New Releases by Beverley Birch

YA. Mystery fiction. Suspense fiction. In a vast African landscape four teenagers and a journalist vanish without a trace from a camp below a steep rock ridge, Chomlaya. As Ella, the sister of one of the missing girls, helps Inspector Murothi piece together what happened, she realises there are terrifying possibilities for her sister and the others. 12 yrs+

Ben spends a summer with his uncle restoring the boat Sea Hawk and learning to sail with mysterious Iona. Then the dreams start and Iona disappears. Mysterious and gripping to the end. 10 yrs+

The story of a man who helped save millions of lives through his discovery of the process of pasteurization.

Tells of the history behind the discovery of radio waves and the eventual developments of the radio, television and laser communication.

Explores the life of Marie Curie and her efforts to understand the principles of radioactivity, which ultimately led to her discovery of radium

Two friends play together in the heat of a Kenyan summer. They play in the sea and through an adventure learn to respect the oceans forces.

A holiday in Italy, with a distant cousin, turns into a time of confusion and fear for fifteen-year-old Jennifer, who must find the strength to stand alone. Suggested level: secondary.

A must for every family bookshelf. Highly regarded as one of the most popular poetry anthologies ever published, this collection includes poems by Blake, Emerson, Dickinson, Longfellow, Stevenson, et al.

Presents a biography of the priest who gave his life to the care of lepers in a colony at Molokai, Hawaii.

Tells how an accident led to Braille''s blindness and explains how he developed his system of raised dots

Race - Racism - Slavery - Civil rights - Anti-semitism - Multiculturalism - Immigration - Gypsies - Apartheid - Jews - Black power.

Discusses finding and preparing food, eating it, and hunger in the world today.