Young Kid Fiction

Growing up in a remote part of Alaska, Ivan and September Crane know that autumn is an unpredictable season - days of clear blue skies can give way to fierce, sudden storms in a blink. They know the trouble signs: changes in the wind, the temperature, or even the color of the dawn. But somehow, this time, left alone when their fisherman father is delayed at sea, even their keen sense of their surroundings and the lessons they've been taught fail them.

It’s eighteen-year-old Gita Desai’s first year at Stanford, and the fact that she’s here and not already married off by her traditional Gujarati parents is a miracle. She’s determined to death-grip her good-girl, model student rep all the way to med school. Should be easy: If there’s one thing she’s learned from her family, it’s how to chup-re—to “shut up,” fade into the background. But when childhood memories of her aunt’s desertion and her then-uncle’s best friend resurface, Gita ends up ditching the books night after night in favor of partying and hooking up with strangers.

Fourteen-year-old Elvira Witsil lives in a remote area of Wisconsin with her mother, Connie, who acknowledges Elvira only when chores need doing; her grandma, a cantankerous woman who can't hold her tongue; and her baby sister, Jessie - who, the family discovers, is a seer. Along with the burdens of a difficult family, Elvira also bears a daunting secret - she encouraged her father to enlist in World War II. Ever since he was declared missing in action, Elvira has felt responsible for his presumed death.

Rory is an antihero for the ages. Like Shakespeare’s Richard III, she confides in her audience, telling us exactly the lengths she’ll go to to secure the leading role in Bosworth Academy’s senior musical, confessing without shame that she is charming and conniving and brutally ambitious, that we will watch and root for her even as she manipulates and endangers those around her. And we do. Perhaps it’s because we don’t want to believe that she’s as relentless as she claims. Rory is an underdog, after all, a scholarship kid teased for her weight. Surely there will be redemption?

Amelia Bedelia has been making her fans laugh since 1963, when the first Amelia Bedelia book was published. Now, for the first time, you can meet the young Amelia Bedelia. Come join the fun!

Himmel hilf! Sven ist wieder da, Jojos Exfreund und große Liebe. Immer wenn sie sich treffen, bringt er Jojo zum Lachen – und nicht nur das. Ein ganzer Schwarm Schmetterlinge flattert in ihrem Bauch. Dabei ist Jojo doch noch mit Benedikt zusammen.

Schon ewig himmelt Sara Jörg an. Und nun sind sie endlich ein Paar! Eigentlich müsste Sara überglücklich sein. Wenn nur diese blöden Mandeln nicht wären! Wegen denen liegt sie im Krankenhaus. Die Schmerzen nach der OP sind gar nicht mal das Schlimmste. Aber Jörg meldet sich nicht! Kein Besuch, keine SMS, nichts. Ob er sie vergessen hat? Oder hat er eine Neue? Da gibt es nur eines: Sara schleicht sich nachts heimlich aus dem Krankenhaus, um der Sache auf den Grund zu gehen.

In Tims Armen liegen ist das Wunderschönste für Jojo! Eigentlich ist sie das glücklichste Mädchen des Universums. Tja, eigentlich. Denn Jojo hat fremdgeküsst. Und Tim darf nie etwas von dieser Riesendummheit erfahren.

Endlich mal ein Urlaub ohne ausgeflippte Mutter, Stiefvater und klapprigem VW-Bus. Anna fährt ganz allein mit ihrem Dad in ein paradiesisches Hotel in Italien. Die perfekte Gelegenheit, sich einen Urlaubsflirt zu angeln! Der rehäugige Hotelboy Marco beißt auch gleich an: Er lädt sie zu heimlichen Strandspaziergängen ein und Anna schwebt auf Wolke sieben.

Wahnsinn! Hanna und Mila sind im Popstar-Himmel. Denn in Berlin wird ihr Traum von einer eigenen Single-CD endlich wahr. Und dann kreuzt auch noch der charmante Gerard ihren Weg, während auf Kati ein neuer Modeljob mit Maxi wartet.

