Two Ticks Tuesday; What's a Girl Gotta Do?
Holly Bourne HOW TO START A FEMINIST REVOLUTION: 1. Call out anything that is unfair on one gender 2. Don’t call out the same thing twice (so you can sleep and breathe) 3. Always try to keep it funny 4.…
Two Ticks Tuesday; How Hard Can Love Be?
Holly Bourne Amber, Evie and Lottie: three girls facing down tough issues with the combined powers of friendship, feminism and cheesy snacks. Both hilarious and heart-rending, this is Amber’s story of how painful – and exhilarating – love can be,…
#SchoolLibrarySanta
After hearing about teachers and librarians funding their libraries with their own money, Caroline and Faye decided that we wanted to do something to help; making sure that every child has access to books. Inspired by the upcoming festive season…
Two Ticks Tuesday; Am I Normal Yet?
Holly Bourne All Evie wants is to be normal. She’s almost off her meds and at a new college where no one knows her as the girl-who-went-crazy. She’s even going to parties and making friends. There’s only one thing left…
Two Ticks Tuesday; Witch Born
Nicholas Bowling It’s 1577. Queen Elizabeth I has imprisoned scheming Mary Queen of Scots, and Alyce’s mother is burned at the stake for witchcraft. Alyce kills the witchfinder and flees to London – but the chase isn’t over yet. As…
Odd and True
Cat Winters Trudchen grew up hearing Odette’s stories of their monster-slaying mother and a magician’s curse. But now that Tru’s older, she’s starting to wonder if her older sister’s tales were just comforting lies, especially because there’s nothing fantastic about…
Daughter of the Burning City
Amanda Foody Reality is in the eye of the beholder… Even among the many unusual members of the travelling circus that has always been her home sixteen year old Sorina stands apart as the only illusion-worker born in hundreds of…
One of Us is Lying
Karen M.McManus Yale hopeful Bronwyn has never publicly broken a rule. Sports star Cooper only knows what he’s doing in the baseball diamond. Bad body Nate is one misstep away from a life of crime. Prom queen Addy is holding…
Miriam’s Secret
Debby Waldman In 1930 nine-year-old Miriam travels by train from Brooklyn to her grandparents’ farm in upstate New York. Her grandparents are kind, generous people, but they aren’t exactly ideal playmates for a lonely girl. When Miriam is not doing…
Poppy Pym and the Smugglers Secret
Laura Wood Poppy is thrilled that they’re spending the summer at Smuggler’s Cove. It might even take her mind off the mystery of her past. But Poppy is about to make some amazing discoveries – and solve more than one…
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