Books like 'Outsiders, Vol. 1: Looking for Trouble'
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Rri po te mundesh. Shko nese duhet. by Helga Flatland
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsRomanen tar utgangspunkt i tre unge barndomsvenner - Tarjei, Trygve og Kristian - og deres beslutning om å verve seg til de norske styrkene i Afghanistan. Ingen av de tre kommer tilbake... -
![Los ojos del perro siberiano by Antonio Santa Ana]()
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![The Taste of Despair by Darin C. Brown]()
The Taste of Despair by Darin C. Brown
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFourteen year-old Hunter Miller is not like other teenagers. He experiences the innermost workings of the minds of others via their auras—colors, sounds, even tastes—on a daily basis. While learning to use his gift to help people, Hunter is hit with a powerful blow that threatens his very sanity... -
![The Rachel Incident by Caroline O'Donoghue]()
The Rachel Incident by Caroline O'Donoghue
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhere would I start, and how would it even make sense? How could you understand the year in Shandon Street unless you were there, with us, living it?Rachel Murray is twenty-one years old, platonically infatuated with her housemate James, and less-than-platonically infatuated with her enigmatic, married English professor Dr Byrne... -
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![Love and Other Poems by Alex Dimitrov]()
Love and Other Poems by Alex Dimitrov
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAlex Dimitrov’s third book, Love and Other Poems, is full of praise for the world we live in. Taking time, and specifically the months of the year as an overarching structure, Dimitrov elevates the every day and speaks directly to the reader as if the poem were a phone call or a text message... -
![The Tower at the Edge of the World by Victoria Goddard]()
The Tower at the Edge of the World by Victoria Goddard
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAn unnamed young man lives in a tower at the edge of the world, content with the orderly rituals and freedom to study that his lot--or he is content, until one day he discovers something in a bird's nest outside the tower window, and his efforts to reach it discover far more than he expects... -
![Bad At Existing: Poems by Madisen Kuhn]()
Bad At Existing: Poems by Madisen Kuhn
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratings“Madisen’s poetry is thoughtful and makes one feel seen and heard. I can’t wait for readers to dive in.” —Rupi Kaur, #1 New York Times bestselling authorFind yourself in the pages of this moving poetry and prose collection from the author of Eighteen Years and Please Don’t Go Before I Get Better... -
![Mein Leben basiert auf einer wahren Geschichte by Anne Freytag]()
Mein Leben basiert auf einer wahren Geschichte by Anne Freytag
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsRosa und Frank begegnen sich am anderen Ende der Welt. Durch Zufall oder weil es so sein soll. Sie sind sich ähnlich und doch grundverschieden – Rosa widersprüchlich, Frank ruhig. Zusammen sind sie nicht nur weniger allein, sondern ziemlich nah dran an vollständig. Sie beschließen, gemeinsam weiterzureisen und einen alten Camper zu kaufen... -
![Sooner or Later by Bruce Hart, Carole Hart]()
Sooner or Later by Bruce Hart, Carole Hart
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThirteen-year-old Jessie Walters experiences her first feelings of love when she meets a seventeen-year-old musician but she feels she must lie about her age to him... -
![Into This World We're Thrown by Mark Kendrick]()
Into This World We're Thrown by Mark Kendrick
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratings“While Desert Sons deftly handles the difficult and sometimes dangerous coming out process of young lovers Ryan and Scott, the sequel finds that lingering tensions remain, while new challenges continue to surface. Infidelity, jealousy, town gossip, and buried feelings threaten to destroy their relationship. Worse yet, the threat of violence looms constantly in their lives... -
![The Lake House by Dick Parker]()
The Lake House by Dick Parker
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDanny has spent the summer at his Grandparent's lake house since he was twelve. Now, at eighteen and out of high school he's spending one more summer with them. While fishing off their dock, he notices a handsome young guy walking down the dock next door. The guy strips off his swimming suit and dives in the lake naked. A bit later the guy climbs out of the lake and notices Danny... -
