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It's 1950 and Mickey Tussler - the now-famous pitching prodigy with autism and a golden arm - is back for another baseball season in this third installment of Frank Nappi's critically acclaimed Legend of Mickey Tussler series. Talk of Mickey's legendary exploits on the field has grown since his improbable debut two years prior, as have the fortunes of Murph and the rest of the lovable ragtag Brew Crew. Now Mickey, Murph, and Lester find themselves heading to Bean Town to play for the Boston Braves.

L'amico Kaede ha lasciato il Giappone per l'Italia e Yoshie si ritrova di nuovo da sola. Stavolta, però, la vita in città sembra farle meno paura. Il quartiere le è amico, e le giornate scorrono nella continua scoperta di piccoli motivi di felicità. La giovane impara a leggere nel cuore delle persone, a scorgerne l'anima fragile oltre la maschera di durezza che indossano nella loro quotidianità troppo indaffarata. Riuscirà a lasciare anche qui una traccia lieve, a trovare le parole giuste per portare conforto agli abitanti soli e affaticati della città? E che ne sarà della sua storia con Shin'ichiro? Saprà resistere alla nostalgia di Kaede e della nonna?

It’s 1949 and 18-year-old pitching phenom Mickey Tussler is back with the rejuvenated minor league Brewers in the sequel to The Legend of Mickey Tussler (the basis for the television movie A Mile in His Shoes). Despite Mickey’s proclamation that he will never play baseball again after last season’s violent conclusion, his manager - and now surrogate father - Arthur Murphy cajoles the emotionally fragile, socially awkward boy with autism into giving it another shot.

Fifteen-year-old Suzy Slade’s parents are divorced. Now Suzy lives with her mother in a beautiful house on the ocean in Seaville, Long Island. Her gorgeous older sister, Chicago, lives with their father in New York City. At least, shedid. Chicago just roared into town on her brand-new Harley.With her sister’s return, Suzy’s whole world changes. She becomes caught up in Chicago’s life - and a secret affair she wishes she didn’t know about.

An urban fairy tale from the acclaimed author of 99 Reasons Why. Arthur Braxton runs away from school. He hides out in an abandoned building, an old Edwardian bathhouse. He discovers a naked woman swimming in the pool. From this point on, nothing will ever be the same. The Drowning of Arthur Braxton is an unflinching account of the pain and trauma of adolescence and of how first love can transform the most unhappy of lives into something miraculous.

In the late 1940s, the minor league Milwaukee Brewers are foundering yet again and manager Arthur Murphy is desperate. When he sees 17-year-old Mickey Tussler throwing apples into a barrel, he knows he has found the next pitching phenom. But not everyone is so hopeful. Mickey’s autism - a disorder still not truly understood even today - has alienated the boy from the world, and he is berated by other players and fans. Mickey faces immense trials in the harsh and competitive world of baseball while coping with the challenges inherent to his disorder.

After her mother runs off with her much-younger boyfriend, 14-year-old Flanders is shipped off to a boarding school in Virginia. On the train, she meets Carolyn Cardmaker, a preacher's daughter who will become her best friend. She also meets Ernestine Blue. Miss Blue is Flanders' faculty advisor at the Charles School, where each residence hall is named after a Charles Dickens novel. But Miss Blue's strict disciplinarian persona may be concealing a tragic past.

For 17-year-old Winnie, summer can't arrive fast enough - anything to get out of the house and escape the cold war brewing between her parents. With her older sister, Shelby, spending the summer in Boston, Winnie's left to deal with the situation all by herself. Which is why she's happy to spend all day away from home at a cushy job - camp counselor at the prestigious Oceanview Inn. Then Cassie's older and devastatingly attractive stepbrother, Jay, arrives on the island after a disastrous first year at college, and he seems to want nothing more than to wreak havoc for his stepmother and the rest of his family.

Renzo è un bambino particolare: poco interessato ai giochi dei suoi coetanei, è attratto dai vestiti. Ma non per vanità. A lui interessano quelli altrui, perché li vede come maschere, gli danno la possibilità di diventare qualcun altro. Insieme alla magia, che scopre grazie a un parroco curioso e amico, trasformarsi diventerà la sua più grande passione.

The fall of the Awesome Threesome is the talk of the junior class. The three friends - Jennie, Emily, and Hillary - thought they’d be a trio forever. But what with Jennie’s relentless ambition, Emily’s jealousy, and Hillary’s building resentment, it seems the Awesome Threesome is over.

