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The We Generation: Raising Socially Responsible Kids
by Michael UngarWouldn't it be nice if your child committed herself to doing a simple act of kindness every day? As today's culture seems to grow more self-centered and obsessed with "me,” Dr. Michael Ungar refreshingly points the way to raising "we” thinkers. Perhaps most inspiring about Ungar's findings: today's kids are eager to help out and be noticed. What they need, though, is compassion, encouragement, and attentiveness to their most important connections-those made at home. By recounting the inspiring stories of his work with families, Ungar reveals how the emotional bond kids crave and the support adults provide can help our children realize their full potential. Filled with practical tips, this guide will inspire every child and adult to be their best, most giving self.
We Come Apart
by Sarah Crossan Brian ConaghanYA rising stars Sarah Crossan and Brian Conaghan join forces to break readers' hearts in this contemporary story of star-cross'd lovers. Jess would never have looked twice at Nicu if her friends hadn't left her in the lurch. Nicu is all big eyes and ill-fitting clothes, eager as a puppy, even when they're picking up litter in the park for community service. He's so not her type. Appearances matter to Jess. She's got a lot to hide.Nicu thinks Jess is beautiful. His dad brought Nicu and his mum here for a better life, but now all they talk about is going back home to find Nicu a wife. The last thing Nicu wants is to get married. He wants to get educated, do better, stay here in England. But his dad's fists are the most powerful force in Nicu's life, and in the end, he'll have to do what his dad wants.As Nicu and Jess get closer, their secrets come to the surface like bruises. The only safe place they have is with each other. But they can't be together, forever, and stay safe – can they?An extraordinary, high-impact, high-emotion collaboration between two Carnegie honoured rising stars of YA. Perfect for fans of Patrick Ness, Malorie Blackman, Rainbow Rowell and John Green.Sarah Crossan received the 2016 CILIP Carnegie Medal for her astonishing novel One, which also won the YA Book Prize,CBI Book of the Year Award and the CliPPA Poetry Award. Brian Conaghan's powerful debut, When Mr Dog Bites, was shortlisted for the CILIP Carnegie Medal, Peters Book of the Year and CBI Book of the Year Award.
We Come Apart
by Sarah Crossan Brian ConaghanAuthors Brian Conaghan and Sarah Crossan have joined forces to tell the story of Nicu and Jess, two troubled teens whose paths cross in the unlikeliest of places.Nicu has emigrated from Romania and is struggling to find his place in his new home. Meanwhile, Jess's home life is overshadowed by violence. When Nicu and Jess meet, what starts out as friendship slowly blossoms into romance as the two bond over their painful pasts and their hope and dreams of a better future. But will they be able to save each other, let alone themselves?This illuminating story told in dual points of view through vibrant verse will stay with readers long after they've finished.Acclaim for Brian ConaghanShortlisted for the 2015 Carnegie Award, When Mr. Dog Bites Shortlisted for the CBI Book of the Year Award, When Mr. Dog Bites Acclaim for Sarah CrossanWinner of the 2016 Carnegie Award, OneWinner of the 2016 Bookseller's prize for YA fiction, OneWinner of the 2016 CBI Book of the Year, One Shortlisted for the 2015 Carnegie Award, Apple and Rain Shortlisted for the 2013 Carnegie Award, The Weight of Water
We Begin Our Ascent
by Joe Mungo Reed‘A dazzling debut by an exciting and essential new talent’ George Saunders, Man Booker Prize winning author of Lincoln in the Bardo For Sol and Liz, competition is everything. On the road or in the lab, it’s all on the line.
We Are Wolves
by Katrina NannestadA heartbreaking, untold story of World War II from award-winning Australian author Katrina Nannestad, perfect for 9+ readers and fans of Michael Morpurgo, Goodnight Mr Tom and I am David.
