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Tilda's world is just as she likes it - until, one day, it turns
completely upside down! From the bestselling Big Bright Feelings
series by Tom Percival Be open, be honest, be you! Big Bright
Feelings for little people. Tilda's world is just as she likes it .
. . until one day, it turns completely UPSIDE DOWN. All of a
sudden, everything is topsy-turvy, and nothing feels right. Things
that were once easy now seem incredibly challenging. Can Tilda
discover a new way to approach her problems and believe in herself?
Bold, bright and empowering, this is an inspiring story about
coping with difficult situations. It's the ideal book for helping
children to build resilience and embrace a 'can do' approach to
life. Tom Percival's Big Bright Feelings series is the perfect
springboard for conversations about mental and emotional health,
positive self-image, building self-confidence and managing
feelings. Every child's bookshelf should contain his books.
Scorned in more ways than one, a former teen heiress attempts the ultimate revenge heist at her father's luxury wedding-if only her infuriatingly charming ex-boyfriend would get out of the way-in this funny and fast-paced romantic thriller.
Seventeen-year-old Olivia Owens isn't thrilled that her dad's getting remarried ... again. She's especially not thrilled that he cheated on her mom, kicked them out of their Rhode Island home, and cut Olivia out of her rightful inheritance.
But this former heiress has a plan for revenge. While hundreds of guests gather on the grounds of the gorgeous estate where she grew up, everyone will be thinking romance-not robbery. She'll play the part of dutiful daughter, but in reality she'll be redistributing millions from her father's online accounts. She only needs the handwritten pass code he keeps in the estate's safe.
With the help of an eclectic crew of high school students and one former teacher, Olivia has plotted her mid-nuptial heist down to the second. But she didn't plan for an obnoxiously nosy wedding guest, an interfering ex-boyfriend intent on winning her back, greedy European cousins with their own agenda, or a vengeful second wife. When everything seems like it's going wrong, Olivia has to keep her eyes on what really matters: getting rich. And when she's done, "something borrowed" will be the understatement of the year.
Amidst competing schemes, nonstop twists, and a romance to root for, one high-heeled mastermind must prove to her father-and herself-that she's more ruthless than anyone expected.
Perfect for fans of:
★ The Inheritance Games
★ Ocean's Eleven
★ Second chance romance
★ Gossip Girl
★ Heist stories
★ Ally Carter
Something Certain, Maybe is a powerful novel about first love,
friendships and embracing the uncertainty of an unknowable future,
from Sara Barnard, winner of the YA Book Prize. Rosie is ready for
her life to begin, because nothing says new life like going to
university. After years of waiting and working hard, she's finally
on the road that will secure her future. Except university turns
out to be not what she hoped or imagined, and although she's not
exactly unhappy - really - she might be a little bit worried that
she doesn't really like her course much. Or her flatmates. Or,
really . . . anything? But it's normal to be homesick (right?) and
everything will have settled in a month or two, and it's totally
fine that her friends seem so much happier than she is, and that
the doctors don't seem to know what's wrong with her mother. And
then she meets Jade, and everything starts to look a little
brighter. At least, it does if she's only looking at Jade. But is
first love enough when everything else is falling apart?
A funny, wise and heartwarming story, with a truly one-of-a-kind
hero, from the author of the highly-acclaimed I, Cosmo and My Life
as a Cat. I am an optimist. A very difficult thing to be,
sometimes, at three inches tall. Clementine is a genius. She
can calculate pi to 69,689 places, remembers the exact moment she
was born, and dreams in Latin. She's also a mouse. And when she
escapes from the lab which has bred her, Clementine discovers that
it's not enough to be the smartest mouse in history if she wants to
survive in the real world - especially while the scientists who
kept her are trying to recover their prize specimen. So, together
with her new human friends, Clementine must find a way to earn her
freedom - for good. With beautiful writing and a truly wonderful
hero who you'll fall in love with from the first page, Always,
Clementine is perfect for fans of Stuart Little, Charlotte's Web,
Flora and Ulysses, and The Queen's Gambit.
The unputdownable second book in the beloved LUX series from
bestselling author, Jennifer L. Armentrout!
BEING CONNECTED TO DAEMON BLACK SUCKS
Thanks to his alien mojo, Daemon's determined to prove what he feels
for me is more than a product of our bizarro connection. So I've sworn
him off, even though he's running more hot than cold these days. But
we've got bigger problems.
