One Song: Sometimes a Song Presses Pause on the World
By: A.J. Betts
4.00
Format: None pages, Audio CD
'In a few months, the four of us will be elsewhere, doing other things, and this chance we have wil…
Want to Read"No one dismantles this band but me."-A.J. Betts, One Song: Sometimes a Song Presses Pause on the World
"Because I've been writing this song my whole life. It's the soundtrack of me."-A.J. Betts, One Song: Sometimes a Song Presses Pause on the World
"I'd lost myself in that haze, too, now that I think about it. I'd forgotten all else, when we jammed. It was sublime in there. I felt timeless. Thoughtless. Borderless. Made of nothing but air and music."-A.J. Betts, One Song: Sometimes a Song Presses Pause on the World
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6. One Song: Sometimes a Song Presses Pause on the World
By: A.J. Betts
4.00
Format: None pages, Audio CD
'In a few months, the four of us will be elsewhere, doing other things, and this chance we have wil… read more
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"No one dismantles this band but me."-A.J. Betts, One Song: Sometimes a Song Presses Pause on the World
"Because I've been writing this song my whole life. It's the soundtrack of me."-A.J. Betts, One Song: Sometimes a Song Presses Pause on the World
"I'd lost myself in that haze, too, now that I think about it. I'd forgotten all else, when we jammed. It was sublime in there. I felt timeless. Thoughtless. Borderless. Made of nothing but air and mu…"-A.J. Betts, One Song: Sometimes a Song Presses Pause on the World
7. Scar Town
By: Tristan Bancks
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Format: 188 pages, Kindle Edition
Twelve-year-old Will Haddon and his twin friends, Dar and Juno, find a safe full of money and human… read more
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4.28
Format: 280 pages, Paperback
Meg uses Sick Bay to hide from other kids. She’s struggling with changes at home, wears slippers to… read more
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4.14
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
Love has rules. So does grief. And Stella Wilde’s about to break them all. Stella Wilde is secre… read more
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"This isn't all on you. But god forbid we blame the dude. Fucking patriarchy."-Biffy James, Completely Normal (and other lies)
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3.35
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Six teenagers. An empty shopping centre. No Wi-Fi. And … a baby? Acclaimed author Tegan Bennett Day… read more
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Format: 288 pages, Paperback
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"Surely traditions have to evolve? Surely daughters can choose their own happiness? Surely our world can handle this new virus?"-Karen Comer, Grace Notes
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4.32
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14. Hamlet is Not OK
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3.40
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15. Silver Linings
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4.32
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"How can anyone eat now that Billy is gone? How can we even breathe?"-Katrina Nannestad, Silver Linings
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3.89
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25. We Didn't Think It Through
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29. Look Me in the Eye
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3.97
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running latedrop it off without meI type drop what off? I don't know what Mish is talking about.Whi… read more
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30. Eta Draconis
By: Brendan Ritchie
3.74
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4.50
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