Merilee leads a Very Ordered Existence: V.O.E. for short. She does not have time for Biswick O'Connor. She does not have time for Miss Veraleen Holliday. He with his annoying factoids and runny nose; she with her shining white shoes as big as sailboats. Both of them strangers who, like the hot desert wind that brings only bad news, blow into town and change everything.

Seventeen-year-old Hope Long's life revolves around her brother Jeremy. So when Jeremy is accused of killing the town's beloved baseball coach, Hope's world begins to unravel. Everyone is convinced Jeremy did it, and since he hasn't spoken a word in 9 years, he's unable to defend himself. Their lawyer instructs Hope to convince the jury that Jeremy is insane, but all her life Hope has known that Jeremy's just different than other people - better, even.

Every year, a new generation of genetically engineered kids is shipped out to meet their parents. Every spring, the residents of this town take down the snow they've stuck to their windows and put up flowers. Every morning Martin's family gathers around their television and votes for whatever matter of national importance the president has on the table. Today, it is the color of his drapes. It's business as usual under the protective dome of suburb HM1, but it is all about to come crashing down.

In the humdrum town of Moormouth, Walter Mortinson's unusual inventions cause nothing but trouble. After one of his contraptions throws the town into chaos, Walter's mother demands he cut the nonsense and join the family mortuary business. Far off on Flaster Isle, famed inventor Horace Flasterborn plans to take Walter under his wing. When a letter arrives by unusual means offering Walter an apprenticeship, he and the moody one-eyed girl next door run away and journey through a strange landscape of fish-people, giantess miners, and hypnotized honeybees.

When Odilia and her four sisters find a dead body in the swimming hole, they embark on a hero's journey to return the dead man to his family in Mexico. But returning home to Texas turns into an odyssey that would rival Homer's original tale. With the supernatural aid of ghostly La Llorona via a magical earring, Odilia and her little sisters travel a road of tribulation to their long-lost grandmother's house.

Twelve-year-old Mikey Pruitt - president, founder, and CEO of Anything, Inc. - has always been an entrepreneur at heart. Inspired by his grandfather Pap Pruitt, who successfully ran all sorts of businesses from a car wash to a roadside peanut stand, Mikey is still looking for his million-dollar idea. It isn't until kid drag queen Coco Caliente, Mistress of Madness and Mayhem (aka eighth grader Julian Vasquez) walks into his office (aka his family's storage/laundry room) looking for an agent that Mikey thinks he's finally found his million-dollar idea!

Ava Lee has lost everything there is to lose: Her parents. Her best friend. Her home. Even her face. She doesn't need a mirror to know what she looks like - she can see her reflection in the eyes of everyone around her. But when Ava meets a fellow survivor named Piper, she begins to feel like maybe she doesn't have to face the nightmare alone. Sarcastic and blunt, Piper isn't afraid to push Ava out of her comfort zone. Piper introduces Ava to Asad, a boy who loves theater just as much as she does, and slowly, Ava tries to create a life again. Yet Piper is fighting her own battle.

Through funny stories, Scripture, and a Speak Love Revolution challenge that could help you change the lives of every person you see, tweet, or message for the better, Annie F. Downs explores the difference you can make when you speak love to others, to God, and to yourself.

Endlich! Jojo und Felix sind ein Paar. Jojo ist im siebten Himmel. Das Leben könnte nicht schöner sein. Nur einen kleinen Haken hat die Sache: Felix' Familie ist extrem reich. Golfclub und Glamour gehören für ihn zum Alltag. Jojo hingegen fühlt sich in der Welt der Schönen und Reichen alles andere als wohl. Doch so schnell gibt Jojo nicht auf. Schließlich ist ein Picknick im Park viel romantischer als jede Pool-Party ...

The drug Holy Fire is the best high around, ignoring the cat-piss smell, the violent episodes, and the complete organ failure. North City’s hero is gone. His sidekick must stop the emergence of this new drug alone. Fifteen-year-old Maxwell has served the crime fighter Harry for years. Well-trained with guns and his fists, Maxwell is a very effective sidekick. Now, an old enemy has returned, pushing Holy Fire like candy.