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In the first book of the Sweet Seasons series, Candace finds herself in a romantic comedy with a screwball edge when she starts her summer job at a crazy amusement park. Surviving all the surprises The Zone has in store won’t be easy … but it may be worth it if it means getting to know her...

John and Lorraine happen to be passing by the Pigman’s abandoned house when they receive the shock of their lives: someone or something is watching them from the upstairs window. Convinced this is a sign from beyond the grave, John and Lorraine decide they have been given a chance to make up for what happened to the Pigman. Can they make things right once and for all?

If Ruby Wright could have her way, her dad would never have met and married her stepmother Willow, her best friend George would be more than a friend, and her mom would still be alive. Ruby knows wishes can't come true; some things just can't be undone. Then she discovers a tree in the middle of an Ohio cornfield with a wormhole to nine alternative realities. Suddenly, Ruby can access completely different realities, each containing variations of her "life" if things had gone differently at key moments.

Three-time Coretta Scott King Award winner Angela Johnson writes a wrenching, honest audiobook about surviving the unimaginable and finding a way to go on. Scotty compares herself to tofu: no flavor unless you add something. And it’s true that Scotty’s friends, Misha and Falcone, and her...

From the author of Twenty Boy Summer, a teen pushes the limits to follow her dreams--and learns there's a fine line between bitter and sweet... Once upon a time, Hudson knew exactly what her future looked like. Then a betrayal changed her life and knocked her dreams to the ground. Now she's a...

Last week I cut my hair, bought some boys' clothes and shoes, wrapped a large ACE bandage around my chest to flatten my fortunately-not-large breasts, and began looking for a new name. Angela Katz-McNair has never felt quite right as a girl. Her whole life is leading up to the day she decides to become Grady, a guy. While coming out as transgendered feels right to Grady, he isn't prepared for the reaction he gets from everyone else.

Fifteen-year-old Pearl DeWitt and her mother live in Fallbrook, California, where its sunny 340 days of the year, and where her uncle owns a grove of 900 avocado trees. Uncle Hoyt hires migrant workers regularly, but Pearl doesnt pay much attention to them...until Amiel. From the moment she sees him, Pearl is drawn to this boy who keeps to himself, fears being caught by la migra, and is mysteriously unable to talk.

If Hamlet thought he had issues, he should have talked to Cooper Warner. His mother's normally sunny demeanor has turned into something homicidal. And whats worse, she has help in her hunt for Cooper: A ravenous monster living at the bottom of the old well in the woods behind their house. She's determined to deliver her 14-year-old son straight into the creatures eager clutches.

"Fordelene ved at være en bænkevarmer" har gået sin sejrsgang verden over, og den rørende historie om Charlies udfordringer med teenagelivet har givet romanen klassikerstatus inden for Young Adult-litteraturen. Charlie er en indadvendt teenager, som betragter livet lidt fra sidelinjen. Han er intelligent, men akavet i sociale sammenhænge og derfor virkelig nervøs for at starte i high school.

Marie er forelsket i Bjørn. Måske er han også forelsket i hende, men Marie aner ikke, hvordan man finder ud af sådan noget. Hun har også andre problemer, for hendes fantastiske morfar er måske ved at dø, og hendes veninde Vera har det ikke så godt derhjemme. Og så er der Lasse, Maries storebror, der har alt for travlt med at blive voksen. En historie om kærlighed og sorg, og om slet ikke at ville være voksen - endnu.

Vedkommende og bevægende roman, der kaster lys over alle de forskydninger og komplicerede følelser af skyld, afmagt, kærlighed og frustration, der sker i en familie, når den ene teenager dropper ud af gymnasiet og burer sig inde på sit værelse på grund af angst, mens den anden fortsat har skole, venskaber, fester og endda en spirende forelskelse, der kalder. Astrid og hendes storesøster Cecilie går begge i gymnasiet. Astrid burde nyde tiden i 1.g, og Cecilie burde glæde sig til studentertid og sabbatår.

Sommerdrenge foregår over en sommer i en lille dansk strandby. Kille plejer at være en af drengene, men denne sommer er anderledes; hun mærker det i sin krop og i drengenes blikke på hende. Kille kigger på sig selv, som hvis hun var en anden. Hun ser sin krop. Hun spejler sig. Hun gør, hvad hun har set andre piger gøre. Hun mærker, hvad drengenes blikke gør ved hende. Sammen med Anna kigger hun på drengene. En efter en, dag efter dag. Sommerdagene er lange, sommerdagene smelter sammen, de er én lang dag. Sommerdrengene smelter sammen, de er hænder og hud og hår, de er én dreng.

