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Tenleigh Falyn debe luchar cada día para sobrevivir en el humilde pueblo minero de Dennville, Kentucky, en los montes Apalaches, donde vive con su hermana y su madre, quien padece una enfermedad mental. Su sueño es ganar la beca para la universidad que otorga la dirección de la mina de Dennville cada año a un estudiante de la localidad. Tenleigh sabe que esa es su única oportunidad para escapar de una vida de pobreza y escasez de posibilidades. Kyland Barrett también vive en el pueblo, y siempre ha trabajado sin descanso para no morir de hambre.

In this romantic and evocative fantasy, Najwa is a jinni, training to be a spy in the war against the humans. Zayele is a human on her way to marry a prince of Baghdad - which she’ll do anything to avoid. So she captures Najwa and makes a wish. With a rush of smoke and fire, they fall apart and re-form - as each other. A jinni and a human, trading lives. Both girls must play their parts among enemies who would kill them if the deception were ever discovered - enemies including the young men Najwa and Zayele are just discovering they might love.

It is February 1983, and Berlin is a divided city with a miles-long barricade separating east from west. But the city isn't the only thing that is divided. Ada lives among the rebels, punkers, and immigrants of Kreuzberg in West Berlin. Stefan lives in East Berlin, in a faceless apartment bunker of Friedrichshain. Bound by love and separated by circumstance, their only chance for a life together lies in a high-risk escape. But will Stefan find the courage to leap? Or will forces beyond his control stand in his way?

What are Amy and Adam going to do about their love life? Neither Amy's traditionalist Japanese parents nor Adam's snobby, upper-class mother will accept their relationship. To make things worse, Amy and Adam are involved in the "color game" at school, an experiment that's designed to make students aware of class and racial prejudices.

In this sensitive, swiftly paced story, listeners will find echoes of To Kill a Mockingbird as Chanda must confront undercurrents of shame and stigma. Not afraid to explore the horrific realities of AIDS, Chanda's Secrets also captures the enduring strength of loyalty, friendship, and family ties. Above all, it is a story about the corrosive nature of secrets and the healing power of truth.

Fifteen-year-old Nawra lives in Darfur, Sudan, in a camp for refugees displaced by the Janjaweed’s trail of murder and destruction. Nawra cannot read or write, but when a nonprofit organization called Save the Girls pairs her with an American donor, Nawra dictates her thank-you letters. Putting her experiences into words begins to free her from her devastating past - and to brighten the path to her future. K. C. is an American teenager from Richmond, Virginia, who hates reading and writing - or anything that smacks of school.

È il giorno che si aspetta da tutta una vita. È il diciottesimo compleanno di Francesco, e lui sta preparando un viaggio. Lo ha promesso a Kappa, il suo migliore amico: una volta scattata l'ora "X" partiranno insieme. A piedi. Vogliono andare a vedere come è fatta una frontiera, vogliono che le montagne raccontino loro delle storie del passato. È il presente, per chissà quale ragione, ad apparire lontano - come se ci fossero da regolare dei conti, prima di tutto. Nel frattempo Abdullah - Ab -, coetaneo di Fra e Kappa, ha lasciato casa sua.

Ava huye a Tokio para alejarse de todo y allí conoce a Kanna, una tatuadora con una personalidad arrolladora. Por su parte, Lily no podría estar peor en Londres: Oliver parece incapaz de dejarla tranquila y Tom necesita tiempo para superar lo ocurrido con Ximena, con Alice... y sí, también con Jasmine. Menos mal que Connor se ha convertido en un apoyo inesperado, ahora que se encuentra lejos de la influencia de Rex y Martha. Aunque ¿quién es esa chica rubia con la que Meredith se empeña en que hable? Y lo más importante de todo: ¿dónde están Jordan y Nate?

Justyce McAllister é um garoto de dezessete anos com um futuro brilhante pela frente. É um dos melhores alunos de uma prestigiada escola de Atlanta, tem uma mãe amorosa e um melhor amigo incrível. No entanto, um episódio de violência policial traz à tona que a distância entre ele e seu futuro é quase um abismo. Porque Justyce McAllister é negro, e isso significa que, muitas vezes, é julgado pela cor de sua pele.