This gorgeous book is a real keepsake to treasure. With a br&-new heartwarming story from best-selling author Holly Webb & adorable full-colour illustrations throughout its everything a puppy fanatic could wish for. My Secret Puppy" is bursting with pup-tastic quizzes interactive activities scrummy recipes & fab doggy facts plus information on everything from picking the perfect puppy name to profiles of best-loved breeds. Plus theres a diary at the end to fill in with special celebrations. This is not just a book for dog- owners but for anyone who has ever dreamed of having a puppy. & with its special lockable cover all their puppy secrets will be safe!" ...

Helen grew up in a pit village in Tyneside in the post-war years with her gran aunties & uncles living nearby. She felt safe with them but they could not protect her from her neglectful mother & violent father. Behind closed doors she suffered years of abuse. Sometimes she talked to an imaginary sister the only one who understood her pain. Jenny was adopted at six weeks & grew up in Newcastle. An only child she knew she was loved & with the support of her parents she went on to become a golfing champion but still she felt that something was missing... Neither woman knew of the other's existence until in her fifties Jenny went looking for her birth family & found her sister Helen. Together they searched for the truth about Jenny's birth
- & uncovered a legacy of secrets that overturned everything Helen thought she knew about her family. Happily they also discovered that they were not just sisters they were twins. Inspirational & moving this is the story of two women brave enough to confront their past & strong enough to let love not bitterness define them.
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A new adventure starring Lauren & her magical pony Twilight who turns into a beautiful snow-white unicorn when Lauren says the magic words. Theres great excitement at the stables
- a beautiful mare called Apple has just had a foal! The new foal is gorgeous & seems to be watching Lauren with a very wise look in his huge eyes. Laurens excitement is spoiled when snooty Jade Roberts turns up. Jade goes to Laurens school & used to be Twilights owner but she sold him because he was too quiet & dull. Lauren of course knows better... That night Lauren & Twilight visit the foal in secret. Suddenly Twilight hears a noise & they find Jade up to no good. Apple fiercely protective of her foal is frightened & angry at Jades intrusion. Even though she doesnt like Jade Lauren knows she has to do something to help. Lauren & Twilight make a daring rescue to save Jade who has to admit that she may have been wrong about Twilight after all. Later Lauren & Twilight discover the reason for Apples over-protectiveness
- that maybe just maybe Currant is a new unicorn but theyll have to wait at least a year to find out...

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This is a fascinating diary account of the Second World War as seen through the eyes of a young girl. Flossie is just nine years old when in 1939 Britain declares war on Germany & her father leaves the family home to join the army. Flossie is left to bring up her baby brother & to face a whole host of new experiences on her own. Her diary becomes an outlet for relaying all the news from at home & abroad. From the first evacuees arriving to her sweetheart being killed in Normandy in 1944 Flossie has to endure much hardship. But her own special blend of courage humour & fighting spirit see her through to the Armistice when she can welcome her dad home at last. ...

At 28 Lucy is doing well for herself. She's got a great job in PR her boss loves her & her best girlfriends Dominique & Erin think she's great. More important than anyone's opinion is that of her flatmate & oldest friend in the world Henry. For twenty years they've been inseparable: beauty & the geek. Henry thinks the world of Lucy. So why does she feel the need to lie outrageously on dates? From rock-climbing to Chekov: when it comes to prospective boyfriends Lucy is compelled to embellish her C.V. with unlikely porkies that always backfire
- with hilarious results. Henry can't understand it. Lucy is so loveable: why can't she just be herself? But when Lucy turns the spotlight on Henry he wishes he'd never brought it up. With a penchant for jumpers & NHS-style specs Lucy decides that Henry is in need of a makeover
- big time. Enlisting the help of Dom & Erin it's not long before the girls have Henry out of the flat & into the Topman changing rooms. A new haircut contact lenses a flirting master-class from Dom.. .poor Henry doesn't know what's hit him. But nothing can prepare them for the surprise results! Before long Lucy realises that their lives will never be the same again.

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Quiet cautious Pearl has always adored her bold brash bad big sister Jodie. When their parents get new jobs at a grand fusty old boarding school Melchester College the girls have to move there
- & when they arrive things start to change. Jodie has always been the leader
- but now it's Pearl who's making new friends. Jodie just seems to be getting into more & more trouble
- arguing with Mum scaring the little children flirting with the gardener. She really doesn't fit in with the posh teenagers at the school. Pearl begins to wonder if she needs Jodie as much as she used to. But when Firework Night comes around & a tragic event occurs Pearl realises quite how much Jodie means to her.


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Ten-year-old Jamie Matthews has just moved to the Lake District with his Dad & his teenage sister Jasmine for a ' Fresh New Start'. Five years ago his sister's twin Rose was blown up by a terrorist bomb. His parents are wrecked by their grief Jasmine turns to piercing pink hair & stops eating. The family falls apart. But Jamie hasn't cried in all that time. To him Rose is just a distant memory. Jamie is far more interested in his cat Roger his birthday Spiderman T-shirt & in keeping his new friend Sunya a secret from his dad. & in his deep longing & unshakeable belief that his Mum will come back to the family she walked out on months ago. When he sees a TV advert for a talent show he feels certain that this will change everything & bring them all back together once & for all. ...

Ten-year-old Jamie Matthews has just moved to the Lake District with his Dad & his teenage sister Jasmine for a ' Fresh New Start'. Five years ago his sister's twin Rose was blown up by a terrorist bomb. His parents are wrecked by their grief Jasmine turns to piercing pink hair & stops eating. The family falls apart. But Jamie hasn't cried in all that time. To him Rose is just a distant memory. Jamie is far more interested in his cat Roger his birthday Spiderman T-shirt & in keeping his new friend Sunya a secret from his dad. & in his deep longing & unshakeable belief that his Mum will come back to the family she walked out on months ago. When he sees a TV advert for a talent show he feels certain that this will change everything & bring them all back together once & for all. ...

Sara Fitzgeralds daughter Kate is just two years old when she is diagnosed with a rare form of leukaemia. Reeling with the helpless shock of it Sara knows she will do anything
- whatever it takes
- to save her child. Then the tests results come back time & again to show that no one in their family is a match for Kate. If they are to find a donor for the crucial bone marrow transplant she needs there is only one option: creating another baby specifically designed to save her sister. For Sara it seems the ideal solution. Not only does Kate live but she gets a beautiful new daughter Anna too. Until the moment Anna hands Sara the papers that will rock her whole world. Because aged thirteen Anna has decided that she doesnt want to help Kate live any more. She is suing her parents for the rights to her own body.

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