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DON’T MISS BRIDGE OF CLAY, MARKUS ZUSAK’S FIRST NOVEL SINCE THE BOOK THIEF AND AN UNFORGETTABLE AND SWEEPING FAMILY SAGA. From the author of the extraordinary #1 New York Times bestseller The Book Thief, I Am the Messenger is an acclaimed novel filled with laughter, fists, and love. A...

NOMINATED FOR A GOODREADS CHOICE AWARD 2023 Everyone has a secret. Everyone has a motive. But only one of them brought a knife to the party . . . To celebrate the end of high school, Izzy Morales joins her best friend Kassidy and five friends on a luxury 1920s-themed getaway at the glamorous...

*Named a Rainbow Book List Title and one of Bank Street Children's Best Books of the Year* A trans teen walks the fine line between doing whatever it takes for his acting dream and staying true to himself in this moving, thought-provoking YA novel from the acclaimed author of Stay Gold. Aspiring...

Bloomsbury presents Piecing Me Together by Renée Watson, read by Zenzi Williams. 2018 Newbery Honor Book and Coretta Scott King Author Award Winner: a beautiful, powerful coming of age story 'Important and deeply moving' JOHN GREEN 'Timely and timeless' JACQUELINE WOODSON Jade is a girl...

“This book is epic.” —Cosmopolitan Fangirl meets Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda in this “sensitive and complex” (BCCB) coming-of-age novel from New York Times bestselling authors Christina Lauren about two boys who fall in love in a writing class—one from a progressive family and...

Step out of the box and into the unexpected with Barbie--like you've never seen her before!--in an immersive, pink-tastic tale from the premier voice in teen fiction. Out of the box. Into the unexpected. Barbie’s life is perfect. She lives in a pink-hued paradise called Heartland where...

USA TODAY BEST SELLER! She’s read every romance…except her own. “Clever and delightful; a standout in the genre.” – ⭐KIRKUS STARRED REVIEW “A must-have flirtation-via-tropes tale with all the swooning and joy readers want in a love story.” – ⭐SCHOOL & LIBRARY JOURNAL STARRED...

This stunning debut novel from Australian author Lucy Christopher generated considerable buzz for its nonstop suspense and breathtaking imagery. Sixteen-year-old Gemma is on a layover at Bangkok Airport, headed to Vietnam with her parents. Then the vaguely familiar Ty drugs Gemma’s drink and steals her away. Her head swirling in confusion, Gemma soon finds herself fighting to survive in the unforgiving Outback.

From the author of the BookTok sensation A Broken Blade comes a high-stakes speculative thriller about two Indigenous teens, born decades apart, who must solve a string of murders haunting their community, before the past and present collide in deadly ways. Seventeen-year-old eventeen-Wade...

5 friends. 5 gifts. Prince Benjamin has just been given the most sought-after gift. One that's causing him to question everything that he is. Niall is drifting further from his friends than ever before, willing his mind to reveal his purpose. Gabriel has always felt invisible; now his gift is teaching him who he really is. Severo never banked on things changing, or that he'd be in love with a girl that can't ever be his. Vara knows who she's supposed to be but is about to learn life just isn't that simple. Welcome to Landis. Get ready to believe...

Tori Spring è stanca di tutto. È annoiata. Frustrata. Un post-it appiccicato sul suo armadietto a scuola la porta sulle tracce di uno sconosciuto che si fa chiamare Solitaire e che sembra intenzionato a sconvolgere la scuola, finendo per mettere sottosopra anche la sua vita. Oltretutto, poi, questo mistero intorno all'identità di Solitaire attira nella sua vita un ragazzo di nome Michael Holden. E Michael, una volta entrato, sembra non avere alcuna intenzione di andarsene.

‘Beautiful, real and devastating’ Sarah J. Maas A moving story of grief, friendship and unforgettable love that fans of Sara Bernard and Nicola Yoon will love from international YA bestselling author Jennifer Armentrout. Lena has always felt immortal. But one night can change everything...

Living alone in the kingdom of Atal, former tech student Justin must explore his new home on his own and decide who's worthy of learning the kind of magic that comes so easily to him. In a land where magic equals power, the choice of who can be trusted to use mana productively is now his to make, a responsibility he doesn't take lightly.

A haunted young girl (who happens to be a kung-fu expert and pathological liar) runs away from an oppressive city, where the sky is always grey, in search of love and sisterhood - and finds herself in a magical place known only as the Street of Miracles. There, she is quickly adopted into a vigilante gang of glamorous warrior femmes called the Lipstick Lacerators, whose mission is to scour the Street of violent men and avenge murdered trans women everywhere. Can our intrepid heroine find the truth within herself in order to protect her new family and heal her broken heart?

"This satire offers a thought-provoking and scathing indictment that may prod readers to examine the more sinister possibilities of corporate- and media-dominated culture." —Publishers Weekly(starred review) For Titus and his friends, it started out like any ordinary trip to the moon — a...

What’s one thing you should never do? Fall for your childhood best friend… Especially if he’s charming, mysterious and perfect in every way. I planned to spend the summer before my senior year suntanning on the beaches of Portugal. Unfortunately, my parents have other ideas -- they’ve sent me to work at the family hotel. Instead of lying on white sand beaches, I’ll be trapped in the mountains. It’s the worst punishment I can think of. Or at least, it seems that way until I see HIM. Noah Sawyer. Tall. Gorgeous. And mysterious.

Rosie is ready for her life to begin, because nothing says new life like going to university. After years of waiting and working hard, she's finally on the road that will secure her future. Except university turns out to be not what she hoped or imagined, and although she's not exactly unhappy--really--she might be a little bit worried that she doesn't really like her course much. Or her flatmates. Or, really...anything? But it's normal to be homesick (right?) and everything will have settled in a month or two.

Eine Liebe, die nicht gebrochen werden kann - nur durch die Wahrheit. Lizzie Young hatte schon immer das Gefühl, dass sie für alles zu viel war. In jungen Jahren wurde bei ihr eine bipolare Störung diagnostiziert, so hatte sie immer das Gefühl, sie passe nicht zu ihrer Familie, nicht zu...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE CARNEGIE MEDAL FOR WRITING 2026 SHORTLISTED FOR THE WINDSOR ACADEMY TRUST 2026 SECONDARY BOOK AWARDS From the author of CROSSING THE LINE, winner of the 2024 Carnegie Shadowers' Choice Award. 'So much heart, inventiveness, narrative power, as well as humour, and such clever...

Heralding his outstanding return to young adult fiction, Keith Gray captures the subtle agonies of teen life in this compelling, bittersweet tale of rivalry and friendship. In this compelling story of teenage rivalry and friendship, award-winning author Keith Gray captures the subtle agonies and...