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The first 15 years of Billy’s life have been spent in commune with the Cahaba, tracing its winding path through the beautiful valleys of his small hometown, Shilo’s Beat, Alabama. But ever since Jessie’s death, the same landscape that has long comforted him now seems to be conspiring against him. What happened to Jessie? Was it the strange old man they call the Mayor? Or maybe Jessie’s dangerous adversary from up on the mountain? Everyone keeps insisting that Jessie killed himself, but Billy knows it can’t be true. If things had gotten that bad, Billy would have known, right?

At the end of his gap year helping children in a Nigerian school, Michael is swept up in the idealistic adventures of the BioGuardians - a high-profile group of protesters heavily against the construction of the Chad-Cameroon oil pipeline. With high hopes of making a difference somewhere in his life, Michael quickly finds out that there are factions desperate to ensure the pipeline's construction, and that the battle the BioGuardians are fighting may be verging on obsession.

Ses is the daughter of a business mogul and a terrorist, each trying their best to kill the other while pretending she doesn't exist. An apprentice jailer of the gods, Ses spends her days learning to forge the tools needed to maintain the gods' prison. When the prison is mysteriously attacked on her sixteenth birthday, Ses is forced to flee after the secret of her parentage is revealed.

Fort Alexander Academy is a boarding school in Marietta, Georgia. It’s not your ordinary school, though. It's a training facility for both guardians and soldiers. Five guardians were assigned to protect the gateway when the veil was torn. The trouble is, no one knows the truth of how or why it happened. Now, four teenagers who barely know each other, along with one man who knows far more than he's able to say, are humanity's defense...but against what? What is hidden in the depths of Fort Alexander?

Trine er 16 år og forelsket. Der er mange følelser på spil – men de handler ikke kun om den jævnaldrende Anders. Der er også forældrenes skilsmisse, forholdet til veninderne og livet i skolen at holde styr på.

Miksi valkoiset converset tekivät 12-vuotiaan pojan niin onnelliseksi? Entä miksi nailonien saapuminen Stockmannille oli suuri juttu tytöille? Mitä tapahtui pojalle, joka näytti Elvis Presleyltä?

Lone er kun 16 år, da hun opdager, at hun er gravid. Hun er også arbejdsløs ligesom mange andre unge i begyndelsen af 1980’erne. Det er et kæmpe ansvar at få et barn – men er det ikke trods alt bedre end at sidde med avisen og ringe forgæves om de ledige jobs? Sammen med sin 21-årige kæreste Jacob, der er snedker, beslutter Lone at få barnet, selvom omgivelserne er imod og økonomien dårlig.

At the age of five, Nina Thompson accidentally uses her inherited gifts of power to curse a school bully and heal a boy with a disfiguring facial birthmark. No, she’s not a witch - she is something much more than that, and if you call her a witch, you may end up with the seat of your pants on fire. Eleven years later, Nina finds Bullet, a dying wolf. Only Bullet is not just any wolf. He’s a wolf-shifter. While in their ethereal forms, Nina and Bullet learn who they are. Now someone is out to kill Nina and her family.

Eliza spent her days seeking out the voice that called to her from beyond the borders of her village, even though she was told to keep herself hidden and her powers a secret. That all changes when a group known as the Followers attacks her village. After a chance meeting with a young man and battle with dark forces, Eliza discovers she is part of a secret society known as the Guardians and comes to realize that she not only plays a key role in a war she didn’t know she had been involved in since birth, but also that she is the only one who stands between the light and utter chaos.

Kat Richardson isn’t running away from grief; she’s just hiding out in a gloomy Welsh university town until she’s sure it’s gone. Now, one year, nine months, and 27 days after the climbing death of her first love, Gabe, she thinks she’s ready to venture out into the relationship world again. But the arrival of Kat’s newly adopted niece, Mai, forces her home to northern England, where she runs headfirst into all the memories of Gabe she’s tried to leave behind - and discovers that Mai stirs up an unnerving feeling of déjà vu.

