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The Secrets Club: The Truth about Tash (The Secrets Club #1)
By Chris Higgins. 2013
Meet The Secrets Club. This is the second book in a highly collectable new series by bestselling author Chris Higgins;…
perfect for fans of Jacqueline Wilson and Karen McCombie.Tash, Alice, Danni and Lissa are in their first year at Riverside Academy, making new friends, facing their fears and sharing their secrets. In the first book, Alice in the Spotlight, we discovered Alice's secret. Now it's Tash's turn.Tash wants to tell her friends the truth about what's happening in her life. It would explain why she's struggling to be in the right place at the right time. But she's promised someone very important that she won't ...The Secrets Club: No Match for Dani (The Secrets Club #2)
By Chris Higgins. 2013
The third book in the popular The Secrets Club series by author Chris Higgins, for pre-teen girls. The Secrets Club…
- Alice, Tash, Dani and Lissa in their first year at secondary. These girls are forging new friendships, facing fears and finding their way. Should they keep their secrets or share them with each other? In the first two books, Alice and Tash fessed up. Now it's Dani's turn. Should she admit to her friends that every weekend she plays football with a group of boys who don't even know she's a girl?!'This book should be prescribed for all girls about to leave the safety of primary school, for reassurance, for information, and most of all-for fun!' thebookbag.co.uk on The Secrets Club: Alice in the Spotlight'A lively and engaging story about friendship' Chicklish.co.uk on The Secrets Club: Alice in the SpotlightMr Majeika on the Internet (Mr Majeika #15)
By Humphrey Carpenter. 2001
Class Three has got a new computer and while exploring it, Mr Majeika manages to get the whole class trapped…
in the school website. Many adventures follow and Class Three meet bizarre characters before they can get out.We're Never Getting Home
By Tracy Badua. 2024
HBO’s Insecure meets Dazed and Confused in this messy, tender YA novel about a friendship breakup, set against the backdrop of a chaotic night…
at a music festival, from rising talent Tracy Badua.Jana Rubio and her best friend, Maddy Parsons, have an epic senior year finale queued up: catching their favorite band at the Orchards, an outdoor music festival a two-hour drive away. When a blowup over Maddy’s time-sucking boyfriend exposes a rift that may have already been growing between them, Jana calls off their joint trip and gets a lift to the festival from her church friend Nathan…only to realize Maddy and her boyfriend are along for the ride, too.All Jana wants is to enjoy the concert and get home as soon as possible. But then Nathan loses his car keys crowd-surfing, and it’s up to Jana and Maddy to find them. As they navigate stolen phones and missing friends, scale Ferris wheels and crash parties, the two of them are forced to reckon with the biggest obstacle of all: repairing their friendship.Will Jana and Maddy find their way home—and also back to each other?Lying in the Deep
By Diana Urban. 2023
A juicy thriller of jealousy, love, and betrayal set on a Semester at Sea-inspired cruise ship, with a diverse cast…
of delightfully suspicious characters who&’ll leave you guessing with every jaw-dropping twist.After being jilted by her ex-boyfriend and best friend, Jade couldn't be more ready to embark on the adventure of a lifetime—11 countries in 4 months, all from the luxurious Campus on Board ship—and to wedge an entire globe between her and the people who broke her heart.But when Jade discovers the backstabbing couple are also setting sail, her obsession with them grows and festers, leading to a shocking murder. And as their friends begin to drop like flies, Jade and her new crush must race to clear her name and find the killer they&’re trapped at sea with….before anyone else winds up in body bags.Perfect for readers of Natalie D. Richards, E. Lockhart, and Karen McManus!The Tower Ghost: A Sycamore Hill Mystery
By Natasha Mac A'Bháird. 2024
Sycamore Hill Boarding School, Donegal 1963 Clare is excited to start her first term at Sycamore Hill. New sports, new…
subjects, and new friends – chatty, confident Rose and quiet, nature-loving Molly. But something strange is going on. The girls see a face at the tower window and hear the sound of crying – could the school be haunted? And does it have anything to do with the mysterious death of a pupil years earlier? No one seems to want to answer their questions, but Clare and her friends are determined to investigate. Can they solve the mystery before a killer strikes again?Cancelled
