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The year is 1995, and my parents have finally allowed me to take the summer to tour in a VW van across the country with my boyfriend, Evan, and our band. Yes, my dream to be a singer became reality. Even with Clarissa, Evan’s jealous ex-girlfriend, as the lead singer, it’s my presence on stage that led us to a major record deal. There are moments you’ll always remember in life, but I can’t imagine anything more cool than hearing your song on the radio for the first time. But being a rock star isn’t as easy as it sounds.

This is the diary of me, Ellery Brown, aged 15 and a half. I’m supposed to use it to record my feelings about my mum, since she died. So why do I keep thinking about who my dad might be, instead? I have so much STUFF to think about—including a whole new life in Ireland. So why can I not stop thinking about my DAD? Especially because it is so weird to think about someone you don’t know. Like, literally, I have NO IDEA who my dad is. My best friend, Meg, has narrowed it down to three authors my mum knew.

The first 15 years of Billy’s life have been spent in commune with the Cahaba, tracing its winding path through the beautiful valleys of his small hometown, Shilo’s Beat, Alabama. But ever since Jessie’s death, the same landscape that has long comforted him now seems to be conspiring against him. What happened to Jessie? Was it the strange old man they call the Mayor? Or maybe Jessie’s dangerous adversary from up on the mountain? Everyone keeps insisting that Jessie killed himself, but Billy knows it can’t be true. If things had gotten that bad, Billy would have known, right?

Kat Richardson isn’t running away from grief; she’s just hiding out in a gloomy Welsh university town until she’s sure it’s gone. Now, one year, nine months, and 27 days after the climbing death of her first love, Gabe, she thinks she’s ready to venture out into the relationship world again. But the arrival of Kat’s newly adopted niece, Mai, forces her home to northern England, where she runs headfirst into all the memories of Gabe she’s tried to leave behind - and discovers that Mai stirs up an unnerving feeling of déjà vu.

Was wäre, wenn das Schicksal bei dir anklopft, um dich vor deinem bevorstehenden Tod zu warnen? Am 5. September, kurz nach Mitternacht, bekommen Mateo und Rufus einen solchen Anruf. Von der "Death Cast", die die undankbare Aufgabe hat, ihnen die schlechten Neuigkeiten zu überbringen: Sie werden heute sterben. Noch kennen sich die beiden nicht, doch aus unterschiedlichen Gründen beschließen sie, an ihrem letzten Tag einen neuen Freund zu finden. Die gute Nachricht lautet, dass es dafür eine App gibt.

Luisa (Lou) Patterson grew up across the street from Sam Alvarez in the small, quirky town of Port Coral. They used to be inseparable — spending every holiday together, shooting silly YouTube videos, and rescuing stray cats. But then middle school happened, including the most disastrous (and embarrassing) serenade ever, and Lou and Sam haven't talked in the four years since.

Hoe een nachtelijke roadtrip helpt bij het verwerken van een verlies. Buddy Tegenbosch won met Match de Prijs van de Jonge Jury 2020. "Ik wil ervoor zorgen dat ik niet vergeten word." Eigenlijk bedoelt Noor hiermee niet zichzelf, maar haar vader. Hij is plotseling overleden en hoewel Noor hem ontzettend mist, merkt ze tot haar schrik dat ze soms een paar uur niet aan hem heeft gedacht. De angst om haar vader te vergeten wordt steeds groter. Dan klopt Vedder op haar slaapkamerraam. Hij neemt haar een nacht mee op zijn Harley en zorgt ervoor dat ze het verlies van haar vader letterlijk een plek kan geven.

Kai, Orla and Zak grew up together, their days spent on the patch of wilderness in between their homes, a small green space in a sprawling grey city. Music, laughter and friendship bind them together and they have big plans for their future - until Kai’s family suffers a huge loss. Trying to cope with his own grief, as well as watching it tear his family apart, Kai is drawn into a new and more dangerous crowd, until his dreams for the future are a distant memory.

