The chilling Saga of Darren Shan, the ordinary schoolboy plunged into the vampire world.
Darren goes to a banned freak show with his best mate Steve. It’s the wonderfully gothic Cirque Du Freak where weird, frightening half human half animals appear who interact terrifyingly with the audience. Darren – a spider freak – ‘falls in love’ with Madam Octa – an enormous tarantula owned by Mr Crepsley. Darren determines to steal the spider so that he can train it to perform amazing deeds. But his daring theft goes horribly wrong and Darren finds himself having to make a bargain with a creature of the night.
Something out of the ordinary is set against the background of children’s normal lives to chilling effect. Atmospheric, funny, realistic, moving and… terrifying.
THE VAMPIRE’S ASSISTANT (BOOK 2)
Author：Darren Shan
Publisher：Harpercollins Children’s Books
Call Number：823.920 / S5(2)
Location：Area C
Synopsis：
Darren Shan has been made a half-vampire by Mr Crepsley, but the Cirque Du Freak holds more unpleasant surprises for the vampire’s assistant.
Darren joins the vampire, Mr Crepsley, as his assistant and they return to the Cirque Du Freak. There, Darren makes friends with the snake-boy, Evra Von (who knows what Darren is) and a local boy, Sam, and RV, an eco-warrior and animal lover (who do not). Darren begins to enjoy his life among the Cirque performers as the youngest half-vampire in existence, but he defiantly refuses to drink human blood, the whole idea sickens him and he tries desperately to cling on to the part of him which is human.
Darren comes face to face with pure evil in the form of Mr Tiny, the leader of the Little People who join the Cirque Du Freak, and who eat anything including human flesh. When he discovers animal bones, RV frees the wolf-man from his cage and no one could possibly guess how truly terrible the whole effect would be.
TUNNELS OF BLOOD (BOOK 3)
Author：Darren Shan
Publisher：Harpercollins Children’s Books
Call Number：823.920 / S5(3)
Location：Area C
Synopsis：
Darren Shan, the Vampire’s Assistant, gets a taste of city life when he leaves the Cirque Du Freak with Evra and Mr Crepsley.
At night the vampire goes about secret business, while by day Darren enjoys his freedom. But then bodies are discovered … Corpes are drained of blood… The hunt for the killer is on and Darren’s loyalties are tested to the limit as he fears the worst. One mistake and they are all doomed to perish in the tunnels of blood…
VAMPIRE MOUNTAIN (BOOK 4)
Author：Darren Shan
Publisher：Harpercollins Children’s Books
Call Number：823.920 / S5(4)
Location：Area C
Synopsis：
Darren Shan, the vampire’s assistant, is forced to march to Vampire Mountain where he will be judged by the vampire princes.
Darren Shan and Mr Crepsley make a long and dangerous trek to the vampire’s stronghold in the mountains. The trek is a test of skill and endurance, one which sees Darren’s vampire nature develop, and a new understanding of the mysterious blue-robed servants of the sinister Mr Tiny.
Gavner Purl makes a welcome return when he joins Darren and Mr Crepsley, but they face more than the cold on their way to the vampire princes – the vampaneze have been there before them…
Will Darren’s meeting with the Vampire Princes restore his human nature, or turn him further towards the darkness…
TRIALS OF DEATH (BOOK 5)
Author：Darren Shan
Publisher：Harpercollins Children’s Books
Call Number：823.920 / S5(5)
Location：Area C
Synopsis：
This is the fifth title in the compelling and chilling saga of Darren Shan, but the second part in a new trilogy, following Darren’s initiation into the vampire clan.
THE SAGA OF DARREN SHAN BOOK 5 Compelled by his loyalty to Mr Crepsley, Darren Shan, the vampire’s assistant, agrees to prove his worthiness to the vampire clan by undertaking a series of trials. Each Trial is set by the Vampire Princes to test agility, cunning and intelligence. Failure means death. Whilst their attention is focused on Darren, the vampire clan fail to notice that the vampaneze have infiltrated their mountain stronghold. Who is the traitor helping the vampaneze, and will Darren survive the trials to oust the vampire’s greatest foes? Another atmospheric and terrifying tale from the author of Cirque Du Freak.
THE VAMPIRE PRINCE (BOOK 6)
Author：Darren Shan
Publisher：Harpercollins Children’s Books
Call Number：823.920 / S5(5)
Location：Area C
Synopsis：
Darren Shan, the vampire’s assistant, must clear his name and avenge the death of Gavner Purl. Can a half-vampire outwit a Vampire Prince? Betrayed by Kurda and reeling from the brutal slaying of Gavner, the vampire’s assistant, Darren Shan, finds himself branded a traitor and hunted by the vampire clan.
