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Laila Piedra doesn’t drink, doesn’t smoke, and definitely doesn’t sneak into the 21-and-over clubs on the Lower East Side. The only sort of risk Laila enjoys is the peril she writes for the characters in her stories: epic sci-fi worlds full of quests, forbidden love, and robots. Her creative writing teacher has always told her she has a special talent. But three months before graduation, Laila’s number one fan is replaced by Nadiya Nazarenko, a Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist who sees nothing at all special about Laila’s writing, leading to a series of unexpected adventures.

"O Bunny, du bist sooo genial!" Margaret Atwood Sie flechten sich Zöpfe, sind nur als Gruppe unterwegs und nennen sich gegenseitig Bunny: An Samanthas College für Erzählende Künste ist die Clique der Bunnys, bestehend aus unerträglich reichen und hübschen jungen Frauen, sehr begehrt. Samantha hingegen ist eine Außenseiterin, ihre einzige Freundin Ava hat für die Bunnys nur Verachtung übrig. Doch eines Tages erhält sie eine Einladung zum sagenumwobenen Schundsalon, einer Mischung aus Party und künstlerischer Performance, bei der die Bunnys Erstaunliches hervorbringen.

Bloomsbury presents Seven Million Sunflowers by Malcolm Duffy, read by Amrita Acharia. Escaping war is only half the battle as the Kovalenko family swap Ukrainian dangers for life with a British family. 15-year-old Kateryno and her family live in Kharkiv. Their lives are shattered when on...

Elana K. Arnold, author of the Printz Honor book Damsel, returns with a dark, engrossing, blood-drenched tale of the familiar threats to female power—and one girl’s journey to regain it. You are alone in the woods, seen only by the unblinking yellow moon. Your hands are empty. You are nearly...

Ellory returns to Pine Brook to navigate senior year after a two-month suspension and summer away - no boyfriend, no friends. No going back. Tormented by some and sought out by others, troubled by a mysterious note-writer who won’t let Ellory forget, and consumed by guilt over her not entirely innocent role in everything and everyone she’s lost, Ellory finds that even in the present, the past is everywhere. The path forward isn’t a straight line. And moving on will mean sorting the truth from the lies - the lies Ellory has been telling herself.

The first book in an exciting YA series about a teen girl, descended from Edgar Allan Poe, who must navigate the haunting legacy of her ancestor while learning to harness her own strength and intelligence, especially as she begins to commune with the dead. A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard...

Adelaide has lived her whole life in rural Ethiopia as the white American daughter of an anthropologist. Then, her family moves to South Carolina in 1964. Adelaide vows to find her way back to Ethiopia, marry Maicaah, and become part of the village for real. But until she turns 18, Adelaide must adjust to this strange, white place that everyone tells her is home. Then, Adelaide becomes friends with the five African American students who sued for admission into the white high school.

When seven-year-old Jamie falls down a very long hill, he finds himself trapped in a world of strange creatures, harsh landscapes, and near-perpetual darkness. Lost and confused, Jamie is desperate to get home. The nightmares, fears, and all manner of what-ifs that inhabit this shadow world are unfamiliar to him - all except one: the Lairdbalor, Jamie's personal nightmare, once relegated to his dreams. In this fantastical land, however, the Lairdbalor and all the fears and nightmares of children are very real.

Freak Show has it all. It's hilarious, sad, sexy, and glamorous-just the way life should be." -- Perez Hilton "Gutsy, funny, over-the-top Billy Bloom is a profile in courage." -- The Washington Post Meet Billy Bloom, new student at the ultra-white, ultra-rich, ultra-conservative Dwight D...

He was supposed to be my escape for the weekend. I wasn’t supposed to fall for him. I want to be a good daughter, but I’m tired of being looked over. So when I run into Jet Miller, the bad boy with a motorcycle, I pay him to take me away for the weekend. Two days of freedom quickly change into something more, and I find myself falling for Jet. Only, he doesn’t know that once our 48 hour escape is over, I’m gone. And I don’t know how to tell him. Some rules are meant to be broken.

