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Changers Book One: Drew opens on the eve of Ethan Miller's freshman year of high school in a brand-new town. He's finally sporting a haircut he doesn't hate, has grown two inches since middle school, and can't wait to try out for the soccer team. At last, everything is looking up in life. Until the next morning. When Ethan awakens as a girl. Ethan is a Changer, a little-known, ancient race of humans who live out each of their four years of high school as a different person.

In this 2009 National Book Award finalist, Rita Williams-Garcia proves that she has an “uncanny ability to project unique voices” ( Publishers Weekly). Jumped is told in alternating points of view between three girls as they struggle to make tough choices when they become involved in a fight at their urban high school.

With her martyr-doctor mother gone to save lives in some South American country, Poe Holly suddenly finds herself on the suburban doorstep of the father she never knew, who also happens to be a counselor at her new high school. She misses Los Angeles. She misses the guys in her punk band...

Dell is used to disappointment. Ever since her dad left, it’s been one letdown after another. But no one - not even her best friend - understands all the pain she's going through. So Dell hides behind self-deprecating jokes and forced smiles. Then the one person she trusts betrays her. Dell is beyond devastated. Without anyone to turn to for comfort, her depression and self-loathing spin out of control. But just how far will she go to make all of heartbreak and the name-calling stop?

It’s 1949 and 18-year-old pitching phenom Mickey Tussler is back with the rejuvenated minor league Brewers in the sequel to The Legend of Mickey Tussler (the basis for the television movie A Mile in His Shoes). Despite Mickey’s proclamation that he will never play baseball again after last season’s violent conclusion, his manager - and now surrogate father - Arthur Murphy cajoles the emotionally fragile, socially awkward boy with autism into giving it another shot.

With his shaved head and begging bowl the new kid is an automatic target for the bully boys of Edward Rucher High, an easy mark for their casual cruelty.

People in Merit, Wisconsin, always said Jimmy was...you know. But people said all sorts of stupid stuff. Nobody really knew anything. Nobody really knew Jimmy. I guess you could say I knew Jimmy as well as anyone (which was not very well). I knew what scared him. And I knew he had dreams even if I didn't understand them. Even if he nearly ruined my life to pursue them. Jimmy's dead now, and I definitely know that better than anyone. I know about blood and bone and how bodies decompose. I know about shadows and stones and hatchets. I know what a last cry for help sounds like.

"Yaqui Delgado wants to kick your ass." That’s what some girl tells Piddy Sanchez one morning before school. Too bad Piddy doesn’t even know who Yaqui Delgado is, let alone what she’s done to piss her off. All Piddy knows is that Yaqui hates her - and she better watch her back because Yaqui isn’t kidding. At first Piddy just focuses on trying to find out more about the father she’s never met and how to balance honors courses with her job at the neighborhood hair salon. But as the harassment escalates, avoiding Yaqui starts to take over Piddy’s life.

When her best guy friend falls victim to a vicious hate crime, 16-year-old Cat sets out to discover who in her small town did it. Richly atmospheric, this daring mystery mines the secrets of a tightly knit Southern community and examines the strength of will it takes to go against everyone you know in the name of justice.

After parting ways with her troubled mermaid tribe, Luce just wants to live peacefully on her own. But her tranquility doesn’t last long: She receives news that the tribe is on the verge of collapse and desperately needs her leadership. The tribe’s cruel queen wants Luce dead. Dorian, the boy Luce broke mermaid law to save, is determined to make her pay for her part in the murder of his family. And while the mermaids cling to the idea that humans never suspect their existence, there are suddenly ominous signs to the contrary.

All Dylan wants is mojo. What is mojo? It's power. The ability to command respect. It's everything Dylan doesn't have. He gets no respect at school, and when he finds the dead body of a classmate, even the police push him around. All the thanks he gets for trying to help the investigation with...

In the late 1940s, the minor league Milwaukee Brewers are foundering yet again and manager Arthur Murphy is desperate. When he sees 17-year-old Mickey Tussler throwing apples into a barrel, he knows he has found the next pitching phenom. But not everyone is so hopeful. Mickey’s autism - a disorder still not truly understood even today - has alienated the boy from the world, and he is berated by other players and fans. Mickey faces immense trials in the harsh and competitive world of baseball while coping with the challenges inherent to his disorder.

