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Even under the most normal circumstances, high school can be a painful and confusing time. Unfortunately, Lilianna’s circumstances are anything but normal. Only a few people know what caused her sudden change from model student to the withdrawn pessimist she has become, but her situation isn’t about to get any better. When people begin coming down with a quick-spreading illness that doctors are unable to treat, Lil’s worst fears are realized.

Eso pensaba Lara cuando decidió empezar de cero y lanzarse a la aventura en Londres con la familia Evans. Pero, nada más aterrizar, un desconocido la empuja y le rompe el teléfono sin siquiera disculparse; la vida en la ciudad es más solitaria de lo que esperaba sin sus amigos, que están empezando la universidad, y sin su familia, que está lejos. Además, cuidar niños no es tan fácil como parecía… Y, para colmo, el desconocido del aeropuerto es ni más ni menos que el hijo mayor de la familia. En Londres, Lara aprenderá que irse de au pair no es solo cuidar niños y aprender inglés.

Ryan Dean West is a 14-year-old junior at a boarding school for rich kids. He’s living in Opportunity Hall, the dorm for troublemakers, and rooming with the biggest bully on the rugby team. And he’s madly in love with his best friend Annie, who thinks of him as a little boy. With the help of his sense of humor, rugby buddies, and his penchant for doodling comics, Ryan Dean manages to survive life’s complications and even find some happiness along the way. But when the unthinkable happens, he has to figure out how to hold on to what’s important.

The summer before Troy Stotts turns seventeen, his mother dies. Troy and his father barely speak, mostly communicating instead by writing notes on a legal pad by the phone. Troy spends most of his time with his closest friends: Tom Buller, brash and fearless, the son of a drunk; Gabe Benavidez...

It's his last year at Pine Mountain, and Ryan Dean should be focused on his future, but instead he's haunted by his past. His rugby coach expects him to fill the roles once played by his lost friend, Joey, as the rugby team's stand-off and new captain. And somehow he's stuck rooming with 12-year-old freshman Sam Abernathy, a cooking whiz with extreme claustrophobia and a serious crush on Annie Altman - aka Ryan Dean's girlfriend, for now, anyway.

"Beautiful clothes, bad habits, ugly secrets: Sherri L. Smith probes the vulnerable underbellies of a lot of toothy sharks in this page-turning California noir."—E. Lockhart, New York Times bestselling author of We Were Liars Bad things happen everywhere. Even in the land of sun and roses...

Nearly escaping from the evil Mr. Zetes, Kaitlyn Fairchild and her psychic team are dismayed when Gabriel defects to the Institute, and Kaitlyn pretends to betray the group as well in an effort to save her friend.

Little Miss Sunshine meets Room in this quirky, heartwarming story of friendship, loyalty and discovery. It's Newfoundland, 1986. Fourteen-year-old Bun O'Keefe has lived a solitary life in an unsafe, unsanitary house. Her mother is a compulsive hoarder, and Bun has had little contact with the...

16-årige Moe blev taget i at stjæle. Så nu er hun tvunget til at gå til afvænningsmøder sammen med folk, der er dobbelt så gammel som hende. Men så end dag træder Tabitha og Elodie træder ind ad døren, og alt forandrer sig. De tre piger er vidt forskellige, men de har alle sammen en ting til fælles: de elsker at stjæle. Historien fortælles skiftevis fra de tre pigers perspektiv med humor og varme. Måske lærer de ikke, hvordan man skal holde op med at stjæle, men de lærer noget om venskab.

The “Young Boy Named David” series is designed to help young people deal with difficult situations that are hard to talk about and adults reconnect to their disconnected childhood helping heal broken pasts. In Book 11, David finally meets new friends his age who take him on adventures, give him new feelings, and teach him new things.