Coming of Age

The second born son in a broken marriage, Joey Lynch has spent a lifetime picking up the pieces of a family unraveling. When his older brother Darren skips town on his first day of secondary school, twelve-year-old Joey finds himself thrown into the role of protector....

The men in the secret society known as the Lords think they rule the world. And in a way, they do. Each has sold their soul to the devil at a young age in exchange for power and wealth. Like anything else, they have different levels of success.

The House of Berethnet has ruled Inys for a thousand years. Still unwed, Queen Sabran the Ninth must conceive a daughter to protect her realm from destruction - but assassins are getting closer to her door....

In fifth grade my teacher set us up with pen pals from a different school. Thinking I was a girl, with a name like Misha, the other teacher paired me up with her student Ryen....

I'm anything but sweet, despite what people think, so when he tells me I'm too good for him and I'm better off without him, I don't listen. My life was simple before Grave stepped through that door, but who wants simple?

Living on her family’s idyllic lakeside estate in Cornwall, England, Alice Edevane is a bright, inquisitive and precociously talented 16-year-old who loves to write stories....

Have you ever stood next to a fire and felt the heat of it on your skin? Stared into the flames and thought how amazing it would be to be that free? It changes direction with the wind, destroying everything in its wake. That's what she felt like.

One of the most beloved novels of our time, Watership Down is an epic journey, a stirring tale of adventure, courage, and survival....

The Rachel Incident is an all-consuming love story. But it's not the one you're expecting. It's unconventional and messy. It's young and foolish. It's about losing and finding yourself. But it is always about love.

Jaxie dreads going home. His mum’s dead. The old man bashes him without mercy, and he wishes he was an orphan....

Mordecai has discovered his heritage and must take up the mantle of a lord of the realm, while figuring out what it really means to be a mage of the line of Illeniel....

Sethe was born a slave and escaped to Ohio, but eighteen years later she is still not free. Sethe has too many memories of Sweet Home, the beautiful farm where so many hideous things happened....

Search History is Rebecca rewritten by Phoebe Waller-Bridge: a sharply funny debut novel about identity, obsession and desire in the internet age, for fans of Jessie Tu, Diana Reid and Dolly Alderton.

Kara McIntyre is supposed to be jetting off to her destination wedding in Hawaii. However, a last-minute hitch appears to have left her without a job, home and, more importantly, a fiancé.

Life is over in an instant for sixteen-year-old Finn Miller when a devastating car accident tumbles her and ten others over the side of a mountain. Suspended between worlds, she watches helplessly as those she loves struggle to survive....

What a thing of wonder a mobile phone is. Six ounces of metal, glass and plastic, fashioned into a sleek, shiny, precious object. At once, a gateway to other worlds - and a treacherous weapon in the hands of the unwary, the unwitting, the inept....

Mordecai’s simple life as the son of a blacksmith is transformed by the discovery of his magical birthright. As he journeys to understand the power within him he is drawn into a dangerous plot to destroy the Duke of Lancaster and undermine the Kingdom of Lothion....

Luc O'Donnell is tangentially - and reluctantly - famous. His rock-star parents split when he was young, and the father he's never met spent the next 20 years cruising in and out of rehab. Now that his dad's making a comeback, Luc's back in the public eye....

Tyen is teaching mechanical magic at a school respected throughout the worlds. News arrives that the formidable ruler of all worlds is back and enforcing his old laws....

One man thinks I'm a saint. The other thinks I'm a sinner. One man lives in the public eye. The other lurks in the shadows. One man wants to use me for his own needs. The other wants to use me for his revenge....

The Mountains Sing tells an enveloping, multigenerational tale of the Trần family, set against the backdrop of the Việt Nam War....

Oliver Marks has just served 10 years in jail - for a murder he may or may not have committed....

We’re all playing a dangerous game. One where there are no winners. Only survivors. I’m in love with my enemies, but obviously they don’t feel the same way. When their lies and betrayal surface, I have no choice but to leave....

It's 2016, and Sloane Hart's senior year of college is bound to be the best one yet. Her nights consist of drinking cheap vodka and singing along to The Chainsmokers with her friends, and her days are spent writing as she prepares for the post-grad life in New York City she's always dreamed of.

Great Expectations follows Pip's life from a plucky but poor and put-upon child in the Kent marshes, to a young man with "great expectations" in London and the choices he must make as a result of his winding journey....

It’s a New Jersey summer in 1967, and thirteen-year-old Ravi Ramanathan has the makings of a tennis prodigy. His surgeon father encourages his ambition, while his mother dreams of their only child following his father’s path. Surrounded by his parents’ love, Ravi chafes a bit at their daily routines and little traditions. Then one unexpected day, everything changes. Realizing how much he took for granted, Ravi must grow up overnight and find a new role in the life of his family.

