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Cameron Post feels a mix of guilt and relief when her parents die in a car accident. Their deaths mean they will never learn the truth she eventually comes to - that she's gay. Orphaned, Cameron comes to live with her old-fashioned grandmother and ultraconservative aunt Ruth. When she’s eventually outed, her aunt sends her to God’s Promise, a religious conversion camp that is supposed to “cure” her homosexuality. At the camp, Cameron comes face to face with the cost of denying her true identity.

Book two in the Heirs of Neverland series.

Eighteen-year-old Amir Azadi always knew that coming out to his Muslim family would be messy, but he wasn't expecting it to end in an airport interrogation room. Now, he's telling his side of the story to the stern-faced officer. Amir has to explain why he ran away to Rome (boys, bullies, blackmail) and what he was doing there for a month (dates in the Sistine Chapel, friends who helped him accept who he is and, of course, drama) all while his mum, dad and little sister are being interrogated in the room next door.

Joel Beeke zeigt in diesem Buch, dass ein Schlüssel für Erweckung in Familie, Gemeinde und Gesellschaft die Familienandacht ist. Dies ist nicht bloß ein idealistischer Vorschlag zur Entstehung gottesfürchtiger Familien, sondern wird in der ganzen Heiligen Schrift als feierliche Pflicht dargestellt. Mit großer seelsorgerlicher Sorgfalt gibt Beeke wertvolle Einblicke in die Umsetzung der Familienandacht.

After her rash decision leaves her father cryogenically frozen, 17-year-old Philadelphia Smyrna races to hack the machine and thaw him before the damage is permanent. Stranded on Earth and wanted by the government, she calls on her father’s old contacts and uncovers the truth she was never meant to find: Dr. Smyrna was an insurrectionist.

Welcome to the Carnival Fantástico, a spectacle of magic and mischief, and the perfect haven for a runaway. Using her tricks and razor-sharp wit, Esmeralda becomes the carnival's resident fortune-teller, aiming for the lead role in the Big Top Show. Success would mean freedom from her former employer, the commander of the King's army. Ignacio has defected from the army and is on the hunt for evidence of his father's corruption. But the last thing he expects to find on his father's trail of lies is the only girl he's ever loved, spinning false fortunes at a traveling carnival.

He rides a dawnling, a steed of light and glory, destined to restore. Jakim Ha’Nor will save his people, or so says the prophecy that upended his life and drove his brothers to betray him. Now, he has returned as the dawnrider to fulfill his purpose and reconcile with his brothers—only to find himself embroiled in a war. Captured in the fallout of a deadly attack, Rafi grapples with the ghosts of the past. His brother is alive but no longer himself, and Rafi will stop at nothing to save him.

After Zahra Paracha makes a decision at odds with her beliefs, her mother forces Zahra to make an impossible choice about her future. So Zahra runs away. A train and a plane ride later, she finds herself in New York, where she relinquishes her past in favor of a new future. There, she must learn who she is without the marionette strings of control in her mother’s hands. There, she must learn who she wishes to become.

Nicht nur zwei Kinder, sondern zwei Völker sind in dir. Zweierlei Völker werden sich scheiden aus deinem Leib. Und ein Volk wird dem anderen überlegen sein. Und der Ältere wird dem Jüngeren dienen.

Growing up in Newark, New Jersey, in the 1930s, Benjy Puterman and Tommy Anspach have always done everything together. It never mattered that Benjy was Jewish and Tommy was of German heritage. But as Adolf Hitler and his Nazi Party come to power in Germany and war brews in Europe, everything changes. Tommy is sent to Camp Nordland, a Nazi youth camp for German Americans, where he quickly learns that Jews are the enemy. 

Six years ago, the wrong brother survived, and nothing will ever convince Rafi Tetrani otherwise. But he is done running from his past, and from the truth. As civil war threatens Ceridwen’s tenuous rule in Soldonia, Rafi vows to fight the usurper sitting on the imperial throne of Nadaar, even if it means shouldering his brother’s responsibilities as the empire’s lost heir.

