A teenage girl heads towards the hospital waiting room where the doctors are going to tell her how much time she's got to live. As she walks, she thinks about her journey up to this point ... the terrible decor in the hospital,...
Friendship
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Author:Desjardins, IndiaSummary: - Author:Marks, JanaeSummary:
Joy Taylor loses her home, her friends, and her dreams of becoming a film score composer after her dad loses his job. However, Joy's friendly new neighbor, Nora, lets Joy in on the complex's best-kept secret: the Hideout, a...
- Author:Christenson, TanyaSummary:
When he was five years old, Creighton's mother left. He and his father know she has started a career as a singer but not much more than that. Dad's work with a carnival means they have not set down roots anywhere for long and as a...
- Author:Kujawa, Hana, Kujawa, MandiSummary:
Marcus, a young boy who feels second best at school, suffers a serious brain injury as a side effect of a virus. In hospital, and with fellow patient Emily's help, Marcus learns to embrace who he really is as he finds ways to cope with...
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Author:Hardinge, FrancesSummary:A Skinful of Shadows is a dark YA historical fantasy set in the early part of the English Civil War. Kate is an illegitimate daughter of the aristocratic Fellmotte family, and as such, she shares their unique hereditary gift: the...
- Author:Boekweg, SheenaSummary:
In 1927, seventeen-year-old Elsie and three other teenage girls compete for the heart of a boy who will be president. But Elsie starts to wonder what would happen if the name on that future ballot was hers.
- Author:McLeod, Darrel J.Summary:
A subversive novel by acclaimed Cree author Darrel J. McLeod, infused with the contradictory triumph and pain of finding conventional success in a world that feels alien. James, a talented and conflicted Cree man from a tiny settlement...
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Author:Mason, Paul Nicholas, Berrino, SaraSummary:One day Poppy the Pug meets Smudge the Maine Coon cat at the park, and so begins an extraordinary friendship and a series of adventures ranging from a disastrous coffee-and-play group to a terrible house fire. These eight linked stories...
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Author:Reynolds, MarilynnSummary:Frank likes everyone in the Grant Street rooming house where he lives with his mother, but old Mrs. Kazinski up in the attic is his special friend. She will be eighty years old on Sunday. Frank needs to find her the best birthday...
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Author:Blondel, Jean-PhilippeSummary:Some people might think it’s odd when a teenage boy starts making movies of his classmates kissing. But in A Place to Live, the aspiring filmmaker’s project turns into a compelling protest against authoritarianism that could get him...
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Author:Wishinsky, Frieda, Laliberte, Louise-AndreeSummary:Kate has decided on a pirate theme for her party. She thinks that seven is going to be the best age to be. Her friend Jake is going to teach her to ride a two-wheeler. And her party is going to be fabulous. That is, until Violet starts...
- Author:Pearl, AlexaSummary:
In book three of the Tales of Sasha series, Sasha makes friends with one of the flying horses, but will she forget about her better-than-best friend Wyatt? Sasha and her better-than-best friend Wyatt have successfully made the journey...
- Author:DRABBLE, MargaretSummary:
Sequel to "The radiant way", this novel continues the story of Alix, Liz and Esther and focuses on the industrial city of Northam in Yorkshire, where the problems and opportunities of eighties Britain are vividly encapsulated.
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Author:Mass, WendySummary:Eighth-grader Mia has been keeping a secret---even from her best friend, Jenna--ever since third grade, when she realized that not everyone sees a color for each name, number, and sound. Problems at school and her cat's death lead...
- Author:Millner, Denene, Chiles, NickSummary:
Aaron and Nina grew up on the same street and have been best buddies for 25 years. Now they wonder if they might ruin their relationship if they make room in it for passion and romance.
- Author:Linney, RomulusSummary:
Based on Ernest J. Gaines' National Book Critics Circle Award-winning novel, A lesson before dying is set in a small Louisiana Cajun community in the late 1940's. Jefferson, a young illiterate black man, is falsely convicted...
- Author:Chichester Clark, EmmaSummary:
READ BY EMILIA FOX. Melrose and Croc return in style in this beautiful picture book adventure, full of tension and drama, from the internationally renowned, award-winning author-illustrator Emma Chichester Clark. READ BY EMILIA FOX....
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Author:Vigneault, Gilles, Jorisch, StéphaneSummary:Enhanced ebook featuring a narrated story by David Frances and two recorded songs perofrmed Martha Wainwright, Thomas Hellman, Jessica Vigneault and Paul Campagne. In this touching, poetic story set by the seaside, Old Man Tom teaches...
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Author:Gilmore, RachnaSummary:Nobby, short for Zenobia, meets an older girl, Zilla, when her family goes on holiday. Zilla is developmentally disabled, but much more fun than the average teenager. The friendship grows until Uncle Chad shows up. He is snooty and...
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Author:Basilières, MichelSummary:An unusual and remarkable dystopian novel
A Free Man is a satirical tall tale presented as the drug and alcohol fuelled conversation of two old friends getting reacquainted over one night. It’s...
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