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At the urge of her lucky-in-love brother, sixteen-year-old Lily has left a red notebook full of dares on her favourite bookshop shelf, waiting for just the right guy to come along and accept. Curious, snarky Dash isn't one to back down from a challenge – and the Book of Dares is the perfect distraction he's been looking for. As they send each other on a scavenger hunt across Manhattan, they're falling for each other on paper. But finding out if their real selves share their on-page chemistry could be their biggest dare yet….

With his world unraveling around him, and pressure rising at home, Joey Lynch's life has never been in more turmoil. Desperate to prove himself worthy of the only person he's ever put his trust in, Joey fights to stay away from a world that threatens to destroy everything. But with the odds stacking against him by the day, can he keep his head above water?

Meet Adrian Mole, a hapless teenager providing an unabashed, pimples-and-all glimpse into adolescent life. Writing candidly about his parents' marital troubles, the dog, and his life as a tortured poet and 'misunderstood intellectual', Adrian's painfully honest diary is still hilarious and compelling reading thirty years after it first appeared.

Welton Blake has done it! He's asked out Carmella McKenzie—the best-looking girl in school—and she's only gone and said yes! But just as he thinks his luck is starting to change, Welton's phone breaks, kick-starting a series of unfortunate and humiliating events. With bullies to avoid, girls ready to knock him out and all the drama with his mum and dad, life for Welton is about to go very, very wrong.

Cordelia Carstairs seems to have everything she ever wanted. She’s engaged to marry James Herondale, the boy she has loved since childhood. She has a new life in London with her best friend, Lucie Herondale, and James’ charming companions, the Merry Thieves. She is about to be reunited with her beloved father. And she bears the sword Cortana, a legendary hero’s blade. But the truth is far grimmer.

Once a year, a road appears in the woods at midnight and the ghost of Lucy Gallows beckons, inviting those who are brave enough to play her game. If you win, you escape with your life. But if you lose...It's almost a year since Becca went missing. Everyone else has given up searching for her, but her sister, Sara, knows she disappeared while looking for Lucy Gallows. Determined to find her, Sara and her closest friends enter the woods. But something more sinister than ghosts lurks on the road and not everyone will survive.

The most exciting debut of 2025 – an incredible fantasy Dark Academia, perfect for fans of Babel, Fourth Wing, and the Scholomance trilogy EVERY FIRE STARTS WITH A SINGLE SPARK. Welcome to Bletchley Park… with dragons. London, 1923. Dragons soar through the skies and protests erupt on the...

Lucia Cruz may be turning eighteen this year, but she is not the debutante type. Everything about a traditional Filipino debut feels all wrong for her. Besides, custom dictates that eighteen friends attend her for a special ceremony on her birthday, and Lucia only has one friend—Esmé Mares. They've stuck to each other's side all throughout high school, content to be friends with only each other. At least, Lucia thought they were content.

Beneath the New Year's Eve fireworks, shy science-nerd Mel and slacker songwriter Sid get pregnant on their first date. Any sixteen-year-olds would expect trouble—but this is Northern Ireland 2018, where abortion is still illegal. Mel's religious parents insist she must keep the baby, whilst Sid's feminist mom pushes for a termination. Mel and Sid are determined to do this together, but they soon discover that pregnancy is totally different for boys and girls.

In a futuristic and dystopian Australia, industrialisation and capitalism have overwhelmed and smothered human rights and sanity. Meet Mirii, a young orphan caught in a system that's hell bent on keeping her down. When she finds unexpected allies, friends and love, will it be enough to see her through this nightmarish world? Or is it only the beginning of the troubles she will have to face? 

Marta e Vale, due amiche per la pelle, sono legatissime tra loro ma diverse nel carattere: una sfacciata e disinvolta, l'altra timida e chiusa. Con l'aiuto di Giò e Sara, compagne di scuola, vogliono diventare irresistibili e riuscire a conquistare i ragazzi più grandi. Provano di tutto: dalle maschere per il viso ai tentativi di allungarsi i capelli, dal piercing al naso all'acquisto di un reggiseno che le faccia apparire più provocanti. Riusciranno a far cadere ai loro piedi i più fighi della scuola? Luca e Ale sono veramente irraggiungibili?

Con l'arrivo della primavera, grazie alle romantiche passeggiate nel centro di Roma, Valentina ha ritrovato l'amore di Marco, anche se non ha superato il tradimento di Sara. Anche a scuola tutto va per il verso giusto e in un attimo arriva l'estate: è tempo di progetti da vivere insieme. Quale scelta migliore se non passare le vacanze con Marco? E dove, al mare o in montagna? E mentre Valentina sogna a occhi aperti, una sorpresa l'aspetta dietro l'angolo.

È di nuovo autunno. Anche se ormai sta con Mirko, Vale non riesce a nascondere il proprio malumore: cominciano così a fioccare i brutti voti, lei ha scatti di nervosismo continui e diventa silenziosa e ombrosa, proprio lei che è così piena di vita. Quando i genitori si rendono conto della situazione a scuola, la costringono a passare le vacanze di Natale in Abruzzo, per studiare e recuperare, con loro e la sorellina Giulia, che intanto sta crescendo e si fa sempre più bella.

Valentina è tornata a scuola dopo la delusione del suo amore con Marco e vive le giornate chiusa in sé stessa, come se nulla potesse toccare il suo cuore. Ma all'improvviso arriva Mirko, un nuovo compagno di classe, e tutto sembra cambiare. Mirko è alto, moro e irresistibile. Da subito Valentina si sente attratta da lui, dal desiderio di perdersi nei suoi occhi e rivivere quelle splendide emozioni che sembravano assopite, e Mirko a sua volta cede al fascino di Vale.

Charity is a fairy godmother. She doesn’t wear a poofy dress or go around waving a wand, but she does make sure the deepest desires of the student population at Jack London High School come true. And she knows what they want even better than they do because she can glimpse their perfect futures. But when Charity fulfills a glimpse that gets Vindhya crowned homecoming queen, it ends in disaster. Suddenly, every wish Charity has ever granted is called into question.

Boy from the Hills' parents are going away a week before Christmas, so in true Crongton style, McKay and the rest of his friends persuade him to throw a house party. But, Boy from the Hills must keep his dad's precious Aston Martin safe, as well as look after his neighbour's dog until Boxing Day.

After his twin sister's death, a teenage filmmaker tries to track down the recipients of her organs in hopes that it will help his parents move on from the loss of their daughter.

A National Book Award for Young People's Literature Finalist In this laugh-out-loud funny sequel to Huda F Are You?, the Fahmys are off to Disney World, but self-conscious Huda worries her family will stand out too much. Huda and her sisters can’t believe it when her parents announce that...

Everyone wants a piece of the Drew Schafer, the talented and troubled lead singer of up-and-coming band The Kerbs. Only his girlfriend Ruby knows the real Drew–the gentle, vulnerable boy beneath the stardust. But no one else even knows that Ruby exists...

Life is fraught for zodiac-obsessed fourteen-year-old Cat. First there's a minor bus-meets-girl accident, then there's a boy-next-door suitor who can't take a hint, but the most desperate disaster of all is Cat's crush on the stunning and poetic Alison Bridgewater. According to their star charts, Cat and Alison are the perfect match. To which Alison (woe alas!) remains oblivious. But when the dangerously cool Morgan Delaney wades into the river to save Cat's sketchbook of kissing Disney princesses, she sends Cat's stars spinning.