We are the Glampions! (The Happy Glampers #4)
by Daisy Tate‘Amazing characters and funny storyline’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐Amazon reviewer ‘You are going to love this series! ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐Goodreads reviewer ‘Lovely tale of female friendships’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐Goodreads reviewer
We are the Brennans: A Novel
by Tracey LangeSome secrets you keep from your family. And some secrets you keep for your family.When twenty-nine-year-old Sunday Brennan wakes up in a Los Angeles hospital, bruised and battered after a drunk-driving accident she caused, she swallows her pride and goes home to her family in New York. But it’s not easy. She deserted them all – and her high school sweetheart – five years before, with little explanation, and they’ve got questions.Sunday is determined to rebuild her life back on the East Coast, even if it does mean tiptoeing around resentful brothers and an ex-fiancé. The longer she stays, however, the more she realizes they need her just as much as she needs them. When a dangerous man from her past brings her family’s pub business to the brink of financial ruin, the only way to protect them is to upend all of their secrets – secrets that have damaged the family for generations and will threaten everything they know about their lives. In the aftermath, the Brennan family is forced to confront painful mistakes-and ultimately find a way forward, together.In the vein of Maggie O’Farrell and John Boyne, Tracey Lange’s critically acclaimed New York Times bestseller We Are the Brennans explores the staying power of shame-and the redemptive power of love, in an Irish Catholic family torn apart by secrets.
We Are Not Ourselves
by Matthew ThomasSHORTLISTED FOR THE JAMES TAIT BLACK PRIZELONGLISTED FOR THE GUARDIAN FIRST BOOK AWARDNOMINATED FOR THE FOLIO PRIZENAMED A NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE NEW YORK TIMES A stunning, heartbreaking debut – ‘We Are Not Ourselves’ is both the intimate story of a family and an epic of the American Century.
We Are Not Okay
by Natália Gomes13 Reasons Why meets John Green and Jennifer Niven in We Are Not Ok - a powerful novel about what happens when girls are silenced. If only they could have spoken out.
We Are Not Like Them
by Jo Piazza Christine PrideTHE MOST IMPORTANT NOVEL YOU’LL READ THIS YEAR ‘Harrowing and heartening in equal measure, this book is a breathtaking tale of racial fissures, fury and friendship’ David Lammy, MP and author of Tribes
We Are Not Like Them
by Christine Pride Jo PiazzaTHE MOST IMPORTANT NOVEL YOU’LL READ THIS YEAR ‘Harrowing and heartening in equal measure, this book is a breathtaking tale of racial fissures, fury and friendship’ David Lammy, MP and author of Tribes
We Are Not in the World: ‘compelling and profoundly moving’ Irish Times
by Conor O'Callaghan'Haunting, mesmerising, and so deeply intelligent about the interwoven strengths and frailties of the human heart.' Kamila Shamsie'Compelling and profoundly moving...establishes O'Callaghan as one of the most talented contemporary Irish writers.' Irish Times Heartbroken after a long, painful love affair, a man drives a haulage lorry from England to France. Travelling with him is a secret passenger - his daughter. Twenty-something, unkempt, off the rails. With a week on the road together, father and daughter must restore themselves and each other, and repair a relationship that is at once fiercely loving and deeply scarred.As they journey south, down the motorways, through the service stations, a devastating picture reveals itself: a story of grief, of shame, and of love in all its complex, dark and glorious manifestations.______________PRAISE FOR WE ARE NOT IN THE WORLD:'Unusual, utterly original and mysterious . . . a must read' Elaine Feeney'Wonderful, wrenching . . . full of enormous feelings very precisely rendered' Sara Baume'A whirlpool of memories, regrets and hopes' Tim Pears'An uncanny ability to turn the seemingly insignificant into something monumental' Jan Carson
We Are Giants
by Amber Lee Dodd'A total page-turner...very moving and touching.' JACQUELINE WILSONA brilliantly funny and wonderfully warm-hearted story about love, family, and what it means to be different. Sydney thinks her mum Amy is the best mum in the world - even if she is a bit different. When everyone else kept growing, Amy got to four feet tall and then stopped right there. The perfect height, in Sydney's opinion: big enough to reach the ice cream at the supermarket, small enough to be special. Sydney's dad died when she was only five, but her memories of him, her mum's love and the company of her brave big sister Jade means she never feels alone . . . But when the family are forced to move house, things get tricky. Sydney and Jade must make new friends, deal with the bullies at their new school and generally figure out the business of growing up in a strange new town.And Sydney doesn't want to grow up - not if it means getting bigger than her mum...
