{"id":5803,"date":"2025-04-02T12:41:06","date_gmt":"2025-04-02T12:41:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/gccschoollibraries\/?p=5803"},"modified":"2025-07-02T13:30:09","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T13:30:09","slug":"new-books-pupil-picks-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/gccschoollibraries\/2025\/04\/02\/new-books-pupil-picks-2\/","title":{"rendered":"New Books: Pupil Picks"},"content":{"rendered":"

We love<\/em> getting a new-books delivery and there’s lots to choose from in the latest batch. Thankfully pupil volunteers are always ready to help you choose which ones to read first! Here are some of their top picks from the new book selection:<\/p>\n

Pumpkin Spice & Everything Nice<\/span> by Katie Cicatelli-Kuc<\/span><\/h3>\n

\"\"Lucy Kane hates<\/em>\u00a0the uber-popular\u00a0PSL<\/span>. She finds it overrated, which is bad because she works at Cup o\u2019 Jo, the local coffee shop her mom owns. Business\u00a0 hasn\u2019t been great in the off-season, but that\u2019s okay because it always picks up during the fall\u2026 Until Java Junction, a multinational coffee chain, opens across the street and makes things harder for the small shop. And to make matters worse, it turns out Jack Harper, the new kid in school and Lucy\u2019s secret crush, is the son of the owner. Will Lucy find a way to save her mom\u2019s coffee shop?<\/p>\n

Pupils say:<\/strong> Crushing on your supposed rival enemy? Can pumpkin spice lattes bring you together?<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Murder on a School Night by Kate Weston<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n

\"\"All Kerry wants to do is stay at home with her rom-coms and strict retainer schedule. Instead, her BFF Annie has roped her into going to their first sixth-form party to investigate who’s cyberbullying Heather, the most popular girl in school.<\/p>\n

There’s never a good time to find a dead body. But finding a dead body while you’re trying to kiss your crush? Dead awkward.<\/p>\n

Pupils say<\/strong>: A young detective looking for love? Count me in.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Bingsu for two by Sujin Witherspoon<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n

\"\"Meet River Langston-Lee: he\u2019s dumped his girlfriend, walked out of his SATs, and quit his job at his parents\u2019 Seattle cafe in spectacularly disastrous fashion \u2013 even for him.<\/p>\n

Somehow, he manages to talk his way into a job at a failing Korean cafe, Bingsu for Two. There he meets grumpy goth Sarang Cho, his new, no-BS co-worker, and she is as determined to make River\u2019s life hell as she is to save her family\u2019s cafe. When Bingsu for Two catches the attention of River\u2019s ex and his parents\u2019 cafe around the corner, he faces a choice: keep letting others control his life or stand up for the place that\u2019s become home. And a green-haired girl who\u2019s not as heartless as he originally thought . . .<\/p>\n

Pupils say:<\/strong> An enemies-to-lovers cafe rivalry!<\/em><\/p>\n

The First Move by\u00a0 Jenny Ireland<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n

\"\"Juliet<\/b> believes girls like her – girls with arthritis – don’t get their own love stories. She exists at the edges of her friends’ social lives, skipping parties to play online chess under a pseudonym. There, she isn’t just ‘the girl with crutches’.
\nRonan<\/b>\u00a0is the new kid: good looking, smart, a bad boy plagued by guilt over what happened to his brother Ciaran. Chesslife is his escape; there, he’s not just ‘the boy with the brother’.
\nJuliet thinks Ronan thinks someone like Ronan could never be interested in someone like her – and she wouldn’t want him to be anyway – he always acts like he’s cooler than everyone else. Little do they know they’ve already discovered each other online, and have more in common than they think . . .<\/p>\n

Pupils say<\/strong>: A <\/span>lov<\/span>e<\/span> story of two people living in different worlds. Is fate is the key to love??<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Enchanted To Meet You (Fairytale in Progress) by Cara Stout<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n

\"\"After setting fire to her last summer job\u00a0 Imogen Rogers needs a change.So, when her best friend hooks her up with a gig at Fairytale Gardens, she grabs the opportunity with both hands!Too bad it means working with Tristian Walton \u2013 the owner\u2019s son \u2013 who is as grumpy as he is handsome.<\/span><\/p>\n

Imogen is cast as the Princess to Tristan’s Prince Charming and as they kiss in character, sparks begin to fly. As she gets closer to uncovering the truth about the park, she\u2019s faced with a difficult choice: expose the scandal\u00a0or<\/u>\u00a0protect the one place \u2013 and person \u2013 she\u2019s ever wanted to fight for?<\/p>\n

Pupils say<\/strong>: A romance between people who <\/span>couldn’t<\/span> be more different. A broke <\/span>average<\/span> girl and <\/span>a young,<\/span> mean ‘prince’!<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

The Last Dragon on Mars by Scott <\/span>Reintgen<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n

\"\"Lunar and his misfit crew of fellow orphans live on Mars, scavenging for scraps in a wasteland ravaged by wars and storms. Lunar knows all the legends about dragons, but survival is his only priority. Until one day, a salvaging mission goes dangerously wrong.<\/p>\n

As he takes shelter underground, he uncovers the only hope left for a dying planet: the last dragon. And when the dragon won’t let him go, it becomes alarmingly clear: Lunar Jones has been chosen to save Mars.<\/p>\n

Pupils say<\/strong>: A tale about a stray kid who is chosen by a dragon to be a hero <\/span>\u2013\u00a0 and<\/span> he has no say in it!<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

You can borrow all of these books (and lots more) from the school library- just ask at the desk.<\/p>\n

Happy reading!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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