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Midnight sun
By Trish Cook. 2018
Seventeen-year-old Katie Price has a rare disease that makes exposure to even the smallest amount of sunlight deadly. Confined to…
her house during the day, it isn't until after nightfall that Katie's world opens up. Charlie Reed is a former all-star athlete at a crossroads in his life--and the boy Katie has secretly admired from afar for years. When he happens upon her playing guitar one night, fate intervenes and the two embark on a star-crossed romance. For senior high readers. 2018.La minute de vérité: roman d'art et d'amour
By Florence Parry Heide, Marina Heide, Bjørn Sortland, Tom Heide. 2015
Frida, 17 ans, apprend qu'elle est atteinte d'une maladie des yeux, et risque de perdre la vue. Elle, qui rêvait…
de visiter l'Italie, décide d'aller à Florence avant qu'il ne soit trop tard. Là-bas, elle rencontre Jakob, 19 ans, norvégien comme elle. Le jeune homme doit écrire des articles sur l'histoire de l'art et parcourt l'Europe pour admirer quelques-uns des 34 tableaux dont il a choisi de parler. Pour Frida, c'est le coup de foudre ! Jakob lui raconte Giotto, Brunelleschi, Raphaël... et elle voudrait qu'il ne s'arrête jamais. Pour les lecteurs du collégial. 2015.L'empreinte de la corneille: roman (Mandoline. #59)
By Anique Poitras. 2004
Mandoline, personnage secondaire et amie de Sara dans la trilogie regroupant La lumière blanche, La deuxième vie et La chambre…
d'Éden, est l'héroïne de ce roman. Elle a maintenant 19 ans. Elle a suivi une cure de désintoxication, a repris les études et fréquente les Alcooliques anonymes. Elle vit avec son amie et marraine Claire. Elle rencontre un jeune journaliste, Nicolas Chevalier. Ils tombent amoureux. La vie semble donc bien s'annoncer pour Mandoline, mais elle doit composer avec son lourd passé: les abus sexuels de son ex-beau-père, l'incrédulité malsaine de sa mère, sa période de danseuse nue, la chute dans la drogue et l'alcool... Le texte, narré à la première personne et composé de chapitres courts, est rythmé. Il comprend une bonne dose d'émotion et aborde avec crédibilité le thème de la toxicomanie. -- 4e de couv.36 questions that changed my mind about you
By Vicki Grant. 2017
We come apart
By Sarah Crossan, Brian Conaghan. 2017
Appearances matter to Jess. She's got a lot to hide. Nicu thinks Jess is beautiful but Nicu's parents want to…
go back home to find Nicu a wife. His dad's fists are the most powerful force in Nicu's life, and in the end, he'll have to do what his dad wants. As Nicu and Jess get closer, their secrets come to the surface like bruises. The only safe place they have is with each other. But they can they be together forever? For senior high readers, 2017.The statistical probability of love at first sight
By Jennifer E Smith. 2012
Hadley and Oliver fall in love on the flight from New York to London, but after a cinematic kiss they…
lose track of each other at the airport until fate brings them back together on a very momentous day. For senior high readers. 2012.Vendetta (Blood for Blood series. #1.)
By Catherine Doyle. 2015
When five brothers move into the abandoned mansion next door, Sophie Gracewell's life changes forever. Irresistibly drawn to bad boy…
Nic Falcone, Sophie finds herself falling into an underworld governed by powerful families. When Sophie's own family skeletons come to life, she must choose between two warring dynasties--the one she was born into, and the one she is falling in love with. For junior and senior high readers. 2015.Three sides of a heart: stories about love triangles
By Garth Nix, Brenna Yovanoff, Tessa Gratton, Veronica Roth, Rae Carson, Alaya Dawn Johnson, Justina Ireland, Katie Cotugno, Julie Murphy, Bethany Hagen, Brandy Colbert, Sabaa Tahir, Renée Ahdieh, E. K Johnston, Natalie C Parker, L. R Giles. 2017
A collection of sixteen short stories involving love triangles. Includes stories written by Renée Ahdieh, Rae Carson, Brandy Colbert, Katie…
Cotugno, Lamar Giles, Tessa Gratton, Bethany Hagen, Justina Ireland, Alaya Dawn Johnson, E. K. Johnston, Julie Murphy, Garth Nix, Natalie C. Parker, Veronica Roth, Sabaa Tahir, and Brenna Yovanoff. For junior and senior high readers. 2017.Three wishes: a novel
By Barbara Delinsky. 1997
Bree Miller, hit by a jeep, recovers after a near-death experience. She remembers being granted three wishes, and decides that…
her biggest desires are for a home, a soul mate and a family. Tom Gates, the reclusive author who was driving the car that struck Bree, helps her through recuperation. When they fall in love, Bree's wishes begin to come true. For senior high and older readers. 1997.In the deep end
By Kate Cann. 1997
Art wants and expects sex - and Coll wants it too. It's not a matter of "if" any longer but…
when and where. Finally they do take the plunge and Coll finds herself caught up in a welter of new emotions. In the midst of powerful and exciting sexual feelings, Coll must keep the rest of her life afloat. Exams, commitments to friends - and trying to get Art to discuss his feelings. Senior high readers. Sequel to "Diving in."Mille baisers pour un garçon
By Tillie Cole. 2023
Un baiser dure un instant. Mille baisers durent une éternité. Poppy et Rune sont amoureux depuis l'enfance. Ils pensaient que…
rien ni personne ne pourrait jamais les séparer. Jusqu'au jour où Rune doit rentrer en Norvège... Alors qu'ils s'étaient promis de s'attendre sans jamais s'oublier, Poppy cesse de répondre aux appels de Rune. Ce dernier a le sentiment qu'on lui a arraché le cœur. Pourquoi avoir coupé les ponts, sans raison, sans explications ? Inclus un chapitre bonusIf You Come Softly: Twentieth Anniversary Edition