![Whitewater Love Story by Dick Parker]()
Whitewater Love Story by Dick Parker
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsColin is fresh out of high school and working at his first job. He's the dishwasher at a summer camp. It's a crappy job but he needs the money. He makes friends with one of the counselors who tells him about his last summer job working as a guide on a whitewater rafting outfitter, and in fact, the place is looking for someone to work there for the rest of the summer... -
![My Best Friend, Sam by Dick Parker]()
My Best Friend, Sam by Dick Parker
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEthan has moved to a new town and new school right before his junior year of high school. He has no friends and is pretty miserable. Then he meets Sam in his first homeroom meeting. Sam is a cute, funny kid and one of the first things he asks Ethan is "Do you fish?" The two hit off and soon they spend all of their time together... -
![Life with Brad Rabbit by Dick Parker]()
Life with Brad Rabbit by Dick Parker
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTim works as a waiter at a restaurant and one evening as he was leaving as they closed, the boss asked him to take a couple bags of garbage to the dumpster. As Tim is tossing the bags into the dumpster he hears someone whispering. There is a pile of cardboard boxes next to the dumpster and he sees movement in them. "Come out of there" he says. Two homeless guys crawl out... -
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![Objects of Worship by Claude Lalumière]()
Objects of Worship by Claude Lalumière
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTwelve strange, eerie, sensual stories by a bold new voice in weird fiction. Capricious gods rule a world of women. Zombies breed human cattle. The son of a superhero must decide between his heritage and his religion. Young lovers worship a primordial spider god. The apocalyptic rebirth of the god of the elephants . . -
![Glass Closet: The Price of Silence, The Triumph of Voice by Iam Obsydian]()
Glass Closet: The Price of Silence, The Triumph of Voice by Iam Obsydian
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratings'Glass Closet' is not merely a story—it's a symphony of emotion, a rich, resounding anthem of self-love and acceptance. It offers a profound reflection on the battles fought in silence, the quiet strength drawn from the soul's deepest wells. Every page unfurls with an elegance that will stir your heart and ignite a flame of understanding within... -
![Cousin Calvin by Dick Parker]()
Cousin Calvin by Dick Parker
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen Liam graduated from high school, he had plans to go to college at UW Superior, in Superior Wisconsin. What he hadn't planned on was living with his Aunt Alma, who was in her eighties, to help take care of her and save money that his parents had put away for his college fund. Liam was lonely, being in a new place. He didn't know anyone and the first few days were hard... -
![Das Gegenteil von Hasen by Anne Freytag]()
Das Gegenteil von Hasen by Anne Freytag
Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsSie sind in derselben Jahrgangsstufe und trotzdem in verschiedenen Welten. Julia, Marlene und Leonard im Zentrum der Aufmerksamkeit, der Rest irgendwo in ihrer Umlaufbahn. Dann geschieht etwas, das alles verändert: Eines Morgens macht plötzlich eine Internetseite die Runde, die bis dato auf privat gestellt war... -
![If I Told You So by Timothy Woodward]()
If I Told You So by Timothy Woodward
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe summer you turn sixteen is supposed to be unforgettable. It's the stuff of John Hughes movies and classic songs, of heart-stopping kisses and sudden revelations. But life isn't always like the movies. . . For Sean Jackson, sixteen is off to an inauspicious start... -
![What's Not Broken by D.J. Parker]()
What's Not Broken by D.J. Parker
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBeing a teenager is hard enough without the added pressure of keeping a secret.Eli is a typical teenage boy in the South. He goes to school and hates it, plays football and loves it, and goes to church because it's expected... -
![Soldaten huilen niet by Rindert Kromhout]()