SOMETHING WORSE THAN THE ARUM HAS COME TO TOWN
The Department of Defense is here and if they ever find out what Daemon
can do and that we're linked, I'm a goner. So is he. And there's this
new boy in school who's got a secret of his own. He knows what's
happened to me and he can help, but to do so, I have to lie to Daemon
and stay away from him. Like that's possible. Against all common sense,
I'm falling for Daemon. Hard.
BUT THEN EVERYTHING CHANGES
I've seen someone who shouldn't be alive. And I have to tell Daemon,
even though I know he's never going to stop searching until he gets the
truth. What happened to his brother? Who betrayed him? And what does
the DOD want from them or from me?
NO ONE IS WHO THEY SEEM. AND NOT EVERYONE WILL SURVIVE THE LIES
 How can you love when your heart is haunted? As the son of
an ousted dictator, Oliver Obscura is a figure of mixed revulsion
and pity in the city of Providence. Now that his father is
imprisoned, and his systems of tyranny dismantled, a new era is
ruled over by a New Order. Oliver forms part of the new democratic
council along with his love, Ruby. But when a new threat risks
Ruby's life, Oliver becomes consumed with saving her. Ruby Renato
is watching her one true love descend into darkness. The more he
practises murkier strands of shadow magic, the further he
sacrifices his soul to gain power. As the city brinks on
revolution, and the divide between the lovers grows bigger, Ruby
must hunt for a newly discovered sixth element of the soul if she
is to hold on to what she loves. The perfect sequel to the
captivating romantasy The Girl With No Soul. The Boy With The
Haunted Heart combines a fabulous concept, a swooning love story,
and intoxicating world building in one glorious package. Perfect
for fans of Alice Broadway and Leigh Bardugo and BookTok. Morgan
Owen is a bright new talent in the YA world. Â
A Polari-Prize-winning author presents an unforgettable story about
a boy facing up to bullying - and his own truths. James loves
dancing, poetry, and Mariah Carey (not in that order, though,
because Mariah would obviously be first!). His teacher, Mr
Hamilton, is getting married to his boyfriend and it seems that
James will be part of a surprise choir performance at the wedding.
But James's father seems uncomfortable about the plan, and a lot of
other things - like any mention of Mr Hamilton, and James's
dancing, and how James talks about his new friend Joel. Meanwhile,
a different boy has been harassing James at school and calling him
gay, and it's getting worse every day. James can find relief with
his beloved Nan, she's been having worrying falls, and James can't
tell anyone, or she might be sent to a faraway care home. The
secrets are building up, and James is starting to lose his
characteristic spark. Can he find the strength to let the truth
out? A joyful, raw and timely novel about family, friends, enemies,
and being true to who you really are. Perfect for fans of Alex
Gino, A.M. Dassu, and The Boy At the Back of the Class. Ian
Eagleton is the author of Nen and the Lonely Fisherman, which was
shortlisted for The Bookseller's Book Of The Year - Discovery
Category 2022
Emmett Woodhouse, handsome, clever and rich, with a comfortable home
and happy disposition seemed to unite some of the best blessings of
existence and had lived nearly eighteen years in the world with very
little to distress or vex him.
Emmett knows he’s blessed. And because of that, he tries to give back:
from charity work to letting the often irritating Georgia sit at his
table at lunch, he knows it’s important to be nice. And recently, he’s
found a new way of giving back: matchmaking. He set up his best friend
Taylor with her new boyfriend and it’s gone perfectly. So when his
occasional friend-with-benefits Harrison starts saying he wants a
boyfriend (something Emmett definitely does NOT want to be), he decides
to try and find Harrison the perfect man at Highbury Academy.
Emmett’s childhood friend, Miles, thinks finding a boyfriend for a guy
you sleep with is a bad idea. But Miles is straight, and Emmett says
this is gay life – your friends, your lovers, your boyfriends – they
all come from the same very small pool. That’s why Emmett doesn’t date
– to keep things clean. He knows the human brain isn’t done developing
until twenty-five, so any relationship he enters into before then would
inevitably end in a breakup, in loss. And he’s seen what loss can do.
His mother died four years ago and his Dad hasn’t been the same since.
But the lines Emmett tries to draw are more porous than he thinks, and
as he tries to find Harrison the perfect match, he learns that gifted
as he may be, maybe he has no idea what he’s doing when it comes to
love.
