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a novelization by Lisa Fiedler

Emma Stanton is a boy magnet. Her twin sister, Sam, is an all-star athlete. So what do they do when Emma wants to get closer to her sports-crazed dad, and Sam wants to catch the attention of the cutest boy in school? Simple. Switch places! It seems like the perfect plan. Emma pretends to be Sam on the soccer field, while Sam goes on dates as Emma. But how long can the girls keep their secret? And what will happen when the truth comes out?

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Meg Vandermerwe

"Zebra Crossing tells the story of its protagonist and narrator, Chipo, an illegal immigrant in her late teens, and her older brother George. Both have fled poverty and political and private turmoil in their native Zimbabwe for a better life in Cape Town. Set during the 2010 World Cup, it explores myth and malice in the Mother City. As excitement about the World Cup grows, so do xenophobic tensions. Consequently, George and fellow Zimbabweans Peter and David attempt to exploit Chipo's albinism and local superstitions about the condition to make their fortunes amongst the illegal soccer betting rings that have sprung up along the city's infamous Long Street. Their plan is to get rich quick and leave, before the violent rumours that all foreign Africans remaining in the country after the final soccer match will be attacked, come to fruition. However, their scheme has disastrous consequences." -- Publisher's website.

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Dean Hughes

The Angel Park players are so nervous about winning their upcoming "big game" with Blue Spring that they mess up all over the place.

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Dan Tunstall

Tom's whole life is straight out of Crap Towns. Mum died. Dad's a waster. School is tough. Tom and Raks are at the bottom of the pecking order - and it just shouldn't be that way - but then they befriend 'ASBO boy', Ryan, and go to a Letchford Town football game with him. When it kicks off outside the ground with the Castleton fans, Tom and Raks are ready and up for it - it ain't football - but Tom is hooked and can't wait for the next home game!