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In this searing indictment of the juvenile justice system, one teen in detention weighs what she is willing to endure for forgiveness. All it took was one night and one bad decision for fifteen-year-old Violetta Chen-Samuels’ life to go off the rails. After driving drunk and causing the...

The year is 1995, and my parents have finally allowed me to take the summer to tour in a VW van across the country with my boyfriend, Evan, and our band. Yes, my dream to be a singer became reality. Even with Clarissa, Evan’s jealous ex-girlfriend, as the lead singer, it’s my presence on stage that led us to a major record deal. There are moments you’ll always remember in life, but I can’t imagine anything more cool than hearing your song on the radio for the first time. But being a rock star isn’t as easy as it sounds.

A tender and heartfelt queer YA novel about the multiplicities of grief, deeply held family secrets, and finding new love. Isaac Griffin has always felt something was missing from his life. And for good reason: he's never met his dad. He'd started to believe he'd never belong in this world, that...

The first 15 years of Billy’s life have been spent in commune with the Cahaba, tracing its winding path through the beautiful valleys of his small hometown, Shilo’s Beat, Alabama. But ever since Jessie’s death, the same landscape that has long comforted him now seems to be conspiring against him. What happened to Jessie? Was it the strange old man they call the Mayor? Or maybe Jessie’s dangerous adversary from up on the mountain? Everyone keeps insisting that Jessie killed himself, but Billy knows it can’t be true. If things had gotten that bad, Billy would have known, right?

Kat Richardson isn’t running away from grief; she’s just hiding out in a gloomy Welsh university town until she’s sure it’s gone. Now, one year, nine months, and 27 days after the climbing death of her first love, Gabe, she thinks she’s ready to venture out into the relationship world again. But the arrival of Kat’s newly adopted niece, Mai, forces her home to northern England, where she runs headfirst into all the memories of Gabe she’s tried to leave behind - and discovers that Mai stirs up an unnerving feeling of déjà vu.

Was wäre, wenn das Schicksal bei dir anklopft, um dich vor deinem bevorstehenden Tod zu warnen? Am 5. September, kurz nach Mitternacht, bekommen Mateo und Rufus einen solchen Anruf. Von der "Death Cast", die die undankbare Aufgabe hat, ihnen die schlechten Neuigkeiten zu überbringen: Sie werden heute sterben. Noch kennen sich die beiden nicht, doch aus unterschiedlichen Gründen beschließen sie, an ihrem letzten Tag einen neuen Freund zu finden. Die gute Nachricht lautet, dass es dafür eine App gibt.

This heartfelt novel for fans of Jandy Nelson and Adam Silvera follows twins Audrey and Clare as they grapple with their brother's death and their changing relationships—with each other and themselves. Audrey’s best friend was always her twin, Clare. But as they got older, they grew apart...

From author SC Alban comes a tender and humorous, coming-of-age novel that follows the journey of a girl who must give up her heart in order to find love. For the past five years, 17-year-old Megan Cooper has built a wall around her heart with little room to experience true feelings. However, her entire world shifts the moment she hits Cupid with her car driving home from finals. With his shooting arm significantly injured, she has no choice but to take his place. This YA debut is a touching and heartwarming shot through the heart for all listeners - a perfect holiday listen!

What are the chances on a cay off the shores of Belize of running into the best friend of the man who killed Ava's brother? What if this best friend had a message? Could it have the power to heal Ava's heart? It's been 20-some years since Zack was murdered; why can't Ava let it go? She had forgiven his killer. There was still something that needed to be changed, something she needed to believe in to lead her the rest of the way through the process of forgiveness.

Mariel ha perdido a su mamá a causa del cáncer, vive con su papá y su madrastra. Con frecuencia escribe cartas a su mamá pensando lo que le diría si ella viviera. Cuando es llevada por su papá a un internado, encuentra consuelo en las pláticas que sostiene con un chico que conoció por internet. Pasa los días deseando conocerlo y esperando que venga a rescatarla.

Graceland Johnson and Noble Chavis had a secret he took with him to the grave. Now, Noble is back, and Graceland must find a way to keep him around. As eyes shift and lips meet, Graceland knows he’s using Jamie Locklear to communicate with her. What is Noble trying to say? Will Graceland figure it all out before the Reaper finds him and carries him to Heaven? What’s so special about Angel Creek, North Carolina, that keeps the undead around?