Modern and very gay, with a charmingly conceited lead who is convinced
he knows it all, and the occasional reference to the classic movie
Clueless, Emmett brings you lush romance all while exploring the
complexities of queer culture—where your lovers and friends are
sometimes the same person, but the person you fall in love with might
be a total surprise.
#1 New York Times bestselling author of The Selection series Kiera
Cass is back with her most epic novel yet - a sweeping
enemies-to-lovers standalone romance.
'Love has a sound. It sounds like a thousand heartbeats happening at the same time.'
Annika has
lived a life of comfort and luxury as the Princess of Kadier-but
now, after the death of her mother, she's weighted under the
looming threat of a loveless marriage arranged by her cold father.
Far outside the palace walls, on the outskirts of the land Annika's
family has long ruled over, Lennox is waiting for his moment. His
people displaced, his father gone, Lennox knows that it's up to him
to lead his people into a battle to overthrow the Kadierian
monarchy.
After Annika and Lennox's worlds collide, they can't stop
thinking of each other. Annika has waited her whole life to find
out what love truly feels like-but could it be that she's found
love with someone she can never have?
The acclaimed novels from Alice Oseman, the author of the 2021 YA
Book Prize winning Loveless 'The Catcher in the Rye for the digital
age' The Times SOLITAIRE My name is Tori Spring. I like to sleep
and I like to blog. Last year - before all that stuff with Charlie
and before I had to face the harsh realities of A-Levels and
university applications and the fact that one day I really will
have to start talking to people - I had friends. Things were very
different, I guess, but that's all over now. Now there's Solitaire.
And Michael Holden. RADIO SILENCE What if everything you set
yourself up to be was wrong? Frances has always been a study
machine with one goal, elite university. Nothing will stand in her
way; not friends, not a guilty secret - not even the person she is
on the inside. But when Frances meets Aled, the shy genius behind
her favourite podcast, she discovers a new freedom. He unlocks the
door to Real Frances and for the first time she experiences true
friendship, unafraid to be herself. Then the podcast goes viral and
the fragile trust between them is broken. I WAS BORN FOR THIS For
Angel Rahimi life is about one thing: The Ark - a pop-rock trio of
teenage boys who are taking the world by storm. Being part of The
Ark's fandom has given her everything she loves - her friend
Juliet, her dreams, her place in the world. Jimmy Kaga-Ricci owes
everything to The Ark. He's their frontman - and playing in a band
with his mates is all he ever dreamed of doing. But dreams don't
always turn out the way you think and when Jimmy and Angel are
unexpectedly thrust together, they find out how strange and
surprising facing up to reality can be. LOVELESS It was all sinking
in. I'd never had a crush on anyone. No boys, no girls, not a
single person I had ever met. What did that mean? Georgia has never
been in love, never kissed anyone, never even had a crush - but as
a fanfic-obsessed romantic she's sure she'll find her person one
day. Is she destined to remain loveless? Or has she been looking
for the wrong thing all along?
Alexander's spooky mansion feels like home to Raven . . . but
could his residence in Dullsville be coming to an end?
Summer break is over, and Raven's sleep-filled days and
romantic nights with her immortal boyfriend, Alexander, must end.
The shock of daily attendance at Dullsville High isn't the only
change in store. An unexpected letter turns up at Alexander's
mansion--announcing his parents will be coming to town! Once they
arrive, it seems just about everyone has had a sighting of the
macabre couple except Raven. Is Alexander hiding something about
his parents' homecoming? Will Raven ever meet them, and can she
face the biggest threat yet to her love with Alexander?
When Jane Eyre becomes a governess at Thornfield Hall, she falls in love with her mysterious employer, Mr. Rochester. But he hides a terrible secret that threatens to drive them apart... Clearly written in a modern, approachable style, this beautiful retelling of the classic story includes informative notes on both the author and the original text.
In the margins of a book's pages, sparks fly as a teenage romance
begins. But in this time and place, sparks like these can only
ignite trouble. It's 1994 and thanks to Section 28, there can be no
mention of gay relationships in UK schools. When a kind librarian
leads Jamie to a disguised novel in the library that reflects his
own confused feelings towards boys, Jamie sees that he's not the
only one who has checked the book out. Will Jamie and this mystery
boy have the courage to meet - and if they do, what will it take to
hold on to each other?
