Young Adult Fiction

Winner of the 2024 Leapfrog Global Fiction Prize for Young Adult Fiction

Cat and Josie belong to different worlds, but they share a lifeline – their small town’s high school cross country team. Can they set aside their differences to do what’s best for their teammates – and themselves?

Cat Shultz needs a fresh start. After spending several months at an eating disorder treatment facility, she comes home to the realities of her older sister leaving for college, her best friend growing distant, and the stress of sophomore year looming. When an unlikely invitation lands her a spot on Plain City High School’s cross country team, Cat discovers a natural talent for long distance running, and what she hopes is a step toward recovery. The only problem? She’ll have to lie – to her parents, her team, and ultimately herself.

Josie Romero lives for cross country. When Coach Davis – the closest thing she has to a father – announces this will be his last season, she believes a championship win against their rivals will convince him to stay. As team captain, Josie has always fiercely supported her teammates, but when Cat challenges her spot as the fastest runner, Josie must confront her own insecurities in order to become the leader they deserve.

As the championship race approaches, conflicts arise on and off the course, and suddenly winning feels less likely than ever. When Cat can no longer outrun her lies, Josie finds herself racing for something much more important than the finish line.

Wolfpack is a heartwarming tale of healing, hope, and learning that you always go farthest if you run as a pack.

WINNER OF THE 2024 GRATEFUL AMERICAN BOOK PRIZE FOR BEST YOUNG ADULT HISTORICAL FICTION!

Ray Elias is a precocious but withdrawn sixteen-year-old growing up in an affluent suburb of New York in the early sixties. Numbed by the assassination of President Kennedy, Ray chances upon a TV documentary about the most recent presidential election and is drawn to the ebullient senator from Minnesota, Hubert Humphrey, who unsuccessfully challenged John Kennedy for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1960.

With the senator as his newfound hero, Ray fashions a mission for himself: make Humphrey Lyndon Johnson’s running mate in 1964. To the amazement of his friends and cynical father, Humphrey learns of Ray’s plan to lobby the delegates and, impressed with his sincerity and ambition, takes Ray under his wing.

Ray enters college as the senator is elected vice president, but the relationship unravels when Humphrey becomes an ardent public supporter of the Vietnam War, despite his personal belief in the war’s futility. As the tension between them grows and their bond deteriorates, Ray is devastated by his loss of faith in Humphrey. However, he finds consolation for his disappointment in Ruth, a spirited classmate from the other side of the tracks who teaches him understanding and empathy.

As Ray matures to young adulthood he reconnects with Humphrey—who has by now achieved a political revival and is mulling a fresh run at the presidency—and the two reconcile after Humphrey finally acknowledges his breach of Ray’s trust, and Ray forgives his former mentor.

Loosely based on the author’s real-life relationship with Vice President Hubert Humphrey, Humphrey and Me portrays the often highly emotional journey that comes with embracing our heroes, while set against the backdrop of the tempestuous political eras of the 1960s and ’70s.

Plenty of things in Zora’s youth would seem strange to others, but they’re perfectly normal to her. Her mother’s fixation with germs, and parties, and the power of names. Her father, who Zora rarely sees, disappearing among the stars as his biggest claim to fame. Her role in explaining things to her younger sister, even as Zora works to discover her own philosophies of life. And her neighborhood, a one-way street with an entrance but no exit called "the Aves."

Zora wants more. More than an honorable name. More than glimpses of glory captured in window frames. Surviving childhood can be as intricate as the intertwined streets of Los Angeles. But as Zora grows, so does her story. And in the process, her desire for more is transformed into a tribute of the magnificent people who live alongside her.

Can surfing change your life? For Ellie, it most certainly does. Vezna Andrews’ debut novel is set in 1980s Southern California, where sixteen-year-old Ellie discovers herself through her love of surfing. Born and raised in New York City, Ellie’s world is turned upside down when her father unexpectedly dies and her mother sends her to Manhattan Beach, California to live with her Aunt Jen and her Uncle Charlie—both avid surfers.

Ellie’s new home is a sharp contrast to the loft in New York City’s garment district where she grew up. Heartbroken about her dad, and worried about her mom, who drinks too much, Ellie doesn’t fit in with the preppie girls at her new California high school, who eventually gang up on and bully her. Thankfully, with the encouragement of Aunt Jen and Uncle Charlie, Ellie discovers surfing, which becomes her passion and her refuge.

While surfing California’s wild coast, Ellie experiences surfing's spiritual, healing qualities, including magical encounters with wild dolphins, whales, and sea lions. Eventually, Ellie finds a group of like-minded souls who show her what true friendship is—and she experiences first love. Though her relationship with her mom grows strained, Ellie becomes close to Aunt Jen, Uncle Charlie, and their community of surfers. Through surfing, Ellie develops the confidence and strength needed to navigate her own path in life—surfing literally saves her.

"A mesmerizing debut fantasy.” –Rebecca Yarros, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Fourth Wing and Iron Flame

“A fantastical romp filled with intrigue and suspense.” —Kirkus Reviews

Fearing for her life, an outcast princess joins the rebellion against her own kingdom and family . . . but when playing with fire, someone always gets burned. 

Teia Carthan abandoned her morals long ago, and now there’s nothing she won’t do to stay alive. So far she has survived her parents’ deaths, the ire of the Council, and innumerable attempts on her life, orchestrated by Jura, her half brother and soon-to-be king of Erisia. Teia’s rare control over two elements marks her as both an outsider and a formidable opponent—but once Jura is crowned king, there will be no way to survive him. Not for Teia, not for anyone. 

When Jura moves to crush the rebellion that seeks to overthrow the monarchy, Teia sees one last opportunity to ensure her own safety. She can infiltrate the rebels, locate their base . . . and betray them to Jura, trading their lives for her own. 

Yet when Teia meets the rebels, she gets far more than she bargained for. And when she gains not only their trust but their friendship, she begins to have doubts. Perhaps the rebels are right. Perhaps the Golden Palace should be torn down and the monarchy destroyed. 

But then again—what if there is another possibility? What if Teia were on the throne instead? 

Between 1943 and 1944, nearly 50,000 Bulgarian Jews were rescued from the Holocaust, including thousands who had already been rounded up and put on trains bound for death camps in Poland. Dominic Carrillo’s suspenseful novel Acts of Resistance is based on the true story of this incredibly heroic effort by the citizens of Bulgaria. In Carrillo’s powerful account, he skillfully weaves together a thrilling tale told by three alternating teenage narrators: Misho, Peter, and Lily.

Misho, an 18-year-old Jewish boy, is a prominent archbishop’s driver, hiding his identity while helping his boss directly challenge the Bulgarian government’s pro-Nazi policies.

Peter, 17, is determined to save his Jewish neighbors by confronting parliament members in the capital, then taking up arms to fight with a partisan rebel communist group.

Lily, 19, works for the collaborationist government office in charge of evicting and deporting Jews to concentration camps. When she witnesses the evil results of her desk job, Lily becomes a spy who leaks information to Jewish community leaders in order to prevent further atrocities.

As the characters’ lives become more endangered and their unsung roles in saving Jewish citizens are revealed, the reader is treated to a tension-filled adventure surrounding one of the greatest unknown acts of heroism associated with the Holocaust. Acts of Resistance will have you on the edge of your seat as Misho, Peter, and Lily face and overcome extremely perilous situations, ultimately triumphing as they each help to lead the people of Bulgaria to rise up against the Nazis and save their nearly 50,000-strong Jewish population from extinction.

Set in a fantasy world of hungry goblins, powerful witches and human criminals, Half-Witch follows the unlikely friendship between Lizbet and the unpleasant sarcastic witch girl Strix on a twisted journey to rescue her father from prison.

In the world in which Lizbet Lenz lives, the sun still goes around the earth, God speaks directly to his worshippers, goblins haunt every cellar and witches lurk in the forests. Disaster strikes when Lizbet’s father Gerhard, a charming scoundrel, is thrown into a dungeon by the tyrant Hengest Wolftrow. 

To free him, Lizbet must cross the Montagnes du Monde, globe-girdling mountains that reach to the sky, a journey no one has ever survived, and retrieve a mysterious book. Lizbet is desperate, and the only one who can help her is the unbearable witch girl Strix. 

As the two girls journey through the mountains and into the lands of wonder beyond, Lizbet discovers—to her horror—that Strix’s magic is turning Lizbet into a witch, too. All while, a revolution in Heaven is brewing!

Best Books of 2024 lists: NYPL, The Globe and Mail,Quill & Quire • Most Anticipated Feminist Books of 2024, Ms. magazine • Kids Indie Next Pick

A powerful coming-of-age graphic novel about how mothers and daughters pass down—and rebel against—standards of size, gender, race, beauty, and worth.

Guangdong, 1954 Sixteen-year-old Mei Laan longs for a future of freedom, and her beauty may be the key to getting it. Can an arranged marriage in Hong Kong be the answer to all her problems?

Hong Kong, 1972 Sixteen-year-old Lydia wants nothing more than to dance and to gain approval from her mother, who is largely absent and sharply critical, especially about the way she looks. Maybe her way to happiness is starting over in Toronto?

Toronto, 2000 Sixteen-year-old Roz is grappling with who she wants to be in the world. The only thing she is certain of is that if she were thinner, things would be better. How can she start living her life, instead of just photographing it?

When Roz’s estranged por por abruptly arrives for a seemingly indefinite visit, three generations are now under one roof. Delicate relationships are suddenly upended, and long-suppressed family secrets begin to surface.

Award-winning creator of Living With Viola Rosena Fung pulls from her own family history in her YA debut to give us an emotional and poignant story about how every generation is affected by those that came before, and affect those that come after.

“Moving and emotional.” —Victoria Ying, Harvey Award–winning author of Hungry Ghost

“Crucial.” —Deb JJ Lee, creator of In Limbo

“Beautiful.” —Fiona Smyth, illustrator of Sex Is a Funny Word

Content Warning: body image, disordered eating.

From bestselling author Josephine Angelini comes a whimsical fantasy read with loads of adventure and none of the triggers. Perfect for fans of Olivia Atwater and Travis Baldree.

Ever wish you could travel inside your favorite book and become the main character? Of course you have. Everyone has. But if you ever manage to pull it off, here’s a tip. Timing is everything…

Take Holly for example, who after saying a spell is transported inside a fairytale called The Chronicles of Lucitopia, a magical world infested with grifter grandmas, halitosis-riddled bandits, and devoid of any functioning toilets.

Holly becomes Princess Pleasant exactly as she wished, but she gets there too late, right after an evil sorcerer turns Lucitopia into a tetanus-ridden hellhole. And now, it’s up to Holly to make things right.

With the help of a freakishly handsome, yet frustratingly virtuous knight, Holly sets out to fix her story, but she only has fifteen days left to do so or she risks being stuck in Lucitopia for the rest of her life, which may prove to be a short one considering she’s overdue for her shots.

Amazon Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy Book of 2018

One of Entertainment Weekly's 10 Best YA Books of 2018

One of Publishers Weekly's Best YA Book of the Year

A National Indie Bestseller

Longlisted for Irish YA prize Great Reads Award

Lose yourself in the fantastic world of the arks and in the company of unforgettable characters in this French runaway hit, Christelle Dabos’ The Mirror Visitor quartet.

