Showing titles in Coming of Age

The ratings are real. One number, 0 to 100, determines your place in society. Earn a high rating, and the world is yours for the taking. But fall to zero, and you may as well cease to exist. Societies thrive on order, and the Rating System is the ultimate symbol of organized social mobility. The higher it soars, the more valued you are. The lower it plummets, the harder you must work to improve yourself.

Jonny er 17 år. Han går i gymnasiet, og han hader det. Og i den lille by, hvor han bor, er der ikke meget plads til at være anderledes. Heldigvis lykkes det Jonny at undslippe til et sted, hvor det er okay bare at være den, man er. Hvad så hvis jeg er? er en historie om at finde sig selv, om at være genial til at spille musik, og om en svimlende romance på en højskole et sted i Nordjylland.

A Seventeen Best Book of the Year A New York Public Library Top Ten Best Book of the Year A Kirkus Best Book of the Year For fans of All the Bright Places, Looking for Alaska, and I'll Give You the Sun comes "a daring, inventive story about love and loss and longing, reminding us that every...

Umzug, neues Schwimmteam, neue Schule - ziemlich große Herausforderungen für den 13-jährigen Jan. Und dann ist da noch seine Leseschwäche, die er vor den neuen Mitschülern geheim halten muss. Besonders vor seiner Nachbarin Flo, die ihm nicht mehr aus dem Kopf geht. Schließlich das Unglück: Jan soll vor der ganzen Klasse vorlesen, scheitert und alle lachen. Trost findet er beim Schwimmen. Im Wasser kann er alles hinter sich lassen und sein Trainer hält ihn für ein Riesentalent. Bald schwimmt Jan die beste Bahn seines Lebens... und daran ist Flo nicht ganz unschuldig.

Bohaterką cyklu jest Weronika, której ze względu na niepełnosprawność nadano przydomek Niepełka. Tym razem obdarzona talentem fotograficznym dziewczyna oraz jej przyjaciele spędzają deszczowe wakacje w swoich domach. Świat nastolatków w dobie wszechwładnej technologii informatycznej jest bardziej skomplikowany, niż był za czasów młodości ich rodziców. Czy internet całkowicie zdominuje bohaterów? Co musi się wydarzyć, by zrozumieli własne błędy? Jakie nowe tajemnice wkradną się między nich.

Amelie Ayres has impeccable taste in music. Bowie. Bush. Bob. So when she finds herself backstage at The Keep’s only UK gig, she expects to hate it; after all, they are the world’s most tragic band. In fact, she feels a grudging respect - not (obviously) for their music, but for the work that goes into making them megastars. But the next morning she wakes up, rolls over, and discovers a million new mentions on social media. Overnight, a photo of her backstage has made her the subject of global speculation.

For 16 years, Nate was the perfect son - the product of a no-nonsense upbringing and deep spiritual faith. Then he met Cam, who pushed him to break rules, dream, and accept himself. Conflicted, Nate began to push back. With each push, the boys became more entangled in each others' worlds...but they also spiraled closer to their breaking points. And now all of it has fallen apart after a fistfight-turned-near-fatal-incident - one that's left Nate with a stab wound and Cam in jail.

Över nyår reser Tekla och Ulle till Lanzarote med Teklas pappa Tommy. Men bara för att man är på Lanzarote behöver man väl inte ta av sig i onödan? Tjejerna protesterar mot de vuxna, som solar för mycket, genom att gå omkring i sina täckjackor och skapa förvirring bland charterturisterna. Viveca Lärn föddes 1944 i Göteborg. Hon har arbetat som journalist på bland annat Aftonbladet och Göteborgs-Posten men jobbar sedan 1982 på heltid som författare.

This program is read by the author "Just brilliant."—Kirkus Reviews Heavily autobiographical and infused with magical realism, Black Girl Unlimited fearlessly explores the intersections of poverty, sexual violence, depression, racism, and sexism—all through the arc of a transcendent...

A stunning, multigenerational story about two teenagers: Victoria, who joins the circus in 1965, and her granddaughter, Callie, who leaves the circus fifty years later. Perfect for fans of This is Us. In 1965 seventeen-year-old Victoria, having just escaped an unstable home, flees to the...

