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Aged seventeen, Lee is inside for a crime he has committed. And he soon finds out that prison is not the holiday camp he’s heard about. Warned to ‘play by the rules’, he has to decide whose rules - the screws’ or the other cons’. Life in a Young Offenders Institution is about survival. But the real struggle is inside Lee himself. Is he destined to be a ‘career con’ or can he choose to change his life? A powerful, compelling story for older children about one boy’s experience of prison, from acclaimed author J.A. Jarman.

Occupied Warsaw, Summer 1940: Witold Pilecki, a Polish underground operative, accepted a mission to uncover the fate of thousands interned at a new concentration camp, report on Nazi crimes, raise a secret army, and stage an uprising. The name of the camp - Auschwitz. Over the next two and half years, and under the cruelest of conditions, Pilecki's underground sabotaged facilities, assassinated Nazi officers, and gathered evidence of terrifying abuse and mass murder.

Do you know what goes on in the mind of a person who is demonically possessed? Jeffrey does. After the death of his father and a minibike accident, 14-year-old Jeffrey experiences bizarre nightmares, physical ailments, and terrible out-of-body experiences. He realizes his mother, sister, and cousin distance themselves - as if they are frightened.

Seventeen-year-old Phoenix has spent much of her life drifting from town to town with her mom Nina, using their charms to swindle and steal to get by. Now they’ve made it to their ultimate destination, Mom’s hometown of Jasper Hollow. The plan: bring down Ellis Bowman, the man who ruined Nina’s life. When Phoenix gets caught spying on Ellis, she spins a convincing story that inadvertently gives her full access to the Bowman family.

It should have been simple - a summer spent with his girlfriend Zara at her family's holiday cottage in Cornwall. Seventeen-year-old Luke Savage jumps at the chance, envisioning endless hours of sunbathing on the private beach and riding the waves on his beloved surfboard. He isn't interested in love. Though his rugged good looks and lazy charm mean he can have his pick of girls, he has no intention of falling for anyone. Nothing prepares Luke for his reaction to Theo, the sensitive Oxford undergraduate who is Zara's cousin and closest friend.

Un juego inocente que se desboca hasta dejar de ser un juego. Una broma, una burla, un mote, un rumor, un mensaje anónimo, una amenaza, un golpe, una paliza. Así empieza todo, y no como en las películas. Una historia que sucede todos los días, en todas partes, a un montón de personas distintas. Víctimas que ya no saben si se meten con ellas por ser como son o si son así porque se meten con ellas. Hasta que, un día, una de esas víctimas decide que, si no puede dejar de sentir miedo, será quien lo infunda.

Martin lives in a perfect world. Every year, a new generation of genetically-engineered children is shipped out to meet their parents. Every spring the residents of his town take down the snow they’ve stuck to their windows and put up flowers. Every morning his family gathers around their...

David Dahlgren, a high-school senior, finds solace in running with the track team; he's a fast runner, and he enjoys the camaraderie. But team events become a source of tension when he develops a crush on one of his teammates, Sean. Scared to admit his feelings, David does everything he can to suppress them: he dates a girl, keeps his distance from his best friend who has become openly gay, and snaps a rubber band on his wrist every time he has "inappropriate" urges.

"Fremde Welten, dunkle Geheimnisse und eine verbotene Liebe. Das Abenteuer geht weiter." Die epische Fantasy-Reihe von Kirsten Storm, Finalistin beim Radio Planet Berlin Award 2022 als Autorin des Jahres. Bendic sitzt hinter Gittern und ausgerechnet Cora Redcliff ist seine Zellennachbarin. Belegt mit ihrem Fluch, muss er um sein Leben kämpfen und bekommt es mit den Dämonen ihrer Vergangenheit zu tun. Ruby wird von Konrad Wigg in Sicherheit gewiegt, doch sie sieht das Monster, das sich in seinem Inneren verbirgt. Ist dies sein wahres Ich?

After a global virus in the distant future, society divides into the Elite and Non-Elite. Hoping to start fresh after losing almost everyone she loves, Non-Elite Jailyn Martin, moves from Detroit to D.C. where she meets the enchanting future president, Dominic Devereux. Almost immediately, Dominic befriends Jailyn and she is thrown into his world of intrigue and secrets. But when Jailyn finds herself in a deadly game of cat and mouse with a government official Dominic can’t—or won’t—save her from, she has to decide just how far she’s willing to go to protect herself.

En la frágil ciudad de Hinansho, donde la línea entre lo ordinario y lo sobrenatural es delgada, cuatro adolescentes (Haruto, Yuki, Kenta y Aoi) descubren una antigua caja sellada dentro de un santuario abandonado. En el interior, una grulla de papel brillante despierta algo oscuro y poderoso. Lo que comienza como una curiosidad inofensiva pronto se convierte en una aventura siniestra cuando la grulla ofrece una peligrosa promesa: cumplir deseos a un costo terrible.