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Faith Valentine has it all – fame, money and extraordinary beauty. But what she wants more than anything is a quiet life away from the cameras. Except nobody ever asks Faith what she wants and her family’s expectations are crushing her. The world thinks she’s perfect, but is there is more to perfection than meets the eye?

From the critically acclaimed author of The Gospel of Winter and the coauthor of All American Boys comes a cool, contemplative spin on hot summer nights and the classic teen love story as two teens embark on a cross-country journey of the heart and soul.

1962, Anchor Bend, Oregon. The sea calls to Eleanor. Like the turn of the waves it beckons her from the heart of the town she’s always known, from her husband Hob and their young daughter, Agnes, to the unfathomable depths of the ocean. 1985. Agnes’s daughter Eleanor is six years old. She shares her name with the grandmother she never knew and everything else with her identical twin, Esmerelda. But to Agnes, only Eleanor is a constant reminder of the past.

The young and beautiful daughter of a wealthy family, Ginevra longs to share her poetry and participate in the artistic ferment of Renaissance Florence but is trapped in an arranged marriage in a society dictated by men. The arrival of the charismatic Venetian ambassador, Bernardo Bembo, introduces Ginevra to a dazzling circle of patrons, artists, and philosophers.

Changers Book One: Drew opens on the eve of Ethan Miller's freshman year of high school in a brand-new town. He's finally sporting a haircut he doesn't hate, has grown two inches since middle school, and can't wait to try out for the soccer team. At last, everything is looking up in life. Until the next morning. When Ethan awakens as a girl. Ethan is a Changer, a little-known, ancient race of humans who live out each of their four years of high school as a different person.

Four accomplished teenagers are on the verge of explosion. The anxieties they face at every turn have nearly pushed them to the point of surrender: senseless high-stakes testing, the lingering damage of trauma, the buried grief and guilt of tragic loss. They are desperate to cope—but no one is listening. So they will lie. They will split in two. They will turn inside out. They will build an invisible helicopter to fly themselves far away from the pressure…but nothing releases the pressure. Because, as they discover, the only way to truly escape their world is to fly right into it.

Nossa vida na era da tecnologia é cheia de memes, posts, memórias e notícias (infelizmente, até as que são fake news). A linha do tempo na rede social de um escritor tem um pouco de tudo: textinho, textão, brincadeiras, desabafos, desafios... Um verdadeiro baú de tesouros escritos e comentados! Leo Cunha mergulhou no próprio baú cibernético para reunir alguns de seus posts favoritos, crônicas da contemporaneidade tecnológica, para compor este livro divertido e reflexivo que fala sobre tudo aquilo que a gente nem imagina que nos interessa.

Through the skillful storytelling of Isabella Hawthorne, Tails of Willowbrook invites you to a world where the mystical and the mundane entwine, proving that the true magic lies within the bonds we share with those we hold dear. You'll be captivated by the charm and whimsy of Willowbrook and the unforgettable tales of these extraordinary magical cats.

Pandemia, isolamento, aulas pela internet, distanciamento social... Ninguém merece ficar trancado dentro de casa por tanto tempo. Mesmo respeitando rigorosamente o isolamento, Natália quer e precisa viver uma aventura. Mas ela tem uma vantagem: um avô muito legal que a convidou para uma viagem literária (sem sair de casa, claro). Os caminhos percorridos por eles seguem por vários livros, de autoras e autores brasileiros, que representam nossa literatura de uma maneira ímpar.

Wenn deine ganze Welt im Chaos versinkt, wer wird bis zuletzt an deiner Seite stehen? Ein fesselnder Jugendroman über die inneren und äußeren Kämpfe einer Schulklasse – authentisch, mitreißend und hochemotional! Eben hat der 15-Jährige Nelson noch gedacht, auf der Klassenfahrt könnte er endlich mit Marie zusammenkommen. Doch im nächsten Moment sieht er sie eng umschlungen mit Hamza. Hamza, seinem Blutsbruder und besten Kumpel! Aber als er ihn zur Rede stellt, offenbart ihm Hamza ein Geheimnis, das seine Welt aus den Fugen geraten lässt und ihre Freundschaft zu zerbrechen droht.

Wenn der Sturm naht, bleibt dir nicht mehr viel Zeit: Doch kannst du deinem Schicksal wirklich entkommen? Mitten im Südpazifik liegt die Inselgruppe Tuvalu. Dort lebt die 15-jährige Tahnee mit ihrer Familie. Sie ernähren sich von den Fischen aus der Lagune und von den Kokosnüssen, die vor dem Haus wachsen. Doch nun ist ihr Leben auf der Insel bedroht. Jedes Jahr von November bis April fegen Taifune über das Meer, die meterhohe Wellen verursachen. Sie zerstören die Häuser und lassen die Erde salzig und unbrauchbar werden. Eines Tages beschließt der Vater, mit der Familie auszuwandern. Tahnee hingegen möchte lieber bleiben.

Dani comes from the richest, most famous Black family in Texas and seems to have everything a girl could want. So why does she keep using and engaging in other self-destructive behavior? Camila's Colombian-American family doesn't have much, but she knows exactly what she wants out of life and works her ass off to get it. So why does she keep failing, and why does she self-harm every time she does? Dani and Camila find themselves rooming together at Peach Tree Hills, a treatment facility in beautiful rural Georgia. They think they'll never get along—and never get better.

Nikolai Lantsov, sovrano di Ravka, corsaro, soldato, secondogenito di un re disonorato, ha sempre avuto un'innata propensione alle situazioni difficili, ma questa volta sembra dover fare i conti con qualcosa di impossibile, qualcosa che nessuno, tra la popolazione di Ravka, potrebbe mai immaginare. Come se non bastasse, per arrestare l'avanzata dei nemici che si assiepano lungo i confini del regno, il giovane re deve trovare un modo per riempire le casse dello Stato, stipulare nuove alleanze e fermare il nuovo pericolo che minaccia quello che un tempo è stato il glorioso esercito Grisha.

Une histoire d'amour, d'une profondeur et d'une justesse bouleversantes ! Ari, quinze ans, est un adolescent en colère, silencieux, dont le frère est en prison. Dante est un garçon expansif, drôle, sûr de lui. Ils n'ont a priori rien en commun. Ils nouent pourtant une profonde amitié, une de ces relations qui changent la vie à jamais... C'est donc l'un avec l'autre, et l'un pour l'autre, que les deux garçons vont partir en quête de leur identité et découvrir les secrets de l'Univers.

Eleven-year-old Be hasn't spoken a word since her mother left. She hangs on to the hope that one day they will be reunited, but after two years of waiting, it's becoming more difficult. Her father can do little to protect her from her stepmother, Big Mother. Thankfully, Be has a secret friend, her little kitten Meo, to comfort her in the worst of times. Unfortunately, Big Mother has other plans. 

Gamuza es un muchacho que vive en el barrio de Las Flores, dentro de la ciudad argentina de Rosario (la misma donde nacieron glorias futbolísticas de la talla de Lionel Messi, Marcelo Bielsa y el "Trinche" Carlovich). Como tantos otros de su edad, él mismo sueña con ser futbolista. Pero un acontecimiento tuerce su vida y lo precipita en otra senda, haciendo que esta narración se vuelva un policial.