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Before that fateful April
day, Jeanne lived the
life of a typical Rwandan
girl. She bickered with
her little sister, went
to school, teased her
brother. Then, in one
horrifying night,
everything changed.
Political troubles
unleashed a torrent of
violence upon the Tutsi
ethnic group. Jeanne's
family, all Tutsis,
fled their home and tried
desperately to reach
safety.
They did
not succeed. As the only
survivor of her family's
massacre, Jeanne
witnessed unspeakable
acts. This haunting story
was told to Jeanne's
adoptive mother, and
here she makes
unforgettably real the
events of the 1994
Rwandan
genocide.
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Rachel hates her life and
everyone in it - she even
has suspicions that her
on/off boyfriend David
might not be entirely
trustworthy. However,
when David invites her to
a music festival in
England featuring their
friend's band, she jumps
at the chance for an
overseas
adventure.
Hoping to
surprise David, Rachel
arrives at the festival
early, where she runs
into a nasty surprise of
her own - she sees David
kissing their friend Jo.
Distraught, Rachel runs
off, wishing she could
leave her life behind...
the next thing she knows,
she's back with David.
But not as herself...
She's now in Jo's
body!
Can she keep the
swap a secret from David
until she can work out
exactly what's going on
and get her revenge? Over
the course of a very
weird weekend, Rachel
puts herself in someone
else's shoes and finds
that her own maybe
weren't as uncomfortable
as she'd always thought.
But can she ever be
herself again?
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'Just listen, ' Adam
says with a voice that
sounds like shrapnel. I
open my eyes wide
now.
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The waiting is over for
Joey Pigza fans! In this
brilliant third book Joey
is attempting a
breath-taking balancing
act as he tries to keep a
handle on his wild,
wired behaviour without
letting his hyperactively
helpful ways spin him out
of control - again. Joey
is being home-schooled
alongside Olivia, a
really sneaky, annoying
girl, who is blind. He's
still living with his mum
and grandma, who is now
dying, but his dad is
also around - roaring
past on his motorbike
from time to time-
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Got you.
The
sight of the bomb hit
Felix like a punch
in
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Lily isn't home ALONE -
but she sort of wishes
she was; looking after
her three younger
siblings is a lot of
responsibility.
When Mum goes off
on holiday with her new
boyfriend and her stepdad
fails to show up, Lily
is determined to keep the
family together and show
they can cope without any
grown-ups. But taking
care of 6-year-old twins,
her 3-year-old sister
and the family's flat
feels overwhelming and
Lily is worried that
school or social services
might discover their
situation and break up
the family. What could be
better than to take all
the little ones for a
camping adventure in the
park? Plenty of space to
run about, no carpet to
vacuum, and surely no
chance anyone will guess
they're there...
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Kelly Ann is all loved-up
with her gorgeous
soulmate, Chris, so
there's no way she's
going to let her
attraction for the dark
and dangerous new boy at
school go any further.
OK, so he rides a cool
Harley Davidson
motorbike, plays in a
cool band and has
dedicated a song to her.
But she's not going to
let that rock her
relationship with Chris,
is she?
Besides,
Kelly Ann has other
things to worry about.
Like being dragged
through the mud by a
rogue Great Dane, locked
out of the house by an
eight year old she's
supposed to be
babysitting and that
YouTube video that shows
her grappling with a
half-naked guy in Pizza
Express - 200, 000 hits
and counting in just
twelve hours...
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Tessa has just a few
months to live.
Fighting back
against hospital visits,
endless
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He is coming to kill
me.
Now would be a
good time to run.
I
cannot run.
I am
too
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Tessa has just a few
months to live.
Fighting back
against hospital visits,
endless
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Sunset lives a life of
luxury with her beautiful
ex-model mum, her
world-famous ex-rocker
dad and two little celeb
siblings. But life on the
red carpet is no
compensation for rowing
parents, constant
nagging, intensive media
scrutiny and no real
friends.