Will Darren’s failure to complete the Trials mean banishment for Mr Crepsley and execution for himself? Or can Darren return to the home of the damned and exact revenge? But Darren comes to realise that there is more than revenge at stake – the vampire clan must combat the rise of the Vampaneze Lord, or see his ascension mark the end of thousands of years of vampire rule…
HUNTERS OF THE DUSK (BOOK 7)
Author：Darren Shan
Publisher：Harpercollins Children’s Books
Call Number：823.920 / S5(7)
Location：Area C
Synopsis：
Darren Shan, Mr Crepsley and Vancha Marsch, are the hunters of the dusk. Their quarry – the Vampaneze Lord. But friends old and new may stand in their way… It is six years after Darren was made a Vampire Prince and following a grim prophesy made by Mr Tiny, the vampires know the ascension of the Vampaneze Lord is at hand. Mr Tiny warns the vampires that there will be only three opportunities for the Vampaneze Lord to be vanquished and only three vampires who may succeed: Vancha Marsch, Larten Crepsley and Darren Shan.
Leaving the enclave of Vampire Mountain, Harkat, Darren and Mr Crepsley are shadowed by a creature of the night, do battle with the vampaneze, meet the mysterious Evanna and pay a visit to some old friends at the Cirque Du Freak. But no friend can prevent the bloody trail of bodies – the Vampaneze Lord may be more than a match for the hunters of the dusk.
ALLIES OF THE NIGHT (BOOK 8)
Author：Darren Shan
Publisher：Harpercollins Children’s Books
Call Number：823.920 / S5(8)
Location：Area C
Synopsis：
Darren Shan, Vampire Prince and “Vampaneze” killer, faces his worst nightmare yet-school.
But homework is the least of Darren’s problems. Bodies are piling up. Time is running out. And the past is catching up with the hunters fast.
KILLERS OF THE DAWN (BOOK 9)
Author：Darren Shan
Publisher：Harpercollins Children’s Books
Call Number：823.920 / S5(9)
Location：Area C
Synopsis：
The allies of the night prepare for the final, deadly confrontation. Darren and Mr Crepsley will get more than they bargained for when they come face to face with the Vampaneze Lord. The allies of the night prepare for the final, deadly confrontation.
Darren and Mr Crepsley will get more than they bargained for when they come face to face with the Vampaneze Lord. Outnumbered, outsmarted and desperate, the hunters are on the run. Pursued by the vampaneze, vigilante mobs and the police, Darren Shan, the Vampire Prince, is public enemy Number One! With their enemies baying for blood, the vampires prepare for deadly confrontation. Is this the end for Darren and his allies?
THE LAKE OF SOULS (BOOK 10)
Author：Darren Shan
Publisher：Harpercollins Children’s Books
Call Number：823.920 / S5(10)
Location：Area C
Synopsis：
The tenth part of the Saga of Darren Shan – one boy’s terrifying journey from human to half-vampire to Vampire Prince. “If you step through after Harkat, you might never come back. Is your friend worth such an enormous risk?” A terrifying new world, a deadly new challenge for Darren Shan, the Vampire Prince.
Darren and Harkat face monstrous obstacles on their desperate quest to the Lake of Souls. Will they survive their savage journey? And what awaits them in the murky waters of the dead?
LORD OF THE SHADOWS (BOOK 11)
Author：Darren Shan
Publisher：Harpercollins Children’s Books
Call Number：823.920 / S5(11)
Location：Area C
Synopsis：
The eleventh part of the Saga of Darren Shan – one boy’s terrifying journey from human to half-vampire to Vampire Prince. Darren’s going home. Back to where everything started.
The town’s changed a lot in the years that he’s been away, but then, so has Darren. Plagued by nightmares of what the future seems to hold, Darren feels uneasy revisiting the place where he was re-born as a child of the night, as though the universe (as though destiny) is plotting to throw something very nasty at him on the streets of his old home.
SONS OF DESTINY (BOOK 12)
Author：Darren Shan
Publisher：Harpercollins Children’s Books
Call Number：823.920 / S5(12)
Location：Area C
Synopsis：
The twelfth part of the Saga of Darren Shan – one boy’s terrifying journey from human to half-vampire to Vampire Prince.
