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In this beautifully dark and enthralling YA, four sisters with unusual talents investigate a mysterious disappearance in their secluded Appalachian town. For fans of House of Hollow and Wilder Girls! In rural Caball Hollow, surrounded by the vast National Forest, the James women serve up more...

The people of Carrick Island have been whispering behind Neen's back ever since her father drowned and her mother disappeared. The townspeople say her mother was a merrow and has returned to the ocean. Neen, caught in her hazy new in-between self - not a child, but not quite grown up - can't help but wonder if the villagers are right. But if her mother was a merrow, then what does that make Neen?

The world can tip at any moment... a fact that 15-year-old Pearl is all too aware of when her mom dies after giving birth to her baby sister, Rose, who looks exactly like a baby rat, all pink, wrinkled, and writhing. This little Rat has destroyed everything, even ruined the wonderful relationship that Pearl had with her stepfather, the Rat's biological father.

Set in one of the roughest neighborhoods in the city of St. Louis, Jayrin Foster grapples with the absence of his father, while Kamree Covington copes with her own struggles as her father serves time in prison. Aceson Denner, residing in a more affluent neighborhood, faces a different challenge–his father's emotional detachment. As these teenagers navigate the turbulent waters of adolescence, the void left by their fathers becomes an insurmountable hurdle.

Loris ist 15 und leidet an Muskeldystrophie. Er weiß, dass er nicht mehr lange leben wird. Anders als seine Eltern, die daheim in stiller Hilflosigkeit um Fassung ringen, arrangiert sich Loris irgendwie mit seiner Krankheit. Er lebt für das Hier und Jetzt, für seine Liebe zu dem Mädchen Gina, für die Erinnerung an seinen verstorbenen Freund Ferdi und für seinen ganz großen Traum: Einen richtigen Olympiastar zu treffen! Als Loris Bittbriefe an den Sportbund unbeantwortet bleiben, wird Vater Paul klar, dass es an ihm ist, seinem Sohn den letzten Wunsch zu erfüllen.

Linus Baker è un assistente sociale impiegato al Dipartimento della Magia Minorile. Il compito che esegue con scrupolosa professionalità è assicurarsi che i bambini dotati di poteri magici, cresciuti in appositi istituti in modo da proteggere quelli "normali", siano ben accuditi. La vita di Linus è decisamente tranquilla, per non dire monotona: vive in una casetta solitaria in compagnia di una gatta schiva e dei suoi amati dischi in vinile. Tutto cambia quando, inaspettatamente, viene convocato nell'ufficio della Suprema Dirigenza.

Darius Kellner fala klingon melhor do que farsi, e sabe mais sobre as condutas sociais dos hobbits do que as persas. Ele está prestes a fazer sua primeira viagem para o Irã, mas se sente desnorteado — principalmente tendo que lidar com a depressão, um pai distante e uma vida social...

Mina, Penny, and Sheryl have the typical expectations of prom night in 2005: dresses, dancing, and of course some coming of age moments. None of them plans to get pregnant, but when all three do, they band together as they face decisions that have the power to shape the rest of their lives. In 2024, their three children—Blossom, Amber, and Cole—are high school seniors, gearing up to go to prom and facing some big decisions of their own.

Jake feels alone at school and alone at home. Some days it feels like the only people who understand him is the poet Emily Dickinson – and Jake's beloved grandma. But there is also the Voice inside him, louder than any other, who professes to know him best of all. The one that says "You have...

When the past refuses to rest, danger awakens. Haunted by her sister Luisa's sudden death a year prior, Skye's life is upended once more when she is sent to a summer camp for teens grappling with loss. But the hope for healing shatters when Skye starts receiving eerie text messages - allegedly...