By Jacqueline Woodson. 1998
A lyrical story of star-crossed love perfect for readers of The Hate U Give, by National Ambassador for Children’s Literature…
Jacqueline Woodson--now celebrating its twentieth anniversary, and including a new preface by the authorJeremiah feels good inside his own skin. That is, when he's in his own Brooklyn neighborhood. But now he's going to be attending a fancy prep school in Manhattan, and black teenage boys don't exactly fit in there. So it's a surprise when he meets Ellie the first week of school. In one frozen moment their eyes lock, and after that they know they fit together--even though she's Jewish and he's black. Their worlds are so different, but to them that's not what matters. Too bad the rest of the world has to get in their way. Jacqueline Woodson's work has been called “moving and resonant” (Wall Street Journal) and “gorgeous” (Vanity Fair). If You Come Softly is a powerful story of interracial love that leaves readers wondering "why" and "if only . . ."Blue: How Blue Jeans Became A Business (Harcourt Brace Social Studies)
By B. G. Thomas. 2000
Blue McCoy has lived on the streets for a long time, surviving by his wits and doing what he must,…
and he’s not above using his youthful appearance and air of innocence to his advantage. It’s not an easy life, but he’s happy. He has everything he really needs: the clothes on his back, a house to squat in, a sweet dog. Everything except that special someone to love him. Six months ago, John Williams’s wife left him because she was bored. “Even your *name* is boring” were her last words to him before she walked out. Now he’s by himself in a big house, trying to figure out what direction his life should take. He’s never been so alone. A chance encounter sets John on a new path, a path that becomes clearer when loneliness sends him to a local animal shelter to get a dog—and he finds an angel instead. An angel named Blue. A crisis brings them together, but it is something else that keeps them there. Could it be love? A love that can forever end two men's deep loneliness and bring them the support and sense of belonging they've searched for all their lives?Life Before
By Michele Bacon. 2016
Seventeen years is a long time to keep secrets, and Xander Fife has gotten very good at it.Everyone believes Xander…
has a normal life and a normal family. If he can just get through this summer, he’ll start his real life in college with a clean slate-no risk, no drama, no fear.Even better, his plans for summer are awesome: lots of pick-up soccer, relaxing afternoons with friends, and an epic road trip. Xander is banking on some long-overdue nights with his ideal girlfriend, the amazing Gretchen Taylor.Instead of kicking off what had promised to be an amazing summer, however, graduation day brings terror. His family’s secrets are thrust out into the open, and Xander must confront his greatest fear. And survive doing so.Armed with a fake ID, cash, and a knife, Xander skips town and assumes a new identity. Hundreds of miles from home and in danger, one thing is clear: Xander’s real life is already in progress and just getting through it isn’t enough.The Art of French Kissing
By Brianna Shrum. 2018
Seventeen-year-old Carter Lane has wanted to be a chef since she was old enough to ignore her mom’s warnings to…
stay away from the hot stove. And now she has the chance of a lifetime: a prestigious scholarship competition in Savannah, where students compete all summer in Chopped style challenges for a full-ride to one of the best culinary schools in the country. The only impossible challenge ingredient in her basket: Reid Yamada. After Reid, her cute but unbearably cocky opponent, goes out of his way to screw her over on day one, Carter vows revenge, and soon they are involved in a full-fledged culinary war. Just as the tension between them reaches its boiling point, Carter and Reid are forced to work together if they want to win, and Carter begins to wonder if Reid’s constant presence in her brain is about more than rivalry. And if maybe her desire to smack his mouth doesn’t necessarily cancel out her desire to kiss it.Maybe in Paris
By Rebecca Christiansen. 2017
Keira Braidwood lands in Paris with her autistic brother, Levi, and high hopes. Levi has just survived a suicide attempt…
and months in the psych ward-he’s ready for a dose of the wider world. Unlike their helicopter mom and the doctors who hover over Levi, Keira doesn’t think Levi’s certifiable. He’s just . . . quirky. Always has been.Those quirks quickly begin to spoil the trip. Keira wants to traipse all over Europe; Levi barely wants to leave their grubby hotel room. She wants to dine on the world’s cuisine; he only wants fast food. Levi is one giant temper tantrum, and Keira’s ready to pull out her own hair.She finally finds the adventure she craves in Gable, a hot Scottish bass player, but while Keira flirts in the Paris Catacombs, Levi’s mental health breaks. He disappears from their hotel room and Keira realizes, too late, that her brother is sicker than she was willing to believe. To bring him home safe, Keira must tear down the wall that Levi’s sickness and her own guilt have built between them.The Taming of the Drew
By Stephanie Kate Strohm. 2016
Cass McKay has been called stubborn, temperamental, difficult, and that word that rhymes with "witch” more times than she cares…