8 noveller om at være ung og bange for ikke at være god nok (i andres øjne), om at være farligt forelsket og at være usikker på (næsten) alting, ikke at turde føle det, man føler, og at vove sig ud, hvor der er meget langt ned.

Spinkel, tynd næse, vinden tog i hendes løse, mørke hår. Hun lignede en finke i profil, så meget voksen ud, selv om hun kun var fjorten. Mørke rande under øjnene, udtværet mascara - som om hun havde grædt. Havde hun tænkt sig at hoppe ud!

Luc aparentemente tiene una vida estable. Sus noches son atormentadas por un sueño recurrente. Su terapeuta, el Dr. Bail, le ayudará a resolver el misterio. El día que Luc despierta en el consultorio de su terapeuta, el Dr. Bail, sin recordar cómo llegó ahí, su existencia da un giro radical. Lo que antes eran simples sueños (o complicadas pesadillas), ahora son mensajes cada vez más enigmáticos, que no permiten que Luc se concentre en lo que realmente es importante para él.

Francesco ha poco tempo per costruirsi una nuova reputazione agli occhi dei compagni nella nuova classe, senza che i prof pensino che sia arrivato lì per farsi segare. E l'attesa dell'imminente viaggio ad Auschwitz organizzato dalla scuola gli provoca quella sensazione senza nome che sale e scende tra la pancia e il petto, quel misto di rabbia, curiosità e paura. Alle sue spalle, quindici mesi prima, il dolore: quel giorno in cui, al funerale del suo amico Simone, non aveva versato neanche una lacrima. Francesco parte, con settecento compagni di viaggio.

Will ist einer, der geht. Von zu Hause zur Schule zur Arbeit und wieder zurück. Tag für Tag. Er geht an diesem kleinen Kerl vorbei, der auf Schmetterlinge wartet. Vorbei an Superman, dem Obdachlosen in der First Street. Vorbei an dem wahnsinnigen Hund, der immer bellt. Aber es gibt auch Orte, an denen will er nicht - kann er nicht - vorübergehen: der Brücke über die Fourth Street, dem Laden mit den hundert chinesischen Segenssprüchen, dem Haus seiner Freundin Playa.

Von Glück kann man nie genug bekommen. Lina kann es immer noch nicht glauben: Sie ist tatsächlich eine echte Fee, und sie kann Wünsche erfüllen! Nur - warum funktioniert es dann manchmal nicht? Warum scheint sie manchen Menschen die falschen Wünsche zu erfüllen und damit alles schrecklich kompliziert zu machen? Noch dazu wird das Zusammenleben innerhalb der frisch zusammengewürfelten Patchworkfamilie auf einige harte Proben gestellt, neue Nachbarn bringen den Hausfrieden durcheinander, und sowieso ist Lina bis über beide Ohren so verliebt, dass es ihr schwerfällt, in dem ganzen Chaos einen klaren Kopf zu bewahren.

Wünsche in Erfüllung gehen zu lassen, das wär's! Früher war Lina überzeugt, dass sie das kann und eine echte Glücksbringerin ist: Um sie herum gingen urplötzlich geheime Wünsche in Erfüllung. Doch das ist schon lange her. Und was genau es war, das die Wünsche wahr werden ließ, hat Lina nie herausgefunden. Schade eigentlich, denn nun hat sie selbst einen riesengroßen Wunsch: Sie will sich endlich, endlich richtig verlieben, mindestens auf den ersten Blick! Wild entschlossen versucht sich Lina wieder an der Sache mit den Wünschen.

Paul Adams is the shortest kid at his high school, and the school bullies relentlessly pick on him. He spends the entire day wishing school would end so he can escape to his favorite sport of rock climbing. Lily Small is athletic, attractive, and, despite her last name, is actually very tall. Another kid, who looks almost like a grown man, introduces himself with a long Polynesian name, but says everyone calls him "Big," and he seems to like the nickname! As they get to know each other, Paul, Big, and Small discover they have a lot in common as outsiders in their high school.