Showing titles in Literary Fiction

'Eleanor Bennett’s crisp British accents bring listeners into the intriguing world of Feather, a small creature who lives in a crumbling wall next to a large, encroaching forest.' – AudioFile Costa Award-winning Frances Hardinge's gripping story of a young girl's daring mission through a...

In 1975, Sam Candage, a fatherless twelve-year-old boy with learning challenges, strains to learn to read and write. Alone, he finds solace in nature, fishing and exploring his favorite creek. Sam finds himself falling behind in school until he meets a wise and kind man who, through the sport of...

Tras un descuido al enviar mensajes por su celular, Pedro extravía a su madre en un abrir y cerrar de ojos. Sería un accidente si tan sólo Laura no estuviera "enferma de olvido" y necesitara el cuidado de todos. Sería una anécdota más a no ser porque a partir de ese momento Armando, Pedro y Sara estarán lejos de volver a la normalidad.

Nossa vida na era da tecnologia é cheia de memes, posts, memórias e notícias (infelizmente, até as que são fake news). A linha do tempo na rede social de um escritor tem um pouco de tudo: textinho, textão, brincadeiras, desabafos, desafios... Um verdadeiro baú de tesouros escritos e...

Pandemia, isolamento, aulas pela internet, distanciamento social... Ninguém merece ficar trancado dentro de casa por tanto tempo. Mesmo respeitando rigorosamente o isolamento, Natália quer e precisa viver uma aventura. Mas ela tem uma vantagem: um avô muito legal que a convidou para uma...

Wenn deine ganze Welt im Chaos versinkt, wer wird bis zuletzt an deiner Seite stehen? Ein fesselnder Jugendroman über die inneren und äußeren Kämpfe einer Schulklasse – authentisch, mitreißend und hochemotional! Eben hat der 15-Jährige Nelson noch gedacht, auf der Klassenfahrt könnte er endlich mit Marie zusammenkommen. Doch im nächsten Moment sieht er sie eng umschlungen mit Hamza. Hamza, seinem Blutsbruder und besten Kumpel! Aber als er ihn zur Rede stellt, offenbart ihm Hamza ein Geheimnis, das seine Welt aus den Fugen geraten lässt und ihre Freundschaft zu zerbrechen droht.

Wenn der Sturm naht, bleibt dir nicht mehr viel Zeit: Doch kannst du deinem Schicksal wirklich entkommen? Mitten im Südpazifik liegt die Inselgruppe Tuvalu. Dort lebt die 15-jährige Tahnee mit ihrer Familie. Sie ernähren sich von den Fischen aus der Lagune und von den Kokosnüssen, die vor dem Haus wachsen. Doch nun ist ihr Leben auf der Insel bedroht. Jedes Jahr von November bis April fegen Taifune über das Meer, die meterhohe Wellen verursachen. Sie zerstören die Häuser und lassen die Erde salzig und unbrauchbar werden. Eines Tages beschließt der Vater, mit der Familie auszuwandern. Tahnee hingegen möchte lieber bleiben.

On his journey to find any semblance of civilized life, he comes across other kids who live in the forest, all cursed with the same amnesia. They do have one clue...each of them have been blessed with the innate ability to transform into half-beast warriors. Using this power, they must survive the darkness and the monsters that lurk around every corner. Our heroes must gather their courage and brave the seemingly never-ending trials as the Spire rises and the Demon-Lord Laucian conspires to overthrow the hierarchy of demon prince monarchs that govern the Wilds.

Une histoire d'amour, d'une profondeur et d'une justesse bouleversantes ! Ari, quinze ans, est un adolescent en colère, silencieux, dont le frère est en prison. Dante est un garçon expansif, drôle, sûr de lui. Ils n'ont a priori rien en commun. Ils nouent pourtant une profonde amitié, une de ces relations qui changent la vie à jamais... C'est donc l'un avec l'autre, et l'un pour l'autre, que les deux garçons vont partir en quête de leur identité et découvrir les secrets de l'Univers.

