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'A story with great heart, and wisdom, which shows the healing power of true friendship' Ele Fountain, author of Boy 87. Written with humour and heart, Sofa Surfer looks at what it means to be homeless. Malcolm Duffy's debut novel Me Mam. Me Dad...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsNominated for Georgia Peach Book Award 2017.Book InformationISBN 9781101934746Author Kathleen GlasgowFormat PaperbackPage Count 448Imprint EmberPublisher Random House USA...

When a woman refuses to sit next to him on the bus, Rick Braithwaite is saddened by her prejudice. In cosmopolitan London, he had hoped for a more enlightened attitude. When he begins his first teaching job in a tough East End school, the reactions...

A National Book Award Finalist with five starred reviews and multiple awards!A New York Times Notable Book * A Time Magazine Best YA Book Of All Time* Publishers Weekly Flying Start * Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year * ALA Booklist Editors' Choice...

From Michael L. Printz Award winner A.S. King, a weird and insightful new novel about a girl intent on picking the lock of her toxic family.Jane Vandermaker-Cook would like her mother back. As Jane's mother tours the world to support the family, Jane...

A Kirkus Best Book of 2017 * A New York Public Library Best Book of the Year * An ALA/YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults Selection Read the book Morris Award finalist Sonia Patel called "a brilliant, subtle debut," and Kirkus hailed as...

In this highly anticipated sequel to the New York Times bestselling The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue, Felicity Montague must use all her womanly wits and wiles to achieve her dreams of becoming a doctor-even if she has to scheme her way across...

Return to the beloved world of Julie Murphy's #1 New York Times bestselling Dumplin'-now a popular Netflix feature film starring Jennifer Aniston-in this fabulously joyful, final companion novel about drag, prom, and embracing your inner Queen.Waylon...

"Smart and funny, with characters so real and vulnerable, you want to send them care packages. I loved this book." -Rainbow Rowell From debut author Mary H.K. Choi comes a compulsively readable novel that shows young love in all its awkward glory-perfect...

A chilling take on the opioid epidemic by the New York Times bestselling Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman.Above our world is a toxic wonderland where the party has raged for centuries.Humans know the partygoers simply as "narcotics", "opioids",...

15-year-old Roza thinks she's leaving Albania for better things in the UK. As she arrives, she realises her father has sold her to get out of debt. Adelina and Jozif Braka now consider Roza their property. They work her hard, beat and starve her, and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780738725949Author Amanda GraceFormat PaperbackPage Count 264Imprint FluxPublisher North Star Editions

It's the end of the world. Six students have taken cover in Cortege High but shelter is little comfort when the dead outside won't stop pounding on the doors. One bite is all it takes to kill a person and bring them back as a monstrous version of their...

Madina's family have fled war to seek asylum in Europe and begin a hopeful new life. An ordinary world of fitting in at school, learning the language and forging friendships lies before Madina. Yet she finds herself caught between her new life and her...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780062335753Author Meg HastonFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint CollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 227gDimensions(mm) 203mm *...

"Little and Lion is beautifully insightful, honest, and compassionate. Brandy's ability to find larger meaning in small moments is nothing short of dazzling."-Nicola Yoon, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Everything, Everything A stunning novel on...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of Georgia Children's Book Award 2015 and Missouri Gateway Readers Award 2016 and Tennessee Volunteer State Book Award 2015. Short-listed for Georgia Children's Book...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593381205Author Safia ElhilloFormat HardbackPage Count 384Imprint Make Me a WorldPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 482gDimensions(mm) 216mm *...

Life is about making choices, and Natalie Sterling prides herself on always making the right ones. She's avoided boys, always topped her class and is poised to become the first female student council president in years. But being...

Speak enters the world of Gossip Girl in this modern immigrant story from New York Times bestselling author Kelly Yang about two girls navigating wealth, power, friendship, and trauma. They're called parachutes: teenagers dropped off to live in private...

Two stories continue the adventure in Volume 8 of the Haruhi Suzumiya series. Editor-in-Chief, Straight Ahead! Since the beginning of the year, the SOS Brigade has been masking as the Literature Club to be recognized as an official high school...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780062740458Author Kasie WestFormat PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint CollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 272gDimensions(mm) 203mm *...

From the author of Words on Bathroom Walls-now a major motion picture-comes a romance in the spirit of Dear Evan Hansen about overcoming anxiety-and about finding love and friendship in unlikely places. "A masterpiece" -Kirkus, starred review"Bad luck...

She's a tomboy. He's the boy next door. With three older brothers, Charlotte Reynolds, aka Charlie, has always been more comfortable calling the shots on a basketball court than flirting with the opposite sex. So when her police officer dad demands she...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780062851000Author Kasie WestFormat PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint CollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 299gDimensions(mm) 203mm *...

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Victoria Schwab, three enchanting novels about a quirky and clever guardian angel, and the girls she's sent to help, in one irresistible volume. Aria is a guardian angel. She can use her...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250302359Author Laurie Halse AndersonFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Square FishPublisher Square FishWeight(grams) 204gDimensions(mm) 208mm * 135mm...

Sixteen-year-old Zarin Wadia is many things: an Indian girl, a bright and vivacious student, an orphan, a troublemaker whose romantic entanglements are the subject of endless gossip among the girls in her school. 'You don't want to get involved with a...

Shortlisted for the Waterstones Children's Book Prize 2018 Nominated for the CILIP Carnegie Medal 2018 Longlisted for the Branford Boase Award 2018 In three years I will be able to vote and I will still have less power than I did at the moment that...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781616209865Author Karen RiversFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Algonquin Young ReadersPublisher Algonquin Young ReadersWeight(grams) 218g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781501120541Author Lele PonsFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 272gDimensions(mm) 226mm * 152mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780449704332Author Kyoko MoriFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint FawcettPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 130g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780062972415Author Tahereh MafiFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint HarperCollinsPublisher HarperCollinsWeight(grams) 140g

Titanic - the most magnificent ocean liner of her time - was doomed and destined for disaster before she ever left the docks at Southampton. Doomed by her owner, doomed by her designers, doomed by the men who sailed her -- doomed even by her sister ship...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781728299945Author Chloe WalshFormat PaperbackPage Count 624Imprint Bloom BooksPublisher Bloom BooksWeight(grams) 517gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 33mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780142406908Author Joan BauerFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Penguin USAPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 198g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780451478290Author Jay AsherFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint RazorbillPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 283gDimensions(mm) 210mm * 140mm * 20mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250891389Author Racquel MarieFormat HardbackPage Count 368Imprint St Martin's PressPublisher St Martin's PressWeight(grams) 426gDimensions(mm) 213mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780312547981Author Madeleine L'EngleFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Square FishPublisher Square FishWeight(grams) 299gDimensions(mm) 210mm * 138mm *...

During the Second World War the Germans developed a specially adapted U-boat oil tanker with two aims. First, by refuelling the attack U-boat fleet their range of operations and duration of patrol could be significantly increased. Secondly, these...