Plain-spoken, headstrong Ophelia cares little about appearances. Her ability to read the past of objects is unmatched in all of Anima and, what’s more, she possesses the ability to travel through mirrors, a skill passed down to her from previous generations. Her idyllic life is disrupted, however, when she is promised in marriage to Thorn, a taciturn and influential member of a distant clan. Ophelia must leave all she knows behind and follow her fiancé to Citaceleste, the capital of a cold, icy ark known as the Pole, where danger lurks around every corner and nobody can be trusted. There, in the presence of her inscrutable future husband, Ophelia slowly realizes that she is a pawn in a political game that will have far-reaching ramifications not only for her but for her entire world.

The World of the Arks

Long ago, following a cataclysm called the Rupture, the world was shattered into many floating celestial islands, now known as arks. Over each, the spirit of an omnipotent and immortal ancestor abides. The inhabitants of these arks each possess a unique power. Ophelia, with her ability to read the pasts of objects, must navigate this fantastic, disjointed, perilous world using her trademark tenacity and quiet strength.

An unforgettable heroine, a rich and bountiful universe, intrigue and suspense: A Winter’s Promise is perfect for readers of Margaret Rogerson’s An Enchantment of Ravens, Melissa Albert’s The Hazel Wood, V.E. Schwab’s “Shades of Magic” series, Tomi Adeyemi’s Children of Blood and Bone, Kenneth Oppel’s “Airborne” series, and N.K. Jemisin “Broken Earth” series.

Extract:

I think we could have all lived happily, in a way, God, me and the others, if it weren’t for that accursed book. It disgusted me. I knew what bound me to it in the most sickening of ways, but the horror of that particular knowledge came later, much later. I didn’t understand straight away, I was too ignorant.

Después del final en suspenso del exitoso Las cadenas del rey, la tercera parte de la Saga Rey regresa con el romance monárquico más potente de todo el continente.

Dentro de la fortaleza del palacio de Lacrontte hay un hombre marcado por heridas del pasado y por los secretos de su linaje. Su corazón late por una mujer que no encaja en los planes del reino ni en las exigencias de la nobleza… y que no puede perdonarlo. Amarla significa arriesgar la estabilidad de una nación. Negarla sería condenarse a una vida sin alma.

Emily nunca soñó con llevar la corona del reino enemigo sobre su cabeza, pero el destino la arrastra al centro de un mundo gobernado por intrigas, alianzas ocultas y emociones que ponen a prueba su valentía. Sabe que amar al rey que le han enseñado a odiar implica arriesgarlo todo, incluso su propia seguridad. Sin embargo, también descubre en ese amor una fuerza que jamás creyó tener.

Juntos tendrán que enfrentarse a un pueblo que persigue su amor como un crimen, empujándolos a un abismo que obligará a sus corazones a fundirse en uno solo para resistir la tormenta que amenaza con quebrarlos.

ENGLISH DESCRIPTION

After the cliffhanger ending of the successful Las cadenas del rey (The King’s Chains), the third installment of the Saga Rey returns with the most powerful royal romance on the continent.

Inside the fortress of the Lacrontte palace lives a man scarred by past wounds and the secrets of his lineage. His heart beats for a woman who does not fit into the kingdom’s plans or the demands of the nobility… and who cannot forgive him. To love her means risking the stability of a nation. To deny her would be to condemn himself to a soulless life.

Emily never dreamed of wearing the crown of the enemy kingdom upon her head, but fate drags her into the center of a world ruled by intrigue, hidden alliances, and emotions that test her courage. She knows that loving the king she was taught to hate means risking everything, even her own safety. Yet she also discovers in that love a strength she never thought she had.

Together they must face a people who hunt their love as a crime, pushing them into an abyss that will force their hearts to merge into one to withstand the storm that threatens to break them.

A tech-student-turned-elven-hero must infiltrate dangerous courts and navigate complex politics in the third book of this fantasy adventure series.

It’s been decades since Justin was magically whisked from Earth to a strange supernatural land. Since then, he’s mastered mana, built a reputation for himself by crafting fascinating machines based on human technology, and even managed to forge some true and trusted relationships. But his path hasn’t always been an easy one, and a recent war has left him in his most perilous position yet.

Cino and Atal, two of the land ruling ancients, are dead—and one of them at Justin’s hand. According to tradition, that leaves Justin with the unenviable task of spreading the word to the neighboring kingdoms, alerting the other ancients that two of their own have passed, leaving their territories unclaimed.

To accomplish this quest, Justin will cross vast and varied lands, from uncanny forests and frozen plateaus to fiery coastlines and deep bogs. But the true threat to his mission are the millenia-old beings that he’ll need to go toe-to-toe with. Powered by unthinkable abilities, they’re formidable foes, and Justin must stay focused to avoid getting drawn into their games. Because when it comes to ancient grudges, no one can escape completely unscathed.

The third volume of the hit progression-fantasy series—with almost 300,000 views on Royal Road—now available in paperback, ebook, and audiobook!

It’s Hard To Be A Teen!

It’s even more challenging when we have sensory differences.

People with sensory processing disorder (SPD), a newly identified neurological condition, as well as those with an autism spectrum disorder (ASD) are frequently misunderstood when they over- or under-react to sounds, sights, smells, tastes, touch, movement, balance, and feelings within their bodies. When we’re wired differently in teenagehood and not always able to understand what we’re sensing, the world—and the future— can feel big and scary.

Rachel S. Schneider, MA, MHC, is an SPD advocate and the award-winning author of Sensory Like You and Making Sense: A Guide to Sensory Issues. In this guide, written especially for teens and those who love them, she breaks the challenges of sensory teenagehood into hilarious, thoughtful, and manageable chunks. Through personal stories about her own experiences as an undiagnosed sensory teen as well as tips and tricks to survive and thrive during these years, Rachel reminds us that we’re not alone.

On the lawless seas, survival is earned with blood—and loyalty is as fleeting as the wind.

After a violent escape from prison and a harrowing clash with the Roric, Governor of the pirates, Core—once a soldier, now a branded Reaper—returns to the life he tried to leave behind. Torn between his violent instincts and a growing desire for redemption, Core finds solace in Mira, a fierce woman of the Legion with a fire that challenges everything he’s become.

But peace is short-lived aboard the Crimson Crusader. As rival pirates close in and a storm brews both on sea and within, Core is forced into a deadly game of power, rebellion, and survival. His strength earns him the post of Master at Arms, but the price is betrayal. Refusing to kill a comrade on command, Core charts a course for mutiny.

Driven by loyalty to an old friend and a burning need to do what’s right, Core must steal the ship he once served—betraying a brutal captain, facing the wrath of his own crew, and rising to command the Crimson Crusader himself.
In a world of treachery, honor, and bonds created under fire, Core must decide: Is he the monster they made, or the leader they need?

Perfect for fans of clean pirate fantasy, explosive action, and morally complex heroes who dare to fight fate.

A magical bottle. Chaos unleashed. Friends whose special abilities may not be enough.

It was a routine spring day of wandering around and getting into harmless mischief until 15-year-old Jedidiah Wilson uncovered a bottle etched with scratches that look like they were once words. When Jed goes against his better judgement and opens the cork on the bottle, he unleashes a chaos that threatens the entire world and its history. Now Jed and his 64-year-old, no-longer-imaginary friend Mavis must enlist the help of the Magic People and their special abilities to bind up the magic again.

Can they live with their own pasts while they save the world’s future?

It's not every day a ghost curls up in your lap . . .
But when little Henrietta decides I'm trustworthy and introduces me to her teacher, Charlotte, I find myself wrapped up in the story of their murders.
Before long, my friends and I are saving a building, solving a murder, and telling the stories that a lot of people in our small town would rather be left untold.
Our best hope for ourselves and for Henrietta and Charlotte is that the truth really will set us free.

Masters from the Hall have embarked on a dangerous mission. Can Katana save her mentor from an Arashi killer?

★★★★★ "Very satisfying... can't wait to find out what happens next!”

Buy Katana Nidan to join the magical adventure today!



The Arashi have stolen the Scroll of the Five Masters from the Hall of the Dragon, but their master cannot unlock its secret: the key to immortality. Believing the answer must lie in the temples’ secret archives, he’s on the offensive. And it’s only a matter of time before he attacks the Hall of the Dragon.



The Hall is launching a covert mission to foil his plans, but they’re running out of time. Katana has already mastered two of the mysterious Chen Do skills, and is on her way to achieving a third. But will she be powerful enough to confront the enemy when he infiltrates the Hall? In the end the fate of her mentor will lie in her hands.



Katana Nidan is the second book in an epic YA urban fantasy series. If you like coming of age stories, full of action and adventure, mystery and magic, then the Katana books will keep you on the edge of your seat wanting more!

I didn't expect to meet a grieving ghost or her dead mother.
But then, I didn't expect to find out my town had been the site of a lynching, a lynching that had left my friend Sarah motherless and had made her a victim of murder as well.
Their deaths aren't ancient history, though, not when one man who was a witness still holds sway in our small town. My friends and I have truth on our side, but will that be enough to keep us safe?
If only telling the truth didn't come so hard to so many.

A tree that sends people through time. A 12-year-old boy with powers. His adventure could mean freedom…

Jedidiah Wilson has always wanted to get out of his hometown, but time traveling with his imaginary friend Mavis hadn't been part of the plan. When the anxious, brilliant kid and his 63-year-old friend meet a village of people with special powers, they are whisked into an adventure across time and space to help save the village's children from a man who wants to control them. Using his ability to see secrets and his talent for the classic bait-and-switch, Jed helps the villagers set their plan for freedom in motion…with Mavis's assistance of course.

Will Jed and Mavis be a help to their new friends, or will they just get in the way?

Ben's double life continues at the Royal Institute of Magic. To most, he's a talented apprentice and an exceptional spell shooter, but Ben is also a Guardian, responsible for uniting Elizabeth's Armour, the only artefact powerful enough to overthrow the evil dark elves. With two pieces of the armour secure, finding the third may be Ben's toughest challenge yet. His only clue is a magical key, a tenuous link to a legend called the Silver Dwarf. With the dark elves slowly conquering the Unseen Kingdoms, Ben races against time to gather the pieces of armour and unite the Guardians entrusted with them. If that wasn't hard enough, new challenges and old enemies await him at the Institute, and his friendship will be tested like never before. The Silver Dwarf is the fourth book in the Royal Institute of Magic series.

A cryptic map. An evasive gift-giver. A gathering of powers.

When a mysterious peddler shows up at the Wilson's vacation cabin, Jed, Charlie, and Mavis are thrust into an adventure through history. Tasked with unraveling the secrets in a map the peddler gave Mavis, the three friends and the community of magic people they know must decide if saving the few is worth risking it all.

Is changing the past reason enough to risk the future?

A dark lord has risen: Can Katana uncover his identity before he becomes immortal?

When Katana stops several attackers using only her chi, Master Osaka sends her away to the Hall of the Dragon to learn to use and control her power. Soon after her arrival, a mysterious band of warriors tries to steal the Scroll of the Five Masters, which contains the key to immortality. Katana learns that they are the Arashi, a secret society that preserves the dark art of dim mak.

It was believed that knowledge of the art’s highest power, the death touch, was taken to the grave by its ancient master. But now a new dim mak master has risen, commanding a power even more terrifying than the death touch—and he will stop at nothing to obtain the Scroll of the Five Masters. In the end, it’s up to Katana to confront this new enemy and uncover the shocking truth of his identity.

