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Heathers the Musical by Laurence O'Keefe, Kevin Murphy
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHeathers The Musical is the darkly delicious story of Veronica Sawyer, a brainy, beautiful teenage misfit who hustles her way into the most powerful and ruthless clique at Westerberg High: the Heathers. But before she can get comfortable atop the high school food chain, Veronica falls in love with the dangerously sexy new kid J.D... -
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Spud: Exit, Pursued by a Bear by John van de Ruit
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAfter an unexpected and diabolical farewell breakfast conversation with his father, Spud Milton returns to boarding school for his 1993 Matric year, his last as a schoolboy. Armed with a prefects’ tie and a raging libido, Spud soon discovers that being a large(ish) fish in a small pond has its fair share of challenges...Categorized as:
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The Wolves by Sarah DeLappe
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsLeft quad. Right quad. Lunge. A girls indoor soccer team warms up. From the safety of their suburban stretch circle, the team navigates big questions and wages tiny battles with all the vim and vigor of a pack of adolescent warriors. A portrait of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness for nine American girls who just want to score some goals... -
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Spud by John van de Ruit
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsIt's 1990. Apartheid is crumbling. Nelson Mandela has just been released from prison. And Spud Milton?thirteen-year-old, prepubescent choirboy extraordinaire?is about to start his first year at an elite boys-only boarding school in South Africa...Categorized as:
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Spud: Learning to Fly by John van de Ruit
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAs Spud Milton continues his diabolical stagger through adolescence, he learns one of life's most important lessons: when dealing with women and cretins, nothing is ever quite as it seems. In this third instalment, Spud, now 16 and growing up, takes on one of Shakespeare's most popular comedies, 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'...Categorized as:
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The Sweet, Terrible, Glorious Year I Truly, Completely Lost It by Lisa Shanahan
Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsIN MY FAMILY, when anyone rides the wave of their emotions, we say they're chucking a birkett. When the emotion drives out all common sense, we say they're chucking a big one. The telltale signs are: flaming cheeks, shortness of breath, bulging eyes, and a prolonged illogical outburst... -
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Geek Magnet by Kieran Scott
Rated: 3.81 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsMean Girls meets High School Musical from the author of I Was a Non-Blonde Cheerleader! Everyone loves KJ Miller, especially the geeks. She's pretty, smart, and super nice to everyone, which has made her the geek pied piper of Washington High. If only Cameron, the star of the basketball team, would follow her around and worship her the way her dorky entourage does... -
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Alice MacLeod, Realist at Last by Susan Juby
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsdeAR gooSE, Thank you for your letter. Too bad you won't be able to write. I guess you'll be too busy moving on. Me too. First of all, I'm quite busy socially. Very busy socially. Plus, my screenwriting is really taking off. I'm basically in discussions with some people. Producer-types. You know. They say moviemaking is the new novel writing. I'm pretty much on the vanguard of that whole thing... -
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Nine Inches by Tom Perrotta
Rated: 3.78 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsNine Inches, Tom Perrotta's first true collection, features ten stories―some sharp and funny, some mordant and surprising, and a few intense and disturbing... -
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Destroy All Cars by Blake Nelson
Rated: 3.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsJames Hoff likes to rant against America's consumerist culture. He also likes to rant against his ex-girlfriend, Sadie, who he feels isn't doing enough to change the world. But just like he can't avoid buying things, he also can't avoid Sadie for long...Categorized as:
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Surviving High School by Lele Pons
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsVine superstar Lele Pons—“one of the coolest girls on the web” (Teen Vogue)—teams up with #1 New York Times bestselling author Melissa de la Cruz (The Isle of the Lost) in this lovable debut novel about the wilds and wonders of high school that’s as laugh-out-loud addictive as Lele’s popular videos.Ten million followers and I still sit alone at lunch...Categorized as:
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Grow Up by Ben Brooks
Rated: 3.56 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsWho says youth is wasted on the young?One thing I have learned from being alive for seventeen years is that people like to touch things very much.Things that people like to touch: Vaginas. Expensive things in shops. Jelly that is not ready to eat yet. Cigarette lighters. Necks. Dead Things. Dogs. Piercings. Toddlers' cheeks. Each other's knees. People also like to touch death... -
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My Perfect Life by Dyan Sheldon
Rated: 3.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratings"Captures teen angst with wit and poignancy. . . . Fans of DRAMA QUEEN will grab this right away." —BOOKLIST (starred review)With perfect parents, perfect friends, and perfect poise, it seems like Ella Gerard has it all...Categorized as:
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Bajarse al moro (Las 25 mejores obras del teatro español) by José Luis Alonso de Santos
Rated: 3.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsBajarse al moro, de José Luis Alonso de Santos (Valladolid, 1942), es la obra de teatro emblemática de los 80, los años de la “movida” madrileña; en ella se reflejan los conflictos de los jóvenes de aquella época y su manera de resolverlos a golpe de nuevas y arriesgadas experiencias vitales... -
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Maid-sama! Vol. 02 by Hiro Fujiwara
Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsMisaki Ayuzawa is the President of the Student Council at Seika High School, formerly an all-boys school. Unfortunately, most of the students are still male and stuck in their slovenly habits, so man-hating Misaki really socks it to them in an attempt to make the school presentable to attract more female students... -
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Maid-sama! Vol. 07 by Hiro Fujiwara
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsIt's Sweet Day at Café Maid Latte! Usui is responsible for preparing the pastries for a tasting contest. Misaki disguised herself to participate incognito in this contest to help Erika. Indeed, one of the customers was in the lead to win the jackpot to be able to spend the day with it! Miss luck for Misaki, Hinata, his childhood friend, is also in the game... -
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Maid-sama! Vol. 03 by Hiro Fujiwara
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 22 ratingsIt's Seika High's Sports Day Festival! The Idiot Trio have just completed a fancy, custom-made maid outfit that they want to give to Misaki as a present, but through a mix-up, the maid outfit is sent out to the Sports Day Dress-up Race as one of its generic costumes, a contest which both Misaki and Usui are entering... -
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Maid Sama!, Volume 5 by Hiro Fujiwara
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 22 ratingsMisaki is invited to go on a blind date... -
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Maid-sama! Vol. 06 by Hiro Fujiwara
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsA new love triangle forms... with Misaki right in the middle! Usui remains as mysterious as ever about his intentions with Misaki, saying it’s too much of a hassle to get serious about someone... -
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Maid-sama! Vol. 14 by Hiro Fujiwara
Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsOnce an all-boys school, Seika High, a renowned school full of reckless and filthy students, has recently become a co-ed school. However, with the female population still remaining a minority even after the change over the recent years, Misaki Ayuzawa takes it into her own hands to reform the school and allow a chance for the girls to feel safer in the rough environment... -
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Maid-sama! - Sua excelência, a garçonete! Volume 18 by Hiro Fujiwara
Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsNas vésperas da formatura do colegial, Misaki decide entrar em uma faculdade e seguir uma carreira profissional que lhe dê condições de ficar ao lado de Usui na Inglaterra, mas, para isso, terá de abrir mão do seu tempo com ele para se dedicar aos estudos... -
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Maid-sama! Vol. 08 by Hiro Fujiwara
Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsWhat will the uptight class president do when the sexy bad boy finds out she works at a maid cafe! More hilarious shenanigans unfold, when the uptight class president moonlights at a maid... -
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Ao Haru Ride, Vol. 13 by Io Sakisaka
Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsFutaba Yoshioka has encountered her first love again in high school, but he seems different from the boy she once knew. The hearts of Futaba and Kou have aligned, but are more of their friends pairing off? The journey of youth concludes... -
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Ao Haru Ride, Vol. 5 by Io Sakisaka
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsThe popular shojo manga series that was adapted into the Blue Spring Ride anime!Futaba Yoshioka thought all boys were loud and obnoxious until she met Kou Tanaka in junior high. But as soon as she realized she really liked him, he had already moved away because of family issues... -
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会長はメイド様! 16 by Hiro Fujiwara, 藤原ヒロ
Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars · 17 ratings久々にメイド・ラテに来た葵。彼の体には、ある異変が!? 一方、相変わらずドSな態度で美咲に迫る碓氷だが、兄・ジェラルドに対抗する為、イギリスへ渡る決意していた。碓氷を待ち受けるウォーカー家の策略に2人は!?... -
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Maid-sama! Vol. 13 by Hiro Fujiwara
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Maid-sama! Vol. 15 by Hiro Fujiwara
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Maid-sama! Vol. 04 by Hiro Fujiwara
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsSummertime in Café Maid Latte! The Maids have been invited to a Beach House to really relax. Of course, Usui-kun is also part of the party and provides for Misaki for high-boiling emotions!Internet star Aoi-chan, who always disguises himself as a sweet girl, is also on site and unfortunately has to fight in the paradisiacal scenery with quite different problems... -
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Skip and Loafer, Vol. 6 by Misaki Takamatsu
Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIt’s wintertime in Tokyo! Even as Mitsumi juggles Valentine’s Day infatuations and White Day revelations, the high-school life of this natural-born happiness influencer is hurtling headlong towards spring–and her second year in high...
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