New Releases by Lynne Reid Banks

A teenaged boy becomes embroiled in the mysterious life of a farm girl while on vacation in the south of France.

For use in schools and libraries only. Omri acts decisively to save his Indian friend, Little Bear, and his village from destruction in the French and Indian War but becomes trapped between the worlds of fantasy and reality.

Just when her home life and the circumstances in violence-plagued Belfast seem more than she can bear, eleven-year-old Maura encounters an unusual person whose name, Angela, gives a clue to her real identity.

Resentful at being forced to leave Canada, Lesley''s adjustment to life in the Israeli kibbutz is not easy.

This is a book about a search- the search of an idea for its rightful home. Writing for her three teenage sons, Lynne Reid Banks traces the history of a fundamental idea- that of Jewishness- which has outlived all the world''s attempts to deprive it of its roots in nationhood. With sympathy and insight, she tells the story of the survival of a people who retained their identity for thousands of years while scattered throughout the world.--Jacket flap.

After the many trials and hard times in her life, Charlotte knows a few months of happiness after she marries at the age of thirty-four, and dies shortly after.

Now living with her son in the country, Jane is a long way from the l-shaped room. The last novel in a trilogy which began when Jane, pregnant and unmarried, fled from her fathers house, this text is a poignant story of new beginnings and for Jane new love.

Relates the lives of four generations of girls who became the matriarchs of the Hebrew nation.

Lynne Reid Banks'' Children at the Gate is a literary masterpiece from the author of The L-Shaped Room. Perfect for fans of Ali Smith, Jeanette Winterson and Deborah Levy. Children at the Gate is a heart-breaking story of love, loss, Jewish identity and prejudice in a country on the brink of war.