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Lily Rosemont hat es nicht leicht. Ihre Eltern lassen sich scheiden, und in der Schule wird sie gemobbt. Allen voran von Noah, dem größten Idioten der High School und Lilys Nachbar. Das Blatt wendet sich, als Noah einen Sportunfall hat, und sein Traum, professioneller Footballer zu werden, platzt. Plötzlich gehört auch er zu den unpopulären Schülern. Als Lily mit ihm für ein Schulprojekt zusammenarbeiten sollen, das über ihren Abschluss entscheidet, stellt sie das vor eine große Herausforderung.

Mattis tænker på sin far. Da han stod op af hegnet og så på, når han spillede fodbold. Han var der hver eneste gang. De købte hindbærsnitter efter træning og gik hjem hånd i hånd. Alt det er slut nu. Man kan dø i en trafikulykke en helt almindelig søndag aften. Der er gået et halvt år, og familien er flyttet. Mattis mor vil starte på en frisk. Hun ser også friskere ud. Det er næsten ikke til at bære, synes Mattis. Han er bange for, at de glemmer far og gider hverken ny skole, nye venner eller fodbold. Og hende Frederikke, der bander og svovler og maser sig på, hun skal bare lade ham være i fred.

Sixteen-year-old gymnast Elizabeth Arlington doesn’t care that her mother is older than the other girls’ moms or that she doesn’t look anything like her parents. She has too much to worry about like her body changing and how all of a sudden the balance beam is not as easy as it used to be. But when she makes a discovery that throws her entire identity into question, she turns to her ex-best friend Zach, who suggests a way for her to find the answers her mother won’t give her: a time machine they found in an abandoned house.

Jonathan begynder på efterskole, men det er ikke helt den start, han havde håbet på. Jonathan er en ægte fodbolddreng, der allerede er spottet af talentspejderne, og det var meningen, at han skulle gå på idrætsefterskole og ikke lave andet end at spille fodbold. Få uger før skolestart brækker Jonathan dog benet og vælger i stedet af starte på den mere kreative efterskole, Ruvinge. Efterskoleroman om sorg, svigt og forelskelse.

Andy schießt einen Ball weit übers Tor - sehr weit. Bei der Suche nach ihm finden die Jungen auf dem Klosterberg den Eingang zu einem unterirdischen, halb zerfallenen Gewölbelabyrinth...! Die Folgen der "Andy Latte" Serie bieten spannende Geschichten und christliche Werte, die den Charakter stärken.

Warum gehen Pele und Walle in Schule und Training immer öfter heimliche Wege? Andy, Pitt, Lona und Sali kommen ihnen auf die Schliche - und werden schließlich verdächtigt, das Sportheim angezündet zu haben! Die Folgen der "Andy Latte" Serie bieten spannende Geschichten und christliche Werte, die den Charakter stärken.

The relationship between the two is like a football game. There are spectacular highlights, and heartbreaking low points. However, through football, the two come to understand each other and appreciate that it is varied strengths and working together that creates a good team. An engaging novel for teens by one of Wales’s best loved authors.

Andy träumt davon, im vollen Stadion ein Supertor zu schießen. Der türkische Junge Sali übrigens auch, aber seine Eltern verbieten ihm das Spielen im Verein... Eine Hörspielreihe von Hanno Herzler für Teens. Die Folgen der Andy Latte Serie bieten spannende Geschichten und christliche Werte, die den Charakter stärken.

These days, Tre Brun is happiest when he is playing basketball on the Red Lake Reservation high school team—even though he can’t help but be constantly gut-punched with memories of his big brother, Jaxon, who died in an accident. When Jaxon's former teammates on the varsity team offer to take Tre under their wing, he sees this as his shot to represent his Ojibwe rez all the way to their first state championship. This is the first step toward his dream of playing in the NBA, no matter how much the odds are stacked against him.

With authentic characters, well-paced storytelling, and raw insights into the mind of a young adult convinced of a single path to success, this book is an enjoyable and helpful listen. For young adult listeners, it’s relatable. The dream, the relationships, the successes and failures… it’s all there.

