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Sixteen-year-old Jenna Kemp is a typical high school girl, complete with a loyal group of friends and a seemingly understanding boyfriend. But when the demons from Jenna's childhood resurface, she's suddenly spinning out of control - drinking, partying, and doing anything to numb the pain of the past. After distancing herself from her friends and befriending an outcast, her friends and family start questioning and judging her choices.

Некрасивый, нескладный, похожий на маленькую обезьянку подросток с непомерно длинными руками. Родной отец называет его уродом и за каждый промах награждает сына увесистым подзатыльником. Но вот этот болезненный, забитый ребенок берет в руки скрипку и происходит чудо. Мир вокруг преображается.

Refusing his parents' advice to seek God's forgiveness, teenager Keagan Philips is faced with the conflict of good versus evil. Fighting his way through the constant torture and taunting of high school bullies and grieving the loss of his best friend, he becomes vengeful - leading the bullies into their own pathways to destruction and showing them no mercy. In this installment, Keagan carries out his vengeful plan to end their bullying.

Gavin Hawthorne has recently emigrated from Ireland to United States and is faced with an uphill battle to fight against blatant indifference. He undergoes rampant bullying at the hands of school’s athletic team and finds temporary solace in Linda, another student who has just arrived from Poland. However, this dependency doesn’t last for long as Gavin is plunged into the world of depression, stuck in a vicious cycle of self-hatred.

Night is Kia’s favorite time, when she freeruns to outdistance the memories of abuse she suffered as a young child. But when former reality television star Terrence Jones arrives at their school as the new head track coach, things begin to change in unpredictable ways. Kia tries out for the team to fit in, but just as she’s gaining a new sense of normal, her abuser steps back into her life. Not only that, but being on the track team causes even more turmoil.

Zer gertatu zitzaion Barbara Molinari? Bere gorpua ez zen sekula aurkitu, eta errudunen bat atxilotzeko frogarik ere ez zen lortu. Telefono mugikor batera egindako dei batek hankaz gora jarriko ditu pertsona askoren bizitzak: jubilatzeko puntuan dagoen polizia baten bizitza, desagertutako alaba aurkitzeko esperantza galdu duen amaren bizitza, eta lagunik onena traizionatu zuen neskaren bizitza.

Sophie Jennison's secret is exposed, and the bullies give her hell for it. As far as she's concerned, there's only one way to escape...despite how much it'll hurt those who love her. But she can only hide her pain and from her problems for so long. When she finally decides to face them head on, she’s unsure if she can cope with how different she is, but soon, she realizes that she’s stronger than she ever thought she was.

Was, wenn du dich an alles erinnern kannst - außer an deine Gefühle? Diese Frage stellt sich Norah nach einem schweren Autounfall. Zwar erinnert sie sich an die meisten Momente ihres Lebens, aber eben nicht an das, was sie dabei empfunden hat. Liest sie gern? Liebt sie ihren Freund? Findet sie ihre kleine Schwester tatsächlich so nervig? Nur ihren Sandkastenfreund Sam verbindet sie noch mit einem Gefühl. Doch sie hatten seit Jahren keinen Kontakt, weil Norah beliebt wurde und Sam nicht.

For Mary Sofia, the Penultimate writing competition is more than a chance at a free college education; she wants to show her younger siblings that they can all rise above their violent family history. For Raiden, the pressure to succeed comes from within, although he knows that family traditions play a part in his determination. For Camara, writing fiction is almost compulsive, but her own dark secret may be the best story she can ever tell. For Michael, swimming and writing fit his introverted personality perfectly.

Sixteen-year-old Bella Kynaston has been the victim of a brutal rape by someone she can only describe as "the scar-faced man." With little recollection of what happened, she must somehow rebuild her life. Being the person she once was proves more difficult than she imagined. To complicate matters, Bella has just met Jeremiah Detrone, the new guy in school. He’s attractive, funny, and smart. All things she’s ever wanted in a boyfriend. Too bad she’s conflicted over so many unexpected emotions. Without realizing it, she falls down a rabbit hole and begins walking a dangerous line.

