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Den Mund voll ungesagter Dinge by Anne Freytag
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsWenn Sophie es sich aussuchen könnte, wäre ihr Leben simpel. Aber das ist es nicht. Und das war es auch nie. Das fängt damit an, dass ihre Mutter sie direkt nach der Geburt im Stich gelassen hat. Und endet damit, dass Sophies Vater plötzlich beschließt, mit seiner Tochter zu seiner Freundin nach München zu ziehen. Alle sind glücklich. Bis auf Sophie... -
Dandelion Daughter: A Novel by Gabrielle Boulianne-Tremblay
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWinner 2022, Prix des Libraires Rights for TV adaptation purchased by Zone 3 A runaway bestseller in Québec, where it has captured the hearts of readers and pushed trans-identity into the mainstream conversation, Dandelion Daughter is an intimate, courageous portrait of what it’s like to grow up having been assigned the wrong sex at birth...Categorized as:
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Storm Surge - Book Two by Melissa Good
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe conclusion of the story begun in Storm Surge, Book One. Its fall. Dar and Kerry are traveling - Dar overseas to clinch a deal with their new ship owner partners in England, and Kerry on a reluctant visit home for her high school reunion... -
Liberty by Seth King
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAt 2:01 AM on Labor Day Monday, the first gunshots ring out inside Liberty gay dance club in Jacksonville, Florida. The next few hours find August Brees and Corey Ross, both eighteen and coming off the most transformative and romantic summer of their lives, fighting against all odds to forge something everlasting out of two ephemeral lives... -
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Pride High : Book 1 - Red by Jay Bell
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhat’s it like being a teenager in the 90s? Let’s ask the characters of Pride High:Anthony Cullen: My life would be perfect, if I wasn’t in the closet. And in love with my straight best friend. Do you think he’ll ever notice me?Omar Jafari: Dude! I’m flunking out of most of my classes, but you know what really matters? A girl talked to me... -
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... -
Vista desde una acera by Fernando Molano Vargas
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsEsta es la historia de Fernando y Adrián, dos jóvenes colombianos, estudiantes universitarios de literatura, novios. También es la historia de sus dificultades –económicas, familiares, personales– y de sus deseos y proyectos compartidos... -
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In Youth Is Pleasure: & I Left My Grandfather's House by Denton Welch, William S. Burroughs
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsKeenly observed autobiographical fiction and journal entries from acclaimed writer Denton Welch, featuring an introduction by William S. Burroughs “In Youth Is Pleasure” recounts the summer vacation of Orvil Pym—a sensitive, withdrawn, and deeply unhappy boy of fifteen. Following a trying year at public school, Orvil spends the summer with his father and two older brothers...Categorized as:
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The Nowhere by Chris Gill
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTwo boys. Two farms. One deadly secret. Every day’s the same on the farm. Seventeen-year-old Seb rides his quad bike alongside his dad and cattle dog, dreaming about a different life. A life that doesn’t require him to spend all day in the blistering sun. Where the nearest town isn’t a forty-minute drive away with a population of less than three hundred people... -
Firewalker by Loren K. Jones
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFor Java Mountainstand, the only way to avoid an arranged marriage to a brute is to run away from her life, her home, and him. Java joins the all-female mercenary company called Freeholm's Firewalkers where she is made a Scout. As a scout, Java finds herself in one of the most dangerous positions in the company--and the most exciting... -
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... -
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... -
Girl Unmoored by Jennifer Gooch Hummer
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThirteen-year-old Apron Bramhall begins a summer job at her new friend Mike and his boyfriend Chad's flower shop, but she soon learns a secret about Chad that threatens to turn her peaceful world upside down...Categorized as:
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Beautiful Thing (Modern Classics) by Jonathan Harvey
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBeautiful Thing explores pre-teenage homo-erotic sensuality and the frictions and intimacies of living cheek by jowl on a Thamesmead housing estate... -
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... -
A Boy Like Me by Jennie Wood
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBorn a girl, Peyton Honeycutt meets Tara Parks in the eighth grade bathroom shortly after he gets his first period. It is the best and worst day of his life. Determined to impress Tara, Peyton sets out to win her love by mastering the drums and basketball. He takes on Tara’s small-minded mother, the bully at school, and the prejudices within his conservative hometown... -
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
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... -