Showdown! The Hunters must face Steve Leopard, to fight for control of the night. Will Steve emerge victorious and wipe out the vampire clan? Or will the Hunters prevail? An added problem for Darren is that if the vampire triumph, he is destined to become the Lord of the Shadows and destroy humanity! Is he cursed by fate, or is there some way to trick Destiny?
Find out in the action-packed, mind-bending, twisting, long-awaited conclusion to The Saga of Darren Shan!
THE ARCTIC CURRY CLUB
Author：Dani Redd
Publisher：Avon
Call Number：823.920 / R5
Location：Area C
Synopsis：
It’s possible to find home in the most unexpected places… Soon after upending her life to accompany her boyfriend Ryan to the Arctic, Maya realizes it’s not all Northern Lights and husky sleigh rides. Instead, she’s facing sub-zero temperatures, 24-hour darkness, crippling anxiety and a distant boyfriend as a result.
In her loneliest moment, Maya opens her late mother’s recipe book and cooks Indian food for the first time. Through this, her confidence unexpectedly grows – she makes friends, secures a job as a chef, and life in the Arctic no longer freezes her with fear.
But there’s a cost: the aromatic cuisine rekindles memories of her enigmatic mother and her childhood in Bangalore. Can Maya face the past and forge a future for herself in this new town? After all, there’s now high demand for a Curry Club in the Arctic, and just one person with the know-how to run it…
THE TWELVE WISHES OF CHRISTMAS
Author：Ruby Basu
Publisher：Harper Collins
Call Number：823.920 / B8
Location：Area C
Synopsis：
When Sharmila discovers her late friend, Thomas, has gifted her the holiday of her dreams, she can’t pack her bags fast enough. Arriving in Pineford, it’s everything she’d ever hoped for and more.
But she’s in for another surprise, because Thomas has left her with one last request: if she completes his Christmas wish list of festive activities, her chosen charity will receive a big donation. Or so Sharmila thinks.
Little does she know, she’s set to inherit Thomas’s estate too, much to his nephew Zach’s disbelief. Determined not to see his family’s legacy left to a stranger, he’s come to Pineford to stop Sharmila from fulfilling that list.
When Sharmila and Zach meet, neither are prepared for sparks to fly. For Sharmila’s sworn off love, and Zach doesn’t trust her. But with every passing wish they find themselves growing closer. And amongst the twinkling town lights, Sharmila’s heart is slowly opening up to Zach. But when she discovers his secret, can Sharmila forgive him and get the happy-ever-after she’s always wished for this Christmas?
THE EDGE: A RELICS NOVEL
Author：Tim Lebbon
Publisher：Titan Books
Call Number：823.920 / L9
Location：Area C
Synopsis：
There exists a secret and highly illegal trade in mythological creatures and their artifacts. Certain individuals pay fortunes for a sliver of a satyr’s hoof, a gryphon’s claw, a basilisk’s scale, or an angel’s wing. Embroiled in the hidden world of the Relics, creatures known as the Kin, Angela Gough is now on the run in the United States.
Forty years ago, the town of Longford was the site of a deadly disease outbreak that wiped out the entire population. The infection was contained, the town isolated, and the valley in which it sits flooded and turned into a reservoir. The truth that the outbreak was intentional, and not every resident of Longford died disappeared beneath the waves.
Now the town is revealed again. The Kin have an interest in the ruins, and soon the fairy Grace and the Nephilim leader, Mallian are also drawn to them. When the infection rises from beneath silent waters, this forgotten town becomes the focus of the looming battle between humankind and the Kin.
BIG GAME
Author：Dan Smith
Publisher：Chicken House
Call Number：823.920 / S8
Location：Area C
Synopsis：
13-year-old Oskari is sent into the cold wilderness on an ancient test of manhood. He must survive armed only with a bow and arrow.
But instead, he stumbles upon an escape pod from a burning airliner: Air Force One. Terrorists have shot down the President of the United States. The boy hunter and the world’s most powerful man are suddenly the hunted, in a race against a deadly enemy.
THE CAGED QUEEN
Author：Kristen Ciccarelli
Publisher：Gollancz
Call Number：640.000 / F1
Location：Area C
Synopsis：
Roa and her sister Essie were born with a bond so strong that it forged them together forever. It was a magic they cherished until the terrible day Essie died and her soul was trapped in this world.
