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It’s the late 1980s, and Matthew Carnap is awake most nights, afflicted by a potent combination of insomnia and undiagnosed ADHD. Sometimes he gazes out his bedroom window into the dark; sometimes he wanders the streets of his small Southern Minnesota town. But more often than not, he crosses the hall into his stepfather Russ’ roller rink to spend the sleepless hours lost in music. Russ’s record collection is as eclectic as it is extensive, and he and Matthew bond over discovering new tunes and spinning perfect skate mixes. Then Matthew’s mother divorces Russ.

What is French for falling in love? When Del leaves small town America to compete in a perfume competition in Paris, she thinks it is just the next step on her five-year-plan. It’s an exciting opportunity. What started out as just a dream for Del and her twin sister is nearly in her grasp. If...

The boy next door. That's what he was. Dash Frasier - my hero from the day we met, when I was six and he was nine. His sister was my best friend, the three of us one happy crew. Then one sweaty summer night changed everything. No one understood me like Dash. No one made me feel so loved. That's why, when he skipped town, it wrecked me. Now I'm older. Wiser. I've just snagged my dream job, writing at a film studio. The lead animator on my project? You guessed it.

Viterra, das Königreich unter einer Glaskuppel, lässt seine royalen Kinder seit Anbeginn der Zeiten im Verborgenen aufwachsen. Das gilt nicht nur für den Prinzen, der gerade eine aufwendige Prinzessinnenwahl durchlaufen musste, sondern auch für seine Schwester Evelina, deren Prinzenwahl noch bevorsteht. Nur leider ist Evelina alles andere als eine typische Prinzessin und kein Mädchen, das sich gerne versteckt hält. Und dennoch ist es ausgerechnet ein Maskenball, der ihr den Weg in die Freiheit zeigen wird.

Todo empieza con un mensaje publicado en Facebook donde la escuela Belgrano anuncia que organiza una gran fiesta de despedida. Quien escribe esas líneas invita a los alumnos, ex alumnos, docentes, padres y amigos a la reunión. Así, la comunidad escolar de ayer y de hoy, se entera de que...