Fifteen-year-old Shreve Cannon doesn't mind juvie. He's got a good business dealing contraband candy, and three meals a day are more than his drunk mother managed to provide. In juvie, the rules never change and everyone is the same. In juvie, Shreve has life figured out. Then the new fish shows up. Jack's a quiet kid. Small. Cries himself to sleep too. He's no standard-issue titty-baby, though. There's his hands - more specifically his fingers, all 12 of 'em. And when he gets angry, something weird happens.

Lily turns 16 with two very different sides to her life: school, where she is badly bullied and home with her mum and dad, warm and comforting, but with its own difficulties. After a particularly terrible bullying incident, Lily's dad decides to give his daughter the tools to fight back. Introducing her to boxing, he encourages Lily to find her own worth. It is both difficult and challenging, but in confronting her own fears, she finds a way through, that illuminates her life and friendships.

For 16 years, Nate was the perfect son - the product of a no-nonsense upbringing and deep spiritual faith. Then he met Cam, who pushed him to break rules, dream, and accept himself. Conflicted, Nate began to push back. With each push, the boys became more entangled in each others' worlds...but they also spiraled closer to their breaking points. And now all of it has fallen apart after a fistfight-turned-near-fatal-incident - one that's left Nate with a stab wound and Cam in jail.

No puedes detener el futuro. No puedes rebobinar el pasado. La única manera de conocer el secreto es presionando “play.” Clay Jensen desearía no tener nada que ver con los casetes que grabó Hannah Baker. Porque Hannah está muerta y se debería haber llevado sus secretos con ella. Pero si Clay recibió los casetes es porque, de alguna manera, él fue responsable de la muerte de la joven. Y lo que ella grabó en esas cintas puede cambiar la vida de Clay y de todos sus compañeros para siempre....

Set in seaside Nailer’s Cove, Wildball is the story of Shane Monoghan – one of the best collegiate shortstops in the Nation. While playing summer ball in the prestigious Cove League, Shane fights for his position both on the field and off. Balancing a complicated host family and his brother’s redeployment to Iraq, Shane learns that his high school coach Mike Calloway, the man responsible for developing him as a player and bullying him relentlessly, just passed away. Unable to process his anger at Calloway, Shane finds comfort and distraction in mentoring a local kid, Noah Kinton, while stepping into the role of Team Captain for the Brigs.

An unforgettable story from the queen of emotional suspense, for fans of Jodi Picoult, Megan Abbott and Courtney Summers. It starts with a wedding. And a car crash. On the same night Evan's mother marries local radio DJ 'Breakfast Tim', Evan's brand-new stepbrother, Lewis, is found unconscious and terribly injured, the only survivor of a horrific car crash. A media storm erupts, with the finger of blame pointed firmly at loner stoner Lewis. Everyone else seems to think the crash was drugs-related, but Evan isn't buying it.

A powerful YA debut, told with astonishing insight and wit, about the depths and boundaries of true friendship and obsessive teenage love—perfect for fans of Sarah Dessen, E. Lockhart, and Sara Zarr. When Betts meets Aiden at the candy store where she works, their connection is like a sugar...

Sixteen-year-old Virginia Shreves' life is finally back on course: She's accepted who she is inside and out and is rebuilding her relationship with brother Byron, whose date-rape charge shattered everything. But just as she adjusts to her new normal, her world turns upside down again. Sparks with boyfriend Froggy fade, her best friend bombshells bad news, and then the police arrest Byron.  

Having just survived a plane crash, Samantha Mishra finds herself isolated and injured in the thick of the jungle. She has no idea where she is or where anybody else is - she doesn't even know if anybody else is alive. Once Sam connects with her best friend, Mel, and they locate the others, they set up camp and hope for rescue. But as the days pass, the survivors, all teammates on the Drake Rosemont fencing team, realize that they're on their own - with the exception of a mysterious presence who taunts and threatens them.

Told from dual points of view, this novel takes readers into the world of private middle-schoolers as they struggle to reveal what their teacher did . . . "Riveting and timely, this shocking slice-of-life drama is sure to keep pages turning."—Publishers Weekly Three junior high school...