High school sweethearts Henry and Dotty, start their life together on 10 acres in Idaho falls, Montana in late 1930’s. After a young daughter Lila comes into their lives, Henry works for the railroad traveling around the Northwest. From the time Lila is 6 years old till she is in her fifties, she sustains a long-distance relationship with her father as he travels constantly for work on the railroad. Their poignant letters reveal their long distance love of father and daughter, dreams, longings to be together and regrets over a lifetime

Che fine ha fatto Kala? A Kinlough, una cittadina irlandese che si affaccia sul mare, è l’estate del 2003. Un gruppo di amici quindicenni sta vivendo il momento più bello della vita: i primi amori, le prime sbronze, l’amicizia viscerale come può esserlo solo a quell’età. È un’estate vissuta come se dovesse durare in eterno. È l’estate che cambierà per sempre le loro vite. Kala Lanann, carismatica leader del gruppo, trasgressiva e spericolata, al culmine di quella stagione scomparirà senza lasciare traccia. Quindici anni dopo, tre dei vecchi amici si ritrovano nella cittadina.

When Ali McCain, an eighteen-year-old from Los Angeles, is accepted at Oxford, it’s a chance to fulfill his dreams. To study English literature in England; to meet true intellectuals; and to glimpse the life he might have lived had his father—British rock star Gel McCain, legendary front man of the Pale Fires—not abandoned him and his mother when he was a toddler. But not long after he arrives at the storied university, Ali is drawn into a dark, disorienting world where events grow more and more curious by the day.

Twenty years ago, a summer holiday ended in tragedy for the Palmer family. No one has spoken of it since. Until a new TV series plays out the horrifying events of that night. As the family are forced to relive that fateful trip, is it possible that each person is hiding their own secrets, and is someone willing to do whatever it takes to keep their past firmly in the past…

Winner of the Campiello Prize, The Lake’s Water Is Never Sweet is an unflinching portrait of a generation, striving to make a place for themselves in a world markedly different from the one their parents promised them. With psychological acuity and stylish prose, Caminito takes us into the volatile, searching mind of a young woman torn between her desire to connect with others and her drive for self-preservation.

It’s the summer of ’96 and best friends (and secret girlfriends) Hannah and Sam are driving across the country from Long Beach, New York, to the fabled queer paradise of San Francisco, free from the harsh gazes of their neighbors and the stifling demands of Hannah’s devout Orthodox Jewish mother. In San Francisco, they will finally be together as a real couple, out in the open, around other queer people . . . even if the move means leaving behind Hannah’s beloved Bubbe.

Three years ago, millionaire Stone Ward lost his wife in a car accident. Since then, he’s turned to a life of solitude and reclusion. Cathy Eldridge has become Stone’s only company, and although they have never met in person, their long, honest conversations have evolved into an intimate friendship. But after a twist of fate brings Cathy and Stone face-to-face, she realizes her fantasy man is out of reach for her—he is rich, good-looking and mysteriously sexy.

Rosie Waterman has one dream: to become a working actor. But lately, that hasn't been working out. When she loses her apartment and her job on the same day, she does what she always does--puts herself out there, ready to find the next big thing. But a trip home makes her realize that while she's been struggling to make this dream come true, all her friends have become real adults with careers and weddings and babies on the way. Rosie's been at this for years, and she has nothing to show for it. But how does she simply let go of her dream?

In Howard's fascinating novel, "2084," we journey into a future where Artificial Intelligence (AI) has become an integral part of human life. The story follows Dr. Maya Wong, a brilliant AI researcher, and Zane Abdullah, a charismatic politician, as they deal with the complex and often troubled relationship between humanity and its most powerful creation. The book opens with a world teetering on the brink of chaos. Global crises, political turmoil, and environmental disasters set the stage for AI's emergence as a potential savior.

Big-hearted evocative, and achingly relatable, What We Leave Behind grapples with destiny, belonging, and love, and makes us question our own idea of family: the kind we’re born into and the kind we create.

This book will accentuate the need for relevance in service. In The Call up Letter, Toluwalope Olotu explores, albeit elegantly, a bio fiction’s prodding yet scintillating story that expresses a typical life escapades of a young African man as he journeys through life phases. It is a bio-fictitious potpourri of a sort with traces of verisimilitude, undulating in waves of doggedness in determination, faith, and in exploring every given opportunity that comes knocking. It is also a harvest of a deeply creative, adventurous, observant, and innovative mind.

In a small, Texas town where tradition reigns supreme, 14-year-old Grayson has always been told who he is supposed to be. But the world inside his heart doesn't match the world he's been born into. Struggling to embrace his true self while living under the watchful eye of his conservative, opinionated grandfather, Grayson finds himself caught in a tug-of-war between identity and expectation. As secrets unravel and courage takes root, Grayson discovers allies in unexpected places—and challenges his own perception of love, family, and what it means to live authentically.

Meet Lucy, an intoxicatingly glamorous former Broadway star, and Beatrice, a stoic gardener with ancient wisdom in her blood. Together, they sweep 11-year-old Lauren out of her troubled home and introduce her to delicious living on Italy’s isle of Capri. Under their tutelage, Lauren discovers the ingredients required to transform a painful past into a courageously joyful life. This sparkling short story offers a roadmap for emotional healing, and a provocative exploration of the depths of love. Ready to enter a world of epicurean adventure, Italian romance, and la dolce vita?

