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Im großen Finale der Vergissmeinnicht-Trilogie werden alle Geheimnisse aufgedeckt. Wenn Quinn nach seinen Abenteuern im Saum eines weiß, dann das: Matilda ist seine große Liebe, ganz egal, wie anstrengend ihre Familie ist. Eigentlich sollten sich die beiden gerade nur auf den großen Schulball freuen. Wenn da nicht dieses rätselhafte Sternentor-Ritual wäre, durch das Quinn als angeblicher Auserwählter die Welt retten soll. Und flüchtige Schwarzalben, die versteckt werden wollen, sowie ein ominöses Orakel, das im entscheidenden Moment immer wieder verschwindet.

Putting up a front and hiding her mental illness from her classmates is going to be the hardest thing high schooler Natalie Cordova has ever done. It’s her senior year, and she’s just been selected to present her artwork at a prestigious show. With the stress of performing on her shoulders, it doesn’t help when Natalie notices a boy who makes her heart leap. And then there’s fellow student Ella, who confronts Natalie about her summer car “accident” and pressures her into caring for the world’s ugliest dog.

After a long absence, 18-year-old Jasper is finally heading home for the holidays - and she's keeping secrets. Arthur, a budding filmmaker, is turning the town of Lake Pristine into a small town story worthy of the big screen. His plans are disrupted by the arrival of the town's golden girl - the antagonist of his school days; a girl he's never forgotten. Jasper Montgomery is back in Lake Pristine for one reason: to say goodbye. But before long small-town tensions start to rise, and a certain brooding film buff starts to look like a very big reason to stay . . .

Adrift after her sister Bailey’s sudden death, Lennie finds herself torn between quiet, seductive Toby—Bailey’s boyfriend who shares Lennie’s grief—and Joe, the new boy in town who bursts with life and musical genius. Each offers Lennie something she desperately needs. One boy helps her remember. The other lets her forget. And she knows if the two of them collide, her whole world will explode.

17-year-old Callum is facing an unfortunate truth: his summer exchange in rural France was a failure. No epic adventure, no summer fling, and his French is still rubbish. Just as he should be boarding the Eurostar home, without even a hint of a plan, Callum impulsively decides to stay (and doesn't bother telling his parents). He only knows one person in Paris: his long-lost cousin, Harrison, an oboist. As night falls on the hottest weekend of the year, an adventure begins...

Die 17-Jährige New Yorkerin Ellis hat genaue Vorstellungen davon, wie ihre Zukunft aussehen soll: an der Columbia aufgenommen und Journalistin werden wie ihr erfolgreicher Vater. Als ihre Eltern sich vorübergehend trennen und ihre Mutter sie in die Kleinstadt Bramble Falls mitschleppt, um bei ihrer Tante und Cousine zu leben, bricht für die strebsame Ellis die Welt zusammen. Wie soll sie hier ihre Ziele verfolgen? Stattdessen findet im idyllischen Kleinstädtchen das alljährliche Herbstfestival statt, und Ellis muss aushelfen.

For as long as she can remember, Kugy has loved to write. Whimsical stories are her passion, along with letters full of secret longings that she folds into paper boats and sets out to sea. Now that she's older, she dreams of following her heart and becoming a true teller of tales, but she decides to get a "real job" instead and forget all about Keenan, the guy who makes her feel as if she's living in one of her own fairy tales.

Everyone wants a piece of the Drew Schafer, the talented and troubled lead singer of up-and-coming band The Kerbs. Only his girlfriend Ruby knows the real Drew–the gentle, vulnerable boy beneath the stardust. But no one else even knows that Ruby exists...

Saachi would do anything for her best friend. So when school bad boy Fahim breaks Mona's heart, Saachi is hellbent on getting revenge. It's time to put him in his place once and for all. And so begins Operation Heartbreaker: Saachi will make Fahim fall in love with her and then pull the plug on him - just like he does to every girl he's ever dated. Simple. Except as she spends more time with Fahim, against her better judgement, she finds herself falling for him.

When Bel accidentally reveals a talent for engineering at school, she’s forced into joining the robotics club. Enter Mateo Luna, perfect on paper—captain of the football team and the robotics club—who recognizes Bel as a potential asset, even if they couldn’t be more different. And as the nights of after-school work grow longer, Bel and Teo realize they've made more than just a combat-ready robot for the championship: they’ve made a connection themselves.

