Showing titles in Coming of Age

Death was everywhere. They all stared at me, bumping into one another and slowly coming forward. Sixteen-year-old Zharie Young is absolutely certain her mother morphed into a zombie before her untimely death, but she can't seem to figure out why. Why her mother died, why her aunt doesn't want her around, why all her dreams seem suddenly, hopelessly out of reach. And why, ever since that day, she's been seeing zombies everywhere.

Sixteen-year-old Amina Conteh has always believed in using her tongue as her weapon—even when it gets her into trouble. After cursing at a classmate, her father forces her to volunteer at their church with Pastor Johnson. But Pastor Johnson isn’t the holy man everyone thinks he is. The same voice Amina uses to fight falls quiet the night she is sexually assaulted by Pastor Johnson. After that, her life starts to unravel: her father is frustrated that her grades are slipping, and her best friend and boyfriend don’t understand why the once loud and proud girl is now quiet and distant.

Pondering math problems is Esther Ainsworth’s obsession. If only life’s puzzles required logic. Her stepfather’s solution? Avoidance. He’s exiled the family to Truth or Consequences, New Mexico, to erase a big secret from Esther’s past. So much for the truth. Now for the consequences: an empty swimming pool, a water-sucking cactus outside her window, a goldfish rescued from a church festival, and Esther’s thirst for something real.

Seventeen-year-old Scottie can’t catch a break. First there’s the embarrassing loss to her ex-girlfriend in their first basketball game of the season, and then she gets into a fender bender with the worst possible person: her nemesis, Irene. Irene is as mean as she is beautiful, and Scottie makes a point to keep her distance, only their car accident means the girls are forced to ride together to school. But when an opportunity arises for Scottie to get back at her toxic ex she convinces Irene to take part in a fake-dating scheme that threatens to reveal some very real feelings.

There were only two people standing between me and happiness. My grandparents needed to be stopped. I was going to have to become the very thing they hated most in this world to fix the mess they made for the vampires. Wyatt, Knight, Christian, and Kane kept me safe. It was my turn to protect them. I was going to right the sins of my family and protect the people I loved. No matter what the cost.

In a realm where dreams and reality intertwine, the final battle brews. The gods of Order have vanished. Despite priests like Dantess and Myra struggling to maintain peace, the Harbingers of Chaos fan the flames of rebellion, bringing the world to the brink of war. Galen, drawn into the heart of the Dreaming—an ethereal realm where past, present, and future collide—confronts not only his nemesis, the cunning Carnaubas, but a horrifying truth: the exiled gods of Order still hunger for dominion.

Introducing Luna, a young and curious Mermaid, whose life beneath the waves is forever changed by a fateful encounter under the light of the full Moon. As she explores the depths of her Ocean home, Luna uncovers ancient secrets, hidden powers and a destiny she never imagined. This mesmerising tale of discovery and self-realisation sets the stage for an epic journey where Luna must embrace her heritage and the challenges that come with it.

It's been years since Nova last saw Sam. She was too young then to understand why he had to move away-and what it had to do with the cuts and bruises he got from home and never wanted to talk about. All she knew is that they promised to find each other when they were older, something she thought was impossible. Until she bumps into Sam in her new school and realizes he has forgotten their childhood promise.

Every morning, sixteen-year-old Sol wakes up at the break of dawn in her hometown of Tijuana, Mexico and makes the trip across the border to go to school in the United States. Though the commute is exhausting, this is the best way to achieve her dream: becoming the first person in her family to go to college. When her family’s restaurant starts struggling, Sol must find a part-time job in San Diego to help her dad put food on the table and pay the bills. But her complicated school and work schedules on the US side of the border mean moving in with her best friend and leaving her family behind.

Indira Ferguson has done her best to live by her Grammy's rules - to study hard in school, to be respectful, and to never let a boy take advantage of her. But it hasn't always been easy, especially while living in her mother's shadow. When Indy is sent to live with distant relatives in Nassau, trouble follows her. Now she must hide an unwanted pregnancy from her aunt, who would rather throw her out onto the street than see the truth.

