Young Adult Humor

Things not to do when you find out you’re a wizard: 1. Do not destroy your apartment with magical fire. You WILL NOT get the security deposit back. 2. Do not form an alliance with the guy who is trying to murder you. This will end badly. 3. Do not drag the girl you’re desperately in love with into your wizard mess. You risk her watching you fail miserably. 4. Under no circumstances should you get in the middle of an epic magical battle. Death will happen. Lots of death and bad things.

Gideon’s short-lived run as a locally famous boy detective ended when middle school started, and everyone else—including his best friend, Lily—moved on while Gideon kept holding on to his trench coat, fedora, and his treasured film noir collection. Now he’s sixteen and officially retired. That is, until Lily shows up suddenly at Gideon’s door, needing his help. He might be mad at her for cutting him off with no explanation, but Gideon can’t turn down a case.

Uno de esos audiolibros que marcan para siempre a los lectores que se adentran en él, jóvenes y no tan jóvenes. Ilya, un joven que lleva una vida rutinaria en una aldea del centro de Europa, es mordido por un vampiro. Su aparente transformación hará cambiar la vida a su alrededor, pero también el modo en que él mismo contempla la vida. Una lúcida reflexión sobre la identidad contada con un sentido del humor que nos hará sonreír con un colmillo.

Quando Greg Heffley e la sua famiglia partono per un viaggio in camper attraverso il Paese, sono pronti a vivere la più grande delle avventure. Ma le cose non vanno secondo i piani e così si ritrovano bloccati in un campeggio che non è esattamente un paradiso estivo. Le cose peggiorano quando un violento nubifragio li scaraventa in un mare di guai... come faranno a salvare la loro vacanza?

Ein skurriler und schmerzhafter Coming-of-Age-Roman über einen Außenseiter und dessen gewöhnungsbedürftigen Begleiter, in dem Tankred Lerch ein Wechselspiel aus Ernsthaftigkeit, schrägem Humor und einer guten Prise Sex inszeniert. Seit Joe, der Rüberbringer, aufgetaucht ist, herrscht in Reds Leben das pure Chaos. Egal, um was es geht - Joe stellt alles auf den Kopf. Wieso lässt ihn dieser Typ nicht einfach in Ruhe? Doch oft genug trifft Joe mit seinen Sticheleien genau ins Schwarze. Vielleicht sind seine Ideen ja doch gar nicht so übel.

Una historia tan desternillante como el mejor Solo en Casa. Carmen y Guillermo son dos bromistas natos, el terror de su clase y de todo su colegio. Sin embargo, pronto van a enfrentarse a un enemigo a su altura: Míster Ideas de Bombero, un ladrón profesional que asaltará su casa junto a sus secuaces. Carmen y Guillermo están a punto de descubrir a quién se le dan mejor las bromas pesadas.

From the author of Layoverland comes another bitingly clever, laugh-out-loud funny novel, about a group of teen girls going up against an exploitative megachurch in their small Montana town.

The day I realized my brother would be a rock star...was the same day I accidentally pooped my pants. They’re not related, just memorable. Should my famous brother be writing his own story? Certainly. But...I'm the one they got to tell the story. Where is he?

Skylar's got ambitious #goals. And if she wants them to come true, she has to get to work now. (At least she thinks so....) Step one in her epic plan is showing everyone that her latest app is brilliant. To do that, she's going to use it to win State at the Scholastic Exposition, the nerdiest academic competition around. First, she'll need a team, and Skylar's not always so good with people. But she'll do whatever it takes to put one together...even if it means playing Cupid for her teammates Joey and Zane, at Joey's request.

Not only is Janine Green but the dog comes into her bedroom every morning and speaks to her. Yes! The dog can speak, but then so can the cat. However this morning the dog doesn't come in. Where is he? What has happened to him? This is the problem for Green Janine to solve. She will hunt for him until she finds him and brings him home. But how to do so is going to be the problem. After one unsuccessful attempt and a run in with the police, her friend Mr Mafista turns up (he does magic but not always very well) and they locate the dog.

Miraculously, within a few moments, Red, the caddie master, came shuffling over to the caddie shed, as if Frankie's sad refrain was heard, telling Frankie and Ozzie that he needed two caddies. Ozzie quickly said to Frankie, "You do have a big mouth, but I think it came in handy this time," delighting the now cheerful Frankie.

La storia di due amici, Huck Finn e Jim, che cercano la libertà, nell'America dell'800, in lingua inglese! Una collana di Classici della letteratura in lingua originale, per giovani desiderosi di imparare una nuova lingua, in forma ridotta per renderli più facili. Pubblicati come audiolibri per permettere di apprendere in modo ancora più semplice la pronuncia delle parole.

Ein spannendes Hör-Abenteuer für alle Fans von Minecraft - das Tagebuch des jungen Minecraft-Dorfbewohners Minus, der davon träumt, ein Krieger zu werden! Held der Abenteuergeschichte ist der 12-jährige Dorfbewohner Minus, der davon träumt, ein Krieger zu werden und Monstern den Garaus zu machen. Ob er den langen und beschwerlichen Weg zum Krieger meistern wird?

It’s the summer holidays and 13-year-old Luke has just had his life turned upside down. First his older sister, Rose, moved 'across the road’ - where a community of climate rebels are protesting the planned airport expansion - and now his dad’s gone, too. Dad only went to get Rose back, but he’s out there building totem poles out of old furniture and wearing sandals and drinking mead (whatever that is) with the best of them. Luke is determined to save his dad, his sister AND his summer.

Evie Clement has perfected the art of avoiding attention as she works at her family’s bakery and dreams of a life where she can trade dusting flour for designing dresses. Her focus is on honing her sewing skills—she doesn’t need to be fawned over by some teenage boy. Least of all Beau Bellegarde—the playboy of Paris, the second son of the ultra-wealthy Bellegarde family, the most popular guy in their prestigious high school. Others may swoon over his rakish charm and winning smile, but not Evie.

When Summer took a job as a nanny for a couple vacationing in Belize, she imagined it would be a fresh start before leaving for college in the fall. And while she adores her charge, Josh, she can’t say the same for her employers’ oldest son, Bray. He’s cocky, inconsiderate, and makes her feel she’s a chore he has to put up with. Bray had a plan for the summer: party, hang out with friends, and forget all the responsibilities waiting for him back home. But every time he’s forced to be around Summer, her dour, serious mood sets him off.