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Sixteen-year-old Alonda loves professional wrestling. So when she meets a group of teens with aspirations of wrestling fame in her Coney Island neighborhood, she couldn’t be happier. So as the ragtag team works to put on a show to remember, Alonda leaves behind her old self and becomes Alondra―the Fearless One. But with her conflicting feelings for King, the handsome leader of their group, and Lexi, the girl with the beautiful smile, Alonda has to ask herself: can she be as fearless outside of the ring as she is inside of it?

Neighborhood rivals turned fake boyfriends discover that there’s a fine line between love and payback in this fresh, fun YA rom-com. “I swooned so hard I pulled a muscle!”—Sonora Reyes, National Book Award finalist for The Lesbiana’s Guide to Catholic School “A charming, hilarious...

Brought to you by Penguin. CONTENT NOTICE: This book contains discussions of suicide, mental health and homophobia. There are no graphic scenes of this content actually happening, just awareness of and conversations about it. A central character deals with undiagnosed clinical depression...

»Keine Ahnung, du wirkst eher wie so ein... Punto-Typ.« »Ein Punto-Typ?« »Ja, weißt schon. Ein kleines Auto, sieht irgendwie süß aus, mit diesen großen Kulleraugen. Aber eben nichts Aufregendes.« Henning kann es nicht fassen. Er soll die ganzen Sommerferien über in seinem Zimmer hocken und fürs Abi lernen? Nicht mit ihm. In einer kopflosen Aktion trampt er von Berlin bis zur Ostsee. Wenigstens für ein paar Tage will er dem Druck seiner strengen Eltern entgehen, abschalten und alles um sich herum vergessen. John erfüllt sich nach dem bestandenen Abitur einen langgehegten Traum.

16-year-old Raquel lives in a small town in Portugal, the kind of place where everyone knows everyone else’s business. Her parents are divorced, and she’s just been suspended for cursing out a school aide. She has two best friends, Luísa and Fred, but wants something more. Then, from afar...

Felicity Becker loves watching an event come together. There’s something magical about crafting an experience people will remember. So when her mom gets engaged, Felicity sees the wedding as the perfect opportunity to show off her skills. After Felicity’s friend Nancy offers up her family’s apple orchard as a venue, wedding planning gets even better. But the more time Felicity and Nancy spend together dress shopping and hunting for mismatched china, the more it starts to seem like there might be something besides friendship between them.

'Queer delight through and through' - Leah Johnson, author of You Should See Me in a Crown A teen girl navigates friendship drama, the end of high school, and discovering her queerness in Ophelia After All, the hilarious and heartfelt contemporary YA debut by Racquel Marie. Ophelia Rojas knows...

Mein Name ist Nicolas Schäfer, und ich fresse die Sünden von Verbrechern. Klingt absurd? Du hast ja keine Ahnung, das ist noch gar nichts. Auf der To-Do-List der nächsten zwei Wochen steht: Mächtig düsteren Komplott aufdecken, der Europa zerstören könnte; Bren, den Vater meines Sohns, der mich nach einem One-Night-Stand geghostet hat, nicht umbringen; Falls ich Bren, den Kronprinzen der königlichen Fae, doch töte, dann falsche Pässe besorgen und auswandern. Alaska klingt gut.

"Ich weiß, dass du Angst hast. Aber diese Angst könnte verhindern, dass wir etwas richtig Gutes erleben." Lark Winters größter Traum ist es, Autor*in zu werden. Aber dey erhält eine Agenturabsage nach der anderen. Zu jung, zu queer, zu emotional - niemand will die Relevanz der Geschichte für nichtbinäre Menschen wie Lark erkennen. Doch als plötzlich ein Tweet von Lark über unerwiderte Liebe viral geht, ist deren Traum zum Greifen nah. Endlich bekommt Lark die Aufmerksamkeit, die dey sich die ganze Zeit gewünscht hat. Einziges Problem: Lark hat den Tweet nie geschrieben.

"Avi Roque is the perfect narrator for this queer YA fantasy...The novel hits all the expected beats of YA fantasy, and Roque infuses it with even more life and drama." —AudioFile Godly Heathens is the first book in H.E. Edgmon's YA contemporary fantasy duology The Ouroboros, in which a teen...

