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Merletta is out of time, and so are the triple kingdoms. She can't outswim her mistakes, and if she can't expose the Center's lies, so many will pay the price. Matters of the heart have no place—whether on land with Heath, or in her underwater search for her family. Heath has accepted that there's no simple way for him and Merletta to be together. With the wrath of the dragons hanging over Merletta, and the increasingly desperate need to clear Percival's name, Heath has never felt more torn between worlds.

No one knows if Steel is dead or alive...except me. For months I kept the late night calls from Steel a secret, until he let it slip that he tracked down his villainous sister, Silver. He needs help - even if the powerful angel-shifter is too stubborn to admit it. But the Steel I find isn’t the same boy from Seraph Academy. He’s darker. Haunted. And the distance between us can’t be crossed by a simple flap of my wings. When a battle with the Forsaken goes horribly wrong, I awaken as a prisoner inside a Fallen stronghold.

Young wizards coming of age in a time of war... Will they be ready? Eynon was excited to leave his village and set off on his wander year. He’d turned sixteen today, and hoped for at least a few adventures. At high noon, he arrived a crossroads and saw a shimmer of silver in the mud. It was a thin and dirty oval, about the size of his palm. He washed it with squirts of water from his goatskin, then marveled at what was revealed.

Was, wenn Gefühle zuzulassen bedeutet, alles zu riskieren? Hayley Kiyoko, bahnbrechender Popstar, Schauspielerin und Regisseurin, veröffentlicht ihr erstes Buch - ein Coming-Of-Age Romance Roman basierend auf ihrer Hitsingle GIRLS LIKE GIRLS. Es ist Sommer und nach dem Tod ihrer Mutter fühlt sich die siebzehnjährige Coley allein. Bis sie Sonya trifft, in die sie sich Hals über Kopf verliebt. Immer wenn die beiden allein sind, spürt Coley, dass Sonya ihre Gefühle erwidert. Doch in Gesellschaft anderer vermag Sonya nicht zu Coley zu stehen.

The Parent Trap meets The Vanishing Half in Rioghnach Robinson and Siofra Robinson's Look No Further, a gripping YA novel about estranged siblings who meet for the first time at art camp and confront their differing experiences of race and identity.

When 17-year-old Sawyer leaves for college, he does the unthinkable: smuggles in his tiny, tan Chihuahua, Robbie. The rules are clear—no pets. But Robbie has a fatal heart condition, and time is running out. Desperate to help the one creature who’s always been there for him, Sawyer sets out on a journey of love, loss, and impossible choices.

Da ist das namenlose Geschwisterpaar, das im Chor spricht. Da ist ein Zuhause mit Ma und Pa, die mit ihren vier Armen wie eine Gottheit erscheinen. Da ist die Geschwindigkeit der Velos, mit denen die Kinder hinaus zu ihren Spielen fahren: zur Telefonzelle, zur Müllhalde, ins Schilf. Und da kommt ein neues Kind in die Klasse und bahnt den Geschwistern einen Weg aus ihrem eigenen, inneren Gebirge.

Domenico ha dodici anni ed è sempre vissuto nel villaggio dove è nato, ai piedi delle Dolomiti. Gli piace guardare le cime mentre va a scuola, dove ascolta, rapito, i racconti su Tom Sawyer, o attraversare i boschi mentre va al torrente a pescare, sognando avventure straordinarie. Ma da un po' di tempo tutti lo mettono in guardia, perché il rischio di imbattersi nell'orso di cui tanto si parla in giro è grande. Un orso ormai diventato una leggenda nella valle: terribile, gigantesco, feroce come da quelle parti non se ne vedevano più.

“Forgiveness, friendship, and vulnerability all shine as brightly as holiday lights in this snow-sprinkled romance.” —Booklist (starred review) ‘Tis the season for holiday hijinks in this “swoon-worthy” (Kirkus Reviews) sapphic rom-com about a rising star and a small town girl going...

Julissa thinks it's all over, but little does she know that everything is just beginning. As she tries to live a new life of peace, her homeroom teacher, Helga Crosstown, seems to be someone that she has to keep an eye on. Helga uses every chance she can to torment Holly Oakley constantly. But once Julissa takes a deeper look at who Helga is, she begins to wish she never got herself involved. Because Helga isn't just a homeroom teacher—she has a dark life behind closed doors. What are Julissa Elrod and her friends going to do when they discover the sinister reality behind their teacher?

