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The Garretts are everything the Reeds are not. Loud, numerous, messy, affectionate. And every day from her balcony perch, seventeen-year-old Samantha Reed wishes she was one of them…until one summer evening, Jase Garrett climbs the trellis to sit by her and changes everything.

Sarah Dessen meets Adam Silvera in the debut YA romance everyone is talking about! “A breathtaking tour de force of angst and longing. Heartbreaking, painfully romantic, and deeply human.” —STEPHANIE GARBER, #1 bestselling author of Caraval “A novel you can make yourself at home in, with...

High school senior Jesse Alderman, or Sway as he's known, could sell hell to a bishop. He also specializes in getting things people want—term papers, a date with the prom queen, fake IDs. It's all business with Jesse. He has few close friends and he never lets emotions get in the way.

Bubbly, brilliant college freshman Cricket Hughes just wants to spend winter break with her high school friends and boyfriend from Seattle. Even though she's doing amazing at university in Portland, Cricket's miserable there and unsure about her entire future. But when she's with her peeps, all that gloominess disappears. She feels alive again.

My parents spend every Christmas in the hospital. My dad is a charge nurse, and my mom’s a doctor. And me? I’m their disappointing daughter who faints at the sight of blood and can never imagine wearing scrubs to work every day. We spend every Christmas at the hospital because injuries and illnesses don’t take a day off, and every year I feel bad for the people there. So this year, I’m going to do something about it.

Jude is determined to fly under the radar. He just wants to draw comics, host D&D night with his friends, work at his parents' vinyl record store and escape high school as unscathed as possible. That is, until the night he finds himself inexplicably gifted with a bout of supernatural good luck. Suddenly, everything Jude has ever wanted is within reach. His art is being published. He helps his friend's song become a finalist in a songwriting competition. And he wins a pair of coveted concert tickets, which he can use to ask out the popular girl he's been crushing on since elementary school.

There's death all around us. We just don't pay attention. Until we do. The last time Lex was happy, it was before. When she had a family that was whole. A boyfriend she loved. Friends who didn't look at her like she might break down at any moment. Now she's just the girl whose brother killed himself. And it feels like that's all she'll ever be. As Lex starts to put her life back together, she tries to block out what happened the night Tyler died.

Rebel Hart should be at home taking care of her father after his breakup with his boyfriend, not tromping through the woods at summer camp. He's had his heart broken beyond repair, and the way she sees it, there's only one person to blame—the boyfriend's son. So when that infuriatingly gorgeous quarterback turns up at the same camp, she plans to make him pay.

I’ve spent my whole life trying not to get bullied. For my frizzy hair. My freckles. The white patches on my Black skin or the gap in my teeth. Not to mention the extra hundred pounds I have on most of my classmates. So when my soldier pen pal wants to see a picture of me, I freak. I send him a picture of one of the it girls at school and move on. The odds of us meeting in person are less than zero, and for once in my life, I want to know what it feels like to be one of the beautiful girls. Someone a guy like him would be into.

What if your town was sliding underwater, and everyone was ordered to pack up and leave? How would you and your friends spend your last days together? While the adults plan for the future, box up their possessions, and find new places to live, Keeley Hewitt and her friends decide to go out with a bang.

Han pasado tres años desde la última vez que se vieron. Ahora, Leah está a punto de cumplir su sueño de exponer en una galería. Y, pese al pasado, Axel necesita formar parte de un momento como ese.

Bestselling author of Scythe and Challenger Deep Neal Shusterman, here with coauthors Debra Young and Michelle Knowlden, tells an intense yet tender story of two teens, trapped in impossible circumstances and unjust systems, willing to risk everything for love—no matter the consequences...

Tessa Young se enfrenta a su primer año en la universidad. Acostumbrada a una vida estable y ordenada, su mundo cambia cuando conoce a Hardin, el chico malo por excelencia, con tatuajes y de mala vida. La inocencia, el despertar a la vida, el descubrimiento del sexo...un amor infinito, dos polos opuestos hechos el uno para el otro.

After a shout-out from one of the Internet’s superstar bloggers, Natasha “Tash” Zelenka finds herself and her obscure, amateur web series, Unhappy Families, thrust into the limelight: She’s gone viral. Her show is a modern adaptation of Anna Karenina - written by Tash’s literary love Count Lev Nikolayevich “Leo” Tolstoy. Tash is a fan of the 40,000 new subscribers, their gushing tweets, and flashy Tumblr GIFs. Not so much the pressure to deliver the best web series ever.

Ein Mädchen. Zwei Brüder. Eine unmögliche Entscheidung. Die 17-jährige Kamila hat alles im Griff – dachte sie zumindest. Bis die Di-Bianco-Brüder plötzlich wieder in ihr scheinbar perfektes Leben treten und es auf den Kopf stellen. Thiago, der sie als Erster geküsst hat. Und Taylor, der sie immer beschützt hat. Seit die Brüder fortgegangen sind, hat sie niemandem mehr ihr Herz geöffnet, nicht einmal ihrem Freund Dani ... Dass Taylor und Thiago sie nun komplett ignorieren, ist mehr, als sie ertragen kann. Sie setzt alles daran, Taylor als besten Freund zurückzugewinnen.

After spending the school break with Noah, I’m so excited for everything that’s coming up. My parents have arrived in London, and we’ll move into our new apartment. Harry is returning from Shanghai. Mohammad is trying to win Naomi’s heart. And my parents are finally meeting Noah. But when our brunch ends in a complete disaster, I don’t know where I stand with anyone.

Every May 7, the students at Coffee County High School take a class trip. And every year, Lulu's relationship with Alex Rouvelis gets a little more complicated. Freshman year, they went from sworn enemies to more than friends after a close encounter in an escape room. It's been hard for Lulu to quit Alex ever since. Through breakups, makeups, and dating other people, each year's trip class brings the pair back together and forces them to confront their undeniable connection. 

Annie McFarland is sick of being a shy nobody. A session at summer camp seems like the perfect opportunity to reinvent herself—gain some confidence, kiss a boy, be whoever she wants to be. A few days in, she's already set her sights on über-hottie Kyle. Too bad her fear of water keeps her away from the lake, where Kyle is always hanging out.

Perfect for fans of Thirteen Reasons Why and Looking for Alaska, Jennifer Weiner, #1 New York Times bestselling author, calls Elizabeth LaBan’s The Tragedy Paper “a beguiling and beautifully written tale of first love and heartbreak.” It follows the story of Tim Macbeth, a...

Adriana Russo lo tiene claro. Quiere conseguir la victoria y salvar el legado familiar. Pero cuando un imprevisto hace que su plan se tambalee, solo le queda una opción para lograrlo: fingir que la química con su pareja de pista va más allá del hielo. Brayden Elliot no es lo que se dice su tipo ideal, pero ni Adriana es capaz de no caer rendida ante sus encantos. Y no sería difícil creerse su relación (ni que se volviese real) si no fuese por Freddie O'Connell.