Coming of Age

Marco should be at university, studying biomedicine. Instead, he’s been sent to live on a cruise ship in the Mediterranean with his estranged uncle, all because of a “blip” everyone else is convinced was a panic attack. (Which it most definitely was not.) And even though Marco’s trip is supposed to provide answers—about himself, about his family—all he finds on board the Ocean Melody are more and more questions.

Mina et Océan, deux adolescents au bord du gouffre, deux solitudes qui se croisent et se heurtent. Puis vient une nuit, une seule, qui bouleversera tout. Quel chemin choisiront-ils : celui des morts ou celui des vivants ?

Jackie Myers is a fraud. Or she might be a genius—the jury’s still out. The thing is, she secretly runs pleasebreakmyheart, a gone-viral account aimed at breaking hearts and ending relationships…. And she just used it to break up her insufferable eternal nemesis's picture-perfect relationship. Wilson is the buttoned-up, type A assistant manager of her nightmares—but it turns out he’s also, apparently, a really great boyfriend. So with her conscience (and paycheck) on the line, Jackie decides there’s only one thing to do: She’s going to help Wilson win his ex-girlfriend back.

Seb has been selected for a new experimental mental health center called HappyHead, designed to solve the national crisis of teenage unhappiness. There he and fellow participants will complete in a series of assessments meant to test them, so they can better face the challenges of the real world. Seb is determined to win so he can change how people see him and make his parents proud. But then Seb meets a mysterious participant named Finn who has drawn unwanted attention to himself by resisting the program’s rules.

After the death of his father, Cole and his mother move from New York City to a sleepy town in Jersey for a fresh start. There’s just one problem—Cole is shocked to learn he’s sharing a room in his new house with the ghost of seventeen-year-old Bea, who died in the 1920s and is under the curse of an ancient ring. When Cole wears the ring, he’s able to see Bea, and the two become fast friends over their shared love of music. As Cole and Bea start to develop strong feelings for each other, Cole discovers a way to undo the curse—which would mean that Bea’s spirit can finally move on.

Eugene Guterman’s junior year in high school is off to a rocky start. No love life, no new theater production, and if his mother has her way, no more of his favorite comfort food—donuts. Eugene would just as soon spend the year playing small, but that’s hard to do when you’re the biggest kid in your class. Things change when he accidentally tackles the school’s star quarterback and Coach sees the possibilities and recruits the plus-size playwright onto the varsity football team. Eugene is suddenly catapulted into the world of the “The Pops,” the exclusive clique of popular athletes.

Growing up can be difficult. All around you, adults doing the things you'd like to do. Every future billionaire has to start somewhere. Fifteen-year-old Phil Loonan took a horrifying event as an opportunity. With nothing but his mind, a little research, and hard work, he made lemons into lemonade — with a twist.

Ugliness is power, and the Virus of Beauty is spreading causing panic throughout the witch population. Wilf Gilvary is a teenage wizard who is terrified of using magic. When his father dies under mysterious circumstances ,the same day the Mages Crystal shatters, Wilf is plunged into the middle of a political struggle between the witches and wizards in the Magical Realm.

Alana and Gray have been the perfect couple ever since they got together before high school—and neither of them think that should have to change just because Alana came out as a lesbian. Sure, things are a little different now: Their romantic relationship is over, but their best-friends-since-forever relationship is stronger than ever. And yeah, Alana sees the way her other friends now exclude her in tiny, almost unnoticeable ways, but she still has Gray, and that’s all that’s ever mattered to her.

Sixteen-year-old Maggie Lynch’s heart pulses to the beat of Pearl Jam and the Smashing Pumpkins, but when her mother uproots them from Chicago to a tiny town in Ireland, Maggie struggles to adjust. Her uncle Kevin, who happens to be a grunge musician, is her only connection to home. Though he keeps Maggie supplied with the latest issues of Spin, she still feels totally isolated. When a visit from Kevin goes wrong and tragedy strikes, Maggie knows that she can’t let the world pass her by a moment longer.

Caleb no es un chico corriente. Ha tenido una vida complicada, quizá por las habilidades especiales que lo convierten, a sus ojos, en un monstruo. El destino lo ha llevado a trabajar para gente de moral dudosa, a hacer cosas que le han manchado las manos y el alma. Entonces, una de sus misiones se complica y se le asigna vigilar a Victoria, una humana tan normal como cualquier otra, con un trabajo rutinario, un apartamento pequeño y un gato extraño.

Mia Callan is a seventeen-year-old girl from a suburb of Minneapolis. Mia's parents homeschool her, and she has a job as an ethical hacker and many clients. But something is wrong with Mia's life. She has an eating disorder, which her mom, Sara, tries to ignore. Mia loves running to leave her pain behind, at least for a while. Milo Chatham is also seventeen; he has epilepsy that ruins his life with horrible seizures and affects his family. Milo is severely depressed and even suicidal. He meets Mia at her home when he comes for a piano lesson with her dad, Seth.

Ben und Emily würden beide alles geben, um im Elite-Internat »Arcadia« aufgenommen zu werden. Emily stellt sich dafür sogar der lebensgefährlichen Aufnahmeprüfung. Sie möchte nichts lieber, als ihre besondere technische Begabung in den Dienst der Menschheit zu stellen, und an der hochgeheimen Akademie werden die Techniken der Zukunft entwickelt. Ben hingegen schmuggelt sich unter falscher Identität dort ein, denn er hat sich von einem Technikkonzern anheuern lassen, um dort zu spionieren.

The Reed children, Kaya and Graham, and their mother are devastated when their father suddenly decides to leave the family, and go out into the world to find himself. But as time goes by, they must move on. What could be better than starting high school with your best friends, making the cheerleading team, and having everything you ever wanted? It's the best time of Kaya's life. But then something changes. At first, Kaya doesn't think the messages she's hearing are a big deal, and she's baffled by her brother being so concerned.

This story is loosely inspired by the true account of four young children who lived in a casino records warehouse. At the same time, their mom worked to escape their alcoholic father with homicidal tendencies.