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I’m a big girl, “plus-sized”, whatever. I’m sick of hearing about it, especially since my doctor diagnosed me with PCOS. So when mean girl Merritt shot her mouth off about how fat people should just lose weight, I couldn’t take it anymore. And now I’ve got a huge problem. To prove curvy girls like me can get happily-ever-afters too, I have to get our school’s quarterback, Beckett Langley, to take me to homecoming. And he doesn’t know I even exist. But it’s not hopeless. Four other girls just like me are willing to help, because enough is enough.

A laugh out loud look at first love, loss and trying to avoid the girl of your dreams. As far as Phoebe Davis is concerned, love is to be avoided at all costs. Why would you spend your life worrying about something that turns you into a complete moron? If her best friend Polly is anything to go...

For fans of Sarah Dessen, Jennifer Smith, E.L. Lockhart, and John Green, this delightful, often comic coming-of-age novel stars the lovable, brokenhearted River, the streets of LA, and an irresistible cast of characters. Seventeen-year-old River doesn’t know what to do with himself when Penny...

A funny, edgy dark comedy of errors – the highly anticipated second novel from best-selling authors Angourie and Kate Rice. Amy Middleton has all her plans in place for the school ball – the perfect designer dress, the perfect dream date, the perfect night. When Leo Prince finally agrees to...

**The Snapchat Original series, Denton's Deathdate, is here—check it out!** Get ready to die laughing: this is an outrageously funny ride through the last hours of a teenager’s life as he searches for love, meaning, answers, and (just maybe) a way to live on. Denton Little’s Deathdate...

Bloomsbury presents Your Boyfriend Needs an Exorcist by Justine Pucella Winans, read by Mekayla Bierman Jennifer's Body meets The Weight of Blood in this horror-comedy about an evil spirit looking for a second chance at love and life. Just because Schuyler is a bloodthirsty evil spirit doesn't...

"Utterly romantic." --Jenny Han, NYT bestselling author of To All the Boys I've Loved Before The bestselling author of Windfall and The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight returns with a meet-cute romance about Hugo and Mae, two teens who are thrown together on a cross-country train...

Best friends and unofficial brothers since they were six, ninth-graders T.C. and Augie have got the world figured out. But that all changes when both friends fall in love for the first time. Enter Alé. She's pretty, sassy, and on her way to Harvard. T.C. falls hard, but Alé is playing hard to...

Fanboy has never had it good, but lately his sophomore year is turning out to be its own special hell. The bullies have made him their favorite target, his best (and only) friend seems headed for the dark side (sports and popularity), and his pregnant mother and the step-fascist are eagerly...

This honest, laugh-out-loud novel brimming with body positivity, bite-sized nuggets of feminism, and commentary on eating will have readers rooting for sixteen-year-old BB as she navigates her world while maintaining her plucky zest for life even in the most trying of times. It's a food diary. I...

New York Times bestselling author of the Darling Devils series Alexandra Moody completes the Weybridge Academy trilogy with a dizzying, dramatic finale full of love confessed and secrets revealed. Isobel's life is turned upside down when her long-lost father reappears and sends her to the most...

From E. Lockhart, author of the highly acclaimed, New York Times bestseller We Were Liars, which John Green called "utterly unforgettable," comes The Boy Book, the second book in the uproarious and heartwarming Ruby Oliver novels. Here is how things stand at the beginning of newly-licensed...

Encyclopedia Brown from the screenwriting duo behind X-Men: First Class and Thor! Colin Fischer cannot stand to be touched. He does not like the color blue. He needs index cards to recognize facial expressions. But Colin is Wayne Connelly's best--and only--hope of proving his innocence after...

In this thrilling young adult novel, a forbidden secret lies hidden within the walls of St. Teresa's Preparatory School for Girls. “Johnson writes with flair, intelligence and humor. Her characters are well-realized and she builds suspense as deftly as Stephen King. Great entertainment and...

Josh Swensen is not your average 17-year-old. At the age of two, he was figuring out algebraic equations with colored magnetic numbers. He is a prodigy who only wants to make the world a better place. Josh’s wish comes true when his virtual alter ego, Larry, becomes a huge media sensation...

Marketing-Expertin Freja und Maschinenbau-Student Nicolaj haben nur eine Gemeinsamkeit: Sie können sich nicht ausstehen. Doch da beide ihrem Freund Mads bei der Eröffnung seiner neuen Bar in Kopenhagen helfen, verbringen sie diesen Sommer plötzlich sehr viel Zeit miteinander. In Frejas Augen ist Nicolaj ein unerträglicher Womanizer, der jede Nacht mit einer anderen ins Bett geht. Nicolaj sieht in Freja nur ein oberflächliches Social-Media-Girl: hübsche Fassade, nichts dahinter.

Gemma hat es satt: Keine Dates mehr. Und vor allem keine Enttäuschungen mehr. Deshalb konzentriert sie sich nun voll und ganz auf die Zeit mit ihren Freundinnen am Willow Square. Als sich jedoch fiese Gerüchte über ihr Liebesleben ausbreiten, die Gemma zum Gespött der Uni machen, schreitet ihr Nachbar Henry ein und hilft ihr aus der Patsche. Ausgerechnet Henry, der ständig feiern geht und Gemma regelmäßig zur Weißglut bringt, behauptet plötzlich, ihr Freund zu sein. Was als kleine Notlüge startet, entwickelt sich allerdings zunehmend zu einem ungeplanten Desaster.

A quirky rom-com about the monstrous consequences of falling in love! The perfect Summerween read. Indie Reynolds has given up on romance, and perfected the art of cool, calm and uninterested. When a casual family curse means that everyone you fall in love with turns into a literal monster...

One of Us Is Lying meets The Inheritance Games with the vibes of Saltburn - a seductively commercial thriller tapping into the trend dark academia and decadence from stand up comedian Kate Weston. "Gripping, compelling, and full razor-sharp wit" — Beth Reekles It’s the party you’d KILL to...

Will Jamie be bound by duty or follow his heart? The Princess Diaries meets Red, White and Royal Blue in this deliciously royal queer YA romance from the bestselling co-author of If This Gets Out. Jamie expected a cake, not a crown, for his seventeenth birthday, but when he finds out he is the...