By Farrah Penn. 2024
With its clever snark and searing perspective, Cancelled is a funny, fearless novel about the realistic pitfalls and unforgettable moments…
high school has to offer, perfect for fans of Jenny Han and Emma Lord.Not to brag, but Brynn Whittaker is basically killing her senior year. She's got the looks, the grades, and a thriving "flirt coach" business that will help pay for her ultimate dream school: Stanford University. But when a highly incriminating video goes viral after the first rager of the year, Brynn finds herself at the center of a school-wide scandal of catastrophic proportions. She knows she's not the girl in the video hooking up with her former best friend's boyfriend (While wearing a banana costume, no less. Hey, points for style), but adding that to her reputation of being a serial dater, she quickly starts losing friends and customers. On top of that, the scorn she receives exposes the culture of misogyny that is rampant at her school . . . and Brynn and her three best friends are determined to take down all the haters. But as she gets closer to identifying the person in the video that got her cancelled, Brynn must decide—is exposing the girl worth losing everything she's worked so hard for?This witty, unapologetic novel by Farrah Penn boldly tackles the problematic double standards that seek to bring girls down, and shines a light on the loving, uplifting friendships that can help them make it through those brutal four years.Bitter Rivals (Sweet Valley High Ser. #No. 29)
By Francine Pascal, Kate William. 1986
Elizabeth Wakefield is ecstatic. Her dearest childhood friend, Amy Sutton, is moving back to Sweet Valley. Elizabeth can't wait to…
see her again and introduce Amy to her current best friend, Enid Rollins. Amy is an undeniable hit at Sweet Valley High. She's glamorous and vivacious, and she becomes the newest member of the cheerleading squad. But to Elizabeth's shock, Amy and Enid seem to be heading for a showdown. Will the prospect of having two best friends leave Elizabeth with none?The Someday Daughter
By Ellen O'Clover. 2024
Perfect for fans of Rachel Lynn Solomon, Mary H. K. Choi, and Alex Light! From the critically acclaimed author of…
Seven Percent of Ro Devereux comes another heartrending and nuanced novel about family, love, and the cost of ambition.“A compelling, beautifully drawn exploration into complicated family and personal relationships and the frailty and fortitude of a girl simply trying to succeed, love, and thrive. I’m proud to live in a book world where Ellen O’Clover is writing contemporary young adult fiction. The Someday Daughter is a forever treasure.” —Laura Taylor Namey, New York Times bestselling author of A Cuban Girl’s Guide to Tea and Tomorrow Audrey St. Vrain has grown up in the shadow of someone who doesn’t actually exist. Before she was born, her mother, Camilla St. Vrain, wrote the bestselling book Letters to My Someday Daughter, a guide to self-love that advises treating yourself like you would your own hypothetical future daughter. The book made Audrey’s mother a household name, and she built an empire around it.While the world considers Audrey lucky to have Camilla for a mother, the truth is that Audrey knows a different side of being the someday daughter. Shipped off to boarding school when she was eleven, she feels more like a promotional tool than a member of Camilla’s family. Audrey is determined to create her own identity aside from being Camilla’s daughter, and she’s looking forward to a prestigious summer premed program with her boyfriend before heading to college and finally breaking free from her mother’s world. But when Camilla asks Audrey to go on tour with her to promote the book’s anniversary, Audrey can’t help but think that this is the last, best chance to figure out how they fit into each other’s lives—not as the someday daughter and someday mother but as themselves, just as they are. What Audrey doesn’t know is that spending the summer with Camilla and her tour staff—including the disarmingly honest, distressingly cute video intern, Silas—will upset everything she’s so carefully planned for her life.Studies: "just like Malory Towers for grown-ups" (Maggie Adair #4)
By Jenny Colgan. 2024
'MALORY TOWERS FOR GROWN-UPS' SOPHIE KINSELLAJenny Colgan returns with all her signature charm in this fourth installment of her Maggie…
