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It is 1947, and Beit Daras, a quiet village in Palestine, surrounded by olive groves, is home to the Baraka family. Eldest daughter Nazmiyeh looks after her widowed mother, prone to wandering and strange outbursts, while her brother Mamdouh tends to the village bees. Their younger sister, Marian,...

Even now, at the age of 82, Iris lives in the shadow cast by her younger sister Laura. Now poor and trying to cope with a failing body, Iris reflects on her far from exemplary life, in particular the events surrounding her sister's tragic death.

When Emma Sasha Silver loses her eyesight in a nightmare accident, she must relearn everything from walking across the street to recognising her own sisters to imagining colours. One of seven children, Emma used to be the invisible kid, but now it seems everyone is watching her. And just as she's...

Claire has come to realise that the undead of Morganville just want to live their lives. But there's a new extreme sport being broadcast over the Internet - bare-knuckle fights pitting captured vampires against one another - or, worse, against humans. What started as an online brawl will soon thr...

What if it was every day? This is the story of Sam Green, who really, really, really loves birthdays. He loves the special breakfasts in bed. The presents. The themed parties. Blowing out the candles on his cake. Everything. In fact, he wishes it was his birthday every day. So, at first, it's exc...

Jack knows every wrestling move there is to know, and his dreams come true when he's recruited as a training assistant to Waldo's Wrestling Trolls. Little does Jack know that he's actually part troll, and that when his new family is in trouble he morphs into the terrifying Thud! He'll have to res...

Helena McEwen has captured the wonders and terrors of childhood. The Big House is an evocative and powerful novel about loss and family bereavement, and how memory is shaped by place.

In this heartfelt and incisive novel, Danielle Steel celebrates the virtues of sisterhood and unconventional beauty.

Judy Moody and Stink face some wicked weather - and a night without any electricity! Hold on to your umbrella and stock up on marshmallows - Hurricane Elmer is coming to town!

Juliet seemingly has it all. Popular, pretty, with laidback, loving parents, a devoted boyfriend and an effortless straight A report card. But then the cracks start to show: her parents separate, which leads to her mother taking an overdose. With the stress of college applications looming on the ...