Dax, the heir to the throne of Firgaard, was responsible. Roa swore she would never forgive him, yet when he came begging for her help to dethrone his cruel father, Roa made him a deal. She’d give him the army he needed if he made her queen.
Now, even after everything she has sacrificed, Dax’s promises go unfulfilled. Roa’s people still suffer.
Then a chance to right every wrong arises, an opportunity for Roa to rid herself of this enemy king and rescue her beloved sister. During the Relinquishing, when the spirits of the dead are said to return, Roa can reclaim her sister for good.
All she has to do is kill the king…
THE GHOST IN THE MIRROR
Author：John Bellairs, Brad Strickland
Publisher：Piccadilly Press
Call Number：813.540 / B28(2)
Location：Area C
Synopsis：
Mrs. Zimmermann hasn’t regained her powers from her last encounter with dark magic, and Uncle Jonathan and Lewis have left for the summer to travel, leaving her and Rose Rita bored and lonely at home.
That is until Mrs. Zimmermann sees visions and shadows of her old magic teacher, Granny Wetherbee, trying to contact her from beyond the grave. Mrs. Zimmermann and Rose Rita set off to Pennsylvania to solve the mystery and in doing so travel back in time to Granny Wetherbee, who tells them that they must save a good wizard who is destined to die for a wrongdoing he didn’t commit.
ALL FIRED UP: TALES OF A COUNTRY FIREMAN
Author：Malcolm Castle
Publisher：Seven Dials
Call Number：363.300 / C1
Location：Area C
Synopsis：
Nothing about the county fire service was quite what Malcolm expected when he joined the watch in Shrewsbury. As the newest member of the service he was first in line when swans terrorized the high street and when a flock of owls got stuck on the roof of his local pub. Eighteen years old and more than ready to rush into burning buildings to save fair damsels in distress, young Malcolm soon realized he was more likely to be jumping into slurry pits and rivers to rescue any number of unfortunate animals.
But for all the embarrassing situations Malcolm found himself in there were heart-stopping dramas too and tragic farm and house fires. As he learns on the job and begins to win the respect of the old-timers, Malcolm starts to feel that maybe, one day, he just might make it as a fireman. But first he has to catch the eye of the smiley secretary in the office opposite the station …
Funny, moving and gloriously nostalgic, All Fired Up paints a unique portrait of rural Britain and shows just how surprising a fireman’s life can be.
QUAKE
Author：Patrick Carman
Publisher：Katherine Tegen Books
Call Number：813.600 / C27
Location：Area C
Synopsis：
Faith and Dylan may have stopped the Quinn from destroying the Western State the last time but now the twins have joined forces with Hotspur Chance, the lethal mastermind behind Intels and pulses – and there’s no telling what he is capable of now.
Caught in the middle of a deadly war, Faith and Dylan fight in hair-rising battles while their Intel friend Hawk works to discover the secrets of the States. But the answers Hawk finds are bigger and more mind-altering than anyone expected . . . and if Faith and Dylan want to finish what they started, they will need to harness their pulses in a way no one has ever done before. Can Faith and Dylan’s love save the world with a quake that is big enough to change the course of history?
A TIME FOR NEW DREAMS: POETIC ESSAYS
Author：Ben Okri
Publisher：Head of Zeus
Call Number：824.914 / O1
Location：Area C
Synopsis：
A collection of exquisitely crafted essays by Ben Okri, one of Britain’s foremost poets, and a Booker Prize-winning novelist, that explore such diverse themes as childhood and creativity, beauty, censorship, art and politics. ‘A single line,’ writes Ben Okri, ‘can lead the mind to terraces of contemplation. Naturally it depends on the line and the view.’
This is a collection of exquisitely crafted essays on themes as diverse as childhood and creativity, beauty, censorship, art and politics. They are responses to the world and the times we live in. They ask unsettling questions. They provoke thoughts and they make us dream.
SUCCESSFUL NETWORKING IN 7 SIMPLE STEPS
Author：Clare Dignall
Publisher：Harper Collins
Call Number：650.100 / D3
Location：Area C
Synopsis：
7 simple steps to help you get what you want from networking. Networking: get it right, and it provides an opportunity for learning and expanding your business contacts. But there are so many ways to get it wrong. Maybe you’ve learnt this the hard way, or maybe you don’t know where to start. Whether you’re setting out into the world of business for the first time, planning a return visit or want to be the best in the job you’re in, this is the book for you.
Follow these 7 simple steps to pick your way through them in field that is networking. We’ll take you from creating new opportunities to maintaining valuable relationships, and show you how to survive any difficult moments along the way.
