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Classification
Age Range	Teenage
Category	Fiction
ISBN-10	095567252X
ISBN-13	978-0955672521

Rights
Film	Flame Books
World	Flame Books

Publishers
UK (C'wealth)	Flame Books

Give Me a Sign

by Shanta Everington

Flame Books 1 July 2008

"I have to listen very hard to hear what he says. Watching his mouth helps but it makes me blush. He’s staring at mine. Just like he was staring at that girl’s the other day. So maybe she’s not his girlfriend, after all..."

Do you ever feel that life isn't turning out quite as you planned?

Meet Liz. Bullied at college, disillusioned at home and seriously lacking in self-esteem, Liz has to contend with the Russell twins, a man in pyjamas sharing her mum's bed, and size 9 feet.

Do you ever wish that you could find someone who really 'gets' you?

Meet Doug. Gorgeous, strong willed and unlike anyone Liz has ever met, Doug transforms the way Liz looks at herself and her life. And for the first time ever, Liz is actually happy.

Two great people from very different worlds = one amazing relationship.

They say opposites attract. But will the gap between Liz and Doug prove too much to handle?

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Struggling with the loss of her father, and the hostility of bullies at school, when Liz meets Doug she sees a chance for happiness. But discovering that Doug is deaf brings a whole new challenge into Liz’s life. As Liz and Doug’s relationship unfolds, Give Me A Sign offers a story about how we interpret ourselves as well as others; about the similarities and differences which make us who we are, and the gaps we bridge when we follow our hearts.

Whilst experiencing the dysfunction of the adult world, as Liz learns sign language, misses text messages and gets confused about emails, she is led to discover the place in herself where she must root her life.

Everington creates a convincing and magnetic voice of a teenage girl trying to face her every-day challenge with self esteem, self discovery and making sense of the world. Written with the tone of a diary, Give Me A Sign is an accessible and contemporary story of teenage romance, communication and understanding.

Teen blog runs 5th May to 1st July 2008

"Fantastic writing that handles issues sensitively and with total confidence. Liz and Doug's story is one anyone and everyone can relate to – and that's the magic of this book. I couldn't put it down." Rae Earl, author of My Fat, Mad Teenage Diary .

Samples: 1

from GIVE ME A SIGN

Back at college, I go to my locker to get my books out for English Lit. I’m still shaky. Tears sting my eyes but I mustn’t let them get to me. I stick down the corners of my childish Brad Pitt poster and wonder if now would be a good time to get a new celebrity to fixate on. That’s when I see him again. He has his back to me but I’d recognise that hair anywhere. It looks as though it’s got a life of its own. I slam my locker, hoping he might turn round. I don’t know what I’m going to do if he does. Wrap my hair round my face and hide? But I’m spared that particular dilemma because he just carries on rooting around in his locker. His rucksack is bursting with stuff. A folder falls out and hits the floor hard, making me jump. I let out a little gasp. I wait for him to turn round. But he doesn’t. I go over to pick up his folder. He starts to turn as I stand. Now, it’s his turn to jump. And his gasp is way more cringey than mine. He sounds like a strangled cat. ‘Here, you dropped this,’ I say, trying not to laugh. He smiles at me as he takes the folder. I take in his face. He’s more Owen Wilson than Brad Pitt. He doesn’t have a great chin but I’m in no position to be picky. I go back to my locker and watch him out of the corner of my eye. A girl walks over and starts talking to him. He’s staring at her lips like he’s about to snog her face off. I look away.

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