Adair series. The Little School by the Sea is a magical place of friendship, striving, excitement and plenty of mischief. Maggie Adair, the passionate, devoted English teacher at Downey House, is about to ride off into the sunset with her new love when tragedy strikes. Pulled from their happy-ever-after, she and David must put their budding romance aside until they return for a new term, unsure where they now stand.A fresh new year at Downey House comes with more drama from the students - with Fliss and Alice at odds after a summer apart, and Simone trying to nurture her new relationship while dealing with exam stresses, the new term is shaping up to be a challenge for all...'A BRILLIANT BOARDING SCHOOL BOOK, STUFFED FULL OF UNFORGETTABLE CHARACTERS AND THRILLING ADVENTURES' LISA JEWELLCambiando tus reglas (Tus reglas, mi juego #03)
By Violeta Boyd. 2019
"Murphy Reedus is a young fanatic romance reader who is a freshman in college and claims to meet all the…
requirements to be the protagonist of a love story; however, as in every novel, Murph needs an ideal boy like out of a book to complement her. To do so, she has created three rules about how that dream guy should be: 1. He must be honest, both with her and with others. 2. He must not be an irresponsible guy. 3. He must love and respect her. With her three rules ready and studied, Murph searches for the perfect candidate for her historical book romance. But instead of finding one, she stumbles upon the crafty, lying, joking, womanizing Jax Wilson who, to top it all off, will be her new Vocal Expression partner." -- Translation provided by NLSObedeciendo tus reglas (Tus reglas, mi juego #02)
By Violeta Boyd. 2018
"Astrid Fissher is a quiet girl who dreams of going unnoticed in her second year of school after her older…
brother, Patrick, suffered at the hands of Mika McFly, a self-centered, deranged, manipulative boy who, along with his two inseparable friends, controls the halls of Jackson thanks to three drastic rules: 1. Don't touch them. 2. Don't look at them. 3. No talking to them. Astrid tries to follow those rules discreetly, because she knows the danger she is in if Mika discovers that she is the sister of the man who dared to confront him. However, one small mistake will uncover their secret and, with it, truths neither of them imagines." -- Translation provided by NLSRompiendo tus reglas (Tus reglas, mi juego #01)
By Violeta Boyd. 2017
"Michelle Wallas is a studious girl in her last year of school. Ever since she was a little girl, she…
has dreamt of being the class valedictorian, but the position she longs for is always taken by the same man; Chase Frederick, an egocentric boy who controls Jackson School - along with his two inseparable friends, Mika and Jax - thanks to the power of three drastic rules: 1. Don't touch them. 2. Don't look at them. 3. No talking to them. Michi tries to follow those orders carefully, for anyone who breaks them will suffer the worst punishments ever thought possible; however, when she discovers that Chase will be her new neighbor, the three rules will be hard for her to abide by." -- Translation provided by NLSHopeless: a novel (Hopeless series #01)
By Colleen Hoover. 2013
"Would you rather know a truth that makes you feel hopeless, or keep believing the lies? Beloved and bestselling author…
Colleen Hoover returns with the spellbinding story of two young people with devastating pasts who embark on a passionate, intriguing journey to discover the lessons of life, love, trust-and above all, the healing power that only truth can bring. Sky, a senior in high school, meets Dean Holder, a guy with a promiscuous reputation that rivals her own. From their very first encounter, he terrifies and captivates her. Something about him sparks memories of her deeply troubled past, a time she's tried so hard to bury. Though Sky is determined to stay far away from him, his unwavering pursuit and enigmatic smile break down her defenses and the intensity of the bond between them grows. But the mysterious Holder has been keeping secrets of his own, and once they are revealed, Sky is changed forever and her ability to trust may be a casualty of the truth. Only by courageously facing the stark revelations can Sky and Holder hope to heal their emotional scars and find a way to live and love without boundaries. Hopeless is a novel that will leave you breathless, entranced, and remembering your own first love." -- Provided by publisherThe rainbow troops: A Novel
By Andrea Hirata. 2013
"Published in Indonesia in 2005, The Rainbow Troops, Andrea Hirata's closely autobiographical debut novel, sold more than five million copies,…