Cosa succede quando a cinquant'anni ti ritrovi all'improvviso un moccioso tra i piedi? È quello che il professor Sacerdoti - romanziere, accademico e impenitente misantropo - sta per scoprire. Proprio lui che ha improntato i rapporti parentali a una gelida indifferenza, si vede recapitare per via di un lutto famigliare un bambino di otto anni: Noah Meisner, figlio di una sua lontana cugina ortodossa; un ragazzino silenzioso e sfuggente, precocemente attaccato alle tradizioni.

Brought to you by Penguin. Winner of the YA Diverse Book Award 2025, the Two Cities Book Award 2024, the Mal Peet Children’s Award 2024 and the East Anglian Book of the Year 2024, and nominated for the 2025 Carnegie Medal for Writing. A soaring debut YA verse-novel by novelist, poet, and...

Todo el mundo sabe quién es don Nicolás Medina, el capo de la familia. Muchos le tienen miedo. En el barrio, en la ciudad, todo el mundo le conoce. Se cuentan muchas cosas de él y nadie sabe cuáles son verdaderas y cuáles no. Pero esta historia no habla de él, sino de tres jóvenes integrantes del clan de los Medina. Ángel Medina, dieciséis años, su nieto favorito, ansioso por hacerse un hueco en la jerarquía familiar; su hermana pequeña Jessica Medina, Jess, siempre seria, observando todo; y su primo Nico, de la misma edad que Jess, probablemente el único al que la chica escucha, su confidente.

Jesse Dienstag's favorite sweatshirt says, "The real world isn't real." That's the slogan of the vacation-home community in Pennsylvania where his family has always spent every vacation and weekend for as long as he can remember. In the summer of 2019, as Jesse is about to enter his junior year of high school in New York City, he desperately wants to believe the slogan is true. For one thing, the two girls he loves—equally and desperately—are in Pennsylvania, and all the stresses and pressures of his daily life and school are in New York.

Lily Rose is used to people paying attention to her gorgeous twin sister, Daisy. But even though Lily loves her own fat body, she can't shake the idea that no one would ever choose her over Daisy – not when they could have the thin twin. That is, until she meets Cal, the gorgeous, sweet guy...

« Il faut toujours avoir confiance et suivre sa route comme le font les tsiganes, sans souci des frontières. » L'histoire bouleversante d'un garçon pris dans les tumultes du Caucase. Lorsque les douaniers trouvent Blaise Fortune, douze ans, tapi au fond d'un camion espagnol à la frontière...

Das ergreifende Finale der YA-Trilogie am Nordsee-Internat von Spiegel-Bestsellerautorin Alicia Zett. Alle Teile sind unabhängig hörbar, handeln aber von einer Freund*innen-Clique. Caro und Sam sind das Traumpaar am Internat Schloss Mare. Gemeinsam haben sie die Queer & Friends AG gegründet und spielen im Fußballteam. Am liebsten würde Caro für immer am Internat bleiben - doch nun steht das letzte Schuljahr an. Sie hat Angst, ihre Freund*innen zu verlieren, und auch Sam scheint ihr immer mehr zu entgleiten.

Rimasta orfana ancora bambina, è stata allevata da una serie di tutori tutti interessati più alla sua ricchezza che al suo bene, e tutti defunti prima di poter mettere le mani sulla sua eredità. Gli unici parenti che le sono rimasti sono gli Hawthornes, un'eccentrica famiglia che vive nella cupa ma ricchissima villa di Thorn Grove. Signa non ci mette molto a scoprire i segreti che gli Hawthornes celano tra le mura della tenuta: mentre il padre piange la defunta moglie organizzando feste sfrenate, il figlio maggiore lotta per mantenere alta la reputazione di una famiglia ormai in declino.

Bloomsbury presents No Time Like Now by Naz Kutub, read by Chirag Naik. A teen finds himself in a race against time when he learns he's given away more years than he has left to live in this thought-provoking speculative romp. It's been one year since Hazeem's father passed away unexpectedly...

After his twin sister's death, a teenage filmmaker tries to track down the recipients of her organs in hopes that it will help his parents move on from the loss of their daughter.