★★★★★ “Couldn’t stop reading it!” —Dayna Huor

Katana Shodan is the first book in an epic YA urban fantasy series. If you like coming of age stories, full of action and adventure, mystery and magic, then the Katana books will keep you on the edge of your seat wanting more!

Buy Katana Shodan to start the magical adventure today!

Ben Greenwood is continuing his apprenticeship at the Royal Institute of Magic, hoping things will be slightly less complicated now that he has advanced to the second grade. Fat chance. Coupled with the sterner challenges that the second grade brings, there is also the small matter of the impending dark elf invasion, making life at the Institute even busier than usual. Ben is the only one who can stop them, by finding Elizabeth's Armour and its Guardians. Ben has retrieved one piece of the Armour – the boots – but the rest remain hidden. He has just one clue, which could lead to Elizabeth's Helm: an old black and white photo given to him by the Master of Apprentices. Ben must split his time between his apprenticeship and searching for the helm, before the dark elves strike and all hell breaks loose. The Protectors is the third book in the Royal Institute of Magic series.

Ghosts just don’t show up for anybody.
So when I meet the spirit of a former slave named Moses, I know he needs my help.But I didn’t expect to be taking on half of my town, or the powerful men who seem to run everything and have done so for years. Secrets are being uncovered, and some people would do anything to keep them buried, no matter who gets hurt. I’ll need the help of history and friends I can trust if I want to save Moses’ graveyard and protect his legacy.
If only everyone believed it was one worth protecting…

A historical ghost story with no scares beyond the ones in our actual history.

Cuando Jess escribió un relato de misterio para clase, jamás pensó que alguien en su escuela llevaría el crimen a la vida real. Ahora ella podría ser la próxima víctima. Un thriller trepidante para lectoras de Holly Jackson y Karen McManus.

El único propósito de Jess es sobrevivir al instituto sin demasiados problemas. Como alumna becada en una prestigiosa escuela, sabe que su permanencia depende de su capacidad para no llamar la atención y mantener un expediente impecable. Pero todo cambia cuando uno de los chicos más populares y ricos del instituto aparece muerto de la misma manera que un personaje de un relato que escribió para clase.

Cuando parece que nada podría ir peor, recibe un mensaje anónimo dándole las gracias por la inspiración.

Mientras los rumores sobre la identidad del asesino corren por el colegio, Jess comprenderá que su futuro no es lo único en riesgo: si no descubre quién está detrás del crimen, ella podría ser la siguiente víctima.

El debut de thriller juvenil más vendido del año en Reino Unido.

«Un thriller adictivo que atrapará a las lectoras de Holly Jackson y Karen McManus» The Guardian

ENGLISH DESCRIPTION

When Jess wrote a mystery story for class, she never thought someone at her school would bring the crime to life. Now, she could be the next victim. A gripping thriller for fans of Holly Jackson and Karen McManus.

Jess’s only goal is to survive high school without too much trouble. As a scholarship student at a prestigious school, she knows her place depends on not drawing attention and keeping a spotless record. But everything changes when one of the most popular and wealthy boys at school is found dead in the exact way a character in a story she wrote for class dies.

Just when it seems things couldn’t get worse, she receives an anonymous message thanking her for the inspiration.

As rumors about the killer’s identity spread through the school, Jess realizes that her future isn’t the only thing at risk: if she doesn’t uncover who is behind the crime, she could be the next victim.

The bestselling debut YA thriller of the year in the UK.

“An addictive thriller that will captivate fans of Holly Jackson and Karen McManus” — The Guardian

An engaging YA novel about a girl in treatment for obsessive compulsive disorder that combats the dehumanizing stigma around mental illness

Sixteen-year-old Mira Durand has just been checked into the secure unit of the Residency Adolescent Treatment Centre for obsessive compulsive and comorbid disorders. Four years of being passed around different psych wards like a hot potato have only worsened her OCD and anorexia. Her brutal, religious compulsions, which she believes keep her mom safe, make her less of a clean freak and more of a freak freak. No wonder her only friend is her journal.

At the Residency's Ward 2, Mira discovers that her shrink is a fellow fantasy nerd and that her wardmates have enough of their own high-risk behaviors to tolerate hers. The complex friendships she forms with them (including a first love), the slow trust she builds with her treatment team, and the outside and family visits she earns give her things to look forward to beyond the drudgery of her compulsions. But it takes visiting Gung Gung, her dying maternal grandfather, for her to realize that to truly live, she must fight the cognitive distortions at the heart of her compulsions.

Based on the author's personal experience, A Drop in the Ocean is a gritty, humanizing portrait of living with mental illness.

At age nineteen, the queer narrator of Green Glass Ghosts steps off a bus in downtown Vancouver, a city where the faceless condo towers of the wealthy loom over the streets to the east where folks are just trying to get by, against the deceptively beautiful backdrop of snow-capped mountains and sparkling ocean. It’s the year 2000, and the world is still mostly analogue—pagers are the best way to get ahold of someone and resumés are printed out on paper and dropped off in person, and what’s this new fad called webmail?

Our hopeful hero arrives on the West Coast on the cusp of adulthood, fleeing a traumatic childhood in an unsafe family plagued by religious extremism, mental health crises, and abuse in a conservative town not known for accepting difference. They’re eager to build a new life among like-minded folks, and before they know it, they’ve got a job, an apartment, and a relationship, dancing, busking, and making out in bars, parks, art spaces, and apartments across the city. But their search for belonging and stability is buried in drinking, jealousy, and painful memories of the past, distracting the protagonist from their ultimate goal of playing live music and spurring them to an emotional crisis. If they can’t learn to care for themselves, how will they ever find true connection and community?

With haunting illustrations by Gem Hall that conjure the moody, misty urban landscape, Green Glass Ghosts is an evocation of that delicate, aching moment between youth and adulthood when we are trying, and often failing, to become the person we dream ourselves to be.

Ages 14 and up.

A young adult novel about inner-city teens who live on a razor’s edge and understand that chosen family is just as important as blood. 

Michie and her best friend Trissa grew up like sisters in a ramshackle duplex owned by their single moms. But now that they’re sixteen, the differences in identity and experience have caused a rift. Michie’s an introvert obsessed with a book called A Girl’s Guide to Murder, and her mom has an organic weed and mushrooms grow-op in the basement. Shiny, extroverted Trissa, on the other hand, dances at the hottest nightclub in town, while her mother holds an ultra-responsible job at City Hall.

One night, Michie wakes up one night to find Trissa missing, having left only a cryptic note. The cops write her off as a party girl who’s probably already met a foul end, and the mothers fall apart from fear and grief, but Michie refuses to believe it. 

Enlisting help from her friend Anwar, who she’s been in love with forever, Michie sets off to look for Trissa, knowing she’s the only one who will. The search takes them into unfamiliar, dangerous territory: the back rooms of Trissa’s luxury nightclub, dark alleyways, the online sex industry, and rural cottage country. 

As she begins to unravel Trissa’s secrets against a backdrop of cold authority figures, shady characters, and a serial killer who’s been active in the city, Michie knows she’s plunging into danger—but she’s determined to find her chosen sister and to bring her home safely. 

Part comedy, part grief narrative, In the Key of Dale is a disarming coming-of-age novel about a queer teen music prodigy who discovers pieces of himself in places he never thought to look.

Sixteen-year-old Dale Cardigan is a loner who’s managed to make himself completely invisible at his all-boys high school. He doesn’t fit with his classmates (whom he gives nicknames in his head), his stepbrother (whom nobody at school knows he’s related to), or even his mother (who never quite sees how gifted a musician Dale might be)—but they don’t fit with him, either. And he’s fine with that. To him, high school and home are stages to endure until his real life can finally begin.

 Somewhat against his will, he befriends his classmate Rusty, who gets a rare look at Dale’s complex life outside school, but their friendship is made awkward when Dale is uncertain whether his growing attraction to Rusty is one-sided. Still, it’s to Rusty that Dale turns when he stumbles upon a family secret that shakes everything he thought he knew.

An epistolary novel written in the form of letters to his late father, In the Key of Dale is a beguiling, pitch-perfect book about growing up, fitting in, and finding a way out of grief and loneliness toward the melodic light of adulthood.

Ages 14 and up.

When fifteen-year-old Keira starts high school, she almost wishes she could write "Hi, my name is Keira, and I'm bisexual!" on her nametag. Needless to say, she's actually terrified to announce—let alone fully explore—her sexuality. Quirky but shy, loyal yet a bit zany, Keira navigates her growing interest in kissing both girls and boys while not alienating her BFF, boy-crazy Sita. As the two acclimate to their new high school, they manage to find lunch tablemates and make lists of the school's cutest boys. But Keira is caught "in between"—unable to fully participate, yet too scared to come clean.

She's also feeling the pressure of family: parents who married too young and have differing parenting styles; a younger sister in a wheelchair from whom adults expect either too little or too much; and her popular older brother who takes pleasure in taunting Keira. She finds solace in preparing for the regional finals of figure skating, a hobby she knows is geeky and "het girl" yet instills her with confidence. But when she meets a girl named Jayne who seems perfect for her, she isn't so confident she can pull off her charade any longer.

Rough Patch is an honest, heart-wrenching novel about finding your place in the world, and about how to pick yourself up after taking a spill.

Nicole Markotic is a poet and novelist who teaches children's literature at the University of Windsor. This is her first young adult novel.

This compelling young adult graphic memoir, based on real events, tells the story of Gricelda, a fifteen-year-old Mexican girl who attempts to cross the border into America with her mother and younger brother in search of a better life. Their treacherous journey, filled with both heartbreak and hope, begins in Tijuana, where they are transported from house to house by strangers. Here they meet the mysterious smuggler el Güero, who promises to lead the young family through the mountains and the scorching heat of the desert and beyond. Can he prove himself by keeping them safe during the crossing? Will America be the country of dreams like they imagined? Or will adjusting to their new life in California be another type of struggle for Gricelda and her family?

With captivating illustrations inspired by the graffiti and stencil art prevalent during the 2006 political uprising in Oaxaca, as well as local textiles and embroidery, Travesía is Gricelda’s first-person account, derived from interviews with author Michelle Gerster and told in both English and Spanish, of crossing the Mexico-US border. Timely and relevant, Travesía is a vibrant and powerful testament to the desperation and resilience of millions of migrating people who endure the pain of leaving their old lives behind to embark on the perilous journey across borders in search of a new life.

100% of royalties from the sale of this book will be donated to Centro Legal de la Raza, a legal services agency protecting and advancing the rights of low-income, immigrant, Black, and Latinx communities through bilingual legal representation, education, and advocacy.

Ages 12 and up.

Question: Do any of you know the truly scary part about being seventeen?

Answer: Your brain doesn't actually know, understand or care what it can't do; and, while this sounds great in theory, in my particular case, my under-developed brain apparently didn't know I couldn't fly.

So I jumped . . .
And I plummeted . . .

And I promise you, if I somehow manage to survive this act of immature-brain-encased-in-unbelievable-stupidity, I will gladly tell you exactly how I got here.

Which, for the record, is chasing a dark-web killer through the middle of a live action role-playing game, better known as a LARP.

On a LARP introduces readers to teen coder, Sid Rubin, a smartass—and super-smart—high school kid with a strong conscience and a knack for solving problems. This high concept, frenetic ride dives into the fascinating world of interactive role-playing when Sid recognizes the photo of a murder victim during an AP field trip to a police station. What starts out as an Aha! moment soon finds Sid and her unlikely posse of friends chasing a dark web killer through the middle of a live action role playing game. Sid and the gang work to unravel a deeply encrypted mystery while simultaneously enduring pop quizzes, endless Ted Talks, teenage heartbreak, suspicious parents, cosplay, and the irresistible lure of the NYC Public Library.

