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Nyle’s life with her grandmother on their Vermont sheep farm advances rhythmically through the seasons until the night of the accident at the Cookshire nuclear power plant. Without warning, Nyle’s modest world fills with protective masks, evacuations, contaminated food, disruptions, and mistrust. Things become even more complicated when Ezra Trent and his mother, refugees from the heart of the accident, take temporary shelter in the back bedroom of Nyle’s house.

Amid the sparkle and hum of a New York City winter, Jed and his best friend, Flyer, are filming a documentary of their neighborhood. In the process, Jed confronts painful memories of his older brother, Zeke, a poet who loved jazzman Charlie "Bird" Parker and who died, leaving behind his CDs, a notebook, and a lot of unanswered questions.

Nathan and his adorable little sister just moved in across the street from Liz Scattergood, and both of them could use a friend. Liz just isn't sure she's the right person. What do you say to someone whose mother is dying? Liz has been coping with tough questions like this all summer. Ever since Liz's grandmother Bunny died, Liz's mother hasn't been the same; she's even started attending a spiritualist church that claims it can contact Bunny on the Other Side.

For eight years, Loa Sollilja's world ran like one of those mechanical models of the solar system, with her baby sister, Asta, as the sun. Asta suffered from a genetic disorder that left her a permanent infant, and caring for her was Loa's life. Everything spun neatly and regularly as the whole family orbited around Asta. But now Asta's dead, and 16-year-old Loa's clockwork galaxy has collapsed.

Two teenage girls, sisters a year apart, are in a terrible auto accident near where they live, a few miles from the Civil War battlefield at Shiloh. Penny, the older sister, is killed outright. Sandy, the younger, is badly injured and not expected to live.

The Revolutionary War comes alive in this contemporary classic for young adults, a stirring, probing tale full of action and suspense, putting readers right into the heart of the war for independence.

Newbery Medal winner Paul Fleischman writes a profoundly moving story of connectedness and the journey of a young soul to self-discovery. Told through the voices of five characters and narrated by age-appropriate actors, Whirligig compels the listener with its lesson on how our actions can impact the lives of others - even years later. A stunningly authentic listening experience.

En letlæst, skarp, følsom og nutidig fortælling om at miste, om at føle sig lidt overset - og om at finde sin egen vej som næsten-teenager ... Vic får 12 i alt, hendes franske fletning sidder altid perfekt, og snart skal hun sammen med sin bedste veninde, Amalie holde stor 13 års fødselsdagsfest for hele klassen. Vic burde være glad, men hun synes ikke rigtig, hun har noget at fejre. Det er svært at komme i festhumør, når man sørger. Og det er svært at sørge alene.

Kyle y Kimberly eran la pareja perfecta desde el instituto. Pero la noche de su graduación tienen un accidente de coche y Kimberly muere. La vida de Kyle cambia para siempre y no parece que nadie pueda entender cómo se siente. Hasta que llega Marley. Ella también está pasando por una situación similar y, cuando conoce a Kyle, todas sus emociones secretas y nunca dichas conectan inmediatamente.

Czy i ile bylibyście w stanie zapłacić za czyjeś zdrowie? A na ile wyceniacie własną wolność? A może sądzicie, że takie dylematy nigdy nie będą Was dotyczyły? W takim razie przekonajcie się, z czym zmierzyła się Monika, gdy niespodziewanie i w ułamku sekundy przyszło jej decydować o losach najbliższych osób. Okazuje się bowiem, że od niewinnej rozrywki do całkowitego upokorzenia, a być może i śmierci, dzieli nas tak naprawdę bardzo niewiele. A jakby tego było mało, może tak się zdarzyć, że przebój zespołu Bars & Melody "Turnitup!" uratuje komuś życie.

Francesco ha poco tempo per costruirsi una nuova reputazione agli occhi dei compagni nella nuova classe, senza che i prof pensino che sia arrivato lì per farsi segare. E l'attesa dell'imminente viaggio ad Auschwitz organizzato dalla scuola gli provoca quella sensazione senza nome che sale e scende tra la pancia e il petto, quel misto di rabbia, curiosità e paura. Alle sue spalle, quindici mesi prima, il dolore: quel giorno in cui, al funerale del suo amico Simone, non aveva versato neanche una lacrima. Francesco parte, con settecento compagni di viaggio.