I’m babysitting two little girls while their mom works and their dad’s deployed. Their mom asked me to keep them busy serving others so they don’t have time to miss their dad. I’m all for it… until I realize the charity she signed us up for is managed by the Scrooge-iest guy in town.

Actress Marisol Polly-Rodriguez might be entering her flop era. After wrapping up a hit show, she’s neither booked nor busy. Not to mention, her former costar turned boyfriend, Miles, recently dumped her for being an “unserious” performer. Can you imagine? To prove to Miles—and online trolls—that she takes her craft very seriously, Marisol lands a role on the same upcoming drama series he does.

Alice Garrett was The Girl Most Likely To…well, not date her little brother’s baggage-burdened best friend, for starters. For Tim, it wouldn’t be smart to fall for Alice. For Alice, nothing could be scarier than falling for Tim. But Tim has never been known for making the smart choice, and Alice is starting to wonder if the “smart…choice is always the right one. When these two crash into each other, they crash hard.

Als Alchemistin ist es Sydneys Aufgabe, die Geheimnisse der Vampire zu bewahren und gleichzeitig die Menschen vor den Blutsaugern zu schützen. Da gerät Jill Dragomir, die Schwester der Vampirkönigin Lissa, in tödliche Gefahr, und die Moroi müssen sie verstecken. Um einen Krieg zwischen den Vampiren zu verhindern, soll Sydney über Jill wachen. Gemeinsam flüchten sich die Mädchen an einen Ort, wo niemand eine Vampirin vermuten würde: ein Internat für menschliche Schüler in Kalifornien. Doch damit fängt der Ärger erst richtig an.

Kaum hat die 16-jährige Belly das Herz ihres ewigen Schwarms Conrad erobert, fällt ein Schatten auf die junge Beziehung. Conrads Mutter Susannah stirbt. Der Schicksalsschlag trennt die Verliebten: Conrad zieht sich zurück, und Belly fühlt sich vernachlässigt; die Beziehung zerbricht. Conrad hat nicht nur mit dem Verlust seiner Mutter zu kämpfen, sein Vater will das geliebte Strandhaus tatsächlich verkaufen. Mit vereinten Kräften gelingt es, den Vater der Jungs zu überreden, das Haus nicht zu verkaufen.

Evie doesn’t have a choice. One day she’s an ordinary 17-year-old, grieving for her mother. The next, she’s a Shield, the result of a decades-old experiment gone wrong, bound by DNA to defend her best friend from an unknown killer. The threat could come at home, at school, anywhere. All Evie knows is that it will be a fight to the death. And then there’s Jamie. Irresistible. Off-limits.

Jamie Goldberg is cool with volunteering for his local state candidate - as long as he’s behind the scenes. There’s no way he’d ever knock on doors to ask people for their votes...until he meets Maya. Maya Rehman’s having the worst Ramadan ever. Her best friend is too busy to hang out, her summer trip is cancelled, her parents are separating and now her mother thinks the solution to her problems is political canvassing - with some awkward guy she hardly knows....

Outfielder Tristan Murrell has a problem. As the number two slugger for the Suttonville Sentinels, his team is counting on him to make their very first run at the state championship. But he has a secret—his swing has totally deserted him. As in, he can't hit anything. He needs to fix the issue, and fast, but how?

The last person Riya Johnson expected to run into at her new summer camp is Courtney Chastain—her childhood best friend and the girl who broke her heart after a secret, mind-blowing, life-altering kiss. She definitely didn't expect to be sharing a bunk bed with her for four long weeks. Courtney has what every girl wants—beautiful, rich, and the object of every boy's desire. Too bad none of them make her feel an iota of what Riya's kiss did all those years ago. But Courtney needs to uphold appearances at all costs—even if it means instigating a prank war with Riya as her target.

Born into a kingdom where power is outlawed, Penny has little reason to love her magic. She barely remembers her mother, and even her father dies unaware of her abilities. Now, magic or not, Penny is powerless to escape the bitter tangle of competition her stepmother has created between her and her stepsisters. And a series of chance encounters with the crown prince only adds to her troubles. The last thing she needs is to attract the notice of the very royals who have turned her existence into a crime.