When Hinton Helsinger leaves the Youth Correctional Center, he's set on reforming his impulsive ways. But things at home have changed: his dad has been killed, his mom's remarried his uncle, and his uncle is the new kingpin of the family gang that controls the town's drug trade. Threatened by Hinton's return, Hinton's uncle hatches a sinister plot using Hinton's girlfriend, Olivia, as a pawn. As Hinton struggles between the impulse to avenge his dad's death and the desire to seek a way out of that corrupt life, he embarks on a downward spiral of revenge and madness....

Wenn einem das Glück abhanden kommt, muss man nur wieder nach ihm suchen! Eddy ist ein ganz normaler Teenager, ein bisschen eigenbrötlerisch, aber voll Lebensfreude und ausgestattet mit der Fähigkeit zum Glücklichsein. Eines Tages jedoch kommt Eddy das Glück abhanden. Seine geliebte Großmutter, bei der er aufwächst, erkrankt schwer. Von einem Tag auf den anderen steht Eddy vor wichtigen Entscheidungen, muss sich auf die Suche begeben nach Möglichkeiten, sein Leben in den Griff zu bekommen - und dabei seinen großen Traum nicht aus den Augen zu lassen: einmal um die Welt mit einer alten BMW R75!

A witty, fresh romantic comedy, set on one fateful prom night, about two high-schools seniors who can’t quite admit they are in love. Think E. Lockhart meets Katie Cotugno. It’s the end of senior year, and Rose Regnero is over it. She’s over chasing stories for a school newspaper no one...

Alle har den slags dage, hvor det ikke kører. Jeg har mange. Jeg kan faktisk ikke rigtigt huske tiden før... Var jeg glad i låget dengang? Var jeg virkelig så gode venner med Bastian, som min far siger? Storm er alene med sin far, og det har været svært at holde fast i vennerne og fodbolden efter hans mors død. Storm lukker sig inde i sig selv og forsøger at styre uden om medlidende blikke. Men en dag da han er ude og cykle i skoven, møder han Ariel. Hun har kort hår og vilde øjne - og så dufter hun af pige.

On the night Donovan Turner is thrown out of a car on a highway in the middle of nowhere, he can barely remember his own name, let alone the past 24 hours. Where is he? Where is his girlfriend, Bee? In an attempt to flag down the next passing car, he startles the driver, causing a fatal accident. With sirens in the distance and the lingering feeling that he's running from something - or someone - Donovan grabs the dead driver's briefcase and flees.

Moses and his cousin Charlie were best friends, wisecracking pranksters, unstoppable forces of teenage energy - until the night they became accidental arsonists and set in motion a chain of events that left Moses alone, guilt-stricken, and most likely trapped in his dead-end town. Then Moses gets a lucky break: the chance to volunteer as a camp counselor for a week and prove the incident at the bowling alley should be expunged from his record. And since a criminal record and enrollment at Duke are mutually exclusive, he’s determined. But tragedy seems to follow him wherever he goes.

Graduation was supposed to be a relief. Except Quinn can't avoid the barrage of well-intentioned questions about her college plans. Why does no one understand that it's hard for her to think about the future - or feel as if she even deserves one - when her best friend is dead? Spending the summer with her aunt on the Jersey shore may just be the fresh start Quinn so desperately needs. And when she meets Malcolm, a musician with his own haunted past, she starts to believe in second chances. Can Quinn find love while finding herself?

"Ciao a tutti. Spero per voi che siate pronti, perché sto per raccontarvi la storia della mia vita. O meglio, come mai è finita. E se state ascoltando queste cassette è perché voi siete una delle ragioni. Non vi dirò quale nastro vi chiamerà in causa. Ma non preoccupatevi, se avete ricevuto questo bel pacco regalo, prima o poi il vostro nome salterà fuori... Ve lo prometto."

Nell'arco di un'ora di lezione a scuola, si intrecciano le storie di quattro adolescenti che non si conoscono, ma vivono nello stesso momento una svolta cruciale della loro vita. In quell'ora magari si incrociano, ma ognuno è preso dai propri problemi. Quel giorno, in quei 3.300 secondi, le loro vite saranno trasformate.