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Perfect for fans of Promise Boys, this gripping historical mystery follows a teenager who finds a murdered girl on her family's California beach—a discovery that will reveal the racism rampant in her world. Fifteen-year-old Blue Collins’s parents own the only Black beach in Santa Monica in...

Wabaningo by Jim Valentine is an irresistible coming-of-age story set in a 1950s Boy Scout camp in the dense forests of Western Michigan. Through the eyes of young Jimmie, this novel apprehends the coarse excitement, challenges, and changeovers that shape 'boys' into 'men.' Intrinsically, it is a trip of self-discovery. As Jimmie experiences friendships, rivalries, and personal trials, he retains lessons that extend far beyond the campgrounds—courage, commitment, and the power of diligence.

Ford is a traumatized former child model. Cassie is the epitome of DIY punk with a life full of poverty and pain serving smoothies at the Orange Julius. Finally there is Jenny, a young preppy with talent and dreams held back by a society not designed for women like her. As their lives intersect in the late 1980's at the Fox Valley Mall in Aurora, Illinois, there will be love, confusion, and dangerous adversaries with wealth and power. Ford, Cassie and Jenny just have each other. Will it be enough? How do fragile hearts of glass survive in the real world?

Gen a d'ailleurs réussi à s'approprier le Sceau du roi directement dans les appartements de celui-ci. Malheureusement, ses fanfaronnades le conduisent en prison où il croupit va croupir jusqu'à ce que le plus puissant conseiller royal, le mage, lui propose un marché qu'il n'a pas vraiment le choix de refuser : dérober une relique inestimable pour recouvrer sa liberté. Commence alors une aventure épique dans un monde secoué par les guerres et les intrigues politiques, et dont personne ne se doute de l'issue.

Jack hat es geschafft: Er ist den Samurai des Shoguns entkommen und segelt auf einem Schiff Richtung Heimat. In seiner Begleitung: die tapfere Samurai-Kämpferin Akiko und der schlaue Mönch Yori. Doch als die Freunde London erreichen, werden sie alles andere als freundlich empfangen. Und nicht nur das: Ein dunkler Schatten ist ihnen aus Japan gefolgt.

Johnny, a 14-year-old boy from Brooklyn, and Brook, a 14-year-old Native American girl From South Dakota, meet at a summer job working at a cowboy show in the suburbs of New York City—first meeting as antagonists, then like childhood friends. Coming from different cultures and lifestyles, they learn a lot from each other.

Thrust to the mercy of the Mississippi river, thirteen-year-old Rowdy floats safely away as he watches the smoke rise from his burning farmhouse. His father, dead. His brother, dead. Both gunned down in front of him by a murderous gang of bandits. Now alone in the world, his perilous journey of survival begins, challenging and shaping him into the young man his father would want him to become. Pulled from the waters, he is given a chance by a lone river Captain and his mate. Working the trade routes between St. Louis and New Orleans, he learns to navigate safe passage.

Stornshire, England-1890. Leighanna Pauley barely escaped consumption. Now, she's claimed by both Life and Death. Fascinated by justice and why she survived when so many others haven't, she has a new obsession: the murder of a fellow socialite. But the police have no leads. The investigation emboldens Leighanna to attend the first ball held at the Carmine Estate. When midnight strikes, the unimaginable takes place. Time stops for everyone but Leighanna. Before her stands the ghost of the dead girl, pleading with Leighanna to catch her killer before someone else is murdered.

It has been five years since Justus lost his father. On the eve of his thirteenth birthday, when the community ceremonially plans to deem him a man, tragedy strikes. Forced to flee his home, family, and everything he has ever known, The Evolution of Justus is a City of Refuge story filled with destructive anger toward God and one boy's struggle to become a man. Can a boy become a man without a father? Or will tragedy be his demise before his chance to rise? How does one process the loss of innocence caused by traumatic events?

Book 2 in the all-new Science Adventures of Tom & Huck series! Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn are back—in fast, funny, science-filled adventures for curious kids! While visiting family in Arkansas, Tom and Huck hear a wild tale about a legendary hog called Haggard Hoofs—and Tom, never one to back down, bets they can catch it. The only problem? Huck’s pretty sure the pig doesn’t exist. What begins as a foolish boast soon turns into a hilarious chase through the Ozarks, as the boys risk their summer—and their friendship—on the unlikeliest hog hunt in Benton County.

