 | Blackbird: A Childhood Lost by Jennifer Lauck
Buy new: £6.97 / Used from: £0.01 Beutifully written, cant-put-downable about one childs remarkable early years
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 | One Child by Torey Hayden
Buy used from: £0.41 I read this book in one afternoon! Completely honest and heart warming story of one teachers triumph in bringing hope and love to a troubled child.
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 | Sleepers: A True Story When Friendship Runs Deeper Than Blood by Lorenzo Carcaterra
Buy new: £5.96 / Used from: £0.01 A moving memoir of four young boys growing up in Hells Kitchen NY, the harsh reality of their lives and the trauma experienced in prison.
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 | A Child Called 'It': One child's courage to survive by Dave Pelzer
Buy new: £4.17 / Used from: £0.01 I cried so much! I have read all of Pelzers books but I definately think that this one is the most affecting. A startling tribute to one boys courage and determination to survive. Inspiring.
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 | One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey
Buy used from: £13.44 An amazing story about a dynamic group of men in a mental institution.
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 | Prozac Nation: Young and Depressed in America - A Memoir by Elizabeth Wurtzel
Buy new: £5.22 / Used from: £0.01 If you want to gain insight into the world of a depressive read this book! Elizabeth can be so selfish though that I wanted to scream! Apart from that I loved this book.
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 | Man and Boy by Tony Parsons
Buy new: £5.47 / Used from: £0.01 I read this as a bit of emotional light relief but actually found it an extremely affecting book. It is full of real life love, loss, hopes and disappointments.
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 | Mouthing the Words by Camilla Gibb
Buy new: £5.23 / Used from: £0.01 A short but memorable book. A detailed and at times confusing account of abuse and its resulting turmoil.
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 | Still Waters by Jennifer Lauck
Buy new: £6.99 / Used from: £0.01 As soon as I finished Blackbird I raced out to buy this sequel. Also amazing and compulsive although not quite as good as the first book. An uplifting ending that left me completely euphoric.
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 | Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (Book 1) by J.K. Rowling
Buy new: £4.53 / Used from: £0.01 I know you will all know this one but I have come to Harry Potter very late and am just now discovering the brilliance.
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 | Bookends by Jane Green
Buy new: £5.46 / Used from: £0.01 This is a very easy light book that made me desperate to create an amazing bookshop like this. Wonderful.
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