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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.

Nur knapp ist Mara einem Bombenattentat in der U-Bahn entgangen. Ihre Mitschüler nennen sie seither "Das Mädchen, das überlebt hat" und erwarten Betroffenheit von ihr. Aber Mara hat ganz andere Sorgen. Ihre Freundin Sirîn meldet sich immer seltener und scheint plötzlich komplett unerreichbar. Je mehr Mara ihr zu helfen versucht, desto mehr Unverständnis und Ablehnung erntet sie. Was verheimlichen alle vor ihr? Erst als sich ihr Schwarm Chriso in die Suche einschaltet, kommt die erschütternde Wahrheit ans Licht.

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.

Dumped by her boyfriend the summer after senior year, teen love and relationship columnist Lu Charles has hit a wall with her writing. The words just won't come to her like they used to and if she doesn't find a topic for her column, she'll lose her gig at hip online magazine Misnomer, and the college scholarship that goes along with it.

Pondering math problems is Esther Ainsworth’s obsession. If only life’s puzzles required logic. Her stepfather’s solution? Avoidance. He’s exiled the family to Truth or Consequences, New Mexico, to erase a big secret from Esther’s past. So much for the truth. Now for the consequences: an empty swimming pool, a water-sucking cactus outside her window, a goldfish rescued from a church festival, and Esther’s thirst for something real.

On the morning of September 11, 2001, 16-year-old Kyle Donohue watches the first twin tower come down from the window of Stuyvesant High School. Moments later, terrified and fleeing home to safety across the Brooklyn Bridge, he stumbles across a girl perched in the shadows, covered in ash, and wearing a pair of costume wings.

Cat is in love. Always the sensible one, she can’t believe that she’s actually dating, not to mention dating a star. But the fandom can’t know. They would eat her alive. And first at the buffet would definitely be her best friend, Evie. Amy uses Heartstream, a social media app that allows others to feel your emotions. She broadcasted every moment of her mother’s degenerative illness, and her grief following her death. It’s the realest, rawest reality TV imaginable.

Remy Tsai used to know how her story would turn out. But now, she doesn’t even know what tomorrow will look like. She was happy once. Remy had her boyfriend, Jack, and Elise, her best friend - her soul mate - who understood her better than anyone else in the world. But now, Jack is dead, shot through the chest...and it was Elise who pulled the trigger. Was it self-defense? Or something darker than anything Remy could have imagined?

Van Sato's got labels. Tourettes, ADHD, SPD - words that have defined his existence since the time he was old enough to know what they meant. Now, Van wants to prove he's more than an acronym, a syndrome, a problem kid. He takes a summer job as a day camp counselor to prove he's capable of independence and moving on to the next phase in his life. Maybe, he might even make a friend while there. Someone who's got just as many or even more labels than him. Someone who understands what it's like.

Stevie Rosenstein has never made a true friend. Never fallen in love. Moved from city to city by her father’s unrelenting job, it’s too hard to care for someone. Trust in anything. The pain of leaving always hurts too much. But she’ll soon learn to trust, to love. Twice. Drew and Shane have been best friends through everything. The painful death of Shane's dad. The bitter separation of Drew's parents.