Stefani Deoul is the author of the award-winning novel The Carousel. She has produced TV series such as The Dead Zone, Brave New Girl, and Haven, and was also the executive in charge of production for the series Dresden Files and Missing.

Alberto Villarreal expone heridas abiertas escritas con tinta emocional. Cada página es un espejo, una confesión que muchos no se atreven a hacer.

"Existes porque te recuerdo

Te traigo a la tierra con la fuerza

del cincel contra la carne

Existes porque deseo

Te formo ante mis ojos"

Abrir el corazón, dejar que se desangre, así entiende Alberto Villarreal la poesía y, en este nuevo libro, rompe con todo lo que nos enseñaron sobre ocultar lo que sentimos y esconder el amor que no encaja en lo que otros esperan.

Cada poema de Te daré el olvido habla sin filtros sobre nombrar lo que duele y amar con valentía, sin miedo. Es un testimonio sobre lo difícil que es olvidar a las personas que hemos amado, y cómo su ausencia se vuelve un eco constante en el cuerpo.

Navega en este viaje íntimo que se siente como un abrazo para los corazones heridos.

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Alberto Villarreal lays bare open wounds written in emotional ink. Each page is a mirror, a confession many don’t dare to make.

"You exist because I remember you

I bring you to earth with the force

of chisel against flesh

You exist because I desire

I shape you before my eyes"

To open the heart and let it bleed—this is how Alberto Villarreal understands poetry. In this new book, he breaks away from everything we were taught about hiding what we feel and concealing love that doesn’t fit others’ expectations.

Each poem in Te daré el olvido (I Will Make You Forget) speaks unfiltered about naming pain and loving bravely, without fear. It’s a testimony to how hard it is to forget those we’ve loved, and how their absence becomes a constant echo in the body.

Embark on this intimate journey that feels like a hug for wounded hearts.

A Wrinkle in Time meets Brave New World in this thought-provoking debut graphic novel about one girl’s quest to save her family's livelihood—and maybe existence itself.

Chloe and her older sister make souls by hand in an empty old house in the countryside. When their supply of breth—the raw material needed to make souls—runs dry, the evil McCorp tries to force them to franchise and make synthetic souls instead. Chloe sets out to the big city in hopes of finding a new source. And maybe a way to modernize their business that Lacey is so determined to keep in the past.

On a journey to find a real breth crop, untouched by MCorp’s greedy hands, Chloe uncovers long-buried family secrets—and starts to question whom to trust and what reality even is.

A beautifully rendered debut, Soul Machine is at once a metaphysical science-fiction story and a nuanced exploration of big ideas: spirituality, family, consciousness, and connection, but also unscrupulous consumption, megacorporations, and how egomaniac entrepreneurs impact our lives.

An aspiring young actor must find her place at a cutthroat arts boarding school in this gothic YA debut for fans of Ace of Spades and If We Were Villains.

Violet Costantino knows she is already on thin ice this school year: her scholarship has taken a significant hit due to her panic attack during her final performance in acting class last semester—which simultaneously shattered her dreams of becoming a leading lady. This year, she is determined to keep her head down and just get through unscathed. But the school seems to have other plans for Violet: to her extreme foreboding, she is cast as one of the leads in the annual Halloween play. What’s worse, the beautiful, infuriatingly talented Frankie Lin and Violet’s ex-crush, Hunter Kinsey, are both cast as her love interests. Despite her initial reluctance, Violet is drawn in by the glamor of the Dark Cove Theatre Society, and she cautiously starts believing that maybe she is cut out for this after all. But lurking in the shadows of Violet’s fragile self-confidence is the rumor of the Society curse, which is said to cause one cast member to drop out before opening night every year, mysteriously and without reason.

In this captivating YA debut, The Dark Cove Theatre Society illustrates both the intoxicating and insidious nature of success and the price we are often forced to pay for it. Passages of found text—glimpses of the school’s handbook, secret letters, and other peeks into life at the Academy—seamlessly woven into the plot will immerse readers even further into the lush, magnetic world of Dark Cove.

Governor General Literary Awards Winner • A NYPL Best Book of 2024

This YA debut is a searing ode to queer identity, growing up in an immigrant community, and carving a place for yourself in the world with the help of your friends.

Jay Wong is spending the last languid days of summer 2010 trying to land a kickflip and begging for something (anything!) to make her senior year different—to finally give her some stories worth telling. When she meets Ash Chan, it seems like she’s getting what she asked for. Ash is confident, intensely independent, and hell on a skateboard—nothing like anyone Jay knows and exactly how she wishes she could be.

Offering to film Ash’s submission to an upcoming skate contest introduces Jay to a side of Vancouver she’s never seen and gives her the chance to push back against the expectations placed on her. But Ash has a secret, and Jay is increasingly desperate to figure it out. As things between them ride the fine line between friendship and something more, Jay has to decide just how much Ash will impact all the choices she still has to make about where she’s going and who she wants to become.

A hilarious YA novel about coming of age in the shadow of climate change, overcoming cynicism, and the power of collaboration from the award-winning author of Dragging Mason County.

Ever since the best story of his career became the worst humiliation of his life, teen reporter John O’Neil has gone rogue. He has turned his nose for news toward blackmailing those responsible, namely Lance McPhee, diabolical heir to the local country club. When John learns that the club plans to expand into a bird conservation area founded by his late grandfather, he begrudgingly joins forces with the school birdwatching club to expose the scandal. And if John ruins Lance’s life along the way? He’s only killing two birds with one stone.

John races against the clock in a desperate bid at environmental espionage involving forgeries, a car chase, and a high-stakes heist. But it’s a race John won’t win without former best friend/co-reporter Rachel Miller, who just so happens to want him dead. Can this motley crew flock together long enough for their mission to take flight?

A songwriter wrestles with instant stardom and his bisexuality in this raw and propulsive novel for fans of If This Gets Out and Alice Oseman’s I Was Born for This.

After one of his songs goes viral, Ollie Cheriet gets the opportunity of a lifetime: a cross-country tour, an album deal, and a chance to help his family with their financial struggles. The only problem? Ollie has major stage fright, a symptom of his anxiety disorder. As pressure from performing, social media rumors, and his romantic life rises, his mental health starts to spiral. So he’s surprised at how grounded he feels when he collaborates with his wildly talented—and distractingly cute—touring partner, Jesse. Music has always helped Ollie through hard times, but he’s going to have to be more vulnerable than he ever thought possible to find self-acceptance in the glow of the spotlight.

Featuring characters from Maya Ameyaw’s acclaimed debut When It All Syncs Up, this story takes readers into the green room, immersing them in the vivid behind-the-scenes world of touring musicians.

“A stunning read [. . .] simmering with tension and gripping to the final word.” —Debbie Rigaud, New York Times bestselling author of Simone Breaks All the Rules and A Girl’s Guide to Love & Magic

Now in paperback! A Black teen dancer with dreams of landing a spot in a prestigious ballet company must learn to dance on her own terms in this explosive debut about the healing power of art and friendship, perfect for fans of Heartstopper and Tiny Pretty Things.

Ballet is Aisha’s life. But when discrimination at her elite academy pushes her to her breaking point, she decides to pivot. At her new public arts school, Aisha scores more dance opportunities than she’s ever had before. And it doesn’t hurt that she gets to take classes with her bestie . . . and with Ollie, an adorably shy musician who keeps throwing off her usually impeccable balance.

Yet even as Aisha navigates friendships, family conflict, and first love, questions about her dance career open up new and old wounds. Aisha must find strength in herself and place her trust in others to make her next move.

"At times hopeful and beautiful but also heartbreakingly devastating, When It All Syncs Up is a story of love in so many forms. But maybe most important of all, it is about the love we give ourselves, and allow ourselves to be given, even at our most broken."—Jonny Garza Villa, author of the Pura Belpré Honor Book Fifteen Hundred Miles from the Sun

A laugh-out-loud YA debut that examines the realities of small-town queer life and celebrates the transformative power of drag—perfect for fans of RuPaul’s Drag Race and Pumpkin.

Peter Thompkins needs a public image overhaul. After a tense confrontation with one of the few other queer kids in his small-town high school, rumors about him are becoming more elaborate by the day. Meanwhile, his best friend Alan (aka teen drag queen Aggie Culture) is throwing Mason County’s debut Drag Extravaganza. Although Peter is a self-described “dragnostic,” he decides to help produce the show, hoping to prove that he isn’t a self-hating gay. In the process, he finds himself facing down angry guard dogs, angrier bigots, and a very high-strung church lady. As backlash grows, Peter begins to wonder whether he's setting fire to his already damaged reputation and if his friendship with Alan will survive past curtain call.

At turns touching, sharply funny, and a little absurd, Dragging Mason County explores the pains and pleasures of queer community through one teen’s journey to self-acceptance.

On a journey to uncover her family’s story, Spotted Fawn travels through time and space to reclaim connection to ancestors, language, and the land—creating a path forward in this essential graphic novel.

In the dreamworld she bears witness to a mountain of buffalo skulls. They stand as a ghostly monument to the slaughter of the Plains bison to near extinction-- a key tactic to starve and contain the Indigenous People onto reservations. On this path, Spotted Fawn knows she must travel through her own family history to confront the harsh realities of the past and reignite her connection to her people and the land. Her darkroom becomes a portal, and her photographs allow her glimpses into the lives of her relatives over the course of four chapters of this book, which follow the phases of the moon. Time and space become unlocked and unfurl in front of her eyes. Guided by her ancestors, Spotted Fawn’s travels through the past allow her to come into full face—like the moon itself.

Adapted from the acclaimed stop-motion animated film of the same name, written and directed by Amanda Strong, Four Faces of the Moon brings the oral and written history of the Michif, Cree, Nakoda and Anishinaabe Peoples and their cultural link to the buffalo alive on the page. Deeply resonant and beautifully rendered, this graphic novel retelling is essential reading.

Backmatter by Dr. Sherry Farrell-Racette (Michif), an associate professor of Native Studies and Women’s and Gender Studies at the University of Manitoba, provides information on Michif culture and history and the injustices of colonialism.

«Espejo mágico dime una cosa, ¿Qué mujer de este reino es la más hermosa?»

El cuento de Blancanieves, recogido en esta edición junto a once relatos más, es uno de los más famosos de los hermanos Grimm. Desde su primera publicación en 1812, no ha habido ninguna colección de cuentos tradicionales que haya influido en tantas generaciones de lectores y servido de inspiración para numerosas adaptaciones.

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“Mirror, mirror on the wall, who is the fairest of them all?”

The tale of Snow White, included in this edition alongside eleven other stories, is one of the most famous works by the Brothers Grimm. Since its first publication in 1812, no other collection of traditional fairy tales has influenced so many generations of readers or inspired as many adaptations.

Por el premiado autor de Aristóteles y Dante descubren los secretos del universo.

