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Romy Grey wears her lipstick like armour, ever since the night she was assaulted by Kellan Turner, the sheriff's son. Romy refuses to be a victim, but speaking up has cost her everything. No one wants to believe Kellan is not the golden boy they thought he was, and Romy has given up trying to make herself heard. But when another girl goes missing after a party, Romy must decide whether the cost of her silence might be more than she can bear.

Es gab eine Zeit, die dunkelste aller Zeiten, in der Eden dachte, die einzige Person, die sie retten könnte, sei Josh. Er war alles Gute auf der Welt – ein vertrauensvolles Herz, eine liebevolle Berührung, ein freundliches Lächeln. Aber er sollte nie ihr Retter sein. Eden musste sich alleine retten. Nachdem Eden mit dem College begonnen und sich ihrem Vergewaltiger gestellt hat, scheint es, als wären sie endlich zur richtigen Zeit am richtigen Ort, um eine funktionierende Beziehung aufzubauen.

From widely acclaimed comedian and author Shappi Khorsandi comes a modern fable about the rise and fall of a beautiful, but vulnerable, young woman in a world obsessed with fame and fortune. Emma and her mother are down on their luck. After getting kicked out of their home by their landlord, they're taking turns sleeping on the sofa in her aunt's tiny flat - and desperately trying to come up with an escape plan.

Kristian møder den voksne Gustav under en ferie i Frankrig. Gustav giver ham en form for opmærksomhed, han aldrig før har fået, og mødet bliver begyndelsen på et usædvanligt venskab mellem de to. Kristian besøger Gustav i København, hvor han oplever et spændende og helt anderledes liv, end han er vant til. Men langsomt begynder Gustav at ændre sig, og venskabet tager en uventet og ubehagelig drejning.

"Det er jo forfærdelig synd for de piger, men når man leger med tændstikker, kommer der ild." Sådan siger Sophias mor, og ordene runger i Sophias hoved, da hun starter i praktik på Klinikken for seksuelle overgreb. Første dag står hun ansigt til ansigt med en kvinde, som har været holdt fanget i fire døgn. Maysun har regnet det hele ud: Det gode liv betyder ingen sex før ægteskab, et godt job som financial controller og en succesfuld forretningsmand som ægtemand. Parvatis forældre har accepteret et ægteskabstilbud fra en passende bejler.

Aster. Violet. Tansy. Mallow. Clementine. Sold as children. Branded by cursed markings. Trapped in a life they never would have chosen. When Aster's sister, Clementine, accidentally murders a man, the girls risk a dangerous escape and harrowing journey to find freedom, justice and revenge - in a country that wants them to have none of those things. Pursued by the land's most vicious and powerful forces, their only hope lies in a bedtime story passed from one girl to another.

It’s eighteen-year-old Gita Desai’s first year at Stanford, and the fact that she’s here and not already married off by her traditional Gujarati parents is a miracle. She’s determined to death-grip her good-girl, model student rep all the way to med school. Should be easy: If there’s one thing she’s learned from her family, it’s how to chup-re—to “shut up,” fade into the background. But when childhood memories of her aunt’s desertion and her then-uncle’s best friend resurface, Gita ends up ditching the books night after night in favor of partying and hooking up with strangers.

In a town where gossip spreads like dust blowing in from the Mallee’s canola fields, something unspeakable is about to happen to sixteen-year-old Lauren. It’s bad enough she’s losing her mum to a horrible mental disease and that her best friend is leaving town, but now the only person she thought she could trust, is about to betray her. She can’t stay here. No one is going to believe the town cop could do such a horrific thing to his own daughter. There’s nothing left to do but run. Especially after the fire.

I was drowning when I met him, hoping he could be my life raft. Little did I know that he was already at the bottom of the sea, adrift in pain. But then he offered me a hand, and you know what they say: "Shared pain is lessened, shared joy is increased." So, I took it and gladly let myself get pulled to the bottom of the ocean, but what I found there is more shocking than I could ever imagine.

Enquanto busca seu lugar no mundo, a sensível protagonista deste livro precisa lidar com as responsabilidades, namoros e amizades complicadas. Além disso, tenta superar dois casos de assédio conversando com as amigas e com os pais, se mobilizando na escola, sendo uma boa aluna e fazendo a diferença no mundo. Esse livro intenso aborda temas difíceis de maneira bastante delicada, retratando com doçura o despertar para questões importantes como o feminismo, a desconstrução de estereótipos, a igualdade e os direitos humanos.

As a straight-A student and girlfriend of the school's star rower, Charlotte believes in what the school has to offer. Meanwhile, scholarship student Max is struggling. Until he's asked to join the rowing team offering him popularity - but at what cost? Then there's Quinn, a sixth-generation legacy student, who should be able to lay claim to the school in a way others can't. Who instead must watch the boy who assaulted her continue to play at the top of the school's food chain. Only in the dead of night does Q realize the solution to her suffering: Colin Pearce must die.