to count. But that’s all about to pay off. She has finally landed the role she was born to play-Kate, in The Taming of the Shrew-in the summer apprentice program of a renowned Shakespeare theater company in the forests of Vermont.But Cass can barely lace up her corset before her troubles begin. Her leading man, Drew, is a complete troll, and he’s going to ruin Cass’s summer. Even worse, Cass’s bunkmate Amy has somehow fallen head over heels for Drew. Cass can’t let Amy throw herself at a total jerk, so she comes up with a genius plan to give Drew the personality makeover he so desperately needs: they’ll tame Drew just as Petruchio tames Kate! But as Shakespeare’s classic plays out offstage, Cass finds it harder and harder to resist falling for Drew herself.The best kind of entertainment, The Taming of the Drew is smart, funny, fresh, and original. You’re going to love this badass heroine and her friends. You might even end up liking Drew, too.How to Make Out
By Brianna Shrum. 2018
Sixteen-year-old Renley needs three thousand dollars for the math club’s trip to New York City, and she knows exactly how…
to get it: she’s going to start a how-to blog where people pay for answers to all of life’s questions from a "certified expert.” The only problems: 1) She doesn’t know how to do anything but long division and calculus. 2) She’s totally invisible to people at school. And not in a cool Gossip Girl kind of way.So, she decides to learn to do . . . well . . . everything. When her anonymous blog shifts in a more scandalous direction and the questions (and money) start rolling in, she has to learn not just how to do waterfall braids and cat-eye makeup, but a few other things, like how to cure a hangover, how to flirt, and how to make out (something her very experienced, and very in-love-with-her neighbor, Drew, is more than willing to help with).As her blog’s reputation skyrockets, so does "new and improved” Renley’s popularity. She’s not only nabbed the attention of the entire school, but also the eye of Seth Levine, the hot culinary wizard she’s admired from across the home-ec classroom all year.Soon, caught up in the thrill of popularity both in and out of cyberspace, her secrets start to spiral, and she finds that she’s forgotten the most important how-to: how to be herself. When her online and real lives converge, Renley will have to make a choice: lose everything she loves in her new life, or everyone she loves in the life she left behind.Switching Gears (Love, Lucas Novel #2)
By Chantele Sedgwick. 2018
Still mourning the loss of Lucas Nelson, the boy she loved in secret for years, seventeen-year-old Emmy Martin turns to…
her passion for mountain biking to try to fill the empty void in her life. But just when things start looking up, Emmy discovers her mom has been diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer’s. Confused and angry, she throws herself into mountain biking like never before. She wants to improve on the trails, get a sponsor, and finally beat her nemesis, Whitney.When Cole Evans, a boy from school who usually doesn’t care about anything but himself, offers to train her for the biggest race of the season, she accepts, determined to beat Whitney. The more time she spends with Cole, the more she realizes he’s different than she’d expected, and, to her surprise, she’s falling for him. Torn between the deep feelings she still has for Lucas and her growing ones for Cole, she knows she must choose a path.As she drifts further away from her family and closer to her dream of being sponsored, a terrible accident threatens any semblance of peace and happiness she has left. Instead of closing herself off to the people she loves, Emmy must learn to rely on those she has pushed away if she’s going to have any chance of picking up where she left off before the accident.Liars and Losers Like Us
By Ami Allen-Vath. 2016
Keep calm and make it to prom night-without a legit panic attack.For seventeen-year-old Bree Hughes, it’s easier said than done…
when gossip, grief, and the opportunity to fail at love are practically high-fiving her in the hallways of Belmont High.When Bree’s crush, Sean Mills, gives her his phone number, she can’t even leave a voicemail without sounding like a freak. Then she’s asked to be on Prom Court because Maisey Morgan, the school outcast nominated as a joke, declined. She apologizes to Maisey, but it’s too late. After years of torment and an ugly secret shared with their class’s cruel Pageant Queen, Maisey commits suicide. Bree is left with a lot of regret...and a revealing letter with a final request.With Sean by her side, Bree navigates through her guilt, her parents’ divorce, and all the Prom Court drama. But when a cheating-love-triangle secret hits the fan after a night of sex, drinks, and video games, she’s left with new information about Sean and the class Pageant Queen. Bree must now speak up or stay silent. If she lets fear be her guide, she’ll lose her first love, and head to prom to avenge the death of the school outcast-as a party of one.Sky Pony Press, with our Good Books, Racehorse and Arcade imprints, is proud to publish a broad range of books for young readers-picture books for small children, chapter books, books for middle grade readers, and novels for young adults. Our list includes bestsellers for children who love to play Minecraft; stories told with LEGO bricks; books that teach lessons about tolerance, patience, and the environment, and much more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.