En Aristóteles y Dante descubren los secretos del universo conocieron el amor. Ahora, deben descubrir cómo cuidarlo y construir una relación en un mundo que parece desafiar su existencia. Ari ha pasado toda la preparatoria escondiendo su verdadero yo, manteniéndose callado e invisible. Pensaba que su último año sería igual, pero algo en él cambió cuando se enamoró de Dante. Ahora hace cosas que jamás pensó: tiene nuevos amigos, confronta a cualquier tipo de bully y no se queda callado ante nada. Y siempre a su lado está el soñador y perspicaz Dante, quien lo mismo consigue sacarlo de quicio que hacerlo suspirar.

Los chicos están decididos a abrirse camino en un mundo que no los entiende, pero cuando Ari sufre una repentina y devastadora pérdida, sabe que deberá luchar como nunca para lograr la vida plena y feliz que siempre soñó.

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From the award-winning author of Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe.

In Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe, they found love. Now, they must learn how to protect it and build a relationship in a world that seems determined to challenge their existence. Ari spent all of high school hiding his true self, staying quiet and invisible. He thought his senior year would be the same, but something inside him changed when he fell in love with Dante. Now he does things he never imagined: he has new friends, stands up to bullies, and refuses to stay silent. And always by his side is the dreamy and sharp-witted Dante, who can drive him crazy and make him swoon all at once.

The boys are determined to carve out a place in a world that doesn’t understand them, but when Ari suffers a sudden and devastating loss, he knows he must fight harder than ever to build the full and joyful life he’s always dreamed of.

Un dark romantasy sobre una joven que encuentra esperanza en sus poderes destructivos.

El Reino de los Ladrones es un lugar oculto en el mundo de Aadlior. Muchos susurran sobre su existencia, pero pocos lo han encontrado. Allí, el misterioso Rey Ladrón gobierna con la ayuda de las Mousai, un trío de hechiceras veneradas y temidas.

Larkyra Bassette es la más joven de las Mousai, pero cuando canta, su voz tiene el poder de aniquilar monstruos. Cuando se descubre que el Duque de Lachlan está extrayendo una droga del Reino de los Ladrones y usándola para abusar de su poder, a Larkyra se le ofrece su primera misión en solitario para detenerlo. Ansiosa por demostrar su valía, Larkyra acepta haciéndose pasar por la posible esposa del duque.

Sus planes se complican cuando se siente atraída por Lord Darius Mekenna, el heredero al trono de Lachlan. Pronto sospecha que Darius tiene sus propios motivos para librar a Lachlan del corrupto duque, pero ambos deben aprender a confiar el uno en el otro si quieren tener alguna posibilidad de salvar al pueblo de Lachlan y a sí mismos.

Bienvenidos al mundo de Aadlior, donde todos pueden ser asesinos y ladrones, y las notas más seductoras suelen ser las más mortíferas. ¿Te atreves a escucharlas?

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A dark romantasy about a young woman who finds hope in her destructive powers.

The Thieves’ Kingdom is a hidden place in the world of Aadlior. Many whisper about its existence, but few have ever found it. There, the mysterious Thief King rules with the help of the Mousai, a trio of revered and feared sorceresses.

Larkyra Bassette is the youngest of the Mousai, but when she sings, her voice can destroy monsters. When it’s discovered that the Duke of Lachlan is extracting a drug from the Thieves’ Kingdom and using it to abuse his power, Larkyra is offered her first solo mission to stop him. Eager to prove herself, she accepts—posing as the duke’s potential bride.

Her plans grow complicated when she finds herself drawn to Lord Darius Mekenna, the heir to Lachlan’s throne. She soon suspects Darius has his own reasons for wanting to rid Lachlan of the corrupt duke, but they must learn to trust each other if they hope to save the people of Lachlan—and themselves.

Welcome to the world of Aadlior, where anyone can be a killer or a thief, and the most seductive notes are often the deadliest. Dare to listen?

Between a dying ocean and a divided world, a mermaid must grapple between the sea that made her and the surface that might break her — in this stunning novel-in-verse.

Muireann is a mermaid – fierce, curious and proud of the body that keeps her warm beneath the waves. But life in the ocean is becoming impossible. The merfolk are at war with the human ramifications of climate change: food is scarce, and her twin sister has been killed in a mass-fishing net. With her mother lost in grief and her world falling apart, Muireann longs to escape to the surface to find some answers. But the human world isn’t the haven she hoped for. It’s colder, crueller – and here, her large body is seen not as strength, but as something to be ashamed of.

In this beautiful novel in verse, Muireann must find her voice and fight for where she belongs – whether that be beneath the waves, or above them.

Después de perder a su padre, Vane regresa al único lugar donde aún puede sentirlo cerca: el Café Morelia. Motivada por el deseo de comenzar de nuevo, decide pedir trabajo allí. Conforme aprende a preparar las mejores bebidas, termina enamorándose del lugar y sueña con convertirse en la dueña. Pero, poco a poco, descubre que su fantasía implica más que preparar una buena taza de café.

Un día, cuando menos se lo espera, aparece Gael en busca de una simple tacita de té para calmar su garganta. Él es un estudiante de intercambio con una voz cautivadora, ojos dulces y una forma inesperada de desordenarle la vida. Lo que nace entre ellos es sincero y tan frágil como las alas de una mariposa.

Cuando él tiene que partir, Vane comprenderá que algunos amores se quedan para siempre y que otros nos enseñan a soltar. Una historia sobre las pérdidas que nos transforman, los amores que nos marcan y los lugares que nos enseñan a empezar de nuevo

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After losing her father, Vane returns to the only place where she can still feel him close: Café Morelia. Driven by the desire to start over, she applies for a job there. As she learns to craft the perfect drinks, she falls in love with the place and dreams of becoming its owner. But slowly, she realizes her fantasy involves more than just brewing a good cup of coffee.

One day, when she least expects it, Gael shows up looking for a simple cup of tea to soothe his throat. He’s an exchange student with a captivating voice, sweet eyes, and an unexpected way of turning her world upside down. What blossoms between them is sincere—and as delicate as butterfly wings.

When he has to leave, Vane will understand that some loves stay with us forever, while others teach us how to let go. A story about the losses that transform us, the loves that leave a mark, and the places that help us begin again

¡Vuelve la saga juvenil más esperada! Descubre la verdadera cara de ese agosto de 1986, el pasado que no llegó a cambiarse, y revívelo a través de la mirada de April Moon.

Conoce la historia antes de La teoría de Kim, la verdadera cara de aquel agosto de 1986 —ese pasado en el que no irrumpió en sus vidas el viajero en el tiempo—, y descubre con ella los secretos de la historia que ha conmovido a millones de personas alrededor del mundo.

El primero de agosto de 1986, April Augustus le reprochaba a Dios la muerte de su abuelo. Aunque April había esperado durante toda la noche a que Sean Grace, su amigo de la infancia, se apareciera en el funeral, este nunca llegó. En su lugar, fue Taylor —su hermano— quien lo encontró llorando en medio de la lluvia y se acercó para consolarlo.

Si la redención existiera, a April se le habría concedido un otoño en brazos de un chico de ensueño. Con él, podría vivir un romance como aquellos de los cuentos de hadas que escribía a escondidas de su padre. O quizá cumplir sus fantasías más salvajes a través de Taylor, cuya cualidad más irresistible era su inquietante parecido con Sean.

Pronto, el deseo por los hermanos le haría preguntarse: ¿hasta dónde estaría dispuesto a ignorar el daño a otros en beneficio propio?

En un condado lejano y escondido en California, las flores mueren en agosto.

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The most anticipated YA saga returns! Discover the true face of that August 1986—the past that never got rewritten—and relive it through the eyes of April Moon.

Uncover the story before La teoría de Kim, the real version of that August 1986—the past where the time traveler never entered their lives—and join April as she unearths the secrets behind the tale that has moved millions around the world.

On August 1st, 1986, April Augustus blamed God for her grandfather’s death. She had waited all night for Sean Grace, her childhood friend, to show up at the funeral—but he never came. Instead, it was Taylor—his brother—who found her crying in the rain and came to comfort her.

If redemption were real, April would have been granted an autumn in the arms of a dream boy. With him, she could live a romance like the fairy tales she secretly wrote behind her father’s back. Or maybe fulfill her wildest fantasies through Taylor, whose most irresistible trait was his uncanny resemblance to Sean.

Soon, her desire for both brothers would force her to ask: how far would she go to ignore the harm done to others for her own gain?

In a remote and hidden county in California, flowers die in August.

Si eres fan del romantasy, no podrás resistirte.

Dragones, guerreros valientes, hadas encantadoras y seres fantásticos: todo lo que necesitas para que tu imaginación vuele y tus personajes de romantasy preferidos cobren vida.

Con más de sesenta ilustraciones de distintas artistas, esta es una invitación a un mundo donde los amantes se convierten en enemigos, los enemigos en amantes y los lectores en los verdaderos protagonistas.

Solo sumérgete, colorea y deja que tus historias favoritas se hagan realidad.

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If you're a romantasy fan, you won't be able to resist.

Dragons, brave warriors, enchanting fairies, and magical beings: everything you need to let your imagination soar and bring your favorite romantasy characters to life.

With over sixty illustrations by various artists, this is an invitation to a world where lovers become enemies, enemies become lovers, and readers become the true protagonists.

Just dive in, color, and let your favorite stories come to life.

Déjate atrapar por la trilogía de misterio de la autora de El verano en que me enamoré.

EN UNA ISLA PERFECTA, llena de encantadoras tiendas para turistas, playas prístinas e increíbles casas frente al mar, viven tres chicas que lo único que quieren es venganza.

KAT está harta de que su ex mejor amiga la intimide.

LILLIA siempre ha cuidado de su hermana pequeña, así que, cuando descubre que uno de sus amigos está saliendo con ella en secreto, tiene que ponerle fin.

MARY vive atormentada por un acontecimiento traumático, y el chico responsable aún no ha recibido lo que se merece.

Ninguna puede llevar a cabo sus planes por separado. Pero juntas... todo es posible.

Con una alianza en marcha, estas chicas le mostrarán a la isla que la venganza es un plato que se disfruta mejor entre amigas.

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Get swept away by the mystery trilogy from the author of The Summer I Turned Pretty.

ON A PICTURE-PERFECT ISLAND, filled with charming tourist shops, pristine beaches, and stunning oceanfront homes, live three girls who want only one thing: revenge.

KAT is done being bullied by her ex-best friend.

LILLIA has always protected her little sister, so when she finds out one of her friends is secretly dating her, she knows she has to stop it.

MARY is haunted by a traumatic event, and the boy responsible still hasn’t paid the price.

None of them can pull off their plans alone. But together... anything is possible.

With their alliance in motion, these girls will show the island that revenge is a dish best served with friends.

El amor es un sacrificio en el altar del poder.

Tras el sangriento torneo Kejari, la vida de Oraya ha quedado reducida a cenizas. Prisionera en su propio reino, llora la muerte del único familiar que ha conocido y se aferra a una sola certeza: no puede confiar en nadie, y menos en Raihn, después de su cruel traición.

La Casa de la Noche está rodeada de enemigos. Los nobles no están dispuestos a aceptar a Raihn como rey, un vampiro convertido y antiguo esclavo. Y la Casa de la Sangre ha clavado sus garras en el reino, amenazando con desangrarlo desde dentro. Cuando Raihn le ofrece una alianza, Oraya se da cuenta de que es su única opción para obtener el trono y vengarse del que una vez creyó su aliado. Para lograrlo, tendrá que invocar un poder ancestral ligado al mayor secreto de su padre.

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Love is a sacrifice on the altar of power.

