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Defy
(Hardcover)
C S Doraga
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R647
Discovery Miles 6 470
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Longlisted for the National Book Award for Young People's Literature!
From the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of the Shatter Me series comes a powerful, heartrending contemporary novel about fear, first love, and the devastating impact of prejudice.
It’s 2002, a year after 9/11. It’s an extremely turbulent time politically, but especially so for someone like Shirin, a sixteen-year-old Muslim girl who’s tired of being stereotyped.
Shirin is never surprised by how horrible people can be. She’s tired of the rude stares, the degrading comments—even the physical violence—she endures as a result of her race, her religion, and the hijab she wears every day. So she’s built up protective walls and refuses to let anyone close enough to hurt her. Instead, she drowns her frustrations in music and spends her afternoons break-dancing with her brother.
But then she meets Ocean James. He’s the first person in forever who really seems to want to get to know Shirin. It terrifies her—they seem to come from two irreconcilable worlds—and Shirin has had her guard up for so long that she’s not sure she’ll ever be able to let it down.
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The King
(Hardcover)
Jermaine Williams
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R540
R512
Discovery Miles 5 120
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"A lively mystery with a touch of spookiness, an intriguing
setting, an appealing family dynamic, and an enterprising Latina
heroine." – KIRKUS REVIEWS Legend has it: anyone who sees the
Demon Cat of Capitol Hill will be cursed with bad luck.
Ten-year-old Fina Mendoza just saw it. And the last thing her
family needs right now is more bad luck. Fina and her older
sister Gabby just moved to Washington, D.C. after the death of
their mother to live fulltime with Papa, a congressman from
California. After Fina encounters a mysterious creature in the
Capitol Crypt, a string of disasters follows. Jars of spaghetti
sauce explode. Her beloved Abuelita breaks her leg. And Fina’ s
only friend in Washington, a congressional dog named Senator
Something, becomes the target. The only way for Fina to save her
family from future “ cat†astrophe is to solve the mystery of
the Demon Cat of Capitol Hill. Fina gives us a backstage peek
at life inside the U.S. Capitol - voting in Congress, the
fight over amendments, and the beloved congressional dogs
who come to work every day with their political owners. An
introduction to civics for elementary age children. The West Wing
meets Nancy Drew.
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Six Feet Apart
(Hardcover)
Michelle Wilbern; Illustrated by Katrina Gross
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R553
Discovery Miles 5 530
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From the bestselling author of HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON comes the concluding story in an out-of-this-world new trilogy packed with epic adventure, thrilling space travel and forbidden Magic. Planet Earth, in case you do not know it, is a small, green little world, out on the end of a remote and rarely visited Milky Way. All Magic was supposed to have disappeared from this particular planet many centuries earlier. But in an ordinary, slightly damp part of the planet there are five human children with extraordinary Magical Gifts that the universe has never seen before. Only two of them don't know it yet. What will Mabel and Izzabird's Gifts be? And how will they navigate Bounty Hunters, a witch and three perilous tasks to reach the end of their story? After all, there's nothing like an adventure to find out whether you are a Hero or not . . .
A teenage girl stumbles out of an alley in Ottawa, concussed, with
no memory of her life. Fleeing sword-wielding operatives with
inexplicable mental abilities, she soon learns that her name is
Zoe, and that she not only possesses the same abilities, but is
extraordinarily skilled in martial arts. As she scours Toronto for
clues about her identity, she finds others like her, and is given
refuge at the Academy, an international school for Telepaths. As
fragments of her childhood return, she begins to suspect that she
may not like who she once was-that she may be part of a shadowy
organization more powerful than anyone suspects, and that she will
soon be swept up in events that are thousands of years in the
making.
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Twelve
(Hardcover)
M.L. Williams; Edited by Carol Thompson, Tamara Beach
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R507
Discovery Miles 5 070
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Ziggy's Frightening Flight sees Ziggy the honey bee buzzing happily
from flower to flower, yet as time goes on she realises the flowers
she loves are making her sick. Can the farmer and his children save
the bees before it is too late? Ziggy's Frightening Flight is based
on true events and it is this powerful message which invites
children and adults alike to question the impact of habitat loss on
our environment. With ideas and activities which reinforce the
story this is a book which will inspire children to make changes to
the world around them. There is a huge growing national and
international consciousness about the need to protect our bees and
it is important to teach children about this global issue without
overwhelming them or shocking them. The Wild Tribe Heroes series of
books guides young readers through the issues in a gentle and
friendly way together with further information to inspire children
to make changes to their own and their families lives.
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