Showing titles in Coming of Age

It’s 1979, and thirteen-year-old Joseph Nissan can’t help but notice that small-town Texas has something in common with Revolution-era Iran: an absence of fellow Jews. And in such a small town it seems obvious that a brown kid like him was bound to make friends with Latinos—which is a plus, since his new buds, the Ybarra twins, have his back. But when the Iran hostage crisis, two neighborhood bullies, and the local reverend’s beautiful daughter put him in all sorts of danger, Joseph must find new ways to cope at home and at school.

Danielle Silver is a Philadelphia high school senior at the dawn of the ’90s. Ever since her parents split up, she has known her father was gay, but she never expected to be hit with the bombshell that he is HIV positive. As he sickens, and AIDS starts to claim the lives of his friends, Danielle searches for silver linings while trying to balance paralyzing fear, grief, her social life, and schoolwork—capturing all the feelings as adolescence and some hard facts collide.

Coming-of-Age-Reihe einer royalen Clique ab 14 über den Mut, zu seiner Vergangenheit zu stehen. Über alte Geheimnisse, neue Freundschaften und eine royale Liebe - Eine Geschichte, die zeigt, dass Liebe keine Hierarchien kennt. Mit ihrer Familie zieht Lena nach Oslo, um Abstand zwischen sich und ihre Vergangenheit zu bringen. Auf der neuen Privatschule lernt sie den Kronprinzen Karl Johan und seine Schwester Prinzessin Margrethe kennen und gehört bald zu ihrem Freundeskreis. Zusammen fahren sie Boot, feiern Partys und machen Kurztrips.

Vinga dreams of the sea. She's going to be a sailor when she grows up, sailing to distant lands. At home, back in the city, Mum is sad and Dad has left for good. But here with Granddad on the island, all her problems feel far away. Summer goes on as usual, with porridge for breakfast, drinking rhubarb lemonade under the lilac tree and watching the sunset from 'her' cliff. But things are different now too. The heat vibrates during the day, and a girl with a black hat has started appearing. Her name is Ruth.

Was, wenn dein Leben eigentlich losgehen könnte, aber du dich noch nicht bereit fühlst? So geht es auch der frischgebackenen Abiturientin Brenda. Eigentlich könnte sie jetzt voll durchstarten, hat aber keine Ahnung, was sie mit ihrem Leben anfangen soll. Zudem strotzt sie nicht gerade vor Selbstbewusstsein: In der Schule war sie keine Leuchte, ihre beachtliche Körperfülle entspricht nicht gerade dem gängigen Schönheitsideal und richtigen Sex hatte sie auch noch nie.

When Caleb Gray heads to the Texas coast to mentally prepare for a future he isn't sure he wants, the last person he expects to see is Catie Dixon. Yeah, their mothers have been planning their wedding since they were born, but he and Catie are most definitely not friends. He can't see her as anything but the annoying kid who followed him everywhere. Except, it's really bothering him that everyone is staring at her in that bikini . . .

The Singh sisters grew up helping their father navigate the bustle of the Songbird Inn. Nestled on dreamy and drizzly Orcas Island in the Pacific Northwest, the inn's always been warm and cozy and filled with interesting guests—the perfect home. But things are about to heat up now that the Songbird has been named the Most Romantic Inn in America.

Drachen sind seit Jahrhunderten ausgerottet... kann ein junger Mann sie zurückbringen? Raphael wurde mit dem Zeichen des Drachens geboren. Sein Ziehvater lehrte ihn eine geheimnisvolle und uralte Magie, wie es sie seit dem Ableben des letzten Drachen nicht mehr gegeben hat. Jetzt, im Alter von 18 Jahren, wird er in eine Magiergilde aufgenommen mit dem Versprechen, mehr über seine einzigartige Magie zu lernen. Raphaels seltsame Kräfte könnten sehr wohl zur Rückkehr der Drachen führen.

Gorgeous, wealthy, and entitled, Ruby has just one single worry in her life—scheming to get the boy next door to finally realize they’re meant to be together. But when the California wildfires cause her privileged world to go up in flames, Ruby must struggle to find the grit and compassion...

When plunging enrollment forces two rival high schools to merge, two class presidents must work together to make the schools unite. But when a mutual crush emerges, they'll both have to figure out what they want and where their loyalties lie before they become the most hated people at school...