After the bloody Kejari tournament, Oraya’s life has been reduced to ashes. Imprisoned in her own kingdom, she mourns the death of the only family she’s ever known and clings to one certainty: she can’t trust anyone—especially Raihn, after his cruel betrayal.

The House of Night is surrounded by enemies. The nobles refuse to accept Raihn as king—a turned vampire and former slave. And the House of Blood has sunk its claws into the realm, threatening to bleed it dry from within. When Raihn offers her an alliance, Oraya realizes it’s her only chance to claim the throne and take revenge on the one she once called an ally. To succeed, she’ll have to summon an ancient power tied to her father’s deepest secret.

As Oraya unravels her past and defies her fate, she’ll face the most dangerous choice of all: fight for the crown or surrender to a devastating love that could be her undoing.

Nadie imagina la oscuridad que se esconde en ella.

Me llamo Dannielle y, a mis veintidós años, he atravesado el infierno en más de una ocasión y el precio que mi mente tuvo que pagar fue fragmentarse. Después de salir del hospital psiquiátrico he intentado tener una vida normal como estudiante de Medicina, pero mis compañeros notan que hay algo diferente en mí. Mi forma de hablar y cómo evito ciertas miradas provocan preguntas a mi alrededor, sin saber que hay historias que no deberían salir a la luz.

Marck, mi maestro de Cardiología, se ha convertido en algo más que una figura de autoridad y no quiero perderlo. Su manera de mirarme, de enseñarme a leer los silencios del corazón, despiertan en mí una ternura que creía muerta. Pero también está Anthony, mi psiquiatra, el único que a pesar de haber visto las ruinas en las que me convertí, se atrevió a quedarse. No puedo permitirme arruinarlo todo, aunque solo se necesita una chispa para iniciar un incendio y esta vez puede ser tan grande que nadie logre escapar de sus llamas.

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No one imagines the darkness she hides within.

My name is Dannielle, and at twenty-two years old, I’ve walked through hell more than once—and the price my mind had to pay was to fracture. After leaving the psychiatric hospital, I’ve tried to live a normal life as a medical student, but my classmates sense something different about me. The way I speak and avoid certain glances raise questions, unaware that some stories should never come to light.

Marck, my Cardiology professor, has become more than just an authority figure, and I don’t want to lose him. The way he looks at me, teaches me to read the silences of the heart, awakens a tenderness I thought was long gone. But there’s also Anthony, my psychiatrist—the only one who, despite seeing the ruins I became, dared to stay. I can’t afford to ruin everything, even though it only takes a spark to start a fire, and this time it might be so big that no one escapes its flames.

Descubre Mil recuerdos tuyos, una hermosa y reconfortante novela sobre el duelo, el amor y la amistad.

Tras la muerte de su querida hermana Poppy, la vida de Savanna Litchfield se siente vacía. Por sugerencia de su terapeuta, se une a un grupo de adolescentes en duelo en un viaje alrededor del mundo, llevando bajo el brazo el diario que Poppy dejó y que ella aún no se atreve a leer.

Cael Woods era el jugador de hockey más prometedor de las ligas menores, ahora ni siquiera es capaz de entrar a la pista de hielo. Su hermano murió el año pasado y a partir de entonces su vida ha ido en caída libre. Para intentar ayudarlo, sus padres lo inscriben en un viaje con otros jóvenes, a pesar de que él no tiene ganas de ir.

Cael y Savannah se embarcan en el mismo viaje e, inesperadamente, encuentran consuelo mutuo. Y mientras sanan las heridas de sus corazones rotos, ¿será este el inicio de un gran amor entre dos personas que creyeron estar destinadas al dolor?

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Discover A Thousand Moments of You, a beautiful and heartwarming novel about grief, love, and friendship.

After the death of her beloved sister Poppy, Savanna Litchfield’s life feels empty. At her therapist’s suggestion, she joins a group of grieving teens on a journey around the world, carrying with her the diary Poppy left behind—one she still hasn’t dared to read.

Cael Woods was once the most promising hockey player in the minor leagues, but now he can’t even step onto the ice. His brother died last year, and since then, his life has spiraled downward. Hoping to help, his parents sign him up for the same trip, even though he has no desire to go.

Cael and Savanna find themselves on the same journey and, unexpectedly, discover comfort in each other. As they begin to heal their broken hearts, could this be the beginning of a great love between two people who thought they were destined only for pain?

¿Matarías por poder? ¿Y por amor?

Chrysantha lo dará todo por mantener su título, excepto su corazón.

Chrysantha Stathos escondió su inteligencia y ambición detrás de su belleza; nada la iba a apartar del título de duquesa que ansiaba. Ahora solo tiene que esperar a que muera su desagradable y anciano esposo para disfrutar de la libertad, el dinero y la seguridad que siempre quiso.

Cuando llega el momento, un hombre que afirma ser su nieto aparece y arruina todos sus planes. No importa lo atractivo que sea ni sus extraños poderes: Eryx Demos debe morir.

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Would you kill for power? What about for love?

Chrysantha will give up everything to keep her title—except her heart.

Chrysantha Stathos hid her intelligence and ambition behind her beauty; nothing would stand between her and the duchess title she craved. Now, she only has to wait for her unpleasant and elderly husband to die to enjoy the freedom, wealth, and security she’s always wanted.

But when the time comes, a man claiming to be her grandson appears and ruins everything. No matter how handsome he is or how strange his powers may be: Eryx Demos must die.

Sabía que su vida estaba en juego, pero no su corazón.

Florence era consciente de que podía ser desenmascarada como rebelde, espía y asesina, y ser condenada a muerte; lo que nunca esperó fue enamorarse del rey de los vampiros.

Atrapada entre la lealtad que siente hacia su familia y sus sentimientos por Benedict, mientras otro grupo de revolucionarios amenaza con destruirlo todo, Florence intenta desesperadamente reinstaurar la paz en la corte.

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She knew her life was at stake—but not her heart.

Florence was fully aware she could be exposed as a rebel, spy, and assassin, and sentenced to death. What she never expected was to fall in love with the vampire king.

Caught between loyalty to her family and her feelings for Benedict—while another group of revolutionaries threatens to destroy everything—Florence desperately tries to restore peace at court.

NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE DIRECTED BY ADAM MACDONALD AND STARRING OLIVIA HOLT

The Breakfast Club meets 28 Days Later in this revised and expanded edition of Courtney Summers’s cult classic about a traumatized young woman forced to survive the zombie apocalypse.

Sloane Price knows there are worse things than the end of the world, so when the zombie apocalypse happens, the opportunity to escape her violent home life offers no relief. She’s already lost the one thing that matters most—her sister—and now seems like the perfect time to give up.

But when she inadvertently ends up barricaded in her high school with five other teens, their desperate and volatile bids for survival force a series of impossible decisions. As the days creep by and the dead close in, Sloane must confront everything she thought she knew about life, death, survival, and sacrifice and—once and for all—make a choice.

 Joined together for the first time in this special “director’s cut” edition, This Is Not a Test and its novella sequel Please Remain Calm explore the forces that tether us to life—and to each other—in our darkest times.

En un reino envuelto por la Niebla, Kiara deberá enfrentarse a la oscuridad, pero lo que realmente podría destruirla es el amor.

Muchos le temen a la oscuridad, el lugar donde el horror acecha constantemente. Sin embargo, no hay nada más peligroso que la Niebla, responsable de la destrucción del reino de Asidia y de la muerte de sus valientes soldados, como Kiara Frey, que también estuvo a punto de morir y sintió el miedo profundo que inspira la noche, pero ya no. Para romper la maldición que asfixia a Asidia, Kiara debe salvar al comandante Jude Maddox, a quien ama profundamente, y solo Zorro, la ladrona más escurridiza del reino, puede ayudarla.

Así Kiara se aventura en una peligrosa búsqueda para rescatar a Jude. Lo que no sabe es que en las sombras se esconde algo inesperado, algo que la observa y la manipula para resolver un antiguo misterio.

Cuando es atraída a un templo sagrado que alberga tanto sueños exquisitos como pesadillas escalofriantes, Kiara desarrolla nuevos poderes, pero sus propios sentimientos amenazan con consumirla. Porque ahí, en esas tierras malditas, lo que destruye el alma no es la oscuridad… es el amor.

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In a kingdom shrouded in Mist, Kiara must face the darkness—but what might truly destroy her is love.

Many fear the darkness, a place where horror lurks. But nothing is more dangerous than the Mist, responsible for the destruction of Asidia and the deaths of its brave soldiers—among them Kiara Frey, who narrowly escaped death and once felt the fear that night inspires. Not anymore. To break the curse that suffocates Asidia, Kiara must rescue Commander Jude Maddox, the man she deeply loves—and only Zorro, the kingdom’s most elusive thief, can help her.

So Kiara sets off on a perilous quest to save Jude. What she doesn’t know is that something unexpected lurks in the shadows, watching her and manipulating her to solve an ancient mystery.

Drawn into a sacred temple that holds both exquisite dreams and chilling nightmares, Kiara begins to unlock new powers, but her own emotions threaten to consume her. Because in those cursed lands, what destroys the soul isn’t the darkness… it’s love.

When your best friend is moving a continent away, the last hurrah has to be epic. Rufus and Xandr are sneaking away during the holidays but as crazy as their plan is, it won’t ever approach the reality that is about to hit them.

“What does the end look like? Like that black and orange cloud on the horizon coming closer each day? What I do know, however, without a shadow of doubt, is that this whole thing was a bad idea. Stuck in the middle of freaking nowhere without any means of transport, enough food, or the faintest idea of what’s going on.”

Rufus and Xandr have known each other forever. To call them best friends is an understatement. However, Rufus’s dad decided that his family must emigrate. As these two best friends prepare to wave each other farewell, they plan one last adventure together . . .

Venice, Florida isn’t cool. The vibe in Venice, California is.

It’s 1968 and Jack Walsh has just graduated from high school. A surfer in Venice, Florida, Jack’s dream is to hitchhike across the United States to Venice, California, in search of the perfect wave. Along the way, the naive teenage surfer-wannabe encounters mysterious, beautiful, and terrible strangers, highlighting the social norms and cultural realities of America of the late 60s, transforming the young man into the adult he desires to be. 

No planeaba salir de su cuarto... hasta que el amor llamó a su ventana.

Malva es la chica solitaria de cabello rosa. Malva tiene una colección de quinientos treinta y cinco crayones. Malva está en huelga y planea quedarse en su habitación hasta que sus padres anulen los planes de divorcio.

Ónice es el chico más popular de la escuela. Ónice quiere ser el ganador del Festival del Queso Rodante. Ónice es el vecino y amigo de la infancia de Malva que, sin proponérselo, se distanció de ella.

Cuando Ónice se entera del encierro voluntario de Malva, comienza a hablar con ella de ventana a ventana. Ambos piensan que ya no tienen nada en común, hasta que, poco a poco, las largas conversaciones, las confesiones profundas y los aviones de papel se convierten en el inicio de un amor capaz de iluminar sus vidas.

Aunque no puedan salir por completo de la penumbra, dejarán que el otro descubra los colores que llevan en su interior.

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She didn’t plan to leave her room... until love knocked on her window.

Malva is the lonely girl with pink hair. She owns a collection of five hundred and thirty-five crayons. Malva is on strike and plans to stay in her room until her parents cancel their divorce plans.

Ónice is the most popular boy in school. He wants to win the Rolling Cheese Festival. Ónice is Malva’s childhood friend and next-door neighbor who, unintentionally, drifted away from her.

