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A New York Times Bestseller * A USA Today Bestseller * In this feminist, suspenseful thriller the daughter of a con artist is taken hostage in a bank heist—and will need to tap into all her skills in order to survive. “If you’re looking for a queer YA contemporary book with complex...

He was perfect. At first. The summer before senior year, seventeen-year-old Chloe thinks she’s found the perfect boyfriend in Kieran, an aspiring actor, but he soon reveals a darker side to his charming quirks and carefree attitude. He’s possessive, jealous and prone to violent fits of rageful blame. Chloe tries to help him but soon realizes that he is beyond her reach. She must get away from him, but Kieran will not let her go. Chloe faces the ultimate choice: save herself or save Kieran.

The New York Times No.1 bestselling and multi award-winning YA crime thriller and TikTok sensation that everyone is talking about. Now a major BBC series! ‘A taut, compulsively readable, elegantly plotted thriller', GUARDIAN 'Prepare to be murdered by this book. Dark, dangerous – my heart...

A determined girl gives up on kissing a frog. A fearless heroine comes face-to-face with a not-so Big Bad Wolf. A monstrous princess, held captive on a deserted island, yearns to break free. Within this book are seven famous fairy tales turned into enchanting, inspiring and sometimes hair-raising stories for today's world, about girls with their own dreams and desires. These are no damsels in distress, but real young women of flesh and blood — who certainly don't need rescuing.

The New York Times and Sunday Times best-selling, brilliantly crafted crime-thriller sequel to the no.1 debut of 2019, A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder. NOW A MAJOR NETFLIX SERIES. “Nail-biting, taut and pacy. Jackson [is] a homegrown thriller writer to watch." – Guardian Booktok Author of...

Ordinary twenty-something Kurusu Kimihito thought living with a bunch of monster girls was complicated enough, but there's a new directive sent down from the government: get a job!

It's summertime and 17-year-old Coley is alone, again. Forced to move to middle of nowhere Oregon after losing her mother, she is in no position to risk her already fragile heart. But when she meets Sonya, the attraction is immediate. Coley worries she isn't worthy of love. Up until now, everyone she's loved has left her. And Sonya's never been with a girl before. What if by opening her heart, Coley's risking it all?

Honest stories about friendship, pressure, and figuring yourself out without pretending. Growing up is messy, emotional, and confusing, especially when it feels like everyone else has it figured out. This collection of short stories meets girls right where they are, in the middle of friendship drama, quiet insecurity, overthinking, and small moments that feel huge. Not Another Cheesy Teen Book — Realistic, emotionally honest stories that feel true to life.

What happens when the girl with no head wants yours? Ann finds out it is her last night in Harbor's End, so she decides to have fun with her friends. But does she make a mistake that will cost her more than she is willing to give? “I know what we could do instead. Do you remember the old Smith place at the end of the dirt road? It’s haunted and what better way to have one last night of fun than to see a real ghost?” she asks as a mischievous grin appears on her lips.

The New York Times bestselling story of a friendship frozen between life and death. “A fearless, riveting account of a young woman in the grip of a deadly illness.” —The New York Times Lia and Cassie are best friends, wintergirls frozen in fragile bodies, competitors in a deadly contest to...

Samantha Madison is just your average disenfranchised sophomore gal living in DC when, in an inadvertent moment sandwiched between cookie buying and CD-perusing, she puts a stop to an attempt on the life of the president. Before she can say “MTV2” she’s appointed Teen Ambassador to the UN...

Charlie Davis is in pieces. At 17, she’s already lost more than most people lose in a lifetime. But she’s learned how to forget it through cutting; the pain washes out the sorrow, until there is nothing but calm. She doesn't have to think about her father, or what happened under the bridge. Her best friend, Ellis, who is gone forever. Or the mother who has nothing left to give her. Kicked out of a special treatment center when her insurance runs out, Charlie finds herself in the bright and wild landscape of Tucson, Arizona, where she begins the unthinkable.

Flying doesn’t always mean freedom. Anna is a regular teenaged girl. She runs track with her best friend, gets good grades, and sometimes drinks beer at parties. But one day at track practice, Anna falls unconscious . . . but instead of falling down, she falls up, defying gravity in the...

Lauren is adopted and keen to know more about her mysterious past. But when she discovers that she may have been snatched from an American family as a baby, her life suddenly feels like a sham. Why will no one answer her questions? How can she find her biological mum and dad? And are her adoptive parents really responsible for kidnapping her?

Anidori-Kiladra Talianna Isilee, Crown Princess of Kildenree, spends the first years of her life listening to her aunt's stories and learning the language of the birds, especially the swans. As she grows up, Ani develops the skills of animal speech, but she never feels quite comfortable speaking with people. So when Ani's mother sends her away to be married in a foreign land, she finds herself at the mercy of her silver-tongued lady in waiting, who leads a mutiny that leaves her alone, destitute, and fleeing for her life.

Brought to you by Penguin. Girl Online, the stunning debut novel from Zoe Sugg, aka Zoella, read by Hannah Tointon. I have this dream that, secretly, all teenage girls feel exactly like me. And maybe one day, when we realize that we all feel the same, we can all stop pretending we're something...

Everyone in 15-year-old Bella's life needs something from her. Her mum needs her to help around the house, her dad needs her to not make waves, her ex needs her to not be so much. There's only one thing that dulls the pressure: alcohol. Vodka, beer, peppermint schnapps – alcohol smooths the sharp edges of Bella's life. And what's the big deal? Everyone drinks. Besides, Bella can stop whenever she wants. But after she gets blackout drunk at a Thanksgiving party and wakes up in the hospital, it's time to face reality. And for Bella, reality means rehab.

Claire has her share of challenges. Like being a genius in a school that favours beauty over brains; homicidal girls in her dorm, and finding out that her college town is overrun with the living dead. On the up side, she has a new boyfriend with a vampire-hunting dad. But when a local fraternity throws the Dead Girls' Dance, hell is really going to break loose.

Jennifer was born in 1997, when the consumer society had reached a golden age. She was born in a city that was being built on top of a valley that was a beautiful example of the gifts that Mother Nature presented to us. Jennifer's father had become addicted to heroin, while Jennifer's mother was struggling to make enough money to survive since she worked a retail job that only paid minimum wage.

Eigentlich ist der Fall abgeschlossen: Vor fünf Jahren wurde die Schülerin Andie Bell von ihrem Freund Sal Singh ermordet. Die Polizei ist sich sicher, dass es so war. Die ganze Stadt ist sich sicher. Alle - außer Pippa. Für ein Schulprojekt will sie den Fall noch einmal aufrollen. Bewaffnet mit ihrem Laptop, einer Diktiergerät-App und viel Mut beginnt Pippa, Fragen zu stellen. Doch bald merkt sie, dass nicht alle wollen, dass die dunklen Geheimnisse der Vergangenheit gelüftet werden ..