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The past lives of Bess Gray catch up with her in this passionate young adult novel by a NZ Post Children's Book Award-winner. On the night of her seventeenth birthday Bess Grey sees images of a witch-burning unfold in front of her as if in a movie. She also sees images from a different time à Â- lovers, and the girl, sheà  s sure is à Â- was à Â- herself. When she meets Nick she recognises him as the boy. Thereà  s an immediate connection. However when her father nearly dies from a heart attack thereà  s no time to brood as Bess tries to save her fatherà  s business. She falls in love with Nick but her difficult mother interferes, forcing Bess to make the hardest decision of her life. She must decide whether to lose her mother or the boy she loves. Fleur Beale, winner of the 20123 Margaret Mahy medal, weaves Bess's mysterious past lives into her very realistic current-day life. The result is a beautifully told love story. Fleur Beale is the author of many award-winning books - she has now had more than 30 books published in New Zealand, as well as being published in the US and England. Fleur won the 2007 Storylines Gaelyn Gordon Award for a Much-Loved Book with Slide the Corner and the Esther Glen Award for Juno of Taris in the 2009 LIANZA Children's Book Awards. Fierce September won the YA category in the 2011 NZ Post Children's Book Awards and the LIANZA YA Award in 2011. In 2012 she won the Margaret Mahy Medal for her outstanding contribution to children's writing.