Caleb Springer is the up-and-coming star freshman quarterback on the high school football team, which isn't a surprise considering his dad, Sammy Springer, was an NFL superstar and is now the town celebrity. College scouts are already snooping around Caleb, and his future seems set. But just as Caleb's glory days begin, his dad starts to change. He's forgetting things and getting angry at random times. Caleb is forced to confront a bleak possibility: The sport that gives him so much status and self-worth might be the cause of his dad's strange behavior.

Just down the road from their families, Deo and his friends play soccer in the dusty fields of Zimbabwe, cheered on by Deo's older brother, Innocent. It is a day like any other ..until the soldiers arrive and Deo and Innocent are forced to run for their lives, fleeing the wreckage of their village for the distant promise of safe haven. Along the way, they face the prejudice and poverty that await refugees everywhere, and must rely on the kindness of people they meet to make it through.

Sixteen-year-old Dylan's life sucks. A careless driver cost him his leg, and as if that wasn't bad enough, he's being bullied at his new school. But a viral video and a life-changing encounter with a one-armed MMA fighter is about to change his life in ways he never could have imagined. Could Dylan's biggest weakness turn out to be his greatest strength?

Cara is on the cusp of adventure. Unlike her best friends, she doesn’t want to go to college, she wants different kinds of challenges. And anyway, home just doesn’t fit anymore. She is growing distant from her friends and hasn’t spoken to her father in eons. To make matters worse, her ex-boyfriend and fellow climber, Nat, has popped back into town after breaking up with her over text. So it’s the perfect time to leave, and she has big plans for a gap year to rock-climb in Patagonia. But when Cara hears that her father is actually missing, things change.

Beverly is in Hawaii, helping her uncle at his dive shop, learning how to dive and trying to lose weight and get a boyfriend. When Garth, an accomplished diver, shows an interest in her, Beverly is ecstatic, until it turns out Garth is only interested in one thing. Struggling with failing strength from her self-imposed starvation diet, Beverly finds herself in deep trouble when she has to fight Garth off underwater.

Bobbie Jo didn't set out to buy a limping blue roan mare—she wanted a colt she could train to barrel race. But the horse is a fighter, just like Bobbie Jo. Now all she has to do is train the sour old mare that obviously has a past. While she nurses the horse back to health, Bobbie Jo realizes that the horse, now called Blue Moon, may have more history than she first thought. With the help of the enigmatic Cole, she slowly turns the horse into a barrel racer.

Sixteen-year-old Bethany Greene, though confident and self-assured, is what they call a late-bloomer. She’s never had a boyfriend, date, or first kiss. She’s determined to change that but after her crush turns her down cold for Homecoming—declaring her too inexperienced—and all her back-up ideas fall through, she cautiously agrees to go with her best friend’s boyfriend Jacob. A platonic date is better than no date, right? Until Saylor breaks up with said boyfriend.

Molly, an expert skier, is sent to the Firethorn Ski Resort in Colorado on her first mission as a secret agent! Another young agent there was investigating a smuggling ring and has had a skiing "accident". Someone using the code name "Dormouse", who isn't an agent, has been continuing the agent's work and sending SOS messages. Molly must find and assist Dormouse and catch smugglers.

A patch of black ice is all it takes for Ryan “Preach” Armstrong’s perfectly planned future to skid out of control. The car crash shatters his hockey dreams…and injures Woodhaven’s newest student, Grace Milner. Grace can’t believe that all it took was seriously bad timing and a hot but prickly hockey player to threaten her lifelong dream of joining the Air Force. Now, instead of prepping for the track season and the beginning of basic training, she has to complete community service with the last person she would ever want to be stuck with: the guy who shattered her future.

Berthe er 17 år, og det er hendes største drøm at komme til OL i Seoul. Hun er eliteløber og bruger al sin tid på træning. Men hvad hvis det ikke er nok? Berthe mærker presset fra omverdenen og sine egne enorme forventninger, og det bringer hende ud i et farligt dopingmisbrug. "Kom nu, Berthe!" er en spændende ungdomsroman, der er baseret på virkelige hændelser. "Levende og medrivende ungdomsroman om de problemer, der kan opstå i topidræt .." - Lektørudtalelse Hans Peter Rolfsen er en dansk forfatter.