Der sechzehnjährige Randy Kapplehoff freut sich schon sehr auf die Sommerferien in Camp Outland, einem Ferienlager für queere Teenager. Dort hat er seine besten Freunde kennengelernt. Dort stand er zum ersten Mal in einem Musical auf der Bühne. Und dort hat er sich in Hudson Aaronson-Lim verliebt. Allerdings steht Hudson nur auf maskuline Macho-Jungs, der sensible, exzentrische Randy ist für ihn so gut wie unsichtbar. Dieses Jahr soll jedoch alles anders werden. Randy hat sich als Del neu erfunden. Del ist muskulös, männlich und Single.

Shireen Malik is still reeling from the breakup with her ex-girlfriend, Chris, when she receives news that she’s been accepted as a contestant on a new televised baking competition show. This is Shireen’s dream come true! Winning will not only mean prize money, but it will also bring some much-needed attention to You Drive Me Glazy, her parents’ beloved donut shop. Things get complicated, though, because Chris is also a contestant on the show.

This queer YA psychological thriller from the author of Some Girls Do is now in paperback! “Shocking, captivating, and utterly chilling. A delicious thriller that will have you tearing through pages to get to the end, where you won’t be disappointed.” —Jessica Goodman, bestselling author...

Tutti sanno che "Nick e Charlie" sono la coppia perfetta, semplicemente inseparabili. Ma adesso Nick sta per andare all’università mentre Charlie rimarrà al liceo e tutti si chiedono se continueranno a stare insieme. Che domanda stupida: sono Nick e Charlie, santo cielo! Eppure, mano a mano che il giorno della separazione si avvicina, anche loro iniziano a chiedersi se il loro amore sarà abbastanza forte da sopravvivere. O stanno solo rimandando l’inevitabile? Perché si sa, quasi mai il primo amore dura per sempre…

Bloomsbury presents Brighter Than the Moon by David Valdes, read by Anthony Cloyd. Shy foster kid Jonas and self-assured vlogger Shani met online, and so far, that's where their relationship has stayed, sharing memes and baring their souls from behind their screens. Shani is eager to finally...

Desperate to pay for college, Bridger Whitt is willing to overlook the peculiarities of his new job—entering via the roof, the weird stacks of old books and even older scrolls, the seemingly incorporeal voices he hears from time to time—but its pretty hard to ignore being pulled under Lake Michigan by... mermaids? Worse yet, this happens in front of his new crush, Leo, the dreamy football star who just moved to town. Fantastic.

Spring semester of Bridger Whitt's senior year of high school is looking great. He has the perfect boyfriend, a stellar best friend, and an acceptance letter to college. He also has this incredible job as an assistant to Pavel Chudinov, an intermediary tasked with helping cryptids navigate the modern world. His days are filled with kisses, laughs, pixies, and the occasional unicorn. Life is awesome. But as graduation draws near, Bridger's perfect life begins to unravel.

Seventeen-year-old Iris is happy. She's fearless, she's strong. She is everything but a girl who lost her mum. But Iris's dad and step-mum have been keeping a secret. One big enough to unravel her. Only the magnetic Órla can provide an escape, until things get . . . complicated. As Iris questions who she is, it becomes clear she can't run away from grief. What happens when someone who has never faced up to the darkness lets it in?

Weihnachten mit Charlie und Tori Spring. Die festliche Jahreszeit ist für Tori Spring und ihren Bruder nicht immer die glücklichste. Früher dachte sie immer, es sei besser schwierig zu sein, als langweilig. Jetzt aber weiß Tori es besser. Sie möchte nach vorne schauen und nicht an die traurige Zeit mit ihrem Bruder Charlie zurückdenken. Alice Osemans Novelle erzählt einfühlsam und glaubwürdig von den Konflikten, aber auch der Zuneigung zweier Geschwister. Fans haben die Figuren der Netflix-Erfolgsserie eh schon längst ins Herz geschlossen.

Orphaned Carmen is sixteen, newly homeless and will do almost anything to survive and keep her and her kid brother safe, together, and out of foster care. Ollie, also sixteen, has a life that's all about parents, school pressure, friends, and dreams of summer. The two fall into each other's orbit, and one kiss changes everything. Ollie is captivated . . . but then Carmen vanishes. When they cross paths months later, everything is different.