Showing titles in Coming of Age

Trine er 16 år og forelsket. Der er mange følelser på spil – men de handler ikke kun om den jævnaldrende Anders. Der er også forældrenes skilsmisse, forholdet til veninderne og livet i skolen at holde styr på.

Miksi valkoiset converset tekivät 12-vuotiaan pojan niin onnelliseksi? Entä miksi nailonien saapuminen Stockmannille oli suuri juttu tytöille? Mitä tapahtui pojalle, joka näytti Elvis Presleyltä?

Lone er kun 16 år, da hun opdager, at hun er gravid. Hun er også arbejdsløs ligesom mange andre unge i begyndelsen af 1980’erne. Det er et kæmpe ansvar at få et barn – men er det ikke trods alt bedre end at sidde med avisen og ringe forgæves om de ledige jobs? Sammen med sin 21-årige kæreste Jacob, der er snedker, beslutter Lone at få barnet, selvom omgivelserne er imod og økonomien dårlig.

Et menneskeligt drama om en ensom dreng rulles op i denne litterære romandebut. Fortællestilen er usentimental og fortættet, og hvert ord synes vejet på en guldvægt.

Sex Education: il viaggio è l'unico romanzo ufficiale della serie Netflix omonima. ll fratello di Maeve è in guai seri e ha un disperato bisogno che lei lo raggiunga e lo aiuti a venirne fuori. Gli amici Aimee, Otis ed Eric, sempre al fianco di Maeve, nonostante il suo carattere spigoloso e indipendente, l'accompagneranno in questo viaggio che sarà anche una nuova occasione per passare del tempo insieme.

Azadeh is a budding violinist on a music scholarship at an expensive private school, dealing with all the usual trials of being 16: trying her best to fit in, keep up and have fun. Then as her mum's mental health spirals out of control, Azadeh's world starts to unravel. Her friendships fall away and as much as she and her dad try to keep a lid on everything, their problems insist on taking over. Feeling alone, it's her violin that finally helps Azadeh to find her way back to her friends, herself and even her mum.

A pitch-perfect K-pop rom com! Fame and friendship can get complicated, especially when there are more than platonic feelings at play. Seventeen-year-old Lulu Li has her last summer before college all planned out. But her plans go awry when she learns that Kite Xu, her old next-door neighbor and...

"An open-hearted exploration of loneliness and love against the backdrop of the vibrant L.A. music scene."—Aiden Thomas, New York Times bestselling author of Cemetery Boys This fun and flirty romance follows a teen rocker with a bad boy reputation and the aspiring journalist who’s determined...

The author of National Book Award finalist Everybody Looking presents a poignant novel about a teenager reckoning with her family’s—and her home town’s—secrets. “A tender, poetic story about what it’s like to experience loss and learn to continue living anyway.”—Bookpage...

A high school senior navigates messy boys and messier relationships in this bitingly funny and much-needed look into the overlap of Asian American identity and teen sexuality. June Chu is the “just good enough” girl. Good enough to line the shelves with a slew of third-place trophies and...

Der 17-jährige Sam hat es nicht leicht: Seine Schule will ihn rausschmeißen, sein bester Freund hasst ihn - und dann holt den Teenager auch noch seine leibhaftige Vergangenheit ein. Als Sam blutend in einem Bergwerksstollen aufwacht, steht plötzlich ein fremder Junge vor ihm. Das Kind behauptet, Sams sieben Jahre jüngeres Ich zu sein.

Jerusha Abbott, an eighteen year old orphan, faces an uncertain future in the charity home where she has lived all her life. On reaching adulthood, the orphanage can no longer offer shelter to its inmates. Her anxiety leads her into wild speculation when she is summoned to the matron's office. But a surprise awaits her. One of the visitors, a wealthy Trustee of the orphanage, has offered to fund Jerusha's college education and fulfill her dreams of becoming a writer. The only condition he makes is that he remain anonymous and that she write to him regularly about her progress.

For fans of I'm Not Dying with You Tonight, this gripping YA novel digs into the historical and present-day effects of white supremacy and the depths of privilege. Shania never thinks much about being white. But after her beloved grandmother passes, she moves to the gentrifying town of Blue Rock...

Ask konge taber fortæller om det mest intense efterår i 16-årige Asks liv. Om at føle sig rodløs og lammende forelsket. Om hvor let det er at fucke livet op, og hvor svært det er at holde fast, når man er bange for at miste. Ask starter på efterskole mere af nød end af lyst. Det samme gør Liv. Begge ankommer til efterskolen med en række skuffelser og svigt i bagagen. Ask og Liv tiltrækkes af hinanden, men fester, flirt og misforståelser gør tingene rigtig svære for de to unge, der samtidig slås med konflikter både i og uden for efterskolen.

Everyone says hotshot goalie Luke Jackson is God's gift to girls, but the only girl he wants is his best friend, Malina Hall. He's always known how brilliant she is, but now that he's "accidentally" kissed her, he can't stop thinking about her...or wanting to kiss her again.

“Speculative John Green vibes live in these pages!” —BuzzFeed You’ve Reached Sam meets John Hughes in a funny and heartfelt debut about a boy’s delirious summertime quest with his ex-girlfriend. The summer after senior year should have been a time for Cam to party and hang out with his...

Ein skurriler und schmerzhafter Coming-of-Age-Roman über einen Außenseiter und dessen gewöhnungsbedürftigen Begleiter, in dem Tankred Lerch ein Wechselspiel aus Ernsthaftigkeit, schrägem Humor und einer guten Prise Sex inszeniert. Seit Joe, der Rüberbringer, aufgetaucht ist, herrscht in Reds Leben das pure Chaos. Egal, um was es geht - Joe stellt alles auf den Kopf. Wieso lässt ihn dieser Typ nicht einfach in Ruhe? Doch oft genug trifft Joe mit seinen Sticheleien genau ins Schwarze. Vielleicht sind seine Ideen ja doch gar nicht so übel.

For fans of E. Lockhart, this atmospheric coming-of-age story asks, How do you find someone you never really knew? “Perfect for those who reminisce on the melancholic feelings [of] John Green's Looking for Alaska.” —USA Today "Will have you hooked from the start and guessing till the very...

You should know, right now, that I’m a liar. They’re usually little lies. Tiny lies. Baby lies. Not so much lies as lie adjacent. But they’re still lies. Twenty one-year-old Max Monroe has it all: beauty, friends, and a glittering life filled with adventure...

Als der Klavierstudent Theo auf die charismatische Aida trifft, stürzt sein Weltbild in sich zusammen. Aida kämpft mit der ZUKUNFT gegen die Machtstrukturen an der Akademie. Die Studenten prangern Missstände an, wollen wachrütteln und das Leben feiern. Fasziniert lässt sich Theo von Aidas feurigen Reden mitreißen und folgt den waghalsigen Aktionen der ZUKUNFT. Bis er etwas Ungeheuerliches erfährt. Ein mitreißendes Hörbuch, dass das radikale Lebensgefühl einer Generation transportiert. Fesselnd untermalt mit Klaviermusik von Jonathan Hanke, herausragend gelesen von Stefan Kaminski und Elena Berthold.