Showing results by publisher "Audible Studios" in Difficult Situations

There are stories where the girl gets her prince, and they live happily ever after. (This is not one of those stories.) Jenna Lord's first 16 years were not exactly a fairy tale. Her father is a controlling psycho and her mother is a drunk. She used to count on her older brother - until he shipped off to Iraq. And then, of course, there was the time she almost died in a fire.

It's the start of Jordan Sun's junior year at the Kensington-Blaine Boarding School for the Performing Arts. Unfortunately, she's an Alto 2, which - in the musical theatre world - is sort of like being a vulture in the wild: She has a spot in the ecosystem, but nobody's falling over themselves to express their appreciation. So it's no surprise when she gets shut out of the fall musical for the third year straight. But then the school gets a mass email.

When Astrid learns that her cancer has returned, she hears about a radical technology called cryopreservation that may allow her to have her body frozen until a future time when - and if - a cure is available. With her boyfriend, Mohit, and her best friend, Chloe, Astrid goes on a road trip in search of that possibility. To see if it’s real. To see if it’s worth it. For fear of missing out on everything.

Teenage socialite Margo Manning leads a dangerous double life. By day, she dodges the paparazzi while soaking up California sunshine. By night, however, she dodges security cameras and armed guards, pulling off high-stakes cat burglaries with a team of flamboyant young men. In and out of disguise, she’s in all the headlines. But then Margo’s personal life takes a sudden, dark turn, and a job to end all jobs lands her crew in deadly peril. Overnight, everything she’s ever counted on is put at risk.

It's Boston, 1919, and the Cast Iron club is packed. Onstage, hemopaths - whose "afflicted" blood gives them the ability to create illusions through art - Corinne and Ada have been best friends ever since infamous gangster Johnny Dervish recruited them into his circle. By night they perform for Johnny's crowds, and by day they con Boston's elite. When a job goes wrong and Ada is imprisoned, she realizes how precarious their position is. After she escapes, two of the Cast Iron's hires are shot, and Johnny disappears.

Gabriella Mallory, AP student and perfect-daughter-in-training, stands barefoot on a public toilet for three hours while her school is on lockdown. Someone has planted a bomb, and she is hiding. The bomb is defused, but the would-be bomber is still at large - and everyone at Central High School is a suspect. The school starts a top-secret crisis help line, and Gabi is invited to join. When she does, she is drawn into a suspenseful game of cat and mouse with the bomber, who has unfinished business.

Angel has just lost her father, and her mother's grief means she might as well be gone, too. She's got a sister and a grandmother to look out for, and a burgeoning consciousness of the unfairness in the world - in her family, her community, and her country. Set against the backdrop of the second Philippine People Power Revolution in 2001, the contemporary struggles of surviving Filipina "Comfort Women" of WWII, and a cold winter’s season in the city of Chicago is the story of a daughter coming of age, coming to forgiveness, and learning to move past the chaos of grief to survive.

Love Bukowski is a new sophomore at Hadley Hall, the posh prep school where her father is now principal. Raised by her single dad (with more than a little help from her funky aunt Mable), almost-sixteen-year-old Love is strong willed, with a wry sense of humor - but will she fit into the world of Hadley Hall? In the made-for-TV version of her life, she’s got cool friends and hot guys galore. But being a "fac brat" makes new friends hard to come by, and the guys - well, that remains to be seen. Now Love's got to step it up if she's going to overcome her less-than-glamorous reality and get that walk-on role in her own fantasies.

When the grandmother who raised him dies, Davy Ross, a lonely 13-year-old boy, must move to Manhattan to live with his estranged mother. Between alcohol-infused lectures about her self-sacrifice and awkward visits with his distant father, Davy's only comfort is his beloved dachshund, Fred. Things start to look up when he and a boy from school become friends. But when their relationship takes an unexpected turn, Davy struggles to understand what happened and what it might mean.

Aura's life is anything but easy. Her boyfriend, Logan, died, and his slides between ghost and shade have left her reeling. Aura knows he needs her now more than ever. She loves Logan, but she cant deny her connection with the totally supportive, totally gorgeous Zachary. And she's not sure that she wants to. Logan and Zachary will fight to be the one by her side, but Aura needs them both to uncover the mystery of her past - the mystery of the Shift. As Aura's search uncovers new truths, she must decide whom to trust with her secrets and her heart.

Quem nunca desejou ser invisível? Quem nunca desejou deixar de ser? Mais de 500 mil exemplares vendidos. Uma história comovente sobre bullying e as perigosas consequências de fecharmos os olhos. Um audiolivro necessário para adolescentes, pais e professores.

