Young Adult Humor

Eine Parodie über die beliebtesten Klischees und Tropes aus dem New Adult-Genre – romantisch, witzig, sexy. Und definitiv nicht ernst gemeint. Entdecke jetzt die Welt von Mary-Sue McKnightingale. Kennst du ihn, kennst du alle. Dank eines Stipendiums kann sich Allie Andrews ihren größten Wunsch erfüllen und an der angesehenen Oxville University studieren. Was niemand weiß: Dieses Stipendium hat sie vielleicht gar nicht verdient.

Welcome to your average, unorthodox family of witches, and a couple o’warlocks. Meet a biz savvy dude named Dakota Jackson, a member of this otherwise disenfranchised franchise, partially subsidized by a bountiful supply of medical blunts. It’s a steady gig, however there’s something else brewin’ in the cauldron.

Emma Lenford is truly the unluckiest 17-year-old on the planet. But she keeps her sense of humor through this series of seriously ill-fated situations. Her life is basically a sitcom where one traumatic thing after another befalls her, and it's all out of her control. She's constantly kidnapped, held at gunpoint, and even arrested for things she honestly didn't even do.

Aventuras y desgracias de un joven español en USA En 1983, un adolescente español de provincias es enviado por sus padres a California para vivir con una familia americana y estudiar COU. Sale de un país con una sola cadena de televisión, escasos conciertos de rock y una pesada carga católica para encontrarse treinta y cinco canales en la pequeña pantalla, Police o The Clash a la vuelta de la esquina y una contagiosa alegría de pecar.

Sixteen-year-old songwriter and aspiring social outcast Caleb Clifford fills his world with music, but - like most things - keeps his songs to himself. That is, until his little brother leaks Caleb's most personal track online - a track that's quite obviously about his secret crush. Having his innermost feelings (accompanied by a funky bass line) go viral is not Caleb's idea of a good time. But is this the end of everything or the start?

The Drainers are back. They’re singing a different song, but have they really changed? Even worse, werewolves’ hearts are being ripped from their bodies - which is putting the people I love in danger. I need to figure out who is behind the murders before there’s an all-out vampire-werewolf war.

Nate Jae-Woo Kim wants to be rich. When one of his classmates offers Nate a ridiculous amount of money to commit grade fraud, he knows that taking the windfall would help support his prideful Korean family, but is compromising his integrity worth it? Kate Anderson wants a fresh start away from her controlling father. She fantasizes about escaping to New York where she can pursue her dreams. But how can Kate get there when she can't even buy dinner without his approval?

The worst thing that ever happened to Craig is also the best: Amy. Amy and Craig never should've gotten together - Craig is an awkward Dungeons & Dragons-playing geek, and Amy is the beautiful, fiercely intelligent student-body president of their high school. Yet somehow they did - until Amy dumped him. Then got back together with him. Then dumped him again. Then got back together with him again. Over and over and over. Unfolding over their senior year, Amy and Craig's relationship is a kaleidoscope of joy, pain, and laughter as an uncertain future looms on the horizon.

Claire is a 16-year-old fangirl obsessed with the show Demon Heart. Forest is an actor on Demon Heart who dreams of bigger roles. When the two meet at a local Comic-Con panel, it's a dream come true for Claire. Until the Q&A, that is, when Forest laughs off Claire's assertion that his character is gay. Claire is devastated. After all, every last word of her super-popular fanfic revolves around the romance between Forest's character and his male frenemy. She can't believe her hero turned out to be a closed-minded jerk.

At 14, Robert "Hutch" Hutchinson is out of luck. His charm and singing voice can't keep him out of trouble anymore. When he's arrested (again): he's given a choice: die in juvie or become a shadow: the fearless, unstoppable, and top-secret guardian of a Future Important Person, or FIP. With nothing to lose, Hutch accepts. After two grueling years at the Future Affairs Training and Education (FATE) Center, he expects to be plunged into a battle zone. Instead he learns that his FIP is someone named Ryo Enomoto, front-man of world-famous boy band International. He must join the band and change his name to Bobby Sky.