When Ónice finds out about Malva’s self-imposed lockdown, he starts talking to her from window to window. They both think they have nothing in common anymore, until—bit by bit—long conversations, deep confessions, and paper airplanes spark the beginning of a love bright enough to light up their lives.

Even if they can’t fully escape the shadows, they’ll let each other discover the colors they carry inside.

"Besar a Axil era como respirar, no sabía cómo había conseguido vivir tanto tiempo sin hacerlo, sin él."

Axil Luna me rompió el corazón cuando yo tenía quince años; desde entonces, sueño con vengarme.

Cuando se convierte en el rey de todos los lobos y me convoca para que compita por su mano en las letales pruebas de la Reina, acepto encantada.

Se arrepentirá del día que pensó que podía rechazarme sin consecuencias.

Pero hay una guerra en la frontera. Axil ya no es la misma persona de antes, ni es con quien esperaba encontrarme. Y ahora… tan solo deseo sobrevivir a las pruebas para poder averiguar qué podríamos llegar a ser.

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"Kissing Axil was like breathing—I didn’t know how I’d managed to live so long without doing it, without him."

Axil Luna broke my heart when I was fifteen; ever since then, I’ve dreamed of getting revenge.

When he becomes king of all wolves and summons me to compete for his hand in the deadly Queen’s Trials, I gladly accept.

He’ll regret the day he thought he could reject me without consequences.

But there’s a war at the border. Axil is no longer the boy I once knew, nor the one I expected to face. And now… I just want to survive the trials long enough to find out what we could become.

For Bo and her siblings, the underground fight club may finally provide escape from life with an abusive uncle ― but only if she can win.

Never again. That’s what seventeen-year-old Bo Clark has promised her two younger siblings ever since they were put in separate foster homes―a situation that nearly turned deadly for her little brother, and that they have vowed never to repeat. Bo will do anything to keep that promise. Even if it means enduring the abuse of Uncle Jack, their new guardian. When Jack discovers that Bo has a talent for boxing, he signs her up for an underground fight club tournament, which could bring in enough money for her to move out with her siblings as soon as she turns eighteen.

But the ring is a brutal place, and when Bo’s cutman is arrested, Jack is forced to bring a new one onto the team. Liam turns out to be a schoolmate of Bo’s, and even as the two of them grow closer, she worries that he will go to the authorities if he ever finds out Jack is hurting her.

As Bo makes her way closer to the big prize, Jack starts to set his sights beyond the tournament, and in an explosive finale, the violence moves outside the ring, putting everything Bo loves at risk.

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Winner of the Ruth Schwartz Award

Jeanne Chatel has always dreamed of adventure. So when the eighteen-year-old orphan is summoned to sail from France to the wilds of North America to become a king's daughter and marry a French settler, she doesn't hesitate.

Her new husband is not the dashing military man she has dreamed of, but a trapper with two small children who lives in a small cabin in the woods. With her husband away trapping much of the time, Jeanne faces danger daily, but the bravery and spirit that brought her to this wild place never fail her, and she soon learns to be truly at home in her new land.

Winner of the Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical Fiction

The year is 1959, and fifteen-year-old Nipishish returns to his reserve in northern Quebec after being kicked out of residential school, where the principal tells him he's a good-for-nothing who, like all Indians, can look forward to a life of drunkenness, prison and despair.

The reserve, however, offers nothing to Nipishish. He remembers little of his late mother and father. In fact, he seems to know less about himself than the people at the band office. He must try to rediscover the old ways, face the officials who find him a threat, and learn the truth about his father's death.

In the highly anticipated sequel to Suck it In and Smile, Ellie is wrestling her picture-perfect life as a social media influencer back under control — but how long can she keep bridging the distance between the desire to be herself and the pressure to conform? 

Ellie is an inspiration to her hundreds of thousands of followers on Instagram and YouTube. Her book of wellness tips (including her signature recipe for chocolate chip–chickpea cookies) is about to launch. She is one half of a social-media power couple with singer Samuel Vanasse, who is now her fiancé. And she is on the verge of breaking into the top three on the YouTube charts. She has everything she needs to be happy — but lately, when she starts crying, she can’t seem to stop. 

Between her father’s failing health and the charming yet enigmatic Dave, between her friendship-rivalry with another YouTuber and the pressure to be “authentic” at all times, Ellie is lost. She retreats into her old patterns and tries to regain control of her life, one Fat Burning Challenge at a time. But listening to her heart isn’t as easy — or glamorous — as she’s been making it look to her followers. 

This exciting conclusion to Ellie’s story examines how we measure success and happiness, while exploring the complexities of body image, female rivalry and grief.

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Four guys -- Tommy, Brad, Andy and Shane -- are all making their way through the jungle that is the last year of high school. Tommy, model student, is heading for the military to learn to fly fighter jets, something that will please his doting grandmother and free him once and for all from his abusive parasite of a mother. His best friend, Brad, is being scouted for Junior B, which will finally satisfy his ambitious hockey dad, whose relentless pressure has turned his son into the team enforcer. Andy is on the verge of making his acting breakthrough. He's got an agent, and he's got an audition for the role that could launch his career -- the Punk. All he needs is someone who can show him the moves, teach him the hard stare. He turns to Shane, the kid who is so scary that even the teachers are afraid of him.

A funny, touching look at the life of a social media influencer who starts to question the #goals life she has created for herself.

Every day, Ellie motivates her hundreds of thousands of followers to become the best versions of themselves by posting videos of exercise routines and high-protein breakfast recipes. Far from the shy teenager that she was, she is now in a very public relationship with singer Samuel Vanasse, and together they have become one of the most popular influencer couples in the country. She has succeeded. She shines.

And yet, Ellie worries that her life is not as flawless as she makes it seem on YouTube and Instagram. Between her obsession with the “ideal weight,” her growing attraction to another man, her family’s disdain for her career as a content creator and a collaboration with another influencer who Ellie can’t stand, a thought haunts her. What if, by trying to become everything she wanted to be, she’s lost herself along the way? 

Suck It in and Smile is an intimate exploration of our obsession with appearances and the hypocrisies that appear when you must craft the perfect online life.

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In war-torn Sudan, a girl must make heart-rending choices as she fights for survival and a chance at a future.

“This short, quickly paced narrative will stay with readers for the rest of their lives.” School Library Journali, STARRED REVIEW

“Moving and necessary.” Kirkus, STARRED REVIEW

For Poni, life in her small village in southern Sudan is simple and complicated at the same time. Stay in school. Beat up any boy who tries to show attention. Watch out for the dangers in the river. But then the war comes. And when soldiers arrive in her village and bombs begin to rain from the sky, there is only one thing for Poni to do. Run.

Poni runs for her life, and alongside thousands of refugees, she must then make a long, dusty trek across the east African countryside. Driven by the sheer will to survive, Poni finds her way to the Kakuma refugee camp in Kenya, where she hopes to be reunited with her family. And if she is lucky, she will one day be able to convince the authorities that she is worthy to go to the land of opportunity. But the misery in Kakuma is almost overwhelming, and sooner than Poni could have imagined, she is on the run again.

With single-minded determination, Poni survives hell and back, but she cannot escape the war’s devastating psychological effects or her survivor’s guilt. In a heartbreaking final twist, Poni finds her mother just as she is about to leave for America—forcing her to make the hardest decision of all.

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Correlates to the Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.6.3
Describe how a particular story's or drama's plot unfolds in a series of episodes as well as how the characters respond or change as the plot moves toward a resolution.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.6.6
Explain how an author develops the point of view of the narrator or speaker in a text.

Hockey is the only game worth playing in the rough-and-tumble prairie town of Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan. When sixteen-year-old A.J. Brandiosa makes the Triple A team of his dreams, he can hardly believe that his life is finally coming together.

And then it falls apart. A.J. makes an unexpected discovery about his best friend and teammate, Tulsa Brown, and he can't keep his rage and fear from spilling onto the ice. An aggressive defenseman is becoming a violent one…

An explosive novel by award-winning author Diana Wieler that looks honestly at teenage sexuality and the world of amateur hockey.

A poignant and frank novel set in Ghana, told from the point of view of a disarmingly forthright teenaged girl.

When sixteen-year-old Gloria fails thirteen out of fifteen subjects on her final exams, her future looks bleak indeed. Her family's resources are meager so the entire family is thrilled when a distant relative, Christine, offers to move Gloria north to Kumasi to look after her toddler son. In exchange, after two years, Christine will pay for Gloria to go to school.

Life in Kumasi is more grand than anything Gloria has ever experienced. She joins a youth band at church and Christine has even promised to teach her to read. But Kumasi is also full of temptations -- the owner of a popular clothing shop encourages her to buy on credit, and the smooth-talking Dr. Kusi offers Gloria rides in his sports car. Eventually Gloria is betrayed by the people around her and is disillusioned by her new life. But in the end she decides who she can trust, and draws on her own considerable inner resources to put the bad experiences behind her.

Correlates to the Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.6.6
Explain how an author develops the point of view of the narrator or speaker in a text.

IRA Notable Books for a Global Society selection

Hiding behind an armchair, five-year-old Emma does not witness the murder of her mother, but she hears everything. And when the assassins finally leave, the young Tutsi girl somehow manages to stumble away from the scene, motivated only by the memory of her mother's last words: "You must not die, Emma!"

Eventually Emma is taken in by an old Hutu woman who risks her own life to hide the child. Emma stays with the old woman and a quiet bond forms between the two, but long after the war ends, the young girl is still haunted by nightmares.

When the country establishes courts to allow victims to face their tormenters in their villages, Emma is uneasy and afraid. But through her growing friendship with a young torture victim and the gentle encouragement of an old man charged with helping child survivors, Emma finds the courage to return to the house where her mother was killed and begin the journey to healing.

Winner of the Canadian Library Association Book of the Year Award

Young Tommy and Baby Bridget, the girl with the trillium-shaped eyes, discover that living, healing and dying are not always what they seem. And they make that discovery with the help of a wonderful cast of characters, including Crazy Mickey, Frank and the Hummer.

Award-winning author Brian Doyle spent the summers of his boyhood in the Gatineau Hills, the setting for Up to Low.

A balm for adolescent anxiety, this inclusive collection offers sometimes imperfect but always frank short stories of first sexual experiences.

Although to be honest, there isn’t ever really a first time, is there? Rather there are many: first times with yourself. First times with another person. First times you look forward to. First times you wish you could forget. First times that are sexy as hell. First times that are definitely, definitely not.

First Times: Short Stories about Sex collects nine stories by nine different authors, writing from a vast range of perspectives, cultural backgrounds and sexual orientations — revealing how unreasonable it is to define ourselves by a single, overhyped moment. (What a relief!)

With stories by Laurence Beaudoin Masse, Edith Chouinard, Vanessa Duchel, Schelby Jean-Baptiste, Alexandra Larochelle, Jérémie Larouche, Nicolas Michon, Olivier Simard and Pierre-Yves Villeneuve; edited by Karine Glorieux and translated by Shelley Tanaka.

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In the sequel to the award-winning Boy O'Boy, it's spring in post-World War II Ottawa and Martin O'Boy has finally found a true home with Grampa Rip. Martin's also found a job, working for the Pure Spring soft drink company. Best of all, he's in love with beautiful Gerty McDowell.