We Are Family
by Nicola Gill‘Nicola's humour is perfect – that delicious combination of quirky, wry, and punchy. We Are Family sings with comedy!’ ABIGAIL MANN, author of The Lonely Fajita ‘Warm and witty – I quickly grew to love the characters.’ BETH O’LEARY, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Flatshare and The Switch
We Are Bound by Stars
by Kesia LupoThe next adventure in Kesia Lupo's stunning and original YA fantasy world. Perfect for fans of Leigh Bardugo and Laini Taylor.On a mysterious island where the very earth holds magic, masked assassins plague the city and strange creatures rise from the desert. Livio has riled against his destiny his whole life. Beatrice longs to escape her life of servitude. But when a twist of fate unites them, it is up to them to stop a deadly revolution.Are they just puppets in someone else's game? Will they have to accept the hands they have been dealt or can either change their fortunes?Another thrilling, plot-driven adventure, with an even bigger twist, We Are Bound by Stars is a tale of masks, politics, desire and deception that will have you gripped once again in Kesia Lupo's rich fantasy world.
We Are The Beaker Girls
by Jacqueline WilsonJess Beaker is having an amazing summer at her new seaside home! Jess and her mum Tracy have left the Duke Estate behind them, and have moved to Cooksea. They have new friends, their dog Alfie, and they’re running an antiques shop called… The Dumping Ground! But as lovely as it is to live by the sea, trouble still seems to be following the Beaker Girls. Horrible Sean is back on the scene, a local kid is picking on Jess, and their beloved Cam isn’t just round the corner anymore. Can the Beaker Girls make a success of their new life? Tracy won’t go rushing back to that awful boyfriend … will she? The totally hilarious and mega-brilliant Jess and Tracy Beaker return in this fantastic story of unconventional families, and unconditional love.Praise for Tracy Beaker:‘Wilson can still step effortlessly into the mind of a nine year old, and her chatty prose will sweep you along’ – The Daily Telegraph ‘This warm-hearted story about the importance of family and friends is classic Jacqueline Wilson’ – First News‘[A] cosy woolly jumper of a book about wish fulfilment and its alternatives’ – The Observer
We Are All Made of Stars: A Novel
by Rowan Coleman'A bittersweet story about love and letting go, you'll remember these wonderfully affecting and very human characters long after you''ve turned the last page' Sunday ExpressStella Carey exists in a world of night. Married to an ex-soldier, she leaves the house every evening as Vincent locks himself away, along with the scars and the secrets he carries. During her nursing shifts, Stella writes letters for her patients to their loved ones - some full of humour, love and practical advice, others steeped in regret or pain – and promises to post these messages after their deaths.Until one night Stella writes the letter that could give her patient one last chance at redemption, if she delivers it in time…
We Are All Made of Molecules
by Susin NielsenMeet Stewart. He’s geeky, gifted and sees things a bit differently to most people. His mum has died and he misses her all the more now he and Dad have moved in with Ashley and her mum.Meet Ashley. She’s popular, cool and sees things very differently to her new family. Her dad has come out and moved out – but not far enough. And now she has to live with a freakazoid step-brother.Stewart can’t quite fit in at his new school, and Ashley can’t quite get used to her totally awkward home, which is now filled with some rather questionable decor. And things are about to get a whole lot more mixed up when these two very different people attract the attention of school hunk Jared. . .
