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From the author of the acclaimed Blood Water Paint, a new contemporary YA novel in prose and verse about a girl struggling with guilt and a desire for revenge after her sister's rapist escapes with no prison time. Em Morales's older sister was raped by another student after a frat party. A jury...

As if her parents' divorce and sister's departure for college weren't bad enough, 14-year-old Ricky Bloom has just been diagnosed with a life-changing chronic illness. Her days consist of cursing everyone out, skipping school - which has become a nightmare - daydreaming about her crush, Julio, and trying to keep her parents from realizing just how bad things are. But she can't keep her ruse up forever.

Emiliano and his sister Sara have successfully fled organized crime in Mexico, illegally crossing into the United States. But now, Sara is in jail, and Emiliano's reunion with their father in Chicago is more awkward than celebratory. When Emiliano is falsely accused of a crime against a missing local girl, it sets off a tense and dangerous race to find her, before he can even "find himself" in this new place he must call home.

For fans of Fever 1793 comes the story of a young woman paving her own path and falling in love during the Great Plague of 1348, from the award-winning creator of What the Night Sings. Edyth grew up in a quiet village with a loving family, before losing everything she holds dear in the blink of...

Lazarus "Laz" Weathers has always been shy, and his issue with stuttering when he speaks hasn't helped. Stuck in a Seattle trailer park, Laz finds baseball helps him escape from the world of poverty and drugs. When he gets an opportunity to pitch for the rich kids across town, he has a chance to get drafted by the major leagues. But playing for the other team means leaving behind his family, including Antonio, Laz's younger brother, who more and more, seems to be drawn to the dark world of the Jet City's drug ring.

In the epic, action-packed sequel to the "brilliant" (Booklist, starred review) novel War Girls, the battles are over, but the fight for justice has just begun. It's been five years since the Biafran War ended. Ify is now nineteen and living where she's always dreamed--the Space Colonies. She is...

Salvar el restaurante. Salvar la ciudad. Conseguir a la chica. Hacer sentir orgullosa a su abuela. ¿Puede Arturo Zamora, de trece años, hacerlo todo o está por enfrentarse a un ÉPICO FRACASO? Para Arturo, el verano en Miami significa jugar a baloncesto hasta el anochecer, beber batidos de...

*"Truly enchanting."--Kirkus Reviews (starred review) A loose retelling of Cinderella, about a high-school graduate who--after getting grounded for the whole summer--joins a local Quidditch league and finds her footing, perfect for fans of Dumplin', Fangirl, and everyone who's read and adored...

Girl Code: Never date a friend's ex. Willa Evans has no intention of breaking the code. So what if she's always secretly loved her next-door neighbor Zach? As her best friend's boyfriend, he was always off-limits and it needs to stay that way, even though they just broke up. Even though every time she turns around he's there, tempting her. Flor Hidalgo has a lot on her plate: her breakup with Zach, her dad's new dating life, and her struggling grades. So why can't she stop thinking about her hot, know-it-all tutor? At least she's got Willa, her constant in the chaos.

One wave: that’s all it takes for the rest of Mae and Hannah Winters’ lives to change. When a tsunami strikes the island where their parents are vacationing, it soon becomes clear that their mom and dad are never coming home. Forced to move to Boston from sunny California for the rest of their senior year, each girl struggles with secrets their parents’ death has brought to light, and with their uncertainty about the future. Instead of bringing them closer, it feels like the wave has torn the sisters apart.

Seventeen-year-old coder Jinx Marshall grew up spending weekends drilling with her paranoid dad for a doomsday she's sure will never come. She's an expert on self-heating meal rations, Krav Maga and extracting water from a barrel cactus. Now that her parents are divorced, she's ready to relax. Her big plans include making it to level 99 in her favorite MMORPG and spending the weekend with her new hunky stepbrother, Toby.

