Showing results for "Rose" in Coming of Age

In the kingdom of Ascela, a caste system demands that every child, upon turning seventeen, demonstrate their magical abilities before the royal family. Aria Byrne has spent her entire life preparing for this Exhibition under the tutelage of her father, the village healer. However, there is one problem: Aria has no magic. Under the law, this is a death sentence, or worse—it could result in her enslavement to the royal Westfall line. With her Exhibition fast approaching, Aria's survival hinges on her ability to outwit the Westfalls and leverage her charm and knowledge to escape her fate.

Lucia Cruz may be turning eighteen this year, but she is not the debutante type. Everything about a traditional Filipino debut feels all wrong for her. Besides, custom dictates that eighteen friends attend her for a special ceremony on her birthday, and Lucia only has one friend—Esmé Mares. They've stuck to each other's side all throughout high school, content to be friends with only each other. At least, Lucia thought they were content.

After a chance encounter with an Abolitionist, Rebekah is obsessed by a desire to end slavery. But as a young Amish Girl living on a farm near Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, she feels hopeless to do anything about it. Although she feels loved by her Amish family, she believes she has a higher purpose. But her protective father commands that she not interact with the non-Amish world. In his view, what happens outside their tight-knit farming community is none of her concern. But her life, and the outcome of the battle of Gettysburg, changes when the Confederate Army suddenly descends on her farm.

Georgie Burgess has known only neglect and abuse during his seven and a half years of life. His alcoholic mother does little to prevent the bruises and scars inflicted on Georgie by her brutal boyfriend. With each blow, the little boy withdraws further into his dreams. When he wins a small rose bush in a lottery, it seems as if one of his dreams has finally come true. But after a particularly savage beating, he is taken from his mother and placed in a home for boys.

Sommer 1961. Tagsüber in der Elbe baden, abends fernsehen. Das muss das Paradies sein! Doch als Karins Freundin ihr ein Buch über jüdische Kinder...

Freya isn't your average suburban school kid–she's a demigoddess. But even a demigoddess can't hold back the sea. After a violent storm, Freya and her family are set adrift in a world where the weather comes with attitude, and rising sea levels are as much about personality clashes as climate change.