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The Academy is an international sports mecca for teen athletes. There are only two ways in: deep pockets or enough talent to score a scholarship. Young tennis star Maya's dreams have finally come true when she earns a scholarship to The Academy. Plucked from her small town, Maya moves to the sports training facility/boarding school to (hopefully) start the beginning of her pro career. But Maya's fantasy of The Academy doesn't quite match the reality. Because where there are hot, talented teens, there's a lot of drama.

Sixteen-year-old Jun dreams of proving his worth as a warrior in the elite Guardian's Tournament, held every six years to entrust the magical Scroll of Heaven to a new protector. Eager to prove his skills, Jun hopes that a win will restore his father's pride - righting a horrible mistake that...

A contemporary young adult romance about moving on, finding your place, and recovering after life falls apart. Gymnast Caroline Kepler has three state balance beam titles, a new trick even most elites can’t do, and chronic, undeniable back pain. While she might never be an Olympian, she has...

Book two of the Austin Family Chronicles, an award-winning young adult series from Madeleine L'Engle, author of A Wrinkle in Time, about a girl who experiences the difficulties and joys of growing up. "Everyone who remembers Meet the Austins as a delightful family story will want to read...

Pocho es una historia de amistad, aceptación y la lucha por encontrar tu identidad en el mundo. Danny es alto y delgado. A pesar de no ser fuerte, sus brazos son lo suficientemente largos como para lanzar un balón de fútbol americano con tanta fuerza, que cualquier cazatalentos lo...

**A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER** From rising star Jessica Goodman, author of They Wish They Were Us, comes a new fast-paced thriller about two sisters vying for the top spot on their cross-country team—until a teammate’s disappearance throws their lives off course. "An utter page-turner...

Kate has always been the good girl. Too good, according to some people at school - although they have no idea the guilty secret she carries. But this summer, everything is different. This summer she's a counselor at Cumberland Creek summer camp, and she wants to put the past behind her. This summer Matt is back as a counselor too. He's the first guy she ever kissed, and he's gone from geeky songwriter who loved The Hardy Boys to a buff lifeguard who loves to flirt - with her.

Tokyo, 1890. High school can be brutal, even in turn-of-the-century Japan. From his first day at boarding school, Toyo Shimada sees how upperclassmen make a sport out of terrorizing the first-years. Still, he’s taken aback when the seniors keep him from trying out for the baseball...

Obsessive-compulsive teen Clarissa wants to get better, if only so her mother will stop asking her if she's okay. Andrew wants to overcome his eating disorder so he can get back to his band and their dreams of becoming famous. Film aficionado Ben would rather live in the movies than in reality. Gorgeous and overly confident Mason thinks everyone is an idiot. And Stella just doesn't want to be back for her second summer of wilderness therapy.

Pinned follows Ivan Korske and Bobby Zane, two high school seniors, as they embark on the most important winter of their lives in a quest for the New Jersey state high school wrestling championship.

Getting into The Academy is the easy part. Staying there takes more than just talent. After being betrayed by her rival and her boyfriend, Maya knows she needs to shrug off the drama and focus on her game. And after a strong showing in the semi-finals at a tennis competition, Maya seems pretty focused. Until that competition brings a new round of gossip, a modeling gig, and renewed feelings for…her ex? And Maya’s not the only one with drama. Cleo just won her first big golf tournament, but the blogs are bashing her alternative style.

Fifteen-year-old Alyx Atlas was raised as a boy, yet she knows something others don't. She's a girl. And after her dad dies, it becomes painfully obvious that she must prove it now - to herself and to the world. Born with ambiguous genitalia, Alyx has always felt a little different. But it's after she sustains a terrible beating behind a 7-Eleven that she and her mother pack up their belongings and move from California to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, to start a new life - and Alyx begins over again, this time as a girl.

Det er blevet forår. Pony, Maja og Lise glæder sig vildt til at skulle ride ponyvæddeløb og tage på lange skovture og lære at springe på Tessa og Rainbow og alle de andre elskede Welsh Mountain-ponyer på gården. Efter Lises dramatiske vintertur i grusgraven et par måneder tidligere har de tre pigers forældre dog rottet sig sammen og betinget sig, at pigerne samtidig skal have én ordentlig ridetime om ugen hos en rigtig ridelærer på den lokale rideskole. Forældrene får selvfølgelig deres vilje, lykkeligt uvidende om hvad der venter de tre piger af farlige forviklinger.

Otto spiller Counter-Strike sammen med fire venner på Go Gaming-holdet. De er ikke professionelle, men drømmer om at blive det. Otto drømmer også om at blive professionel fodboldspiller, men da han får tilbudt en plads på førsteholdet, står han pludselig i et kæmpe dilemma. Der er ikke tid til begge dele, så hvordan skal Otto vælge mellem de to ting, han elsker allermest? Go Gaming er en ny serie om at spille Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, om at være en del af et hold og nogle gange måtte træffe valg, som føles helt umulige.

Pony har glædet sig til alt det nye. At komme i gang med at bruge den nye stald, at ride Heaven til sammen med Frederikke og ikke mindst at lære at springe. Men ingenting går som forventet. For Frederikke skal pludselig flytte langt væk, og Elvis bliver mere og mere gådefuld. En serie om tre vidt forskellige piger på 12-13 år og deres hverdag med heste, skole, drenge og hinanden. Pony (Karen) er en rigtig hestepige. Hun er meget omsorgsfuld over for sine veninder og ville gerne redde hele verden, hvis hun kunne. Maja er bare god til alting.