Onasidan bevaqt ayrilgan qizcha kelajakdagi hayotini "Zumrad va Qimmat" ertagi asnosida ko'radi. Otasi olib kelajak ayol ertakdagi O'gay ona kabi yovuz va berahim. Biroq qizchani dahshatga solgan qo'rqinchli hayollar uni ko'rishi bilan parday to'zg'iydi. Va u o'zining Yangi ertagini to'qiydi.

Running away from home hasn’t solved Iphigenia Murphy’s problems. In fact, it’s only a matter of time before they’ll catch up with her. Iffy is desperate to find her long-lost mother, and, so far, in spite of the need to forage for food and shelter and fend off an unending number of creeps, living in Queens’ Forest Park has felt safer than living at home. But as the summer days get shorter, it all threatens to fall apart.

Zuhra and Inara have grown up in the Citadel of the Paladins, an abandoned fortress where legendary, magical warriors once lived before disappearing from the world - including their Paladin father the night Inara was born. On that same night, a massive, magical hedge grew and imprisoned them within the citadel. Inara inherited their father’s Paladin power; her eyes glow blue and she is able to make plants grow at unbelievable rates, but she has been trapped in her own mind because of a "roar" that drowns everything else out.

Two sisters are torn apart by war and must fight their way back to each other in a futuristic, Black Panther-inspired Nigeria. The year is 2172. Climate change and nuclear disasters have rendered much of earth unlivable. Only the lucky ones have escaped to space colonies in the sky. In a...

An enthralling debut perfect for fans of Children of Blood and Bone set in an ancient North African-inspired fantasy world where two sisters must fight to the death to win the crown. Sixteen-year-old Eva is a princess, born with the magick of blood and marrow--a dark and terrible magick that...

""Liv kom ikke hjem?" siger jeg. Far ryster på hovedet. Han er bleg i ansigtet. "Hvad siger mor?" spørger jeg. Far ser sig over skulderen, før han svarer. Bilen holdt ikke i indkørslen, da jeg kom tilbage, så jeg ved, hun ikke er hjemme. "Du ved, hvor bekymret hun bliver over alting," siger han og tørrer sig over panden. "Jeg tænkte, at du måske havde en eller anden idé? Om, hvor hun kan være."" Julian er en stille dreng uden mange venner. Da hans søster Liv ikke kommer hjem efter en bytur, opdager Julian nye sider af sig selv.

Eran Sharon knows nothing of his father except that he left when Eran was a baby. Now a senior in high school and living with his protective but tight-lipped mother, Eran is a passionate young man deeply interested in social justice and equality. When he learns that the Houston police have launched a program to increase traffic stops, Eran organizes a peaceful protest. But a heated moment at the protest goes viral, and a reporter connects the Sharon family to a tragedy fifteen years earlier - and asks if Eran is anything like his father, a supposed terrorist.

Klara kocha się w Benjaminie. Ma dla niego prezent urodzinowy. Pewnego dnia dostaje od niego wiadomość. Benjamin chce, żeby była jego dziewczyną. Klara jest w siódmym niebie. Ale gdy Róża też dostaje taką samą wiadomość, jest bardzo zaniepokojona. A kiedy Julia też ją dostaje, Klara wpada w rozpacz. SAGA STRIBEDE jest serią pasjonujących książek dla dzieci, które już potrafią czytaći potrzebują bardziej wymagających tekstów. Indeks czytelności w książkach CALSENS STRIBEDE jest zróżnicowany, ale wszystkie książki są łatwe do czytania.

Róża i Julia zostają na noc u Malou. Klara nie może do nich dołączyć, bo jest chora. Nie może też iść na sanki. I kiedy nareszcie dobrze się czuje, po śniegu nie ma już ani śladu. Ale czy następnym razem rodzice pozwolą jej spać u Malou? Czwarta książka z serii o Klarze i jej przyjaciółkach. SAGA STRIBEDE jest serią pasjonujących książek dla dzieci, które już potrafią czytaći potrzebują bardziej wymagających tekstów. Indeks czytelności w książkach CALSENS STRIBEDE jest zróżnicowany, ale wszystkie książki są łatwe do czytania.