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Through the alternating voices of 12-year-old Morning Girl and her younger brother Star Boy, we step into the extraordinarily rich lives of an indigenous family on a Bahamian Island in 1492, just as their paradise is about to be discovered and a new world order begins to take shape.

Growing up, Liz Prince wasn't a girly girl, dressing in pink tutus or playing Pretty Pretty Princess like the other girls in her neighborhood. But she wasn't exactly one of the guys either, as she quickly learned when her Little League baseball coach exiled her to the outfield instead of letting her take the pitcher's mound. Liz was somewhere in the middle, and Tomboy is the story of her struggle to find the place where she belonged.

In a plain meetinghouse a woman stands before her judges. The accused is a poor, unpopular woman who had her first child before she was married. As the trial proceeds the girls begin to wail, tear their clothing, and scream that the woman is hurting them. Are they acting or are they really tormented by an unseen evil? Whatever the cause, the nightmare has begun. The witch trials will eventually claim 25 lives, shatter the community, and forever shape the American social conscience

From National Book Award finalist Albert Marrin comes a fascinating look at the history and science of the deadly 1918 flu pandemic--and its chilling and timely resemblance to the worldwide coronavirus outbreak. In spring of 1918, World War I was underway, and troops at Fort Riley, Kansas, found...

Discover Aly Raisman's inspiring story of dedication, perseverance, and learning to think positive even in the toughest times on her path to gold medal success in two Olympic Games--and beyond. Aly Raisman first stepped onto a gymnastics mat as a toddler in a "mommy & me" gymnastics class. No...

Chelsea's debut book, Your Own Beautiful, expands upon the beauty tips and inspirational advice featured on her YouTube channel. A life, faith, and beauty guide for teenage and college-aged girls, Your Own Beautiful offers advice on the big issues all girls face - from self-confidence and friendship to following your dreams. With her signature grace and wit, Chelsea tackles tough questions through uplifting messages influenced by her faith and life experiences.

When Mariah and her young brother, Zeke, are suddenly freed from slavery, they join Sherman's march through Georgia. Mariah wants to believe that the brutalities of slavery are behind them, but even as hope glimmers, there are many hardships yet to come. When she meets a free black named Caleb, Mariah dreams in a way she never dared...of a future worth living and the possibility of true love.

A Seventeen Magazine Best Book of the Year! BuzzFeed senior writer Erin Chack hits you in the guts, the feels, and the funny bone all at once with this collection of personal essays that reads like Sloane Crosley for the Snapchat generation. In turns hysterically funny and heartbreakingly...

Open: A Toolkit for How Magic and Messed Up Life Can Be is full of honest advice about the big, bad and beautiful things that growing up is all about: from mental health to families to first love, and everything in between. Gemma Cairney is an important advocate for young people due to both her life experiences and her personal insight from her time as Radio 1's resident agony aunt on The Surgery.

Dimple Lala doesn't know what to think. She's spent her whole life resisting her parents' traditions. But now she's turning 17 and things are more complicated than ever. She's still recovering from a year-old break-up, and her best friend isn't around the way she used to be. Then, to make matters worse, her parents arrange for her to meet a "suitable boy". Of course, it doesn't go well, until Dimple goes to a club and finds him spinning a magical web of words and music.

I’ll Give You the Sun meets True Detective in this brilliant YA debut about saints, sisters, and learning to let go. Tess da Costa is a saint—a hand-to-god, miracle-producing saint. At least that’s what the people in her hometown of New Avon, Massachusetts, seem to believe. And when Tess...

A peaceful summer night is shattered by gunfire as an unseen assailant tries to murder police officer John Busby. Though horribly wounded, Busby survives. But the perpetrator remains at large, meaning neither Busby, nor his wife, nor their three children are safe. In separate chapters John and his daughter, Cylin, who was nine at the time, recount the story of that year. John writes graphically, and movingly, of his wounds, his pain, his multiple surgeries, and his rage.

From the author of Dunk comes this sparkling new novel that covers a year in the life of high school freshman Scott Hudson, who is sideswiped by the unexpected news that his mother is about to have another baby.

Una delle insidie più pericolose e sottovalutate della nostra epoca, in cui le nuove tecnologie digitali funzionano come un rallentatore cognitivo ed emotivo che rende tutto apparentemente fattibile e fruibile senza sforzo, è il progressivo deperimento - se non addirittura l'estinguersi - della passione, quella sfida lanciata al mondo e a se stessi per continuare a migliorarsi, a sperare, a sognare.

Varios autores de primer nivel unen sus voces en esta serie de relatos contra el acoso escolar por medio de historias de aprendizaje y superación. Un volumen absolutamente necesario y clave en un tema tristemente candente como es el bullying. En él encontraremos desde empujones hasta insultos pasando por amenazas, persecuciones en internet y humillaciones. Desde el bully hasta la víctima pasando por el testigo que se niega a denunciar.

Luciana, 17 años, está en coma por haber ingerido una pastilla de éxtasis. Es "el día siguiente". Mientras sus amigos se preguntan qué ha pasado, Eloy, el chico que la ama, busca desesperado al camello que le vendió la pastilla para tratar de salvarle la vida. Sólo analizando qué contenía la droga sabrán los médicos a qué se enfrentan.

Alle ved, at Alice gik i seng med to fyre til den samme fest. Men vidste du også, at hun skrev frække beskeder til Brandon, da han kørte galt? Det passer. Det siger alle. Alle ved, hvad Alice har gjort. Selv hendes bedste veninde siger det, og historien bliver vildere og vildere. I virkeligheden er der vel kun én person, der ved, hvad der sket: Alice selv. Men vil nogen lytte til hende?

I denne guide til teenagere fortæller forfatteren Nicola Morgan om venskaber. Hvordan de fungerer - og hvad man skal gøre, når de ikke gør. Du finder gode råd om, hvordan du får nye venskaber og bevarer dem, og du får redskaber til at komme igennem de hårde stunder, så du bliver mere sikker på dig selv. Du finder ud af, hvordan folks personlighed, følelser og spændinger har betydning for deres adfærd - og for din egen!

La escuela, la familia, el sexo, los prejuicios, los dramas, la vida adolescente, los ligues (y las apps con las que se consiguen), la terapia, los amigos, el amor y el desamor...Con todo el humor ácido que los caracteriza, uno de los dúos más famosos de YouTube aterriza en este libro, La estupenda guía para vivir la vida a tu manera: son Pepe y Teo, que han llegado a explicarte cómo diablos lidiar con todos los problemas de esta existencia que tanto te abruma.

Im Rahmen eines Schulprojekts entwickeln Kera, Leonard, Elodie und Max eine App, die den ökologischen Fußabdruck der Mitspieler überprüft, veröffentlicht und so zu einem umweltbewussten Verhalten animieren soll. Doch aus dem Spiel wird Ernst, das Experiment gerät mehr und mehr außer Kontrolle. "Umweltsünder" und "Foul Player" werden an der Schule plötzlich gemobbt. Natürlich gibt es Mitspieler, die zu schummeln versuchen oder die die Daten der App zu anderen Zwecken missbrauchen. Und auch die Absicht der Politiker ist nicht so, wie es scheint!