Difficult Family Relationships

Iris Oxtabee has managed to navigate the tricky world of unspoken social interactions by reading everything from neuroscience journals to Wikipedia articles. Science has helped her fit the puzzle pieces into an understandable whole, and she’s sure there’s nothing it can’t explain. Love, for example, is just chemistry. Her best friend, however, believes love is one of life’s beautiful and chaotic mysteries, without need for explanation. Iris isn’t one to back down from a challenge; she’s determined to prove love is really nothing more than hormones and external stimuli.

Planning is Zoe Rosenthal’s superpower. She has faith in a properly organized to-do list and avoids unnecessary risks. Her mental checklist goes something like this: 1) Meet soulmate: DONE! 2) Make commitment: DONE! 3) Marriage: TO COME! (after college). She isn’t sure which college yet, but it will have a strong political science department, since her perfect boyfriend, Simon, plans to “save the country,” as his sister puts it, “and the planet and everything.” Zoe will follow along, the perfect serious, supportive girlfriend - once her flirtation with fandom is over.

To Do: Investigate the French Quarter; Buy new hammer; Stop worrying that hard hat is going to ruin my hair; Stop thinking about ex-boyfriend. No guys this summer!

Kirby’s life changed one memorable afternoon with the murder of his best friend, Bennett. A promising life was cut short in front of a crowd of hundreds on the steps of Mount Vernon, New York’s, City Hall. Kirby had looked up to Bennett for as long as he remembered and losing him changed his life. Lost between dark thoughts of rage, regret, and revenge, Kirby struggles with who he is and what he might become. Simon knew he had made mistakes few recovered from.

15-årige Carsten har en gammel drøm om et lyst og smukt liv sammen med sin veninde Ellen. Han regnes af alle for en stille og god dreng, men da drømmen om Ellen brister, ramler alting sammen - og "de fremmede" bliver ofrene. Snart lægger han planer om at kaste brandbomber mod indvandrerne .

Marie er forelsket i Bjørn. Måske er han også forelsket i hende, men Marie aner ikke, hvordan man finder ud af sådan noget. Hun har også andre problemer, for hendes fantastiske morfar er måske ved at dø, og hendes veninde Vera har det ikke så godt derhjemme. Og så er der Lasse, Maries storebror, der har alt for travlt med at blive voksen. En historie om kærlighed og sorg, og om slet ikke at ville være voksen - endnu.

Cody's basketball team, The Rebels, has an almost perfect record, thanks to the skills of his best friend Jayson "Dominator" Davis. Jayson is new to the team and to the nearly all-white high school. Tension between the coach and Jayson has simmered since he transferred from the inner city. When Coach kicks Jayson off the team, more than the school's record is at stake. A school-wide dispute falls along racial lines, and Cody finds himself at the center. Can Cody step up his game where it really counts?

"Had mig, elsk mig" er en rørende ungdomsroman om identitet, seksualitet og hate crime af Tomas Lagermand Lundme. "Bjørn ryster spraydåsen med den sorte maling. Så skriver han med store bogstaver BØSSE på asfalten. Bøsse. Så går han lidt tilbage og betragter sit værk. Det var sådan, det skulle være. Det var sådan her, han skulle gøre det. Han tjekker sin mobil. Nej, der mangler noget. Så skriver han JOHAN ER foran bøsse. Nu har han gjort, som de sagde, han skulle. Snart er han ligesom dem." Bjørn og Johan går i 9. klasse.

As a defender for the Fraser High girls' soccer team, Addie used to be ready for anything. There was no play she couldn't shut down. But now the biggest threat on the field is one of her teammates...who is also Addie's former best friend. When Eva Riley moved to town, she and Addie became super close. But when Eva wanted to be more than friends, Addie put soccer first instead. Suddenly Eva's sending Addie mean notes. Then she's screwing up Addie's plays. After a while Addie's not sure she even wants her friend back.