Die Geschichte der Außenseiterin Tori Spring. Mein Name ist Tori Spring. Ich bin die große Schwester von Charlie. Ich liebe es zu schlafen und zu bloggen. Letztes Jahr – bevor ich mich mit der harten Realität von Abitur und College-Fragen auseinandersetzen musste und der Tatsache, dass ich eines Tages tatsächlich anfangen muss, mit Menschen zu reden – hatte ich Freunde. Die Dinge waren ganz anders, glaube ich, aber jetzt ist alles vorbei. Und jetzt gibt es auf einmal Michael Holden.

"Toffee" ist die Geschichte eines Mädchens, das geht, aber nicht weiß, wohin. Viel zu lang ist Allison bei ihrem Vater geblieben. Viel zu lang hat sie den Schmerz und die Schläge ausgehalten. Sie landet irgendwo in einem kleinen Dorf an der See. In einem Haus, von dem sie denkt, es sei verlassen, trifft sie auf Marla, eine alte demente Frau, die hier ganz allein wohnt. Diese hält das Mädchen für ihre Jugendfreundin Toffee und Allison, die es gewohnt ist, ihr wahres Ich zu verstecken, schlüpft in die Rolle der wiedergefundenen Freundin.

When their parents have to travel to Beirut unexpectedly, 12-year-old Akeal and his six siblings are horrified to be left behind in Melbourne with the dreaded Aunt Amel as their babysitter. Things do not go well, and Akeal's naughty little sister, Huda, hatches a bold plan to escape. After stealing Aunt Amel's credit card to buy plane tickets to Lebanon, Huda persuades her reluctant favourite brother to come with her.

Leo Zimmerman has had a crush on his curvy friend Kylie Jenkins since forever, so when he discovers the girl with a flair for candy making has a newfound plan to rebel against her overbearing parents, he's determined to be the one to help her carry it out. Who better than himself to show her the ropes of letting loose? Sure, taking her to her first high school party, helping her sneak out of the house, or watching a sunset together isn't exactly a hardship, but much harder is masking his feelings the more time they spend together. 

After tragedy hit her family, Meg Matthews officially crossed the line from "good girl" to "bad girl." Motorcycle? Check. Graffiti? Check. The only thing Meg hadn't planned on was blackmail. Too bad now a certain infuriating boy holds Meg's future in his hands . . . When Luke Prescott—star pitcher and town golden boy—catches Meg vandalizing the school, she's given two choices: face the consequences or enter into a fake relationship with him to get his parents and his ex off his back.

Ever since Ellie and Ash Anderson got together, Ellie Pillai has been discovering love, and kissing and doubting yourself, and questions.so.many.questions. Like, what happens when your boyfriend (boy that is more than just a friend) hand is half way down your back, fumbling at the place where a bra hook should exist, but instead there's a neon pink band that reads 'HELLO KITTY' because your dad shrunk all your bras in a 90° hot wash, when your dad never does your washing - ever.

When Thalia, Kalliope, and Charis set off to Regency London for their first Season, they each have clear goals―few of which include matrimony. Thalia means to make her mark among the intelligentsia and publish her poetry, Charis hopes to earn her place among the scientific elite, and Kalliope aims to take the fashionable ton by storm. But this Season, it doesn’t take long for things to fall apart. Can this roller-coaster Season find its happily ever after?

Corey Chaos, teen YouTube sensation, just needs a break from his hectic schedule. Ever since his musical talent was "discovered" by the right person at the right time, his life has been a steady stream of interviews, screaming fans, TV shows, screaming fans, Instagram lives, and did he mention the screaming fans? He'd give anything to be a normal teen again, even for five minutes. So, when his agent suggests staying at his pool house for a month to get away from the stress, Corey is on the next plane to snowy Twin River, Wisconsin.

Finn lives in a family of theater lovers. His older brothers are both actors, and one of his moms is an actor and the other one is a director. They even live in an enormous historic mansion owned by the Beauregard, Minnesota’s largest regional theater. Finn is desperate to be an actor, too, despite the fact that he can never seem to remember his lines.

Stell dir vor, du öffnest an deinem 18. Geburtstag die Haustür und dort liegt ein Geschenk: ein riesiger Wanderrucksack, ein Paar Wanderschuhe und ein Trailtagebuch für den Yosemite Nationalpark. Würdest du loslaufen? Mari entscheidet sich genau dafür, obwohl sie noch nie mehr als zehn Schritte zu Fuß getan hat. Von heute auf morgen tauscht sie Smartphone und Social Media gegen schneebedeckte Berge, reißende Flüsse und Blasen an den Füßen, aber auch gegen Sonnenaufgänge wie aus dem Bilderbuch, warmherzige Begegnungen und mutige Entscheidungen.