Hephzibah You've no idea what it's like having a freak for a sister. Rebecca Born first, prettier, Hephzi's always been the more popular one. The Father When he was busy with his bottle we were usually safe. Usually. The Mother Her specialist subject was misery and lessons of painful silence . . . Hephzibah and Rebecca are twins. One beautiful, one disfigured. Trapped with their loveless parents, they dream of a normal life.But when one twin tragically dies, the other must find a way to escape. Because if she doesn't, she'll end up like her sister .

Black Heart Blue

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Reid, Louisa

Thrillers & Suspense

Puffin

'A BRILLIANT TWIST' Sunday Express Lies Like Love is the haunting and heart-breaking new novel from Louisa Reid, critically acclaimed author of Black Heart Blue. LIES 'There were a few problems . . . bullying . . . a fire . . .' LIKE 'I think she's verging on psychosis . . . now she's lashing out.' LOVE 'She's got no one else to fight for her.' Sixteen year-old Audrey just wants to be normal. She's trying to fit in. But what happens when the person closest to you suffocates you with their love? What happens then? Praise for Louisa Reid: 'Absolutely wonderful' Guardian 'Emotive, sometimes shocking story' Sunday Times 'A moving, gripping story' Sun '[Lies Like Love] . . . chillingly unravels a dysfunctional relationship that threatens to destroy the love it feeds on. Reid evokes the uncertainty and joy of teenage romance with all its passion and pain and brilliantly controls the increasingly disturbing truth . . .' Daily Mail 'Heartbreaking . . . Demands to be read all at once, but will stay with you long after' Teri Terry, author of the Slated trilogy 'Stunning, shocking, sad and incredibly touching . . . You will read it in one sitting then want to share the book with someone else' LoveReading 'We read this in one sitting.' Teen Now ***** 'The debut author of 2012 to watch' Film vs Book About the author: Louisa Reid is married with two young daughters and currently teaches English in a girls' school in Cambridge. She is originally from Cheshire, studied English at Oxford and has lived in London and Zurich. Her pupils are definitely not the inspiration for her characters in her novels but witnessing their passion for great fiction inspired her to write for young adults.

Lies Like Love

Literature & Fiction

'They tried to make me go to my sister's funeral today. In the end I'd had to give in ... I'd been walking in her shadow for sixteen years and I liked its cool darkness. It was a good place to hide.' How would you feel if your twin sister died suddenly? Particularly if she was the beautiful one and you were horribly disfigured. And how would it feel to be alone now if you and your sister were the only ones to know the truth about what takes place behind closed doors at home? And what would you do if it was your parents who brought danger and terror into your life? Would you dare reveal how your sister died? And would you be brave enough to find an escape of your own? Black Heart Blue is a powerful novel about the domestic horrors that can unfold within a small community - and one girl's quest to stand up for the truth.

Women's Fiction

Michael, Joseph

The Poet: A propulsive novel of female empowerment, solidarity and revenge

The Poet

Literary

RANDOM HOUSE UK

Lily turns sixteen with two very different sides to her life: school, where she is badly bullied, and home with her mum and dad, warm and comforting but with its own difficulties. After a particularly terrible bullying incident, Lily's dad determines to give his daughter the tools to fight back. Introducing her to boxing, he encourages Lily to find her own worth. It is both difficult and challenging but in confronting her own fears she finds a way through that illuminates her life and friendships. Meeting Rose, and seeing that there is another world out there, enables her to live her own life fully and gives her the knowledge that she is both beautiful and worth it.

Gloves Off

Teen & Young Adult

Guppy Books

A page-turning and immersive YA novel in verse, telling the story of Lily who is mercilessly bullied at school and who turns to boxing in an attempt to fight back; a story of hope and resilience breaking through even the most difficult situations.\nLily turns sixteen with two very different sides to her life: school, where she is badly bullied, and home with her mum and dad, warm and comforting but with its own difficulties.\nAfter a particularly terrible bullying incident, Lily's dad determines to give his daughter the tools to fight back.\nIntroducing her to boxing, he encourages Lily to find her own worth. It is both difficult and challenging but in confronting her own fears she finds a way through that illuminates her life and friendships.\nMeeting Rose, and seeing that there is another world out there, enables her to live her own life fully and gives her the knowledge that she is both beautiful and worth it.\n__________________\n'Stunning … Gloves Off punches in the guts' – Nicola Morgan, author of Blame My Brain\nShortlisted for the Bristol Teen Book Award 
Shortlisted for the Hounslow and Ealing Teen Read 
Shortlisted for the Warwickshire Secondary Book Award 
Longlisted for the UKLA Book Awards 2021

Wrecked

Riposte

Children's Books

BAYARD JEUNESSE

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