Books with title Sitti's Secrets

India lives in a large, luxurious house with a mum she can't stand and a dad she adores, though he hasn't had much time for her recently. She seeks solace in her journal, which she keeps in sincere imitation of her heroine, Anne Frank.Treasure lives on the local council estate with her loving and capable grandmother. She is devoted to her nan but lives in fear of having to go back to live with her mother and violent stepfather.A chance meeting sparks a great friendship between the girls. And when Treasure has to run away to avoid her stepfather, India comes up with a hiding place inspired by her favorite writer. India hasn't got a real secret annexe like Anne Frank—but she has got a hidden attic....

Lady lives in a car. She wears the same clothes every day. She eats whatever bits of junk food Paw buys when he's around, and she tries to make a life for her addictive, fantasy-driven Mama, and mute-by-choice younger sister, Scarlett O'Hara.She knows this lifestyle isn't normal, but Paw promises one day they'll live in a billboard house full of comforts. However, time is running out--he's gone more often, Mama's deteriorating, and Scarlett O'Hara is helpless. Lady must become more resourceful than ever to save them.When Mr. Coons befriends her, Lady starts to believe in a better life. After Mama dies, his secret threatens to shatter her new-found stability. No sooner does Lady recover from Mr. Coon's exposé, Scarlett O'Hara shows her unfathomable evidence proving the unthinkable about their family. Now Lady, in order for her and Scarlett O'Hara to be free, must decide if forgiveness, love, or magic will release them from killer secrets.

What do you do when you have secrets you can’t share?After her first term in Hill School, Ayesha is quite happy to go back to school--because she has new friends. But suddenly, the secret she has been hiding since she joined school is threatening to spill out and ruin everything. Will Mahrukh, Elizabeth and Maitreyi still be her friends after they find out?But then a girl from school is harassed by some boys in town. The friends have to make sure that the culprits are punished and the girl does not have to suffer for no fault of hers. And Ayesha realises that secrets should sometimes be shared ...

It is the week before the outbreak of the civil war in Somalia. Kalaman, a successful young businessman in Mogadiscio receives an unexpected house guest—the wild and sexually adventurous Sholoongo, his childhood crush returned from America. She announces that she intends to have his baby. Confronted by this dangerous interruption from his past, Kalaman starts to investigate his family's history, and uncovers the startling key to his own conception. Hailed by Salman Rushdie as "one of the finest contemporary African novelists," Farah writes in a rhythmical, sensual prose reminiscent of García Márquez's best fiction. Evoking the beauty and tragedy of Africa, Secrets is a remarkable portrait of a family disintegrating like its country, its ties dissolved by exposed lies and secrets.

Richard Brubaker is an eleven-year-old who loves race cars and his tough, no-nonsense mother’s brownies. After enduring her own abusive childhood, his single mom is determined to protect him against all the bad influences in life. But when she asks Richard to take a bowl of chili over to the next-door neighbor, Ned Henderson, who also happens to be his best friend’s dad, Edith has no idea what she has just helped instigate.Richard’s friend, Paul, is no longer living with his father. After he warns Richard to stay away from his dad, Paul refuses to talk to him anymore. It is not long before Henderson begins luring Richard into his house to groom, swear to secrecy, and then abuse. As Richard spirals into depression and shame, he finally gathers the courage to tell his teacher. But will he ever be able to escape Henderson’s clutches and begin the healing process?Secrets is the story of a boy’s experiences after he falls prey to a pedophile. The story is intended to help parents and teachers introduce the subject, open dialogue, and inform children how to protect themselves against the same horrifying abuse.

Beautiful and ruthless, Jessica Wakefield is determined to be chosen queen of the fall dance at Sweet Valley High. If she can win the contest, she's sure to win Bruce Patman, the most sought after boy in school.The only person standing in Jessica's way is Enid Rollins. When Jessica discovers the truth about Enid's past, she knows the crown is within her grasp. She doesn't care that Enid is her twin sister Elizabeth's best friend--or that revealing the secret may cost Enid both her reputation and the boy she loves.Only Elizabeth can save Enid from Jessica's vicious gossip--but can she stop her scheming twin in time?

Everyone has secrets, some are small and inconsequential, but some can shatter everything we know about our lives.Kristen, a single mother who has been looking forward to celebrating her daughter’s eighteenth birthday, if she can manage to find her. However, is this special day finally the time to reveal her oldest and darkest secret to her daughter Miranda?Miranda, on the other hand is most urgently trying to avoid celebrating her eighteenth birthday. Not one for keeping things from her mother she desperately tries to avoid telling her mother her own grim news.Jesse, the man who knows more than he should and is harboring a secret that could turn this long-awaited birthday into a panicked ordeal.

Raven, Montana is a small town, secluded from the rest of the world, where nothing exciting ever happens. But high school senior Jessica Riley has never felt like she lacked anything. Well, that is, except for that one special boy who can make her life completeWhen she meets Steve Montgomery, the newcomer, the void she always experienced with her past boyfriends is finally filled. With Steve, she has everything she’s ever wanted.There’s just one small problem…Steve didn’t come to Raven to fall in love. He came to escape a dark past, something that didn’t originate in this world but has a definite hold on it…and on him. As much as he longs to be free from it, it’s followed him, and it’s about to threaten anyone who gets close to him.And unfortunately for Jessica, he cares about her a little too much.

Naomi thought she’d eliminated the threat.She thought wrong.Female shades are being murdered faster than they can be discovered and Naomi has never felt more helpless.She sends her protégé, Sunday, to Tombstone, Arizona to keep her out of harms way only to discover she sent her right into the snake den. Torn between going after the murderer and rescuing the girl she promised to protect…Naomi’s choice is literally life and death….Download now to find out if Sunday can survive….