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An instant New York Times bestseller! Ann Liang returns to the world of her acclaimed debut, If You Could See the Sun, as a picture-perfect influencer teams up with the bad boy after they share a vision of future. Everyone loves Chanel Cao—except Ares Yin. While Chanel has spent her entire...

Two Iraqi American best friends—a struggling teen father and the community's golden boy—confront dark truths about their families in the wake of a devastating crime in this heartrending YA debut. As a seventeen-year-old single dad and a soon-to-be high school drop-out, Yassir Al-Azzawi's...

She's just a New York City girl living with her artist mom… News flash: Dad is prince of Genovia. (So that's why a limo always meets her at the airport!) Downer: Dad can't have any more kids. (So no heir to the throne.) Shock of the century: Like it or not, Mia is prime princess material. The...

I start my story with the day I first saw Jesse Pegler. That was when my whole life first started changing. Sixteen-year-old Opal Ringer is the daughter of Royal Ringer, the Pentecostal leader of a motley flock of down-on-their-luck believers. Jesse Pegler is the son of Brother Pegler. An "evangelist for Jesus", the elder Pegler is a flashy minister who appears regularly on television in his blue robes and gold tassels. Opal and Jesse meet at a faith healing at the Helping Hand Tabernacle church, where Opal's daddy preaches.

'Just listen,' Adam says with a voice that sounds like shrapnel. I open my eyes wide now. I sit up as much as I can. And I listen. 'Stay,' he says. Everybody has to make choices. Some might break you. For 17-year-old Mia, surrounded by a wonderful family, friends and a gorgeous boyfriend, decisions seem tough, but they're all about a future full of music and love, a future that's brimming with hope. But life can change in an instant.

“Startlingly funny, sad and hopeful, with a splendidly forthright heroine, this coming-of-age YA romance looks tenderly at sorrow and self-discovery.” Guardian Get ready to meet a truly one-of-a-kind heroine: Connie Moore. A beautifully written coming-of-age YA romance, perfect for fans of...

A passionate, hilarious and heartfelt YA romcom debut full of juicy secrets and leap-off-the-page chemistry about how we choose to live our lives and what it means to live your truth. For fans of To All the Boys I've Loved Before and The Sun is Also a Star. Quinn keeps lists of everything - from...

Veras far er død, hendes veninder hader hende, og den fyr hun var vild med, viste sig at være en klovn. Men så får hun chancen for at komme på en uges forfatterkursus, som hun altid har drømt om. Hun elsker at skrive, og man behøver vel ikke at hænge ud med de andre nørder på kurset, gør man?

Семнадцатилетняя Лия Грэм привыкла к постоянным переездам из-за работы отца. В меняющемся мире Лии была только одна константа—Бек, ее лучший друг и первая любовь. Они верили, что всегда будут вместе, и расписали будущее наперед. Но жизнь Бека внезапно обрывается, а Лия не представляет, как существовать без него. Замкнувшись в своем горе, она избегает общения со всеми, кого знала. Новая школа в Теннесси кажется Лии очередным испытанием. Но в первый же день она находит подруг, а случайная встреча с загадочным черноволосым парнем заканчивается поцелуем.

The third novel by the phenomenally talented Alice Oseman, the author of the 2021 YA Book Prize winning Loveless, Solitaire and graphic novel series Heartstopper – now a major Netflix series. For Angel Rahimi life is about one thing: The Ark – a pop-rock trio of teenage boys who are taking...

Big decisions and messy relationships. It's all part of life for Kai. A must-read queer coming of age story for fans of Sarah Crossan and Sex Education, written in verse by Stonewall-Award-winning, Carnegie-shortlisted author Dean Atta. Kai is going into a new school year with some big decisions...

For fans of Never Have I Ever and To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before comes a hilarious and heartfelt novel about a young Haitian girl navigating high school, friendship, and crushes. Fifteen-year-old Fancy Augustine is a Haitian American girl with simple desires. She’d like to trade in her...

Gossip queen ALEX longs to be seen. Cheerleader TULSI is sick of cutting people on her sharp heart. New kid CLEMENTINE can't escape the violence inside. And wallflower SUNJU is tired of keeping quiet. When a twist of fate brings this unlikely quartet together, sparks and punches fly. They call it "Girls Night," an underground fight club that's girls only. Soon every girl at Sterling High is showing up to class with bruised knuckles and split lips.

This razor-sharp novel from Printz Honor winner and Morris Award finalist Jessie Ann Foley will appeal to fans of Wilder Girls and The Grace Year. Mia is officially a Troubled Teen— she gets bad grades, drinks too much, and has probably gone too far with too many guys. But she doesn’t...

Gwen Castle's Biggest Mistake Ever, Cassidy Somers, is slumming it as a yard boy on her idyllic island this summer. He's a rich kid from across the bridge in Stony Bay, and she hails from a family of local fishermen and cleaners. But then Gwen learns something new. Something unexpected. Sparks fly and secret histories unravel in a gorgeous, restless summer where suddenly the possibilities are endless.

Like Adam Silvera's They Both Die at the End and Colleen Hoover's It Ends with Us, Before I Fall raises thought-provoking questions about love, death, and how one person's life can affect so many others. With this stunning debut novel, New York Times bestselling author Lauren Oliver emerged as...

For fans of Kacen Callender and Mason Deaver comes a heart-tugging coming-of-age YA debut that takes a poignant look at gender identity, sexuality, friendship, and family—both the one we’re born into and the one we find for ourselves. Seventeen-year-old Gael is used to keeping to himself...

Excuse Me While I Ugly Cry by debut author Joya Goffney is a story of an overly enthusiastic list maker who is blackmailed into completing a to-do list of all her worst fears. It’s a heartfelt, tortured, contemporary YA high school romance. Fans of Jenny Han’s To All the Boys I’ve Loved...

Dennis går i 9. klasse. Han er vant til, at folk ser skævt til ham, fordi han er punker. En dag er der en ældre dame i kvarteret, der bliver overfaldet. Dennis bliver anklaget for overfaldet, men politiet har ikke nogen beviser, og derfor går han fri. Dennis føler alligevel, at alle har dømt ham på forhånd, og nu bliver han bare endnu mere mistroisk over for samfundet. Søren Marcussen er en dansk forfatter. Han har blandt andet udgivet ungdomsbøgerne "Sidste dag i morgen" og "Ansigt til ansigt: et ungdomsportræt".

The debut YA novel of 2016 that everyone will be talking about. ?Parker Grant doesn't need perfect vision to see right through you. That's why she created the Rules: Don't treat her any differently just because she's blind, and never take advantage. There will be no second chances. When Scott...