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Books > Children's Fiction & Fun > Fiction Dealing With Specific Issues
Na die ongeluk drie jaar gelede val die oënskynlik gelukkige Vorster-gesin se lewens uitmekaar. Carin Krahtz sny met presisie deur die lewens van elk van die gesinslede met skerpsinnige dialoog en temper die verhaal met humor. Hierdie is nie 'n wroegroman nie, maar 'n nugtere kyk na die lewens van 'n gesin wat verbrokkel en verswelg word deur voorstedelike angs en ander bagasie.
Ukuphuzwa kwakhe okokuqala yinto angasoze ayilibale uWhitney. Ukungazi kobuntwana kudedele isilongolongo somlilo wobutsha – ukuthandana, imihlali nokuthi ncithi. Yonke le nto ikhangeleka iyinto efanelekileyo kuye, kodwa ke utitshalakazi wakhe amthanda kakhulu, uNkskz Pillay, umlumkisa ngelithi ubumnandi bobutsha buye buthi kanti bugqume incind' ekhala. Kuthi kungekudala uWhitney oseneminyaka elishumi elinesithathu nje ayingcamle le ncindi yekhala – intlungu yokuswelekelwa, inxeba lokungcatshwa nobukrakra bokubukulwa. Ububona ngawakhe amehlo ubukho be-HIV nobe-AIDS, aze ke azifumane ekwimeko apho kufuneka ukuba athathe izigqibo ezinzima nezibujikayo ubomi bomntu. Eli bali likaWhitney lichukumisa kunene lisekelwe kwilokishi yaseThembalethu eNtshona Koloni lisizobela umfanekiso othe gca weemeko elujongene nazo ulutsha lweAfrika eseZantsi umhla nezolo. Uhambo lwakhe luhambo ekufuneka ukuba sonke siluthathe – uhambo lokuzibhenca ngaphakathi emphefumlweni, ekuthi kulo kufuneke sithathe izigqibo malunga nezo zinto zibalulekileyo kuthi nezo mpawu zentsulungeko sinqwenela ukuphila ngazo. Ootitshala bangayisebenzisa le ncwadi, Uphuziwe uWhitney, njengenxenye yephulo lokufunda nge-HIV/AIDS nokuyithintela. Umyalezo wale noveli wethemba, ukuqonda nokuthintela, ugqithiswa ngokucacileyo nangokuchukumisayo kwabo bangabona basemngciphekweni wokuba ngamaxhoba kabhubhani we-AIDS – ulutsha lwethu. Ikhona incwadi esiSikhokelo sikaTitshala efumaneka ngesiNgesi kubashicileli nenemibuzo ekunokusekelwa kuyo ingxoxo, ekwanawo namaphepha emisebenzi yabafundi abanokuwafotokopa.
Fifteen-year-old Sander wishes he was like everyone else. But Sander has a rare medical condition that affects one in a hundred thousand people. It means his growth is stunted, and it seems the biggest, strongest and loudest guys get all the attention. But Sander notices the little things other people miss, and he's about to make a big impact...
Discover a summer love story like no other: now a major motion picture starring Bella Thorne and Patrick Schwarzenegger, and perfect for fans of The Fault in our Stars and Everything, Everything. Katie can't leave her house during the day: she has a rare disease that makes even the smallest amount of sunlight deadly. But everything changes when one evening, singing her heart out on a deserted station platform, she meets Charlie. Before the night is out, Katie is smitten. But she hasn't told Charlie her secret. She just wants to have her normal love story, before reality kicks in. Lost in her night-time summer romance, Katie knows that love will light the way. A heartbreaking tale of love, loss and one nearly perfect summer.
"Any Pretty Little Liars superfan won't be able to put down this thriller."--Seventeen Magazine "A novel drawing major comparisons to E. Lockhart's We Were Liars."--TeenVogue.com Every story needs a hero. Every story needs a villain. Every story needs a secret. Wink is the odd, mysterious neighbor girl, wild red hair and freckles. Poppy is the blond bully and the beautiful, manipulative high school queen bee. Midnight is the sweet, uncertain boy caught between them. Wink. Poppy. Midnight. Two girls. One boy. Three voices that burst onto the page in short, sharp, bewitching chapters, and spiral swiftly and inexorably toward something terrible or tricky or tremendous. What really happened? Someone knows. Someone is lying.
Double standards are about to get singled out. As a lead reporter for The Warrior Weekly, Eden has covered her fair share of stories at St. Joseph's High School. And when intimate pictures of seven female students are anonymously emailed to the entire school, Eden is determined to get to the bottom of it. In tracking down leads, Eden is shocked to discover not everyone agrees the students are victims. Some people feel the girls "brought it on themselves." Even worse, the school's administration seems more concerned about protecting its reputation than its students. With the anonymous sender threatening more emails, Eden finds unlikely allies: the seven young women themselves. Banding together to find the perpetrator, the tables are about to be turned. The Slut Squad is fighting back! Natalie Walton's empowering and sparky debut is a feminist mystery story - perfect for fans of A Good Girl's Guide to Murder and Netflix's Sex Education.
‘n Bende-oorlog ontstaan oor die Six, waar Astrid se broer Poema en sy Strikers regeer. Rolo en die Havanaboys beheer al die ander buurte, maar Poema weier om die Six af te gee. Astrid begin ‘n veldtog aanlyn, #bendesmustfall, en dit maak dat Rolo haar raaksien, want haar veldtog is besig om mense teen die bendes te laat draai. Wanneer Rolo sy broer Mervin dwing om met Astrid vriende te maak, begin dit ‘n onkeerbare golf van geweld en verraad in die Six. Waar bendes baklei, wen niemand nie.
@VideoPrincess: I never meant to hurt anyone, including myself, the way I did… Diana Murray’s life is #goals. Home might not be perfect but her Instagram can be. After only a few months on YouTube her subscriber count is soaring, she’s getting recognized in public and the absolutely gorgeous @ErichLang is sliding into her DMs. How can she be anything but #happy? But while Diana and her friends are living it up with Cape Town’s favourite social media celebs she sees something she wishes she hadn’t, something that could get you #cancelled for good. Just as Diana tries to bring the shocking event out in the open, her phone is confiscated and she is sent to rehab for social media addiction while trolls are tearing her down online. Will Diana take responsibility for her actions and start the journey towards recovery and freedom, or will she remain a prisoner of the false security that social media brings? Hashtag Happy is the fast-paced, honest and piercing Young Adult debut from South African YouTuber and social media marketer Theodora Lee.
From the internationally bestselling author of Beetle Boy and the Adventures on Trains series, comes the first book in The Twitchers, a brand new mystery adventure series celebrating friendship, bravery and the incredible world of birds, starring a birdwatching detective called Twitch! Can a birdwatcher outwit an escaped convict? Twitch has three pet chickens, four pigeons, swallows nesting in his bedroom and a passion for birdwatching. On the first day of the summer holidays, he arrives at his secret hide to find police everywhere: a convicted robber has broken out of prison and is hiding in Aves Wood. Can Twitch use his talents for birdwatching to hunt for the dangerous prisoner and find the missing loot? |
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