Novedades

This collection of 16 stories from the best writers of young adult fiction, including M.E. Kerr, Walter Dean Myers, Virginia Euwer Wolff, and Graham Salisbury provide realistic and positive accounts of today's teens facing moral dilemmas. Young adults will recognize themselves and their friends in these teens who are trying to make the right choices about pregnancy, drug use, peer pressure, and violence.

They thought hiding in a small town would keep them safe. They were wrong. Zander Young has spent three years in Millbrook, Maine, pretending to be normal—hiding his impossible strength, his lack of aging, and the thirst that reminds him he's no longer human. Then Angie Butler arrives: stunning, mysterious, and carrying secrets that mirror his own. From their first meeting, Zander feels an undeniable connection to the enigmatic new girl. But when they're both drawn to the abandoned Blackwood mansion on the hill, their carefully hidden worlds collide in ways neither expected. When a ...

Orion and Mia's peaceful lives are shattered when an unknown force razes their villages and tears away their loved ones. With nowhere left to turn, they find each other in the ruins—and something more: a destiny neither of them asked for. As they struggle to survive, they discover they are meant to stand against a rising evil—the embodiment of the Seven Deadly Sins. However, they are not alone. Guided by visions and ancient magic, and joined by unlikely allies, they must rise from the ashes of their broken world... and become the champions Celestria desperately needs.

Als die 17-jährige Lena den Architekturstudenten Noah kennenlernt, verändert sich ihr Leben. Doch als Noah die Chance bekommt, ein Auslandssemester in Barcelona zu verbringen, beginnt eine Zeit der Entfernung - und des inneren Wandels. Lena entdeckt ihre Leidenschaft für die Fotografie und sieht die Welt plötzlich mit anderen Augen. Eine zarte Geschichte über erste Liebe, schmerzhafte Abschiede und den Mut, den eigenen Weg zu finden - auch wenn er einen von der großen Liebe fortführt.

Stealing from her rich family was supposed to be a fun winter getaway for teen mastermind Olivia Owens, but when a rival thief, a love triangle, and a murder suspect interfere, she’ll have to decide how far she’s willing to go for the vault full of gold—and for the boy she loves.

Twelve-year-old Cody thought his summer would be filled with carefree days spent with friends at the local pool. But when a cruel prank leaves a younger girl, Allison, hurt and humiliated, Cody’s life takes an unexpected turn. His mother, a strict but fair woman with a touch of magic, decides it’s time for Cody to learn a lesson in empathy and understanding—by transforming him into a little girl for a whole week. Now, as "Katie," Cody is forced to navigate a world that feels entirely foreign.

This dazzling, tour-de-force debut tackles friendship, first love, and sexual assault, along with the full emotional range of life as a teenage girl. Esme musters strength she didn’t know she had—and learns to lean on others to find the right support. An unforgettable story.

The Painted Desert is a poignant, often darkly humorous coming-of-age novel told through the fierce and unforgettable voice of nine-year-old Lulu. A gifted dancer, self-taught technologist, and reluctant observer of adult dysfunction, Lulu lives with her emotionally wounded mother in a decaying Victorian home that doubles as a sanctuary for stray animals and forgotten dreams. Set in a suburban neighborhood where façades of stability conceal deep fractures, Lulu watches and documents the lives around her with keen intelligence and unsparing honesty. Her neighbors—disgraced teens, fading ...

When a tiny freckle on Lexie Collins’s cheek turns out to be a rare kind of melanoma that requires surgery, she is left with a big, ugly scar across one cheek. She had just earned a spot in the state finals for public speaking, but with the scar, her confidence has vanished. She doesn’t even recognise herself anymore.

A secret. A holiday. A summer like never before. Shae knows her parents are keeping something from her and is determined to find out what. But nothing can prepare her for what they are hiding. A coming-of-age story about 17-year-old Shae, who is learning that relationships, deception, secrets, and love can all blend together and change everything.

Als Opfer täglichen Mobbings in der Schule sieht David nur einen Ausweg: eine gefährliche Mutprobe, die sein Image für immer verändern soll. Um Mitternacht muss er einen verlassenen Freizeitpark betreten und ein Selfie in der Geisterbahn Teufelstor machen. Mit jedem Schritt tiefer in das verfallene Teufelstor wird ihm bewusst, dass er sich niemals darauf hätte einlassen dürfen.

In a small town in New Zealand, lifelong friends, Rachel, Julia and Chicky, are celebrating the end of school, enjoying the liminal space of the summer holidays before their lives will be transformed by university, careers and adulthood. The arrival of Miranda, an exotically beautiful and charismatic woman, will have a profound effect on the ostensibly concrete bond between the girls, revealing long-ignored cracks in their friendships.