When seventeen-year-old Paige Townsen gets plucked from obscurity to star in the movie adaptation of a blockbuster book series, her life changes practically overnight. Within a month, Paige has traded the quiet streets of her hometown for a bustling movie set on the shores of Maui, and she is spending quality time with her costar Rainer Devon, one of People's Sexiest Men Alive. But when troubled star Jordan Wilder lands the role of the other point in the movie's famous love triangle, Paige's crazy new life begins to resemble her character's.
In this coming-of-age romance inspired by the kind of celeb hookups that get clever nicknames and a million page views, Paige must figure out who she is -- and who she wants -- while the whole world watches.
Tyler Stoudt's first assignment in sixth grade is to make a family tree. Tyler has no idea how she will complete the project. The only family she has is Papa. Determined to do her best, she begins to ask her father questions about their family. When he becomes angry, Tyler wonders if the truth is worth the hurt she is causing. But her need to know outweighs everything else, and she presses him for answers. The story he reveals to her is nothing she ever expected.
A moving tale of one girl's quest for her heritage, Family Tree beautifully illustrates the desire to understand one's roots. Carine Montbertrand finds the perfect voice for Tyler as she struggles to make her family whole.
The Decker family has a parade for every wedding which embarrasses Rayna - until she realizes how much it means to everyone in her family and she embraces the unique tradition.
Hören Sie das Getrampel? Jaaa, es ist so weit: Familie Grunz ist wieder im Anmarsch! Und mit ihnen ein Abenteuer, das einem Hören und Sehen vergehen lässt. Und Riechen.
Ob Sie's glauben oder nicht: DIESMAL ist Familie Grunz in GEHEIMER MISSION unterwegs. Sie meinen, die Grunzens AN SICH stünden dem entgegen? Von wegen Diskretion, Anonymität, Geschicklichkeit und so? Da kennen Sie aber die Grunzens schlecht! Für wahrlich geheime Dienste kann es nur die einen geben. Der Auftrag: Den misteriösen GROWI (= eine Person von Großer Wichtigkeit) von A nach B zu schaffen. Dafür gibt Herr Grunz sein letztes (= einziges) Hemd. Und wagt sich sogar samt Kind und Kegel, samt Frau, Elefant und Eseln auf hohe See. Dabei gerät alles mächtig ins Schwanken - und der GROWI in große Gefahr ... Ob der arme Kerl je in B ankommen wird?! Zum Glück hat Sohnemann die Zügel, äh, die Ruder fest im Griff.
Ernesto Cisneros, Pura Belpré Award-winning author of Efrén Divided, is back with a hilarious and heartfelt novel about two best friends who must rely on each other in unexpected ways. A great next pick for readers who loved Ghost by Jason Reynolds or The First Rule of Punk by Celia C. Pérez.
Isaac and Marco already know sixth grade is going to change their lives. But it won’t change things at home—not without each other’s help.
This year, star basketball player Isaac plans on finally keeping up with his schoolwork. Better grades will surely stop Isaac’s parents from arguing all the time. Meanwhile, straight-A Marco vows on finally winning his father’s approval by earning a spot on the school’s basketball team.
But will their friendship and support for each other be enough to keep the two boys from falling short?
Es passiert in der U-Bahn, nach der Schule, auf dem Weg nach Hause. Sarah schaut aus dem Fenster, in Gedanken weit weg. Oliver steigt ein mit seinem Riesenrucksack, setzt sich ihr gegenüber. Als sich ihre Blicke treffen, haben sie das Gefühl, sich schon ewig zu kennen. Doch Oliver kann nur drei Tage bleiben, dann fliegt er in seine Heimat Australien zurück. Drei Tage - und doch eine Ewigkeit.Evelyne Stein-Fischer wurde in Paris geboren und hat zwei Kinder. Sie studierte Publizistik und Grafik. Nach Studienreisen durch England, Frankreich und die Schweiz arbeitet sie heute als Journalistin, freie Schriftstellerin und Illustratorin in Wien. -
Max is grumpy because he can't find any flowers for Mrs. Mole. Felix and Harriet help him make a leaf bouquet instead. Mrs. Mole invites them in for hot cocoa and a story.
Hi there, I'm Hank. Here's what you need to know about me: I don't try to make the kids in my class laugh, but somehow I do. Spelling is my worst subject. (Come to think of it, so are math and reading!) I try hard-I really do. So why does my brain always freeze into a Popsicle? When Hank's sister, Emily, is upset that she can't have a reptile show at her birthday party, Hank comes up with a plan of his own. He'll disguise himself as the Westside Wizard and pull a snake out of thin air! But learning the trick is harder than he thought. Can Hank pull it off without blowing his cover?
Tom Angleberger scored two critical and popular hits with his Star Wars-inspired The Strange Case of Origami Yoda and Darth Paper Strikes Back. In the hilarious Fake Mustache, young Lenny Flem Jr.'s friend Casper disguises himself with a shockingly convincing handlebar mustache and begins robbing banks, quickly amassing a fortune. Setting his sights on the presidency, Casper is working on plans for world domination-and only Lenny stands in his way.
Failing antibiotics have shifted society online. As big tech companies begin to dominate life, the boundaries between real and virtual have blurred. At 14, Jess is attending school for the first time. Meeting other children and making real friends is something she's dreamed of for years. But Jess misses her family, especially her sister Chloe, who is in poor health.
With Chloe's sickness worsening and her medication getting more expensive, Jess turns to the digital world to fix things. She is a brilliant coder and programmer. Desperate to help her sister, Jess dives into classified territory and discovers explosive truths. Truths which reveal just how manipulated reality has become.
With her family's lives in the balance, Jess must defy everything she's been told to help them - before it's too late.
Praise for Ele Fountain -- :
[Melt is] a marvellously compulsive story. The unbelievable made believable. Now there's the test of a great story -- Michael Morpurgo
Fans of Ele Fountain, author of Boy 87 and Lost, will find plenty of white-knuckle drama in Melt ? Telegraph
Fountain writes with verisimilitude and verve ? Observer
Exceptional... vivid, convincing and empathetic... [Boy 87] grips us with the need to know how the heart-stopping events will turn out ? The Times
When push comes to shove, two Kentucky girls find strength in each other.
Ivy June Mosely and Catherine Combs, two girls from different parts of Kentucky, are participating in the first seventh-grade student exchange program between their schools. The girls will stay at each other's homes, attend school together, and record their experience in their journals. Catherine and her family have a beautiful home with plenty of space. Since Ivy June's house is crowded, she lives with her grandparents. Her Pappaw works in the coal mines supporting four generations of kinfolk. Ivy June can't wait until he leaves that mine forever and retires. As the girls get closer, they discover they're more alike than different, especially when they face the terror of not knowing what's happening to those they love most.