Seventeen-year-old Aria is bored of her small town and dreams of a life filled with excitement and adventure. She’s about to learn the meaning of “be careful what you wish for”. After a chilling encounter at the local summer fair, Aria is ripped from her normal life and dragged through the Veil into the Fair Realm by a strange, silver-eyed boy and his band of fairy soldiers. They believe she is the legendary Fair Queen, the subject of a prophecy that promises to unite the war-ravaged realm and bring an end to the centuries-long conflict between the Five Kingdoms.

Et menneskeligt drama om en ensom dreng rulles op i denne litterære romandebut. Fortællestilen er usentimental og fortættet, og hvert ord synes vejet på en guldvægt.

Teenage warrior Neil Vapros strives to live up to his destiny. Imprisoned at the hands of the Empire, in order to return to his family and sweetheart, he’s forced to stage a daring breakout. But as he smashes the chains, he uncovers a shocking truth…On the run and desperate to fight back, his valiant efforts against the rising forces only result in more tragic deaths. And now Neil understands that the only way anyone will live is if he embraces his own demise. Will Neil pay the ultimate price to prevent freedom’s annihilation?

A phantasm from a darker past makes its presence known to Khae Wys, Queen of the Elves. Braving the perils of a haunted tower, the queen seeks the counsel of the mysterious Fae, for only they can predict what is to come. A future that doesn't bode well for her only living child. In a desperate attempt to save the heir to the Willow Throne, Princess Ouderling is exiled to the only place capable of protecting her. Highcliff, the home of the coveted Crystal Cavern and the dragons that watch over it. The Duke of Grim, however, has other plans for the princess.

Pennsylvania. Iggy keeps his head down, hoping to avoid trouble. Plagued by nightmares about a land ruled by an evil leader, the undersized fifteen-year-old’s horror grows when bits and pieces follow him into the waking world. And he’s totally unprepared for the necklace given to him by his late mother to flare to life and send him hurtling into an otherworldly realm.

How time flies...When Evie and her friends find themselves trapped in the sorcerer's cave, they think all is lost. But rescue comes from the most unlikely of people. And with it comes the most terrible truth. With the five kingdoms divided and the realm on the verge of collapse, the prophecy is more urgent than ever. But the road is treacherous and the friends are on the other side of the realm. New alliances must be forged and friendships are tested as they set off to fulfill their destiny, only to find that the fates may have something different in store.

Sex Education: il viaggio è l'unico romanzo ufficiale della serie Netflix omonima. ll fratello di Maeve è in guai seri e ha un disperato bisogno che lei lo raggiunga e lo aiuti a venirne fuori. Gli amici Aimee, Otis ed Eric, sempre al fianco di Maeve, nonostante il suo carattere spigoloso e indipendente, l'accompagneranno in questo viaggio che sarà anche una nuova occasione per passare del tempo insieme.

Azadeh is a budding violinist on a music scholarship at an expensive private school, dealing with all the usual trials of being 16: trying her best to fit in, keep up and have fun. Then as her mum's mental health spirals out of control, Azadeh's world starts to unravel. Her friendships fall away and as much as she and her dad try to keep a lid on everything, their problems insist on taking over. Feeling alone, it's her violin that finally helps Azadeh to find her way back to her friends, herself and even her mum.

Seventeen-year-old Lulu Li has her last summer before college all planned out. But her plans go awry when she learns that Kite Xu, her old next-door neighbor and childhood friend, will be returning home from South Korea.

Ever since Daniel moved to L.A. from Brazil to join the band Mischief & Mayhem, he’s become the tabloids’ bad boy. Paparazzi follow him and girls swoon over him...except for Sasha, who hates bad boys. When a chance encounter brings them together, Sasha sees an opportunity to get close to Daniel and write a story that will make a name for herself at the celebrity gossip magazine where she interns. But Daniel is surprisingly sweet and extremely cute—could she be falling for him?