Дни нашей жизни by Mikita Franko, Микита Франко
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsВ детстве маленького Мики было всё, как у обычных детей: любимые герои, каши по утрам, дни рождения, скучные линейки в школе и сочинения на заданные темы. В юности взрослеющего Мики было всё, как у обычных подростков: первая драка, первое разочарование, первая любовь и первая нелюбовь. Но у Мики была одна тайна: его семья, которую никому нельзя показывать. Книга содержит нецензурную брань...Categorized as:
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Mais ou menos 9 horas by Vitor Martins
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsO quarto romance de Vitor Martins, autor de Um milhão de finais felizes, Quinze dias e do finalista do Prêmio Jabuti 2022 Se a casa 8 falasse.Júnior não imaginava que, às vésperas de seu aniversário de trinta anos, receberia a notícia da morte do pai... -
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
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
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... -
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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
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... -
Sea of Tranquillity by Paul Russell
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsPaul Russell's delicately layered, richly textured novels have won him widespread acclaim as one of the finest contemporary American novelists... -
Boys on a Train by Amy Coomer
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratings2022 FINALIST: Leapfrog Press Global Fiction PrizeA journey through adolescence, one ride at a time...EDDIE: Resident loser. Hair that never sits right. Vintage acoustic guitar.DYLAN: Brooding charm. Good genes. Rising star of the footy team.Despite the distance that divides them, fate sees these two sharing more than just a train to school... -
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
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
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... -
When You Don't See Me by Timothy James Beck
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBeing Invisible Is Nick Dunill's M.O. For nineteen years, he's been "the one who disappears" to his disapproving, Midwestern family. And now in New York City, a metropolis of anonymity built on not making eye contact, he feels right at home... -
Here Again Now by Okechukwu Nzelu
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFrom award-winning author Okechukwu Nzelu comes a spellbinding literary novel that asks, how do you move forward when the past keeps pulling you back?Achike Okoro feels like his life is coming together at last. His top-floor flat in Peckham is as close to home as he can imagine and after years of hard work, he's about to get his break as an actor... -
Atusparia by Gabriela Wiener
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsUna política de izquierda víctima del lawfare se encuentra prisionera en una cárcel de alta seguridad en las entrañas de la selva amazónica.Se hace llamar Atusparia, como el líder de la resistencia indígena peruana del siglo XIX y como el delirante colegio comunista donde estudió en los estertores de la guerra fría... -
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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... -
Becoming Nancy by Terry Ronald
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFor David Starr, being cast as Nancy in the upcoming school production of Oliver! is quite a shock. But David is up to the challenge. Living in a three-bedroom semi in 1970s' working-class East Dulwich, surrounded by his somewhat colourful relatives, he is bright, smart-mouthed, fanatical about pop music and ready to shine... -
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... -
The Little Red Stroller by Joshua Furst, Katy Wu
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOne handy little stroller is passed from family to family in this uplifting picture book celebration of community, diversity, and sharingWhen Luna is born, her mommy gives her a little red stroller. It accompanies her and her mommy through all the activities of their day, until she outgrows the stroller and is able to pass it down to a toddler in her neighborhood who now needs it... -
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
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
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
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... -
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
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... -
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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
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
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:
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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
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... -
For Always by Danielle Sibarium
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsYou never really get over your first love. Such is the case for fourteen-year-old Stephanie Barrano, self-proclaimed misfit and death magnet. A freshman in high school, Stephanie is befriended by Jordan Brewer, a hot, in-demand senior, who pulls her from the outer circle of obscurity into the realm of acceptance. Jordan quickly works his way into Stephanie’s heart. He’s her everything...
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