Girlpower!
F or Star2 ’ s m onth- lo ng ce le bration ofwom e n in conjunction with Inte rnational W om e n’s D ay on M arch 8 ,we offer fictio nal girls adve nturing and re al one s showing the ir stre ngth.
Newly-minted Abhorsen Lirael, who lostone of her hands in the battle to re-bind the evil of Orannis, returns to her childhood home where she receives a warning from her long-dead mother, Arielle, aboutthe Witch with No Face. Butwho is the Witch, and whatis she planning? Lirael mustuse her new powers to save the Old Kingdom – even if itmeans stepping into the dread river of Death.
You In Five Acts
Author: Publisher: SET in a prestigious New York City performing arts school, this coming-of-age story of five friends give off Fame and Gossip Girlvibes as the teens face the pressures of a second semester in their senior year.
Joy, Diego, Liv, Ethan and Dave find ambitions and emotions changing as they face the prospectof going outinto the real world. Balletdancer Diego hopes to getoutof the friend zone; party girl Liv learns aboutconsequences; nerdy Ethan wants to turn his muse into his girlfriend; alreadyfamous Dave wants a fresh start; and perfectionistJoy risks losing the love in frontof her if she doesn’tease up.
D ouble Eclipse (Summer On East End #2)
Author: Publisher: THIS time, their school holidays will be different,vow twins Mardi and Molly Overbrook. This time, the teen witches are going to stay outof trouble and justenjoy the sun and sea.
Butthen a devastating old secretis revealed causing Molly and Mardi to question everything aboutthemselves and their family. While they’re still reeling from that,a hotnew guy comes to town and the trouble really starts. Will their sisterhood stand the testof love and magic?
The Careful Undressing Of Love
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LORNA, Charlotte, Delilah, Cruz, and Isla are the “girls of Devonairre Street”, aka the Devonairres, and they are quite accustomed to being stared at and whispered about.After all, notonly are they all beautiful butthey are also cursed – any boy they love will die untimely.
Butit’s the new millennium, who believes in curses anymore? And so the girls milk their noto- riety for all its worth and flirt with all the boys. Until Jack, their Jack, the one boy everyone loves, dies suddenly and violently. Could the curse possibly be true? Could the brightfutures they had been looking for turn dark?
W ell, That W
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RACHEL Vail updates the 19th century play Cyrano De Bergerac for the millennial generation in this romantic comedy of errors.
Teenaged Gracie is the witty Cyrano here, “ghostwriting” clever textmessages for her best friend Sienna who is flirting virtually with tall and “weirdly good-looking” A.J. The A.J. who can render Gracie immobile and breathless justby walking into the room. The A.J. who has eyes only for Sienna. ButGracie is happy for Sienna. Of course she is. So she helps Sienna compose the besttexts in reply to A.J.’s surprisingly funny ones, pretending to be Sienna. Gracie is fine with that,she doesn’tmind being the sidekick. Really.
Traitor To The Throne (RebelOf The Sands #2)
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IN this second book setin the desertnation of Miraji where mystical beasts roam and magic exists, gunslinger Amani al’Hiza is free of her constraining hometown and in the company of mysterious foreigner Jin.
Now thatshe’s tasted freedom, she wants to free all of Miraji from the tyrannical Sultan who killed her father to claim the throne. When she finds herself trapped in the Sultan’s palace, Amani digs deep to discover his secrets – and realises thatthings aren’tblack and white. Is the Sultan really the villain? Or has she been fed lies all her life?
Strong Is The New Pretty: A Celebration Of Girls Being Themselves
Author: Publisher: PHOTOGRAPHER Kate T. Parker uses her artistic eye and the perspective of a mother to capture these portraits of girls of all ages, from tweens to teens, being strong.
In sections titled “Wild Is Strong”, “Creative Is Strong”, etc, Parker features girls being silly and stubborn, happy and sad, in a celebration of the strength and spiritof girls being 100% themselves and affirming thatit’s what’s inside you thatcounts.