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Books > Children's & Educational > Fiction > Teenage romance
Eighteen-year-old Aihui Ying dreams of becoming a brilliant engineer just like her beloved father - but her life is torn apart when she arrives a moment too late to stop his murder, and worse, lets the killer slip out of reach. Left with only a journal containing his greatest engineering secrets and a jade pendant snatched from the assassin, Ying vows to take revenge into her own hands.
Disguised as her brother, Ying heads to the capital city, and discovers that the answer to finding who killed her father lies behind the walls of the prestigious Engineers Guild -- the home of a past her father never wanted to talk about. With the help of an unlikely ally - Aogiya Ye-yang, a taciturn (but very handsome) young prince - Ying must navigate a world fraught with rules, challenges and politics she can barely grasp, let alone understand.
But to survive, she must fight to stay one step ahead of everyone. And when faced with a choice between doing what's right and what's necessary, Ying will have to decide if her revenge is truly worthwhile, if it means going against everything her father stood for ...
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Night Monster
(Hardcover)
Melissa S Meyer; Cover design or artwork by Aaron Meyer
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R876
Discovery Miles 8 760
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Revenant
(Hardcover)
Zee Lacson; Illustrated by Zee Lacson; Edited by David Rutter
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R881
R768
Discovery Miles 7 680
Save R113 (13%)
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There used to be an empty chair at the back of my class, but now a new boy called Ahmet is sitting in it.
He's eight years old (just like me), but he's very strange. He never talks and never smiles and doesn't like sweets - not even lemon sherbets, which are my favourite!
But the truth is, Ahmet really isn't very strange at all. He's a refugee who's run away from a War. A real one. With bombs and fires and bullies that hurt people. And the more I find out about him, the more I want to be his friend.
That's where my best friends Josie, Michael and Tom come in. Because you see, together we've come up with a plan.
A beautifully illustrated, magical retelling of one of the most
beloved fairy tales, which no child's library should be without!
The Little Mermaid is curious to see the world above the water, but
it's forbidden. One day, when nobody is is looking, she slips above
the waves and falls in love with a prince. Longing to see him
again, she asks the Sea Witch to help her become human. But, for
Sea Witch's spell to work, the Little Mermaid must make a difficult
choice . . . Will she ever see the prince again? Based on the
original story by Hans Christian Andersen, this exquisite
reimagining of the classic fairy tale, loved by generations, comes
ahead of the highly anticipated Disney live-action movie, The
Little Mermaid.
All magic comes at a price, but love was never part of the bargain
. . . The look he was giving her. Serilda had never been looked at
like that before . . . The intensity. The heat. The raw
astonishment. He was going to kiss her. Cursed by the god of lies,
a miller's daughter has developed a talent for storytelling - but
are all of her tales as false as they appear? When one of Serilda's
stories draws the attention of the devastating Erlking, she finds
herself swept away into a world of enchantment, where ghouls prowl
the earth, and ravens track her every move. The king locks Serilda
in a castle dungeon and orders her to spin straw into gold, or be
killed for lying. In despair, Serilda unwittingly summons a
mysterious young man to her aid. And he agrees to help her, for a
price. But love wasn't meant to be part of the bargain. A
compulsive read, and as bewitchingly good as you'd expect from a YA
bestselling author. You will stay up all night reading this.
'Gilded glitters as brightly as the stories and gold that Serilda
and Gild spin.' Kate Corr (The Corr Sisters), authors of The
Witch's Kiss trilogy and A Throne of Swans duology 'Forget spinning
straw into gold, Meyer can spin words into magic and worlds into
reality.' Alexandra Christo, author of To Kill a Kingdom, Into the
Crooked Place and City of Spells 'The queen of fairy-tale
retellings is back, this time with Rumpelstiltskin as her
inspiration, and the result is a gorgeously intricate tale that
will have readers locked in from the start [...] Meyer weaves an
enchanting tale filled with whimsically magical moments and some
serious suspense.' Booklist 'Meyer explores the power of fiction in
this inventive Rumpelstiltskin reimagining [...] Intricate
worldbuilding and star-crossed romance help temper the Erlking's
brutality [...] well-drawn characters will leave readers craving a
sequel.' Publishers Weekly
Run away from what they see. Discover who you are. Maudie and
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Jake is put into care, Maudie can't take it any more. She comes up
with a wild plan to pull their family back together - by kidnapping
Jake. On the run in Cornwall, Jake and Maudie each find something
they hadn't expected - freedom and love. But can they find Mum and
a way to heal together? A powerful and insightful novel about
grief, disability and first love; a story about getting lost and
finding yourself.
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