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Amal is a 16-year-old Melbourne teen with all the usual obsessions about boys, chocolate and Cosmo magazine. She's also a Muslim, struggling to honour the Islamic faith in a society that doesn't understand it. The story of her decision to "shawl up" and its attendent anxieties (like how much eyeliner to wear) is funny, surprising and touching.

Engage your seriously struggling and reluctant teen readers with Barrington Stoke's SEN short fiction. Date with Danger has been specially designed for teen readers with a very low reading age of 6 and is fully illustrated throughout.

Engage your seriously struggling and reluctant teen readers with Barrington Stoke's SEN short fiction. Not a Good Look has been specially designed for teen readers with a very low reading age of 6 and is fully illustrated throughout.

Set just after the Napoleonic wars, Small Gains is the story of Clara, a true heroine who struggles to keep her head above water in a time of poverty and prejudice. Nat, the cruel but incredibly attractive son of the local rich family, turns Clara and her family's lives upside down, both in the world of racing and in the flushes of first love. And with the threat of tuberculosis hanging over them all, Clara faces up to her extraordinary life and loves with certainty and passion.

Clara has been left a widow, pregnant with another man's child, and it seems as if things could not get worse. But soon her pretty and reckless youngest sister, Ellen, is harshly sentenced to deportation to the newly-discovered land of Australia, alongside many other convicts. And back in Norfolk, Clara becomes the victim of blackmail that puts her in the clutches of the wicked Nat Grover in more ways than one . . . Will her pure love for Prosper Mayes ever survive? Spanning from the gritty county of Norfolk to the wilds of Australia in the early nineteenth century, the Garlands face huge obstacles in their struggle to survive as a family. Yet, they remain as inimitable and courageous as ever.

During a time when legends were born . . .ENAMOREDA princess in need of a husband, a young Sage who cannot have her, and a web of deceit that threatens their love.Having been raised by her childless aunt and uncle, the king and queen, Princess Elinor finds herself the only heir to the throne of Norvegia. As she comes of age, she must choose a husband to rule beside her, but she struggles to make her selection from among a dozen noblemen during a weeklong courtship.With aspirations to become the wisest man in the land, Maxim is summoned home by his father Rasmus, a Royal Sage. Reunited with Elinor, once his closest friend, Maxim is quickly enamored with her even though he can never be considered a prospect for her husband.Elinor's feelings for Maxim are rekindled too . . . until she learns he has been unwillingly drawn into Rasmus's scheme to take control of the throne. With the kingdom under attack both from within and without, can Elinor and Maxim overcome the deceit spinning around them? Or will it destroy their love once and for all?The real story of Excalibur.

Mabel Flanigan is certain of three things: she is in love with Bonnie, she must escape Pleasant Meadows Mental Hospital before her scheduled brain operation, and when she escapes her father will stop at nothing to have her recommitted or worse. Sixteen year old Mabel has always felt different from the other girls in Wheatonville. She is determined to go to college and study astronomy, but when seventeen year old Bonnie moves to the sleepy midwestern town, Mabel realizes that there is more to life than celestial bodies. With an acceptance letter to University of California-Berkley, Mabel finally sees an opportunity to escape her abusive father and make a life with Bonnie. But when Bonnie refuses Mabels pleas to join her in California, an argument ensues that changes the course of their lives forever.A Scent of Lilac is a young adult LGBTQ romance novel about a tale of strength, determination, and tenderness as two young women fight their way back to each other in a world that has branded their love as an impossibility.

What happens when a summer fling turns into a senior year romance?Emma is fine being a loner and a nobody at her school, but now she has a boyfriend who is a somebody. And Emma has no clue how popular Tyler is.Tyler attends the same school as Emma for their senior year. Emma's thrown headfirst into learning the rules of having a boyfriend and navigating the social chaos of high school. A school lunchroom is on the opposite end of the universe from having donuts with four grandmothers and their grandkids in a retirement community.Hoping to retain the sense of self she discovered during summer vacation, Emma finds the courage to get out of her box as Tyler pulls into his. Emma feels she knows the real Tyler, but he holds something back from her. Breaking every unwritten boyfriend rule, Emma's small world is shattered when she enters Tyler's. It'll take the senior kids and senior citizens of the donut club to unmask the problem between Emma and Tyler and show them what's real."Rebel with a Boyfriend" follows Emma and Tyler after their summer fling in "Rebel with a Donut." Grab your favorite donut and get ready for the distractions (and squirrels) thrown in their path. The grandmas from The Villages, plus Ravi, Hannah, and Cole make meddling appearances.

Reign and Arielle have discovered a hidden agenda neither of them could have fathomed.One that will force Reign to accept the destiny he doesn't believe he's worthy of. One where Arielle will be asked to find an inner-strength she's not sure she has. One that will have them succumbing to their smoldering attraction, even as they question who or what is influencing their choices.Because a battle for newfound power has begun, sparked by a drive for absolution that reaches as far back as the origins of man. A war that will wreak havoc in ways humanity has never seen before.Finding the Grail is even more important. And finding the next Innocent isn't just about saving a life. This soul is the key to keeping the next Gate of Hell closed and the sin of Wrath contained.But who is the Innocent? And will they find the Grail in time to save them?An edgy, epic new adult romance for fans of Richelle Mead and Jennifer Armentrout. Scroll up and one-click to lose yourself in the breath taking paranormal romance, Gates of Chaos, today!

When Chicagoland's top-rated high school dancers, Libby, C.C., and Brooke, travel to New York City for the national Stairway to the Stars competition, touristy thrills and new romances are soon overshadowed by a chilling disappearance.