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A boy embroils himself in a community of suburban Midwestern teens as they stew in the aftermath of a classmate’s suicide, each doing what they can to cope as they stumble—together and apart—toward a life worth living.

A bold and brilliant novel about love, lies and redemption, from award-winning author, Jenny Valentine – one of the greatest YA voices of her generation. Iris's father, Ernest, is at the end of his life and she hasn't even met him. Her best friend, Thurston, is somewhere on the other side of...

Here's what Sam knows: There was a party. There was a fight. The next morning, his best friend, Hayden, was dead. And all he left Sam was a playlist of songs, and a suicide note: For Sam – listen and you'll understand. Here's what Sam knows: There was a party. There was a fight. The next...

The bestselling author of Mosquitoland brings us another batch of unforgettable characters in this tragicomedy about first love and devastating loss. Victor Benucci and Madeline Falco have a story to tell. It begins with the death of Vic’s father. It ends with the murder of Mad’s uncle. The...

Vilda takes life as it comes, talking for hours about everything and nothing with her best friend, Alma. It’s never been a big deal to Vilda that her mother’s side of the family is Sámi and her father’s is Swedish, but as summer vacation starts, she wants to know more about her indigenous...

Sixteen-year-old Chastity and her mother have been on the run ever since she can remember. They’ve just settled down in San Francisco, where Chass is reclaiming her phenomenal musical talent and finally starting up her own band. But then Chass witnesses the murder of pop star Josh Emmit and...

On the evening of September 24, 2004, sixteen-year-old Alicia María Betancourt was killed in a car accident. Popular, happy, fun-loving Alicia daughter, sister, and friend to so many gone in an instant. How would those left behind cope with such a sudden, devastating loss? Wrestling with grief, anger, mortality, and spirituality, Alicia's loved ones struggle to create a lasting place in their hearts for someone who is no longer a physical presence.

Chiara è una donna di quarantacinque anni, laureata in filosofia e di professione bibliotecaria. Con queste premesse si rivolge a Sofia, una psicoterapeuta sua coetanea, con un'angosciante richiesta: «Non voglio morire». Sofia prende Chiara per mano e si pone davanti a lei come uno specchio chiarificatore, tentando di riportarla su, lontana dall'abisso nel quale era sprofondata.

«Absorbente, profundo y desgarrador» -Kirkus Review. De Adam Silvera, autor superventas de Recuerda aquella vez. Una historia sobre la vida, la amistad y el amor. ¿Puede un solo día albergar toda una vida? En un presente alternativo, en el que es posible predecir la muerte con un...

It’s the beginning of the school year—and Briar’s newest resident, D.J. Rosenblum, is not here for it. Ever since her cousin Rachel died, D.J.’s family has been a mess: Her aunt and uncle are catatonic. Her mom is even more scatterbrained than usual. She had to postpone her bat mitzvah a whole year. Worst of all, she and her mom had to move—leaving her best friend, Eva, behind.

Seven teens arrive for a school retreat—only to find an abandoned motel and a sinister text message waiting for them: "I know what you did a year ago." Each of the seven buried a guilty secret about their tragic school fire. And now someone is out for revenge. Every hour they must choose the guiltiest one among them to cross over the white line that circles the motel and be killed. Otherwise, they all die. But who deserves to live, and who to die? Because only one of them can survive.

Monika can’t bring herself to celebrate her last summer before college. Instead, she’s still grieving the loss of the one classmate who didn’t make it to graduation, a boy named Shun with whom she had a complicated relationship. Then, during her final Japanese Club meeting, Monika hears about the Yomigaeri Tunnel, a local urban legend. Those who venture into this mythological passageway undergo harrowing trials to confront their hidden secrets and worst fears. According to the lore, anyone who makes it through the journey is rewarded with the ability to resurrect one soul from the dead.

Septembre 2019. Neuf mois après l'accident qui l'a plongée dans le coma, Anna s'apprête à quitter l'hôpital. Comment se remettre d'un tel drame ? À vingt ans, Mathis et Anna doivent apprendre à gérer l'absence de Nico, et leur culpabilité. L'avenir leur tend les bras, mais parviendront-ils à reprendre le cours de leur vie ? Après Demain le jour se lèvera, nous retrouvons la bande d'amis en pleine reconstruction. À la lueur de nos pas accordés aborde le thème de la résilience, de la renaissance. Une ode à la vie, à l'amour, et à l'espoir !

A Good Morning America Book Club YA Pick ""Gayle Forman has an uncanny ability to create characters in which we see ourselves, and her latest—which looks at where love goes, after a loss—is an honest, heartbreaking elegy to how memory makes relationships eternal."" —Jodi Picoult, #1 New...

2025 Crystal Kite Honor Winner for Midsouth Region Twyla is far from fine. With her varsity field hockey career on the line, her friendships in shambles, and a medical diagnosis that is far from the truth, Twyla simply wants to be heard. Stronger at the Seams is a powerful coming-of-age story...

From Abdi Nazemian, the award-winning author of Like a Love Story and Only This Beautiful Moment, comes a suspenseful contemporary YA novel about loss and love. Fifteen-year-old Kam is head over heels for Ash, the boy who swept him off his feet. But his family and best friend, Bodie, are worried...

""This debut is a gritty teen drama full of mature themes that unfurl in compassionate ways and will resonate with many readers...Heartbreaking and powerful."" —Kirkus Reviews (starred review) Euphoria meets Girl in Pieces in this coming-of-age story of a girl trying to put a grief-stricken...

A REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK In her powerful debut novel, Looking for Smoke, author K. A. Cobell (Blackfeet) weaves loss, betrayal, and complex characters into a thriller that will illuminate, surprise, and engage readers until the final word. A must-pick for readers who enjoy books by Angeline...

Inventing a formula to predict people’s perfect partners doesn’t equate to love in this contemporary YA novel that New York Times bestsellers Rachael Lippincott and Alyson Derrick call “honest, raw, and breathtakingly real.” College freshman Grace Tang never meant to rewrite the rules of...

*An Odyssey Award Honor Audiobook* “The feel-good novel of the year.” —ALA Booklist (starred review) Julie knows it’s unusual that a professional wrestler runs a constant commentary on her life that only she can hear. But grief can be awfully funny sometimes. National Book Award nominee...