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Ellory returns to Pine Brook to navigate senior year after a two-month suspension and summer away - no boyfriend, no friends. No going back. Tormented by some and sought out by others, troubled by a mysterious note-writer who won’t let Ellory forget, and consumed by guilt over her not entirely innocent role in everything and everyone she’s lost, Ellory finds that even in the present, the past is everywhere. The path forward isn’t a straight line. And moving on will mean sorting the truth from the lies - the lies Ellory has been telling herself.

The highly anticipated second novel from Carnegie-shortlisted author Bonnie-Sue Hitchcock. Come on a journey across the rural American West. Meet the teenagers who live in the small towns across these states, separated by distance, but whose stories are woven together in the most unexpected of ways. Whether they are brought together by the spread of wildfire, by the priest who's moved from state to state or by the hunt for a missing child, these incredible tales blaze with secrets, rage and love.

Since her grandmother became her caretaker when she was four years old, Bisou Martel has lived a quiet life in a little house in Seattle. She’s kept mostly to herself. She’s been good. But then comes the night of homecoming, when she finds herself running for her life over roots and between trees, a fury of claws and teeth behind her. A wolf attacks. Bisou fights back. A new moon rises. And with it, questions. About the blood in Bisou’s past, and on her hands as she stumbles home. About broken boys and vicious wolves. About girls lost in the woods - frightened, but not alone.

Hanna Slivka is on the cusp of 14 when Hitler's army crosses the border into Soviet-occupied Ukraine. Soon, the Gestapo closes in, determined to make the shtetele she lives in "free of Jews". Until the German occupation, Hanna spent her time exploring Kwasova with her younger siblings, admiring the drawings of the handsome Leon Stadnick, and helping her neighbor dye decorative eggs. But now she, Leon, and their families are forced to flee and hide in the forest outside their shtetele - and then in the dark caves beneath the rolling meadows, rumored to harbor evil spirits.

거북이를 찾지 못하면 밀드레드가 퇴학당할지도 모른다고? 말하는 동물 친구를 구출하기 위한 밀드레드의 폭풍우 속 모험 이야기. 3학년 여름방학 숙제로 작은 동물들과 대화할 수 있는 마법을 발명한 밀드레드는 기대에 차서 등굣길에 올랐어요. 밀드레드 스스로도 이번 숙제는 '꼴찌 마녀'라는 별명이 무색하게 완벽한 프로젝트이기 때문인데요. 밀드레드는 이 기회에 하드브룸 선생님과 친구들에게 자신의 진가를 보여주리라 다짐하며 빗자루를 타고 힘차게 학교로 향해요. 그래닛 선생님 소동이 있고, 캐클 마법학교에는 새로운 선생님이 왔어요.

Adelaide has lived her whole life in rural Ethiopia as the white American daughter of an anthropologist. Then, her family moves to South Carolina in 1964. Adelaide vows to find her way back to Ethiopia, marry Maicaah, and become part of the village for real. But until she turns 18, Adelaide must adjust to this strange, white place that everyone tells her is home. Then, Adelaide becomes friends with the five African American students who sued for admission into the white high school.

When seven-year-old Jamie falls down a very long hill, he finds himself trapped in a world of strange creatures, harsh landscapes, and near-perpetual darkness. Lost and confused, Jamie is desperate to get home. The nightmares, fears, and all manner of what-ifs that inhabit this shadow world are unfamiliar to him - all except one: the Lairdbalor, Jamie's personal nightmare, once relegated to his dreams. In this fantastical land, however, the Lairdbalor and all the fears and nightmares of children are very real.

Maria Lyon and Lily Boiten are their school's ultimate power couple - but one thing stands between them and their perfect future: campus superstar Delilah Dufrey. Golden child Delilah is a legend at exclusive Acheron Academy and the presumptive winner of the distinguished Cawdor Kingsley Prize. But Delilah doesn't know that Lily and Maria are willing to do anything - absolutely anything - to unseat Delilah for the scholarship. After all, it would lock in Maria's attendance at Stanford - and assure her and Lily four more years in a shared dorm room.

