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Working with Seoul’s premiere matchmaker, Jisu’s traditional South Korean parents are determined to ensure her success in life and love by matching her with the right boyfriend. After one too many slip-ups at school, Jisu finds herself shipped off to San Francisco to focus on her academics and approved dates, leaving her little space to figure out her own dreams. As her newly realized passion for photography lights her on fire, Jisu wonders...does she even want to find "The One"?

Indira Ferguson has done her best to live by her Grammy's rules - to study hard in school, to be respectful, and to never let a boy take advantage of her. But it hasn't always been easy, especially while living in her mother's shadow. When Indy is sent to live with distant relatives in Nassau, trouble follows her. Now she must hide an unwanted pregnancy from her aunt, who would rather throw her out onto the street than see the truth.

Claire is a 16-year-old fangirl obsessed with the show Demon Heart. Forest is an actor on Demon Heart who dreams of bigger roles. When the two meet at a local Comic-Con panel, it's a dream come true for Claire. Until the Q&A, that is, when Forest laughs off Claire's assertion that his character is gay. Claire is devastated. After all, every last word of her super-popular fanfic revolves around the romance between Forest's character and his male frenemy. She can't believe her hero turned out to be a closed-minded jerk.

A neglected 12-year-old boy does nothing to report the death of his mother in order to compete in a spelling bee. A tragic coming-of-age tale of horror and drama in the setting of a hot New Orleans summer.

En una novela generacional centrada en los inciertos años noventa, cuando en el Perú vivíamos bajo un gobierno autoritario que buscaba atornillarse en el poder, con los crecientes tentáculos de su corrupción los rezagos del terror y la promesa de una modernización a cualquier costo. En medio del desencanto y la frustración, los jóvenes de entonces también encontraban evasiones y refugios como la juerga como la amistad. Y todo eso era parte de una desesperada carrera hacia adelante, de una búsqueda imprescindible del futuro.

Roslyn's responsibilities—and powers—have grown since she accepted her destiny, but there are beings beneath the surface that want her magic. Kavan and Heath each have choices to make, both when it comes to Roslyn and their own futures. Back in Ellsgrove, Roslyn's family are dealing with the aftermath of an assassination attempt and an impending civil war. Cassidy works with the mages of Ellsgrove to fight for her father as Roslyn's gifts change things around them. The lands of Jay'Al and Ellsgrove are changing, but at what cost? Who will remain at the end to see it?

Eighteen-year-old Julissa Elrod is off to a rough start. She's just had a car accident, and while Anthony Karlston and Cindy Oakley are making extra money for college, Julissa has to focus on recovering and getting well enough to be able to move around and perform basic tasks without assistance. When the home health aide comes into the picture, tumult breaks out. And this time, Julissa doesn't know who or what to believe. She's heartbroken, betrayed, and shattered all over again.

Meet Hedy Hinterschott, a 17-year-old assassin-in-training, who has been groomed for the family business since birth. Despite growing up in a loving and supportive nuclear family, Hedy has always felt like a misfit, struggling to fit into the family's dynamics and their covert and highly unorthodox profession. As the next generation of accomplished and stealthy assassins, Hedy and her twin brother Gerhardt are expected to carry on the family legacy.

Ninth-grader BJ Maki knows there is an evil presence on a killing spree in the hills above his Lake Superior home. And, thanks to strange messages he has been receiving, he knows that the Red Hand Warrior can help protect his family and community. But what he doesn't know until he climbs out of a mysterious cave is that the warrior he is supposed to find lives five hundred years in the past.

Peter cares about three things: his family, his friends, and escaping an apprenticeship he hates. He works to appease his parents, but bides his time until he can adventure on his own.

