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Life isn't easy for Pen Flowers. Her mum's agoraphobia is so bad that she can barely leave the house, while her father is spending more and more time working away, and her best friend is hanging out with the class bully. It’s all getting too much. But when she ‘goes mad’ in dance class, she finds a language to express the pent-up emotions seething inside her. She takes to climbing out of her bedroom window in the middle of the night to dance in the empty streets and sets off a chain of events that will change everything. Sally-Anne Lomas's debut - the first in her acclaimed On Fire trilogy - is a word-of-mouth triumph. In Pen Flowers she has created an archetypal character for our age - determined, passionate, ambitious, loyal, vulnerable, resilient. Strap yourself in for a page-turning epic you’ll fall in love with.

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Sixteen-year-old Pen Flowers is angry. She's furious about climate injustice and social inequality, her parents' separation, and her own lonely single existence. The only thing that makes life worth living is dancing. And with that she plans to change the world. But when romance arrives unexpectedly on the No 11 bus, Pen leaps in. Once her heart's set ablaze, she's gripped by passion. With emotions running high, can she stay true to herself, her art, and all the things that matter most to her? Love Like Your Heart's On Fire is the stunning sequel to Live Like Your Head's On Fire. It is a celebration of the power of dance to drive change, and a page-turning story of teenage dreams and devastation. Sally-Anne Lomas's On Fire Trilogy is destined to become a must-read for everyone who wants to live life with passion and make the world a better place.

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