Subject: Girls -- Fiction (Keywords)

Christmas, 1899. It's an exciting time to be young, and 14-year-old Flora is determined to take advantage of everything the next century has to offer. But how will she persuade her stuffy, strait-laced father about the possibilities of the new era?

Jess has it all - gorgeous boyfriend, the lead in the school play and Ali, her dependable best friend. Then her mum is diagnosed with breast cancer and Jess's world is turned upside down. No-one understands what she's going through. Jess soon realises that maybe having it all isn't what really ma...

Agony Uncle Alex Hooper-Hodson reveals an interesting truth: in spite of being sent up to 2000 problem letters per month, all of them can be boiled down to 52 basic problems for teenage girls and boys. This book gives positive solutions and strategies for how to solve all the core issues affectin...

With empathy, grace, humor, and piercing insight, the author of Gods in Alabama pens a powerful, emotionally resonant novel of the South that confronts the truth about privilege, family, and the distinctions between perception and reality--the stories we tell ourselves about our origins and who w...

On a year-long exchange programme in rural Oregon, sixteen-year-old Hira must swap Kashmiri chai for volleyball practice and understand why everyone around her seems to dislike Obama. An unforgettably witty narrator, Hira finds herself stuck between worlds. The experience is memorable for reasons...

Isabelle lives with the shame of her past and Amy, her daughter, frustrated by her quiet and unemotional mother, embarks upon an illicit love affair with her teacher. They remain in silent conflict until a final act brings rational closure to them both.

Jacki King is 15 and adjusting to her new life in a small village. She's missing Dublin but she's making new friends: artistic Colin, feisty Emily - and Nick, gorgeous yet unavailable. But no sooner is Jacki settled than the torturous headaches and nightmares begin - followed by strange visions, ...

Lesbian. Lover. Lunatic. These are just some of the words usually used to describe Ann Walker, the oft overlooked wife of Anne Lister, better known by some as Gentleman Jack. Ann was one half of England's first same-sex marriage and yet the rainbow plaque that marks their historic union on the wa...

Elsa tells lots and lots of jokes and dreams of being a star. She does her best to cheer her family up - but they don't seem to laugh much any more since they lost their lovely house and had to move to a bed and breakfast.

Despite living firmly in her comfort zone, Frankie McKenzie feels unsettled. She can't help feeling something's missing. Is it a home to call her own? Travel? A more rewarding job? A relationship? Before she can work it out, she dies in a freak kebab-related accident after yet another dud of a fi...