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Grace ha nove anni, è minuta, albina. Non ha nessuno. La vittima perfetta per i bulli dell'orfanotrofio Benetton, che non si fanno scrupoli a vessarla e provocarla in modo che le sue reazioni finiscano immancabilmente per farla punire. Eppure è proprio lì, nella stanza buia e ammuffita in cui la rinchiude la direttrice, che Grace incontra Michael. Lui è un ragazzino un po' più grande di lei, bello come un angelo, ma invisibile al mondo.

Bloomsbury presents Call It What You Want by Brigid Kemmerer, read by Julie Rogers and Christopher Ragland. New York Times bestselling author Brigid Kemmerer pens a new emotionally compelling story about two teens struggling in the space between right and wrong. When his dad is caught embezzling...

She Gets the Girl meets Bottoms in this “thoroughly charming and entertaining” (Kirkus Reviews) young adult sapphic rom-com about two teens who want revenge on the flaky popular girl they’re both crushing on. Cynical but sensitive Beau Carl is on a mission. She needs to know if...

An engrossing and thoughtful contemporary tale that tackles faith, friendship, family, anxiety, and the potential apocalypse from Katie Henry, the acclaimed author of Heretics Anonymous. There are many ways the world could end. A fire. A catastrophic flood. A super eruption that spews lakes of...

Bloomsbury presents Don't Call Me a Hurricane written and read by Ellen Hagan. An affecting and resonant YA novel in verse that explores family, community, the changing ocean tides, and what it means to fall in love with someone who sees the world in a different way. It's been five years since a...

Emily Bell has it all - or so she thinks. She's in love with a boy named Sam, and this summer is destined to be the best they've ever known. No one suspects that Sam's violent father, who blames the Bell family for his incarceration, is planning a jailbreak. Meanwhile Sam and Emily's idyllic romance is under fire from a charismatic new girl in town, and Emily begins to question the loyalty of the person she thought she could trust most.

Alvin Smith Junior, von allen nur Cringel genannt, hat es satt, sein Elfendasein damit zu verbringen, den Mist der Rentiere zu entsorgen. Als er die Chance bekommt, in der IT-Abteilung von Santa Claus zu arbeiten, ist er begeistert. Doch die Sache hat einen Haken... Schneeflocken vor dem Fenster, Dates auf dem Weihnachtsmarkt, gemütliches Plätzchennaschen – Weihnachten steht vor der Tür.

Alvin Smith Junior, von allen nur Cringel genannt, hat es satt, sein Elfendasein damit zu verbringen, den Mist der Rentiere zu entsorgen. Als er die Chance bekommt, in der IT-Abteilung von Santa Claus zu arbeiten, ist er begeistert. Doch die Sache hat einen Haken...