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The Devil Wears Prada meets Far from the Tree in New York Times bestselling author Kelly Yang’s powerful love story about two teens searching for their place in the world. Serene dreams of making couture dresses even more stunning than her mom’s, but for now she’s an intern at her mom’s...

Alan è un bolide senza controllo. Cresciuto sulla tavola da surf tra le onde del Pacifico ha imparato molto presto a contare solo su sé stesso e a nascondere le sue fragilità. Privo di filtri, è un concentrato di narcisismo e sfacciataggine impossibile da arginare. Costantemente bacchettato dalla sua coscienza, che preferirebbe abitare un ornitorinco piuttosto che in lui, vive senza freni indifferente al giudizio degli altri, riluttante a instaurare rapporti che vadano oltre il sesso, o anche solo di amicizia.

Robyn Schneider, author of The Beginning of Everything, delivers a witty and heartbreaking tale of first love, second beginnings, and last chances in this timely and authentic bisexual coming-of-age story, perfect for fans of Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera. In Southern California, no one...

Seventeen-year-old Cassie Morgan lives with a time bomb (a.k.a. her stepfather, Dino Cavalli). To the public, Dino is a world-renowned violin player and composer. To Cassie, he’s an erratic, self-centered bully. And he’s getting worse: He no longer sleeps, and he grows increasingly paranoid. Before, Cassie was angry. Now she is afraid.

We Were Liars meets Call Me By Your Name in this lyrical and quintessential coming-of-age tale about a summer when everything changes, from Meg Rosoff, bestselling author of the iconic novel How I Live Now. This is the story of one family, one dreamy summer. . . . In a holiday house by the sea...

The eagerly anticipated follow-up to My Life Next Door is a magnetic, push-me-pull-me summer romance for fans of Sarah Dessen and Jenny Han. Gwen Castle's Biggest Mistake Ever, Cassidy Somers, is slumming it as a yard boy on her idyllic Nantucket-esque island this summer. He's a rich kid from...

Deux ans après une rupture déchirante, Wes et Liz se retrouvent alors que leur histoire d’amour semblait appartenir au passé : Liz a quitté leur ville natale pour Los Angeles, prête à accomplir ses rêves, tandis que Wes, accablé par un drame familial, a dû renoncer à ses propres ambitions pour soutenir les siens. Aujourd’hui, Wes est prêt à reprendre sa vie en main. De retour sur le campus de l’université, il est déterminé à relancer sa carrière de joueur de baseball et, surtout, à reconquérir Liz en s’inspirant de ses comédies romantiques préférées.

Liv has been dealing with a lot lately. She and her family have just moved in with her mother's new boyfriend in London, and she's starting over (again) at a new school. But Liv isn't sure that explains her dreams, which have gone from odd to...well, bizarre. Lately her nighttime hours have been filled with talking stone statues, mysterious corridors, and creepy rituals conducted by four boys in a graveyard. The strangest part is that Liv recognizes the boys....

Stevie Rosenstein has never made a true friend. Never fallen in love. Moved from city to city by her father’s unrelenting job, it’s too hard to care for someone. Trust in anything. The pain of leaving always hurts too much. But she’ll soon learn to trust, to love. Twice. Drew and Shane have been best friends through everything. The painful death of Shane's dad. The bitter separation of Drew's parents.

What do you do when you’ve fallen for your best friend? Funny and romantic, this effervescent story about family, friendship, and finding yourself is perfect for fans of Sarah Dessen and Jenny Han. Seventeen-year-old Abby Turner’s summer isn’t going the way she’d planned. She has a...

Harrow High School est un lycée privé dans un paisible village près de Londres. Les règles y sont strictes, intransigeantes, et les débordements formellement interdits. Pourtant, les règles, les élèves rêvent de les transgresser. Surtout Lilith. En apparence très calme, la jeune lycéenne est en réalité un aimant à problèmes. Sa seule aspiration est de fuir ce lycée ainsi que cette vie qu'elle déteste. C'était compter sans sa sœur, qui lui demande de l'aide pour inviter les Fatal Fate, le groupe de rock le plus controversé du moment, au bal d'Halloween.

From the acclaimed author of This Place Is Still Beautiful comes an evocative, achingly romantic road-trip story about grief, diasporic identities, and the deep-buried secrets that haunt us, perfect for fans of Past Lives and The Farewell. Stella Chen’s life ground to a halt when her...

It’s on my birthday that I realize the past 16 years of my life haven't really been mine. From my outfits, hairstyles, and even my love life, my parents have control over all of it. And instead of fighting, I live by my mantra: keep my head down and keep my mouth shut. That is, until I’m paired with Brentwood High’s resident bad boy, Hudson Bishop.

A year has passed since superstar Winter Young last saw secret agent Sydney Cossette. After barely surviving their first assignment together in London–and their intense chemistry–the two haven’t spoken at all. Though they’re never far from the other’s thoughts, or fantasies. So when Syndey shows up at Winter’s studio one day with a new mission from Panacea, he has no choice but to accept. With the clock ticking, the duo prepares to head to Singapore to rescue an operative in danger–only to learn he’s none other than Sydney's ex, a rogue agent known as the Arsonist.

Mom’s sick. Desperate to get some sunshine and relaxation, my parents packed up my brother and I and moved us to a small ranch in Montana. I’m not really interested in making friends. Not when my time with my mother might be cut short.

Scarlett zeigt den Mächtigen dieser Welt, dass sie nicht unantastbar sind. Als Hackerin bringt sie unter dem Decknamen Diamond die schmutzigen Geheimnisse großer Firmen ans Licht. Jedoch ahnt sie nicht, wie nahe ihr das Gesetz bereits auf den Fersen ist: Der unterkühlte NYPD Detective Kieran Bale ist seit Monaten hinter Diamond her, um dessen kriminellen Machenschaften ein Ende zu setzen. Als ein Führungswechsel bei einem dubiosen Pharmakonzern ansteht, sieht Scarlett ihr nächstes Opfer. Und Kieran die Chance, endlich an Diamond heranzukommen, indem er sich selbst als neuer CEO ausgibt.

Lia and Beck. Beck and Lia. Despite army-brat life orbiting them in and out of each other's worlds, Lia knows they are destined to be together. It's more than their friendship and chemistry. When Lia's mom was a teen, a fortune teller said her daughter would fall in love with her best friend's son. Lia and Beck were always meant to be. Or so they thought.

The del Cisne girls have never just been sisters; they’re also rivals, Blanca as obedient and graceful as Roja is vicious and manipulative. They know that, because of a generations-old spell, their family is bound to a bevy of swans deep in the woods. They know that, one day, the swans will pull them into a dangerous game that will leave one of them a girl, and trap the other in the body of a swan.

Caroline George once again transports readers with lush, evocative prose, leading them to ask the question: what happens when we can’t even trust ourselves? Some memories are better left forgotten. Darby and Morgan haven’t spoken for two years, and their friend group has splintered. But when...

Dylan Shoenfield is the princess of L.A.'s posh Castle Heights High. She has the coolest boyfriend, the most popular friends, and a brand-new "it" bag that everyone covets. But when she accidentally tosses her bag into a fountain, this princess comes face-to-face with her own personal frog: self-professed film geek Josh Rosen.