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With her martyr-doctor mother gone to save lives in some South American country, Poe Holly suddenly finds herself on the suburban doorstep of the father she never knew, who also happens to be a counselor at her new high school. She misses Los Angeles. She misses the guys in her punk band...

*this sequel to That Night can be read as a standalone. Is her role as the "good girl" leading Mia down a destructive path . . . following in her beloved sister's tragic footsteps? Once upon a time, Mia had the perfect older sister. She's been an only child for over four years now, and life without her sister's guidance has grown painfully difficult. Her parents, ashamed of how her sister died, act like she never existed at all, but Mia needs her now more than ever. Her first year of high school, her first boyfriend, her first kiss . . . all dulled by her habit of comparing herself to her ...

Destruction. In a family of healers who save, all I do is destroy. My enforced solitude is for my own safety as well as that of the world, or so my mother tells me. When the boy next door beckons, I can't help but sneak out to forge a friendship with him. Loneliness leads me to defy my family, but desperation prevails when I discover that the grounds of his private academy hold a secret that could help me learn why my ability is so disastrous...or push me to create a catastrophe that will bring about my family's deaths.

“Nobody writes about family secrets with the grace, compassion, and intrigue of Courtney Sheinmel.” —Leila Sales, author of This Song Will Save Your Life Fans of I Was Here by Gayle Forman and Far from the Tree by Robin Benway will be floored by this heartbreaking yet uplifting teen...

Seventeen-year-old Alexa Cross is desperate to get to Broadway, but when she receives a failing math grade, hopes of a scholarship disappear. Now she'll need her father's help to achieve her dream. The only problem is he doesn't consider her choice of careers to be sensible, and after the pain her family has suffered, Alexa can't go against his wishes. Trapped between a family she loves and her love of the stage, Alexa will have to find another way to achieve her dream or settle for what her father wants.

"We must be ruthless," Edward snarls, "because we lead ruthless lives: you, of anyone, should understand that. This is our existence, Jordan, this house, this land, that father, that mother - there's no pity, there's no mercy, there's probably no escape. It is hard, Jordan, and we have to be hard to survive it, and the best we can do is fight anything that threatens to make it worse."

For 12 years Winter has been haunted. Her past, her memories, her feelings, will not leave her alone. And now, at 16, the time has come for her to act. Every journey begins with a single step. If Winter is going to step into the future, she must first step into the past.

The cake shop in the local mall, the Gingerbread House, gives Sunny the creeps. The rest of the Teen Power gang disagrees. It's good money, easy work, and there are delicious things to eat - free! It seems like a fairytale come true. But fairytales can often be scary as well.

Life has been a struggle for Toby Goodman. Her mother died by suicide five years ago, and her father left before Toby was born. Now a teenager living on her grandparents' dairy farm, Toby has trouble letting people in. Convinced that she is destined to follow her mother's path, she creates a plan to escape her pain. But with the news that her father is coming home and finally wants to meet her, Toby learns the truth of her parents' story. Her father is gay and a world-famous female impersonator.

What is an orgasm, and how do I know if I’ve had one? My partner really wants to have sex, but how do I know he/she is not just using me? We have gone out with my partner for close to nine months now and we have only been to third base. Is this normal? Should I allow more? Those are some of the questions that you might want to ask but are too embarrassed to ask your parents, or they are too embarrassed to answer them. Isabella Darling’s audiobook launches into conversations about a topic every teenager is excited by and hushed when they try to talk about - sex.

Suzie McKenna has a desperate need to get away from her mom - and most importantly her mom’s creepy boyfriend. She comes up with the perfect way to escape, taking her beloved mustang mare, Gypsy, with her. She’ll ride to her father’s ranch. She has the knowledge, the maps, and the need, but does she have the ability? Join Suzie and Gypsy as they make their way from Victor, Idaho, to Dubois, Wyoming. Only the Bridger-Teton National Forest stands between them and the safety of her father. When Gypsy is found loose and injured, can searchers find Suzie before it's too late?

When the matriarch of the least successful Jewish family in America gets tired of their misfortune, she begins to consult mystical texts for help. Determined that their next born grandchild will be a genius who changes their fortunes, and convinced that no one in her clan is smart enough to raise a genius by themselves, she decides that the child will be passed from household to household to gain their collective wisdom.

Caroline Sands has never been good at making friends, and her parents' divorce and the move to Arizona three years ago didn't help - being the new girl is hard enough without being socially awkward too. So out of desperation and a desire to please her worried mother, Caroline invented a whole life for herself using characters from Felicity, an old show she discovered online and fell in love with. But now that it's time for Caroline to go off to college, she wants nothing more than to leave that all behind and build something real.

Eleven-year-old Grace only knows one world: the world of her mum and dad and twin brothers, and the strict religious community they belong to. But when her dad is thrown out of the church for asking questions, Grace is torn. How can she stay in the church and keep her family together?

A few months ago, Dan had to make a choice. Go to Geneva with his parents for a year, board at school, or move into a house with his 22-year-old bass-playing aunt, Jacq, and her friend, Naomi. He picked Jacq's place.

Now he's doing his last year at school and trying not to spin out, trying to master calculus, and trying to pick up a few skills for surviving in the adult world. Problem is, he falls for Naomi, and things become much more confusing.

El escritor ecuatoriano, Fernando Dalgo Ballesteros, presenta su nuevo -Libro Interactivo- titulado: La Realidad de la Vida: Lecciones Fundamentales para hacer "más fácil" tu Camino a la Adultez. Bajo la premisa de que: “A los jóvenes hay que hablarles con la verdad”, el autor, se encarga de llevar a sus lectores por un “Viaje Literario” a través del cual expone, por medio de cinco principios, lo que para él constituyen los ejes fundamentales de la vida.

Leigh é uma garota meio asiática, meio americana, e precisa lidar com um fato: no mesmo dia em que beijou Axel, seu melhor amigo (e paixão secreta há anos), sua mãe se suicidou. Além disso, Leigh tem plena certeza de que a mãe virou um pássaro. Ao viajar rumo a Taiwan para encontrar os avós maternos pela primeira vez, ela está determinada a também encontrar sua mãe, o pássaro. Nessa busca, a garota precisa enfrentar fantasmas antigos ao descobrir segredos da família e desenvolver uma nova relação com seus avós, ao mesmo tempo em que lida com o próprio luto.

WOULD YOU RATHER know what’s going to happen or not know? A summer night. A Saturday. For Natalie’s amazing older sister, Claire, this summer is fantastic, because she’s zooming off to college in the fall. For Natalie, it’s a fun summer with her friends; nothing special. When Claire is...

"My mother had four daughters by four different men." There's only one way Shelby and her sisters can describe their mother: She's a sexpot. Helen Kimura collects men (and loans, spending money, and gifts of all kinds) from all over the country. Sure, she's not your typical role model, but she's...

The eagerly awaited third installment in the riotous Tripp Diaries series. Written and read by one of the most entertaining children's narrators around, Stig Wemyss.