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Seventeen-year-old RJ always gets what she wants. So when her soul is accidentally collected by a distracted Grim Reaper, somebody in the afterlife better figure out a way to send her back from the dead, or heads will roll. But in her quest for mortality, she becomes a pawn in a power struggle between an overzealous archangel and Death Himself. The tribunal presents her with two options.

Even under the most normal circumstances, high school can be a painful and confusing time. Unfortunately, Lilianna’s circumstances are anything but normal. Only a few people know what caused her sudden change from model student to the withdrawn pessimist she has become, but her situation isn’t about to get any better. When people begin coming down with a quick-spreading illness that doctors are unable to treat, Lil’s worst fears are realized.

In this third book of the USA Today and #1 New York Times mega-bestselling They Both Die at the End series, two strangers—each with their own complicated relationship to Death-Cast—help each other learn to live. Paz Dario stays up every night, waiting for the Death-Cast call that would mean...

When sixteen-year-old Polly O'Keefe journeys to Athens, she feels confused and betrayed. The past eight months at home were different from any other time in her life. She met the brilliant, wealthy Maximiliana Horne, who gave her encouragement and made her feel self-confident. Polly idolized Max...

Was ist wirklich damals passiert, als Papa starb? Alva fragt sich das schon seit fast tausend Tagen und nun will sie endlich die Wahrheit herausfinden. Ihre Mutter ist gerade dabei, in einem Bootshaus, das sie gekauft hat, ein Café zu eröffnen. Aber irgendetwas scheint mit dem Bootshaus nicht zu stimmen, und die früheren Besitzer wollen ihr nicht sagen, was. Zur gleichen Zeit kommen ein kleines Mädchen und seine Mutter nach Hovenäset. Alva wird von einer Katze verfolgt, und nachts hört es sich an, als würde ihr Vater vor ihrer Zimmertür umherschleichen.

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Carter Harper may have created an award-winning app and have a 3.93 grade point average, but her successes are overshadowed by brutal bullying, depression, and loneliness. Tired of being treated as the popular girls’ plaything, Carter thinks her only choice is to die by suicide. Abby Wallace is one of the most popular girls in school, subordinate only to Kelsey, her best friend with benefits. The ambitious poet destroys reputations without care to prove how cool, cruel, and strong she is, all while pushing down her past trauma and secret guilt.

Tweede deel in de onvergetelijke Death Cast-reeks van Adam Silvera. In deze prequel van Op het einde gaan ze allebei dood beleven twee nieuwe vreemdelingen hun laatste dag samen. Orion Pagan wacht al jaren op iemand die hem gaat vertellen dat hij dood zal gaan aan zijn hartprobleem. Maar nu hij zich bij DeathCast heeft aangemeld, voelt hij dat hij eindelijk kan beginnen met leven. Valentino Prince heeft een prachtige toekomst voor zich, en dat wil hij graag vieren bij het lanceringsfeest van Death-Cast. Als Orion en Valentino elkaar ontmoeten, springt de vonk meteen over.

De wereldwijde TikTok-sensatie van Adam Silvera. Op 5 september, iets na middernacht, krijgt Mateo een telefoontje. Het is Death-Cast, de organisatie die mensen inlicht dat ze binnen 24 uur zullen sterven. Ook Rufus wordt gebeld. De twee kennen elkaar niet, maar ze besluiten de laatste dag van hun leven samen door te brengen in New York. Ze willen nog één groot avontuur beleven, om een leven lang in één dag te leven.

Adam gave up everything for a new chance at life. Now with a cutting-edge digital mind, he is smarter, faster, better than a normal teen. But this new life isn't free. He's indebted to the government program that gave him this ability - and freedom comes at a price. Adam and his teammates, the six Pioneers, swore to defend humanity against Sigma, the most ruthless artificial intelligence program ever designed.

An action-packed, blood-soaked, futuristic thriller by Lindsay Cummings, co-author (with Sasha Alsberg) of the New York Times #1 Bestseller Zenith. This is the dark and compelling sequel to The Murder Complex, which Booklist praised as “carefully crafted . . . chilling,” and which Justine...

Teenage socialite Margo Manning leads a dangerous double life. By day, she dodges the paparazzi while soaking up California sunshine. By night, however, she dodges security cameras and armed guards, pulling off high-stakes cat burglaries with a team of flamboyant young men. In and out of disguise, she’s in all the headlines. But then Margo’s personal life takes a sudden, dark turn, and a job to end all jobs lands her crew in deadly peril. Overnight, everything she’s ever counted on is put at risk.

One of Us Is Lying meets Carrie in this suspenseful story of friendship, family, and revenge. Magpie Lewis started writing in her yellow notebook the day after her family self-destructed. The day her father ruined her mother's life. The day Eryn, Magpie's sister, skipped town and left her to...

An achingly compassionate and beautifully empathetic novel exploring the intersections of race, mental health, and the meaning of family—perfect for fans of Robin Benway’s Far from the Tree and Jas Hammonds’ We Deserve Monuments. For Aaliyah Campbell, family is everything. Her cousin Ivy...

Who will be the next to die? They've taken the children. And the son of a general. But that isn't enough. More horrors must come…

DEATH It surrounds Pancho. His father, in an accident. His sister, murdered. His own plans to trace her killer. And D.Q.— a guy Pancho’s age who’s dying of cancer. That is, if he’ll ever shut up. LOVE D.Q. is writing the Death Warrior Manifesto, a guide to living out his last days fully...

What does it mean when your best friend is dead and your instinct is relief? A stunningly immersive debut about toxic friendships, grief, romance, and new beginnings. Friendship, at least for me, has never been anything but complicated. Before: One year ago, best friends Nora and Julia were...

Determined to escape suffocating expectations and menacing families, two desperate teens fake their own deaths in this queer contemporary thriller perfect for fans of The Twin and Five Survive.​ In one week, Maude will be dead. At least, that’s what she wants everyone to think. After years...

Kai, Orla and Zak grew up together, their days spent on the patch of wilderness in between their homes, a small green space in a sprawling grey city. Music, laughter and friendship bind them together and they have big plans for their future - until Kai’s family suffers a huge loss. Trying to cope with his own grief, as well as watching it tear his family apart, Kai is drawn into a new and more dangerous crowd, until his dreams for the future are a distant memory.

A tragicomic story of bad dates, bad news, bad performances, and one girl's determination to find the funny in high school from the author of Denton Little's Deathdate. Winnie Friedman has been waiting for the world to catch on to what she already knows: she's hilarious. It might be a long wait...