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"Faces flashed before my eyes.And for every face there was a time that they had let me down.Each punch that landed was revenge, my chance to tell them I hadn't forgotten what they did."Eight years in a care home makes Billy Finn a professional lifer. And...

Penguin Readers is an ELT graded reader series for learners of English as a foreign language. With carefully adapted text, new illustrations and language learning exercises, the print edition also includes instructions to access supporting material...

From the acclaimed author of SLAY, comes a gripping novel, about brothers, grief, and what it means to be a young Black man in America. For fans of Dear Martin and They Both Die at the End. Sixteen year old Alex Rufus lives with his younger brother,...

Written by an award-winning leadership trainer and career coach, Her Allies is a practical toolkit that empowers men to lead through advocacy and champion gender equality. Hira Ali introduces readers to the knowledge, strategies, and confidence needed...

Sara Zarr's lyrical debut novel--a National Book Award finalist--has been adapted for TV! I was thirteen when my dad caught me with Tommy Webber in the back of Tommy's Buick. Tommy was seventeen and the supposed friend of my brother, Darren.I'm not sure...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of Georgia Peach Book Award for Teen Readers 2008.Book InformationISBN 9781416903574Author Ellen HopkinsFormat PaperbackPage Count 688Imprint Simon PulsePublisher...

The sequel to Secondhand Summer continues Sam Barger's story with the homecoming of his older brother, now wounded from war, and the struggle for the two to understand and find each other again."Walker expertly explores how families live in the world at...

**ONE OF THE BBC'S 100 GREATEST CHILDREN'S BOOKS OF ALL TIME** Haroun: What's the use of stories that aren't even true?I asked that question and the Unthinkable Thing happened: my father can't tell stories anymore. That means no more laughter in the city...

A beautiful book for children and their families, Milky Moments celebrates the joy of childhood and mothering, and normalises breastfeeding as a part of day-to-day life. Delightfully illustrated scenes are complemented by lyrical rhyming text that...

Milly the cow munches grass with her friends, drinks gallons of water, makes cow pats in the field, and visits the milking parlour with her farmer. Milly's milk is then put into cartons and made into butter, cheese and yoghurt. There is a simple quiz at...

"a stunningly lyrical exploration of a teenager coming into her power as a young woman." - United By Pop A genre-bending YA that weaves together inner-city life and a wildly dangerous fairytale universe. ...

Sharp and subversive, this delightfully messy YA rom-com offers a sly wink to the classic Little Women, as teenage Jo Porter rebels against living in the shadow of her literary namesake.Lit's about to hit the fan. Jo Porter has had enough Little Women to...

The internationally bestselling love story from Nicola Yoon, author of Everything, Everything - coming as a major film starring Yara Shahidi in 2019. The internationally bestselling love story from Nicola Yoon, author of Everything, Everything. Now a...

Looking for Lucie is a contemporary YA novel that explores identity, self-discovery, and newfound friendship as an 18-year-old girl sets out to uncover her ethnic heritage and family history. "Where are you really from?" It's a question every brown...

Dylan Mint has Tourette's. His life is a constant battle to keep the bad stuff in - the swearing, the tics, the howling dog that seems to escape whenever he gets stressed. But a routine visit to the hospital changes everything. Overhearing a hushed...

Molly and Beth are best friends and love spending time together. But when their two families move in together, maybe they are a little too close for comfort! Out shopping one day they need to avoid the most embarrassing encounter ever with Molly's mum,...

I just wanted to see you. Before the end. A taut psychological thriller about obsession, fame and betrayal, for fans of Black Mirror.Cat is in love. Always the sensible one, she can't believe that she's actually dating, not to mention dating a star. But...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781368048088Author Julia DrakeFormat HardbackPage Count 400Imprint Disney PressPublisher Disney Book Publishing Inc.Weight(grams) 575gDimensions(mm) 212mm *...

When Mikey's sister claims a boy assaulted her, his world begins to fall apart. When Ellie's brother is charged with the offence, her world begins to unravel.When Mikey and Ellie meet, their worlds collide.A brave and unflinching novel from the...

