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A darkly funny and thoroughly queer mystery thriller with a touch of camp, for fans of Kara Thomas and Kit Frick by way of Only Murders in the Building. When Gianna “Gigi” Ricci lands in detention again, she doesn’t expect the glorified study hall to be her alibi. But when she and her...

Nathaniel Conti doesn’t feel real when he’s alone. Maybe that’s why he has a reputation as a troublemaker—he’ll do just about anything to have everyone’s eyes on him. But things are about to change. Nathaniel is in his first year of college, flung into new circumstances with new...

Can an Adventurer and a Prince Be Friends? And can a Prince be an Adventurer? Those questions consume Daniel and his team as their newest member tries to fit in. It's not an easy job - not among a bunch of experienced Adventurers, and not when the Prince is impetuous and impatient to prove himself. More than that, as they train, political forces long held in abeyance move in the shadows, and Daniel and his team will be caught up in the play. In the end, Daniel will have to ask himself: How much will he sacrifice for a friend and fellow Adventurer?

Mina’s life is going according to plan; she’s acing AP Calc and is perfectly content with her nonexistent social life. Though only a high school junior, Mina knows time is an investment, and she’s putting all her capital into academics. Oliver, a child abuse survivor who grew up in the foster care system, is ready to burn down his old life and start from scratch - complete with a new name and emancipation papers - in LA. When the two are thrown together through circumstance and develop an unexpected connection, they discover how hard it is to keep the past in the past.

At first glance, Angel is a six-foot-six, powerful, menacing biker traveling the highways of the Southwest. Maggie Munoz, along with other characters in the story, see more than his intimidating demeanor; they see answers to their prayers. When 17-year-old Camden James runs from an abusive father in New Jersey, he falls right into the clutches of another vile beast. But as chance would have it, after a few of life’s tough lessons and a couple of brushes with death, Camden discovers his true identity.

Even though the cancer should be far behind him, Jeffrey still worries that it will return. He’s got normal teen stuff to deal with, too - friends, parents, girls, school. Normally, he’d ask his older brother, Steven, for advice. But Steven, always the trusty, responsible one, is finally rebelling and has taken off to Africa to join a drumming circle and “find himself”. Jeffrey feels abandoned. Meanwhile, his best friend, Tad, is hatching some kind of secretive, crazy plan involving eighth-grade graduation.....

Top Ten Best Books for Young Adults, 2005 –Young Adult Library Services Association A young adult novel Latino-style–the year is 1969. America is at war, “Hollywood” is a dirt-poor Chicano barrio in small town America, and Sammy and Juliana, about to head into their senior year, are in...

"Jack Frusciante è uscito dal gruppo" è stato scritto da Enrico Brizzi quando aveva solo diciannove anni. Il romanzo racconta il mondo sommerso e inquieto dei giovani nati nella seconda metà degli anni Settanta ed è una specie di "affresco italiano" sul passaggio dall'adolescenza all'età adulta. Il protagonista è un diciassettenne che ama i Pistols e i Red Hot Chili Peppers e, soprattutto, una ragazza che vive a Bologna come lui e frequenta il suo stesso liceo.

With his girlfriend, Robin, away in Canada, 18-year-old Lucas Baker's only plans for the summer are to mellow out with his friends, smoke weed, drop a tab or two, and head out in his microbus for a three-day happening called the Woodstock Music and Art Fair. But life veers dramatically off track when he suddenly finds himself in danger of being drafted and sent to fight in Vietnam. 

This exceptional and powerful anthology explores the joys, heartbreaks and triumphs of immigration, with stories by critically acclaimed and best-selling YA authors who are shaped by the journeys they and their families have taken from home - and to find home. 

The ratings are real. One number, 0 to 100, determines your place in society. Earn a high rating, and the world is yours for the taking. But fall to zero, and you may as well cease to exist. Societies thrive on order, and the Rating System is the ultimate symbol of organized social mobility. The higher it soars, the more valued you are. The lower it plummets, the harder you must work to improve yourself.

“Funny, perceptive, and moving,” raved USA Today of the first novel in the #1 New York Times bestselling Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants series by Ann Brashares, author of The Here and Now. Some friends just fit together. Once there was a pair of pants. Just an ordinary pair of jeans. But...

In That Boy Thatha, sixteen-year-old Thatha’s world is shattered when he’s separated from his family. Stripped of security, love, and guidance, he must navigate a harsh world alone. Battling guilt, loneliness, and the brutal realities of growing up too soon, Thatha’s journey becomes one of survival and self-discovery. As he struggles for a better future, the weight of his past and the looming forces of karma threaten to destroy everything he’s fought for.

Originally published in hardcover in 1972, A Day No Pigs Would Die was one of the first young adult books, along with titles like The Outsiders and The Chocolate War. In it, author Robert Newton Peck weaves a story of a Vermont boyhood that is part fiction, part memoir. The result is a moving...

New York Times bestselling author Maureen Johnson’s funny, heartbreaking, and utterly romantic tale gets a great new cover! Ginny Blackstone never thought she’d spend her summer vacation backpacking across Europe. But that was before she received the first little blue envelope from Aunt Peg...

The third and final book in the bestselling Eve of Man...

Als das Haus der achtzehnjährigen River Santos niederbrannte, verlor sie alles: ihr Zuhause, ihre Musik, ihren Dad. Doch kurz darauf nimmt das Schicksal eine bizarre Wendung: Durch eine anonyme Spende wird River über Nacht zur Millionärin. Aber als River ein schlimmes Familiengeheimnis entdeckt, muss sie plötzlich alle Menschen in ihrem Leben in Frage stellen: ihren perfekten Vater, ihre spurlos verschwundene Mutter, die Absichten des Geldspenders - und Logan, der sich immer mehr in Lügen verstrickt.

A queer coming-of-age about three teenage boys in small town Alabama who set out to get revenge on their ex-boyfriends and end up starting a student rebellion. Perfect for fans of Becky Albertalli and Jason June! Ezra Hayes has always felt like a background character compared to BFFs Lucas and...

Get ready to meet a truly one-of-a-kind heroine: Connie Moore. A beautifully written coming-of-age YA romance, perfect for fans of John Green, Alice Oseman, Stephen Chbosky and Jennifer Niven. Connie Moore has never failed at anything. That is until the Royal Academy of Music decide her piano...

My magic, my rules. I’m the Aether Witch. And I’m done playing this game. We’re running blind toward a target we can’t see. Everything I love is on the line. My magic. My family. My Coven. Tennessee. I’ll lose it all at the strike of midnight on Samhain if I don’t put the pieces of this puzzle together. Salem’s Prophecy says the fate of the world lies on mine and my twin’s hands. If we fail, terror and chaos will rain down on our realm so severe no one will be able to fight it.