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Hazel ha sedici anni, ma ha già alle spalle un vero miracolo: grazie a un farmaco sperimentale, la malattia che anni prima le hanno diagnosticato è ora in regressione. Ha però anche imparato che i miracoli si pagano: mentre lei rimbalzava tra corse in ospedale e lunghe degenze, il mondo correva veloce, lasciandola indietro, sola e fuori sincrono rispetto alle sue coetanee, con una vita in frantumi in cui i pezzi non si incastrano più.

POCZĄTEK NOWEGO ŻYCIA... CZY ZNAJDZIE SIĘ W NIM MIEJSCE NA MIŁOŚĆ? W liceum plastycznym, w którym uczy się Ania, pojawia się nowy nauczyciel matematyki. Niezwykle przystojny, a zarazem bardzo wymagający i o paskudnym charakterze. Uczniowie z miejsca nazywają go Potworem. Dla Ani miniony rok był szczególnie trudny. Teraz, kiedy wydawało się, że powoli odzyskuje spokój, uderzają w nią kolejne wydarzenia. Jej najlepsza przyjaciółka wyjeżdża do Londynu, a nowy nauczyciel wzbudza w niej autentyczne przerażenie. Nieoczekiwanie, w trudnych okolicznościach, matematyk udziela jej pomocy.

For seventeen-year-old Delk Sinclair, studying abroad in Ireland means one thing: escape. Delk is tired of hearing about her friends' debutante parties, watching her pregnant stepmother redecorate her mother's house, and having to smile sweetly even though she doesn't think she'll ever get over...

Ruby está destrozada: después de todo lo que han compartido, James la ha traicionado. Decepcionada, no quiere verlo nunca más. Sin embargo, lo apoya en un momento muy triste, aunque le deja algo muy claro: no está dispuesta a perdonarlo ni a darle una segunda oportunidad. James, presionado por su padre, que quiere que se haga cargo de la empresa familiar, recibe su admisión en Oxford como una condena. Para Ruby, sin embargo, ser aceptada en la prestigiosa universidad es un sueño hecho realidad.

For "Perfect Paige" Westfeld, today is "D" Day. As in, she just got one on her calculus test. With her dreams of Stanford, her reputation, and her parents' expectations at stake, Paige needs to find a way to save face before everything she's worked for goes up in flames. Ben Franklin (yes, he's related) is from the wrong side of town, with the wrong clothes and the wrong kind of life. He also knows an opportunity when he sees one, and he'll be happy to tutor Paige—if she makes him into the kind of guy her best friend, the hottest girl in school, will date.

She’s never been in love, either. Charlie’s beautiful best friend, Tess, has kissed three boys, and fallen immediately, indescribably in love with each one of them. When Charlie unexpectedly finds herself drawn to Kevin Lazarus, of all people, she’s in a mess of trouble right away.

Told in dual timelines - half of the chapters moving forward in time and half moving backward - We Used to Be Friends explores the most traumatic breakup of all: that of childhood besties. At the start of their senior year in high school, James (a girl with a boy's name) and Kat are inseparable, but by graduation, they're no longer friends. James prepares to head off to college as she reflects on the dissolution of her friendship with Kat while, in alternating chapters, Kat thinks about being newly in love with her first girlfriend and having a future that feels wide open.

Ruby est sous le choc : elle a été renvoyée de Maxton Hall. Pire : tout porte à croire que James est responsable de son renvoi. Après tout ce qu'ils ont traversé ensemble, Ruby n'arrive pas à y croire. Elle pensait connaître le vrai James : celui qui a des rêves, celui qui la fait rire et celui qui fait battre son cœur d'un simple regard. Tandis que Ruby s'efforce d'obtenir son diplôme, James risque une fois de plus de crouler sous les obligations familiales. Ils viennent de mondes différents… Sont-ils réellement faits l'un pour l'autre ?

He’s off-limits. So why does it feel like he’s mine? Sebastian Novak has been off-limits since the moment I figured out what a crush was. He’s my brother’s best friend. Basically family. The guy who’s always around but never really mine. So when he kisses me at a party as a part of game, I know better than to believe it meant something. He’s already acting like it didn’t happen. And I’m doing everything I can to pretend I’m totally fine with that. But keeping a secret this big isn’t easy. Not when we’re suddenly spending more time together.