Ezra Slevin is an anxious, neurotic insomniac who spends his nights questioning his place in the universe and his days obsessing over Imogen, a nerdy girl with gigantic eyebrows and a heart of gold. For weeks, Ezra has been working up the courage to invite Imogen to prom. The only problem is Imogen's protective best friend, Wynonna Jones. Wynonna has blue hair, jams to 80s rock, and has made a career out of tormenting Ezra for as long as he can remember. Then, on the night of a total solar eclipse, something strange happens to Ezra and Wynonna - and they wake up in each other's bodies.

Everyone eventually leaves Wren Plumley. First it was her mother, then her best friend, and then her sister. Now living with only her cop father and her upended dreams, Wren feels stranded, like a songbird falling in a storm. When Wilder, a sickly housebound teen, moves in next door, Wren finally finds what she’s always wanted - a person who can’t leave. But a chance meeting with Luca, the talkative, crush-worthy boy in her driver’s ed class, has Wren wondering if maybe she’s too quick to push people away.

Anna ha quindici anni, vive a Milano e vorrebbe fare la giornalista. Nel suo diario ha scritto una frase di un articolo della Politkovskaja pubblicato poco prima che fosse assassinata: "Non sono un vero animale politico. Non ho aderito a nessun partito perché lo considero un errore per un giornalista, almeno in Russia. Quale crimine ho commesso per essere bollata come 'una contro di noi'? Mi sono limitata a riferire i fatti di cui sono stata testimone. Ho scritto e, più raramente, ho parlato".

Dumped by her boyfriend the summer after senior year, teen love and relationship columnist Lu Charles has hit a wall with her writing. The words just won't come to her like they used to and if she doesn't find a topic for her column, she'll lose her gig at hip online magazine Misnomer, and the college scholarship that goes along with it.

Na segunda temporada de Minha vida fora de série, Priscila tem 16 anos e começa a lidar com questões mais sérias da adolescência: o vestibular, o enfraquecimento de amizades que pareciam sólidas e o aprendizado de que um namoro deve ser cuidado constantemente para não se desgastar. Também descobre que atos impensados do passado podem deixar marcas irreversíveis no futuro.

Fifteen-year-old Sam isn't special. He's not a famous vlogger, he's never gone viral and he doesn't want to be the Next Big Thing. What he likes most is chatting to his friends and having a bit of a kick about. None of which was a problem until Dad got rich and Mum made the whole family move to London. Now Sam is being made to go to the North London Academy for the Gifted and Talented, where every student is too busy planning Hollywood domination or starting alt-metal psychedelica crossover bands or making clothes out of bathmats to give someone as normal as him the time of day.

In this dazzling, hilarious, and heartbreaking debut, Joel Higgins grapples with the aftermath of a tragic loss as he tries to make sense of the problems he's sees all around him with the help of banned books, Winnie-the-Pooh, a field of asparagus, and many pairs of socks.

Pollyanna, désormais guérie du grave accident de santé qu'elle a dû affronter dans le 1er tome de ses aventures, part vivre à Boston auprès de Mrs Carew dont le cœur a été brisé par la mort d'un neveu. Pollyanna se fait de nouveaux amis et leur enseigne le "jeu du contentement" qui illumine sa vision de la vie. Mais comment grandir sans rencontrer de nouvelles difficultés ? L'inventivité de Pollyanna dans l'art de surmonter les coups du sort n'a pas son pareil.

Quand le père de la jeune Pollyanna Whittier décède, la petite fille est envoyée vivre chez sa tante Polly à Beldingsville, dans le Vermont. Mais autant Pollyanna est lumineuse et passionnée, autant sa tante hurle dès qu'une porte claque ou qu'une fenêtre reste ouverte. Cependant Pollyanna a été élevée en apprenant à voir toujours le bon côté des choses, grâce au jeu du bonheur. Peu importe que la situation soit dramatique, il est toujours possible de trouver matière à être heureux. Un dîner composé de pain et de lait dans la cuisine est accueilli avec ravissement.

Deja's mom has never been there when Deja needed her. She's lied, run off, and gotten into trouble with the law more times than anyone can count. She always promises to change - and always breaks those promises. Now - 17 years after Deja was born in prison - her mom is back behind bars and having another baby. Deja agrees to raise baby Heaven until her mother returns home. She's determined to give Heaven the loving family life Deja never had. But being a substitute parent is harder than Deja expected.