Sunday, November 23, 2008

Forbidden love

Austen, Jane. Pride and prejudice
When Elizabeth Bennett first meets eligible bachelor Fitzwilliam Darcy, she thinks him arrogant and conceited, while he struggles to remain indifferent to her good looks and lively mind. When she later discovers that Darcy has involved himself in the troubled relationship between his friend Bingley and her beloved sister Jane, she is determined to dislike him more than ever.
Blackman, Malorie. Noughts and crosses
Malorie Blackman tackles the issues of racism and prejudice in a world set in an alternate historical reality.
Boock, Paula. Dare, truth or promise
Godden, Rumer. The peacock spring
Una Gwithiam is summoned suddenly with her younger sister Hal, from their English boarding school, to join her father, the diplomat Sir Edward, in New Delhi. Why? No reason is given but soon the secret becomes painfully evident.
Hearn, Lian. Across the nightingale floor
A novel set in medieval Japan, this story of ancient tradition undermined by spies and assassins unravels within a landscape of incomparable beauty torn by civil war.
Lingard, Joan. Across the barricades
Kevin is Catholic. Sadie is Protestant. They live in Belfast and aresupposed to be enemies - so what chance do they have when they fall in love?
Rai, Bali. Rani & Sukh
In 1950s Punjab, a secret affair goes terribly wrong and the bride commits suicide after her lover is attacked by her family. The two families part in violence and conflict. In Leicester in 2004, Rani and Sukh fall in love, unaware of the terrible legacy of the past and the conflict between their families.
Shakespeare, William. Romeo and Juliet
Shanahan, Lisa. My big birkett
Taylor, William. The blue lawn
Tolstoy, Leo. Anna Karenina
Westall, Robert. Falling into glory
Wilson, Jacqueline. Love lessons

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