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Do vencedor do prêmio Jabuti, a história de luta e coragem de uma adolescente negra que sonha em ser filósofa e encontrar seu lugar no mundo. Um pouco antes das eleições de 1989, a protagonista deste romance migra de Porto Alegre para o Rio de Janeiro. Entre as duas cidades, entre a infância e a adolescência pobres, acompanhamos a trajetória de Estela em meio a uma sequência de violências, faltas e desamparos a que ela, a mãe e o irmão são submetidos. Manifestando suas inquietações com a vida, as perguntas da jovem perscrutam seu mundo e as dores que carrega.

As a child, Natsuki doesn’t fit into her family. Her parents favor her sister, and her best friend is a plush toy hedgehog named Piyyut who has explained to her that he has come from the planet Popinpobopia on a special quest to help her save the Earth.

Tell Your Friends by Lauren Wilson is a forthcoming title from Pine & Cedar.

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Niet elk kind groeit zorgeloos op. Zoals Esmée, wier ouders gescheiden zijn. Haar moeder worstelt om haar eigen leven op orde te krijgen, terwijl haar vader een bedreiging vormt voor zijn dochters. Esmée zoekt houvast bij haar knuffelbeer, haar verbeelding, haar beste vriendin Arisa en haar oudere zus Nel. Uiteindelijk vindt ze troost in een hardnekkig verlangen om te verdwijnen.

#1 New York Times bestselling author Carley Fortune returns with a breathtaking and achingly romantic new novel.

Orphaned overnight as a teenager, she drops out of school and drifts into the bad company of two criminals her brother brings home. As the four of them plot a fantastical crime, Bianca learns she can drift even lower... Electric and tense with foreboding, A Little Lumpen Novelita - one of the last novellas Roberto Bolaño published – delivers a fractured fairy tale of taking control of one's fate.

Знаете ли вы, что чаи, заполняющие полки магазинов, в реальности не лучше соломы, а выращивание чайных кустов на террасах — профанация? Как же изготавливают настоящий чай? Это знает народ акха, на протяжении столетий занимавшийся изготовлением целебного пуэра. В горной деревне крестьяне ухаживают за чайными деревьями и свято хранят древние традиции. Этому же учили и девочку Лиянь, но, став свидетельницей ритуального убийства новорожденных близнецов, она не хочет больше поклоняться старым идолам.

Дух был вечным и продолжал жить, сменяя смертные оболочки, в своем любопытстве наблюдая за становлением того мира, который мы знаем сегодня. Дух станет человеком и передаст свою историю потомкам. А они — своим. И те — своим, поддерживая вечный, необратимый цикл.

Никто не помнит, как сюда попал. Никто не может отсюда уйти. И когда зловещий некто начинает убивать учеников по одному, она одна способна выяснить, кто это делает, и остановить резню. Она кошка — кошачья маска приросла к ее лицу. Глаз у нее больше нет. Она сильная, она быстрая.

"Ava’s Façade" by Kinsley LeRoy is a compelling narrative that analyzes the complications of identity and relationships. The book examines Ava Stewart's journey as a therapist who helps children handle their emotional grinds while she herself struggles with the dissonance between her professional conquest and personal life.

Embark on an unforgettable journey with She Talks to Fish–a novel that offers a rich tapestry of experiences for every listener. This riveting story highlights the serenity of nature, the importance of family, exhilarating adventures, and a connection that grows into an enduring love. Prepare to be captivated, inspired, and empowered as you are immersed in a world unlike anything you have ever experienced before.

Mary is struggling with her memory. She recounts the lives of her and her friends growing up in York during The Blair Years. Tensions rise over the Iraq War, and they find themselves out of their depth in the protest movement. As they grow up, they follow very different paths, coming into conflict with each other and the changing fortunes of the nation. All the while, Mary questions what she understands to be real, both in history and in her own life.

Cléo weiß schon früh, dass sie den fürchterlich durchschnittlichen Verhältnissen, in denen sie aufwächst, entkommen will. Spätestens als sie bei einer banalen Modenschau von einer Mitschülerin ausgestochen wird, reift in ihr die Erkenntnis, dass sie sich rächen muss. Unerbittlich arbeitet Cléo jahrelang an ihrem Timbre, ihren Lyrics, ihrem Charisma, überhaupt an ihrer Außenwirkung bis ins winzigste Detail. Immer obsessiver verfolgt sie ihr einziges Ziel, geht dabei immer strenger mit sich selbst ins Gericht.

Katie is thirty-six, has recently been dumped by her dull-yet-deceitful fiancé and in a (not-unrelated) moment of madness, abandoned a Solid, Decently Paid Career to pursue her dream of becoming a chef. But, after a year of expensive cookery school and months in Michelin-star kitchens blow-drying edible ferns for free, she finds herself making sandwiches (heritage duck egg and black garlic mayonnaise on sourdough, admittedly, but sandwiches all the same) in a north London café and stuck in an ill-advised situationship with a twentysomething who thinks he’s the next star of The Bear.

Eleanor Oliphant leads a simple life. She wears the same clothes to work every day, eats the same meal deal for lunch every day and buys the same two bottles of vodka to drink every weekend. Eleanor Oliphant is happy. Nothing is missing from her carefully timetabled life. Except, sometimes, everything. One simple act of kindness is about to shatter the walls Eleanor has built around herself. Now she must learn how to navigate the world that everyone else seems to take for granted – while searching for the courage to face the dark corners she’s avoided all her life.

A bestseller in Japan—a beautiful story about shared self-discovery and friendship involving an unlikely group of students who decide to defy the odds and pursue a seemingly impossible goal together.

Harper Lee’s Pulitzer prize-winning masterwork of honor and injustice in the deep south - and the heroism of one man in the face of blind and violent hatred, available now for the first time as a digital audiobook. One of the best-loved stories of all time, To Kill a Mockingbird has been translated into more than 40 languages, sold more than 30 million copies worldwide, served as the basis for an enormously popular motion picture, and was voted one of the best novels of the 20th century by librarians across the country.

As a Korean student in a Japanese high school, Sugihara has had to defend himself against all kinds of bullies. But nothing could have prepared him for the heartache he feels when he falls hopelessly in love with a Japanese girl named Sakurai. Immersed in their shared love for classical music and foreign movies, the two gradually grow closer and closer. One night, after being hit by personal tragedy, Sugihara reveals to Sakurai that he is not Japanese - as his name might indicate.

Carson McCullers was all of 23 when she published her first novel, The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter. She became an overnight literary sensation, and soon such authors as Tennessee Williams were calling her "the greatest prose writer that the South [has] produced." The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter tells an unforgettable tale of moral isolation in a small southern mill town in the 1930s.