Books with title Sixteen and Away from Home

At first, Nicole Thompson has some hesitations about going away to Boarding School but she knows she needs to get away from her strict and overbearing mother and needs more structure academically. Nicole struggles with learning difficulties and attends Whitney Academy; an all-girls school in New England. In Home Away From Home the author describes Nicole's experience of three years at Boarding School; the friends Nicole makes, some lessons that are hard to understand, both personal and academic, and sports that she is involved in. Nicole goes through some hardships, but also learns lessons that she will take with her long after she leaves Whitney Academy.

Away from Home:The story revolves around two children along with their friends, who do some mischief to gain a ticket to their dream sea voyage to Rustentia. They were thrown to a place of suffering and mysteries and at last find their home back but with a valuable gift.About the Author:From a girl with undying thirst for knowledge to an experimenter, Afifah Rifai has grown to be an inspirer.The curious and obsessed reader, Afifah is book dragon (not a book worm.. mind it !!) who likes to share her thoughts and dreams to others in the way other mighty authors had inspired her.Currently living in Chennai, the 10 year old author is a native of Thengapattanam and is persuing her studies in Babaji Vidhyashram, ChennaiHer first contribution to her passion was named "Away From Home"“The Curse of Dwindle Canker” is her second experiment and both her titles are available @ Amazon

When you're sixteen, everything is momentous.That's what Mabel's best friend Sarah Jane tells her as they begin their first year of school at the academy in town. Away from their farm homes and families for the first time, the two girls must contend with a new school, new acquaintances, and new ways of doing things.And Sarah Jane is right. Whether it's wearing bloomers for physical culture class, mustering the courage to invite young men to an evening social event, or helping the housekeeper with a routine task, the two friends have a way of making "momentous moments" out of anything. Mabel and Sarah Jane rise to each occasion with their usual measure of hilarity, anguish, and newfound insights, all the while learning more of what it means to place one's trust in God. and nbsp;