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From a contributing editor for Vogue, a pitch-perfect, funny, and poignant novel about the joy and heartache of how deeply one person's life can affect so many others.With wit and warmth, And Sometimes Why captures the fragile rhythm and unpredictable drama of family life. When Sophia and Darius say good-bye to their teenage daughters one unremarkable morning. they have no idea how permanently their family will be affected by a decision made around...
3) The innocent
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IL: UG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 17
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America's best hitman was hired to kill--but when a D.C. government operation goes horribly wrong, he must rescue a teenage runaway and investigate her parents' murders in this #1 New York Times bestselling thriller.
It begins with a hit gone wrong. Robie is dispatched to eliminate a target unusually close to home in Washington, D.C. But something about this mission doesn't seem right to Robie, and he does the unthinkable. He refuses to pull the...
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What this book is NOT: The fear-based How-To on sex and consent, oversimplified and focused on technicalities, that represents so much of our sexual education today. What this book IS: A journey into the Big Questions that will turn you into a thinking person about sex and consent, with the ability to wrestle towards the answers that work for YOU and continue to wrestle towards them for the rest of your life. What is the meaning and purpose of sex?...
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Two men---Seth Walker, a teenager trying to understand the genetic nature of his mother's early onset Alzheimer's, and Abel Haggard, an elderly hunchback who spends his days alone on the family farm thinking about the past--are linked by their mothers' stories of a fantasy world in which the lack of memory is a blessing.
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Chronicles the little-known practice of "Rumspringa" whereby Amish teens are permitted to experience the world outside of the Amish community in order to decide whether or not to be baptised in the church, and contains over 400 interviews from Amish youth and parents.
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A memoir in which author David Gilmour tells about his experiences after he responded to what he saw as a disenchantment with learning in his teenage son by offering to let the fifteen-year-old drop out of school on the condition that he watch three movies a week--chosen by Gilmour, opening the doors of communication between father and son.
8) Snow angels
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Arthur Parkinson tells how his family fell apart, his problems when he turned fifteen, and how the murder of Annie Marchand, his old babysitter affected him.
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En una reunión de Alcohólicos Anónimos en Nueva York, una joven conoce a un escritor a quien le encarga la elaboración de un libro. Este encuentro es el origen de una extraña relación entre dos exiliados colombianos que nos va enseñando la cruda realidad de una nación asiática que vive en medio de un conflicto y la psicología de varios personajes inmersos en luchas que parecen inacabables. Novela psicológica y de aventuras con un fuerte...
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Todos hemos pensado que el cuento de Caperucita termina cuando el lobo muere ahogado en el río con la barriga llena de piedras. Pero no es así. En esta historia descubrimos que Jefe Lobo, en la asamblea donde se encuentra reunida la manada, planea no uno, sino varios ataques para vengar la muerte de Cabeza Gris y además tener comida en una época de crisis en el bosque. A Jefe Lobo no le importan los consejos de Profesor Lobo y precipita un final...
11) Drácula
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Drácula de Bram Stoker es una obra seminal de la literatura gótica. La narración se desarrolla a través de una serie de anotaciones en un diario, cartas y recortes de periódico, que proporcionan una perspectiva polifacética de los desgarradores acontecimientos que se suceden. La historia comienza con Jonathan Harker, un joven abogado inglés, que viaja al remoto castillo del Conde Drácula en Transilvania para ayudar en una transacción inmobiliaria....
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A Grammy nominee. Fourteen-year-old Gary, a self-described tree toad lover of a perfect lawn, the soft-porn masterpiece Carnal Cuties, his Underwood typewriter, and, above all, his rebellious cousin Katelives through one amazing Lake Wobegon summer. Gary preoccupies himself by spinning fantastic yarns about boogers, talking dogs, conversations between God and Jesus, and especially melodramas featuring himself as hero and Kate as distressed damsel.When...
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Joanna Gordon has been out and proud for years, but when her popular radio evangelist father remarries and decides to move all three of them from Atlanta to the more conservative Rome, Georgia, he asks Jo to do the impossible: to lie low for the rest of her senior year. And Jo reluctantly agrees. Although it is (mostly) much easier for Jo to fit in as a straight girl, things get complicated when she meets Mary Carlson, the oh-so-tempting sister of...
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Small steps to help teens build a foundation for success
There's no action too small when it comes to creating better habits. For teens looking to boost their grades, make a new friend, or save money for something special, forming healthy habits is the key to success both right now and in the future. Mini Habits for Teens shows them how to build good habits that stick, with easy advice for practicing little, everyday changes that help them work...
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Fifteen-year-old Bernie Karp inadvertently thaws out the frozen body of a nineteenth-century rabbi who had been encased in ice for over one hundred years and protected by Bernie's family, and, while the rabbi attempts to enjoy life in 1999, Bernie sets out on his own journey to understand his heritage.
17) High on a hill
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Anabel Lee and her father have made a middle-of-the-night move from their former home to a remote hilltop house. When a young boy calls to the house, he brings trouble for Anabel and her father.
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It's not easy to be a teen girl, and it's definitely not easy parenting one. Parents everywhere struggle to respond appropriately to challenging behavior, hit-or-miss communication, and fluctuating moods commonly exhibited by teenage girls. More than previous generations, today's teen girls face a daunting range of stressors that put them at risk for a range of serious issues, including self-harming behaviors, substance abuse, eating disorders, anxiety,...
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"Come Back is a testament to the power of the love between a mother and a daughter." - New York Times Book Review
"Best mother-daughter memoir." - Glamour
"We strongly recommend this powerful mother-daughter memoir...Intense, shocking, and ultimately triumphant..." - Barnes & Noble
"A nightmarish saga of a teenage runaway in L.A. ends triumphantly. . . . Heart-wrenching, honest dialogue." - Publishers Weekly
"A powerful and moving story of two...
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