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Tibby Harrowmore hat gerade mit seinem Dasein als Kurier abgeschlossen, als ihm auch schon eine neue Aufgabe präsentiert wird: Seine mehr als eigenartigen Freunde Cayden und Abe raten ihm, sich einer Expeditionsreise anzuschließen, um sich in dem entlegensten Winkel Afrikas dem bisher seltsamsten Abenteuer seines Lebens zu stellen. Bald schon wird Tibbys Blick auf die Welt nie mehr derselbe sein …

Penguin presents the audiobook edition of The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Six More by Roald Dahl, read by Andrew Scott. Roald Dahl turns his pen to anything, twisting everyday life into powerful, and sometimes terrifying fantasies. Seven superb stories, full of Roald Dahl's usual magic...

今なお読まれ続ける、太宰治の代表作「人間失格」。破滅的な人間を描きながらも読者を魅了してやまない本作から、子供でも読みやすい幼少期時代の場面を抄録。

It’s only two weeks before an asteroid turns home to dust. Though most of Earth has already been evacuated, it’s Samantha’s job to catalog plant samples for the survivors’ unknowable journey beyond. Preparing to stay behind and watch the world end, she makes a final human connection. As certain doom hurtles nearer, the unexpected and beautiful potential for the future begins to flower.

From Michael L. Printz Award winner A.S. King and an all-star team of contributors including Anna-Marie McLemore and Jason Reynolds, an anthology of stories about remarkable people and their strange and surprising collections. From David Levithan’s story about a non-binary kid collecting...

From the organization We Need Diverse Books and Dhonielle Clayton, the co-author of Blackout, comes a fantasy collection of short stories from a list of diverse, award-winning, and bestselling authors. This critically acclaimed young adult anthology welcomes every voice to lead, empower, and...

Gdy ze szkolnej kasy w tajemniczych okolicznościach znikają pieniądze, Maja postanawia odszukać złodzieja. Prosi o pomoc swoją przyjaciółkę, Adę oraz byłą dziewczynę, Oktawię. Dziewczyny muszą połączyć siły, by rozwiązać zagadkę, ale nie spodziewają się, jakim problemom przyjdzie im stawić czoła w drodze do prawdy. Mnóstwo je różni, ale w czasie śledztwa odkrywają, jak wiele mają wspólnego.

Nicholas, Kevin. Age 19. Died at York Hospital, July 19, 2012. Kev's the first kid their age to die. And now, even though he's dead, he's not really gone. Even now his choices are touching the people he left behind. Rita Williams-Garcia follows one aimless teen as he finds a new life in his new job - at the mortuary. Ellen Hopkins reveals what two altar boys (and one altar girl) might get up to at the cemetery at night.

Lisa’s Beau is about the adventures of Lisa and her horse Beau. The two grow up together and create a bond with one another that will never be broken. The second story is called Worthy. Worthy is the story of a young girl who grows up at first in a family of love and then with a stepfather she goes through a nightmarish life. Life has a way of turning out for the best if you don’t give up and she never did. The third story is called Shattered Innocence. A story of a young boy who against all odds becomes a young man with integrity and clear conscience.

Zwei Lovestories von Wattpad-Star Nina Schilling in einem Sammelband. "Behind Me: Tessa & Dyan": Tessas Leben ist alles andere als ein Traum. Ihr Vater trinkt und ihre Stiefmutter scheint direkt aus Aschenputtel entsprungen zu sein. Aber trotzdem behält sie nach außen immer die perfekte Fassade aufrecht. Doch dann hilft sie der kleinen Schwester des Bad Boys an ihrer Schule, Dyan, der damit nach seinen eigenen Regeln in ihrer Schuld steht.

„Die Basil and Josephine-Geschichten" sind eine Sammlung von zwei separaten Kurzgeschichtenfolgen, die ursprünglich als Fortsetzungen in der Zeitschrift „The Saturday Evening Post" erschienen. Einige davon wurden später in „Taps at Reveille" und posthumen Kurzgeschichtensammlungen zusammengefasst. Die Basil-Geschichten schildern die emotionale Entwicklung einer Figur namens Basil Duke Lee, der als junger Mann im Mittleren Westen lebt und schließlich im Alter von 17 Jahren bereit ist, die Welt von Yale zu erobern.

In a world gone wrong, heroes and villains are not always easy to distinguish and every individual has the ability to contribute something powerful. In this stunning collection of original and rediscovered stories of tragedy and hope, the stars are a diverse group of students, street kids, good girls, kidnappers, and child laborers pitted against their environments, their governments, differing cultures, and sometimes one another as they seek answers in their dystopian worlds.

That summer was supposed to be ordinary: laughter, sunshine, and childhood adventures. My cousin, though only eleven, carried herself like she was older. She looked like a 15-year-old. She was 5.8 ft tall, with a woman's body already, curious and bright, with a spirit too bold for her age.

School can feel like a battlefield. The popular group. The endless selfies. The pressure to be perfect when you feel far from it. Nora, Rochelle, Leah, Amara, and Vera know exactly what that’s like. One wants to fit in at any cost. Another hides her grief behind a smile. One worries her accent makes her “too different.” And some are just tired of never feeling “enough.”

The Coin is a journey about making decisions. The main character, Jason, receives a magical coin and learns a valuable life lesson.

Rescued: Finding Unconditional Love introduces Bailey and Bambaloo—two dogs with very different pasts. One was abandoned. The other was abused. Through rescue, both discover what it means to be truly loved. Told from their unique perspectives, Bailey and Bambaloo share their journeys of vulnerability, healing, and joy. Along the way, they form an unbreakable bond with Poppy, becoming not only companions, but Emotional Support Animals when he needs them most.

Brought to you by Penguin. From bestselling YA authors comes thirteen dazzling contemporary romances inspired by the songs of Taylor Swift! If you could live inside one Taylor Swift song for a day, which would you pick? In this shimmering anthology, thirteen best-selling and acclaimed authors do...

Un adolescente svanisce nel nulla. A indagare sulla scomparsa del quattordicenne Pietro Marcelli è l'ispettrice Veronica Sgheis. Sposata e con un figlio coetaneo di Pietro, Veronica capisce presto che le spiegazioni più semplici e immediate non portano da nessuna parte. Quando la situazione precipiterà, sarà costretta a violare tutte le regole e a mettere da parte il proprio scetticismo. Perché le leggende nascondono la verità.

In this short story by Kody Boye, a girl discovers the digital world her mother escaped into during her final days of life.

Cada relato es un abrazo cálido, una invitación a detener el tiempo y reencontrarse con la magia de lo sencillo. Sonia Martha López Villarreal nos regala historias que inspiran, que hablan de valores, que sanan y que nos recuerdan que la ternura y la esperanza siempre están al alcance de la mano. En sus páginas descubrirás cuentos que conectan generaciones, que despiertan emociones y que transforman la lectura en un momento íntimo y especial.