'Touching, tender . . . filled with wonderful humour' Sarah Haywood'A very special book' Katie FfordeThe Sunday Times bestselling novel, perfect for fans of Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine and The Rosie Project.My name is Hope Nicely. Why am I...

The fantastic follow-up to Time After Time and Stand By Me Families are so complicated! Molly's dad seems so lonely. He lives on his own, he won't get a pet, he doesn't get on with his brother ... Best friends Molly and Beth suspect his problems lie...

Life has taught Kadie to be cynical and not to trust anyone. She thinks she is prepared for everything, but then she meets Lips, also an outsider. However she has secrets of which she must let go, if she is to make a stab at friendship and love. Can...

In 1937, Mary Margaret Joyce is born in the Tuam Home for unwed mothers. After spending her early years in an uncaring foster home, she is sentenced by a judge to an industrial school, where she is given the name Peg, and assigned the number 27. Amid one...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781913292126Author Jackie MarchantFormat PaperbackImprint Wacky Bee BooksPublisher Wacky Bee Books

Ben Tomlin has been an only child for thirteen years. So when his research-scientist parents bring home a baby chimp to raise as a human child, Ben's life is turned upside-down. Teaching a baby chimp how to understand language is not his idea of fun,...

Chosen as one of Time Magazine's 100 Best Young Adult Books of All Time, Gullstruck Island is a vibrant and exciting novel, in a beautifully imagined setting, by Frances Hardinge, the Costa Award winning author The Lie Tree.On Gullstruck Island the...

The Larkin family isn't just lucky -- they persevere. At least that's what Violet and her younger brother, Sam, were always told. When the Lyric sank off the coast of Maine, their great-great-great-grandmother didn't drown like the rest of the passengers...

Matt wears a black suit every day. No, not because his mom died - although she did, and it sucks. But he wears the suit for his gig at the local funeral home, which pays way better than the Cluck Bucket, and he needs the income since his dad can't handle...

A powerfully told story of the love between two brothers in the aftermath of a family tragedyGriff and Dylan are driving into Manhattan with their parents when the worst happens. There is a terrible car accident and Dylan and Griff(1)s parents are...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593619575Author J. C. CervantesFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint RazorbillPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 374gDimensions(mm) 208mm * 140mm...

A MODERN SPIN ON PARTY OF FIVE -- A LOVE LETTER TO FAMILY, HOPE, AND FINDING STRENGTH IN UNEXPECTED PLACES Novah has too much responsibility for a fourteen-year-old. She wouldn't mind it so much if she were the eldest child, but she...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780545165778Author Eliot SchreferFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Scholastic USPublisher Scholastic US

'For the past five weeks I'd prayed that I'd never see my brother's name spelt out in poppies. In the weeks that followed I often wished I had.'Jammy and Sonny McGann are brothers, but that's where the similarities end. One is calm when the other is...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsCommended for Georgia Children's Book Award (Children's Book) 2017 and Cybils (Graphic Novel Elem/Mid) 2015.Book InformationISBN 9780545448680Author Brian SelznickFormat...

Winner of the Young Quills Historical Fiction Award Nominated for the Carnegie Medal Maggie has witnessed impossible things. But no one believes her, and now her family has taken her away to spend the winter upstate in a remote, freezing farmhouse. ...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780545094696Author Holly RobinsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Scholastic USPublisher Scholastic US

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781481496872Author V C AndrewsFormat PaperbackPage Count 2064Imprint Simon PulsePublisher Simon PulseWeight(grams) 2109gDimensions(mm) 213mm * 145mm * 124mm

The author of The Radio 2 Book Club Pick The Shelf returns with a new hilarious and thought-provoking novel.'A romcom with a difference' Sarra ManningWhat if . . .'Don't worry, you'll find someone soon.''So, why is someone like you still single?''Don't...

The trials of high school start to feel like a modern-day witch hunt for a teen with all the wrong connections to Salem's past in this thrilling, creepy and romantic New York Times bestseller."I am utterly addicted to Adriana Mather's electric debut...

Mara and Owen are as close as twins can get, so when Mara's friend Hannah accuses Owen of rape, Mara doesn't know what to think. Can her brother really be guilty of such a violent act? Torn between her family and her sense of right and wrong, Mara feels...