Showing results for "Falling" in Teen & Young Adult

Two girls embark on a summer of montage-worthy dates (with a few strings attached) in this hilarious and heartfelt lesbian rom-com that’s perfect for fans of Becky Albertalli and Jenny Han. Seventeen-year-old cynic Saoirse Clarke isn’t looking for a relationship. But when she meets...

Every Falling Star, the first book to portray contemporary North Korea to a young audience, is the intense memoir of a North Korean boy named Sungju who is forced at age 12 to live on the streets and fend for himself. To survive, Sungju creates a gang and lives by thieving, fighting, begging, and stealing rides on cargo trains. Sungju richly recreates his scabrous story, depicting what it was like for a boy alone to create a new family with his gang, his "brothers".

A fun, flirty teen debut from Wattpad phenom Alex Light about a fake relationship and real love. It’s been years since seventeen-year-old Becca Hart believed in true love. But when her former best friend teases her for not having had a boyfriend, Becca impulsively pretends she’s been...

When Seckry was six years old, his father disappeared. The two of them had spent the afternoon picking berries together in the fields surrounding their village. In Seckry's vague memory, it had been perfect. But the following morning his father was gone, and had taken all traces of his existence with him. Dreams of that afternoon still plague Seckry's nights. Swimming in and out of his consciousness are images of his father's watch; one that was glowing an eerie green, and inscribed with foreign markings. What had his dad told him about that watch?

One cold fall day, high school junior Liz Emerson steers her car into a tree. This haunting and heartbreaking story is told by a surprising and unexpected narrator and unfolds in nonlinear flashbacks even as Liz's friends, foes, and family gather at the hospital and Liz clings to life. This...

Theia Alderson has always led a sheltered life in the small California town of Serendipity Falls. But when a devastatingly handsome boy appears in the halls of her school, Theia knows she's seen Haden before- not around town, but in her dreams. As the Haden of both the night and the day beckons...

For Clementine Haas, finding herself is more than a nice idea. Ever since she woke up in an Irish hospital with complete amnesia, self-discovery has become her mission. They tell her she's the lone survivor of a plane crash. They tell her she's lucky to be alive. But she doesn't feel lucky. She feels...lost. With the relentless Irish press bearing down on her, and a father she may not even recognize on his way from America to take her home, Clementine assumes a new identity and enlists a blue-eyed Irish stranger, Kieran O'Connell, to help her escape.

Serenity Ward is the golden girl of Kaycie. She never questioned her city's status as the last dry land on earth. The Establishment takes care of its citizens . . . or so she thought. But now she's seen the map! Why would they lie about other islands just beyond the horizon? In a city built on falsehood, figuring out who to trust is its own challenge, but Serenity pulls together a feisty group who all want the same thing—an end to the government which has hidden a world from them.

Die 17-Jährige New Yorkerin Ellis hat genaue Vorstellungen davon, wie ihre Zukunft aussehen soll: an der Columbia aufgenommen und Journalistin werden wie ihr erfolgreicher Vater. Als ihre Eltern sich vorübergehend trennen und ihre Mutter sie in die Kleinstadt Bramble Falls mitschleppt, um bei ihrer Tante und Cousine zu leben, bricht für die strebsame Ellis die Welt zusammen. Wie soll sie hier ihre Ziele verfolgen? Stattdessen findet im idyllischen Kleinstädtchen das alljährliche Herbstfestival statt, und Ellis muss aushelfen.

From the NAACP Image Award–nominated author of Happily Ever Afters comes a dual POV rom-com about Reggie and Delilah, who fall in love through missed connections and chance meetings on holidays over the course of a year. Perfect for fans of Nicola Yoon and Jenny Han, with crossover appeal for...

""A beautiful, big-hearted book with important lessons embedded in compelling stories of two irresistible girls. Expertly executed and movingly realized.” —New York Times Book Review Cammie McGovern follows up her breakout young adult debut, Say What You Will, with this powerful and...

"A riveting, intimate portrayal of just how intense and all-consuming female friendships can be. Urgent and piercing, The Falling Girls is a gut-punch of a book." —Jessica Goodman, New York Times bestselling author of They Wish They Were Us and They'll Never Catch Us From the author of the...

Kori hopes to start a new life—to be loved by friends, a cute boy named Robin, and a new family. However, her sister takes all that she wants. Because Kori stands up for her cousin against their racist peers, she again becomes an outcast. Then one day, Sera and Robin have a falling out, which gives Kori the opportunity to take back all that is rightfully hers. Can she do it? Or will she be held back by the popular girls and the voices in her head that want to destroy her?

Train. Car. Plane. Boat. Feet. He'll get there. Won't he?...

From the author of When Elephants Fly comes an exceptional new novel about falling down, risking everything and embracing what makes us unique. Don't miss this compulsively readable novel about the most unlikely of heroes. Danger ""Danny"" Danielle Warren is no stranger to falling. After losing...

For 17-year-old Bria Hale, image is everything. She’s a militant vegan with purple hair, Doc Martens and a permanent scowl. Kissing captain of the football team Ben Harris? Definitely not part of that image. Now with each secret kiss, she’s falling deeper for the boy every girl is crushing on. Throw in a few forbidden bacon cheeseburgers and she’s facing one major identity crisis. Ignoring Ben should be easy, but when a flashy display of artistic spirit lands her in close quarters after hours with the boy she’s too cool to like, she can’t keep pretending those kisses meant nothing.

Scout Shannon’s whole family died the day the Space Farers dropped an asteroid on their domed city. Now she lives alone, out in the wild with only her dogs for company. She prefers it that way. But Scout finds herself at a crossroads. One road leads back to a quiet life snug under the protective dome of a city. The other road leads to a life in the rebellion, a life of adventure and excitement but also danger. Dare she try to find the rebels hiding in the hills?

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"Ich weiß nicht, ob er der Held oder der Schurke in meiner Geschichte ist, aber er ist derjenige, der die Bestie bezwingt!" Die 20-jährige Emilia Glass war stolz, oberflächlich und hochmütig, bevor das Schicksal ihre perfekte kleine Welt zum Einsturz brachte. Als eine frühere und vor allem unwissende Freundin in ihre Nähe zieht, erkennt sie die Chance, noch einmal so zu leben wie zuvor. Der einzige Haken? Sie muss ihrer Freundin Hailee die Wahrheit verschweigen.

Tabby weiß nun endlich, welche Rolle sie in der großen Verschwörung des "Kreises" spielt. Doch ist der Weg, der ihr zugedacht wurde, wirklich der einzige, um die unausweichlich erscheinende Zerstörung der Erde zu stoppen? Tabby und die anderen Auserwählten suchen nach einem letzten Ausweg.