BEST BABYSITTERS EVER!
Author：Caroline Cala
Publisher：Egmont
Call Number：813.600 / C29
Location：Area C
Synopsis：
The first in a new laugh-out-loud series about three 12-year-old best friends who set up a babysitting business.
When Bree, Malia and Dot find an old copy of the book The Babysitter’s Club, they come up with a totally original idea – to set up their own babysitting business. I mean, they are 100% unqualified and don’t really like kids, but those are just details!
And barring the odd disaster when the kids run riot and cover Bree in paint, it’s going well, until Malia’s evil older sister and her friends start up a rival business … the battle is on to see who will be crowned the Best. Babysitters. Ever!
CRYING IN H MART
Author：Michelle Zauner
Publisher：Vintage Books
Call Number：895.700 / Z1
Location：Area C
Synopsis：
When Michelle Zauner, the indie rock musician known as Japanese Breakfast, was in her mid-twenties, working as a waitress and struggling to launch her music career in Philadelphia, she got a call that her mother was ill. She put her life on hold and flew home to Eugene, Oregon, to be with her mother through the final, excruciating months of her battle with cancer.
This is Zauner’s searingly candid coming-of-age story: of growing apart from, and then back together with, her Korean identity and of forging her own path in the wake of a devastating loss. With humor and heart, she tells of growing up Asian American, straining to meet her mother’s expectations, moving across the country, and returning home to reckon with grief. And through it all, she savors the unexpected solace of weekly trips to her favorite Asian grocery store. Vivacious and plainspoken, lyrical and honest, Crying in H Mart is an unflinching, powerful story of family, food, grief, and love.
JOE BIDEN: AMERICAN DREAMER
Author：Evan Osnos
Publisher：Bloomsbury
Call Number：973.000 / O1
Location：Area C
Synopsis：
President Joseph R. Biden Jr. has been called both the luckiest man and the unluckiest – fortunate to have sustained a fifty-year political career that reached the White House, but also marked by deep personal losses that he has suffered.
Blending up-close journalism and broader context, Evan Osnos illuminates Biden’s life and captures the characters and meaning of an extraordinary presidential election. He draws on lengthy interviews with Biden and on revealing conversations with more than a hundred others, including President Barack Obama, Cory Booker, Amy Klobuchar, Pete Buttigieg, and a range of progressive activists, advisers, opponents, and Biden family members.
In this nuanced portrait, Biden emerges as flawed, yet resolute, and tempered by the flame of tragedy – a man who just may be uncannily suited for his moment in history.
NO ONE IS TOO SMALL TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE
Author：Greta Thunberg
Publisher：Penguin Books
Call Number：363.700 / T1
Location：Area C
Synopsis：
This book brings you Greta in her own words. Collecting her speeches that have made history across Europe, from the UN to mass street protests, No One Is Too Small To Make A Difference is a rallying cry for why we must all wake up and fight to protect the living planet, no matter how powerless we feel. Our future depends upon it.
RACE FOR TOMORROW: A JOURNEY THROUGH THE FRONT LINES OF THE CLIMATE FIGHT
Author：Simon Mundy
Publisher：William Collins
Call Number：363.700 / C2
Location：Area C
Synopsis：
In this compelling journey through twenty-six countries, Simon Mundy traces how the struggle to respond to the climate crisis is rapidly reshaping the modern world – shattering communities, shaking global business and propelling waves of cutting-edge innovation.
Telling unforgettable human stories, meeting scientists and business tycoons, activists and political leaders, this is an account of disaster and survival, of frantic adaptation and groundbreaking innovation, of hope, and of the forces that will define our future.
IS IT REALLY GREEN? EVERYDAY ECO DILEMMAS ANSWERED
Author：Georgina Wilson-Powell
Publisher：Dk (Dorling Kindersley)
Call Number：640.000 / W1
Location：Area C
Synopsis：
We all want to do the right thing for the planet, but with so many factors at play, it can be difficult to work out which is the greenest way. With answers to more than 140 everyday green-living questions, Is It Really Green? cuts through the confusion and gives you the facts.
Get to the heart of each eco-conundrum, interrogate your instincts, and make informed decisions to reduce your ecological footprint.
THE LESS WASTE NO FUSS KITCHEN: SIMPLE STEPS TO SHOP, COOK AND EAT SUSTAINABLY
Author：Lindsay Miles
Publisher：Hardie Grant Books
Call Number：363.700 / M1
Location：Area C
Synopsis：
Our kitchens are ground zero when it comes to food waste, excess packaging and confusing ethical choices. What you buy, cook and eat has a much bigger impact than the bag you carry it in.
