Showing results for "Simon" in Teen & Young Adult

James Hook is a child who only wants to grow up. When he meets Peter Pan, a boy who loves to pretend and is intent on never becoming a man, James decides he could try being a child - at least briefly. James joins Peter Pan on a holiday to Neverland, a place of adventure created by children's dreams, but Neverland is not for the faint of heart. Soon James finds himself longing for home, determined that he is destined to be a man. But Peter refuses to take him back, leaving James trapped in a world just beyond the one he loves. A world where children are to never grow up.

Denne bog handler om, hvordan machokulturen påvirker os, og hvordan den hænger sammen med vold, homofobi, psykisk sygdom og dårligt kvindesyn. Men den handler også om, hvordan du kan vælge en anden vej og bare være den, du er. Der findes mange mærkelige idéer om, hvordan drenge skal være. Disse kaldes negative mandenormer eller machokultur, og de kan gøre det svært at være dreng.

Now a major motion picture from Twentieth Century Fox: Love, Simon William C. Morris Award Winner: Best Young Adult Debut of the Year * National Book Award Longlist ""A remarkable gift of a novel.""—Andrew Smith, author of Grasshopper Jungle ""I am so in love with this book.""—Nina LaCour...

When CHERUB kids go undercover, no one suspects that they are trained professionals, working to infiltrate criminal organisations that have eluded MI5 and the police for years. James Adams is on his biggest mission yet, working to nail Europe's most powerful cocaine dealer. He'll need all his...

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Als Simon auf einen alten Bekannten seines Vaters trifft, ahnt er nicht, dass diese Begegnung nicht nur seinen Sommer, sondern auch sein ganzes Leben verändern könnte. Ein Ferienjob als Reitlehrer in den Niederlanden - etwas Besseres kann es für den jungen Westernreiter gerade nicht geben. Eine Auszeit, etwas Neues erleben und mit seinem Jungpferd Berry zusammenwachsen. Im Grunde scheint alles perfekt. Doch was als entspannter Nebenjob beginnt, nimmt schnell eine unerwartete Wendung.

En rørende og morsom kærlighedsroman. 17-årige Simon er ikke helt parat til at springe ud som bøsse, da en af hans emails falder i de forkerte hænder, og han risikerer, at bolden ikke længere er på hans banehalvdel: Enten hjælper han Martin, klassens klovn, med at få en date, eller også vil Martin afsløre ham.

Geschafft – die Festung ist geknackt! Kai ist es tatsächlich gelungen, in den als todsicher geltenden Server eines großen Pharmakonzerns einzudringen. Doch schon bald wünscht er sich, er hätte diesen einen entscheidenden Klick nie getan. Die Konzerngründer wollen Kai ausschalten und starten eine gnadenlose Jagd auf ihn. Was als bloßer Nervenkitzel eines findigen Computerfreaks beginnt, entwickelt sich schnell zu einem Alptraum, der alles andere als virtuell ist.

Meet Hel, an ordinary teenager - and goddess of the Underworld. Why is life so unfair? Hel tries to make the best of it, creating gleaming halls in her dark kingdom and welcoming the dead who she is forced to host for eternity. Until eternity itself is threatened.

A pair of thriller series from prolific radio writer Wally K. Daly Award-winning dramatist Wally K. Daly penned numerous plays for BBC Radio across a range of genres, including the beloved sci-fi ‘Scream Trilogy’ and the sitcoms Anything Legal and Give Or Take. Featured here are two of his...

New York native Huckleberry Jones doesn't know why his parents packed him off to a camp for "exceptional teenagers" at Oxford University, England, though meeting the beautiful, glamorous Kat might just make it worthwhile. Together with Mei and Tshombe, friends from four continents, they discover...

Over the years, CHERUB has put plenty of criminals behind bars. Now, for the first time ever, they've got to break one out ... Under American law, kids convicted of serious crimes can be sentenced as adults. Two hundred and eighty of these child criminals live in the sunbaked desert prison of...

Freddie is unremarkable—too unremarkable. He doesn't stand out in any way, and in fact teachers and fellow students keep forgetting who he is. Even his mom thinks he's a disappointment, and spends almost all her time at work, producing a TV show. After a particularly awful night when he embarrasses himself in front of Jasper Perry (the gorgeous teen star of his mum's new show), Freddie decides to follow a proactive new philosophy designed to transform his social and romantic life: saying 'yes' to every opportunity.

Twelve-year-old Ryan is CHERUB's newest recruit. He's got his first mission: infiltrating the billion-dollar Aramov criminal empire. But he's got got no idea that this routine job will lead him into an explosive adventure involving drug smugglers, illegal immigrants and human trafficking, or...

The British underworld is controlled by gangs. When two of them start a turf war, violence explodes on to the streets. The police need information fast, and James Adams has the contacts to infiltrate the most dangerous gang of all. He works for Cherub. Cherubs are trained professionals, aged between 10 and 17. They exist because criminals never suspect that kids are spying on them. For official purposes, these children do not exist.

Fortnite, battle royale og kampen for at blive den sidste overlevende er på kort tid kommet til at spille en stor rolle i mange børn og unges liv. Bøgerne om Selfie-Simon giver en realitisk skildring af en 13-årig drengs fascination af YouTuber-fænomenet og gaming og tager fat i tidstypiske og målgrupperelevante emner som venskab, cybermobning og YouTube-challenges. Simons forældre synes, at han spiller for meget, og de er bekymrede, fordi han ikke længere ses med nogen efter skole. Da de giver ham en uges spilleforbud, føles det som verdens undergang.

Summer, 1940. Hitler's army is advancing towards Paris, and millions of French civilians are on the run. Amidst the chaos, two British children are being hunted by German agents. British spy Charles Henderson tries to reach them first, but he can only do it with the help of a 12-year-old French orphan. The British secret service is about to discover that kids working undercover will help to win the war.

Summer, 1944. As Allied soldiers prepare to land in France, Marc and his friends must destroy a battalion of German tanks that could halt the invasion in its tracks. The tide of war has turned against the Nazis, but desperation has made them more brutal than ever. Henderson's Boys' final mission will be their most dangerous. With food and weapons in short supply, survival is the biggest challenge of all.

Ryan Sharma is a CHERUB agent. Working undercover, he can slip under adult radar and get information that sends criminals and terrorists to jail. Now he's investigating a double kidnapping, working with mission controller James Adams. In the mission to end all missions, Ryan and James must...

Die vier vom See sind dem Versteck der sagenumwobenen goldenen Schale so nah wie nie zuvor. Doch als Franky nach einem Unfall ins Krankenhaus kommt, stößt er dort auf Spuren eines unglaublichen Skandals. Und auch persönlich muss sich Franky einer unangenehmen Wahrheit stellen.