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Azadeh is a budding violinist on a music scholarship at an expensive private school, dealing with all the usual trials of being 16: trying her best to fit in, keep up and have fun. Then as her mum's mental health spirals out of control, Azadeh's world starts to unravel. Her friendships fall away and as much as she and her dad try to keep a lid on everything, their problems insist on taking over. Feeling alone, it's her violin that finally helps Azadeh to find her way back to her friends, herself and even her mum.

Terese är som vilken vanlig 12-åring som helst. Hon umgås med sina kompisar, drömmer om framtiden, tar hand om sin akvariefiskar och spelar fotboll. Allting hade faktiskt varit supernormalt om det bara inte hade varit för en liten detalj. Terese har epilepsi. Sjukdomen gör att Terese måste ta mediciner två gånger om dagen och alla i hennes närhet är väldigt oroliga för henne. Hennes mamma vill till och med stoppa henne från att följa med på fotbollslägret. Hur ska Terese få henne att förstå att hon bara vill vara som alla andra?

At all costs. Whatever it takes. Coping is hard. Some find better ways than others. Getting from one day to the next isn’t easy. But what lengths will the island residents go to? And what if they find there are no limits? What is Ferdinan willing to do to get rid of the voice haunting him? How far will Jon go to protect his ally? And exactly what is Oya willing to do to eliminate Zephyr as a threat to her friend? Ferdinan, Jon, and Oya will soon discover these answers, though they may not like what they learn about themselves.

In this compelling and thought-provoking debut novel, after a terrorist attack rocks the country and anti-Islamic sentiment stirs, three Black Muslim girls create a space where they can shatter assumptions and share truths.

Sophie Kinsella meets Sarah Dessen in the most hilarious, romantic audiobook of the summer about a girl with social anxiety and the boy who refuses to let her hide herself away.

Viveca North has always done her best to be perfect. She runs three miles every morning before arriving early to school where she volunteers as a peer tutor. After school, she prioritizes studying. On weekend mornings, she reads classic literature and the newspaper—a habit she developed to help prep for the SATs and then never dropped. Her classmates consider her a bit of a know it all. So it’s no surprise doesn’t have many friends, but she feels she’s earned her spot as valedictorian. Too bad Jamison Clifton is trying to take it from her. . .Jamison doesn’t need to try to be perfect.

Tilda kann es nicht fassen: Ihre Zwillingsschwester Maxime bittet sie um Hilfe bei einer ihrer unmöglichen Aktionen. Tilda soll Maximes Platz in der Reality-Show "The Dating Game" einnehmen. Maxime ist nur zum Spaß für zwei Wochen nach Portugal geflogen, hat sich dann allerdings unsterblich in Junggeselle Florian verliebt. Da sie aber dringend zurück nach Deutschland muss, fleht sie Tilda an, sich als sie auszugeben und Florian für sie zu erobern.

Kidd huye de su pasado y su futuro. No tiene ni mamá ni papá, siente que no le beneficia de nada estar en el hogar de acogida para jóvenes donde vive, más que las terapias que recibe ahí. Tampoco siente que forma parte de la comunidad de la playa donde trabaja, a menos que encuentre una razón para quedarse. Olivia es rubia, tiene ojos azules y un padre adinerado. Es la chica más guapa de Cardiff. Ella le oculta algo a Kidd, pero ¿podrían alguna vez estar juntos de todos modos?

For high school senior Parker Rabinowitz, anything less than success is a failure. A dropped extracurricular, a C on a calc quiz, a non-Jewish shiksa girlfriend - one misstep, and his meticulously constructed life splinters and collapses. The countdown to HYP (Harvard, Yale, Princeton) has begun, and he will stay focused. That's why he has to keep it a secret. The pocketful of breath mints. The weird smell in the bathroom. He can't tell his achievement-obsessed father. He can't tell his hired college consultant. And he certainly can't tell Julianne.

Arianna ha solo sedici anni, ma ha già molto da cui scappare: il ricordo martellante della notte del 13 dicembre, la Notte di Aida, che ha stravolto la sua vita per sempre, una donna con un soprabito giallo che la insegue nei suoi incubi, una voce crudele che parla incessantemente nella sua testa, tingendole di nero i pensieri. Per questo, cercando di lasciarsi tutto alle spalle, una mattina di giugno sale su un treno che dalla provincia romana la porterà a Milano. Qui Arianna scoprirà che ha un solo modo per non farsi inghiottire dal passato e salvarsi: comunicare con gli altri.