The day I realized my brother would be a rock star...was the same day I accidentally pooped my pants. They’re not related, just memorable. Should my famous brother be writing his own story? Certainly. But...I'm the one they got to tell the story. Where is he?

A Silvia, la chica más guapa del instituto y de todo el barrio, se le presenta por fin la oportunidad de convertirse en una estrella de cine: André, un director polaco afincado en París, la contrata para hacer una película en la capital francesa. Y allí, en París, Silvia roza primero la gloria y después se topa con la decepción que producen los sueños incumplidos, y todo ello la obliga a hacerse definitivamente mayor.

Four young lives now have to choose where they belong. To choose what and who they will fight for. Because no matter where they turn, the legacy of the past is inescapable. The Newlands already has settlers. The Outlands has a new leader. And danger has arrived in Askala. Hawk, Sam, Mercy, and Luca must work together or be swept away by a world even more divided than themselves. As the fight for survival becomes a fight for the future, as hearts yearn and secrets are protected, loyalties will be tested.

Raja has been raised in captivity. Not behind the bars of a zoo, but within the confines of an American home. He was stolen when he was young to be someone's pet. Now he's grown up and is about to be sent away again, to a place from which there will be no return. John grew up with Raja. The orangutan was his friend, his brother, never his pet. But when John's parents split up and moved him across the country, he left Raja behind. Now Raja is suffering.

Alors qu'elle vit à New Moon depuis trois ans, Emily Byrd Starr est, contre toute attente, autorisée par sa tante Elizabeth à poursuivre ses études dans la ville de Shrewsbury en compagnie de ses chers amis, Ilse, Perry et Teddy. Elizabeth Murray impose cependant à sa nièce deux terribles conditions : qu'elle habite chez sa tyrannique Tante Ruth, et qu'elle n'écrive plus une seule ligne de cette abominable chose que l'on nomme la fiction. Commence alors "l'ascension". Lente et pleine d'embûches, elle conduira Emily à devenir ce à quoi elle aspire depuis l'enfance : une écrivaine publiée.

Hawthorn Creely doesn't fit in, and that was before she inserted herself into a missing persons investigation. She doesn't mean to interfere, but Lizzie's disappearance is the most fascinating mystery their town has ever had. And she's pretty sure Lizzie'll turn up at any moment, which means the time for speculation is now. So Hawthorn comes up with her own theory for Lizzie's disappearance. A theory way too absurd to take seriously at first.

Danielle Silver is a Philadelphia high school senior at the dawn of the ’90s. Ever since her parents split up, she has known her father was gay, but she never expected to be hit with the bombshell that he is HIV positive. As he sickens, and AIDS starts to claim the lives of his friends, Danielle searches for silver linings while trying to balance paralyzing fear, grief, her social life, and schoolwork—capturing all the feelings as adolescence and some hard facts collide.

LE MEILLEUR LIVRE DE LUCY MAUD MONTGOMERY. Après dix merveilleuses années d'une existence libre et presque magique aux côtés de son père, Emily Byrd Starr se retrouve soudain arrachée à son foyer et confiée à de lointains parents pétris de règles et de traditions. Mais la fillette à l'âme indomptable est capable de faire face à tout, car elle possède un secret : elle écrit.

Tenía dieciocho años cuando mi vida cambió. Cuando, sin saberlo, mi interior se transformó. Cuando lo mejor y lo peor apareció frente a mí y, por la ingenuidad propia de ese momento, no lo puede ver, ni siquiera lo pude sospechar. Y es que cuando el problema no es el amor… ¿Qué lo es entonces?

They call me the dagger. I’m an assassin and that’s all I’ve ever known. So when a white rabbit tells me that loved ones are waiting for me in the Wonderland Court of Faerie, it's surprising. And then, I learn something even more shocking.