shattering records. Now it promises to captivate audiences around the globe. Ikal is a student at the poorest village school on the Indonesian island of Belitong, where graduating from sixth grade is considered a remarkable achievement. His school is under constant threat of closure. In fact, Ikal and his friends-a group nicknamed the Rainbow Troops-face threats from every angle: skeptical government officials, greedy corporations hardly distinguishable from the colonialism they've replaced, deepening poverty and crumbling infrastructure, and their own low self-confidence. But the students also have hope, which comes in the form of two extraordinary teachers, and Ikal's education in and out of the classroom is an uplifting one. We root for him and his friends as they defy the island's powerful tin mine officials. We meet his first love, the unseen girl who sells chalk from behind a shop screen, whose pretty hands capture Ikal's heart. We cheer for Lintang, the class's barefoot math genius, as he bests the students of the mining corporation's school in an academic challenge. Above all, we gain an intimate acquaintance with the customs and people of the world's largest Muslim society. This is classic storytelling in the spirit of Khaled Hosseini's The Kite Runner: an engrossing depiction of a milieu we have never encountered before, bursting with charm and verve." -- Provided by publisherThe adventures of Blue Avenger
By Norma Howe. 1999
When David Schumacher turns sixteen, he changes his name to that of a comic-book character. As the Blue Avenger, David…
takes on a killer-bee attack on the principal, a controversial news issue, and gun control. Yet he still has time for a philosophical debate with his kindred-spirit girlfriend. For junior and senior high readersBroken chords
By Barbara Snow Gilbert. 1998
When Clara Lorenzo was only three, her parents--who both excelled in musical careers--recognized her talent at the piano and found…
her the best teacher. Now seventeen, Clara is poised to win a coveted scholarship competition when she begins to doubt her passion for the piano. For junior and senior high readersEl amigo del héroe
By Alvaro Enrigue. 2012
"'It's not that I've chosen to be second place, I'm just a natural. Besides, I've believed in the goodness of…
second place for many years.' So begins The Hero's Friend, first published in 1998 and remastered for this edition. This story by Álvaro Enrigue dusts off the naivety and vanity of childhood: Ponchito, a child like any other, played at being the hero. A memorable literary exercise. A sobering experience. Enrigue puts himself at the feet of his protagonist and relives the dialogues of two middle school kids who in their relentless fight against crime are forced to face the ultimate and most unexpected consequences." -- Translation provided by NLSMaldad
By Leticia Sierra. 2022
"A thirteen-year-old girl is found dead in a wasteland in Oviedo with a brutally disfigured face and a mangled body.…
Elsa, the young victim, was a student at a high school in the area, and the journalist Olivia Marassa (from the regional newspaper) and the inspector Agustín Castro (from the police) are assigned to the investigation. When the news comes out, both have been away for several days and Olivia seems to be too late for an exclusive. But she has shown before that she doesn't give up easily and has a special nose for the most gruesome cases. She soon begins to investigate on her own and discovers that the victim had many secrets and enemies. Students younger and older than her, as well as teachers, feared her for her abusive and violent behavior...." -- Translation provided by NLSEl juego sigue sin mí (Nuevos tiempos (Madrid, Spain) #300)
By Martín Casariego. 2015
"Ismael remembers the time when, at thirteen years old, his parents hired Rai, a boy five years older than him,…
to tutor him. After an unproductive first session, they made a pact: the student would study on his own and the teacher would talk to him about books, movies, music, life.... Also about Samuel, a young man who wrote to schedule a meeting with his ex-girlfriend, with the threat that if she did not show up he would commit suicide. With this starting point, Martín Casariego has written a novel of initiation, a novel about the passage from adolescence to maturity; about the family and the new forms of relationships between young people; about the intensity of such a decisive stage in life; about the weight of existence and how to alleviate it. A story marked by shadows, doubts and secrets, in which the white whale the narrator has been running from will end up showing up unexpectedly years later, changing everything and prompting him to rethink what happened." -- Translation provided by NLS