Sara kommt aus Indien zurück nach England. In einem Internat soll sie so lange lernen und wohnen, bis ihr Vater aus Indien zurückkehrt und dort alle geschäftlichen Angelegenheiten geklärt hat. Saras Vater aber kommt nicht zurück. Er stirbt und hinterlässt eine Waise, die nur deshalb die schwere Zeit übersteht, weil sie so viel Fantasie hat und sich ausmalt, wie es ist, wenn ihr Leben wieder in geordneten Bahnen verläuft. Was sie nicht weiß, sie hat einen unbekannten Freund, der ihr hilft und zur Seite steht, damit sie wieder glücklich wird.

Nur knapp ist Mara einem Bombenattentat in der U-Bahn entgangen. Ihre Mitschüler nennen sie seither "Das Mädchen, das überlebt hat" und erwarten Betroffenheit von ihr. Aber Mara hat ganz andere Sorgen. Ihre Freundin Sirîn meldet sich immer seltener und scheint plötzlich komplett unerreichbar. Je mehr Mara ihr zu helfen versucht, desto mehr Unverständnis und Ablehnung erntet sie. Was verheimlichen alle vor ihr? Erst als sich ihr Schwarm Chriso in die Suche einschaltet, kommt die erschütternde Wahrheit ans Licht.

Ein Zelt auf einem Hausdach in Berlin - es ist Sommer und Levi ist abgehauen. Zwar wohnt ein paar Stockwerke unter seinem Lager immer noch sein Vater, aber von dem hat er noch nie viel mitbekommen. Und jetzt, nachdem er die Urne seiner Mutter auf der Beerdigung gestohlen hat, kann er sich sowieso nicht mehr blicken lassen. Tigerschatten springen zwischen den Dächern, sitzen Levi im Nacken und streifen um die Urne - derselbe Tiger, der seine Mutter getötet hat, davon ist Levi überzeugt. Im Kampf mit dem Verlust sucht der Junge sich seine eigenen Verbündeten.

Tessa, diciassette anni, ha atteso a lungo il ragazzo perfetto, il momento perfetto, il bacio perfetto. Pensava di avere ancora molto tempo davanti a sé, prima di scoprire che a causa di un difetto cardiaco le restano poche settimane di vita. Stordita, arrabbiata, disperata, aspetta di morire chiusa nella sua stanza. È un'attesa amara, la sua, perché sa di non aver vissuto a pieno. Pensa a sé stessa come a una "ragazza soprammobile", che morirà "vergine e senza patente". Fino a quando non incontra Oskar e tutto sembra di nuovo possibile.

Steven Gerald Gabel - a.k.a. Stiggy - needs to get out of Minnesota. His father recently look his own life, his mother is a shell of the person she used to be, and his sort-of-girlfriend ghosted him and skipped town. What does he have left to stick around for? Armed with his mom's credit card and a tourist map of Great River Road, Stiggy sets off in his dad's car.

Growing up in a small Colorado town, Londyn and David spent their childhood falling in love. Now they're seventeen and ready to graduate high school, excited to begin the next chapter of their lives. But after a tragic accident leaves David in a coma, Londyn finds herself drawn into a distorted mirror of their hometown, a dreamlike world built on crumbling memories and threatened by an encroaching darkness. A world that might all exist within David's dying mind.

Rachael Lippincott, coauthor of #1 New York Times bestseller Five Feet Apart, weaves a “breezy…truly charming” (Kirkus Reviews) love story about learning who you are, and who you love, when the person you’ve always shared yourself with is gone. Emily and her mom were always lucky. But...

A New York Times bestseller! From the team behind #1 New York Times bestseller Five Feet Apart comes a gripping romance that asks: Can you find true love after losing everything? Kyle and Kimberly have been the perfect couple all through high school, but when Kimberly breaks up with him on the...

The Discovery of Flight is a novel in two voices about the relationship between two sisters, the older of whom is disabled by cerebral palsy and only able to communicate with assistive technology (she can control her computer by moving her eyes). It interweaves the fantasy novel 16-year-old Libby is writing for Sophie’s 13th birthday and Sophie’s diary, in which she discusses the deteriorating condition of her older sister.