Soldaten huilen niet by Rindert Kromhout
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIn de zomer van 1937 meldt Julian Bell, 21 jaar oud, zich aan bij de Internationale Brigades, om te gaan meevechten in de Spaanse Burgeroorlog.Julian is communist. Zijn jongere broer Quentin wil schrijver worden en heeft de beste leermeesteres die hij zich kan zijn tante, de schrijfster Virginia Woolf.In Soldaten huilen niet vertelt Quentin over de twaalf jaren die aan Julians vertrek vooraf gaan... -
![Storyteller by Amy Thomson]()
Storyteller by Amy Thomson
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOn the planet of Thalassa, history is passed on from generation to generation, village to village by Storytellers. Crowds gather in the public marketplace to listen, paying them with coins, with food, with lodging, whatever they can offer. For a woman who calls herself Teller, storytelling is her life... -
![Curious by Dick Parker]()
Curious by Dick Parker
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMax and Joey, two eighteen year old high school graduates, meet on the way to a summer biology field camp run by the university system. Both are interested in biology and they soon find out... each other. They are the last two to arrive at the camp and get assigned to the "bridal suite" a small building that used to be for storage but is now a two-person bunk house... -
![Romance by Arnaud Cathrine]()
Romance by Arnaud Cathrine
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsC'est le mojito.C'est un léger accident.C'est parce qu'il n'a pas rencontré de fille.C'est parce que je n'ai pas rencontré de garçon.C'était juste pour essayer.C'est pour avoir tout fait ensemble.C'est pour tous les amis pareil.C'est entre lui et moi.C'est la première et la dernière fois.C'est rien.Ça va passer... -
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![Unboxed by Non Pratt]()
Unboxed by Non Pratt
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsUnboxed is about four teenagers who come together after several months apart. In previous years, they had put together a time capsule about their best summer with a friend who was dying. Now that their friend has passed, they reunite to open the box... -
![Plop by Rafael Pinedo, Denis Amutio]()
Plop by Rafael Pinedo, Denis Amutio
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsPlop! C'est le bruit qu'il a fait en tombant dans la boue. Plop. C'est le nom dont on l'affublera désormais au sein de la tribu. Le Groupe qui l'accepte évolue dans un monde d'après : déchets, gravats, pluie incessante. Cette fin du monde a pour décor des immondices, pour habitants des humains en fuite permanente et soumis à une loi du plus fort exténuante... -
![Vallesordo by Jonathan Arribas]()
Vallesordo by Jonathan Arribas
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsNico es un niño que vive en un pueblo de Zamora. Juega a polis y cacos con los amigos, va en bici, pasa tiempo con su perra, La Yesi, se aburre y se divierte en el colegio, le duele la barriga, odia a los mastines del pastor, que le ladran sin parar, y le gusta mucho ensayar coreos... -
![The Madonna of Bolton by Matt Cain]()
The Madonna of Bolton by Matt Cain
Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsCharlie Matthews's love story begins in a pebble-dashed house in suburban Bolton, at a time when most little boys want to grow up to be Michael Jackson, and girls want to be Princess Diana. Remembering the Green Cross Code and getting out of football are the most important things in his life, until.. -
![Nos âmes jumelles by Samantha Bailly]()
Nos âmes jumelles by Samantha Bailly
Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsL’une est blonde, l’autre brune. L’une solaire et populaire, l’autre timide et solitaire. Sonia dite Yuna écrit pour une association, Trames, qui publie un fanzine. Elle y rencontre Lou-Tiamat, qui s’affirme dans l’art du dessin suite au divorce brutal de ses parents. Leur amitié virtuelle se double d’échanges sur leurs créations et leur vie affective...Categorized as:
coming-of-age lgbtq young-adult contemporary fiction female-author friendship children-books -
![Tea and Sympathy by Robert Woodruff Anderson]()
Tea and Sympathy by Robert Woodruff Anderson
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsDrama / 9m, 2f / Int. From the author of I Never Sang for My Father, this groundbreaking drama explores a sensitive young man's coming of age amid the taunts and suspicions of his classmates and teachers at a private boy's academy. Only a sympathetic act of compassion by the wife of the headmaster gives young Tom the courage to grow into a man. A hit onstage and film with Deborah Kerr... -