Maluin and his Ferron forces have invaded Stonehelm, the Geomancer capital, in search of a power beyond that of the energy wells. Avon continues his path of destruction as he rampages east, his sights set on his next victim. But under the shroud of shadow, an even greater evil stirs.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The thrilling romance of young Alexander Hamilton and Eliza Schuyler continues in the sizzling sequel to Alex & Eliza: A Love Story. 1781. Albany, New York. As the war for American independence rages on, Alexander Hamilton and Elizabeth Schuyler begin their new life...

Lexie und River – die Geschichte der beiden beginnt irgendwo im Nirgendwo von Tennessee. In einem heißen Sommer geht Lexies Schulzeit allmählich zu Ende. Als wäre das nicht aufregend genug, tritt auch noch River in ihr Leben – und verändert damit alles. Von nun an ist er immer an ihrer Seite: bester Freund, Musiker und Retter in wirklich jeder Not. Nächster Halt ist ein Studium in Kalifornien: Aus Träumen werden Pläne und gemeinsam machen sich Lexie und River auf den Weg in die große, weite Welt. Doch wie sieht eine Zukunft aus, wenn man alles füreinander, aber nur als Freunde verbunden ist?

Eigentlich wollte sich Luca nur entschuldigen. Beim Skaten hatte er einen Rollstuhlfahrer gerammt: Theodor Langhans, den Direktor des Stadtmuseums, der an der Glasknochenkrankheit leidet. Doch bei dem einen Besuch bleibt es nicht. Theodor öffnet für Luca eine Zauberwelt. Zu jedem Treffen hält er eine Story parat, die in ferne Zeiten führt und schillernde Persönlichkeiten wie auf einem Schnürchen aneinanderreiht. Behutsam greift Theo Lucas Sorgen auf, spiegelt sie an vergangenem Geschehen. Bis Luca das Heft selbst in die Hand nimmt.

Emma Randolf, an incredibly romantic 16 year old, consistently daydreams to escape her not so romantic farm life in Sappington, Missouri. When she discovers that just on the other side of the veil is the very world she dreams of, full of knights and ladies and courtly manners, she is unprepared for the reality that this new world comes with a fierce battle between two competing kings. Emma must now examine each kingdom to decide which she wants to fight for.

Sidney has one goal for their junior year. Well . . . two, if they’re being honest. Number one: become president of their school’s Queer Alliance club. And number two: keep their self-diagnosed anxiety in check so their grades don’t tank like they did last year. But when the election results in a tie with none other than Sidney’s arch nemesis, the class clown Forrest, the two are forced to share the presidency until a revote at the end of term. Sidney expects Forrest to be insufferable, but it turns out that working together is . . . kind of nice?

Getting kidnapped by the System and dumped into a fantasy world wasn't on Elias Critchley's to-do list. Still, he's managed to stay alive, level up, and keep most of his insides on the inside. Now the System's sent him and his party to a crumbling estate with a haunted past, a grieving lord, and a boy only Elias can see—one who isn't quite alive, but may not be dead either. The task? Fix it all. Quietly. Preferably without being eaten by anything with too many teeth.

Lea fühlt sich in ihrem eigenen Körper unwohl. Jeder Blick in den Spiegel wird zur Herausforderung. Umso unglaublicher ist es für sie, als sich ausgerechnet Ben, der Sänger ihrer Lieblingsband, für sie interessiert. Zwischen Lea und Ben entsteht eine tiefe Freundschaft. Lea merkt, dass auch Ben eine Maske trägt – und dass sie füreinander der sichere Ort sein können, an dem man ehrlich sein darf. Dieses Hörbuch von Jana Crämer erzählt ehrlich und einfühlsam von Bodyshaming, Mobbing, Selbsthass, Freundschaft und Hoffnung.

After his mother's death, 12-year-old Samuel Chambers would do anything to turn back time. Prompted by three strange carnival fortune-tellers and the surfacing of his mysterious and reclusive neighbor, Samuel begins his search for the Tree of Life - the only thing that could possibly bring his mother back. His quest to defeat death entangles him and his best friend Abra in an ancient conflict and forces Samuel to grapple with an unwelcome question....

From New York Times bestselling author Laura Taylor Namey comes a “lyrical and tender, authentic” (Kirkus Reviews) novel about friendship and the bittersweetness of growing up and growing apart. When they were fifteen, Willa, Luz, and Britton’s friendship was everything. When they were...