Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Drugs and addiction
Random House USA Inc Friends Like These
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£11.69
Penguin Teen Followers
Book SynopsisA naïve teenager is thrown into the high-stakes, back-stabbing world of reality television in this gossipy, satirical romp, perfect for fans of reality TV.After a disastrous date results in her arrest, sixteen-year-old Lily Rhode is horrified to discover her mugshot is leaked on a gossip website. Lily is the niece of Whitney Paley, a Hollywood housewife and star of reality show Platinum Triangle, a soap-opera-style docu-series in the vein of Real Housewives of Beverly Hills and The Hills, revolving around several glamorous families living in the Beverly Hills, Bel Air and Holmby Hills neighborhoods of Los Angeles. When Lily's mom kicks her out of their trailer home in the Valley, Whitney (Lily's mom's estranged sister) invites her to live with her, her movie-star husband, Patrick, and their daughter, Hailey. Lily is set up in the pool house and thrust into the company of reality-star offspring -- kids who are born
£16.19
Tundra Books Followers
Book SynopsisA naïve teenager is thrown into the high-stakes, back-stabbing world of reality television in this gossipy, satirical romp, perfect for fans of reality TV.After a disastrous date results in her arrest, sixteen-year-old Lily Rhode is horrified to discover her mugshot is leaked on a gossip website. Lily is the niece of Whitney Paley, a Hollywood housewife and star of reality show Platinum Triangle, a soap-opera-style docu-series in the vein of Real Housewives of Beverly Hills and The Hills, revolving around several glamorous families living in the Beverly Hills, Bel Air and Holmby Hills neighborhoods of Los Angeles. When Lily's mom kicks her out of their trailer home in the Valley, Whitney (Lily's mom's estranged sister) invites her to live with her, her movie-star husband, Patrick, and their daughter, Hailey. Lily is set up in the pool house and thrust into the company of reality-star offspring -- kids who are born
£10.44
Penguin Teen Tell Me When You Feel Something
Book SynopsisThe perfect after-school job turns deadly for teens working as simulated patients at the local med school. Everyone has something to hide and no one is safe in this contemporary YA thriller that exposes the dark reality of #MeToo in the world of medicine, for fans of Karen McManus and Holly Jackson.It seemed like a cool part-time program — being a simulated patient for med school students to practice on. But now vivacious, charismatic Viv lies in a very real coma. Cellphone footage just leads to more questions. What really happened? Other kids suspect it was not an intentional overdose — but each has a reason why they can't tell the truth.Through intertwining and conflicting narratives, a twisted story unfolds of trust betrayed as we sift through the seemingly innocent events leading up to the tragic night. Perhaps simulated patients aren't the only people pretending to be something they're not . . .
£10.44
Compass Point Books Big Pharma and the Opioid Epidemic From Vicodin
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£999.99
Capstone Press Big Pharma and the Opioid Epidemic From Vicodin
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£999.99
Albert Whitman & Company Please Be Ok
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£18.04
Holiday House Inc ForgetMeNot Blue
Book SynopsisPerfect for fans of Encanto and Turning Red, this intimate and heartfelt middle grade novel follows two siblings fighting to stay together amidst the ripple effects of addiction and generational trauma.Siblings Con and Sofie’s mom promised that nothing would ever come between them–but when she disappears without any warning, she becomes the one who’s tearing them apart.With no one else to rely on, inseparable siblings Con and Sofie must decide who they can trust, and whether or not it’s safe to share their hearts with family members who have the power to hurt them. Sofie has always turned to Con–and to books–during times of upheaval in their unstable lives. But as their mother is arrested and their guardianship becomes uncertain, Sofie will have to find hope in the most important story of all: her own.Moranville’s captivating and vulnerable prose explores the ways in which addiction’s ripple ef
£15.29
Square Fish Sweet
Book SynopsisThey''d kill to get thin.Simultaneously terrifying, hilarious, and action-packed, Sweet is a wild ride that holds up a warped mirror to our society. I loved it from the first line to the last. Marie Lu, New York Timesbestselling author of Legend and The Young ElitesThe luxurious celebrity cruise launching the trendy new diet sweetener Solu should be the vacation of a lifetime. But Laurel is starting to regret accepting her friend Viv''s invitation. She''s already completely embarrassed herself in front of celebrity host Tom Forelli-the hottest guy ever!-and she''s too sick to even try the sweetener. And that''s before Viv and all the other passengers start acting really strange.Tom knows that he should be grateful for this job and the chance to shed his former-child-star image. His publicists have even set up a ''romance'' with a sexy reality star. But as things on the ship start to get wild, he finds himself d
£12.34
Square Fish Life in the Balance
Book SynopsisVeronica struggles to balance softball, friends, and family turmoil in this new honest and heartfelt middle grade novel by Jen Petro-Roy, Life in the Balance.Veronica Conway has been looking forward to trying out for the All-Star softball team for years. She''s practically been playing the game since she was a baby. She should have this tryout on lock.Except right before tryouts, Veronica's mom announces that she's entering rehab for alcoholism, and her dad tells her that they may not be able to afford the fees needed to be on the team.Veronica decides to enter the town talent show in an effort to make her own money, but along the way discovers a new hobby that leads her to doubt her feelings for the game she thought she loved so much.Is her mom the only one learning balance, or can Veronica find a way to discover what she really wants to do with her life?
£9.64
Bloomsbury YA Dreamland (YA Edition): The True Tale of
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£16.14
