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Wilbur is sure he's a loser: he spends his life being bullied, his
best friend is 85 years old, and his only talent is playing the
triangle in the school band. But things start to look up when he
gets the chance to be part of the French exchange. Wilbur's billet
Charlie arrives to spend the week with him and his two moms . . .
and it turns out that Charlie is a girl. An amazing, sophisticated,
French girl who Wilbur instantly falls in love with. Keen to win
her heart, Wilbur agrees to a total life makeover before he sees
Charlie again on the return trip to Paris. But the course of true
amour never did run smooth . . .
Meet Stewart. He's geeky, gifted and sees things a bit differently
to most people. His mum has died and he misses her all the more now
he and Dad have moved in with Ashley and her mum. Meet Ashley.
She's popular, cool and sees things very differently to her new
family. Her dad has come out and moved out - but not far enough.
And now she has to live with a freakazoid step-brother. Stewart
can't quite fit in at his new school, and Ashley can't quite get
used to her totally awkward home, which is now filled with some
rather questionable decor. And things are about to get a whole lot
more mixed up when these two very different people attract the
attention of school hunk Jared. . .
Felix Knutsson is nearly thirteen, lives with his mother and pet gerbil Horatio, and is brilliant at memorising facts and trivia. So far, pretty normal. But Felix and his mom Astrid have a secret: they are living in a van. Astrid promises it’s only for a while until she finds a new job, and begs Felix not to breathe a word about it. So when Felix starts at a new school, he does his very best to hide the fact that most of his clothes are in storage, he only showers weekly at the community centre, and that he doesn’t have enough to eat. When his friends Dylan and Winnie ask to visit, Felix always has an excuse.
But Felix has a plan to turn his and Astrid’s lives around: he’s going to go on his favourite game show Who, What, Where, When and win the cash prize. All he needs is a little luck and a lot of brain power . . .
Susin Nielsen deftly combines humour, heartbreak, and hope in this moving story about people who slip through the cracks in society, and about the power of friendship and community to make all the difference.
Ever since tragedy struck her family, Petula has learned to see danger everywhere – whether it’s crossing the road or eating a poached egg. Petula’s determined not to let her guard down, even if this means allowing herself to be ruled by anxiety and grief, and losing her best friend.
Then Jacob walks into her therapy group. Strikingly tall and confident, he’s survived a different kind of disaster and still come out smiling. At first Petula is repelled by his optimism, yet even she can’t deny their chemistry together.
But optimism is blind – and so is love. What will happen if Petula gives in to both?
In this sweet and affirming picture book, two cats discover they
don't need to share a language to become friends. Leonard adores
his human. "Stay! Let's play!" he says when it's time to leave for
work. His human just hears "Meow." Sometimes Leonard gets lonely.
So does Mariposa, who is new in town. Maybe they could keep each
other company? "Hello," says Leonard. "Hola," says Mariposa. While
the friends don't share a language, they do share adventures. And
together they find a place where all cats-and their humans-are
welcome.
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The Magic Beads (Paperback)
Susin Nielsen-Fernlund; Illustrated by Genevieve Cote
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R255
R215
Discovery Miles 2 150
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The Magic Beads (Hardcover)
Susin Nielsen; Illustrated by Genevieve Cote
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R411
R337
Discovery Miles 3 370
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It's seven-year-old Lillian's first day at a new school, and she's
got butterflies in her tummy, but those butterflies turn into
grasshoppers when she learns she has to bring something for Show
and Tell at the end of the week! Lillian and her mother have just
moved away from Lillian's abusive father and into a family shelter,
leaving behind all of their possessions. Every day that Lillian
anxiously watches her classmates bring toys with which she has
nothing to compare, the creatures in her stomach change and grow,
until finally, she realizes that imagination can make anything
magical, even an ordinary string of beads.
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Word Nerd (Paperback)
Susin Nielsen
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R245
R192
Discovery Miles 1 920
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Ambrose Bukowski is a twelve-year-old with a talent for mismatching
his clothes, for saying the wrong thing at the worst possible time,
and for words. In short, he's a self-described nerd. Making friends
is especially hard because he and his overprotective mother, Irene,
have had to move so often. And when bullies at his latest school
almost kill him by deliberately slipping a peanut into his sandwich
to set off his allergy, it's his mother who has the extreme
reaction. From now on, Ambrose has to be home-schooled. Then
Ambrose strikes up an unlikely friendship with the landlord's son,
Cosmo, an ex-con who's been in prison. They have nothing in common
except for Scrabble. But a small deception grows out of control
when Ambrose convinces a reluctant Cosmo to take him to a Scrabble
club. Could this spell disaster for Ambrose?
Thirteen-year-old wrestling fanatic Henry used to have a normal
life. Now, his therapist wants him to keep a journal so he can
express his feelings about what happened. Henry has moved with his
dad to a new city, where nobody knows their name. He lives off a
diet of pizza, whilst hiding from the comically overbearing
neighbours and avoiding being an obvious target for bullies at his
new school. But then he meets Farley and Alberta, social misfits
who refuse to let him be alone. And bit by bit, the past begins to
come out. Heartbreaking, surprising and laugh-out-loud funny, The
Reluctant Journal of Henry K Larsen is about the things that remain
after your life has fallen to pieces.
Wilbur has spent his teens being bullied and now he's sure he's nothing but a loser: his best friend is 85 years old, and his only talent is playing the triangle in the school band. Things start to look up when a mix-up with the French exchange programme results in Wilbur being assigned a girl to look after – an amazing, sophisticated, beautiful French girl called Charlie. Wilbur is sure he's in love, and his sometime friend Alex has a plan to give Wilbur the makeover that will get Charlie to love him back. But the course of true l'amour never did run smooth . . .
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