We Are All Birds of Uganda
by Hafsa ZayyanWINNER of the Merky Books New Writers' Prize___________________'A remarkably accomplished, polished debut.' MALORIE BLACKMAN'Rightfully tipped for greatness' SUNDAY TIMES'This moving tale of love and loss ... is well worth the wait' INDEPENDENT'You can't stop birds from flying, can you, Sameer? They go where they will...' 1960s UGANDA. Hasan is struggling to run his family business following the sudden death of his wife. Just as he begins to see a way forward, a new regime seizes power, and a wave of rising prejudice threatens to sweep away everything he has built.Present-day LONDON. Sameer, a young high-flying lawyer, senses an emptiness in what he thought was the life of his dreams. Called back to his family home by an unexpected tragedy, Sameer begins to find the missing pieces of himself not in his future plans, but in a past he never knew.___________________Moving between two continents over a troubled century, We Are All Birds of Uganda is an immensely resonant novel that explores racial tensions, generational divides and what it means to belong. It is the first work of fiction by Hafsa Zayyan, co-winner of the inaugural #Merky Books New Writers' Prize, and one of the most exciting young novelists of today.___________________Stylist's Best Fiction 2021The Independent's January Book of the MonthRefinery29 Reads: The Books We're Picking Up This JanuaryThe British Blacklist: January To Be Read ListAs featured in the Daily Mail, Cosmopolitan, Elle, Observer___________________Readers have been entranced by We Are All Birds of Uganda:'I connected with this book immediately ... Racism, generational culture, love and family ties are all key components of this novel by a really accomplished debut author who I feel sure we are going to hear a lot more from.''I can't find the words to describe how much I adored every, single, beautiful word of this totally amazing story. If I could give this book more than 5 stars I would.''A truly remarkable debut ... I have found a new favourite author''A must-read if you enjoyed The Beekeeper of Aleppo''This is one of the best books I have read in a long time and the writing is exceptional. A truly remarkable debut novel that I will shout about from the rooftops.' 'What an amazing book. Sensitively written, it covers so many issues. Family, religion, racism, bullying, loyalty. Eloquent writing made me feel completely part of the story ... An absolute gem of a book.''This story is a compelling reminder that it is important to know where you come from in order to know where you want to go''Zayyan intricately weaves the often forgotten story of South Asian migrants in Uganda, through past and present. Meticulously crafted, beautifully and thoughtfully written, with complex characters, this was an absolute pleasure to read.''A beautifully written story with themes of race and emigration. This is an extremely accomplished and readable story.'
We All Love the Beautiful Girls
by Joanne ProulxPerfect for fans of Rick Moody, Lauren Groff, and Celeste Ng, a propulsive literary breakout about three suburban families whose lives spiral dangerously out of control after tragedy strikes. Who suffers when the privileged fall? One frigid winter night, Mia and Michael Slate's comfortable world dissolves in an instant when they discover that their best friend has cheated them out of their life savings. At the same time, a few doors down, their teenaged son passes out in the snow at a party--a mistake whose consequences will shatter not just their family, but an entire community. In this arresting, masterful page-turner shot through with fierce, clear-eyed compassion and a sublime insight into human fragility, award-winning novelist Proulx explores the savage underpinnings of betrayal, infidelity, and revenge--and a multilayered portrait of love, in all its glory, that no reader will soon forget.
