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Wuthering Heights meets The Cruel Prince in this epic love story woven with fae magic and wild nature. Rose has spent her life being told cautionary tales about faeries and mists and moons and those who stray on to the moors after dark. But she can't resist the call of the Crag's wild beauty...

A tennis-inspired YA romance, perfect for fans of The Summer I Turned Pretty and Carrie Soto is Back! On the court, they’re the perfect pair. Off the court, however… Billie could win the junior doubles final at Wimbledon—but she needs a new partner. Too bad her best option is Harley, her...

2025 Audie Award Winner - Best Young Adult Audiobook AudioFile Earphones Award | IPPY Award Wichita, summer 1968. The city’s redline still runs down the middle of TJ Crowley’s street. His father is gone. His brother is in Vietnam. His mother is unraveling. Then the Washingtons—a Black...

Emilijana - Magie der Elfen. Band 1 der Romantic Fantasy Reihe Die Chronik der Elfenprinzessin von Nina C. Charleston. Eigentlich möchte Emilijana, die sich selbst nur Emilia nennt, nur ein paar entspannte Tage auf der Ranch ihrer Großmutter verbringen. Die Natur genießen, den Schulstress hinter sich lassen und ein paar gute Bücher lesen. Als jedoch plötzlich ein wunderschöner Elf vor ihr steht und sie in das größte Geheimnis ihrer Familie einweiht, gerät ihr Leben gehörig ins Wanken. Er nimmt sie mit in seine Welt, was nicht nur ihr Leben in Gefahr bringen wird...

Jesse Dienstag's favorite sweatshirt says, "The real world isn't real." That's the slogan of the vacation-home community in Pennsylvania where his family has always spent every vacation and weekend for as long as he can remember. In the summer of 2019, as Jesse is about to enter his junior year of high school in New York City, he desperately wants to believe the slogan is true. For one thing, the two girls he loves—equally and desperately—are in Pennsylvania, and all the stresses and pressures of his daily life and school are in New York.

When Jordyn Jones transfers to Edgewood High, it's her opportunity to forget everything that happened at her old school. To forget what she and her friends did. To forget who she used to be. That was a different person—this is a fresh start. Now, she's someone new, someone better.

Sie besaß einen Schild vor der Welt: Solange sie schmerz empfand, existierte sie. Als Nûri aus der Verbannung zurückkehrt, erkennt sie ihre Heimat nicht wieder: Ewige Nacht hat sich auf ihr Land gelegt, das Reich Untermeer ist kahl und tot. Zwischen den Trümmern der Festung gräbt sie in Erinnerungen und legt Stück für Stück ihre eigene Vergangenheit frei. Auf der Suche nach Wahrheit schwimmt Nûri durch die Meerwüste und weckt eine göttliche Macht, die das Merfolk wieder einen soll - doch der Zorn ihrer Schwester Grím brodelt so finster wie die Schlote um Bránborg, die uralte Hexenfeste.

From the James Beard Award-winning author of Ruhlman’s Twenty comes a gritty story that gives a true look inside the belly of an upscale kitchen where love and danger boil behind closed doors. “The hustle and passion that flow during service drop readers squarely in the middle of the action...

Reese's Book Club Summer YA Pick '24 "YA is a feeling. It's a warm summer day reading in the sun, lots of nostalgia, gushing together over the characters in Twelfth Knight." —Reese Witherspoon “Kevin R. Free and Alexandra Palting’s nuanced voices help listeners enjoy the twists and turns...

Darius Kellner fala klingon melhor do que farsi, e sabe mais sobre as condutas sociais dos hobbits do que as persas. Ele está prestes a fazer sua primeira viagem para o Irã, mas se sente desnorteado — principalmente tendo que lidar com a depressão, um pai distante e uma vida social...

Mina, Penny, and Sheryl have the typical expectations of prom night in 2005: dresses, dancing, and of course some coming of age moments. None of them plans to get pregnant, but when all three do, they band together as they face decisions that have the power to shape the rest of their lives. In 2024, their three children—Blossom, Amber, and Cole—are high school seniors, gearing up to go to prom and facing some big decisions of their own.

Jake feels alone at school and alone at home. Some days it feels like the only people who understand him is the poet Emily Dickinson – and Jake's beloved grandma. But there is also the Voice inside him, louder than any other, who professes to know him best of all. The one that says "You have...

Cinco años después de casi ahogarse, Olivia Cathart vuelve a casa, a Caldwell Beach, decidida a enfrentarse a sus miedos y a correr algunos riesgos, no sólo nadando, sino abriendo su corazón. Con la esperanza de reavivar sus amistades, está entusiasmada con la idea de pasar un verano sin preocupaciones con sus mejores amigos Keely y Miles. Pero la vida en el tranquilo pueblo ha cambiado y nada ni nadie es lo que parece. Cuando una serie de sorprendentes crímenes amenazan el frágil estado de Olivia, se ve inmersa en un aterrador juego del gato y el ratón.

»Umwerfend und brillant, ein Klassiker!« Bestsellerautor John Green Die 16-jährige Starr lebt in zwei Welten: in dem verarmten Viertel, in dem sie wohnt, und in der Privatschule, an der sie fast die einzige Schwarze ist. Als Starrs bester Freund Khalil vor ihren Augen von einem Polizisten...

He's always there for her, and she knows they'd be the perfect couple-except that they're still in high school, and she's watched too many friends go through painful breakups. Besides, Penny has bigger things to worry about-like her mother, who desperately wants to have more children. After an endless string of miscarriages and failed adoptions, Penny's mother is ready to give up hope.

Portugal, 1967. Sonia thinks she knows what her future holds. She'll become a poet, and together she and her artist boyfriend, Ze Miguel, will rise above the government restrictions that shape their lives. The restrictions on what Sonia can do and where she can go without a man's permission. The restrictions on what music she can enjoy, what books she can read, what questions she can ask.

Жизнь девушки Сиа вот-вот изменится — новый город, новая школа, новые друзья… Но у судьбы свои планы! Сиа встречает загадочного кота с разноцветными глазами: один фиолетовый, второй — золотистый. Следуя за ним, девушка ныряет в нору, как Алиса, и оказывается в другом мире. Волшебном. Так кажется на первый взгляд... Пока Сиа не понимает, что кот привел ее в самую страшную ловушку — ресторан монстров! Съешь хоть кусочек еды здесь, и твое сердце покроется плесенью и остановится.

In einer unfreiwilligen Berliner WG des «Betreuten Wohnen e. V. Hermannplatz» wohnen: a) Rabea, die bei ihren häufigen Panikattacken gern Vogelstimmen nachahmt, vorzugsweise Kraniche, b) Queen Tiger, selbst ernannte Ebay-Voodoo-Hexe, die in der Wohnung Liebeszauber mithilfe von abgenagten Hühnerknochen ausübt, und c) Musti, ein syrischer Geflüchteter, der versucht seine Deutschkenntnisse mit (schiefen) Redewendungen aufzupeppen.

Heading home after a long day of classes, tech student Justin takes a little-used path through the woods. But when he stumbles unexpectedly, he rolls downhill and into the challenge of a lifetime. Faced with exotic, glowing plants he's never seen before and a luminescent pool of crystal-blue water that exerts a frightening pull over him, he's literally reborn in a rough, raw landscape—in a time before history began . . .

Bloomsbury presents Sister Spirit by Efua Traoré, read by Diana Yekinni. A supernatural thriller, blending African myth, friendship, romance and self-discovery from prize-winning author, Efua Traoré. Sixteen-year-old adopted Tara has questions – about who she is, where she belongs, why she...