In uno zoo, un ragazzo si sofferma affascinato davanti alla gabbia di un lupo e, siccome l'animale ha soltanto un occhio, anche il ragazzo, con estrema sensibilità, tiene chiuso uno dei suoi. Questo colpisce il lupo che, per la prima volta, supera l'atavica diffidenza nei confronti degli esseri umani e decide di raccontare al ragazzo la sua storia, tutta vissuta sullo sfondo di paesaggi nevosi e cacce solitarie.

Frannie doesn't know what to make of the poem she's reading in school. She hasn't thought much about hope. There are so many other things to think about. Each day, her friend Samantha seems a bit more "holy". And there is a new boy in class everyone is calling the Jesus Boy.

Since they were six-year-olds, Madison and Dayton have had soccer sync. Maddie doesn't have to see her best friend on the field to know where she'll be. Her passes to Dayton are perfect, as if the two of them can read each other's minds. Together, they're a scoring machine. There's only one problem: Lately Dayton seems more interested in partying than playing soccer. And Dayton's change of heart couldn't have come at a worse time.

After Massie Block gets kicked off her high horse and out of her ultra exclusive Westchester riding camp, her parents force her to do the unthinkable-find a summer job. Not one for dog-walking or brat-sitting, Massie comes up with the ah-bvious solution: She'll be a sales rep for the cosmetics brand Be Pretty. Massie fully hearts her new role as fairy gawdmother of makeup-until she discovers transforming LBRs into glam-girls takes more than a swish of her royal purple mascara wand.

For a young adolescent, David Curry has a lot to contend with. He loves and fears Reuben, his troubled father. His older brother, Ty, is turning into someone David doesn't know anymore, or trust. And his mom is struggling to hold everything together.

When Shawn and Daniel witness a gang beating behind the local mall they flee the scene, terrified that they've been seen. They recognize one of the attackers as a locally infamous gang member. When they learn that the kid who was attacked is in critical condition, Shawn wants to go to the police, but Daniel convinces him that they are in more danger if they speak up. The threats they receive from other members of the gang reinforce the boys' fears. When the gang attacks Daniel, Shawn has to put his own safety at risk to help his friend.

Richard Bach es ampliamente conocido por su célebre best seller Juan Salvador Gaviota, un clásico de la autoayuda espiritual. En este caso se adentra en el tema de las situaciones violentas vividas en la infancia, y ofrece una serie de pensamientos para estimular -e incluso desafiar- a sus lectores a extraer una enseñanza positiva de ellas.

Desde la muerte de Simon hace casi un año, en Bayview han surgido decenas de aplicaciones para difundir cotilleos, aunque ninguna está a la altura de la suya. Hasta ahora. Verdad o Atrevimiento no es una aplicación, sino un juego. Un juego que desvela tus secretos más oscuros. Si no te atreves, puedes confesar, pero algunas verdades son más difíciles de admitir que otras...¡y solo tienes 24 horas para pensártelo!

Fifteen-year-old Tyler's teenage angst turns to outright rebellion when his family leaves London for a new life in Yorkshire. He's angry with his parents about the upheaval and furious at losing his home. With only the dog to confide in, Tyler has no idea that a chance meeting with a skinny girl called Spider will lead him into a world he never even knew existed. Spider is sofa surfing, and Tyler finds himself spinning a tangled web of lies in his efforts to help her escape her world of fear and insecurity.

When her mom inherits an old, crumbling mansion, Seda's almost excited to spend the summer there. Except now her mom wants to renovate, rather than sell the estate - which means they're not going back to the city...or to Seda's friends and school. As the days grow shorter, Seda is filled with dread. They're about to be cut off from the outside world, and she's not sure she can handle the solitude or the darkness it brings out in her. Then a group of teens get stranded near the mansion during a blizzard. Seda has no choice but to offer them shelter....

A riddle rarely makes sense the first time you hear it. The connection between Dane, a bully, and Billy D, a guy with Down Syndrome, doesn't even make sense the second time you hear it. But it's a collection of riddles that solidify their unlikely friendship. Dane doesn't know who his dad is. Billy doesn't know where his dad is. So when Billy asks for Dane's help solving the riddles his dad left in an atlas, Dane can't help but agree. The unmarked towns lead them closer to secrets of the past.