Michael is content to live in the shadow of his best friends, James and Becky. Plus, his brother, Connor, has already been kicked out of the house for being gay, and laying low seems to be Michael's only chance at avoiding the same fate. To pass the time before graduation, Michael hangs out at The Echo, where he can dance and forget about his father's angry words, the pressures of school, and the looming threat of AIDS, a disease that everyone is talking about, but no one understands

Meet Kate Malone - straight-A science and math geek, minister's daughter, ace long-distance runner, girlfriend, unwilling family caretaker, emotional avoidance champion. Kate manages her life by organizing it, as logically as the periodic table. She can handle it all - or so she thinks. Then, like a string of chemical reactions, everything happens: the Malones' neighbors get burned out of their home and move in. Because her father is a Good Man of God, Kate has to share her room with her nemesis, Teri Litch, and Teri's adorable, troublemaking little brother.

Taliah Sahar Abdallat lives and breathes music. Songs have always helped Tal ease the pain of never having known her father. Her mother, born in Jordan and very secretive about her past, won't say a word about who her dad really was. But when Tal finds a shoebox full of old letters from Julian Oliver - yes, the indie rock star Julian Oliver - she begins to piece the story together. She writes to Julian, but after three years of radio silence, she's given up hope. Then, one day, completely out of the blue, Julian shows up at her doorstep.

This unforgettable novel tells a universal coming-of-age story about Taja Brown, a young African American girl growing up in Houston, Texas, and deftly and beautifully explores the universal struggles of growing up, battling family expectations, discovering a sense of self, and finding a unique voice and purpose. Told in 53 short, episodic, moving, and iridescent chapters, Calling My Name follows Taja on her journey from middle school to high school.

Seventeen-year-old Tennessee Russo's life is imploding. His boyfriend has been cheating on him, and all his friends know about it. Worse, they expect him to just accept his ex's new relationship and make nice. So when his father, a famous archaeologist and reality show celebrity whom he hasn't seen in two years, shows up unexpectedly and offers to take him on an adventure, Tennessee only has a few choices:

The Singh sisters grew up helping their father navigate the bustle of the Songbird Inn. Nestled on dreamy and drizzly Orcas Island in the Pacific Northwest, the inn's always been warm and cozy and filled with interesting guests—the perfect home. But things are about to heat up now that the Songbird has been named the Most Romantic Inn in America.

After Jonathan Earl David Iverson watches the first Star Wars movie and realizes his initials spell JEDI, he secretly fancies himself a Jedi warrior. He is determined to protect the women in his life including his single mom, Iris, whose live-in boyfriend, Manny, is speed dating on the side. Also under his protective watch are Aunt Rainbow and her lovelorn 12-year-old daughter, Penny, both of whom struggle under the weight of their own share of drama. And of course Dora, the love of his life.

Gdyby rodzina Cullenów chodziła do liceum Patrycji, wszystko wyglądałoby inaczej. Ale takie rzeczy dzieją się tylko w książkach. Poza nimi czeka codzienność: despotyczny ojciec urządzający w domu hałaśliwe imprezy, zahukana matka i zgryźliwi nauczyciele. Do tego najlepsza przyjaciółka zakochała się w Tajemniczym Poecie. A jednak… W życie Patrycji nieoczekiwanie wkracza ktoś bardzo podobny do Edwarda, bohatera ulubionej powieści: ta sama blada cera, podobnie podkrążone oczy, nieziemska uroda… Czy chłopak rzeczywiście skrywa mroczny sekret?

Perfection. Beauty. Pain. This is life for Indigo Stevens at the famed New York School of Ballet, where there’s no such thing as weakness or privacy and every movement is scrutinized and judged. Indigo hopes she’ll be chosen for the company, but her ballet teachers aren’t talking and their silence is confusing. When Indigo is singled out for a coveted solo she feels her dreams are finally within reach, until she discovers she’s dancing with Felipe Gonzalez, the school’s smolderingly hot rising star.

Gloria Forman and Xia Harper go to the same high school in a small South Carolina town, but they couldn’t be more different. While Gloria is part of the popular, Christian crowd, Xia sleeps through class, antagonizes anyone who dares talk to her, and buries herself in books that help her pretend she’s somewhere else—anywhere that being lesbian wouldn’t be a waking nightmare. When the two form an accidental friendship, they begin noticing each other in ways they promised themselves they'd avoid.