The audiobook 1842 is a fictional story about love, baseball, and God. It is set in Oklahoma, which is in a region known as the "Bible Belt" of the United States of America. The two main characters of the story, Bobby and Shawn, are among the very best baseball players in the country. Even so, each of them has personal traumas and troubling experiences that make life very complicated.

Eleven-year-old Be hasn't spoken a word since her mother left. She hangs on to the hope that one day they will be reunited, but after two years of waiting, it's becoming more difficult. Her father can do little to protect her from her stepmother, Big Mother. Thankfully, Be has a secret friend, her little kitten Meo, to comfort her in the worst of times. Unfortunately, Big Mother has other plans. 

Gamuza es un muchacho que vive en el barrio de Las Flores, dentro de la ciudad argentina de Rosario (la misma donde nacieron glorias futbolísticas de la talla de Lionel Messi, Marcelo Bielsa y el "Trinche" Carlovich). Como tantos otros de su edad, él mismo sueña con ser futbolista. Pero un acontecimiento tuerce su vida y lo precipita en otra senda, haciendo que esta narración se vuelva un policial.

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.

The story of a one-girl revolution that broke literary ground in Japan—now in English translation for the first time. Seventeen-year-old Ginny Park is about to get expelled from high school—again. Stephanie, the picture book author who took Ginny into her Oregon home after she was kicked out...

Nikolai Lantsov, sovrano di Ravka, corsaro, soldato, secondogenito di un re disonorato, ha sempre avuto un'innata propensione alle situazioni difficili, ma questa volta sembra dover fare i conti con qualcosa di impossibile, qualcosa che nessuno, tra la popolazione di Ravka, potrebbe mai immaginare. Come se non bastasse, per arrestare l'avanzata dei nemici che si assiepano lungo i confini del regno, il giovane re deve trovare un modo per riempire le casse dello Stato, stipulare nuove alleanze e fermare il nuovo pericolo che minaccia quello che un tempo è stato il glorioso esercito Grisha.

In Garner County heißt es, junge Frauen hätten die Macht, Ehemänner aus ihren Betten zu locken und Jungen in den Wahnsinn zu treiben. Um ihnen diese Kräfte auszutreiben, werden sie für ein Jahr aus ihrem Dorf verbannt. Wer zurückkommt, wird verheiratet oder landet im Arbeitshaus. Doch es kommen nie alle lebend zurück. Und so ist Tierney nur in ihren Träumen frei, umgeben von Rebellinnen. Als ihr eigenes Gnadenjahr beginnt, spürt sie, wie tief der Hass verwurzelt ist. Ihr wird klar, dass nicht die brutalen Wilderer, die ihnen auflauern, die größte Gefahr darstellen.

Have you ever felt alone, heartbroken, peer-pressured, guilty, abandoned, simply not good enough, or depressed? Seven Doors to Salvation: A Tale of Darkness and Light is a powerful story about improving your mental health and staying hopeful whenever the weight of the world is pushing you down. How far would you go to regain what you’ve lost? Danny wakes up in an unfamiliar place one night with no recollection of anything or anyone.

Ricordati sempre la luce che sei. Gioia ha sempre pensato che ci fosse una parola per dare un senso a tutto. Dove quelle che conosceva non potevano arrivare, c'erano quelle delle altre lingue: intraducibili, ma piene di magia. Ora, il quaderno su cui appuntava quelle parole giace dimenticato in...

In early March 2020 in New Rochelle, New York, teenager Geth Montego is fumbling with the present and uncertain about her future. She only has three friends: her best friend Tovah, who’s been acting weird ever since they started applying to college; Diego, who she wants to ask to prom; and the K-pop band BTS, because the group always seems to be there for her when she needs them (at least in her head).

A famed pirate relic - the Star of Atlantis - lies forgotten someplace along the rugged Welsh coast, where waves and stone clash and where creatures of legend are said to hold sway. When 13-year-old Swift finds a map to the treasure, he sets out to claim it and prove his worth to his skeptical brothers who seem determined to thwart his every step.