Books with author "K" Wilkinson

Ava is tired of her ultracool attitude, ultraradical politics, and ultrablack clothing. She's ready to try something new—she's even ready to be someone new. Someone who fits in, someone with a gorgeous boyfriend, someone who wears pink.But Ava soon finds that changing herself is more complicated than changing her wardrobe. Even getting involved in the school musical raises issues she never imagined. As she faces surprising choices and unforeseen consequences, Ava wonders if she will ever figure out who she really wants to be.Pink received an American Library Association Stonewall Award Honor for exceptional merit relating to the gay/lesbian/bisexual/transgender experience.Supports the Common Core State Standards

The moment Rio sees the skinny black gelding standing in the local meat man’s field, she resolves to save him. Gentle and exceptionally bred, Comet is the kind of horse Rio has always dreamed of owning - a horse to take on hacks through the vines, ride bareback at sunset, and maybe even compete in an event or two. Comet seems too good to be true, and Rio soon suspects that his past involved more than standing around in a field… But Rio has more to worry about than Comet. With five sisters to deal with - including Clemmie the bestselling romance novelist, Lia the ten-year-old taxidermist, and carefree Susannah who came back from her gap year with more than could fit in a suitcase - and a summer of renovating an old house complicated by the arrival of numerous guests, her family isn’t as perfect as her mum’s blog about their life in rural France suggests. And there’s Comet, a horse with his own story, and Rio soon discovers he could change her life in ways she’d never imagined. Except she’s not so sure she wants it to…

Exotic Birds – 24 flourishes for Solo Violin is a new and original album composed to enhance a broad range of abilities and musical tastes suitable for all ages starting with short, easy pieces for beginners and progressing to more complex, challenging and lengthy pieces for experienced performers. Requiring no accompaniments, the varied works are ideal as short recital items for school and college concerts, formal performances or simply for enjoyment. With finely graded standards of techniques and musical expression, Exotic Birds supports and complements progress on the Violin as a useful learning and teaching resource. There is an exhilarating, entertaining exotic bird for any Violinist to quickly pick up, learn and perform from the day they obtain this album. Catch these Exotic Birds before they fly off the shelves!

Penny Drummond aspires to be a journalist. A good one. A Pulitzer prize-winning journalist. In the meantime, she's honing her journalistic skills on the East Glendale Secondary College Gazette. When she discovers a boy at her school is posting anonymous messages on loveshy.com, Penny believes she has found just the story that will help make her name. Her mission: find him, fix him, feature-article him. Next stop: Pulitzer Prize.But what will become of her 'journey of the soul' article if the love-shy boy is not who she expects? And what happens when Penny finds that her soul might be in need of a little attention as well?Love-Shy is a lively, entertaining and warm-hearted romantic comedy filled with serious secrets, ambitious plans, awkward moments and unexpected friendships - funny and engaging to the very last page.'Funny and warm and irreverent and chock-full of sass ... Lili Wilkinson creates utterly realistic and recognisable worlds, where everything is just a bit funnier, quippier and more colourful than in real life.' Leanne Hall, author of This Is Shyness

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It is 1940 and when bombs begin to fall, the residents of Cedar Street take cover as best they can. Most of the children welcome the opportunities that the air raids offer and eagerly gather at a nearby bombsite to explore their new playground. However, when tragedy is narrowly averted, their hopes are dashed and plans turned upside down.Their lives will never be the same again.This is an emotional journey through the landscape of a Northern, war time childhood. Scarcities, bombing raids and evacuation are all set against the backdrop of growing up and the changing fabric of family life.

Ruby Jane Galbraith has nothing left. After an accident tears her family apart, she finds her entire world obliterated. And it's all her fault. The only thing that makes sense to her is Fox - a gentle new friend who is wise, soulful, and clever, yet oddly naive about the ways of the world. Fox understands her loss. Her pain. And he offers her a way out - a chance to find peace in a community that seems guided by love. He asks her to join him at the Institute of the Boundless Sublime. Ruby knows one thing for sure: her life without Fox is a life she doesn't want to live, and the Institute is the only way to keep him. But as she's drawn into the Institute's web, Ruby begins to learn its sinister secrets. A fast-paced plot and searing prose drive this gripping drama about an ordinary girl drawn into a secretive cult and how far she will go for love.

Best Selling author, Hutton Wilkinson, brings you young Gaspar Brown and his sidekick, Alex Mendoza, in their first tale of adventure. They battle crooked adversaries, evil drug lords, and search for the hidden treasure of the legendary pirate king, José Gaspar, better known as “Gasparilla”. Revel in the mystery of Gaspar’s great uncle Charlie, who appears to our hero as a very amusing ghost. Marvel at the magnificence of Charlie’s seaside villa, La Rinconada, on Perdido Isle. With Gaspar, explore the mansion built in the 1920s and the 500,000 acre island to discover … The Mystery of The Gasparilla Succession.

Best Selling author, Hutton Wilkinson, brings you the second adventure in his popular Gaspar Brown series. As young Gaspar and his sidekick Alex Mendoza begin a new school year, a ring of jewel thieves are spreading havoc up and down the Gulf Coast of Florida. Meet Gaspar’s illusive and mysterious new school chum Iilona, and learn the family secrets she’s protecting. Scrutinize with Gaspar the exotic Madame Martinez de Gozz and the Jeweled Dagger of Montegufoni, which has been stolen from her. Become a member of the new club Gasper has created for his classmates at Villa Gaspar and revel in Gaspar’s discovery of secret documents recounting the existence and potentiality of millions in stolen Nazi treasure. Thrill to Gaspar’s discovery of Vril Power and laugh at the introduction of the exotic Vrilerinnen, Maria Orsic, and her extravagant posse of beautiful Vrilerinnen. Open the book, and join our heroes, Gaspar, Alex and Uncle Charlie on their second adventure as they discover ... The Mystery of The Seminole Spring.