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It’s the summer holidays and 13-year-old Luke has just had his life turned upside down. First his older sister, Rose, moved 'across the road’ - where a community of climate rebels are protesting the planned airport expansion - and now his dad’s gone, too. Dad only went to get Rose back, but he’s out there building totem poles out of old furniture and wearing sandals and drinking mead (whatever that is) with the best of them. Luke is determined to save his dad, his sister AND his summer.

Miraculously, within a few moments, Red, the caddie master, came shuffling over to the caddie shed, as if Frankie's sad refrain was heard, telling Frankie and Ozzie that he needed two caddies. Ozzie quickly said to Frankie, "You do have a big mouth, but I think it came in handy this time," delighting the now cheerful Frankie.

The Mcbovy Series is about a retired clown, who is battling demons and is trying his best to make his son Bobo proud. Throughout the book, Mcbovy makes the wrong decisions, and Bobo creates new ideas to make their life easier. But life is never easy. They go through ups and downs, but somehow they always make it work.

Sunny Song's Big Summer Goals: 1. Make Rafael Kim my boyfriend (finally!). 2. Hit 100K followers (almost there...). 3. Have the best last summer of high school ever. Not on Sunny's list? Accidentally filming a PG-13 cooking video that goes viral (#browniegate). Extremely not on her list? Being shipped off to a digital-detox farm camp in Iowa (IOWA??) for a whole month.

Meet Paul (again). Yes, Paul has solved the mystery of his girlfriend’s behavior; no, Paul makes no sense out of his encounter with the creepy guy; and, yes, Paul does manage to finish his paper and turn it in on time. However, Paul, Jesus, and Lacy only discover more unanswered questions than answers. It doesn’t help matters either that Jesus finally meets the creepy guy with the pristine dental work. Will Paul recover from his second trip to lunch detention for reasons that nobody would believe? Will it go on his transcript?

Ronin McKinsey broke up with Hazel Simmons in the worst way - publicly and with a lot of fanfare - and now she’s on a mission to make sure he realizes what he lost. Determined to make her ex jealous, Hazel enlists the help of Daniel, a quirky loner who agrees to kiss her right in front of Ronin. Little does Hazel know, Daniel has plans of his own and offers to help her stick it to her ex if she helps him find a date to prom. Hazel quickly learns there’s more to Daniel than meets the eye, and Daniel seems to be just what she needs to get even - or get over - Ronin McKinsey.

What if you hung out with Jesus before he was, well, J.E.S.U.S? What if Jesus went to your high school, drove an old Jeep, and delivered pizzas part-time to save money for college? For Paul Watson, Jesus is just a fellow A.P. student and pizza delivery co-worker who becomes a close friend. When a seemingly random pizza delivery mixes up Paul with Jesus - and an eerie and awkward encounter with the Lord of Darkness himself - the two friends are catapulted on a journey beyond space and time...literally.

En su segunda escaramuza contra los Bibliotecarios Malvados que rigen mundo, Alcatraz y su singular pandilla de luchadores siguen las huellas del abuelo Smedry hasta la antigua y misteriosa Biblioteca de Alejandría.

Una volta abbattute le pareti, cominciano a spuntare fuori problemi di ogni genere. Legno marcio, muffe tossiche, creature indesiderate e qualcosa di ancora più sinistro: siamo sicuri che valeva davvero la pena di lanciarsi nella ristrutturazione della casa? si domandano Greg e la sua famiglia. Quando finalmente tutta la polvere si poserà, gli Heffley potranno rimanere... o dovranno lasciare la città?

Nicolás ha decidido que ya está bien de que lo que mole sea ser el primero en algo. ¿Por qué no mola ser el séptimo, por ejemplo? ¿Por qué es tan malo eso de ser «del montón»? No se trata de reivindicar a los que quedan los últimos, ni nada de eso: ya hay muchos libros y pelis sobre perdedores (que, además, siempre acaban siendo los primeros, como si eso fuera lo más importante). Y como Nico es un tipo activo, decide hablar con varios amigos que también son «del montón», para, entre todos, hacer... algo, no saben qué. Un montón.