Questa è la storia di Clarissa, una ragazza speciale, che nella sua breve vita ha dovuto affrontare situazioni più grandi di lei. Fra cui il bullismo. Una storia attuale, dove la sua vita s'intreccia con quella di altri ragazzi e ragazze coetanei e non, con momenti di vita famigliare, sociale e scolastica. Una storia avvincente fra scandali e tanto altro...

La Didi i la Monsti són dues adolescents que se les empesquen totes per entomar amb humor la vida quotidiana, la difícil relació amb els companys de classe, les dèries dels professors i els conflictes familiars. La Didi descobreix el poder alliberador d’escriure i transforma tot el que els passa en les aventures esbojarrades de dos personatges delirants: l’arqueòleg karateka i el seu amic Quimsta.

Planen är rätt enkel, egentligen. Klättra upp i det öppna fönstret i skolan, avfyra geväret, sedan är det över. När hans livlösa kropp faller genom fönstret borde mobbarna förstå vad de gjort, och Hugo behöver inte längre leva med sig själv. Men Hugo blir upptäckt innan han hinner sätta sin plan i verket. Han placeras på ett behandlingshem, där han träffar Julie, Nico och April. Tillsammans med sina nya vänner hittar han sig själv, och viljan att fortsätta leva.

Der zweite Band der spannenden Buchreihe zur Netflix-Serie! Am Anfang waren Kitty, Margot, Bree und Olivia von der DGM bloß wütend und setzten sich mit ihren Rachefeldzügen gegen Bullys zur Wehr - aber jetzt bekommen sie Angst. Nicht nur, dass es Tote an der Schule gab; Margot liegt im Koma, nachdem ein Unbekannter sie angegriffen hat und Bree musste ins Jugendgefängnis, weil sie die Verantwortung für die DGM-Aktionen übernommen hat. Also sind nur noch Olivia und Kitty übrig, um ihren tödlichen Verfolger unschädlich zu machen.

Für alle Fans von Riverdale und Pretty Little Liars: Kitty, Margot, Bree und Olivia gehen auf dieselbe Katholische Schule, haben aber ansonsten nicht viele Gemeinsamkeiten. Niemand käme auf die Idee, dass ausgerechnet diese Vier hinter der Geheimgruppe "DGM" stecken, die an mobbenden Mitschülern Rache übt. Gnadenlos stellen sie die Bullys vor der gesamten Schule bloß - genau wie diese es mit ihren Opfern getan haben.

Kay hat eine große Wut im Bauch. Seitdem sein Vater seine Arbeit verloren hat, lässt dieser den Kummer an seiner Familie aus. Dies lässt Kay auch Dinge machen, die er eigentlich gar nicht will. Mit Sven aus der Parallelklasse tyrannisiert er Erstklässler. Schließlich droht er, von der Schule zu fliegen. Doch er bekommt eine letzte Chance. Er soll sich um die neue Mitschülerin Greta kümmern, die ein ganz besonderes Mädchen ist. Sie hat das Down-Syndrom. Mit ihrer ehrlichen, direkten und emotionalen Art stellt Greta Kay vor eine echte Herausforderung.

Primo anno di liceo. Stefania e Giada sono migliori amiche e compagne di banco da sempre. Giada è una ragazza mite, introversa, amante della natura, che adora passare il tempo libero in campagna, nella stalla di suo nonno. Forse è per questo che Eli e Bea, considerate le più belle della scuola, iniziano a prenderla in giro e a emarginarla.

Die heiß ersehnte Fortsetzung von "One of Us Is Lying"! Es ist ein Jahr her, seit Simon starb. Maeve ist inzwischen in ihrem Abschlussjahr an der Bayview High. Simons Tod und dessen Folgen sind langsam verwunden. Da wird der friedliche Schulbetrieb wieder ausgehebelt: Ein anonymes Wahrheit-oder-Pflicht-Spiel hält die gesamte Schülerschaft in Atem. Jeder, der nicht mitspielt, wird bloßgestellt. Doch als Maeve an der Reihe ist, weigert sie sich, mitzumachen - das virtuelle Spiel, ausgerichtet von "DarkestMind", macht sie extrem misstrauisch.