На этом живописном фоне двое мальчиков взрослеют в мечтах о славе, завоеванной в рядах самой могущественной армии, какую когда-либо знал мир. Пока юные Гай и Марк обучаются искусству боя под руководством одного из самых грозных гладиаторов Рима, противостояние непримиримых соперников — Мария и Суллы, в котором победителю достанется невероятная власть, влечет государство к гражданской войне. Гай и Марк вынуждены идти разными путями, и к тому времени, когда они снова встретятся, все будет иначе.

Det er 1939. Nazityskland. Landet holder vejret. Døden har aldrig haft så travlt før, og det ser ikke ud til at blive bedre. Derefter begynder en kærlighedsaffære med bøger og ord, efterhånden som Liesel lærer at læse af sin plejefar. Da Liesels plejefamilie skjuler en jøde i kælderen, både åbner og lukker det verden for Liesel.

Нина Джаваха — представительница древнего грузинского рода, чьи корни уходят к прославленным военачальникам и царям Кавказа. Рано потеряв мать, Нина выросла под опекой отца-офицера, который воспитал в дочери не только навыки лихой наездницы, но и дух настоящей авантюристки. Перед Ниной встает непростой выбор: сохранить верность своим принципам или подчинить неукротимый нрав требованиям общества ради дружбы и признания.

Alla stazione ferroviaria di Varenna, a pochi chilometri da Bellano, c'è trambusto. Il capotreno Ermete Licuti è sceso dal convoglio scortando una passeggera pizzicata senza biglietto. E senza un quattrino per pagare la multa. Fa intendere che arriva da Milano, che vuole andare a Bellano, ma non parla bene l'italiano, e capire cosa vuole è un bel busillis. Ligio alle norme, il capotreno non sente ragioni e consegna la ragazza al capostazione, Amilcare Mezzanotti, che protesta vivace. Il regolamento però è chiaro, la faccenda tocca a lui sbrogliarla.

Nikola Tesla, the visionary genius, is lecturing in New York City when he falls for Victoria, the mysterious young woman he sees night after night in the front row. The woman intrigues him: her curiosity is as great as his own, and her interest is wide-ranging. But there’s something she’s hiding, a family secret so horrendous no one speaks of it. When Tesla finds out, he has a decision to make: listen to the inner voice warning him to stay away, or abandon his morality and help her with her own terrible science.

In 1944, Oakwood's town council is desperate to save their young men from being lost to the devastation of the far-reaching effects of WWII, and as such make the unconscionable decision to make an evil deal with an agent of the devil in order to protect their own children, town's citizens and peaceful way of life. Little does journalism student Jim Norton know that his decision to write an article on the town, that seems to have been able to have escaped the pitfalls of progress for his school paper in 1984, will lead him down the treacherous rabbit hole that might end with his demise.

In the dark fall of 1665, 15-year-old Kenna's sister is murdered. Kenna suspects her sister's husband, but if he is the murderer, Kenna will be next. As she flees her grandfather’s Scottish estate to escape him, she finds herself in the clutches of a stranger.

In the heart of the Great Depression, Rancho Las Moras, like everywhere else in Texas, is gripped by the drought of the Dust Bowl, and resentment is building among white farmers against Mexican Americans. All around town, signs go up proclaiming “No Dogs or Mexicans” and “No Mexicans Allowed.” When Estrella organizes a protest against the treatment of tejanos in their town of Monteseco, Texas, her whole family becomes a target of “repatriation” efforts to send Mexicans “back to Mexico”—whether they were ever Mexican citizens or not.

Alosa est la fille de Kalligan, Roi pirate qui règne (et terrorise) les mers. Son père décide de l'envoyer en mission pour enfin mettre la main sur une mystérieuse et très ancienne carte au trésor qui mènerait à des richesses incommensurables. Pour réussir son défi, la courageuse Alosa accepte de se laisser capturer par ses pires ennemis, s'offrant ainsi la possibilité d'infiltrer leur navire. Captive au milieu d'un impitoyable équipage de pirates cruels, Alosa sait pourtant que la fameuse carte est à portée de main.

In the land of Taletha, the wife market is the prime place for young lords to find a spouse, but not the place for love. Something Inara knows all too well. After six years of rejection, she has no hope of being chosen for anything but a plaything.