 A funny, heartbreaking story about life and loss, and
making every second count. Eric's best friend, Finn Jones, was the
world's biggest prankster. Now Eric can't believe Finn's not here
anymore. ...Or is he? Eric seems to be getting messages from beyond
the grave, and as he follows Finn's wild, cryptic instructions, his
hope grows that he'll find Finn laughing at the end. The journey
also brings memories - and a truth that seems impossible to accept.
Simon James Green is the award-winning author of books like
Sleepover Takeover and The Life of Riley: Beginner's Luck, which
was shortlisted for the Blue Peter Book Prize. This story blends
hilarity with heart, perfect for fans of books by Helen Rutter,
Frank Cottrell-Boyce, Ben Bailey Smith and Ross Welford. Hilarious
illustrations throughout by Jennifer Jamieson  PRAISE FOR
SIMON'S MIDDLE-GRADE BOOKS Sleepover Takeover "This is a
fantastically funny, exciting, unexpected, and sometimes touching,
mystery thriller"Â BookTrust "A funny madcap mystery adventure
perfect for fans of Danny Wallace's THE DAY THE SCREENS WENT BLANK
or Charlie Higson's WORST. HOLIDAY. EVER."Â LoveReading 4 Kids
Life Of Riley: Beginner's Luck "This funny, gentle story is packed
with snappy humour and hilarious characters."Â BookTrust
"Though the laughs are sustained from start to finish, there is
some depth to the drama in Life of Riley, too. The characterisation
is original and refreshing."Â Books For Keeps "This funny,
gentle story is packed with snappy humour and hilarious characters.
You can’t help but love Riley, a brilliant, witty, world-weary
kid and long-suffering underdog. There’s a lovely message about
being grateful for all the things that you have and for
appreciating the people who support you, no matter what. Perfect
for Diary of a Wimpy Kid fans or children about to start secondary
school, though there’s a lot of fun to be had for grown ups here
too."Â LoveReading 4 Kids
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Heartstopper meets Crazy Rich Asians. Fake Dates and Mooncakes is a
heartfelt, joyful rom-com by Sher Lee.
Fake-dates, mooncakes and rich people problems. But love wasn't meant
to be on the menu . . .
Meet Dylan Tang: he juggles school and delivery runs for his aunt’s
struggling Chinese takeout in Brooklyn. Winning a mooncake competition
could bring the publicity they need to stay afloat.
Enter Theo Somers: a charming, wealthy customer who convinces Dylan to
be his fake date to a family wedding full of crazy rich drama. Their
romance is supposed to be just for show . . . but soon Dylan’s falling
for Theo. For real.
With the mooncake contest looming, Dylan can’t risk being distracted by
rich-people problems. Can he save his family’s business and follow his
heart – or will he fail to do both?
Love Nick and Charlie from Heartstopper? Meet Arthur and Ben! In
the follow-up to their charming NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER, What If
It's Us, best friends Adam Silvera (They Both Die At The End) and
Becky Albertalli (Simon vs. The Homo Sapiens Agenda) reunite to
give Arthur and Ben another shot at true love. From the creator of
13 Reasons Why, What If It's Us is soon to be a feature film! Ben
has spent his first year of college working on his fantasy
manuscript with his writing partner Mario, who is a great Spanish
tutor, and an even better kisser. So why can't he stop thinking
about the fact that Arthur's back in town two years after they
called it quits? Arthur is in New York for a dream internship on
Broadway, with a boyfriend back at home that he couldn't be happier
with. But when he comes upon Ben cuddled up with a mystery boy, he
starts to wonder if his feelings for Ben ever truly went away. Even
as the boys try to focus on their futures, they can't seem to help
running into each other in the present. Is the universe forcing
them to question if they're actually meant to be? Possibly not.
After all, things didn't work the first time around. Possibly yes.
After all, the sparks are still flying. Sometimes you just have to
take a leap of faith and raise a glass. Here's to celebrating old
friends! Here's to embracing new beginnings! Here's to believing in
second chances! PRAISE FOR WHAT IF IT'S US: 'Romantic, realistic
and sweet, this perfectly captures New York, teenage love and life
in that gray area when you're not quite an adult and not quite a
child either.' Lauren James, author of The Loneliest Girl in the
Universe PRAISE FOR ADAM SILVERA: 'A phenomenal talent.' Juno
Dawson, author of Clean and Wonderland PRAISE FOR BECKY ALBERTALLI:
'The love child of John Green and Rainbow Rowell.' Teen Vogue
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