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Sadie Katz and Cleo Chapman have been rivals since birth. Literally. They entered the world competing to be the first baby born in the new year, and ever since Cleo beat out Sadie for that title, she has been nonchalantly beating Sadie at just about everything—and making it look easy. Now in the fall of their senior year, Sadie and Cleo are neck-and-neck for valedictorian. But then a string of increasingly serious pranks take over their high school, and all signs point to Sadie and Cleo as the perpetrators.

Tyriq Howell is swearing off of love. After a fight with his cheating ex leads to missing his college scholarship interview, he vows to be done with dating for good. Until Desmond, a boy who works in the scholarship office, approaches with a curious proposal: he’ll get Tyriq another interview if he pretends to be Desmond’s date to a fancy gala in two weeks.

Preso em um ônibus apertado, ao lado de seu primeiro namorado, em um trajeto longo demais, Júnior viaja entre passado e presente para entender como tudo pode ter dado tão errado em sua vida. Não que de fato tenha dado tudo errado. Mas Júnior pensa demais em tudo. Sabe como é. Mais ou menos 9 horas é uma história emocionante com representatividade LGBTQIAPN+ que aborda temas sensíveis como perda, conflitos familiares e autodescoberta.

It's spring in River Junction, and there's lots to be done. Since coming to the area a year ago, Lake and his mom, Marissa, have really embraced their newfound life and family. As Marissa grows closer to Ben and Carl, Lake and Bradley have fallen even more in love. In fact, Lake has an important question for Bradley. A question that could change their lives forever. However, he's going to need some help to make the occasion spectacular. After recruiting Bradley's parents and his mom, everything is set to make it a moment Bradley will never forget.

Wenn es einen Ort gibt, an dem die 17-jährige Malin ganz sie selbst sein kann, dann ist es Camp Rainbow. Wie jedes Jahr fiebert sie den Ferien in den bayerischen Alpen entgegen: Drei Wochen voller Natur, Freiheit - und hoffentlich ganz viel Herzklopfen. Denn obwohl Malin im queeren Sommercamp eine Menge toller Menschen kennt, ist sie bisher noch ungeküsst. Das soll sich nun ändern! Kurzerhand erstellt sie mit ihren beiden besten Freund:innen eine Want-to-kiss-List, und wenig später beginnt es zwischen ihr und dem Camp-Schwarm Juan zu kribbeln.

Coley es una chica de dieciséis años que se enfrenta al verano en soledad. Obligada a mudarse a un pueblecito de la zona rural después de perder a su madre, no se encuentra en posición de arriesgar su, ya de por sí, frágil corazón. Pero cuando conoce a Sonya, la atracción es inmediata. A Coley le preocupa no ser digna de ella. Hasta ahora, siempre que se ha enamorado, todo le ha salido mal. Y Sonya nunca ha estado con una chica antes. ¿Qué pasará si no es capaz de ser vista con Coley? ¿Qué pasará si, al abrir su corazón, Coley lo pierde todo?

"Der Gedanke an den Selbstmord ist ein starkes Trostmittel: mit ihm kommt man gut über manche böse Nacht hinweg." - Friedrich Nietzsche. Fiona hat nur noch einen einzigen Wunsch: Sie möchte endlich sterben. Traumatische Erlebnisse haben ihre Welt erschüttert und sie kann an nichts anderes mehr denken. Ihren Plan hat sie allerdings ohne Johanna gemacht, ihre Lehrerin. Diese nähert sich ihr an, und scheint ihre Fassade zu durchbrechen. Fiona weiß nicht mehr, was sie will. Leben oder Sterben? Nachdem sie dann auch noch in der Psychiatrie landet, erobert Milea ihr Herz. Ausgerechnet dort.

Costa Malva é uma ilha tranquila na Península Ibérica, e La Forquilla é uma cidadezinha com uma energia mística inexplicável. Quando Isabel Cisne resolve sair da casa da mãe, na cidade de Valência, para morar lá com o pai, ninguém entende bem o motivo... nem ela mesma. Em vez de...

In "My Heart Is In Carolina," Jaxon, the preacher's son, and Dallas, a Texan with uncertainties about North Carolina, meet and find a rare connection. As their bond deepens, they must navigate the disapproval of Jaxon's mother and the looming threat of their town's homophobia. Against the backdrop of a small, tight-knit community, their love blossoms in secrecy. With the farm's restoration mirroring their journey, will their love withstand the challenges, or will the shadows of hate tear them apart?

The week of Leo Torres’ sixteenth birthday, he decides to finally start living as the boy he is. Armed with a new haircut, a chest binder, and a stack of notes declaring his new name to his teachers, Leo shows up to the first day of school ready for a brand new start. But the ghosts of the past aren’t so easy to overcome. As word about him spreads around school, Leo has to deal with confused classmates, a furious sister, and recurring dreams featuring his long-dead father, who promises he can teach Leo how to “dream walk.”

