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Ever heard of keeping your friends close and your enemies closer? That's exactly what Ally Lockwood has to do when the hottest guy at Fairview High, who is also her sworn nemesis, moves in with her family for senior year. Most girls would do anything to live across the hall from Chase Williams, but Ally isn't fooled by his good looks or brooding charm. She's been on the wrong side of him for years, and knows all too well how sly and manipulative he truly is. She's desperate to get rid of him. Her friends have a genius plan to ensure her over-protective father kicks Chase out for good.

Jeremy Heere is your average high school dork. Day after day, he stares at beautiful Christine, the girl he can never have, and dryly notes the small humiliations that come his way. Until the day he learns about the "squip." A pill-sized supercomputer that you swallow, the squip is guaranteed to bring you whatever you most desire in life. By instructing him on everything from what to wear, to how to talk and walk, the squip transforms Jeremy from geek to the coolest guy in class. But Jeremy discovers that there is a dark side to handing over control of your life....

When Mikayla imagined her prom night, she envisioned a fairy-tale evening full of romance. So when betrayal and tragedy come in quick succession, Mikayla is completely destroyed. Suddenly, everything she loved and everyone she relied on are tragically, irrevocably gone. Jake, a handsome boy she just met, happens to witness her loss. With no one to turn to, Mikayla is forced to depend on this near stranger and his family, and he in turn is determined to take care of her.

“Every parent of a Black or brown girl should buy this book, read it to their child, and pass it along to the other parents in their circle.”—Evette Dionne, National Book Award longlisted and Coretta Scott King honor-winning author of Lifting as We Climb Perfect for graduation gifts and...

The truth is out: Linda and Alec now know who Impostor Alec is. They just didn't expect him to be so...close. Close enough, Alec fears, to win back Linda's heart. How do you move on from the love of your life? Not only is Impostor Alec struggling to pretend he doesn't have feelings for Linda anymore, he's lost without the trust of one of the most important people in his life: Alec.

Linda González has finally gotten what she came to Los Angeles for: Alec Brock's heart. But being the girlfriend of an international pop star isn't always easy. Especially when she's being stalked...by someone other than his fans. The only thing Linda knows about the impostor is that he played with her heart for over a year, and now he's threatening to hurt her. Always one step ahead of the police, he seems to be closer than she expected. And without knowing what he looks like, Linda can trust no one. Not even Alec.

What does the Bible really say about identity and gender, dating and sex? Are its teachings out of date and repressive? Or are they the way to joy and contentment? Long-time youth worker Jennifer Kvamme knows teens are grappling with these questions. In this book she helps listeners cut through the cultural confusion to look at the whole story of God’s love for us to give listeners an essential backdrop for the Bible’s teachings on sexuality.

Es gibt so vieles in Aarons Leben, das er lieber für immer vergessen würde: Den Suizid seines Vaters, seinen eigenen Selbstmordversuch kurz darauf, die Tatsache, dass er in einem hoffnungslosen Viertel in der Bronx aufwächst. Doch Aarons Mutter und seine Freundin Genevieve helfen ihm dabei, wieder glücklich zu werden. Als er eines Tages auf Thomas trifft und sich mit dem unbekümmerten und coolen Jungen anfreundet, entdeckt er noch eine ganz neue Art von Glück. Eine, die sein Herz höherschlagen lässt.

I'm your average girl at your average high school, trying to figure out my place in life. After catching my now ex-boyfriend messing around with my now ex-best friend, I've made some big changes. No more band, no more backstabbing friends and no more boring old life. Now I have new friends, a new job and new interests. But there's a certain someone who's interested in me, and I don't get it. Jordan Tuttle could have anyone he wants. He's the most popular boy in school.

