Amal is a 16-year-old Melbourne teen with all the usual obsessionsabout boys, chocolate and Cosmo magazine. She's also a Muslim,struggling to honour the Islamic faith in a society that doesn'tunderstand it. The story of her decision to "shawl up" and its attendentanxieties (like how much eyeliner to wear) is funny, surprisingand touching.

Poignant but laugh-out-loud funny contemporary YA about losing a sister and finding yourself amid the pressures, expectations and stereotypes of growing up in a Mexican American home

Every week, seventeen-year-old Tracy Beaumont writes letters to Innocence X, asking the organization to help her father, an innocent Black man on death row. After seven years, Tracy is running out of time--her dad has only 267 days left. Then the unthinkable happens. The police arrive in the night, and Tracy's older brother, Jamal, goes from being a bright, promising track star to a "thug" on the run, accused of killing a white girl. Determined to save her brother, Tracy investigates what rea...

For courses in Social Psychology Show how the ever-changing field of Social Psychology is useful in students everyday lives Social Psychology, 15th Edition retains the hallmark of its past success: up-to-date coverage of the quickly evolving subject matter written in a lively manner that has been embraced by thousands of students around the world. Authors Nyla Branscombe and Robert Baron both respected scholars with decades of undergraduate teaching experience generate student excitement by r...