Destiny,
on the other hand, is an
only child living on a
rundown estate with a
sickly but devoted mum
who constantly tells her
that she's really the
daughter of a famous
former rock
star...
When the
two girls meet in
unlikely circumstances,
they are surprised to
find in each other
something they've been
missing all their
lives...
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Everyone knows the story
of Jesus' birth, and
everyone knows how he
died, right? But what
about the bit in between
- those formative teenage
years? No-one knows if
Jesus had crises with
spots, girls or
parents... until
now.
John Farman,
author of the bestselling
The Very Bloody History
of Britain, takes a
cheeky but affectionate
look at those missing
years in Jesus' life. You
think you've had
teenage-type problems to
contend with? Wait till
you read what Jesus had
to go through!
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Holly, Belle and Cat are
first years at The
Garrick School for the
Performing Arts. It's one
of the best stage schools
in the world and the
girls have a lot to
prove.
There's a
big talent competition
coming up and the three
friends have entered,
but will they succeed or
simply make fools of
themselves?
The
books explore the hopes,
fears, fun and
friendship involved as
our heroines try to
become
superstars.
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Life as a student is good
for Flynn. As one of the
top pianists at the Royal
College of Music, he has
been put forward for an
important concert, the
opportunity of a
lifetime.But beneath the
surface, things are
changing. On a good day
he feels full of energy
and life, but on a bad
day being alive is worse
than being dead.
Sometimes he wants to
compose and practise all
night, at other times he
can
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It is the latter part of
the 21st century, and
dramatic climate change
has made life in Ireland
almost impossible.
Meanwhile, Tir na n'Og
is faced with a refugee
problem, and the king of
the fairies is not happy
about it and when it is
revealed that the warlord
who is behind the problem
is a member of the Liddy
family, JJ is sent to
sort him
out...
Following
on from The New
Policeman and The
Last of the High
Kings, The White
Horse Trick travels
from the now to far
distant futures: from
world's end to world's
beginning..
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Raven is a deeply
disturbed teenager, who,
after witnessing the
death of his mother, is
placed in foster care.
The Russells do their
best to earn his trust,
but only little Ella
manages to get through to
him.
Meanwhile, at
school, bullies are
making his life a living
hell. An unexpected
companion comes in the
form of Lotte, a
classmate bored by her
'ordinary' friends.
Together, they track
down Raven's mum's
killer, with the goal of
exposing him to the
police. But their
carefully crafted plan
goes dangerously wrong
and suddenly nothing is
as it seems. Everything
is falling apart and,
ultimately, there is
only one, final way
out.
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At the age of sixteen,
shy introverted Naomi
makes a harrowing adult
decision about the future
of her baby daughter.
Sixteen years later,
Carrie faces painful
challenges of her own.
These two very different
girls from two different
generations, are linked
only by the invisible
threads of DNA, but as
their stories unfold,
moving parallels as well
as differences between
their experiences emerge,
lending unusual honesty
and force to this
compelling novel.
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Sunset lives a life of
luxury with her beautiful
ex-model mum, her
world-famous ex-rocker
dad and two little celeb
siblings. But life on the
red carpet is no
compensation for rowing
parents, constant
nagging, intensive media
scrutiny and no real
friends.
Destiny,
on the other hand, is an
only child living on a
rundown estate with a
sickly but devoted mum
who constantly tells her
that she's really the
daughter of a famous
former rock
star...
When the
two girls meet in
unlikely circumstances,
they are surprised to
find in each other
something they've been
missing all their
lives...
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Lily isn't home ALONE -
but she sort of wishes
she was; looking after
her three younger
siblings is a lot of
responsibility.
When Mum goes off
on holiday with her new
boyfriend and her stepdad
fails to show up, Lily
is determined to keep the
family together and show
they can cope without any
grown-ups. But taking
care of 6-year-old twins,
her 3-year-old sister
and the family's flat
feels overwhelming and
Lily is worried that
school or social services
might discover their
situation and break up
the family. What could be
better than to take all
the little ones for a
camping adventure in the
park? Plenty of space to
run about, no carpet to
vacuum, and surely no
chance anyone will guess
they're there...
