Showing results for "Arts" in Coming of Age

Mana artists rule the world, and the path to power is a well-kept secret, restricted to state-approved programs and schools. Akari Zeller will never be a mana artist. Not if society has its way. She's a Bronze with no money, no family, and no connections. But technology is advancing too. And to a skilled hacker like Akari, no secret is safe forever. The dark web holds the keys to true power, advancement, and her only chance of survival.

Artist Piper Perish has moved from her hometown of Houston, Texas, to New York City. Her days are spent exploring; her nights are filled with painting. It's her lifelong dream come true.... Except life in the city isn't as glamorous as it looks from afar. Piper's high-pressure work as an assistant to a famous modern artist takes away time from her own art. And Piper's new friend Grace, a budding activist, has Piper beginning to wonder if making great art is really enough.

Competitive climber Cara Jenkins feels most at home high off the ground, clinging to a rock wall by her fingertips. She's enjoyed a roaming life with her mountaineering parents, making the natural world her jungle gym, the writings of Annie Dillard and Henry David Thoreau her textbooks. But when tragedy strikes on an Ecuadorian mountaintop, Cara's nomadic lifestyle comes to an abrupt halt.

Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda meets The Night Circus in this standout debut YA novel, about a boy who visits a magic-filled circus in his dreams in order to escape reality, where his trans identity remains a secret. An ideal next read for fans of Cemetery Boys. After an incident at his...

The only thing worse than the first day of senior year at a new high school is reliving it over, and over again. This ?Groundhog Day? meets Pretty in Pink mashup has Andie using all of her film knowledge to find out how to break the curse. Could it be true love's first kiss? Or is it reconciling...

Ninas Leben steht Kopf: Ihr Freund Simon zieht auf eine andere Reitanlage, um sein Glück als Springreiter zu versuchen. Nicht nur die ungewohnte Entfernung voneinander verunsichert sie, auch das Training mit der Kaltblutstute Fiola leidet ohne Simon. Zu allem Überfluss erleidet Simon bei einem seiner Besuche auf der Lost Creek Ranch einen schweren Schicksalsschlag, der das Leben stillstehen lässt. Vergeblich versucht Nina, ihrem Freund beizustehen. Der Kontakt zwischen den beiden droht abzubrechen - dabei bräuchte Nina ihn gerade besonders.