Hailed as Italy’s The Fault in Our Stars, this Italian bestseller is now available for the first time in English. “I was born on the first day of school, and I grew up and old in just two hundred days . . .” Sixteen-year-old Leo has a way with words, but he doesn’t know it yet. He spends...

Florine Orphelin prête sa voix douce à ce conte onirique coréen. Il paraît que le Magasin La Mousson, situé dans la ville d'Arc-en-ciel, n'ouvre que les jours de pluie. Que pour s'y faire inviter, il faut raconter ses malheurs sur papier, et les envoyer par courrier aux gobelins qui gèrent les lieux. Que si ces derniers vous choisissent, en échange de votre visite ils vous offriront un grand bonheur... Serine n'aurait jamais cru recevoir son invitation pour le magasin des gobelins... accompagnée d'un mystérieux carton d'or !

From the award-winning and New York Times bestselling author Geraldine McCaughrean comes an utterly immersive and unforgettable story set during the London Blitz, inspired by her firefighter father. With World War II looming, four young people sit on a train waiting to be evacuated to a safer...

In una società affetta da narcisismo patologico, dove i sentimenti e l'anima si sacrificano per un outfit ben curato, Prometeo è un ladro e dorme affronta la tematica del disincanto che connota la nostra epoca. Attraverso il racconto della fine di un amore, si narra un dolore universale che si scatena quando l'anima si annichilisce per dare spazio alle apparenze e alla ricerca dell'effimero.

Du hast nichts zu verlieren, wenn dir alles genommen wurde! Der 19-jährige Kanadier Mathis begleitet Hope, einen elf Jahre alten Somali, auf dessen abenteuerlicher Flucht quer durch Südamerika. Kaum gestartet, heften sich zwei zwielichtige Typen an ihre Fersen. Nicht die einzige Bedrohung, der sich Hope und Mathis unterwegs stellen müssen. Auf ihrem atemberaubenden Trip über den Amazonas, die Panamericana und auf dem Dach eines rasenden Güterzugs lauert der Tod überall.

Dunkelheit senkt sich über Falkenfels, als die Morlocks und ihre Verbündeten die Stadt angreifen. Tib, Amon und Saphira kämpfen verzweifelt gegen die übermächtige Bedrohung, während Portale sich öffnen und monströse Kreaturen durch die Straßen streifen. Angeführt von Taznak und der finsteren Traumspinne Delphi, planen die Feinde, Falkenfels endgültig zu zerstören. Während die Abenteurer um ihr Leben kämpfen, droht die Ewignacht, alles zu verschlingen. Tib ist schwer verwundet, doch er muss weiterkämpfen, um die Stadt zu retten …

William Golding’s profound tale of stranded youth, survival, and the shadowy depths of human nature “Lord of the Flies is one of my favorite books. I still read it every couple of years.”—Suzanne Collins, author of The Hunger Games trilogy At the dawn of the next World War, a plane crash...

Bloomsbury presents When It's Your Turn For Midnight by Blessing Musariri, read by Kudzanayi Chiwawa. ‘Wars never end, they just change location.’ An exceptional, thought-provoking YA novel about sisterhood, trauma and the fighting spirit of women, from Zimbabwean author, Blessing Musariri...

Freunde für immer - davon haben die fünf Freundinnen Lea, Hannah, Maria, Megan und Sophie schon als Kinder geträumt. Obwohl sich ihre Wege in der Jugend kurz trennen, können sie dieses Versprechen im Erwachsenenalter einlösen und teilen alles in ihrem Alltag. Doch während einer gemeinsamen Reise nach Dublin ändert ein Abend plötzlich alles zwischen ihnen. Als Sophies Geheimnis ans Licht kommt, werden die Freundinnen auf eine Probe gestellt und ihre eigenen Probleme verlieren an Bedeutung.

Divided Berlin is the face of the Cold War in the 70s. Kate is new at Berlin American High School in West Berlin, confused how life works in an island of freedom walled in by a totalitarian state. Life in the American Sector takes off when Kate befriends Amy, joins cross country, and discovers Berlin's quirky nightlife, while falling quietly in love.