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Seventeen-year-old Jonah Daniels has lived in Verona Cove, California, his whole life, and only one thing has ever changed: His father used to be alive, and now he is not. With a mother lost in a deep bout of depression, Jonah and his five siblings struggle to keep up their home and the restaurant their dad left behind. But at the start of summer, a second change rolls in: Vivi Alexander, the new girl in town.

Brought to you by Penguin. The third book in The Kissing Booth series - based on the upcoming Netflix film! Beth Reekles...

Fall is a big deal in Briar Glen, a quaint and charming village in New England. That's when tourists from all over the country descend upon this picturesque town to see the babbling brooks and colorful leaves while sipping hot chocolate or pumpkin spice lattes.

Monique lives a perfect life—a preacher's daughter and the girlfriend of the town's golden boy. But it's not that simple. She's torn between her parents who want the pure virginal daughter, and her boyfriend, Dom, who wants to explore the more intimate side of their relationship. Tired of waiting, her boyfriend breaks up with her, spurring Monique to discover she has a medical condition that makes her far from perfect and she concocts a plan to fix her body and win him back.

This heartfelt and humorous YA contemporary follows Dua, who spends the month of Ramadan making unexpected discoveries about family, faith, and first love. Being crammed into a house in Queens with her cousins is not how Dua envisions her trip to New York City. But here she is, spending the holy...

Seventeen-year-old Evie Beckham has always been too occupied with her love of math and frequent battles with anxiety to want to date. Besides, she’s always found the idea of kissing to be kind of weird. But by senior year, thanks to therapy and her friends, she’s feeling braver than before. Maybe even brave enough to enter the national math and physics competition or flirt back with the new boy. Meanwhile, Evie’s best friend, Caleb Covic, has always been a little in love with her. So he’s horrified when he is forced to witness Evie’s meet-cute with the new guy.

Harley Milano has dreamed of becoming a trapeze artist for as long as she can remember. With parents who run a famous circus in Las Vegas, she spends almost every night in the big top watching their lead aerialist perform, wishing with all her heart and soul that she would be up there herself one day. After a huge fight with her parents, who continue to insist she go to school instead, Harley leaves home, betrays her family, and joins the rival traveling circus Maison du Mystère. 

Told in dual timelines - half of the chapters moving forward in time and half moving backward - We Used to Be Friends explores the most traumatic breakup of all: that of childhood besties. At the start of their senior year in high school, James (a girl with a boy's name) and Kat are inseparable, but by graduation, they're no longer friends. James prepares to head off to college as she reflects on the dissolution of her friendship with Kat while, in alternating chapters, Kat thinks about being newly in love with her first girlfriend and having a future that feels wide open.

Dana Fields's father never knew his parents. When Dana secretly does a DNA test for her dad, hoping to find him some distant relatives for his birthday, her entire world implodes. Instead of a few third cousins, Dana discovers a half-brother her age whose very existence means her parents' happy marriage is a lie. Dana's desire to know her half-brother, Brandon, and the extent of her dad's deception, clashes with her wish not to destroy her family.

Sometimes the best things in life are unplanned - like when Felicity meets a handsome, masked stranger while she is volunteering at a charity masquerade ball. She certainly never thought he'd turn out to be Alec Williams, a member of the Heartbreakers band. Then Felicity uncovers a shocking family secret. Suddenly, she, Alec, and her two best friends are off on a road trip to find Felicity's missing sister. And she's about to discover that unexpected turns have a peculiar way of landing her right where she needs to be....

When two teens discover that they were both sexually assaulted at the same party, they develop a cautious friendship through her family’s possibly magical pastelería, his secret forest of otherworldly trees, and the swallows returning to their hometown, in Anna-Marie McLemore's The Mirror Season....