Nicolás ha decidido que ya está bien de que lo que mole sea ser el primero en algo. ¿Por qué no mola ser el séptimo, por ejemplo? ¿Por qué es tan malo eso de ser «del montón»? No se trata de reivindicar a los que quedan los últimos, ni nada de eso: ya hay muchos libros y pelis sobre perdedores (que, además, siempre acaban siendo los primeros, como si eso fuera lo más importante). Y como Nico es un tipo activo, decide hablar con varios amigos que también son «del montón», para, entre todos, hacer... algo, no saben qué. Un montón.

La Didi i la Monsti són dues adolescents que se les empesquen totes per entomar amb humor la vida quotidiana, la difícil relació amb els companys de classe, les dèries dels professors i els conflictes familiars. La Didi descobreix el poder alliberador d’escriure i transforma tot el que els passa en les aventures esbojarrades de dos personatges delirants: l’arqueòleg karateka i el seu amic Quimsta.

This is the absolutely true account of how Lansburg, Pennsylvania, was invaded by aliens and the weeks of chaos that followed. There were sightings of UFOs, close encounters, and even abductions. There were believers, truth seekers, and, above all, people who looked to the sky and hoped for more. Only...there were no aliens.

Beginning with a house fire the day after Christmas, through the dark and haunted halls of an old Arkansas mansion, to the exciting end in a deadly battle in a dark and dusty Memphis pasture, Me, Boo and the Goob: A Southern Adventure is the hilarious story of three boys struggling to make sense of the adult world. Filled with only the purest of ambitions, the boys careen from mishap to mishap in a story that is as endearing as it is funny.

A naïve teenager is thrown into the high-stakes, back-stabbing world of reality television in this gossipy, satirical romp, perfect for fans of reality TV. After a disastrous date results in her arrest, sixteen-year-old Lily Rhode is horrified to discover her mugshot is leaked on a gossip...

Seventeen-year-old Zelda Bailey-Cho has her future all planned out: improv camp, then Second City, and finally Saturday Night Live. She’s thrilled when she lands a spot on the coveted varsity team at a prestigious improv camp, which means she’ll get to perform for professional scouts - including her hero, Nina Knightley. But even though she’s hardworking and talented, Zelda’s also the only girl, so she’s a target for humiliation from her teammates. And her 20-year-old coach Ben is cruel to her at practice and way too nice to her when they’re alone....

Nothing puts a damper on the Christmas spirit more than a fluffy white rooster named Sweetie. Reginald and his flock plot to serve the big bully a helping of humble pie with the aid of their fellow farm animals and some creative storytelling. Will they end up on Santa's naughty list? Or Martha's stewpot? And can they teach a humbug how to get along?

Meagan is a 17-year-old net-aholic, addicted to online dating but scared to death to take those online “relationships” offline. Banished by her parents to her gay hippie grandfather’s farm (where the cell reception is terrible!), she is so not looking forward to a techno-free summer of gardening and cleaning house. When two offline boys fall for her at a Netaholics Anonymous meeting, she desperately enlists her bestie Sheila to help extradite herself from such an awkward situation. Good luck with that!

From Jenni Hendriks and Ted Caplan, authors of Unpregnant—now a movie streaming on HBO Max, starring Haley Lu Richardson and Barbie Ferreira—comes a twist on the cancer love story that’s dark humor mixed with quirky fun. Think Dirty Rotten Scoundrels meets The Fault in Our Stars. Named...

Haylah Swinton is fairly confident she's brilliant at being a girl. She's an ace best friend, a loving daughter and an incredibly patient sister to her four-year-old total nutter of a brother, Noah. But she has a secret. She wants to be a stand-up comedian, but she's pretty sure girls like her - big girls, girls who don't get all the boys, girls who a lot of people don't see - don't belong onstage.