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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...

I am a collection of oddities, a circus of neurons and electrons: my heart is the ringmaster, my soul is the trapeze artist, and the world is my audience. It sounds strange because it is, and it is, because I am strange. After the sudden collapse of her family, Mim Malone is dragged from her...

Boyfriends are supposed to be loyal, caring, and handsome. Giovanna's boyfriend, Jesse, has perfected the last two. But when her twin brother, Dante, runs for student body president, Jesse doesn't support Dante, choosing to campaign for his opponent instead. Shouldn't the fact that Jesse is...

Na família Sinclair, ninguém é carente, criminoso, viciado ou fracassado. Mas talvez isso seja mentira. Os Sinclair são uma família rica e renomada, que se recusa a admitir que está em decadência e se agarra a todo custo às tradições. Assim, todo ano o patriarca, suas três filhas e seus respectivos filhos passam as férias de verão em sua ilha particular. Cadence - neta primogênita e principal herdeira -, seus primos Johnny e Mirren e o amigo Gat são inseparáveis desde pequenos, e juntos formam um grupo chamado Mentirosos.

Relationships fall apart and come together. But through it all, there's one thing the Singhs can count on: Their family will always be there for one another.

Pedro and Daniel are Mexican American brothers growing up in 1970s Ohio. Their mom doesn’t like that Pedro is a spitting image of their darker-skinned father, that Daniel plays with dolls, that neither boy loves sports like the other kids in their neighborhood. Life at home can be rough—but the boys have an unshakable bond that will last their entire lives.

Teddy’s favorite place is Bottomrock Lake, where sunfish swim in their little saucer nests and lilypads edge the shore. She’s worked there as a lifeguard every summer, including last year, when her twin sister Izzy waded into the lake for a midnight swim and never came out. Now, Teddy can’t stop scripting stories for where she went. Izzy was an accomplished swimmer, so she couldn’t possibly have drowned. And if she did somehow drown, where’s her body and why is her passport missing?

Danny's mam has a new boyfriend. Initially, all is good – Callum seems nice enough, and Danny can't deny he's got a cool set up; big house, fast car, massive TV, and Mam seems to really like him. But cracks begin to show, and they're not the sort that can be easily repaired. As Danny witnesses Mam suffer and Callum spiral out of control he goes in search of his dad. The Dad he's never met. Set in Newcastle and Edinburgh, this supremely enjoyable coming-of-age drama tackles domestic violence head on, but finds humour and hope in the most unlikely of­ places.

Viola, generazione millennial, è una biologa napoletana e una testarda certificata, che tra le altre cose è anche disabile. I suoi genitori, iperprotettivi e terrorizzati che alla loro "piccolina" possa succedere qualcosa, non si sognano minimamente che possa avere una vita indipendente, figurarsi una relazione. Ma Viola un ragazzo ce l’ha, anche se da poco. L’ha conosciuto online, e lo sta frequentando di nascosto, grazie alla complicità della sua migliore amica, Federica, che le fa da copertura e racconta un sacco di bugie per coprirla.

Ein Leben zwischen zwei Kulturen. Es sind Sommerferien und der fünfzehnjährige Mahmoud stellt sich auf lange Tage im Plattenbau-Viertel am Rand von Oslo ein. Norwegische Norweger verreisen in den Ferien, aber Mahmouds mittellose Familie? Keine Chance! Doch dieser Sommer wird anders. Die Familie erhält Besuch von Onkel Ji aus Pakistan. Er ist fasziniert von dem fremden Land, doch dann beginnt er sich über Mahmouds kleinen Bruder Ali zu wundern. Denn Ali spielt mit Puppen und benimmt sich in den Augen des Onkels nicht so, wie ein Pakistani-Junge sich benehmen sollte...

NEW YORK CITY, 2000 Twins Trey and Tai are not like other high schoolers. Trey struggles to suppress his surging magical abilities, which continually impede his dream of making first chair cello in orchestra. A budding photographer, Tai just wants to take pictures and maybe find someone to take them with. But disturbing images keep appearing in Tai’s camera lens, reigniting the twins’ search for their mother, who mysteriously disappeared ten years earlier.

"Zack. Mama hatte sich verpisst. Einfach so. Aus die Maus. 21 Postkarten ins Nichts. Das konnte nicht sein. War aber so." Coco (17). Hätte meine Mutter Coco nicht zum Duschen eingeladen, hätten wir nie in ihrem Tagebuch gelesen. Hätten nie erfahren, was es heißt, aus dem Leben geworfen zu werden. Abzuhauen und auf stinkenden Sofas bei fremden Menschen zu schlafen. Hätte, hätte... denn jetzt ist es zu spät: Coco ist spurlos verschwunden. Niemand weiß, wo sie ist, und uns beschleicht ein schrecklicher Verdacht.