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She is pretty and
talented - sweet sixteen
and never been
kissed.
He is
seventeen;
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Sunset lives a life of
luxury with her beautiful
ex-model mum, her
world-famous ex-rocker
dad and two little celeb
siblings. But life on the
red carpet is no
compensation for rowing
parents, constant
nagging, intensive media
scrutiny and no real
friends.
Destiny,
on the other hand, is an
only child living on a
rundown estate with a
sickly but devoted mum
who constantly tells her
that she's really the
daughter of a famous
former rock
star...
When the
two girls meet in
unlikely circumstances,
they are surprised to
find in each other
something they've been
missing all their
lives...
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Life as a student is good
for Flynn. As one of the
top pianists at the Royal
College of Music, he has
been put forward for an
important concert, the
opportunity of a
lifetime. But beneath the
surface, things are
changing. On a good day
he feels full of energy
and life, but on a bad
day being alive is worse
than being dead.
Sometimes he wants to
compose and practise all
night, at other times he
can
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Louisa and her sister are
off to Florida to enjoy
some fun in the sun with
their dad. But for Louisa
that means missing her
school's end-of-year
display and the thought
of Phoebe dancing the
lead role instead of her
is just unbearable.
Until, that is, she is
given the chance to
appear in a TV
commercial.
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In his final year at the
Royal College of Music,
star pianist Flynn
Laukonen has the world at
his feet. He has moved in
with his girlfriend
Jennah and is already
getting concert bookings
for what promises to be a
glittering career. Yet he
knows he is skating on
thin ice - only two small
pills a day keep him from
plunging back into the
whirlpool of manic
depression that once
threatened to destroy
him. Unexpectedly his
friends seem to be
getting annoyed with him
for no apparent reason,
he needs less and less
sleep, he is filled with
unbridled energy. Events
begin to spiral out of
control and Flynn
suddenly finds himself in
hospital, heavily
sedated, carnage left
behind him. The
medication isn't working
any more, the dose needs
to be increased, and
depression strikes again,
this time with horrific
consequences. His freedom
is snatched away and the
medicine's side-effects
threaten to jeopardize
his chances in one of the
biggest piano
competitions of his life.
It seems like he has to
make a choice between the
medication and his
career. But in all this
he has forgotten the one
person he would give his
life for, and Flynn
suddenly finds himself
facing the biggest
sacrifice of all.
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In his final year at the
Royal College of Music,
star pianist Flynn
Laukonen has the world at
his feet. He has moved in
with his girlfriend
Jennah and is already
getting concert bookings
for what promises to be a
glittering career. Yet he
knows he is skating on
thin ice - only two small
pills a day keep him from
plunging back into the
whirlpool of manic
depression that once
threatened to destroy
him. Unexpectedly his
friends seem to be
getting annoyed with him
for no apparent reason,
he needs less and less
sleep, he is filled with
unbridled energy. Events
begin to spiral out of
control and Flynn
suddenly finds himself in
hospital, heavily
sedated, carnage left
behind him. The
medication isn't working
any more, the dose needs
to be increased, and
depression strikes again,
this time with horrific
consequences. His freedom
is snatched away and the
medicine's side-effects
threaten to jeopardize
his chances in one of the
biggest piano
competitions of his life.
It seems like he has to
make a choice between the
medication and his
career. But in all this
he has forgotten the one
person he would give his
life for, and Flynn
suddenly finds himself
facing the biggest
sacrifice of all.
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If you're head of the
Wildenstern clan, you
can expect someone'll try
to kill you at some point
or another. And usually
when someone does, it's
a member of your own
family.
But,
right now Berto
Wildenstern, and his
brother Nate, have more
pressing matters on their
minds... local women
seem to be spontaneously
combusting and no one's
quite sure
why!
Wild
mechanical creatures,
explosions, deceptions,
twists and turns with a
host of fantastic
otherworldly characters -
imagine The
Godfather meets
Philip Reeve and you have
Wisdom of Dead
Men.
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