Wenn du nicht weißt, wer du bist – woher sollst du wissen, wem dein Herz gehört? Bewegender New-Adult-Liebesroman um Selbstfindung und queere Liebe. Leo ist Lenas erste große Liebe: Sie waren das Traumpaar ihres Abi-Jahrgangs und wohnen seitdem zusammen in ihrem Heimatdorf. Trotzdem ist Lena nicht glücklich. Was ist aus ihren Träumen geworden? Und wer ist sie, ohne Leo? Da taucht nach fünf Jahren Funkstille ihre ehemals beste Freundin Kate wieder auf, zu der sie seit einem Vorfall in der Nacht des Abi-Balls keinen Kontakt mehr hatte.

Addie's first day at her new school is a disaster. She's accused of being a narc, stealing a boyfriend, and starting a fight—all before lunch. Now the king of the bullies has her in his sights, and it's painfully clear that this sweetheart doesn't have a single friend at this school. Until the guidance counselor pairs her up with the other new kid—the tattooed bad boy who transferred from juvie.

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New York, una festa a Brooklyn in un'afosa notte d'estate, un blackout: mentre l'intera città piomba nel buio e nel caos, un'energia diversa comincia a brillare… Un primo incontro. L'amicizia di una vita. Ex fidanzati. E forse l'inizio di qualcosa di nuovo. Quando si spengono le luci, le persone rivelano le loro verità nascoste. Nascono nuovi amori, alcune amicizie si trasformano in qualcos'altro, e nuove possibilità si spalancano davanti a noi.

One humiliating photo, a stupid prank, and a hashtag that goes viral. That's how my senior year goes from predictable to absurd in a heartbeat. This year is supposed to be easy. I've finally scored first chair in band, my college applications are done, and all my friends and I have to do is survive one more year of high school before our real lives can begin. Instead, I find myself in trouble with the principal, humiliated in front of the entire school, and fighting with my neighbor - AKA star quarterback, Prince Charming, and nicest guy on the planet.

In his debut novel, YouTube personality and author of We Should Hang Out Sometime Josh Sundquist explores the nature of love, trust, and romantic attraction. On his first day at a new school, blind sixteen-year-old Will Porter accidentally groped a girl on the stairs, sat on another student in...

When two teens discover that they were both sexually assaulted at the same party, they develop a cautious friendship through her family’s possibly magical pastelería, his secret forest of otherworldly trees, and the swallows returning to their hometown, in Anna-Marie McLemore's The Mirror Season....

Chloe was three years old when she became Chloe Holden, but her adoption didn’t scar her, and she’s had a great life. Now, 14 years later, her loving parents’ marriage has fallen apart, and her mom has moved them to Joyful, Texas. Starting 12th grade as the new kid at school, everything Chloe loved about her life is gone. And feelings of déjà vu from her early childhood start haunting her.

From the author of The Best Laid Plans comes another fresh voiced, hilarious rom-com perfect for fans of You Have a Match and The Rest of the Story. Penny Harris just ruined her life. As one of the most popular girls in school, she's used to being invited to every party, is dating the Jordan...

Meet Beatrix Plumb. Sixteen. Smart. Budding idealist, full-fledged romantic, chronic self-doubter and divinely equipped to have a regular junior year. But Bee’s on the outs, wavering between invisible and miserable because her best friend Kate (sixteen, budding Jungian analyst) now has a serious boyfriend and Bee realizes she has nothing. Hopeful dreamer that she is, Bee takes control of her life with a personal Junior Year Manifesto: 1) Be awesome enough to like herself and her life; and 2) Get Owen to notice her. Owen's the high school quarterback she's been in love with since kindergarten.

AN INSTANT USA TODAY BESTSELLER Friday Night Lights meets A Good Girl's Guide to Murder in this juicy, mind-twisting thriller about football, romance, and the cost of playing the game. In Texas, football is life. For Finn Geringer, it’s a ticket to a better future. Transferring to East Pages...