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A sweet, tender middle-grade story of two boys finding first love with each other over a seaside summer. Jeremy is not excited about the prospect of spending the summer with his dad and his uncle in a seaside cabin in Oregon. It's the first summer after his parents' divorce, and he hasn't exactly been seeking alone time with his dad. He doesn't have a choice, though, so he goes... and on his first day takes a walk on the beach and finds himself intrigued...
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Warum muss das Leben mit vierzehn bloß so kompliziert sein? In letzter Zeit hat Julie zunehmend das Gefühl, dass alle um sie herum verrückt geworden sind. Was ist zum Beispiel mit ihrer Hippie-Oma los, die plötzlich eine Traumhochzeit von intergalaktischen Ausmaßen plant, und das ausgerechnet mit dem Vater ihres Klassenkameraden? Und was soll sie auf Bens Frage erwidern, ob sie bei ihm übernachten will? Um Ben nicht zu verletzen, flüchtet sie...
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Talking to other people isn't Kate Bailey's favorite activity. She'd much rather be out on the lake, soaking up the solitude and sunshine. So when her best friend, Alana, convinces Kate to join their high school's podcast, Kate is not expecting to be chosen as the host. Now she'll have to answer calls and give advice on the air? Impossible.
But to Kate's surprise, she turns out to be pretty good at the hosting gig. Then the podcast gets in a call...
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Conflict of Emotions, by Geraldine McCall, is the story of a woman who pays too high a price for love. At first glance, Janice and Christopher Blunt seem to have the ideal marriage, in fact, Janice's love for Chris is so strong that she foregoes the pursuit of a higher education to marry him. They have three beautiful children, a home, and a great deal of happiness - or so it seems.
As the years pass, Janice notices a change in Chris, but tries to...
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"The Mayor of Casterbridge" is an 1886 novel by the legendary English writer Thomas Hardy. One of Hardy's "Wessex" novel (a fictional region of Britain that Hardy invented), the book is generally acknowledged as one of the author's masterpieces.
The story, set in the town of Casterbridge, concerns a married young farmer named Michael Henchard who, one drunken night, auctions off his wife Susan and baby daughter Elizabeth-Jane to a passing sailor,...
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Like an extended valentine, I Like You, I Love You is an illustrated ode to the feelings of seeking, finding, and falling in love. Knowing drawings by artist Carissa Potter pop off each page, illustrating all the moments between meeting that special someone ("I like you"), falling for them ("I like-like you"), and finding the comfort of devotion ("I love you"). Potter's unique visual voice brings humor, reality, and poignancy to this universal human...
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Read the book that Kirkus Review called: "A complex, witty page-turner, ideal for YA fans of scandal and romance."
Seventeen-year-old Isis Blake hasn't fallen in love in three years, nine weeks, and five days, and after what happened last time, she intends to keep it that way. Since then she's lost eighty-five pounds, gotten four streaks of purple in her hair, and moved to Buttcrack-of-Nowhere, Ohio, to help her mom escape a bad relationship.
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Seventeen-year-old Darcy Covington never had to worry about money or where her next shopping spree was coming from. Even her dog ate gourmet. Then one day, Darcy's car is repossessed from the parking lot of her elite private school. As her father's business hit the skids, Dad didn't just skip town, he bailed on his family. Fortunately, Darcy's uncle owns a thrift shop where she can hide out from the world. There's also Lucas, the wickedly hot fix-it...
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In The Case for Make Believe, Harvard child psychologist Susan Linn tells the alarming story of childhood under siege in a commercialized and technology-saturated world. Although play is essential to human development and children are born with an innate capacity for make believe, Linn argues that, in modern-day America, nurturing creative play is not only countercultural-it threatens corporate profits. A book with immediate relevance for parents...
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Noah es un romántico empedernido que regresa a casa para recuperar al amor que dejó atrás al marcharse a la universidad. Ammy no cree en el amor y está escapando de una madre que no le presta atención, hacia lo de un padre que probablemente no la quiere.
