Teen Age Boys

Jun hates boy bands. They are disruptive in the classroom, annoying, have no talent, and are now affecting his role as class president. After a talk with his teacher, Jun must convince his best friend, Saki, to give up her obsession over Akatsuki, the particularly vexing boy band, or abdicate his class privileges. But his talk with Saki doesn’t go well. In his attempt to understand what all the fuss is about, Jun goes down the rabbit hole of Akatsuki, only to find another unusual fan of the boy band that has his classmates raving.

What if your weekend camping trip landed you on another planet? For three teenage boys, a night under the stars turns into a fight for survival across an alien terrain. Abducted from Earth and imprisoned in a mysterious lab, the boys escape... only to find themselves stranded on a hostile planet filled with strange landscapes, monstrous creatures, and secrets they can barely comprehend. As they make their way through deserts, oceans, and mountains in a desperate attempt to get home, they’re forced to confront more than just external dangers. Their friendship, values, and belief systems ...

Nach einer fürchterlichen öffentlichen Blamage meldet Ellie sich für ein Auslandsschuljahr in England. Sie braucht jetzt Ablenkung! Und was wäre dafür besser als ein "Hot British Boyfriend"? Will ist so hinreißend und charmant, dass er die Hauptrolle in einem Austen-Roman spielen könnte. Nur: Ellie weiß eigentlich gar nichts über ihn – und über England auch nicht. Sie überredet ihren Mitschüler Dev, einen Streber, ihr Kricketregeln beizubringen, nur um Will zu beeindrucken.

Lonely Boy, a debut YA novel by Matt Geiler, is a vivid coming-of-age story of resilience, first love, family secrets, and self-discovery. Indie pop sensation Frederick Julius is an intensely private person. But while promoting his latest album on the Power & Pop podcast, he reveals secrets from the pivotal two weeks that inspired it.

Gewgaws are worthless trinkets . . . or are they? Perry Dobbs is a 13-year-old boy who only wants to play video games, never go outside, and avoid ‘The Dragon’ downstairs. Arvin Pewter’s smart, witty, and loves science and girls in equal proportions. He left for two years to live with his grandmother in Ireland, and he hasn’t seen Perry since. When a mysterious object pulls Perry and Arvin into a magical portal, they’re unwittingly thrust into a whirlwind adventure across time and space. The journey home will show the best and worst of each other and test the limits of their ...

Know that one of you will not return… These are the ominous words spoken by the Oracle of Atlantis as it sends the intrepid Samantha and her teenage crew on their toughest challenge yet: relive the ancient Epic of Gilgamesh. Devising an ingenious method for working out where to head to follow in the footsteps of the Sumerian antihero, they face a series of challenges, each of which hides a lesson. Do they copy Gilgamesh or learn from his mistakes? For learn they must to collect the seven holy keys that will lead them to a prize as yet unknown. Pushed to the limits of their endurance ...

Layla Karimi has been cursed by the evil eye. Well, that's what Layla's superstitious grandmother tells her. And Layla reckons it makes sense as she's sort of Australian and sort of Lebanese: a "halfie" who doesn't really fit into either world....

A short story of a teenage boy called James who is confused about the current development of himself both physically and mentally. He finds it difficult to discuss them with his parents, but rather feels comfortable with his grandad. He makes a trip to grandad's house for explanation and advise. Grandad is straight forward with providing answers and encouraging him.

For 17-year-old Winnie, summer can't arrive fast enough - anything to get out of the house and escape the cold war brewing between her parents. With her older sister, Shelby, spending the summer in Boston, Winnie's left to deal with the situation all by herself. Which is why she's happy to spend all day away from home at a cushy job - camp counselor at the prestigious Oceanview Inn. Then Cassie's older and devastatingly attractive stepbrother, Jay, arrives on the island after a disastrous first year at college, and he seems to want nothing more than to wreak havoc for his stepmother and the rest of his family.

Andy Sharpe just wants to keep her head down and get through her senior year. Then, she discovers her freshman sister has a crush on the boy next door - neighbors the Sharpe girls have been warned never to have anything to do with! Before September even arrives, Andy finds herself the director of the school play Romeo and Juliet, with her kid sister and the boy next door in the starring roles.

Paul Walden is not an alpha lobster, the king lobster who intimidates the other male lobsters, gets all the lady lobsters, and wins at life. At least not according to anyone in his freshman seminar. But Paul has found a funny, faithful friend in Roby Smalls and, just maybe, caught the interest of smart, beautiful Natalia Guitierrez. Life as a sharply dressed beta lobster seems just fine, but in the tricky currents of high school, its pretty easy to get pulled too deep.