Girl Child

The Sunday Times and New York Times best-selling author of Damaged tells the true story of Donna, who came into foster care aged 10, having been abused, victimised, and rejected by her family. Donna has been in foster care with her two young brothers for three weeks when she is abruptly moved to Cathy's. When Donna arrives she is silent, withdrawn, and walks with her shoulders hunched forward and her head down.

Lou and her brother Otto have played on the same hockey team since they were young. Coach Lopez has always recognized Lou as one of the best players on the team, even though she’s the only girl. But Coach has been deployed with his Army Reserves unit. Coach Hoctor is taking over for the next few months . . . and gives his son Lou’s starting spot. Can Lou and her teammates convince their new coach of her talent?

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “MARVELOUS.”—The New Yorker An Entertainment Weekly All-Time Greatest Novel A Newsweek Top 100 Book of All Time Winner of the Carnegie Medal The Inspiration for the HBO Original Series His Dark Materials DON’T MISS THE EPIC FINALE TO...

Two storybook collections in one volume! Scary Storybook Collection Boo! Join in the eerie fun with all your favorite Disney characters! Have a spooky slumber party with Mickey and his friends, spend a night out in the rainy jungle with Dug, learn about the Curse of the Crow with Peter Pan, and...

"High School. Two words that struck fear into the heart of every armless middle schooler I knew. Which was me. And like two people online." Just as Aven starts to feel comfortable in Stagecoach Pass, with her friends and schoolmates accustomed to her lack of "armage", everything changes once again. She's about to begin high school...with 2,300 new kids to stare at her. And no matter how much Aven tries to play it cool, nothing prepares her for the reality. In a year filled with confusion, humiliation, fears, loss, and just maybe love, can Aven manage to stay true to herself?

Read by the author, Sandra Brown. ‘Completely gripping . . . Sandra Brown found evil in the person of her own father; and she confronted it as few could have done . . . Everyone will want to read this amazing story’ – Andrew O’Hagan, author of Caledonian Road Sandra Brown was eight when...

Aurélie s’inquiète : sa mère cherche l’amour sur Internet (elle pourrait tomber sur des maniaques !) et son amie Kat, qui vit une peine d’amour, se révolte contre tous les gars de la terre. Elle va même jusqu’à lui proposer un pacte de célibat qui les lierait jusqu’à la fin du secondaire ! Le cœur d’Aurélie balance entre la proposition de son amie et ses sentiments de plus en plus forts pour Nicolas. Pour couronner le tout, son nouveau voisin, Tommy, se montre plutôt envahissant, et elle a une montagne de travail à faire pour améliorer ses résultats scolaires…

Two years ago, Margaret left her Arctic home for the outsiders’ school. Now she has returned and can barely contain her excitement as she rushes toward her waiting family - but her mother stands still as a stone. This strange, skinny child, with her hair cropped short, can’t be her daughter. “Not my girl!” she says angrily. Margaret’s years at school have changed her. Now 10 years old, she has forgotten her language and the skills to hunt and fish. She can’t even stomach her mother’s food. Her only comfort is in the books she learned to read at school.

Discover a powerful toolkit within this guide that promises not just knowledge but transformative strategies and insights. Understand how ADHD intersects with other disorders, affecting everything from emotional regulation to learning capabilities. Uncover hidden techniques for managing hyperactivity and enhancing executive functions, and get acquainted with the most effective ADHD medications and alternative therapies available.

New York Times Bestseller The long-awaited next book from actress and New York Times bestselling author of The Rural Diaries, Hilarie Burton Morgan. Through memoir essays and magical practices, Grimoire Girl connects us to the enchantment that exists inside us all. Since childhood, Hilarie...

Are you a girl who loves to nail the perfect spike? Get in the game! Take your knowledge of volleyball to the next level. Learn the positions, skills, tips and tricks that will help you stay sharp on and off the field.

Rebekah Daniels is the best girl detective in all of Curtis Bay, and this summer, she - along with her best friend and cousin - are going away to summer camp! When the camp counselors warn the kids to stay away from a certain shed, of course Rebekah cannot possibly help being curious about what's inside. Rebekah is determined to solve every last mystery at summer camp, starting with the strange sounds coming from one very secret shed.

The preteen years can be complicated, and this conversational devotional helps girls find their voice and inner strength through God’s love and light. Brittany Rust, an experienced Bible teacher with a passion for helping teens know God and His Word, discusses and interprets Scripture in a way that makes it easy for kids to understand and speaks to everyday preteen concerns, like friends and cliques, self-esteem, privacy, social media, and crushes.

The electrifying #1 New York Times bestselling debut novel from YouTube sensation Joey Graceffa dares to ask the question: What would you do in order to survive if your very existence were illegal? Rowan is a second child in a world where population control measures make her an outlaw, marked...

Lois Lowry’s The Giver is the quintessential dystopian novel, followed by its remarkable companions, Gathering Blue, Messenger, and Son. Jonas's world is perfect. Everything is under control. There is no war or fear of pain. There are no choices. Every person is assigned a role in the...

Rebekah Daniels is always excited about something. Most of the time, it's anything at all to do with solving a mystery. Now, she's super excited to be going to a brand-new school with her best friend, Mouse. But so far, her first day isn't starting out so well. She really couldn't help running into the janitor, because how would she get to class in time without running? But, the bigger question remains.... That janitor had shown up in the hall out of nowhere! Rebekah is sure of it. So, now she has her first fifth-grade mystery to solve, and it's a big one!

“Roald Dahl sometimes shared a tonal kinship with Ogden Nash, and he could demonstrate a verbal inventiveness nearly Seussian…[His] stories work better in audio than in print.” –The New York Times Now that he's won the chocolate factory, what's next for Charlie? Last seen flying through...

No one would accuse 11-year-old Caddie Woodlawn of being dainty and ladylike. In spite of her mother’s best efforts, Caddie is as wild as the wind, playing freely and rambunctiously with her two brothers in the Wisconsin backwoods. There are rafts to build and trees to climb and pranks to play. Caddie especially likes to watch her friend Indian John build birchbark canoes at the river. Every day seems wide with possibility - as wide as the frontier. But living on the edge of civilization has its risks, too....

In this third volume of the popular Immortals Quartet, Daine enters a glittering world laced with danger and treachery, a world that grows more intense when the gods themselves push her to use her wild magic for their own ends.

The brilliant and beloved gang from the New York Timesbestselling series is back -- and ready to face new threats, dangerous dilemmas, and irresistible adventures. The Mysterious Benedict Society is a modern classic, drawing comparisons to J.K. Rowling and Roald Dahl, named a Timemagazine "Best...