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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...

Two young artists have a chance meeting on the last night of summer arts camp in this YA novel in verse and dialogue cowritten by acclaimed authors Jeff Zentner and Brittany Cavallaro. Jude loves photography, and he’s good at it, too. Between his parents’ divorce and his anxiety, being...

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.

In her remarkable second novel following her Governor General’s Award-winning debut, The Summer of Bitter and Sweet, Jen Ferguson writes about the hurt of a life stuck in past tense, the hum of connections that cannot be severed, and one week in a small, snowy town that changes everything...

It’s the night of senior prom, and eighteen-year-old Julia has made a pact with her friends. (Yes, that kind of pact.) They have secured a secluded cabin in the woods, one night without parental supervision, and plenty of condoms. But as soon as they leave the dance, the pact begins to unravel. Alex’s grandmother is undergoing emergency surgery, and he and his date rush to the hospital. Zoe’s trying to figure out how she feels about getting off the waitlist at Yale―and how to tell her girlfriend.

Poppy Pullman has her life all planned out. Her social media is carefully curated. Her list of extracurriculars is flawless. All so she can achieve her ultimate goal: Stanford. Her best friends say she’s missing out. But Poppy’s playing a long game. And the morning of her Stanford alumni interview, she’s positive everything is going to work out.

Jason verbringt mit seiner Schwester Josie und seinem Freund Niklas die Weihnachtsferien in Paris. Doch statt die Zeit zu genießen, kämpft Jason mit Schuldgefühlen: Denn seit seine Kräfte geschwunden sind, kann er niemanden mehr beschützen—und Niklas wäre deswegen fast gestorben. Als sich die Möglichkeit ergibt, in der berühmten magischen Bibliothek von Paris eine Heilung zu finden, mit der er seine Kräfte wieder aufbauen kann, ergreift er sie sofort. Doch wo es Magie und Hexende gibt, sind magische Schwierigkeiten nicht weit. In den Katakomben der Bibliothek erwachen unruhige Geister ...

Josie erschreckt sich beinahe zu Tode, als ihr in Noahs eigentlich geheimer Bibliothek plötzlich Matteo gegenübersteht - ein fremder Hexer aus einem großen Londoner Hexenzirkel. Er ist auf der Suche nach einem Buch, das sich in Noahs Besitz befinden soll. Doch als er sieht, dass Josie und ihre Freunde keinen Hexenzirkel haben, bietet er ihnen an, dass sie für die Ferien die Akademie für Hexende in London besuchen können.

Die 17-jährige Louisa kann nur knapp einem Monster aus Feuer entkommen, das in der Elbphilharmonie wütet. Doch niemand außer ihr sieht dieses Wesen.

Zoey Handler is ready to put an end to her decade-long rivalry with Gordon Meyers. They've traded top spot between valedictorian and salutatorian for years, but all that's over now. Right? But after a crazy graduation speech prank gets out of hand, suddenly their rivalry turns into all-out war. Time to make peace with a little friendly payback. Step one? Make him believe they're now friends. Step two? Show him the time of his life at an epic graduation party. Step three? Don't fall for his tricks. Step four? Absolutely, positively, do not kiss him again.