Mao frequenta la seconda superiore e guarda con incertezza al proprio futuro. Lontana dalla madre Yuko, che lavora a tempo pieno in un hotel come concierge, la ragazza vive con Chie, la nonna artigiana che ripara vasi e ceramiche attraverso l'antica arte del kintsugi. Tra le sue mani, gli oggetti rotti vengono aggiustati saldando i pezzi con cura grazie a una lacca speciale, che viene poi fatta asciugare e ricoperta di polvere d'oro: una tecnica millenaria che celebra le imperfezioni esaltandole, invece di nasconderle.

The year is 2848. Wars aren’t won by nations—they’re brokered by corporations. A.R.M.S. pilots, warriors bound to towering mechs with the firepower of gods, fight for fame, fortune, and survival in the ruthless chaos of Free Space.

In the gritty shadows of Ironwood Correctional Facility, nineteen-year-old Jasper Kane fights to survive a year-long sentence for a crime he didn’t commit, orchestrated by his powerful family to bury their shame. Framed for arson and betrayed by his senator father, Jasper navigates a brutal men’s prison, where every glance hides a threat and every alliance a risk.

Piazzetta Paoli 2, è un viaggio introspettivo, un romanzo che si può tranquillamente inserire fra le opere di formazione. La narrazione è incentrata sul percorso di riscoperta del protagonista che, attraverso le sue esperienze, cresce ritrovandosi e nel farlo offre anche degli spunti di riflessione al lettore, per un percorso di arricchimento interiore.

Arthur Stannard was just 17 years old when he was transported more than 11,000 miles from his home in rural England to the rugged open landscapes of North Island, New Zealand. The son of a naval officer, Arthur was one of hundreds of boys and girls who were taken from their families and shipped to locations around the Dominions. Arthur’s destination was Flock House, a residential home and farm training school, set up and run by New Zealand farmers as a debt of gratitude to The Royal Navy for protecting their merchant ships during the First World War.

Una noche, la oportunidad de su vida se presenta en forma de un encuentro inesperado con Camilo José Cela, el legendario premio Nobel de Literatura. A lo largo de un fin de semana en la finca de Cela, entre paseos por el campo y conversaciones inolvidables, Gonzalo descubrirá el verdadero secreto de la literatura: la escritura no es cuestión de inspiración, sino de verdad y valentía. Con una mezcla de admiración y miedo, Gonzalo se atreve a mostrarle sus escritos. Lo que sigue es un desafío, una prueba de fuego que lo obligará a confrontar su mayor enemigo: su propia inseguridad.

In a city ruled by silence and emotional suppression, Alina Marr is a model citizen—composed, compliant, and invisible. Her every heartbeat is monitored by the AER implant behind her ear, designed to eradicate feeling in favor of order. Love, grief, and joy are crimes. Even a smile can be suspect. But everything changes when she finds a letter—handwritten, forbidden, and deeply personal. Don’t get on the 7: 40 train tomorrow. The message saves her life and ignites a revolution within.

Beneath the Smile: A Story of Love, Lies, and Narcissism follows Ava, a loyal friend who watches helplessly as Maya, her vibrant and artistic chosen sister, falls under the spell of Devin, a charming but deeply manipulative narcissist. Through Ava’s eyes, we witness the subtle erosion of Maya’s spirit, the insidious isolation, and the devastating cost of unchecked emotional abuse. As Ava fights to hold on to Maya, the story becomes a chilling reminder of how easily love and trust can be weaponized.

For 15-year-old Daphne Ann Post, the summer of 1976 at Lake Carlson should be filled with new friendships and carefree late-night parties. But something darker lurks beneath the surface—her chilling premonition that someone is going to drown. Wishing she could escape the shadow of her fractured family and her mother’s too-soon rebound relationship, Daphne reluctantly heads to the family lake house in Northern Indiana. The tension with her mother is thick—especially when Daphne is the only one who knows her mom's boyfriend is hiding a dangerous secret.

An unexpected friendship. A late-night adventure. A revelation that changes everything. College junior Olin Sloane has never been the volunteering type, but when he’s nudged into joining an adopt-a-grandparent program, he figures it could be good for him. Then he meets Alph—a closed off, no-nonsense old man who was cold and uninterested in the program. But over time, their reluctant pairing turns into something real; full of humor, mischief, and life lessons. When Alph asks Olin for a favor, he agrees, unaware that this simple act will change his life forever.

In the charming coastal town of Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, Kimmy is on the cusp of adolescence, dreaming of a summer filled with first love and unforgettable experiences. It's only the beginning of summer break and Kimmy is already bored, but things quickly turn when tragedy unexpectedly hits her best friend's family. Kimmy's world is shaken to its core, forcing her to navigate complex emotions and unexpected challenges that will forever change her perspective on life.