Grace Haddonfield is a four-star chef with a bitter past. At 14, Grace finds herself at odds with her controlling mother who has her kidnapped in the middle of the night and taken to a boarding school for troubled teens. Grace spends several months at Epiphany Lake Academy where she must rise through the ranks of a cult-like program. When she realizes that the program has set her up to fail, she attempts to escape from Epiphany Lake and winds up somewhere even worse: Mystic Bay, a barbed-wire facility in the Dominican Republic.

When two boys meet at a Labor Day flea market spectacular in Southwest Virginia, fate has other plans. Booe travels from place to place with his aging hippie parents while J.J. and his dad are preoccupied with life. Back home in Tennessee, life isn't so grand, but they make it. Sweet serendipity intervenes when the boys' parents end up as vendors side-by-side at the event.

In Regency England, Cascabel Gray disguises herself as her twin brother Pom to attend Oxford University, where she wishes to study medicine. Her plans are upended, however, when she receives a letter from Charles Lafleur, a member of infamous secret society the Rogues Club, blackmailing her to keep her deception secret. But when Lafleur is found dead, the plot thickens – and Cascabel becomes a prime murder suspect. She joins the Rogues Club to conduct an investigation of her own, and is quickly swept into a life of gambling and vandalism.

With just a touch, George experiences a person's future death. High school is hard enough, but sixteen-year-old death witch Georgiana “George” Colburn can’t seem to catch a break. Even Jen’s ghost, the recently deceased popular girl who ignored George in life, won’t leave her alone. George is convinced her life can’t get any worse. That is until she bumps into the new student and experiences his death at her hand.

Igor sempre quis ser ator, e esse sonho parece cada vez mais próximo. O Festival de Artes Universitárias pode abrir muitas portas, e sua melhor amiga (por quem ele talvez esteja apaixonado) tem um roteiro maravilhoso na gaveta. Ele gosta de dizer que é feito de arte, e através dela pretende mostrar ao mundo quem realmente é. Mas para isso acontecer, Igor precisa tomar coragem para encarar todas as partes de si, até aquelas que mais o assustam…

For fans of Rachel Lynn Solomon and Alice Oseman, this swoony, fast-paced romance stars a teen who falls in love with the lead singer of America's most popular boy band during a whirlwind summer tour. This is what dreams are made of. Every teenager in America knows eighteen-year-old Felix Song...

Zwei Ex-Freundinnen, zwölf Tage Fake-Dating und jede Menge Gefühlschaos! Arden und Caroline waren beste Freundinnen, bis Arden als Teenager ihren Heimatort verließ. Während Caroline zurückblieb, machte Arden in Hollywood Karriere. Vier Jahre später ist sie ein angesagter Teeniestar im Filmbusiness. Um ihre Traumrolle zu bekommen, soll sie jedoch beweisen, dass in ihr noch immer das Kleinstadtmädchen von früher steckt, das eine Beziehung führt – mit Caroline!

Liebe ist ohnehin kompliziert, aber muss es Naomi, ein wunderschönes Mädchen, sein? Lou ist ein toleranter Mensch und akzeptiert jede Form der Liebe, aber nie hätte sie gedacht, dass ausgerechnet sie sich in ein Mädchen verliebt. Keiner weiß, was vor zwei Jahren mit Lou geschehen ist und das soll auch so bleiben. Doch als Naomi in das Leben der Einzelgängerin tritt, droht diese ihre so gründlich erbauten Schutzmauern einzureißen. Kann sich Lou ihrer Vergangenheit stellen oder zerbricht die junge Liebe an Lous Depressionen und ihren Ängsten?

After spending the year suffering as a reality TV villain IRL, Alec Braud will do anything to get his redemption arc. Alec Braud may have won his season of the hit teen reality TV show Campfire Wars, but he’s lost the war of public opinion. At seventeen, he’s the most hated teen in America just because he betrayed his showmance, Joaquín Delgado. Alec only did it to use the cash prize to help his parents’ wildlife rehabilitation center. And Joaquín forgave him―so why can’t everybody else?

Kurt et Kenna se sont tout promis. Jusqu'où les mèneront leurs promesses ? Il y a des amitiés qui semblent écrites dans les étoiles. Celle de Kenna et Kurt en fait partie. Fusionnels depuis leur plus jeune âge, ils comprennent d'un regard ce que personne d'autre ne peut voir. Mais l'université les sépare pour la première fois… Dans la solitude de leurs nuits d'étudiants, chacun se bat avec ses propres démons. Kurt s'enfonce dans une spirale d'alcool et de coups d'un soir, incapable d'accepter qu'il ne ressente pas le désir comme les autres.