Showing titles in Coming of Age

Guardians, Protectors, Witches. The titles vary species to species, but they all mean the same thing: an individual with a Spark of power and a purpose. Every Spark has an ignition point where their power goes from everyday useful to world-changing strength. Some Witches die in their spark-point. Penelope Williams is angry. A daughter of conservative parents, her Witch power coming to light reveals a hidden family history of a Salem survivor and power buried for generations. Disowned by her family, she lives as a ward of the Witches, studying and working far from Earth.

Josef Matt, the only man to ever try to conquer this last summit of the Alps, met his end in the pursuit. Now his son, Rudi, dares to complete the same task in memory of his father. Setting off with his father's red shirt, Rudi must courageously pass through the same chasm that took his father's life and finish the challenging climb in order to plant the shirt at the peak.

Rosa vive em um lugar “desnuvado”: lá, a chuva não cai, a plantação não vinga e a vida é dura. As coisas começam a melhorar quando ela faz amizade com Guto e os dois adotam um bichinho “descomum”. Em busca de uma vida melhor, a família deixa para trás a fazenda, mas logo todos se veem envolvidos nos conflitos pela terra. Rosa terá então que escolher seu caminho.

A heartfelt coming-of-age debut about a girl starting over while keeping secret that she’s spent the last year in juvenile detention. Perfect for fans of Nicola Yoon and Leah Johnson. Sixteen-year-old Jasmine Cooper is back after twelve months at Guiding Hearts Home for Troubled Girls, and...

The business of love gets messy when two best friends decide to fake a relationship in this uproarious and swoony novel by the New York Times bestselling author of The Summer of Broken Rules. “As always, Walther’s characters leap off the page. Come for the perfectly executed fake dating...

James Patterson Presents a modern retelling of a classic Indian legend, 96 Words for Love is a touching coming-of-age story that reads like Eat, Pray, Love for teens. Ever since her acceptance to UCLA, 17-year-old Raya Liston has been quietly freaking out. She feels simultaneously lost and...

You can lose yourself in repetition--quiet your thoughts; I learned the value of this at a very young age. Basketball has always been an escape for Finley. He lives in broken-down Bellmont, a town ruled by the Irish mob, drugs, violence, and racially charged rivalries. At home, his dad works...

A wistful coming-of-age story with a haunting twist about four friends who spend their summer learning to become invisible—but disappearing comes at a cost. Four girls. Four girls skating home, both sides of the road, fearless. Four girls at the mouth of an infinite ocean, sugared and salted...

On a warm summer's morning, a bicycle chime outside Lily's window plunges her into waking consciousness, followed by the scowl of a girl with twintailed hair. As the days grow steadily longer, she struggles to navigate the mountains which conspire to ruin her peaceful days. And yet her hardships only begin when she makes her way across the finishing line.

Freddie is unremarkable—too unremarkable. He doesn't stand out in any way, and in fact teachers and fellow students keep forgetting who he is. Even his mom thinks he's a disappointment, and spends almost all her time at work, producing a TV show. After a particularly awful night when he embarrasses himself in front of Jasper Perry (the gorgeous teen star of his mum's new show), Freddie decides to follow a proactive new philosophy designed to transform his social and romantic life: saying 'yes' to every opportunity.

Poppy Pullman has her life all planned out. Her social media is carefully curated. Her list of extracurriculars is flawless. All so she can achieve her ultimate goal: Stanford. Her best friends say she’s missing out. But Poppy’s playing a long game. And the morning of her Stanford alumni interview, she’s positive everything is going to work out.

Lucie glaubt an einen Jackpot, als sie auf einen Aushang stößt, auf dem ein völlig überbezahlter Gassigeh-Job angeboten wird. Wie sich herausstellt, ist der Hund allerdings lange tot und der Zettel das Täuschungsmanöver eines wahrscheinlich verrückten Alten, der einen Ghostwriter für sein schräges Kochbuch sucht. Natürlich glaubt Lucie kein Wort, als er von den streng geheimen Zutaten wie Drachenherzen (die große Ähnlichkeit mit Tomaten haben) oder Werwolfspucke (die verdächtig nach Honig aussieht) faselt.

Be prepared to fight, it's the only option. The world keeps turning...careful not to fall out of step. When the Kreo settlement falls under attack, Evie and her friends are spirited away to the last place in the world they'd ever want to be...a vampire prison. With the fate of the kingdoms hanging in the balance, they bind themselves to an unlikely ally, sealing a covenant they might give their lives to keep. The prophecy is waiting. A silent adversary is moving in the dark. Can the friends recover the lost stone?

As an insidious darkness sweeps across the land, Evie and her friends find themselves in a race to fulfill the prophecy. Instead of arriving at their destination, the friends find themselves stranded on the shores of a distant land. A land where the rules don't matter and nothing is as it seems. In the quest to band together, powers are tested and relationships are strained. No matter how hard they try to move forward, it always seems like they're falling several steps behind. Will they find the stone and stop the darkness in time?

This is the story of Eddy Sky, a teenage misanthrope who firmly believes that the rules of society should not apply to him, nor to any truly free individual. Disillusioned by his upper-class family, his small-town Australia surroundings, and the modern world in general, he leaves for the city, determined to make his own way and leave his own mark.

How time flies...When Evie and her friends find themselves trapped in the sorcerer's cave, they think all is lost. But rescue comes from the most unlikely of people. And with it comes the most terrible truth. With the five kingdoms divided and the realm on the verge of collapse, the prophecy is more urgent than ever. But the road is treacherous and the friends are on the other side of the realm. New alliances must be forged and friendships are tested as they set off to fulfill their destiny, only to find that the fates may have something different in store.

Chevy Durham is the big man on campus, the star quarterback of the football team. He's the guy every boy wants to be like and every girl wants to be with. There's just one problem...he's gay. Nobody knows except James, a cute emo boy who Chevy meets on the first day of senior year. As things heat up between them, his secret is threatened to be exposed by a spurned cheerleader who sees the boys on a date at the county fair. She's been pining after him for years and isn't about to go down without a fight.

Draden, a 15-year-old boy trapped in a brutal island orphanage, finds solace in nurturing Maggie, a motherless lamb. When Draden is caught rescuing Maggie from the feast for the start of whaling season, the matron sentences him to 10 lashes. A visiting captain cuts him a deal to escape the lash and the matron forever, on one cruel condition: He helps the captain hunt whales.

ГЕРОЙ НАШЕГО ВРЕМЕНИ [1840] рекомендован для чтения и изучения на уроках литературы в 9-10 классах средней школы. Этот социальный, философский и психологический роман - "грустная дума" о потерянном поколении 30-х годов XIX столетия. "Герой нашего времени", - говорит М. Ю.

It should have been simple - a summer spent with his girlfriend Zara at her family's holiday cottage in Cornwall. Seventeen-year-old Luke Savage jumps at the chance, envisioning endless hours of sunbathing on the private beach and riding the waves on his beloved surfboard. He isn't interested in love. Though his rugged good looks and lazy charm mean he can have his pick of girls, he has no intention of falling for anyone. Nothing prepares Luke for his reaction to Theo, the sensitive Oxford undergraduate who is Zara's cousin and closest friend.