 Dash and Lily have been dating for nearly a year, but when Lily’s beloved grandfather falls ill, the repercussions take their toll on everyone. Even though they are still together, somehow the magic has gone out of their relationship, and it’s clear that Lily has fallen out of love with life. Action must be taken! Dash teams up with Lily’s brother and a host of their friends, who have just 12 days to get Lily’s groove back in time for Christmas.

Sophia Pierce lucha con sus demonios, con esos fantasmas de su pasado que no le permiten dormir en paz. Ella está sumergida en la pintura: pinta para vivir, pero el cuadro de las sombras esconde secretos, esconde sangre, esconde su dolor. Ella y Julie están viviendo juntas, pero no es sencillo. Sophia Pierce necesita ayuda y, Julie la presiona para ir a terapia con la intención de que esté mejor. Pero… ¿y si tal vez lo que Sophia necesita es conseguir en sí misma razones para vivir?

Tout a commencé sur un coup de tête, quand j'ai décidé de partir à Paris sans même en avertir ma mère, pour tenter de retrouver mon père. Ce jour-là, j'ai rencontré Caleb et ma vie a complètement basculé. Celui que j'ai d'abord pris pour mon frère me faisait honteusement tourner la tête. Quand j'ai appris que nous n'avions aucun lien, je me suis laissée aller à mes sentiments. Ça a été le début d'une belle histoire... et des ennuis, aussi, quand nos parents l'ont découvert.

Dexter Jefferson, el aclamado bajista de la banda BG.5, tiene la palabra "desastre" adherida a su nombre, y prueba de ello son los sinfines de artículos publicados en Internet que se encuentran complicando su vida y los pasos hacia lo que considera su felicidad. Darse por vencido no es algo que forme parte de su naturaleza; es por ello que, cuando inesperadamente se topa con una niña que le recuerda à sus orígenes, §l no duda en cambiarles la vida a ambos, prometiéndose a sí mismo darle un hogar y sintiéndose listo para ser su papá.

Madeline and Cooper have had bad blood since junior year when she beat out his sister for the lead in the school play. Ever since, it’s been one petty escalation after another—plastic-wrapped cars, glitter bombs, and even a derogatory viral video. When their latest prank lands them in the principal’s office with their single parents in tow, Madeline and Cooper are shocked to find that their parents have hit it off and now have plans for a dinner date.

Hannah has big plans for senior year: football games, Mardi Gras parties, and spring break on the beach with her group of friends. No drama, no detours. Just a year to remember. Falling for another girl―her best friend, Baker―was not part of the plan. Hannah knows she should date Wally, the earnest, dependable boy her sister is always teasing her about. She should be happy when Clay, the golden boy of their group, asks Baker to be his girlfriend. She should follow the rules of her traditional Louisiana town―especially those she hears from the pulpit―and bury the feelings that don't fit.

Opposites attract in this contemporary, sweet, sapphic romance about two girls who reluctantly come together for a summer challenge. Heaven and Saylor could not be more different. Saylor is bubbly, popular, athletic, and always partnered up. Heaven is grumpy and artistic, prefers her skateboard...

Paige hat jeden Punkt ihrer Bucket List für ihr Abschlussjahr abgehakt – außer einen. Denn sie hat noch nie jemanden geküsst. Schuld daran ist ihr bester Freund Grayson Darling. Der ist ein berüchtigter Eishockey-Spieler bei den Ransom Devils – und keiner traut sich, seine beste Freundin anzusprechen. Also bittet sie ihren besten Freund um Hilfe.

Hayden Johanssen sa bene cosa vuol dire sopravvivere. Ha imparato a difendersi dal dolore, dagli altri e perfino da sé stessa. Ora che è tornata al college dopo le vacanze di Natale, non si aspetta certo di ritrovarsi al centro di una tempesta che pensava di aver superato. Kellan Rogers è l'attaccante più temuto della squadra e l'amico più leale che Landon possa avere. Perché da quando ha baciato sua sorella, Hayden, nulla è più come prima. Non riesce a starle lontano, anche se sa bene che deve farlo.