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Ben would like to play with his friends, but since his mother is working late he has to look after his little sister Allison. Ben and his friends pick on her, but gradually Ben begins to empathize with his sister.
Published in 1997, written by Mitch Albom, with the leadership and guidance of his college professor, Morrie Schwartz, this under 200 page volume is full of simple answers to existential questions regarding the importance of human existence.
Story of two boys, one black and one white, growing up on a farm in South Africa during Apartheid.
This is a novel about daily life in a poor quarter of a small town near Munich, seen through the eyes of a young German girl called Liesel. She arrives there traumatised by the death of her younger brother and her separation from her mother.
The book begins with a vivid description of the sea, a clifftop view and the author, Matt Haig, thinking about whether to die. These are viscerally written, painful scenes and thankfully Haig changes his mind and turns back from the edge.
Nicola Davies, a zoologist whose studied bats and whales and worked for the BBC's natural history unit, has written several children's books about bringing humans and nature back together.
Ronson offers up a compelling analysis of the consequences of public shaming, particularly in the Twittersphere specifically and internet era in general.