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Letting go is a beach.Sixteen-year-old Jazz Jacobson has always spent her summers on Fire Island.This year she'll be scooping ice cream during the day and hanging out with her friends at night. It's a charmed life: riding bikes, taking over lifeguard chairs, and soaking up the sun. Sure, she's got a crush on the hot new surfer boy, and her best friend, Macy, is still not over that jerk , Max Cooper, but what's a summer without its drama?While Jazz starts to fall in love, Macy unravels, revealing exactly how not-over Max Cooper she really is. Boundaries are crossed and the edge of sanity is tested in Marcelle Karp's debut novel that celebrates the complicated dynamics of female friendship, and the heartbreaking ache of first love.

From widely acclaimed comedian and author, Shappi Khorsandi, comes a modern fable about the rise and fall of a beautiful, but vulnerable, young woman in a world obsessed with money, status and looks.'Brilliant' Bella A Sun pick of the weekEmma and her mother are down on their luck. They're taking turns sleeping on the sofa in her nan's tiny flat - and desperately trying to come up with an escape plan. Emma is struggling with her family, struggling at school where the girls are bitchy towards her and the boys only seem to want one thing, and struggling with never having enough money for anything, ever. Just as she's contemplating quitting school to get a real job, she meets two men who convince her that she has a shot at modelling. But their motives are far from innocent, and Emma is soon pulled into a dark world. And then she meets Con, who is rich, handsome and so romantic! Has Emma's luck finally changed? Kissing Emma is inspired by the real life and untold story of Emma Hamilton, Lord Nelson's mistress. But Shappi Khorsandi's modern Emma is going to get the happy ending her namesake never did - and stick two fingers up at the men who dare to take advantage of young women while she's doing it.Not suitable for younger readers

Maaya is a teenager who can see ghosts, and she and her three friends get by on the poor streets of Sark by sealing away troublesome spirits under the direction of a deceptive, malicious wealthy man. Accompanying them is a ghost named Saber, Maaya's long-time friend. Maaya doesn't concern herself with world affairs, focusing only on staying alive in a superstitious town that ignores her at best and wants her dead at worst - but after an entire street of people goes missing without a trace and whispers of war begin to reach her ears, Maaya decides it's time to investigate.Maaya soon finds herself in over her head as she confronts a wave of faceless ghosts that terrify even the dead. Driven on by rumors of a mysterious weapon that can make entire cities vanish in an instant, she and Saber start their journey across the world to find out how to stop it. She begins to find new friends, powerful allies, and even love, all while being pursued by new and more dangerous enemies.The closer she gets, however, the more she realizes that the ghosts she's after may not just be mindlessly killing innocents - and that they may be chasing her instead.

Three Journeys. One Season.Sophomore Sarah Turner has a gift for running, but not the resources to develop it and compete at the elite level.Her father, Ben, devoted to Sarah and his students at their K-12 school, privately struggles with losing his wife four years ago.Enter personal trainer Amber Jones, a one-time NCAA finalist, still striving to reach the U.S. Olympic Trials.Drawn together by a track season, the Lord weaves their lives together in profound and unexpected ways, leaving them each uniquely . . . gifted.

Collins Big Cat supports every primary child on their reading journey from phonics to fluency. Top authors and illustrators have created fiction and non-fiction books that children love to read. Book banded for guided and independent reading, there are reading notes in the back, comprehensive teaching and assessment support and ebooks available.

"And they lived mommy ever after," the mommy whispered to her baby. "Because we are not always going to feel happy, but I am always going to be your mommy." A daughter grows from a tiny infant to a young girl, and the years bring all the natural changes and accompanying emotions. Some emotions are big and scary. But the one constant in the little girl's life is her mother and her magical stories. These stories stories teach her about her uniqueness, about her kindness, and about her power to face the inevitable darkness in life. But when she's on her own, away from her mother, can she share her light? It's never too early to teach children how to recognize and accept emotions like fear, sadness, and loneliness. Through gorgeous illustrations of the real and fantasy worlds in which children always coexist, Mommy Ever After explores the difficult idea that we won't always be happy, but we can always be brave and we can always be kind.

A celebration of friendship from 11-year-old Pride of Britain winners, Hughie and Freddie.

When all the world's a stage... who will you be?GabeTransgender teen Gabe stands on a precipice. His whole life, he has felt trapped in a life he loathes and a body that isn't true to who he is. Meeting a boy isn't part of his plan, and neither is romance, but by the end of the night he's given Orlando his heart, his phone number, and the wrong name!His coming out does not go as he'd planned. What will happen when they meet again after Gabe transitions? OrlandoOrlando can't stop thinking about the green-eyed girl he met at Touchstone's masquerade party. Heartbroken when she vanishes the next day, he throws himself into painting, bad poetry, and begging his best friend to spill what he knows.When a new school year starts, he is stunned and flustered by the new boy, whose eyes look just like the ones he's been painting for months. His confusion builds when Gabe starts flirting with him... and he wants to flirt back! But can he let go of Rose to give Gabe a chance?LIKE IT OR NOT is a contemporary Young Adult retelling of William Shakespeare's As You Like It.This story contains themes of loss, parental rejection, misgendering, dysphoria, suicidal ideation, transphobia, and homophobia. Ultimately, my hope is that they're handled in a way that is uplifting, but if these are triggering for you, please read with caution.