![The Toll Bridge by Aidan Chambers]()
The Toll Bridge by Aidan Chambers
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTo escape the pressures of suffocating parents and a possessive girlfriend, seventeen-year-old Piers takes a job as a keeper of a toll bridge and its cottage. There he befriends Adam, a charismatic wayfarer who shows up one day and refuses to leave. He also befriends a girl named Tess, and soon he and Tess find themselves strangely attracted to Adam and falling under his spell... -
![Apartamento em Crise by Bruno Leão]()
Apartamento em Crise by Bruno Leão
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsE se acabasses com quatro amigos e um cão a viver em tua casa?O Tiago é um cliché: os pais ofereceram-lhe um apartamento de sonho e têm a sua vida toda planeada.Agora, um grupo de amigos ameaça levá-lo à loucura, transformando o apartamento na sua casa «temporária» (ou não).O Tiago vai ter de: sobreviver a dramas e traições, livrar-se de uma MILF (vizinha) e descobrir quem realmente é... -
![Amiante by Sébastien Dulude]()
Amiante by Sébastien Dulude
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThetford Mines, ville phare de l’industrie de l’amiante québécoise, été 1986. Steve Dubois, neuf ans, et le petit Poulin, dix ans, s’abandonnent aux plaisirs de l’amitié. La belle saison est rythmée d’aventures sur les hauts terrils et d’évasions à travers les paysages mi-forestiers mi-lunaires... -
![Summer Break by Sophia Lowell]()
Summer Break by Sophia Lowell
Rated: 3.70 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFans are clamoring for more showmance, more mash-ups, more Cheerios...more Glee ! Now, Gleeks everywhere can spend more time with uber-ambitious Rachel Berry, outrageous Kurt Hummel, and dreamy Finn Hudson with these completely original stories about everyone's favorite glee club...Categorized as:
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![Royals by Emma Forrest]()
Royals by Emma Forrest
Rated: 3.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsJuly, 1981. London. Shy, working-class Steven finds solace in beauty. Eighteen years old, he dreams of being a fashion designer. He's also gay, maybe – he hasn't decided yet. There's a lot Steven isn't sure about, like whether he hates himself or thinks he's amazing.When he ends up in hospital after being brutally attacked by his father, he meets Jasmine, an heiress...Categorized as:
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![Chance to Dance for You by Gail Sidonie Sobat]()
Chance to Dance for You by Gail Sidonie Sobat
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBRONZE MEDAL WINNER —?Moonbeam Awards, mature issues FINALIST — Forest of Reading White Pine Award FINALIST —Alberta Readers' Choice... -
![Way to Go by Tom Ryan]()
Way to Go by Tom Ryan
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsDanny thinks he must be the only seventeen-year-old guy in Cape Breton--in Nova Scotia, maybe--who doesn't have his life figured out. His buddy Kierce has a rule for every occasion, and his best friend Jay has bad grades, no plans and no worries. Danny's dad nags him about his post-high-school plans, his friends bug him about girls and a run-in with the cops means he has to get a summer job...Categorized as:
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![Córdoba Skies by Federico Falco]()
Córdoba Skies by Federico Falco
Rated: 3.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhen 11-year-old Tino isn't sitting quietly in school, he's either visiting his dying mother in the hospital or making sure his UFO-obsessed father eats dinner. A loner among his peers, Tino is surprised when Omar, the strongest boy in school, befriends him out of the blue... -
![Wir kommen by Ronja von Rönne]()
Wir kommen by Ronja von Rönne
Rated: 3.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratings„Maja ist nicht tot. Wenn Maja gestorben wäre, hätte sie mir davor Bescheid gesagt. Solche Dinge haben wir immer abgesprochen.“Wenn jemand stirbt, zieht man sich schwarze Kleider an und geht zur Beerdigung. Oder man flieht gemeinsam mit seinen drei Beziehungspartnern und einer Schildkröte ans Meer. Nora entscheidet sich für Letzteres. Als ob Polyamorie helfen würde. Als ob Flucht helfen würde...
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