Meet George. He's an ordinary boy with an incredible secret - the power to go on intergalactic adventures! Join him as he battles a sinister rebel- scientist, who's hell bent on sabotaging the most exciting - and dangerous - experiment of the century. A deadly bomb is ticking. The whole world is watching. Can George stop the second big bang?
Tre fratelli. Un misterioso ragazzo. Un incontro fatale. Benvenuti a Paradise Springs, una cittadina piena di calore, polvere e magia nel cuore della Wine Country californiana e casa della famiglia Fall. Dizzy Fall, dodicenne, è un'ottima pasticcera, vede fantasmi e desidera essere una protagonista di romanzo. Miles Fall, diciassettenne, è talentuoso e sportivo, amante dei cani e incredibilmente bello, ma anche smarrito e alla ricerca del ragazzo dei suoi sogni. Wynton Fall, diciannovenne, è un virtuoso del violino e vive la sua vita in modo autodistruttivo. L'arrivo di Cassidy, un misterioso ragazzo dai capelli color arcobaleno, sconvolge il mondo dei tre fratelli. Ma prima che Dizzy, Miles e Wynton scoprano chi sia realmente Cassidy, accade una catastrofe. Solo Cassidy può riunire la famiglia Fall... Un romanzo di formazione raccontato in modo caleidoscopico, ricco di rivalità, segreti, viaggi on the road, passione, tradimento e amore. Una moderna saga familiare che colpisce dritto al cuore.
George is heartbroken when his neighbor Annie and her space-scientist father move to Florida, but when Annie sends him a secret message telling him she has been contacted by aliens with a terrible warning, he joins her in a galaxy-wide search for answers. Includes scientific essays on space related topic and photos. Suggested level: primary, intermediate.
"This is the big one - the BLAZING story of once inseparable twins whose lives are torn apart by tragedy." Entertainment Weekly Winner of the Printz Award for Excellence in Young Adult Literature From the critically acclaimed author of The Sky Is Everywhere, a radiant novel that will leave you laughing and crying - all at once. For fans of John Green, Gayle Forman and Lauren Oliver.Jude and her twin Noah were incredibly close - until a tragedy drove them apart, and now they are barely speaking. Then Jude meets a cocky, broken, beautiful boy as well as a captivating new mentor, both of whom may just need her as much as she needs them. What the twins don't realize is that each of them has only half the story and if they can just find their way back to one another, they have a chance to remake their world.
The deep emotional connection that develops between two teens who meet in the hospital is explored in this novel, told in two voices. The Fault in Our Stars meets Eleanor and Park in a tough and tender story that's a lot about love (and a little about cancer).
Lena si immerge nella sua pittura ed è travolta da un appassionante flirt estivo, ma nella sua mente e nel suo cuore l'immagine di Kostos (e la paura di incontrarlo di nuovo) è sempre vivissima. Carmen è affascinata da una sofisticata compagna di college per cui il teatro è tutto e i Pantaloni Viaggianti sono solo una sciocchezza. Bridget si unisce a un gruppo archeologico al lavoro in Turchia e scopre che il professore-guida è molto disponibile in tutto, tranne che per una cosa. Tibby si lascia alle spalle il ragazzo che ama, convinta (ma sbagliando) che lui l'aspetterà. L'ultimo capitolo di una serie di successo.
Everyone knows about Anne Frank, and her life hidden in the secret annexe - or do they? Peter van Pels and his family are locked away with the Franks too, and Peter sees it all differently. What is it like to be forced into hiding with Anne Frank, to hate her and then find yourself falling in love with her? To know you're being written about in her diary, day after day? What's it like to sit and wait and watch whilst others die, and you wish you were fighting? Anne's diary ends on August 4 1944, but Peter's story takes us on, beyond their betrayal and into the Nazi death camps. He details with accuracy, clarity and compassion, the reality of day to day survival in Auschwitz - and the terrible conclusion.
In a Ya-Ya Sisterhood for teens, Peaches combines three unforgettable heroines who have nothing in common but the troubles that have gotten them sentenced to a summer of peach picking at a Georgia orchard.Leeda is a debutante dating wrong-side-of-the-tracks Rex.Murphy, the wildest girl in Bridgewater, likes whichever side Rex is on.Birdie is a dreamer whose passion for Girl Scout cookies is matched only by her love for a boy named Enrico.When their worlds collide, The Breakfast Club meets The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants in an entirely original and provocative story with a lush, captivating setting.
Summer's ending, and Evie's step-father is finally home from the Second World War. Then a mysterious stranger appears; a handsome ex-GI who served with Evie's step-father. Slowly, Evie realizes that she is falling in love with him. Torn between her family and the man she loved, Evie must betray someone.
Emma - I know it sounds crazy. You (and Mum!) will be wondering where I've been disappearing to, and when I'll be back. That's why I'm leaving you all this evidence - in case something happens and I DON'T come back. Look at everything in my book. Call the phone numbers. Check out the websites. But, you can't tell ANYBODY about it, unless you want to end up in over your head, like me. But don't worry, I'll be OK (I think). Hey, maybe this is the beginning of a new life for me. For sure it's the end of the old one. Call me. Love, Cathy This book reaches beyond the written word to interact with teenage girls in ways they are quite familiar with in other areas of their lives. From instant-messaging to text-messaging, from surfing the web to having their own sites, the age-old story of 'boy dumps girl and girl wins boy back' is lifted from the page to our three-dimensional, 21st-century world.