But everything's not perfect. Martin lied to kindly Mr. Mirsky, Pure Spring's owner, to get the job. Grampa Rip's brain increasingly goes missing. There's that mysterious, yet oddly familiar, man in the park. There are also Martin's memories, the sudden appearance of famed Soviet defector Igor Gouzensko, and Martin's shady boss, Randy. And worst of all, Randy is robbing Gerty's grandfather, and he's forcing Martin to be his accomplice. Martin's happiness, sense of duty, and love for Gerty collide. Can he find his way through these dire developments?

Brian Doyle's fast-paced plot and vivid characterizations, along with the lively colloquial dialogue and period detail, create a rich historical portrait that confirms the author's place as a master storyteller.

Burl Crow hasn't had many breaks in his young life. His father is a manipulative lout with a dangerous temper; his mother, worn down by years of abuse, now resorts to her little helpers to get her through the days. Then he meets Nathaniel Orlando Gow, the Maestro, and in just one day, this eccentric genius changes Burl's life forever.

Hold Fast is the widely acclaimed story of a young boy's struggle to survive in a new environment and his fight against those who stand as threats to his pride in himself and his way of life.

Michael turned fourteen in May. By June, both his parents are dead, victims of a car crash. And for Michael, who has lived all his life in a small Newfoundland outport community, this means being suddenly uprooted and sent to live with relatives in St. Albert, a city hundreds of miles away.

Hold Fast is the story of Michael's struggle to survive in his new world. In vivid, honest prose, it depicts his fight against those who threaten him - the loud-mouthed Kentson who makes fun of the way he talks at school, and his uncle who tries to rule life at home with an iron hand. It is also the story of the friendship that develops between Michael and Curtis, his cousin, and of his new uncertain feelings for Brenda.

The book was written, Kevin Major says, “out of love for a way of life and a people. It is an appeal for us Newfoundlanders to be like certain of the species of seaweed that inhabit our shores, which, when faced with the threat of being destroyed by forces they cannot control, evolve an appendage to hold them to the rocks, a holdfast.”

A spellbinding story about chasing love, fighting family, losing friends and starting all over again, from the internationally acclaimed Lisa Moore.

Sixteen-year-old Flannery Malone has it bad. She’s been in love with Tyrone O’Rourke since the days she still believed in Santa Claus. But Tyrone has grown from a dorky kid into an outlaw graffiti artist, the rebel-with-a-cause of Flannery’s dreams, literally too cool for school.

Which is a problem, since he and Flannery are partners for the entrepreneurship class that she needs to graduate. And Tyrone’s vanishing act may have darker causes than she realizes.

Tyrone isn’t Flannery’s only problem. Her mother, Miranda, can’t pay the heating bills, let alone buy Flannery’s biology book. Her little brother, Felix, is careening out of control. And her best-friend-since-forever, Amber, has fallen for a guy who is making her forget all about the things she’s always cared most about — Flannery included — leading Amber down a dark and dangerous path of her own.

When Flannery decides to make a love potion for her entrepreneurship project, rumors that it actually works go viral, and she suddenly has a hot commodity on her hands. But a series of shattering events makes her realize that real-life love is far more potent — and potentially damaging — than any fairy-tale prescription.

Written in Lisa Moore’s exuberant and inimitable style, Flannery is by turns heartbreaking and hilarious, empowering and harrowing — often all on the same page. It is a novel whose spell no reader will be able to resist.

When one of the most famous paintings in the world is stolen, four young lives are changed, for four very different reasons.

The Guy decides to have a house party while his parents are out of town. The Girl is adjusting to life in a new country. The Artist has discovered that forgery is a lucrative business. And his Ex, mother of his baby, is just trying to make ends meet.

As Guy, a feckless high-school senior, plans the party of the year, Rafi worries about her mother, who is still grieving over the drowning death of Rafi’s little brother back in Bolivia and haunted by the specter of La Llorona, the weeping ghost who steals children.

Meanwhile, Rafi’s uncle is an art dealer involved in a scheme to steal one of the most famous paintings in the world, but he needs the forgery skills of Luke, a talented artist who has just split up with his girlfriend, Penny, who wants nothing more than to get him back to be a proper father to Joshie, the baby Rafi babysits.

Engaging, provocative, darkly humorous and fast-paced, with a shocking and near-tragic ending, when Rafi’s mother’s grief tips over into mental illness.

Correlates to the Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.6.3

Describe how a particular story's or drama's plot unfolds in a series of episodes as well as how the characters respond or change as the plot moves toward a resolution.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.6.6

Explain how an author develops the point of view of the narrator or speaker in a text.

Winner of the Canadian Library Association Book of the Year, the Geoffrey Bilson Award, the Ruth Schwartz Award, and an ALA Notable Books List selection

Martin O'Boy's life is not easy. His beloved Granny has just died, his pregnant mother and father fight all the time and his twin, Phil, is completely incapacitated. Martin is the one his mother counts on.

But life in Ottawa's Lowertown is not all bad. He has his best friend, Billy Batson (a.k.a. Captain Marvel), the movies, his cat Cheap and there's the glamorous Buz from next door, who is off at the war.As the war comes to an end with the bombing of Hiroshima -- on Martin's birthday -- Ottawa is in a state of turmoil. Returning soldiers, parties, fights and drunks fill the streets.

It would all be very exciting, except for one thing. In their endless pursuit of more funds Martin and Billy have joined the church choir -- as summer boys. And the organist, Mr. T.D.S. George, is awfully fond of Martin. But Martin, despite his hardships, has a pure soul and his Granny's love, Billy's friendship, Buz's imminent return, and even his mother's reliance on him, which help him to deliver a kind of justice to Mr. George, and to heal himself and others.

At fifteen, Tamara has survived the foster-care system through brains, will and attitude. Now there's high school to get through, along with her teacher's latest community project -- volunteering at the local seniors' home. Tamara doubts she can endure either the residents or the smells.

Then she's assigned to Jean Barclay, a cranky, wealthy and frail former schoolteacher. As the two size one another up, they realize each is the key to achieving their own very different goals. Miss Barclay wants to attend an opera in Seattle -- a trip doctors insist she's too weak to undertake. Tamara wants to enroll in modeling school in Vancouver -- an expense she can't begin to afford. They plan the road trip of a lifetime -- but can these two bossy, manipulative women keep from throttling each other before their goals are realized?

What if your country is involved in an unjust war, and you’ve lost trust in your own government?

It's 1968, and the Vietnam War has brought new urgency to the life of Billie Taylor, a seventeen-year-old aspiring photojournalist. Billie is no stranger to risky situations, but when she attends a student protest at Columbia University with her college boyfriend, and the US is caught up in violent political upheaval, her mother decides to move the two of them to Canada. Furious at being dragged away from her beloved New York City to live in a backwater called Toronto, Billie doesn’t take her exile lightly. As her mother opens their home to draft evaders and deserters, Billie’s activism grows in new ways. She discovers an underground network of political protesters and like minds in a radical group based in Rochdale College, the world’s first “free” university. And the stakes rise when she is exposed to horrific images from Vietnam of the victims of Agent Orange – a chemical being secretly manufactured in a small town just north of Toronto.

Suddenly she has to ask herself some hard questions. How far will she go to be part of a revolution? Is violence ever justified? Or does standing back just make you part of the problem?

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A New York Times Book Review choice as one of the 10 Best Illustrated Children's Books of 2008.

Skim is Kimberly Keiko Cameron, a not-slim, would-be Wiccan goth stuck in a private girls' school in Toronto. When a classmate's boyfriend kills himself because he was rumoured to be gay, the school goes into mourning overdrive, each clique trying to find something to hold on to and something to believe in. It's a weird time to fall in love, but that's high school, and that's what happens to Skim when she starts to meet in secret with her neo-hippie English teacher, Ms. Archer. But when Ms. Archer abruptly leaves, Skim struggles to cope with her confusion and isolation, armed with her trusty journal and a desire to shed old friendships while cautiously approaching new ones.

Depression, love, sexual identity, crushes, manipulative peers --teen life in all its dramatic complexities is explored in this touching, pitch-perfect, literary graphic masterpiece. Cousins Mariko and Jillian Tamaki collaborate brilliantly in this poignant glimpse into the heartache of being sixteen.

Correlates to the Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.5.7

Analyze how visual and multimedia elements contribute to the meaning, tone, or beauty of a text (e.g., graphic novel, multimedia presentation of fiction, folktale, myth, poem).

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.6.3

Describe how a particular story's or drama's plot unfolds in a series of episodes as well as how the characters respond or change as the plot moves toward a resolution.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.6.6

Explain how an author develops the point of view of the narrator or speaker in a text.

Fans of Rainbow Rowell and Casey McQuiston will fall for this story of tabletop gaming, romance and epic campaigns — both in game and IRL.

IRL, Darcy has just moved to the small prairie town of Unity Creek with her two moms. It feels like she left everything good behind in the city. She misses her tabletop gaming friends and her boyfriend — and is horrified by the homophobia her family faces in their new home. Then she meets kind, quiet Art, who invites her to join his Dungeons & Dragons game.

Art is mostly happy fading into the background at school and only really coming alive during his friends’ weekly D&D game — until meeting Darcy pulls his life off-course in wonderful and alarming ways. Suddenly he has something worth fighting for. But what if that something puts him in conflict with his father, an influential and conservative figure in their town? Can Art stand up against his father’s efforts to prevent Darcy and her friends from starting a queer-straight alliance at school?

Meanwhile, in game, Darcy’s and Art’s D&D characters join forces to fight corruption as they grow closer in the homebrew world of Durgeon’s Keep — as fantasy and reality collide.

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Winner of the Canadian Library Association Book of the Year Award for Children, the Society of School Librarians International Best Book Award and a Jane Addams Children's Book Award Honor Book

Ever since she was a little girl, Amani has wanted to be a shepherd, just like her beloved grandfather, Sido. For generations her family has grazed sheep above the olive groves of the family homestead near Hebron, and she has been steeped in Sido’s stories, especially one about a secret meadow called the Firdoos, where the grass is lush and the sheep grow fat, and about the wolf that once showed him the path there.

But now Amani’s family home is being threatened by encroaching Jewish settlements. As she struggles to find increasingly rare grazing land for her starving sheep, her uncle and brother are tempted to take a more militant stance against the settlers. Then she accidentally meets Jonathan, an American boy visiting his settler father.

Away from the pressures of their families, the two young people discover Sido’s secret meadow, the domain of a lone wolf. And Amani learns that she must share the meadow, and even her sheep, with the wolf, if she is going to continue to use it.

A high-adrenaline story of what it really means to man up. 

Seventeen-year-old Ren Adams feels lucky to be living with his brother, Levi, and Levi’s girlfriend, Ellie — a welcome escape from his mother and her fundamentalist husband. Ren finally feels able to breathe, even if Levi and Ellie insist on trying to RENovate him, make him push his limits, live up to his potential — “man up” … whatever that means.

Ren does his best to keep up — until Levi is killed in an avalanche on one of their follow-the-leader dares. Overcome with grief, Ren feels unmoored, while Ellie embraces new risks and adventures, and tries to pull Ren into her orbit. He cannot resist her wattage, and when she comes to his bed one night, he stops trying.

The next morning, Ellie has disappeared. Ren throws himself into full Ren-to-the-rescue mode — out of love, brotherly loyalty, guilt or grief? He doesn’t quite know. His search is by turns enlightening and reckless, as he discovers that there is no map for becoming a man. 

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