Family & Relationships

Arcadia “Dia” Gannon has been obsessed with Louisiana Veda, the game designer whose obsessive creations and company, Darkly, have gained a cultlike following. Dia is shocked when she’s chosen for a highly-coveted internship, along with six other teenagers from around the world. Why her? Dia has never won anything in her life. Darkly, once a game-making empire renowned for its ingenious and utterly terrifying toys and games, now lies dormant after Veda’s mysterious death. The remaining games are priced like rare works of art, with some fetching millions of dollars at auction.

O audiolivro narra a jornada do garoto Edmundo, um adolescente de dezesseis anos em permanente conflito com o pai. Em busca do amor proibido, o jovem aventura-se em uma viagem repleta de situações inusitadas, perigosas e transformadoras. Uma jornada que fará Mundo, nome que escolhe para si, encontrar novos amigos e reconhecer quem de fato ele deseja ser.

En el orfanato en el que Nica creció, siempre se han contado historias y leyendas a la luz de la vela. La más famosa de todas es la del fabricante de lágrimas, un misterioso artesano culpable de haber forjado todos los miedos y las angustias que habitan en los corazones del ser humano. Para Nica ya es hora de dejar atrás los cuentos de la infancia y vivir lo que para ella es un sueño hecho realidad: ser adoptada. Pero no cumplirá su sueño sola ya que la familia adoptiva acogerá también a Rigel, un niño de rostro angelical pero que oculta algo oscuro en su ser.

For seventeen-year-old Janie, getting sucked into other people’s dreams is getting old. Especially the falling dreams, the naked-but-nobody-notices dreams, and the sex-crazed dreams. Janie’s seen enough fantasy booty to last her a lifetime. She can’t tell anybody about what she does; they’d never believe her—or worse, they’d think she’s a freak. So Janie lives on the fringe, cursed with an ability she doesn’t want and can’t control. Then she falls into a gruesome nightmare, one that chills her to the bone.

For Janie and Cabel, real life is getting tougher than the dreams. They’re just trying to carve out a little (secret) time together, but no such luck. Disturbing things are happening at Fieldridge High, yet nobody’s talking. When Janie taps into a classmate’s violent nightmares, the case finally breaks open—but nothing goes as planned. Not even close. Janie’s in way over her head, and Cabe’s shocking behavior has grave consequences for them both. Worse yet, Janie learns the truth about herself and her ability…and it’s bleak, brutally bleak.

Era una bugia che raccontavo perché era più facile della verità. E perché un po' ci credevo. So cosa significa raccontarsi una bugia così tante volte da farla diventare realtà. Ma la verità viene sempre fuori. Prima o poi. Cinque studenti sono costretti a trascorrere un'interminabile ora di punizione nella stessa aula.

SUNDAY MONEY follows Claire as she navigates her way through 1970s Brooklyn, hustling on and off the court, and striving to break free of the turmoil in her home and the rulebook "good" girls are supposed to follow.

On the evening of September 24, 2004, sixteen-year-old Alicia María Betancourt was killed in a car accident. Popular, happy, fun-loving Alicia daughter, sister, and friend to so many gone in an instant. How would those left behind cope with such a sudden, devastating loss? Wrestling with grief, anger, mortality, and spirituality, Alicia's loved ones struggle to create a lasting place in their hearts for someone who is no longer a physical presence.

Avielle LeBeau is beginning her second year at Briarcliff Prep, and she's got big dreams. Top of the list? Starting her own student life magazine and rooming with her besties Rhyon and Zazie. But a housing mix-up splits Avi from her friends—and to make matters worse, she's rooming with her rival, Fallon Walsh, instead. How does one girl juggle school, a fracturing friendship, living with a mean girl, and getting caught in a potential love triangle between the ex she can't move on from and a friend who’s becoming something more? It's a lot.

Jungs machen nur Chaos und Ärger und man kann sehr gut ohne sie auskommen. Das steht fest für Lia, die mit ihren beiden jüngeren Brüdern so einiges mitmacht. Ihre besten Freundinnen Neri und Karola sehen das auch so. Erst als Emma neu in die Klasse kommt, gibt es erste Zweifel. Sind Jungs etwa doch nicht nur blöd?