Inspiring, practical and above all simple, The Less Waste No Fuss Kitchen is designed for busy people who want to make simple changes without rethinking their whole lives.
THE FUTURE WE CHOOSE: THE STUBBORN OPTIMIST’S GUIDE TO THE CLIMATE CRISIS
Author：Christiana Figueres and Tom Rivett-Carnac
Publisher：Vintage Books
Call Number：363.700 / F1
Location：Area C
Synopsis：
In The Future We Choose, Christiana Figueres and Tom Rivett-Carnac outline two possible scenarios for our planet. In one, they describe what life on Earth will be like by 2050 if we fail to meet the Paris Agreement’s climate targets. In the other, they lay out what it will be like to live in a regenerative world that has net-zero emissions. They argue for confronting the climate crisis head-on, with determination and optimism.
The Future We Choose presents our options and tells us what governments, corporations, and each of us can, and must, do to fend off disaster.
THE FUTURE OF FOOD: HOW TO FEED THE PLANET WITHOUT DESTROYING IT
Author：Matt Reynolds
Publisher：Random House Business
Call Number：363.800 / R1
Location：Area C
Synopsis：
With a global population estimated to reach nearly 10 billion by 2050, we face a huge challenge in feeding everyone on the planet. In this brilliantly insightful, one stop guide WIRED journalist Matt Reynolds assesses the limits and drawbacks of current food production and looks at the ways in which they can be tackled.
He considers the potential for lab-grown meat to replace inefficient livestock farming. He talks to the scientists hoping to perfect more productive and disease-resistant crops. He also explores initiatives to make agriculture less environmentally damaging and to reduce food waste.
HOW BAD ARE BANANAS? THE CARBON FOOTPRINT OF EVERYTHING
Author：Mike Berners-Lee
Publisher：Profile Books Ltd
Call Number：363.700 / B1
Location：Area C
Synopsis：
Packed full of information yet always entertaining. How Bad Are Bananas? comes up with the answers we need and provides plenty of revelations. But be warned: everything you thought you knew about green living is about to be turned on its head.
Berners-Lee runs a considered eye over each area and gives us the figures to manage and reduce our own carbon footprint, as well as to lobby our companies, businesses and government. His findings, presented in clear and even entertaining prose, are often surprising. And they are essential if we are to address climate change.
AWEK CHUCK TAYLOR 1: KAPSUL MASA
Penulis：Nami Cob Nobbler
Penerbit：Lejen Press
Nombor Panggilan：899.283 / N20
Tempat：Area C
Sinopsis：
Aku mengalami writer’s block. Dalam usaha mengatasi tekanan, aku keluar berjalan-jalan. Aku pergi ke sebuah warung tomyam yang menjual sup cendawan istimewa. Bungkus, bawa balik.
Lepas makan, muncul Hamid MD – seekor kucing sebesar manusia. Dia menawarkan aku dua pil. Satu pil untuk ke masa depan. Satu lagi pil ke masa silam. Aku pilih …
PERJALANAN YANG TIDAK DIRESTUI
Penulis：Mohd Farid Ariffin
Penerbit：Jejak Tarbiah
Nombor Panggilan：910.400 / M1
Tempat：Area C
Sinopsis：
Travelog memoir ini mengisahkan pengembaraan keluarga Dato’ Mohd. Farid Ariffin, pengasas Majlis Kanser Nasional (MAKNA) – merealisasikan “idea gila”: untuk pulang ke Malaysia dengan memandu kereta Volkswagen Beetle pada bulan November tahun 1977 setelah menamatkan pengajian undang-undangnya di Lincoln’s Inn, London.
Berpandukan peta lipat, mereka sekeluarga memulakan perjalanan dari London menuju ke Dover dan menaiki feri merentas masuk ke Perancis dan kemudiannya Belgium. Dari situ, mereka meneruskan perjalanan ke Switzerland, Itali, Greece, Turki dan Iran.
Namun begitu, perjalanan mereka ternyata “tidak direstui” oleh Tuhan. Ketika menuju ke sempadan Iran, kereta mereka terbabas dalam salji lebat lalu terjunam ke dalam gaung sedalam 30 meter di sebuah kawasan desa terpencil di timur Turki!