Sixteen-year-old Leo has a way with words, but he doesn’t know it yet. He spends his time texting, polishing soccer maneuvers, and killing time with Niko and Silvia. Until a new teacher arrives and challenges him to give voice to his dreams. And so Leo is inspired to win over the red-haired beauty, Beatrice. She doesn’t know Leo exists, but he’s convinced that his dream to win her over will come true. When Leo lands in the hospital and learns that Beatrice has been admitted too, his mission to be there for her will send him on a thrilling but heartbreaking journey.

When Japanese-American teenager, Adam, discovers a diary in his attic, he is enthralled by its account of a young Japanese woman’s life. A hundred years separate them yet she, like Adam, is caught between cultures, relationships and heartbreak. She also writes of the ghosts that have begun to seek her out, which Adam dismisses as fantasy – until he too, begins to be haunted. It leads him to Nagasaki, trying to solve the mystery of the diary, and his own identity.

Uma adaptação do livro Guerra e Paz, de Tolstói, destinada ao público jovem-adulto. A comovente história, universal e atemporal, é ambientada no Rio de Janeiro. A autora apresenta ao público, de forma simplificada, as lições do grande clássico da literatura russa. Personagens que amam e odeiam, mas acima de tudo anseiam por encontrar o sentido da vida.

El universo de Ana, la de Tejas Verdes se expande en esta obra de L.M. Montgomery. Crónicas de Avonlea es una colección de historias encantadoras ambientadas en la pequeña comunidad de Avonlea, en la Isla del Príncipe Eduardo de Canadá. Estos entrañables relatos nos acercarán más a la vida Ana Shirley, pero sobre todo de sus vecinos. A través de las aventuras de sus queridos personajes, el libro captura la esencia de la vida en una comunidad rural de principios del siglo XX y los desafíos y alegrías de crecer y madurar en cualquier época.

استقام "ذو الذيل الأسود" على قائمتيه الخلفيتين وحدّق في الظلام..ثمّة ما هو غريب هذه الليلة، لقد أحسَّ بالغرابة ما إن أخرج رأسه من الماء..لم يكن من صلة بين هذا الشعور وبين السدّ فقد تفقده ما إن صعد إلى سطح الماء.

Malin no necesita compañía, no la quiere, pero es ambiciosa y desea llegar lejos, por eso, cuando consigue entrar en una universidad de élite gracias a su impecable expediente, su mayor reto será entablar relaciones sociales y fingir ser una persona normal. A su llegada al campus, Malin se sorprende por lo sencillo que le resulta hacerse de un grupo de amigos: Gemma, una chica inglesa extrovertida y dicharachera, apasionada por el teatro; Ruby, la joven perfecta: guapa, carismática, amable y sincera; John, popular, de buena familia y muy atractivo.

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.

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.

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 un cassonetto. Gioia è diventata la notte del luminoso giorno che era: ha lasciato la scuola e non fa più le sue chiacchierate, belle come viaggi, con il professore di filosofia, Bove. Neanche lui ha le risposte che cerca. Anzi, proprio lui l'ha delusa più di tutti.

DDR 1988: Als ihre Mutter einen Ausreiseantrag stellt und verhaftet wird, steckt man Anja in einen der berüchtigten Jugendwerkhöfe. Von jetzt auf gleich ist die 14-Jährige allein, gefangen zwischen hohen Mauern, schweren Eisentoren und vergitterten Fenstern. Das war’s also, ja? Sie wurde weggesperrt. In den Knast. Einfach so. Ohne Urteil, ohne Verhandlung und ohne, dass ein Richter sie angehört hätte. Es gibt nur einen Weg, der Willkür, dem gnadenlosen Drill und der Gewalt im Werkhof zu entkommen: Flucht!

Bis in seine Träume hinein wird Joseph vom Running Man verfolgt, der durch die Stadt läuft wie ein Getriebener. Der unheimliche Mann ist Josephs persönliche Albtraum-Figur. Noch nie hat er mit jemandem über ihn gesprochen. Doch die Bekanntschaft mit seinem menschenscheuen Nachbarn Tom verändert alles: Tom ist noch verschlossener als Joseph. Seit Jahren hat er sich von der Außenwelt zurückgezogen. Josephs Interesse begegnet er zunächst mit Abwehr. Erst als Joseph von seinen Ängsten und dem Running Man erzählt, scheint sich auch für Tom wieder eine Tür ins Leben zu öffnen.