We All Have Our Secrets: The most thought-provoking, gripping novel of the summer
by Jane CorryDon't miss the captivating new book from Sunday Times bestselling author Jane Corry!You know she's lying...But so are you.---------------------------'Grips with menace and dread, yet touches the heart' Nicci French 'I couldn't turn the pages fast enough' Claire DouglasTwo women are staying in Willowmead House. One of them is running. One of them is hiding. Both of them are lying. Emily made one bad decision, and now her career could be over. Her family home on the Cornish coast is the only place where she feels safe. But when she arrives, there's a stranger living with her father. Emily doesn't trust the beautiful young woman, convinced that she's telling one lie after another. Soon, Emily becomes obsessed with finding out the truth... But should some secrets stay buried forever? ---------------------------- 'I devoured We All Have Our Secrets in one sitting' Teresa Driscoll, I Am Watching You 'Full of intrigue and twists galore' BA Paris, The Therapist 'An unputdownable read' Emma Curtis, Invite Me in'An utterly compelling story of female competition, with wonderfully drawn characters and plenty of twists' Heidi Perks, The Whispers'Jane Corry writes consistently enthralling stories about the dark side of family life' Peter James, Picture You Dead'Brilliant, with characters you care about and plots that knock you sideways' Phoebe Morgan, The Wild Girls'The multiple threads are skilfully woven together and then pulled tight to create a tense page turning drama but one that allows the humanity to shine through' Jane Shemilt, Little Friends 'Unmissable' Imran Mahmood, You Don't Know Me 'Twisty, pacy' Gilly MacMillan, The Long Weekend Praise for Jane Corry 'Everything I love in a book' Lisa Jewell, The Night She Disappeared 'Few writers can match Jane Corry' Cara Hunter, The Whole Truth 'Suspense, thrills and intelligent storytelling. I highly recommend it!' LJ Ross, the DCI Ryan Mysteries
We All Dare to Dream: Stories of Heartache and Hope from Your Fertility Journeys
by Izzy JuddSince telling the story of her own fertility journey in Dare to Dream, Izzy Judd has been contacted by hundreds of women wanting to share their own experiences. Izzy's greatest wish is to get people talking about the issues surrounding fertility and for them to find comfort in the knowledge that they are not alone. As Izzy herself says: 'Going through any kind of fertility-related struggle or the loss of a baby can be such a lonely and isolating time and I know it can really help to know that there are other couples out there sharing the same experiences and emotions as you are ... it is for this reason that I decided to put together a collection of your stories into this free ebook so that as many people as possible can share them and hopefully find comfort and support in reading about the experiences of others who are on their fertility journeys.'
We All Begin As Strangers: A gripping novel about dark secrets in an English village
by Harriet Cummings***SHORTLISTED FOR THE BAMB READERS AWARD 2017***Perfect for fans of Liane Moriarty's Truly Madly Guilty and Joanna Cannon's The Trouble with Goats and Sheep - a vibrant debut about an English village pushed to the brink, and the secrets its residents are desperate to protect.*************HOW WELL DO YOU REALLY KNOW YOUR NEIGHBOURS?In the English village of Heathcote the temperature - and the sense of unease - is rising. It started with small things - a perfume bottle being moved, a photograph left behind in someone's house. But now Anna is missing.As the search for Anna gathers pace, suspicions grow and secrets are revealed. Surely one of the villagers can't be responsible? But then can you ever really know what's going on behind closed doors...**********Praise for WE ALL BEGIN AS STRANGERS - a quirky, darkly atmospheric novel:'Suspense, plot twists and drama make this an exciting read to the very read' THE POOL'A dazzling debut...beautifully plotted, fantastically written and compellingly strange' DAILY MAIL
The Wayward Wife: The Hooper Family Saga Book Two (The Hooper Family Saga)
by Jessica StirlingSet in wartime London, the second novel in The Hooper Family series continues the story that began with A Corner of the Heart: the saga of an East End clan that knows both the Shadwell docklands and the world of books and broadcasting.The war everyone dreaded has begun at last, but for Susan Cahill it is more an adventure than a tragedy. Helped by a white lie about her marriage to Danny she has a new job as a producer's assistant at the BBC and glamorous new friends, including one American war reporter who has made London his base and Susan his target. Danny is also working for the BBC, sharing a room in a freezing farmhouse in Evesham, working long hours monitoring German radio broadcasts - and worrying about Susan. Stuck in London when the blitz begins, Susan's sister-in-law, Breda Hooper, faces up to the worst with a small son at home and a husband in the fire service. Then her Italian father, hiding out from both the authorities and his former partners in crime, prepares to leave Breda a legacy as explosive as any German bomb.
Wayward Widow (Mills And Boon Historical Ser.)
by Nicola CornickUnmarriageable, untamable, unforgettable, Lady Juliana Myfleet was the Ton's most notorious widow.