From author SC Alban comes a tender and humorous, coming-of-age novel that follows the journey of a girl who must give up her heart in order to find love. For the past five years, 17-year-old Megan Cooper has built a wall around her heart with little room to experience true feelings. However, her entire world shifts the moment she hits Cupid with her car driving home from finals. With his shooting arm significantly injured, she has no choice but to take his place. This YA debut is a touching and heartwarming shot through the heart for all listeners - a perfect holiday listen!

What are the chances on a cay off the shores of Belize of running into the best friend of the man who killed Ava's brother? What if this best friend had a message? Could it have the power to heal Ava's heart? It's been 20-some years since Zack was murdered; why can't Ava let it go? She had forgiven his killer. There was still something that needed to be changed, something she needed to believe in to lead her the rest of the way through the process of forgiveness.

The text message was clearly meant for her brother, Patrick. There was no way Adam Norcross intended to text Emily Waters - his best friend’s sister, his arch-enemy, his nemesis.... Okay, maybe that’s going too far, but Adam never liked Emily, a fact made perfectly clear on the day of Patrick’s funeral.

Rose Asher believes in ghosts. She should, since she has one for a best friend: Logan, her annoying, Netflix-addicted brother, who is forever stuck at 15. But Rose is growing up, and when an old friend moves back to Laguna Canyon and appears in her drama class, things get complicated. Jamie Aldridge is charming, confident, and a painful reminder of the life Rose has been missing out on since her brother's death. She watches as Jamie easily rejoins their former friends - a group of magnificently silly theatre nerds - while avoiding her so intensely that it must be deliberate.

Kyle y Kimberly eran la pareja perfecta desde el instituto. Pero la noche de su graduación tienen un accidente de coche y Kimberly muere. La vida de Kyle cambia para siempre y no parece que nadie pueda entender cómo se siente. Hasta que llega Marley. Ella también está pasando por una situación similar y, cuando conoce a Kyle, todas sus emociones secretas y nunca dichas conectan inmediatamente.

Hideous Beauty is a touching tale of LGBTQ+ identity from award-winning author William Hussey. Dylan is forced to come out after his secret relationship with Ellis is exposed on social media, but to his surprise, everyone is really supportive or appears to be. But Dylan’s and El’s happiness is short-lived and following a tragic accident, Dylan begins to realise how little he knows about the boy he loves...or those closest to him.

Dills and his mom have returned to Hamilton, her hometown, hoping to leave the horrors of Windsor behind. But it's impossible to escape the echoes of tragedy, and trouble always follows trouble. When Dills hurts a new classmate, it comes out in court that he was in the Windsor High library when the shooter came in. But he won't talk about what he saw, what he still sees whenever he closes his eyes.

Seventeen-year-old Amber Borden has a lousy sense of direction - so lousy that she takes a wrong turn when returning from her near-death experience. She ends up in the body of the most popular girl in school, who has just tried to commit suicide. Can a girl who can't even navigate the halls of Halsey High discover the secrets of her new identity and find her way back to her own life? From the author of The Seer Series.

Mariel ha perdido a su mamá a causa del cáncer, vive con su papá y su madrastra. Con frecuencia escribe cartas a su mamá pensando lo que le diría si ella viviera. Cuando es llevada por su papá a un internado, encuentra consuelo en las pláticas que sostiene con un chico que conoció por internet. Pasa los días deseando conocerlo y esperando que venga a rescatarla.

Rose Colter is almost home, but she can't go back there yet. When her car breaks down in the Nevada desert, the silence of the night is broken by a radio broadcast of a voicemail message from her best friend, Gaby. A message Rose has listened to countless times over the past year. The last one Gaby left before she died.

Graceland Johnson and Noble Chavis had a secret he took with him to the grave. Now, Noble is back, and Graceland must find a way to keep him around. As eyes shift and lips meet, Graceland knows he’s using Jamie Locklear to communicate with her. What is Noble trying to say? Will Graceland figure it all out before the Reaper finds him and carries him to Heaven? What’s so special about Angel Creek, North Carolina, that keeps the undead around?

In this dazzling, hilarious, and heartbreaking debut, Joel Higgins grapples with the aftermath of a tragic loss as he tries to make sense of the problems he's sees all around him with the help of banned books, Winnie-the-Pooh, a field of asparagus, and many pairs of socks.