A teenager in the 1970s, Gwen is stuck in a tuberculosis sanatorium with only her journal and the odd cigarette to keep her sane. Her twisted sense of humour helps her deal with invasive medical procedures, oversensitive friends, and...
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Auteur:Schraff, AnneSommaire:Written for young adults, the Urban Underground series confronts issues that are of great importance to teens, such as friendship, loyalty, drugs, gangs, abuse, urban blight, bullies and self-esteem to name a few. More than...
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Auteur:Carter, BrookeSommaire:Ever since her mom died of Huntington's disease, Logan has been in a permanent state of neutral. Her dad has been depressed and lonely, but Logan is . . . something else. So much so that she doesn't even see that her best...
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Auteur:De Witte, ChristinaSommaire:Addressing the struggles of young girls everywhere, this hilariously relatable comic guide to life provides real advice and encourages a new generation of teen girls to find confidence and embrace individuality. With friends, love,...
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Auteur:Medved, MaureenSommaire:Naked under a tattered shower curtain, fifteen-year old Tracey Berkowitz has been sitting in the back of a bus for two days, looking for her brother, Sonny, who thinks he is a dog. Tracey's stories begin to twist and intertwine truth...
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Auteur:Goobie, BethSommaire:After she inadvertently gains a powerful enemy by claiming the "cool" seat in her homeroom, tenth grader Meredith struggles to find the strength to stand up for herself and survive high school with her dignity intact.
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In the early 1900s, a young woman embarks on a fantastical journey of self-discovery after finding a mysterious book in this captivating and lyrical debut. In a sprawling mansion filled with peculiar treasures, January Scaller is a...
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Auteur:Baugh, LeanneSommaire:After being attacked by a grizzly bear in the Rocky Mountains, seventeen-year-old Abby Hughes' facial scars are all she can think about, and all that she thinks anyone else can see when they look at her. After months of hiding out at...
- Auteur:Berg, ElizabethSommaire:
A life-affirming novel about an unforgettable character, a wise and loving man whose humor and unconditional love create for himself and others second chances at happiness. Three people find their way back from loss and loneliness to a...
- Auteur:Chokshi, RoshaniSommaire:
A lush and vivid story steeped in Indian folklore and mythology, Roshani Chokshi's The Star-touched Queen is a novel that no listener will soon forget. Fate and fortune. Power and passion. What does it take to be the queen of a...
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Perfect for fans of They Both Die at the End and You've Reached Sam, this gripping, atmospheric YA novel follows a teen with a mysterious condition that transports her to the past when she smells certain scents linked to specific...
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Auteur:McDonnell, KathleenSommaire:Peggy is starting to outgrow Notherland, the imaginary world she created as a child, and wants to cut her ties - not knowing it will destroy Notherland completely.
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Auteur:Sharafeddine, FatimaSommaire:Faten’s happy life in her village comes to an abrupt end when her father arranges for her to work as a servant for a wealthy Beirut family with two spoiled daughters. What does a bright, ambitious seventeen-year-old do when she is...
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Auteur:KIDD, Sue MonkSommaire:Living on a peach farm in South Carolina with her harsh, unyielding father, Lily Owens has shaped her entire life around one devastating, blurred memory - the afternoon her mother was killed, when Lily was four. Since then, her only...
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Auteur:Browne, Susan ChalkerSommaire:It’s the year of our Lord 1971, and Maureen O’Neill is one of the smartest girls at Fatima Academy. One of the funniest, too. Her teachers don’t like it, but her friends think she’s a riot. But one day her world begins to crumble apart...
- Auteur:Mangum, Kay LynnSommaire:
Kathy Colton's brother, Brett, died of leukemia when he was seventeen and she only two. At age 16 she discovers a journal Brett wrote especially for her. Brett's story is interwoven with her own, as she is mortified to be assigned to...
- Auteur:Goodman, CarolSommaire:
Tess has worked hard to keep her past buried, where it belongs. Then one more morning, Tess gets a call from the headmistress of her son, Rudy's, school: Lila Zeller, her son's girlfriend, has been found dead on the beach, not...
- Auteur:Thayne, RaeAnneSommaire:
Olivia Harper is unfulfilled at work and in her love life. When she hears that her mother Juliet has been injured in a car accident, she has no choice but to pack up her life and head home to beautiful Cape Sanctuary on the Northern...
- Auteur:Sumner, MelanieSommaire:
Although Louise Peppers' family is a bit eccentric and dysfunctional, they are also loving and supportive. In conventional Counterpoint, Georgia, Louise grows up to be a "normal" teen. But after the accidental death of her older brother...
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Auteur:Ravel, EdeetSommaire:Seventeen-year-old Fern has not had many breaks in life. She struggles at school and lives with her mother in a roach-infested apartment. Then, suddenly, her mother has a heart attack and dies, and Fern is devastated. But she's a...
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