Candy Series - Everybody's Favourite Friend: Amity


Book Description

On her way to school, shy Mia meets a mysterious boy who claims to be the "Prince of the Dark Dimension'. Later at school, she reluctantly signs up for the drama class's holiday activities together with Joni and Emilia. Will this prove a good fit for the reserved Mia? And just who was that strange self-proclaimed prince?







Candy Series - Healthy Pretty Girls: Diet


Book Description

Even though Emilia avoids strenuous exercise in P.E., she somehow manages to remain slim and trim! Joni and Mia find this so unfair! However, when a new transfer student joins their class, Emilia's reaction reveals that there's more to her that meets the eye... Can Joni and Mia help Emilia come to terms with her secret past?




Candy Series - Starstruck!: Fandom


Book Description

Joni skips tuitionwith her big brother Julian to attend her favourite pop idol's autograph session with Mia. This makes Julian furious, and he forbids Joni from chasing her idols. However, Mia and Emilia say that being a fan is not necessarily bad, as it can encourage people to strive harder in their studies. Also, despite being discouraged by Mia and Emilia, their class mate Janie dresses like Joni, and even copies her every move! This all makes the Candy JEN members very uncomfortable... How will they clean up this mess?




Candy Series - Style With Substance: Savvy


Book Description

Mia's attempts to be less introverted are warmly encouraged by her classmates. A fashion design college student is impressed by Mia's natural flair for fashion, and invites her to join a fashion show as a costume design assistant. However, the jealous Sofia forces with her cousin to compete against Mia! Whose Fashion sense will prevail?




Candy Series - Caught in The Net: Technology


Book Description

Emilia and Carmen always score the highest marks in their class. Emilia uses internet to expand her knowledge, while Carmen insists that traditional learning by reading books is best as she believes that internet addiction will cause students to neglect their studies. To prove her point, Carmen challenges Emilia to turn their classmate, the internet-addicted Dennis, into a top student. Emilia angrily accepts the challenge; but how will she convince the class misfit to get a life offline?




Candy Series - Sparkle & Shine: Hygiene


Book Description

The school health teacher's twin sons are a pair of notorious clean freaks. They are known for their strict disciplinary actions and surprise health inspections to ensure that the students always pay attention to their personal hygiene and grooming. The older brother, Anthony, is cold and strict; and the younger twin Andrew is a soft-spoken and gentle boy. One day, Anthony punishes Joni's classmate Alex with a demerit. Finding this highly unfair, Joni begins plotting to teach Anthony a lesson...




Candy Series - Top Of The Class: Academics


Book Description

Miss Miyuki decides to rearrange the students in her class according to their class rankings. With their top marks, Mia and Emilia get to sit together, buy Joni is seated among the students with the lowest marks in the class. Their classmate Jane grabs the chance to take Joni's place in Candy JEM. Determined to sit with her friends again, Joni starts tuition lessons from her older brother Julian to improve her results. Will Joni succeed? Will Jane succeed in her sneaky plan to replace Joni?




Schroder


Book Description

Attending a New England summer camp as an adolescent, young Erik Schroder - a first generation East German immigrant - adopts a new name and a new persona - Eric Kennedy - in the hopes that it will help him fit in. This fateful white lie will set him on an improbable and ultimately tragic course. Schroder relates the story of Eric's urgent escape years later through the New England countryside with his six-year-old daughter, Meadow, in an attempt to outrun the authorities amidst a heated custody battle with his wife, who will soon discover that her husband is not who he says he is. From a correctional facility, Eric surveys the course of his life in order to understand - and maybe even explain - his behaviour; the painful separation from his mother in childhood; a harrowing escape to America with his taciturn father; a romance that withered under a shadow of lies; and his proudest moments and greatest regrets as a flawed but loving father.




Candy Series - Reaching from The Stars: Friendship


Book Description

Best friends Joni and Mia are assigned to team up with their aloof classmate Emilia for a school singing contest. But during their very first practice, Emilia gets annoyed by Joni's terrible singing and storms off! Between Joni's tone deadness, Mia's shyness, and Emilia's stubbornness, will the girls learn to get along and win the singing contest?