Author: Holly Smale
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- IN: Head Over Heels (2016) Fiction, Young Adult Fiction, British
EPIGRAPH: head over heels: idiom
1. to be excited, and/or turn cartwheels
2. To fall in love
3. To become temporarily the wrong way up
4. To go at top speed
5. To fall over
ORIGIN: an inversion of fourteenth century expression, heels over head, to literally turn upside down
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- IN: Picture Perfect (2014) Fiction, Young Adult Fiction, British
EPIGRAPH: Model [mod-l] noun, adjective, verb
1. A standard or example for imitation or comparison
2. A representation, generally in miniature
3. An image to be reproduced
4. A person whose profession is posing for artists or photographers
5. To fashion something to be like something else
ORIGIN from the Latin modulus: 'absolute value'
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- IN: All That Glitters (2015) Fiction, Young Adult Fiction, British
EPIGRAPH: glitter [gilt-er] verb, noun
1. To sparkle with reflected light
2. To make a brilliant show
3. To be decorated or enhanced by glamour
4. Tiny pieces of shiny ornamentation
ORIGIN from the Old English glitenian: 'To shine; to be distingushed'
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- IN: Model Misfit (2013) Fiction, Young Adult Fiction, British
EPIGRAPH: fit adjective
1. appropriate or suiting
2. Proper
3. Qualified or competent
4. Prepared
5. In good physical condition
Noun
1. Fashionable clothing
2. An onset or period of emotion
Colloquial slang
1. To be really, really good looking
ORIGIN from the Old English fitt: 'conflict or struggle'
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- IN: Sunny Side Up (2016) Fiction, Young Adult Fiction, British
EPIGRAPH: Light (noun, adjective, verb)
1. to make things visible or afford illumination
2. To set on fire
3. Pale or not deep in colour
4. Without weight
ORIGIN from the Old English leoht - light, shinging bright
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