Some rivers should not be swum in. Some rivers hold secrets that can never be told. Te Arepa is an adventurous Maori boy, bound to the history, customs and rituals of his people. When he comes upon a giant eel while fishing, he is convinced the creature is a taniwha, or water demon, and follows it. Yet what Te Arepa finds in the river is far different, far more sinister. And it will change his life forever.

Brynna and Erica were friends, best friends. They did everything together, until the night they jumped off the pier at Harding Beach...and only Brynna made it back. A year later, Brynna is still picking up the pieces. She's in a new school with new friends, but she can't shake the demons of her past. Then a Twitter post from "EricaNShaw" pops up in Brynna's feed and a chilling voice mail is left on her phone. Someone isn't ready to let go of what happened. Brynna barely survived losing Erica. She doubts she'll survive Erica's return.

Anna ha quindici anni, vive a Milano e vorrebbe fare la giornalista. Nel suo diario ha scritto una frase di un articolo della Politkovskaja pubblicato poco prima che fosse assassinata: "Non sono un vero animale politico. Non ho aderito a nessun partito perché lo considero un errore per un giornalista, almeno in Russia. Quale crimine ho commesso per essere bollata come 'una contro di noi'? Mi sono limitata a riferire i fatti di cui sono stata testimone. Ho scritto e, più raramente, ho parlato".

La Sílvia, estudiant de Medicina, se’n va a l’Índia per treballar com a cooperant durant l’estiu en un hospital situat en un indret allunyat del món. En fer-ho, s’oposa als seus pares i al seu nòvio i,seguint el seu instint, pren una decisió que canviaràla seva vida i la seva manera de pensar.

Para Edith Frankel, disfrutar de la Navidad siempre ha sido un acto de rebeldía. Sus padres prefieren huir de Londres durante las fiestas, pero ella adora Winter Wonderland y su trabajo como ayudante en una de las tiendas de globos de nieve más populares. Por desgracia, teme que este año pueda ser el último. Y además está su odiado rival Aaron Bennet, que ahora es una estrella de la televisión británica: interpreta al hijo menor de la adinerada familia protagonista de la serie Threadneedle Street.

Han Minho no se encuentra en su mejor momento. Tiene que lidiar con las numerosas citas a ciegas que le prepara su hermana, sus dos mejores amigos se han mudado fuera de Incheon y, para colmo, el correo electrónico que envió a todo el personal de las aerolíneas en las que trabaja, proponiendo abrir un club de lectura para los empleados, no ha recibido una sola respuesta. Al menos, hasta ahora...Kaya Baudin acaba de instalarse en París, alejada de todo lo que conoce.

El universo de Ana, la de Tejas Verdes se expande en esta obra de L.M. Montgomery. Crónicas de Avonlea es una colección de historias encantadoras ambientadas en la pequeña comunidad de Avonlea, en la Isla del Príncipe Eduardo de Canadá. Estos entrañables relatos nos acercarán más a la vida Ana Shirley, pero sobre todo de sus vecinos. A través de las aventuras de sus queridos personajes, el libro captura la esencia de la vida en una comunidad rural de principios del siglo XX y los desafíos y alegrías de crecer y madurar en cualquier época.

Victoria Massey es trasladada al internado Fennoith tras intentar envenenar a su padrastro con matarratas. Después de la muerte de Adelaide Massey, la relación de ambos empeoró. Adelaide dejó en herencia toda su fortuna a su hija única, la joven Victoria. Benjamín, viudo y padrastro de la muchacha, crédulo pensó que la fortuna de Adelaide sería para él.

Una mattina, nella Via dei Sogni, si incontrano la muccoca Stella e la galgatta Birilla. Quest’ultima confessa all’amica il desiderio di vedere l’Orologio della Contentezza che rende felici per sempre quelli che riusciranno ad ammirarlo. Raggiungerlo, però, è un’impresa difficilissima. Mentre parlano si avvicina loro un gufolpe che chiede di unirsi al viaggio: conosce la strada e sa come superare il Nero Budello. E partono. Eccoli dunque lì a sguazzare nell’acqua delle fontane che donerà loro la forza e la potenza per affrontare altre avventure.

LGBTQ+-Romance zum Wegsuchten und zwischen den Zeilen lesen... Sei stolz und leuchte! Das ist Mahalias Motto. Deswegen will sie ihre Queerness mit einer Coming-Out-Party feiern. Doch für sich selbst einzustehen, kann eine große Herausforderung sein, vor allem wenn das Geld dafür fehlt und ihre Mutter (noch) nichts von ihrer Queerness weiß. Als sich Mahalia in das neue Mädchen - Siobhan - in ihrer Klasse verliebt, ist klar: Sie muss diese Party feiern und der Welt zeigen, wer sie ist.