Gael Brennan is about to have his heart broken when his first big relationship crumbles on the heels of his parents' painful separation. Love intervenes with the intention of setting things right - but she doesn't anticipate the intrusion of her dreaded nemesis: the Rebound. Love's plans for Gael are sidetracked by Cara, Gael's hot-sauce-wielding "dream girl". The more Love meddles, the further Gael drifts from the one girl who can help him mend his heart.

The Goodbye Family and the Great Mountain by Lorin Morgan-Richards follows the lives of Weird West undertakers Otis, Pyridine, and their daughter Orphie. Pyridine is a witch and matriarch mortician, Otis is a brainless but bold hearse driver, and Orphie is appointed grave digger for her strength of twenty men. Through bumbling, Otis discovers his neighbors are turning into zombies, a mystery that is directly affecting their burial business. In their backyard cemetery, they travel to the underworld for answers.

Millicent Chalmers isn’t here to make friends. She’s here to win, and she’s on track to set a record if—no, when—she wins the state debate tournament for the fourth year in a row. Millie doesn’t care what anyone thinks of her, least of all the sexist bullies bent on destroying her reputation. Taggart Strong couldn’t care less about winning debate, much to the consternation of his teammates, school, and parents. But when a tournament takes a scary turn, Millie and Tag find themselves unexpectedly working together. Maybe they can teach each other a thing or two.

Emanuela has finally gotten what she's always wanted. Since escaping her catacomb prison, she's become the supreme ruler of everything under the veils. Finally, she has the power to throw aside senseless, old traditions and run things exactly the way they should be.

Zwei Hörbücher gibt es schon von ihm, hier ist das dritte, gefüllt wiederum mit einer Menge köstlicher Geschichten, die niemand so schreibt wie er. Ein bisschen gemein, ein wenig verrückt, doch nie wirklich böse.

In einer unfreiwilligen Berliner WG des «Betreuten Wohnen e. V. Hermannplatz» wohnen: a) Rabea, die bei ihren häufigen Panikattacken gern Vogelstimmen nachahmt, vorzugsweise Kraniche, b) Queen Tiger, selbst ernannte Ebay-Voodoo-Hexe, die in der Wohnung Liebeszauber mithilfe von abgenagten Hühnerknochen ausübt, und c) Musti, ein syrischer Geflüchteter, der versucht seine Deutschkenntnisse mit (schiefen) Redewendungen aufzupeppen.

A week at Camp Wakonda is exactly what Darla Decker needs. Having said good-bye to sixth grade and her best childhood friend, she’s ready to create new memories and meet new people. Unfortunately, entering summer camp on a whopper of a lie and a fight with a fellow camper isn’t the best way to begin. Aided by her schoolmate Nate, Darla navigates the twists and turns of life at summer camp while pretending to be Wakonda’s only “undercover counselor”.

Audrey ha quattordici anni e da tempo non esce più di casa. Porta sempre grandi occhiali scuri per non guardare nessuno negli occhi. A scuola le è successo qualcosa di brutto e ora è in terapia per combattere l'ansia e gli attacchi di panico. Ma qualcosa cambia quando incontra Linus, un amico di suo fratello. Per la prima volta nasce in lei qualcosa di diverso, e piano piano riesce a trovare il modo di comunicargli le sue emozioni e le sue paure. Sarà questa la scintilla che aiuterà non solo lei, ma la sua intera famiglia scombinata.

Bestseller napěchovaný britským humorem a jedna z nejvlivnějších knih posledního půlstoletí vám zaručeně bude vhánět slzy smíchu do očí. Adrian Mole má problém! Je mu přesně 13 a 3/4 roku, je jedináček, dostává k Vánocům nemožné dárky a toho, že je intelektuál, si zatím nikdo nevšiml. Musí se starat o příšerného důchodce Berta Baxtera a ještě příšernějšího psa Šavli. Adrianovi rodiče se rozvádějí. Navíc se ve škole čerstvě zamiloval do Pandory a dokáže kvůli tomu dokonce přehlížet skutečnost, že Pandora kouří pět cigaret denně a má svůj vlastní zapalovač.

It’s not because she hates weddings. It’s not because the groom is her boyfriend’s dad (although yuck). It’s not even because Vegas weddings are cliché as hell. It’s because her mom is an evil incarnate vamp known as The Executioner. Nothing good can come of someone marrying a person named The Executioner. Nothing.