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Here today, gone tomorrow (Gifted) – Marilyn Kaye

6505069Shy, dreamy Emily’s premonitions aren’t always quite right, and even she does not trust them. But when her classmates start disappearing, someone has to listen.

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Twisted (TV series)

Forever – Judy Blume

Katherine loves Michael so much: in fact, that she’s willing to lose her virginity to him, and, as the months go by, it gets harder and harder for her to imagine living without him.

However, something happens when they are separated for the summer: Katherine begins to have feelings for another guy.

What does this mean about her love for Michael?

What does this mean about love in general?

What does “forever” mean, anyway?

The chronicles of Riddick (movie)

Gifted – Marilyn Kaye

Queen of Mean Amanda Beeson, 13, gets the shock of her life when she wakes up one morning to find herself in the body of one of her victims, Tracey Devon.
Amanda discovers that Tracey, ignored at home and school, has the ability to become invisible.
When Amanda finds herself in a special class that Tracey usually attends, it becomes clear that at Meadowbrook Middle School the definition of “gifted” has a whole other meaning.
Can Amanda rescue her one-time target from obscurity and get her own life back on track?
In order to do so, she will have to reveal her own startling gift and take her rightful place among Meadowbrook’s very secret clique.

Better late than never (Gifted) – Marilyn Kaye

Teenage goth and occasional rebel Jenna Kelly can read anyone’s mind without even trying. When her alcoholic mother has to go into hospital, a stranger turns up who says he’s her long-lost dad, and promises her a better future. While Jenna is happy to discover what it’s like to have a proper parent, the gifted class have their concerns, but will Jenna listen?

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Out of sight, out of mind (Gifted)

Thirteen year old Queen-of-mean Amanda Beeson, wakes up one morning in the wrong body. She’s become lonely, unfashionable Tracey Devon – one of Amanda’s targets for bullying. Amanda discovers that Tracey, ignored at home and at school, has the ability to turn invisible. Amanda sets out to rescue her one-time victim from obscurity – as well as rescuing herself from Tracey’s life.

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