Neils liv tager en fucked up drejning, den dag han bliver smidt ud af skolen. Hans mor henter ham i det skramlende lig af en bil, som hun har stjålet fra sin voldelige eks. Destination: Udkants-Danmark, hvor Neils syge moster bor. Det er ikke så fedt at komme til Jylland, når man hellere ville til månen. Her er ingen internetforbindelse. Kun en kat med et brækket ben. Og en gammel nazi-pistol. Men i Jylland møder han også pigen Thea, og snart bliver alt andet ligegyldigt.

Dette er anden bog om Ida: en kaotisk, dramatisk og temmelig bandende 15-årig, der har det lige så hårdt som de fleste andre teenagere. Eller måske faktisk ret meget værre. Hun lægger ikke fingrene imellem, når hun udbreder sig om sit elendige teenageliv og alle de håbløse mennesker, hun er tvunget til at forholde sig til, herunder hendes mor og hendes stedfar Jørn.

»Jeg er ligeglad, jeg hader december. Det er den værste måned. Når andre tæller ned til jul, tæller jeg ned til katastrofe. Og jeg behøver ikke engang at vente til den 24.«

– Citat fra bogen

Lucia hader december. Især den 13. december, Luciadag. Dagen hun er født og opkaldt efter, og dagen det unævnelige skete. I skolen er hun en freak. Hendes eneste ven er Ghita, og det er kun, fordi solo er no go, medmindre man har et seriøst dødsønske. Alligevel går Lucia med på sin fars ide om, at hun skal holde en stor fødselsdagsfest for klassen.

In diesem Jahr lässt Dad die Bombe platzen. Er ist pleite. Der einzige Ausweg: Ein Job, weit weg von zu Hause. Luca's Brüder sind aus dem Haus und so muss er allein in den sauren Apfel beißen. Er zieht mit seinem Vater aufs Land. Neue Freunde, neue Wohnung... natürlich eine neue Schule. Nicht genug, ist die neue Schule ein Klosterinternat. Zum Glück kann Luca zu Hause wohnen. Doch bald ereignen sich mysteriöse Einbrüche, in die sogar sein Vater verwickelt scheint. Er muss die Wahrheit herausfinden.

Bestseller napěchovaný britským humorem a jedna z nejvlivnějších knih posledního půlstoletí vám zaručeně bude vhánět slzy smíchu do očí. Adrian Mole má problém! Je mu přesně 13 a 3/4 roku, je jedináček, dostává k Vánocům nemožné dárky a toho, že je intelektuál, si zatím nikdo nevšiml. Musí se starat o příšerného důchodce Berta Baxtera a ještě příšernějšího psa Šavli. Adrianovi rodiče se rozvádějí. Navíc se ve škole čerstvě zamiloval do Pandory a dokáže kvůli tomu dokonce přehlížet skutečnost, že Pandora kouří pět cigaret denně a má svůj vlastní zapalovač.

Raven is a deeply disturbed teenager, who, after witnessing the death of his mother, is placed in foster care. The Russells do their best to earn his trust, but only little Ella manages to get through to him. Meanwhile, at school, bullies are making his life a living hell. An unexpected companion comes in the form of Lotte, a classmate bored by her "ordinary" friends. Together, they track down Raven's mum's killer, with the goal of exposing him to the police. But their carefully crafted plan goes dangerously wrong, and suddenly nothing is as it seems.

Gaia Gill is the last person in the world anyone would expect to go missing. Beautiful, athletic, and recently accepted to a prestigious college, she has everything to look forward to—but the night of her going-away party at the Moon Mountain ski resort, she disappears. Gaia's younger sister Esme is supposed to be flying back to England with her family after the party, but she can't leave with Gaia missing—especially because nobody remembers Gaia leaving the party. Or if they do, they're not saying.

It’s been sixteen years since Norae Whelan’s adoption. She’s conquered her past by baking her way through her challenges. All that’s left is culinary school, until a unique stranger offers her an opportunity to learn the truth of her birth and with it, the trial of facing down what she thought she left behind. Her birth mother’s hometown is a place where memories hide beneath the floorboards of an eclectic house. Inheriting a house and all its mysteries is one thing. The instant attraction to Orion Reise is another. There’s only one problem.