Dreams…everyone has them; some we remember, but most we'd rather forget. Robert Van Stark is a 14-year-old boy with a photographic memory who isn't able to forget his dreams or anything for that matter. His life was turned upside down when his father moved away, leaving him depressed, friendless, and struggling to find himself. Robert's life became even more complicated when unexplained abilities developed in his mind, adding more obstacles to his list of adolescent challenges. Fortunately, Robert's science teacher stepped in to mentor him through the difficult times.

“When a peregrine falcon dives, it can reach speeds of over 200 miles per hour,” Miles once told me. Two hundred miles per hour is about how fast my heart was beating when Miles finally told me the truth. He has schizophrenia. “Can you imagine the kind of courage that takes? To make a dive like that?” he had asked. Courage. Courage was exactly what I needed.

Music was his life...until the night a high-speed car crash changed everything. After that, Charlie Anderson could not play piano, or finish school, or get back on the only path to happiness he ever had. Nobody - not his parents, teachers, or friends - could help him figure out what to do next. This is an inspiring story for teenagers and young adults struggling with their own challenges.

At Recovery and Relief, a treatment center for girls with eating disorders, the first thing Shoshana Winnick does is attach herself to vibrant but troubled Rowan Parish. Shoshana — a cheerleader on a hit reality TV show — was admitted for starving herself to ensure her growth spurt didn’t ruin her infamous tumbling skills. Rowan, on the other hand, has known anorexia her entire life, thanks to her mother’s “chew and spit” guidance.

Als Mitternacht auf Mittag fiel, kam Carter ins Fürimmerhaus. Das Fürimmerhaus steht zwischen den Welten, am Ufer eines dunklen Ozeans. Es hat tausende Hallen und Säle, seine Korridore sind endlos. Und noch immer wächst es weiter und verändert sich. Im Fürimmerhaus stranden junge Heldinnen und Helden, die ihre Welten vor dem Untergang bewahrt haben. Die Herrschenden fürchten ihre Macht und schicken sie hierher ins Exil. Doch Carter ist kein Held wie die anderen. Er besitzt keine Erinnerung, ist nur von einem überzeugt: Er hat niemals eine Welt gerettet.

Every November, the people in Wolf Ridge are overwhelmed with a hunger for violence - at least that's the town rumor. Last fall, Wyatt Green's mother was brutally murdered, convincing Wyatt that this yearning isn't a morbid urban legend but rather a palpable force infecting her neighbors. This year, Wyatt fears the call of violence has spread to her best friend, Cash - who also happens to be the guy she can't stop wanting no matter how much he hurts her. At the same time, she's drawn to Cash's nemesis, Porter, especially now that they're partners on an ambitious project for lit class.

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.

Eine berührende Geschichte, über zwei Jugendliche, die trotz oder gerade wegen ihrer Unterschiede perfekt füreinander sind. Kit und David könnten unterschiedlicher nicht sein. Sie ist beliebt, er mit Asperger-Syndrom gilt an der Highschool als Außenseiter. Doch als Kits Vater bei einem Autounfall stirbt, kann sie nicht weitermachen wie bisher. Deshalb setzt sie sich in der Mittagspause von nun an zu David. Denn während alle anderen sie bemitleiden, ist seine schonungslose Ehrlichkeit genau das, was Kit gerade braucht.

It all begins a thousand years ago on the flats of Africa and follows a wolf-dog as he makes life-altering decisions not just for himself but for the human with whom he develops a bond. This union remains inviolable as Puck’s soul passes from one life to the next. Puck’s story is as spiritual as it is terrestrial. His earthly visits are interwoven with returns to The Bridge and Azul, the latter a divinity who advises Puck but does not predetermine his actions - or his fate(s).

As kids, Mark and his cousin, Talia, spent many happy summers together at the family cottage in Ontario, Canada, but a fight between their parents put an end to the annual event. Living on opposite coasts - Mark in Halifax, Nova Scotia, and Talia in Victoria, British Columbia - they haven’t seen each other in years. When their grandfather dies unexpectedly, Mark and Talia find themselves reunited at the cottage again, cleaning it out while the family decides what to do with it.