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***GOLD MEDAL WINNER IN THE READERS FAVOURITES 2024 AWARDS***To anyone who has ever felt alienated or out of place. To anyone who has felt the need to hide behind a mask. To anyone who has ever felt different, or fragile, or a bit too close to breaking: this book's for you.Through a combination of memoir, interviews, and research, M.J. Buckman explores LGBT+ life through the ages and looks at what it can teach us today about tolerance, inclusivity, and sheer joy.In the 1980s, M.J. thrived in London's gay subculture. Being a fag hag was fun, exciting, and all-consuming. But, amongst all her 'bent' friends trying to find themselves, was she losing herself instead?M.J. believed that everyone was constantly blighted by severe anxiety, and that they were just much better than her at dealing with it. She must be the odd one out because she struggled to cope.Now turning sixty, M.J. looks back on that time and the journey she has taken to have a stronger and healthier relationship with herself. Through interviews with LGBT+ people of all ages, she explores the pain of being on the outside and the wonder of finding your tribe.Blending these personal histories with a deep exploration of how society has represented LGBT+ people throughout history, M.J. creates an uplifting and impassioned book that unveils the importance of accepting ourselves and each other. In today's world, where many LGBT+ people still struggle to be themselves and hate speech is on the rise, the need to stand up and be counted as an ally is as strong as ever.This book is about the human spirit: flawed but able to cope, different from others but accepting ourselves, fearful of adversity, but somehow finding the inner resources to be true to who we are. Bent, but not broken.

What happens when you save a dragon's life? Three years ago, Aiden Bran saved the young dragon Zilarra. Now, marked by that blood-debt, his dreams are filled with the growing dragon's life. When his comfortable world is torn apart, Aiden is set adrift and finds himself searching for the meaning of this strange bond. How can he free himself from the dragon's debt and make his life his own again? Aiden's quest for answers leads him across frozen wastelands into the ravages of a budding war, where his unwanted connection with dragons may be the only thing that can prevent bloodshed, and even the very extinction of their race. His journey is one of discovery, friendship, and trust; an alchemical journey into the heart of the self, into the crucible that can either consume, or transform lead into gold.

I want to be anywhere but here. A dead-end town. An electronic tag with a strict curfew. A bunch of friends who prefer their phones to her, and a boy who's never going to like her back. Tangle wants out. When the opportunity comes, she grabs it. I can go anywhere… but I can't leave myself behind. But stealing a top-secret teleportation device has consequences. Lots of people with guns would like it back. Tangle has to think fast to stay one step ahead, but it's worth it: she's living the dream, seeing amazing places. So why can't she forget about the boy she left behind? Sometimes all I want is to be nowhere at all. The company she stole from will do anything to retrieve what's theirs, even threaten her family and friends. Just how much is Tangle willing to sacrifice to keep this technology out of the wrong hands, and what will she do when the consequences of her choices are too much to bear?

What does it take to learn your own worth? Laithry's older brother has just ascended to the throne of Valeria, and his first act is to condemn her beloved stepmother for murder. Caught between love and family loyalty, Laithry finds that her only option is to choose forgiveness - a choice that leads her to exile among the alien Fae, where all her assumptions about herself will be tested. When she can finally return to her own realm, she finds it a very different place: a mess of intrigue and political unrest, haunted by mysterious deaths and the threat of rebellion. Stripped of everything - her family, her status, the whole world she knows, even her hope - Princess Laithry must discover her own inner strength. That strength will carry her through heartbreak, assassination attempts, and an otherworldly war, to discover what it really means to be a queen.Part coming-of-age story and part spiritual journey, this is the finale of The Order of the White Raven series but can be read as a standalone novel.

Would you give up on being a hero in order to save the world? Finn Bran is a young journeyman bard who performs all the traditional songs of heroism and great deeds, while dreaming that he could someday be part of such a story. But the Kingdom of Valeria is falling into decline all around him as a mysterious force fosters thoughts of violence and intolerance in people's minds. Brought face-to-face with this terrifying evil, Finn narrowly escapes death and emerges beaten, but possessing a strange new gift - or curse. Able to hear the purity or impurity of people's thoughts in the form of music, Finn realises that his unique insight leaves him with the responsibility to fight back against the evil being that has defeated him once already. But first, he must learn to master the music of his own mind. This quest will lead Finn from the enchanted realm of the Fair Folk to the castle dungeons; to an ill-fated battle with a dragon that leads to a friendship that changes the shape of the world; to an inner mastery of elemental forces. Finally, will Finn be strong enough to face the immutable enemy that has twisted an entire nation to its own dark ends ... or will he need to reach out for help from the strangest of places?

A mountain. A skyscraper. A curse. Beneath London, in the heart of the labyrinth, something stirs… Luca and Aliya have settled into their lives as shamans, maintaining the balance between humanity and nature. Luca is helping the newly-born elementals of London find their feet in the modern world. But something darker is awakening; something determined to shift that balance.When a curse threatens Quantum and drives the dragons to the edge of extinction, Aliya is powerless to save her closest friend. Soon, both worlds are threatened by the greed of an impossible enemy that bridges the gap between realms.It's time for Luca and Aliya to embrace their power and discover if what they carry within is enough to turn aside greed, anger, and destruction.