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“Send Us A Boy. . . We’ll Send You A Cowboy!” is the slogan of the Box County Boy’s Camp. But for the nail-biters, thumb-suckers and teeth-grinders—the cast-away offspring of parents who are busy traveling, being divorced, remarrying, and garnering fortunes—it’s just another place...

Fantasy grandmaster Sir Terry Pratchett's final Discworld novel, and the fifth to feature the witch Tiffany Aching. A SHIVERING OF WORLDS Deep in the Chalk, something is stirring. The owls and the foxes can sense it, and Tiffany Aching feels it in her boots. An old enemy is gathering strength...

Life was tragic enough before this spring started. With a distinct lack of boobage and an arse so big that birds of prey could nest within its shadows, Jess Jordan is saddled with the Goddess Flora for a best friend, a Britney Spears look-alike so gorgeous that one grain of her divine dandruff...

Fates unfurl as Nora and Patch risk everything for love in the gripping conclusion to the New York Times bestselling Hush, Hush saga. Nora is more certain than ever that she is in love with Patch. Fallen angel or no, he is the one for her. Her heritage and destiny may mean they are fated to be...

Just when things were going so well. Jess had the perfect summer planned: She and Fred, lounging in the park, gazing into one another’s eyes and engaging in witty repartee. It was going to be so romantic. And then her maddening mum stepped in: She suddenly announced a two-week “road trip”...

Ross is dead, and Blake, Sim, and Kenny are furious. To make it right, they steal Ross’s ashes and set out from their home on the English coast for the tiny village of Ross in southern Scotland, a place their friend had always wanted to go. What follows is an unforgettable journey with illegal...

Just when everything is coming together for Sam, his girlfriend, Alicia, drops a bombshell. Make that ex-girlfriend: because by the time she tells him she's pregnant, they¿ve already called it quits. Sam does not want to be a teenage dad.

This honest, laugh-out-loud novel brimming with body positivity, bite-sized nuggets of feminism, and commentary on eating will have readers rooting for sixteen-year-old BB as she navigates her world while maintaining her plucky zest for life even in the most trying of times. It's a food diary. I...

A classic romantic tale with a modern twist, this dazzling Indies Introduce pick follows two New York teenagers who as they secretly fall in love for the first time. Izzy, a practical-minded teen who intends to become a doctor, isn't happy about her recent move from the Lower East Side across...

From acclaimed fantasy author Stephen R. Lawhead comes the first installment in the Dragon King Trilogy--an epic tale of destiny, courage, and a kingdom on the brink of collapse, perfect for fans of The Wheel of Time and The Inheritance Cycle. Quentin had always thought his calling was to be an...

Do right, fear nothing. Sam Hopkins is a good kid who has fallen in with the wrong crowd. Hanging around with car thieves and thugs, Sam knows it’s only a matter of time before he makes one bad decision too many and gets into real trouble. But one day, Sam sees these friends harassing an...

Fifteen-year-old Emma Watters has been running each day since she watched her little sister die in their front yard six years ago. But no matter how fast or far she runs, she can’t outdistance what haunts her most—Casey would be alive if it were not for her. Recently diagnosed with PTSD, Emma longs to reclaim a life worth living. If she has any hope of recovery, she’ll need to confront long-buried truths surrounding Casey’s death, as well as face their formidable mom, who harbors secrets of her own. Can Emma muster the courage it will take to reset her course?

Beste Freundinnen gehen füreinander durchs Feuer. Für Winona und Lucille entflammt dieses Feuer in der Nacht, als sie sich vor der Polizeiwache treffen – beide überlegen, ob sie ihre Familien anzeigen sollten. Winona hungert in ihrem scheinbar perfekten Zuhause um ihr Leben. Niemand weiß, dass ihr Vater die Speisekammertür abschließt, um ihr Essverhalten zu kontrollieren, und blaue Flecken hinterlässt, wo niemand sie sehen kann.

All the odds are against her. She's young. She's female. She's from the rough end of town. But there's nowt ordinary about Lena Matthews. When thirteen-year-old Lena is taken from Manchester's back-to-back terraces to the imposing Norfolk House in the Derbyshire mill town of Glossop after a family tragedy, she expects safety. Instead, she finds a house full of secrets, whispered conversations and people who seem determined to hide the truth. The servants watch everything. The family keep their own counsel.

During her second year at Cursed Academy, Giselle has three goals: 1.) Stop her friends from turning into monsters. 2.) Make sure she doesn't turn dark. 3.) Get out of Cursed Academy. When Giselle returns for her second year at Cursed Academy, it doesn't take long for things to go south. Sure, she's on the verge of slowing down her friends' transformations into monsters, as well as slowing down her own horrific changes. But that doesn't matter when her best friends, Maria and Mikey, take a curse meant for her--a curse that could ruin their lives.

Adam's thirteenth birthday marks the start of a deadly countdown as a crazed cult leader targets him for sacrifice. Thirteen boys. Twelve dead. One survives. For now . . . Adam was born at the stroke of midnight at the start of a new millennium. He is the target of a cult who believe boys born...

El amor es una condena. La vida, una promesa. Y su única verdad... es estar ahí. Estar presente para los demás puede no ser suficiente, y el agotamiento amenaza con romper lazos. Ian cree que el amor es una condena, Amy lo vive como una sentencia de muerte. Sasha lo ve como un billete de ida sin vuelta, Emma como el aire que respira, y Nat como un anhelo inalcanzable.

Everything in Emily Tannenbaum’s life is going according to plan. Graduate high school as valedictorian? Check. Gain admission to Dartmouth? Check. Decide to pause everything to embark on a gap year adventure abroad? Wait, what? Ever since her sister died, Emily has done everything in her power to be the good girl, the safe girl, the one her parents don’t have to worry about. She’s worked hard, she’s studied, she’s attended school-approved functions.

Emma verbringt ihre Zeit am liebsten in der Welt der Bücher. Eines Tages trifft sie auf den seltsamen Eli, der sich in ihrem alten Baumhaus einquartiert hat. Nach anfänglichem Misstrauen ist Emma fasziniert von dem geheimnisvollen Vagabunden. Im Gegensatz zu ihr scheint er genau zu wissen, was er will. Schon bald muss sie jedoch erkennen, dass Eli mehr ist als ein gewöhnlicher Mensch. Ihn umgibt ein Geheimnis, und Emma muss plötzlich die wichtigste Entscheidung ihres Lebens treffen.

The swimming pool was the one place Mark Edwards always felt safe—until a scorching August evening when a misfired cannonball drenched three bully brothers while John the lifeguard was in the bathroom. One bully clamped Mark’s head in a vise like grip and forced him under, holding him down until he swallowed water. Everything went silent as Mark dropped to the bottom—and that’s when he saw all three brothers dive in after him. Mark escaped with his new underwater skills.