Una noche de invierno, ambos se encuentran en el mismo tren con destino a Nueva York. Cuando el vehículo se avería en medio de una tormenta, a los chicos no les queda más remedio que intentar...
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Sarah is having a rotten summer. While her friends are having the time of their lives at Camp Wallhallas Teen Scene Week, she is being forced to go camping with the meanest people on the face of the earthher parents. But Sarah has no idea she is about to experience a summer she will never forget. Confined in a camper with her parents, Sarah thinks her life stinks. Her fate turns, however, when she meets Cory Hamlin, a dreamy fellow camper who helps...
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Définition d'un été parfait, selon Mélissa : se faire bronzer à la plage (mais gare aux coups de soleil!), dévorer (au sens figuré…) des romans entiers, s'empiffrer de popcorn en écoutant des comédies romantiques avec Marie-Line, sa meilleure amie, et aller à la crémerie du coin pour potiner avec ses copines du secondaire, Cath et Steph.
Définition du pire été de sa vie : se faire bronzer à la plage, être emportée par une vague...
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Existen dos mundos que están conectados por dioses. La magia está oculta en un chico, Fred. El imperio le necesita, Sylvia y Cariän tendrán que ir a buscarlo al mundo de los humanos. Sylvia tendrá que decidir sobre su corazón y su destino. Comienza la nueva aventura romántica con Anabel Botella. Te vas a sorprender.
¿Qué pasaría si todo en lo que creíste y por lo que luchaste no fuera más que una mentira? ¿Podrías amar a dos personas...
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Dans ce deuxième livre, Chien-Bâton se lance dans une nouvelle aventure - et il est plus affamé que jamais. Avec ses quatre amis, Ca-Ca, Bâtard, Rayures et Karen, ils devront exécuter leur plan pour mettre la patte sur des hot-dogs. Mais plus ils se rapprocheront du vendeur de hot-dogs, plus ils auront d'obstacles sur leur route.
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La ligne d'arrivée n'est que le commencement…
Annie déteste la course à pied. Et pourtant, la voilà qui se met à courir, plusieurs fois par semaine.
Courir pour lui.
Peu importe la distance parcourue, elle n'arrive pas à effacer la culpabilité qu'elle ressent… Ce jour-là, si Kyle n'était pas revenu pour se réconcilier avec elle, peut-être serait-il toujours en vie ?
Pour honorer sa mémoire, Annie décide de prendre part au marathon...
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¿Crees que el amor puede salvarte la vida?
Callie quiere estar cerca de Kayden. Quiere volver a besarle y perderse entre sus brazos como la primera vez que estuvieron juntos. No entiende por qué ahora se ha alejado, pero hará todo lo posible para volver con él.
Kayden está loco por Callie, la pequeña chica morena que acapara todos sus pensamientos. No sabe cómo enfrentarse al hecho de querer tanto a alguien y eso le asusta. Es incapaz de ser...
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Además de ser ésta una de las historias de amor más originales y conmovedoras de la literatura actual, es también un agudo registro de los problemas con que los jóvenes se enfrentan a la vida.
José Carlos, un joven estudiante, halla en la figura de Sheccid el motivo para superar sus propias limitaciones y afirmar su madurez. En torno a estos dos personajes se suceden acontecimientos que nos permiten asomarnos al idealismo, al afán de perfección,...
19) Caio and Leo
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Caio is a gay teenager out of the closet who falls in love with the most popular guy in school. Leo, the popular guy, ends up finding out about his true sexuality when getting involved with Caio. Together they go through several typical problematic situations from being a teenager.
20) Staeling
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¿Qué pasaría si pudieras dar vida a tus creaciones literarias?
Edyah Luna es una joven escritora que, el día de su cumpleaños número dieciocho, obtuvo la oportunidad de pedir cualquier deseo: eligió dar vida a los personajes masculinos que creó en sus novelas.
"Deseo que mis hombres sean reales. Quiero que mis creaciones masculinas no sean solo fantasías. Necesito conocer a un verdadero caballero literario".
Nada mal para ser algo que consiguió...
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