The Distraction Trap

本書以輕快節奏展開一場「拆散爸媽」行動。Year Six開學第一天，William與Florence彼此看不順眼，一個衝動健談、學校生活跌跌撞撞；一個冷淡內斂，對父母復合仍抱期待。原本各自守著自己的世界，卻因為一個消息被迫結盟——他們的爸爸正在交往。為了讓一切回到原狀，兩人決定暫時放下敵意，策畫各種惡作劇與破壞行動。然而在合作過程中，他們也逐漸看見彼此的脆弱與真心。作者Ian Eagleton以溫暖幽默的筆觸，描寫LGBTQ家庭、收養、神經多樣性與重組家庭的日常，既敏感細膩，也充滿笑聲。作者曾以《Nen and the Lonely Fisherman》獲得Polari Children's & YA Prize肯定，本書延續其書寫風格，在成長與接納之間，帶出關於家的新想像。Instant enemies William and Florence are horrified to find out their dads are dating each other - and are forced to work together to split them up! This fun, warm-hearted, celebratory adventure for readers aged 9+ is a modern, inclusive twist on The Parent Trap for readers of Jacqueline Wilson, Elle McNicoll and Benjamin Dean. When William and Florence meet on the first day of Year Six, they instantly dislike each other. William is impulsive, endlessly chatty and struggles in school.His home life is safe and predictable - just him and Dad, who adopted him as a solo parent - and that's how William likes it. Florence is sullen, cold, and everything

The Trap by Melanie Raabe is set, and ready to spring. I know who killed my sister. I wrote this novel for him. Twelve years ago, Linda's sister Anna was murdered. Her killer was never caught, but Lin

A wildly original debut set in Belfast: full of the pain, joy and bad decisions arising from young friendship, grief and bad house shares.The International Bestseller'Hilarious and gut-wrenching' - Alice Slater, author ofDeath of a Bookseller'Think Dolly Alderton, but with the sharp edges of Eliza Clark' -IndependentIn a crumbling Belfast houseshare, three women are living for the weekend, their wild friendship the core of their lives.Maggie: navigating the twin perils of therapy and a situationship with an unavailable woman.Harley: careening from club to club, hookup to hookup, in a blurry quest for meaning.Róise: about to turn thirty, her crush on her boss the only reason she still turns up to work.But the three of them used to be four. And now, one year on from a tragic accident, Maggie, Róise and Harley still can’t face up to any of it: to the death of their best friend, adulthood, the future, and to each other.'Compulsively readable and brilliant on friendship and grief. I raced t

Timekeepers這次來到1890年代的紐約，阻止壞蛋DeLay冒充愛迪生，竊取特斯拉即將發表的X光機！穿梭城市、追查線索，歷史岌岌可危。The Timekeepers are a secret organization of kids who keep the course of history on track. And history needs them—a villain called DeLay is causing chaos!The Timekeepers are a secret organization of kids who keep the course of history on track - and history needs them - a villain called DeLay is causing chaos! When the hands on their watches start to spin backwards, the Timekeepers know that DeLay has been up to no good, and it's up to them to put things right...In this instalment, the Timekeepers travel back to 1890s New York City and the laboratory of Nikola Tesla. On the eve before Tesla is set to reveal his latest invention, the X-Ray Machine, the time pirate DeLay, disguised as Tesla's rival Thomas Edison, steals the machine. The Timekeepers begin a pursuit around NYC in search of the machine to ensure history stays on track.With a range of adventures that span all of history, The Timekeepers series is perfect

艾文熱衷學魔術，潔西則想抓隻兔子，參加哥哥的表演秀。這時，久未見面的爸爸突然回來，還說要陪伴他們一週。孩子們的心情又期待又忐忑，但爸爸來得突然，消失得也突然。面對突如其來的大風暴，兄妹倆必須自己挺過難關，也重新認識這位不完美、卻仍愛著他們的爸爸。Evan and Jessie Treski pull off a professional magic show while discovering some hidden truths about their own family in this gripping and funny fifth addition to the bestselling Lemonade War series.Magician-in-training Evan Treski, a fourth-grader, is obsessed with making things appear and disappear. His younger sister, Jessie, wants to catch a rabbit so she can be in Evan’s blockbuster magic show. When their war correspondent dad appears unexpectedly and offers to stay with the two children for a whole week while their mother is out of town, the kids are excited—and wary. The visit gets off to a thrilling start, but when Dad disappears as suddenly as he came and a monster storm bears down on their home, Evan and Jessie are left to fend for themselves.Can they pull off this ultimate trick—and keep themselves safe? And will they come to terms with a loving dad who’

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We live in an age of distraction. Contemporary analyses of culture, politics, techno-science, and psychology insist on this. They often suggest remedies for it, or ways to capitalize on it. Yet they a

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The gentlemen of the Bastion Club have proven their courage while fighting England's enemies, but nothing has prepared them for dealing with that most formidable of challenges: the opposite sex.

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