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How can I hold myself together, when everything around me is falling apart? Neena's always been a good girl - great grades, parent-approved friends and absolutely no boyfriends. But ever since her brother Akash left her, she's been slowly falling apart - and uncovering a new version of herself who is altogether more dangerous. As her wild behaviour spirals more and more out of control, Neena's grip on her sanity begins to weaken too.

Something happened to Ava. The curving scar on her face is proof. Ava would rather keep that something hidden - buried deep in her heart and her soul. But in the woods on the outskirts of town, the traces of someone else’s secrets lie frozen, awaiting Ava’s discovery - and what Ava finds threatens to topple the carefully constructed wall of normalcy that she’s spent years building around her. Secrets leave scars. But when the secret in question is not your own - do you ignore the truth and walk away? Or do you uncover it from its shallow grave and let it reopen old wounds?

When the World Didn’t End is a vivid account of trying to find a path forward while reckoning with the pain of the past, embracing imperfection, and unlearning the language of self-criticism. It’s an ode to the awkward silence between goodbye and hanging up, to hearts that continue to beat after they’re broken, to the empty spaces that depression leaves behind. With vulnerability and insight, this powerful collection of short poems holds up a mirror to the doubt and longing inside us all.

Sixteen-year-old Honor Augustine never set out to become a felon. As an academic all-star, avid recycler, and dedicated daughter to her PTSD-afflicted father, she's always been the literal embodiment of her name. Coloring inside the lines is what keeps Honor's chaotic existence orderly. But when she discovers her father's VA benefits drying up, coupled with a terrifying bank letter threatening the family's greenhouse business—Honor vows to find a solution. She just doesn't expect to spot it on the dry erase board of English lit—"Nature's first green is gold." 

Ash has lived in eight states in as many years. Mom has gone walkabout, but stepdad Jack is like a father and stepbrother Bly the best anyone could wish for. When Bly goes missing too, Ash sets off to search for him and finds something much bigger: the sickness of the world. Arriving in Snowflake, Arizona, Ash discovers Bly living with a community 6,000 feet high in the wide red desert. They call themselves the Canaries, and all suffer from some kind of environmental illness.  

The first time a link to a porn video pops up on his computer screen, Lucas is startled. He was simply trying to stream a superhero movie. Transfixed by the scene that unfolds, he experiences his first stirrings of arousal. Lucas soon realizes that he wants to recapture that same excitement, and it's not long before he starts down a path that takes hold of his every thought - day and night. Only when his secret is revealed and everything comes crashing down around him can Lucas confront his compulsions.

Es gab eine Zeit, die dunkelste aller Zeiten, in der Eden dachte, die einzige Person, die sie retten könnte, sei Josh. Er war alles Gute auf der Welt – ein vertrauensvolles Herz, eine liebevolle Berührung, ein freundliches Lächeln. Aber er sollte nie ihr Retter sein. Eden musste sich alleine retten. Nachdem Eden mit dem College begonnen und sich ihrem Vergewaltiger gestellt hat, scheint es, als wären sie endlich zur richtigen Zeit am richtigen Ort, um eine funktionierende Beziehung aufzubauen.

High school senior Rainbow is trapped with three other teens in a game-like world that may or may not be real. Together, they must complete quests and gain experience in order to access their own forgotten memories, decode what has happened to them, and find a portal home. As Rainbow’s memories slowly return, the story of a lonely teen facing senior year as the new kid in a small town emerges.

Rain has taken care of Ethan all their lives. Before she even knew what autism meant, she was her twin brother's connection to the world around him. Each day with Ethan is unvarying and predictable - until one night when her world is turned upside down by a mistake she can't take back. As her new romance with her longtime crush and her carefully constructed life begins to unravel, Rain discovers that the fragile brother she's always protected has grown into a young man who no longer needs her.

In her final semester of high school there’s a string of missing girls. Helene immediately thinks a serial killer is loose. When Fred Thompkins arrives in town to become mayor he becomes her primary suspect. No one takes her seriously. Helene steps into the dark web to search for the culprit, only to endanger her own life. Can Helene solve the case before someone close to her goes missing?

