequel to The Hatmakers
to a new Maximum Ride thriller.
Archive - 2021
December 7th
December 6th
Extract: Call Us What We Carry by Amanda Gorman
Including 'The Hill We Climb,' the stirring poem read at the inauguration of the 46th President of the United States, Joe Biden, Amanda Gorman's remarkable new collection reveals an energizing and unforgettable poetic voice. Call Us What We Carry is Gorman at her finest. Bursting with musical language and exploring themes of identity, grief, and memory, this lyric of hope and healing captures an important moment in our collective consciousness while being utterly timeless.
December 3rd
Recipes: Together by Jamie Oliver
Getting together and sharing a meal with loved ones has never felt so important. Each chapter of Jamie Oliver's Together features a meal, from seasonal feasts to curry nights, with a simple, achievable menu that can be mostly prepped ahead. Jamie's aim - whether following the full meal or picking individual recipes - is to keep you out of the kitchen to enjoy eating with your guests. Together takes the stress out of cooking by teaching you hacks to get organised, get ahead.
November 23rd
Extract: Go Tell the Bees that I am Gone by Diana Gabaldon
Jamie Fraser and Claire Randall were torn apart by the Jacobite Rising of 1745, and it took them twenty years to find each other again. Now the American Revolution threatens to do the same. From the author of the Sunday Times bestselling Outlander series comes the newest novel in the epic tale.
PROLOGUE
Extract: Run, Rose, Run by James Patterson and Dolly Parton
From America's most beloved superstar and its greatest storyteller - a thriller about a young singer-songwriter on the rise and on the run, and determined to do whatever it takes to survive.
PROLOGUE
November 22nd
Extract: Fear No Evil by James Patterson
Alex Cross ventures into the rugged Montana wilderness - where he will be the prey. He's not on the job, but on a personal mission. Until he's attacked by two rival teams of assassins, controlled by the same mastermind who has stalked Alex and his family for years. Darkness falls. The river churns into rapids. Shots ring out through the forest. No backup. No way out. Fear no evil.
Extract: The Every by Dave Eggers
The electrifying follow-up to Dave Eggers' New York Times Bestseller The Circle. When the world's largest search engine / social media company merges with the planet's dominant e-commerce site, it creates the richest and most dangerous-and, oddly enough, most beloved-monopoly ever known: The Every.
November 16th
Extract: Tom Clancy’s Chain of Command by Marc Cameron
Jack Ryan's latest mission from Tom Clancy's internationally bestselling series, now a major show on Amazon Prime.
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WASHINGTON AIR ROUTE TRAFFIC CONTROL CENTER
LEESBURG, VIRGINIA
Extract: Clive Cussler’s The Devil’s Sea by Dirk Cussler
In 1959 Tibet, an important Buddhist artefact was seemingly lost in the Communist takeover. But when Dirk Pitt discovers a forgotten crash site, new clues emerge. From the depths of the Pacific to the heights of the Himalayas, only Dirk Pitt and his children, Summer and Dirk Jr., can unravel the mysteries that will preserve a religion, save a nation... and save the world from war.
Extract: Oh William! by Elizabeth Strout
An exquisite new novel by the Pulitzer Prizewinning, Number One New York Times bestselling author of My Name is Lucy Barton.
“I WOULD LIKE TO SAY A FEW THINGS about my first husband, William.