Item category 1: Accelerated Reading

'Be strong, my Abela'. These are the last words of Abela's mother in their HIV/AIDS stricken African village, where it seems that to live or to die is just a matter of chance. It takes all Abela's strength to survive her Uncle Thomas's scheming to get to Europe, but what will be her fate as an il...

Will does not want children, but he does see the point of single mothers, especially if they look like Julie Christie. When he meets Marcus, whose parents have split up and who is being persecuted by bullies, Will finds that he has a lot ot learn.

Colin Singleton always falls for girls named Katherine, and he's been dumped by all of them. Letting expectations go and allowing love in are part of Colin's amusing quest to find his missing piece and avenge dumpees everywhere.

Colin Singleton always falls for girls named Katherine, and he's been dumped by all of them. Letting expectations go and allowing love in are part of Colin's amusing quest to find his missing piece and avenge dumpees everywhere.

On a visit to the US things take a strange turn for 12-year-old Ajay when, completely at random and totally by accident, he is sworn in as the new president. Well, I guess he can't be any worse than that guy who had the job before him, right?

When Joe tells a local news reporter exactly what he would do if he were leader of the country, the video goes viral and Joe's speech becomes famous all over the world. Before long, people are calling for the current leader to resign and give someone else a go - and that's how an ordinary boy lik...

It should never have happened, but somehow - with the aid of a recorder, keyboard, and very disturbed cat - Hector and Ollie have made a hit single. And now everybody wants a piece of them. They may have always dreamed of fame, but is life on tour all it's cracked up to be?