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A poignant coming-of-age story told in two alternating voices: a California teenager railing against the Vietnamese culture, juxtaposed with her father as an eleven-year-old boat person on a harrowing and traumatic refugee journey from Vietnam to the U.S.

From Not Here to Be Liked author Michelle Quach comes a smartly funny, heartfelt story told in dual POV about a young woman roping in her childhood crush to act as an honorary male heir to fulfill her grandfather’s dying wish. A story about first love, familial duties, and finding yourself—perfect for fans of Emiko Jean and Loan Le.

The search for the Ivory Key has brought royal siblings Vira, Ronak, Kaleb, and Riya closer than they have been in years as they try to restore magic and stability to Ashoka. But despite finally getting their hands on the long-lost key, uncovering its cipher has proved more complicated and dangerous than they ever expected. Their missions force them to split up and disperse them across Ashoka and beyond. When a rash decision by the council strips Vira of her power, her journey to reclaim her throne takes on new meaning.

“Just do this one thing for me.” Drew's mother says it more often than good morning. Heidi Hill has been juggling shady side hustles for all of Drew’s seventeen years, and Drew knows that “one thing” really means all the tedious and necessary things her mother thinks are boring, including taking care of her fifteen-year-old sister and eight-year-old brother. In fact, Drew is the closest thing to a responsible adult they’ve ever known.

When fourteen-year-old American Eva Joyce unexpectedly finds herself spending the summer at the mysterious manor house of the English grandmother she’s never met, she soon discovers that her family, the manor staff, and even the house itself are hiding secrets.

All it took was one night and one bad decision for fifteen-year-old Violetta Chen-Samuels’ life to go off the rails. After driving drunk and causing the accident that kills her little sister, Violetta is incarcerated. Under the juvenile justice system, her fate lies in the hands of those she’s wronged—her family. With their forgiveness, she could go home. But without it? Well....

Dona è un paesino sconosciuto dell'hinterland milanese. È qui che Luca, giovane romano, andrà a vivere dopo aver ricevuto, da un nonno che non aveva mai conosciuto, un'eredità inaspettata. In questo piccolo centro abitato, composto da polvere ed anziani, Luca farà amicizie insolite e scoperte che gli lasceranno un segno.

"Zack. Mama hatte sich verpisst. Einfach so. Aus die Maus. 21 Postkarten ins Nichts. Das konnte nicht sein. War aber so." Coco (17). Hätte meine Mutter Coco nicht zum Duschen eingeladen, hätten wir nie in ihrem Tagebuch gelesen. Hätten nie erfahren, was es heißt, aus dem Leben geworfen zu werden. Abzuhauen und auf stinkenden Sofas bei fremden Menschen zu schlafen. Hätte, hätte... denn jetzt ist es zu spät: Coco ist spurlos verschwunden. Niemand weiß, wo sie ist, und uns beschleicht ein schrecklicher Verdacht.

Neils liv tager en fucked up drejning, den dag han bliver smidt ud af skolen. Hans mor henter ham i det skramlende lig af en bil, som hun har stjålet fra sin voldelige eks. Destination: Udkants-Danmark, hvor Neils syge moster bor. Det er ikke så fedt at komme til Jylland, når man hellere ville til månen. Her er ingen internetforbindelse. Kun en kat med et brækket ben. Og en gammel nazi-pistol. Men i Jylland møder han også pigen Thea, og snart bliver alt andet ligegyldigt.

Dette er anden bog om Ida: en kaotisk, dramatisk og temmelig bandende 15-årig, der har det lige så hårdt som de fleste andre teenagere. Eller måske faktisk ret meget værre. Hun lægger ikke fingrene imellem, når hun udbreder sig om sit elendige teenageliv og alle de håbløse mennesker, hun er tvunget til at forholde sig til, herunder hendes mor og hendes stedfar Jørn.

»Jeg er ligeglad, jeg hader december. Det er den værste måned. Når andre tæller ned til jul, tæller jeg ned til katastrofe. Og jeg behøver ikke engang at vente til den 24.«

– Citat fra bogen

Lucia hader december. Især den 13. december, Luciadag. Dagen hun er født og opkaldt efter, og dagen det unævnelige skete. I skolen er hun en freak. Hendes eneste ven er Ghita, og det er kun, fordi solo er no go, medmindre man har et seriøst dødsønske. Alligevel går Lucia med på sin fars ide om, at hun skal holde en stor fødselsdagsfest for klassen.