When high-school senior Tally and her twin brother Max head off on an exchange trip to Israel over their winter break, Tally thinks it will be a good distraction for Max; he might be trying to hide it, but she knows he's still struggling in the wake of a car crash that injured him and killed the driver. Maybe this will help him get back on track and apply to college the way he and Tally always planned. But as the group travels across the country, Tally realizes her plan might not be working and that her brother might not be the only one with a lot on his mind.

Growing up under his punk rocker dad’s spotlight, 18-year-old Luke Greenly knows fame and wants nothing to do with it. His real love isn’t in front of a crowd, it’s on the page. Hiding his gift and secretly hoarding songs in his bedroom at night, he prefers the anonymous comfort of the locally popular podcast he co-hosts with his outgoing and meddling, far-too-jealousy-inspiringly-happy-with-his-long-term-boyfriend twin brother, Cullen. But that’s not Luke’s only secret. He also has a major unrequited crush on music blogger Vada Carsewell.

Vor fünf Jahren wurde Brynns Lieblingslehrer ermordet. Nun kehrt sie an ihre alte Schule zurück, fest entschlossen, als Praktikantin einer True-Crime- Serie den ungelösten Mordfall von damals aufzuklären. Brynns ehemals bester Freund Tripp war einer der drei Teenager, die den toten Lehrer gefunden haben. Seine Aussage entlastete die zwei anderen Verdächtigen und diese stehen seitdem in seiner Schuld. Tripp selbst hat nie vergessen, was er für die beiden getan hat – und dass alles eine Lüge war.

"Infused with all the joy of the best teen movies, Kings of B'more is sure to be a big hit." —BuzzFeed Two Black queer best friends face their last day together with an epic journey through Baltimore in this magnetic YA debut by bestselling author of Here for It, R. Eric Thomas. A...

Audie Award, Best Female Narrator, 2016. Jacky Faber is framed as passing confidential U.S. information to the British. Forced to flee Boston, she goes undercover as a governess for a prominent Puritan family. When outed by a nosy postmaster, she deserts the respectability of her position, dons a leotard and slippers, and poses as a Russian tightrope walker in a traveling circus. But the law soon catches up with her, and prospects do not look good.

We girls know what it's like to feel inadequate. Despite our best efforts, we constantly compare ourselves to the models in magazines, the selfies we see on Instagram, and even our closest friends.

Three years ago she was left in pieces . . . Most college freshmen love the newfound freedom of living on campus, but none of them craves it like Beth Caplan. One ill-fated night when she was fifteen left her locked in a posh prison of private tutors. It's for the best, everyone said, and maybe...

M.E. Kerr's beloved young adult novel tells the story of two very different teenagers, both struggling to stand up to their parents. Whether it's going to college instead of taking over the family funeral parlor, coming out in a town where homosexuality is considered demonic possession, or choosing between a life of fame or normalcy, the young characters in I'll Love You When You're More Like Me all bravely struggle to become who they want to be - even when they don't know themselves.

Knowing the U.S. presidents and their terms in office, and the sequence in which they served, is immensely helpful as a framework for studying and being informed about American history.

A wonderful collection of four masterful tales by Mark Twain - America's favorite author. Filled with all the raw humanity with which Twain wrote, the stories include "The Professor's Yarn", about a riverboat gambler's attempt to swindle a pompous cattleman; "The California Tale", which tells of the undying devotion a lonely pioneer feels for his beautiful wife; "A Dying Man's Confession", a dark tale of renegade soldiers, murder, and revenge; and "The Man Who Put Up At Gadsby's", a hilarious story of a haughty teacher seeking to secure a position as postmaster.

Cassandra stands silent upon a ravaged battlefield, watching as the druids prepare the dead for the pyres, embers drifting up into the still winter darkness. She can barely breathe through the agony of her grief, but she cannot waste another second on tears. Because Londinium, the Caesar, the empire…all of it is still out there. The empire whose code she had followed, whose prince she had promised to marry, whose schemes she had been swept up in since birth. They tried to use her magic against her. To silence her. So she will use her magic against them. To silence them. Forever.