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Eight years ago, on a rainy night in November, Evan Barrett's parents were lost at sea as a panicked Evan listened to their frantic Mayday calls on a ship-to-shore radio. There was no way to save them, no way to explain the deafening shrieks behind his mother's cries for mercy. Now, Evan has returned to his home in West Hook to search for answers to his parents' disappearance. Were they swallowed up by The She, the angry she-devil of legend that devours ships off the New Jersey coast? Or was it...

Wisdom On…Getting Along with Parents can help you understand both sides a little better and improve your relationship. This book is about giving you insight and understanding into the dynamics of your relationship with your parents, and helping you learn to use wisdom when you interact with them. You’ll walk away from this book with a whole new perspective on the relationship you have with your parents, and how to have an even better one.

When her sister runs away from home, Caitlin is left to deal with the emotional fallout. Unable to live up to the idealised view of her missing sister, she withdraws into herself, keeping her life - and her flourishing relationship with Rogerson - a secret even from her best friend. So when Rogerson starts hitting her, she keeps it all inside, her only outlet for her pain a diary, addressed to her missing sister...

Love. It's just like hate, but somebody gets flowers. So, you've made the mistake of falling in love. Let Happy Bunny be your guide as you wade through the whole naff love thing - from crush to crash, from hook-up to break-up, from going out to going in sane. Happy Bunny knows how you feel. It just doesn't care. Inside this funny full-colour gift book, you'll find tips on dating, crushe and secret admirers from a bunny with attitude. And there's bons fun with quizzes, games and even a Love Maze!...

In conjunction with Save the Children this series investigates the needs of children in both developed and developing countries. This book aims to help readers look closely at families and their functions. It discusses the role of the family, why and when people need them, and investigates what keeps families together, what pulls them apart and what we can do to get the most from family life. The author examines different family structures (nuclear families, extended families and kinship groups)...

"Raw and unflinching . . . A must-read!" --Marieke Nijkamp, #1 New York Times-bestselling author of This Is Where It Ends "[It] cuts to the heart of our bogus ideas of beauty." -Scott Westerfeld, #1 New York Times-bestselling author of Uglies I am ugly. There's a mathematical equation to prove it. At only eight months old, identical twin sisters Ariel and Zan were diagnosed with Crouzon syndrome -- a rare condition where the bones in the head fuse prematurely. They were the first twins kno...

A Family can be a crazy place to grow up in. Troubled parents or difficult circumstances can mean that a family isn't the safe haven kids need it to be. In their own words, ten teens recall growing up in "crazy" families. They talk about coping with loneliness, divorce, alcoholism, drug abuse and mental illness but their stories offer hope and inspiration and reinforce their message of "Don't give up!".

Mary-Kate has a huge crush on a boy named Jordan but is too shy to tell him. Ashley steps in to help Mary-Kate but soon finds herself falling for Jordan too.

Carrie and Mae-Ling both attend an exclusive private school in Sydney, but their backgrounds couldn't be more different. Carrie enjoys the lifestyle her successful father affords her, whilst Mae-Ling is an illegal immigrant from Vietnam. Trying to establish herself in a new country, Mae-Ling's mother has high expectations of her quiet, hard-working daughter. But now that daughter is lying in hospital with a suspected ecstasy overdose. Sat in the waiting room, Carrie is faced with explaining to M...

The fourth of a delightful series of illustrated books by Monica Calaf and Mikel Fuentes gives young children the opportunity to learn about how they were born.

Elisabeth's hand trembled as she lifted the jar of warm liquid. She wanted to run away and scream that it was all a mistake, but instead she took a deep breath and poured her urine over the plastic pregnancy tester. A few drops spilt on the bathroom tiles. She shivered. It was so unfair. They'd only done it a few times and it hadn't even been that good. Not like it was in books or movies. She looked at her watch and crossed her fingers as her brother rattled the door handle. I'm busy!' she yelle...

Each title in the "Humanities Insights" series covers popular topics studied as part of GCSE Integrated Humanities courses. The texts are interrelated to give a coherent overview of contemporary issues in the fields of geography, history and social science. There are self-contained modules of work featuring differentiated, skills-based tasks appropriate for GCSE. This book examines the concept of the family and the role of the family in different societies. It discusses key events common to the...

Follows Milo from fifth grade, when his mother and philosopher father get divorced, through tenth grade, when his mother has married a wealthy businessman and Milo is still a bit of a loner, looking for the meaning of life.

A revealing portrait of a young Black man asking questions about self-discovery and belonging - long before he became one of the most important voices in America.The son of a white American mother and a Black Kenyan father, Obama was born in Hawaii, where he lived until he was six years old, when he moved with his mother and stepfather to Indonesia. At twelve, he returned to Hawaii to live with his grandparents. Obama brings readers along while facing the challenges of high school and college, l...