In the violent country of Ludania, the language you speak determines what class you are, and there are harsh punishments if you forget your place - looking a member of a higher class in the eye can result in immediate execution. Seventeen-year-old Charlaina (Charlie for short) can understand all languages, a dangerous ability she's been hiding her whole life. Her only place of release is the drug-filled underground club scene, where people go to shake off the oppressive rules of the world they live in.

Voltar para Agioi não fazia parte dos meus planos. A cidade ainda podia parecer a mesma, só que eu não era. Com meu mundo se tornando cada vez mais cinzento, tudo o que eu queria era terminar o colégio sem que ninguém me notasse. Mas aí vieram eles: Vitor, o jogador-estrela do time, com seu sorriso arrasador. E Cristiano, o tipo que parecia carregar nos olhos muito mais do que o peso dos gramados verdes e das arquibancadas barulhentas.

Les hôpitaux n'ont plus aucun secret pour Sissi, atteinte d'une grave maladie du cœur depuis son enfance. Cloîtrée entre ces murs aseptisés, l'ennui la ronge. Elle ne peut compter que sur son golden retriever pour lui remonter le moral et la distraire. Jusqu'à l'arrivée de Jameson... Jameson est amené à l'hôpital après un énième combat de boxe illégale. Il se retrouve à devoir partager la chambre de Sissi. Et cette colocation forcée leur déplait dès leur première rencontre. Ils se détestent instantanément.

Everest es el chico más popular de la escuela. Es guapo, rico y capitán del equipo de fútbol; tiene el mundo a sus pies, pero está desesperadamente infeliz. Y cuando esos sentimientos se vuelven demasiado abrumadores, intenta quitarse la vida. En la superficie, Beverly es diferente a Everest en todas las formas posibles. Es tranquila, tímida, trabajadora y se mantiene alejada de los demás en el campus, enfocándose en sus estudios y su trabajo a tiempo parcial, distrayéndose de su crianza menos que perfecta.

Viola, generazione millennial, è una biologa napoletana e una testarda certificata, che tra le altre cose è anche disabile. I suoi genitori, iperprotettivi e terrorizzati che alla loro "piccolina" possa succedere qualcosa, non si sognano minimamente che possa avere una vita indipendente, figurarsi una relazione. Ma Viola un ragazzo ce l’ha, anche se da poco. L’ha conosciuto online, e lo sta frequentando di nascosto, grazie alla complicità della sua migliore amica, Federica, che le fa da copertura e racconta un sacco di bugie per coprirla.

Raven is a deeply disturbed teenager, who, after witnessing the death of his mother, is placed in foster care. The Russells do their best to earn his trust, but only little Ella manages to get through to him. Meanwhile, at school, bullies are making his life a living hell. An unexpected companion comes in the form of Lotte, a classmate bored by her "ordinary" friends. Together, they track down Raven's mum's killer, with the goal of exposing him to the police. But their carefully crafted plan goes dangerously wrong, and suddenly nothing is as it seems.

Ecco, der junge Panther-Wandler, und Jaguargöttin Kitana sind unglücklich. Während Ecco sein tatenloses Leben im Clan anödet, sehnt sich Kitana nach einer großen Enttäuschung weg aus Elámon. Als das Schicksal sie beide in den Stadtstaat Jalthar verschlägt, bekommen sie eine zweite Chance, sich ihre Gefühle füreinander einzugestehen. Doch die Kaiman-Götter, die die Stadt beherrschen, sind ihnen nicht wohlgesonnen und ihre Versuche, die düsteren Geheimnisse Jalthars zu lüften und den Bewohnern zu helfen, bringen sie in Lebensgefahr. Eine Gefahr, der sie nur zusammen begegnen können.

In his final year at the Royal College of Music, star pianist Flynn Laukonen has the world at his feet. He has moved in with his girlfriend, Jennah, and is already getting concert bookings for what promises to be a glittering career. Yet he knows he is skating on thin ice—only two small pills a day keep him from plunging back into the whirlpool of manic depression that once threatened to destroy him.

Alex, sedici anni, è appena entrato nei Black Boys, un gruppo violento di azione giovanile. Il suo obiettivo è trovare il "nero" che ha causato l'incidente in cui suo padre ha perso la vita e dargli una lezione. I Black Boys sono disposti ad aiutarlo, ma in cambio Alex parteciperà alle azioni punitive che il gruppo organizza. È durante una di queste che Alex perde il controllo della situazione e un uomo finisce in ospedale.