Amélie Cœur has never known what it truly means to be happy. She thought she’d found happiness once, in a love that ended in tragedy and nearly sent her over the edge. Now, at seventeen, Mel is beginning to piece her life back together. Under the supervision of Laurelle Child Services, the exclusive foster care agency that raised her, Mel is sober and living with a new family among Manhattan’s elite. It’s her last chance at adoption before she ages out of the system, and she promised, this time, she’ll try.

Seventeen-year-old Maya knows things. When she looks at someone, she instantly knows everything about them: their history, their private thoughts, their secret desires, their most tragic failures. She walks around with the weight of the world on her shoulders. Which is why she was sent to the Whispering Pines Psychiatric Facility, and also why starting at a new school is going to be such a challenge. Especially when Maya meets a guy she actually wants to be around, and must grapple with whether there’s such a thing as knowing too much.

Hoje é o aniversário de Leonard Peacock. Também é o dia em que ele saiu de casa com uma arma na mochila. Porque é hoje que ele vai matar o ex-melhor amigo e depois se suicidar com a P-38 que foi do avô, a pistola do Reich. Mas antes ele quer encontrar e se despedir das quatro pessoas mais importantes de sua vida: Walt, o vizinho obcecado por filmes de Humphrey Bogart; Baback, que estuda na mesma escola que ele e é um virtuoso do violino; Lauren, a garota cristã de quem ele gosta, e Herr Silverman, o professor que está agora ensinando à turma sobre o Holocausto.

During the pressure- and angst-filled teenage years, emotional resilience is the compass that leads to inner harmony. Harness this power for personal evolution and insightful self-discovery through a meticulously crafted 5-step journey. Navigating your teenage years can often feel challenging, like you're traveling through unknown territory without a guide. But if you’re equipped with the right tools, you can chart a clearer course, fostering personal growth, emotional mastery, and deeper understanding.

Bem-vindos de volta ao colégio João Cabral de Melo Neto! Depois dos acontecimentos de Bateria 100% carregada, chegou o momento de se aventurar com a turma do 7º ano. Nesse livro, o tema primordial é a ansiedade, algo que pode bagunçar nosso mundo, como Júlia e Gustavo vão descobrir. Ela: nadadora talentosa, dedicada e vítima de transtorno de ansiedade generalizada. Ele: jogador de basquete, estrela da escola e portador de transtorno obsessivo-compulsivo.

It’s a classic story: girl meets boy, girl falls for boy, boy finally notices girl when he sees her in a homemade costume. At least, that’s what Sonia Patil is hoping for when she plans to meet her crush at the local comic-con in cosplay.

Dani comes from the richest, most famous Black family in Texas and seems to have everything a girl could want. So why does she keep using and engaging in other self-destructive behavior? Camila's Colombian-American family doesn't have much, but she knows exactly what she wants out of life and works her ass off to get it. So why does she keep failing, and why does she self-harm every time she does? Dani and Camila find themselves rooming together at Peach Tree Hills, a treatment facility in beautiful rural Georgia. They think they'll never get along—and never get better.

Every bite Kendra takes is a battle. Rosie can’t control her mouth. Alex struggles to keep his head above water. Tyler’s world has come crashing to his feet. Ricky’s anger threatens to spill over. Told through a series of shifting perspectives, five strangers, nothing but blurred faces in a crowded high school hallway, come together in search of solace, support, and comfort. Together, they help each other realize that although life may not be perfect, the world around them can still fall perfectly into place. But one of them may be beyond help.

Meet Orisa, a sixteen-year-old, American girl that is constantly under a therapist's watch. She's smart and clever. She could very well be the typical teenager, if she were not bound to the guilt of her past.

When seventeen-year-old Eli arrives at Raeth, a remote mountain retreat for teens with mental health issues, her mind is made up—she is not interested in participating, and she doesn’t need to “heal.” Still reeling from a breakup that left both her heart and faith shattered, she is determined to fake being “fine” so that the program’s warden will clear her to return home. But the retreat itself has other ideas.