PUTERA KECIL
Penulis：Antoine De Saint-Exupery
Penerbit：Biblio Press
Nombor Panggilan：843.000 / S1
Tempat：Area C
Sinopsis：
Seorang juruterbang yang bosan hidup sebagai orang dewasa, terkandas di Gurun Sahara akibat kerosakan pesawat. Seorang lelaki kecil berpenampilan luar biasa, muncul dari entah mana dan meminta lukisan biri-biri.
Mereka bertemu, berkongsi kisah, dan bersahabat. Lalu si juruterbang belajar melihat kehidupan dari sudut berbeza, melalui pengembaraan menakjubkan Putera Kecil ke beberapa asteroid sehingga tiba di bumi. Putera Kecil adalah naskhah agung Antoine de Saint-Exupery yang diraikan oleh kanak-kanak dan dihargai oleh orang dewasa di seluruh dunia.
BARAH CINTA
Penulis：Shasendo Yuki
Penerbit：Kadokawa Gempak Starz
Nombor Panggilan：890.000 / K1(5028):1
Tempat：Area C
Sinopsis：
Barah Cinta – Sebuah karya mengejutkan menggambarkan tragedi karya Shasendo Yuki.
‘Blue Morpho’, game hasut bunuh diri menggegarkan seluruh Jepun apabila mengorbankan lebih 150 mangsa.
Dalangnya ialah pelajar perempuan sekolah tinggi bernama Yosuga Kei yang disukai ramai. Macam mana seorang gadis baik berubah menjadi ‘raksasa’? Rakan sejak kecilnya, Miyamine mula mengingati ‘pembunuhan kejam’ yang menjadi permulaan segalanya. “Aku akan tetap di sisikau biarpun dunia tak memaafkan kau.” Apa jenis neraka yang akan Miyamine huni apabila dia tidak dapat berhenti menyayangi gadis yang telah berubah itu?
NAMAMU…DISEBALIK: EARTHBOUND
Penulis：Makoto Shinkai
Penerbit：Kadokawa Gempak Starz
Nombor Panggilan：890.000 / K1(5003):2
Tempat：Area C
Sinopsis：
Bermula dengan sebuah mimpi, remaja lelaki bernama Taki dari Tokyo bertukar badan dengan seorang gadis dari pedalaman bernama Mitsuha. Mulanya Taki agak kekok berada dalam badan gadis itu dan hidup di kampung tapi lama-kelamaan jadi kebiasaan. Ketika Taki ingin mengenali Mitsuha, orang sekeliling mula perasan tingkah laku Mitsuha yang pelik dari biasa.
Ini merupakan buku terbitan khas Sneaker Bunko yang mengupas filem animasi ‘Kimi no Na Wa’ arahan Makoto Shinkai dari sisi dunia yang berbeza.
HARRY POTTER DENGAN BATU HIKMAT
Penulis：J.K. Rowling
Penerbit：Pelangi
Nombor Panggilan：823.000 / R3(1)
Tempat：Area C
Sinopsis：
Harry Potter tidak pernah mendengar nama Hogwarts ketika surat mulai berjatuhan di alas kaki depan pintu rumah nombor empat, Privet Drive. Ditulis dalam dakwat hijau di atas kertas kulit kekuningan dan disertakan cap tera ungu, surat itu pantas dirampas oleh mak cik dan pak ciknya yang bengis.
Kemudian, pada hari ulang tahun kesebelas Harry, seorang lelaki bermata kumbang dan berbadan gergasi, Rubeus Hagrid, meredah masuk dengan membawa berita yang menakjubkan. Harry Potter ahli sihir, dan dia telah mendapat tempat di Sekolah Ahli Sihir Hogwarts. Pengembaraan hebat bakal bermula.
HARRY POTTER DENGAN BILIK RAHSIA
Penulis：J.K. Rowling
Penerbit：Pelangi
Nombor Panggilan：823.000 / R3(2)
Tempat：Area C
Sinopsis：
Musim panas Harry Potter menyaksikan hari ulang tahun terburuk Harry, amaran petaka elf rumah bernama Dobby serta usaha rakan Harry, Ron Weasley untuk menyelamatkan Harry daripada keluarga Dursley dengan menggunakan kereta terbang!
Kembali ke Sekolah Sihir Hogwarts untuk tahun keduanya, Harry mendenganr suara – suara bisikan bergema di koridor – koridor yang sunyi, dan kemudian serangan bermula. Pelajar – pelajar ditemui dalam keadaan kaku seperti batu. Ramalan dahsyat Dobby nampaknya benar.