Faye is Lori’s opposite in a lot of ways—maybe that’s why they’re such good friends. In fact, the only problem in Faye’s life is that her brother hates her, and she’s hooking up with his best friend, Kellan, behind his back. She can’t let Adam find out, as that’ll only make their relationship worse. At the same time, she doesn’t want a hookup; she wants a real relationship with Kellan. This vacation is her chance to figure out if he’s in this for real or not.

In diesem Jahr lässt Dad die Bombe platzen. Er ist pleite. Der einzige Ausweg: Ein Job, weit weg von zu Hause. Luca's Brüder sind aus dem Haus und so muss er allein in den sauren Apfel beißen. Er zieht mit seinem Vater aufs Land. Neue Freunde, neue Wohnung... natürlich eine neue Schule. Nicht genug, ist die neue Schule ein Klosterinternat. Zum Glück kann Luca zu Hause wohnen. Doch bald ereignen sich mysteriöse Einbrüche, in die sogar sein Vater verwickelt scheint. Er muss die Wahrheit herausfinden.

Bestseller napěchovaný britským humorem a jedna z nejvlivnějších knih posledního půlstoletí vám zaručeně bude vhánět slzy smíchu do očí. Adrian Mole má problém! Je mu přesně 13 a 3/4 roku, je jedináček, dostává k Vánocům nemožné dárky a toho, že je intelektuál, si zatím nikdo nevšiml. Musí se starat o příšerného důchodce Berta Baxtera a ještě příšernějšího psa Šavli. Adrianovi rodiče se rozvádějí. Navíc se ve škole čerstvě zamiloval do Pandory a dokáže kvůli tomu dokonce přehlížet skutečnost, že Pandora kouří pět cigaret denně a má svůj vlastní zapalovač.

Raven is a deeply disturbed teenager, who, after witnessing the death of his mother, is placed in foster care. The Russells do their best to earn his trust, but only little Ella manages to get through to him. Meanwhile, at school, bullies are making his life a living hell. An unexpected companion comes in the form of Lotte, a classmate bored by her "ordinary" friends. Together, they track down Raven's mum's killer, with the goal of exposing him to the police. But their carefully crafted plan goes dangerously wrong, and suddenly nothing is as it seems.

It’s been sixteen years since Norae Whelan’s adoption. She’s conquered her past by baking her way through her challenges. All that’s left is culinary school, until a unique stranger offers her an opportunity to learn the truth of her birth and with it, the trial of facing down what she thought she left behind. Her birth mother’s hometown is a place where memories hide beneath the floorboards of an eclectic house. Inheriting a house and all its mysteries is one thing. The instant attraction to Orion Reise is another. There’s only one problem.

During the kissing season, one kiss from Remy or her older sister Maggie will give the boy—or girl—good luck. Or so it has been for all the Holloway girls before. But this year, Remy's first season, she doesn't follow the rules, dooming the boy she kisses to bad luck that almost kills him and leaving Remy with a cursed kissing season. Now Remy is adamant about keeping her lips to herself. But the new boy in town is making it hard to keep her promise. Especially because he seems to really want to get to know her, and isn't just using her for the Holloway luck.

Lupita, a budding actor and poet in a close-knit Mexican American immigrant family, comes of age as she struggles with adult responsibilities during her mother's long illness. As the oldest of eight siblings, Lupita is used to taking the lead—and staying busy behind the scenes to help keep everyone together. But when she discovers Mami has been diagnosed with cancer, Lupita is terrified by the possibility of losing her mother, the anchor of her close-knit Mexican American family.

I en förort till Stockholm lever 11-åriga Mik tillsammans med sin storebror Tony och deras pappa. Med en bortgången mamma och en pappa som tillbringar mer tid i baren än hemma är Tony den enda han har att luta sig mot. Men när socialnämnden ringer på dörren splittras den dysfunktionella familjen. Mik sätts ensam på en buss som för honom från storstaden till hans faster uppe i Norrland. Vädret är kallare än vad han är van vid, alla i staden verkar känna varandra och det finns en hund som vill äta upp honom. Men just när Mik börjar lätta på garden mot folket i byn rycks han iväg.

Eleven-year-old Be hasn't spoken a word since her mother left. She hangs on to the hope that one day they will be reunited, but after two years of waiting, it's becoming more difficult. Her father can do little to protect her from her stepmother, Big Mother. Thankfully, Be has a secret friend, her little kitten Meo, to comfort her in the worst of times. Unfortunately, Big Mother has other plans.