Soll Andy Lattes Team einen Spion losschicken, der die gegnerische Mannschaft heimlich beobachtet? Oder soll sich Torwart Schubi ein Maskottchen ins Tor stellen? Für Abwehrchef Walle ist die Lösung klar: Nur die Abseitsfalle wird den Klosterbergern den Sieg bescheren. Doch der Trainer hält es für zu riskant, so kurz vor einem so entscheidenden Spiel etwas Neues einzuüben. Ob Walle und seine Abwehrkameraden gut daran tun, die Falle trotzdem heimlich zu trainieren? Bei allen offenen Fragen merken die Spieler: Fußballer müssen nicht nur flinke Ballkünstler, sondern auch standhafte Persönlichkeiten sein.

Als Kreismeister der D-Jugend fährt der SV Klosterberg zum ersten Auswärtsspiel der bezirksweiten Superrunde. Dieses Spiel ist sehr wichtig für Andy und seine Freunde. Doch an der Bahnlinie, die direkt am Sportgelände des Gegners vorbeiführt, entdecken sie etwas noch viel wichtigeres.

Andys Zwillingsschwester Lona hört mit, wie drei Jungen einen hinterhältigen Plan schmieden. Sie schafft es allerdings nicht, dem Trainer alles mitzuteilen. Da fasst sie einen verzweifelten Entschluss, der für einigen Wirbel beim gerade laufenden Turnier sorgt.

Die Mannschaft von Andy Latte muss ein Sondertraining einlegen und das bedeutet: Viel Fußball - und einiges über Fairness! Glück für Andy und seine Klosterberger D-Jugend: Das vom Schiedsrichter abgebrochene Meisterschaftsspiel gegen FC Braunborn wird wiederholt. "Glück"? Klosterberg lag deutlich zurück und kam mit der harten Spielweise des Gegners gar nicht zurecht. Da muss sich also etwas tun. Trainer Holger Beiersdorf und Vater Ludwig Latte schöpfen aus ihrem Erfahrungsschatz - und trimmen die Mannschaft für dieses Spiel ganz besonders.

Wer könnte den Brand im Sportheim gelegt haben? Der Trainer und Polizist Holger Beiersdorf geht der Frage noch einmal nach. Da taucht ein Mann auf, der sich für dieselbe Frage interessiert.

After the accident, Meg would do anything to wake her best friend from his deadly coma. At least, that’s what she whispered into the woodland shadows. She never imagined her wish would trap her in a gray other-earth, void of any color. Meg's vibrant humanity is a priceless artifact in the gray kingdom, coveted by the royal court. All she wants to do is find a way back home. Until she discovers the other-earth contains healing powers that can save her friend. But only if Meg becomes what the gray people need—a human bride for Kalmus, the powerful king of the capital city.

Hi, I'm Lucy. And I just found out I'm not normal. Three years ago, my brother went missing in Europe without a word. I just have to play nice with the Three Societies long enough to dig up some dirt. Before they figure out who I really am . . . When two secret society leaders fight for my attention, it becomes harder to keep my supernatural talents under the radar.

The Eternity Gate is found, and kings and monsters battle over its legends of treasure. But rumors whisper that someone stole the gate's ancient key. Seyo, handmaiden to the princess, keeps three secrets. First, she's gifted in fire, not light, and may as well be cursed. Second, she translates a prophecy warning that the gate does not offer treasure but judgment. Third, Jorai, the scorned prince and Seyo's confidant, entrusts her with the key and disappears.

Isa de Smit was raised in the vibrant, glittering world of her parents' small art gallery in Amsterdam, a hub of beauty, creativity, and expression, until the Nazi occupation wiped the color from her city's palette. The "degenerate" art of the Gallery de Smit is confiscated, the artists in hiding or deported, her best friend, Truus, fled to join the shadowy Dutch resistance. And masterpiece by masterpiece, the Nazis are buying and stealing her country's heritage. So when the unpaid taxes threaten her beloved but empty gallery, Isa decides to make the Nazis pay.