HARRY POTTER DENGAN BANDUAN AZKABAN
Penulis：J.K. Rowling
Penerbit：Pelangi
Nombor Panggilan：823.000 / R3(3)
Tempat：Area C
Sinopsis：
Ketika bas knight berdegam – degam dan berdecit berhenti dihadapannya, itulah permulaan bagi setahun luar biasa lagi di Hogwarts bagi Harry Potter. Sirius Black, banduan pembunuhan beramai – ramai dan pengikut Lord Voldemart, sedang melarikan diri. Mereka mengatakan lelaki itu menjejaki Harry.
Di kelas Peramalannya yang pertama kali, Professor Trelawney melihat petanda kematian di dalam cawan teh Harry. Bagaimanapun, yang menggerunkan mungkin Dementor yang meronda di kawasan sekolah dengan ciuman penyedut jiwa mereka…
HARRY POTTER DALAM PIALA API
Penulis：J.K. Rowling
Penerbit：Pelangi
Nombor Panggilan：823.000 / R3(4)
Tempat：Area C
Sinopsis：
Kejohanan Ahli Sihir Trio bakal diadakan di Hogwarts. Ahli sihir yang berusia 17 tahun ke atas sahaja yang layak menyertainya tetapi itu tidak menghalang Harry daripada berangan – angan memenangi pertandingan tersebut.
Pada hari Halloween, ketika Piala Api membuat pemilihan, Harry terkejut apabila namanya antara yang terpilih. Dia bakal menghadapi tugasan bahaya, naga, serta ahli sihir jahat. Tetapi dengan bantuan rakan – rakan karibnya, Ron dan Hermione, dia mungkin berjaya melaluinya dalam keadaan masih bernyawa!
HARRY POTTER DENGAN KUMPULAN PHOENIX
Penulis：J.K. Rowling
Penerbit：Pelangi
Nombor Panggilan：823.000 / R3(5)
Tempat：Area C
Sinopsis：
Hogwarts dilanda zaman gelap. Selepas serangan Dementor ke atas Dudley, Harry Potter sedar bahawa Voldemart tidak akan berhenti menjejakinya, malangnya ramai menafikan kenyataan bahawa Dark Lord telah kembali. Tetapi Harry tidak bersendirian.
Sebuah kumpulan rahsia berkumpul di Grimmauld Place untuk melawan kekuasaan Dark Lord. Harry terpaksa menerima Profesor Snape mengajarnya cara melindungi dirinya daripada serangan bahaya Voldemort atas fikirannya. Serangan itu semakin kuat dari hari ke hari dan Harry semakin kesuntukan masa.
HARRY POTTER DENGAN PUTERA BERDARAH KACUKAN
Penulis：J.K. Rowling
Penerbit：Pelangi
Nombor Panggilan：823.000 / R3(6)
Tempat：Area C
Sinopsis：
Ketika Dumbledore tiba di Privet Drive pada suatu malam musim panas untuk membawa Harry Potter, tangan kanannya kehitaman dan kecut. Dumbledore tidak menyatakan sebabnya. Rahsia dan syak wasangka tersebar di dunia sihir dan Hogwarts sendiri tidak selamat.
Harry yakin bahawa Malfoy ada tanda kuasa jahat. Ada Death Eater dalam kalangan mereka. Harry memerlukan sihir yang sangat berkuasa serta sahabat sejati ketika dia menjejaki rahsia gelap Voldemart dan Dumbledore mempersiapkannya untuk menghadapi takdirnya.
HARRY POTTER DENGAN AZIMAT MAUT
Penulis：J.K.Rowling
Penerbit：Pelangi
Nombor Panggilan：823.000 / R3(7)
Tempat：Area C
Sinopsis：
Ketika Harry duduk di tempat duduk samping motosikal Hagrid, dibawa ke angkasa dan meninggalkan Privet Drive buat kali terakhir, dia tahu bahawa Lord Voldemort dan Death Eaternya tidak jauh di belakang.
Mantera pelindung yang melindunginya selama ini telah terlerai, dan dia tidak dapat terus bersembunyi. Dark Lord mengancam semua yang disayanginya dan untuk menghalangnya, Harry mesti mencari dan memusnahkan baki Horcrux Raja Kuasa Jahat itu. Pertempuran terakhir mesti bermula, Harry mesti berdiri gagah dan berdepan dengan musuhnya itu.
