This is an unflinching novel about the impossible choices of growing up by an award-winning writer. Imagine you're the only boy in a town of men. & you can hear everything they think. & they can hear everything you think. Imagine you don't fit in with their plans... Todd Hewitt is just one month away from the birthday that will make him a man. But his town has been keeping secrets from him. Secrets that are going to force him to run... ...

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He is coming to kill me. Now would be a good time to run. I cannot run. I am too afraid to run. Paul Varderman could be at any normal school
- bullies girls & annoying teachers are just a part of life. Unfortunately normal doesnt apply when it comes to the schools most evil bully Roth a twisted & threatening thug with an agenda quite unlike anyone else. When Paul ends up delivering a message from Roth to the leader of a gang at a nearby school it fuels a rivalry with immediate consequences. Paul attempts to distance himself from the feud but when Roth hands him a knife it both empowers him & scares him at the same time.. . This thought-provoking & original novel highlights the terrible consequences of peer pressure & violence & casts a spotlight on the worrying rise in knife crime among teenagers.
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Drug addiction. Criminal behaviour. Murder...and all before his sixteenth birthday. From foster home to childrens home to living rough on the streets Cain never had a normal childhood. By the age of 8 he was carrying a knife. Seven years later he was serving time for killing someone. Based on real events ex-prison officer Ronnie Thompson tells Cains shocking story & reveals what really happens to teenage offenders both on the streets & once theyre behind bars. Prison riots assaults on officers roof-top protests & brutal acts of violence
- this is an inside account of life in a young offenders institute & of an angry young man spiralling dangerously out of control.
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Ian Anderson is a mature & beautiful new voice on the literary scene. Knight is breathtaking in its scope exquisite in its tenderness & uplifting in its refusal to succumb to the despair which fate sometimes prepares for us. It is a story of love & valour; a story of one man's refusal to capitulate when all the world seemed to conspire against him. Set in the early fifteenth century in the last days of the Age of Chivalry this is the story of a king's champion who robbed of the love & beauty of the woman who had made his life complete & stripped of all he had worked for & achieved still somehow found the will & the strength to pick himself up & move forward again & in the process carry a king to victory on the battlefields of France. This gripping work of historical fiction weaving together strands of romance tragedy & drama reflects the real pain & suffering associated with loss. It exemplifies the ongoing struggle of the grieving process; between the need to retreat into the memories of the world which has been lost & the need to find a way to move forward again. It is ultimately a book of hope written by an author who has made the journey. ...

The fourteenth title in the new Usborne Very First Reading" series designed for younger children to introduce them to reading together with their parents. Parents & children take turns to read from the page (the text clearly marked for who should be reading) & as the books progress in the series the adults read less & less & the child more & more. There are puzzles at the end to check the childs understanding of the text & guidance notes for the parents. Beautiful illustrations help to motivate beginner readers." ...

Five years have passed since the cataclysmic events of Running With the Demon. John Ross Knight of the Word sworn to fight the eternal battle against mankind's demons has moved on. Ross's years spent in the fight against the Void have taken their toll. He has lost his spirit his belief & now it seems he has lost his magic. Working in a hostel for homeless children his life is now spent fighting a battle in which he feels he might actually make a difference. But Nest Freemark whose involvement in those events five years ago shattered her childhood is about to be drawn once more into the mythic world of the Void & the Word. For she has learnt that John Ross is in great danger from a demon like no other. If she can not warn him in time
- & persuade him to take up his staff of magic once more
- the battle may be lost forever...

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From holding lances to courtly dances this is the ultimate guide for the novice knight covering everything from sieges to swordplay feasts to fights & crusades to courtly love. Written in a lively humorous & engaging style this book is packed with a wealth of fascinating & informative historical detail that brings the period of medieval knights & valour vividly to life. Wittily illustrated by Ian Mc Nee this is the handbook that every chivalrous young knight will want to have tucked in his chainmail. ...

When her tryst with handsome billionaire Dominic Knight gets out of hand Katherine Hart resolves to cut all contact for good. But Dominic won't let his object of fascination escape so easily: when they cross paths in a plush hotel in Singapore their steamy affair is reignited. But can such exquisite pleasure last? Kate knows her lover is a man who lives entirely for the chase. Is this reunion a rushing climax before an inevitable fall or could Kate possess the keys to finally taming the untamable Dominic Knight? ...

Katherine Hart is thrilled to be recruited by Knight Enterprises the most prestigious venture-capital company in the world. That is until she makes the acquaintance of the company's infamous CEO Dominic Knight. At thirty-two Dominic is a self-made billionaire with a fearsome ambition & a temper to match. He is also impossibly attractive & dangerously charming when he wants to be. To Kate Dominic seems like the perfect predator & she resolves to be cautious despite the obvious chemistry between them telling herself she can always leave if Dominic grows too demanding. What she doesn't know is that the decision isn't hers to make... Dominic Knight has found a new plaything & Mr. Knight always gets what he wants. ...