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Desde criança, em alguns momentos da vida, Luísa teve de enfrentar três situações de preconceito: o fato de ser negra, adotada e ter pais gays. Quando chamou Henrique para sua casa a fim de ajudá-lo com as aulas de matemática, jamais pensou que ele agiria como tantas outras pessoas. Mas e aquela repentina aproximação de Gabriel? Será que ele realmente era um idiota como seu amigo Henrique? Uma história envolvente, que lida com assuntos como homofobia, racismo e preconceito, na qual a amizade e o amor farão Luísa forte para aguentar os ventos do sul e do norte.

Meg parece ter tudo o que Alana não tem: é rica, estilosa e cheia de fãs - graças ao seu irmão Caspar, um grande astro do pop mundial. Mas está presa a este mundo como irmã de celebridade. Enquanto Meg tenta sobreviver à sombra de seu irmão e com as dezenas de haters on-line que a satirizam sempre que a garota tenta expressar seu próprio talento, Alana, uma jovem talentosa que compõe as próprias músicas, parece não saber o que é o medo da exposição... E quando seus mundos colidem, tudo muda drasticamente!edo da exposição... Mas quando seus mundos colidem, tudo irá mudar drasticamente.

This is the story of a brave and intelligent 12-year-old girl placed in a life and death situation and fighting for survival. It’s a story about a dog who understands some people need biting and other people need a fearless friend. It’s a story about perceptions, how people behave in their private lives versus how the news media and social media portray them. It’s funny and poignant, thoughtful and exciting, a harrowing adventure celebrating the tenacity of the human spirt.

Alix Leclaire has a plan: graduate high school and land her dream job as a feather artist at Mille et une Plume, where her creations will help define high fashion. Her best friend Jeanne will get a record contract and they’ll take over the Paris art scene together. But then Jeanne dies. Alix is lost, until the day she feels Jeanne pushing her to the feather boutique.

Es gab eine Zeit, die dunkelste aller Zeiten, in der Eden dachte, die einzige Person, die sie retten könnte, sei Josh. Er war alles Gute auf der Welt – ein vertrauensvolles Herz, eine liebevolle Berührung, ein freundliches Lächeln. Aber er sollte nie ihr Retter sein. Eden musste sich alleine retten. Nachdem Eden mit dem College begonnen und sich ihrem Vergewaltiger gestellt hat, scheint es, als wären sie endlich zur richtigen Zeit am richtigen Ort, um eine funktionierende Beziehung aufzubauen.

"Where is my son?" Asher's mother screamed as they loaded her husband's body into the ambulance. Five miles up the trail, Asher was going deeper into the wilderness. His compulsive need for routine, hike to the lake at the same time on the same trail with the same gear, is now amplified by his father's last wish, to find their friend and deliver supplies. In Lincoln, Wyoming, fourteen-year-old Caleb is stunned when the sheriff asks him to urgently bring search dog "Boo" to find Asher. When they find Asher near the lake, the adventure is just beginning.

Before that awful Saturday, Molly used to be inseparable from her brother, Hank, and his best friend, Tray. The indoor climbing accident that left Hank with a traumatic brain injury filled Molly with anger. While she knows the accident wasn’t Tray’s fault, she will never forgive him for being there and failing to stop the damage. But she can’t forgive herself for not being there either. Determined to go on the trio’s post-graduation hike of the Pacific Crest Trail, even without Hank, Molly packs her bag. But when her parents put Tray in charge of looking out for her, she is stuck.

In order to save her family's farm, Roshen, 16, must leave her rural home to work in a factory in the south of China. There she finds arduous and degrading conditions and contempt for her minority (Uyghur) background. Sustained by her bond with other Uyghur girls, Roshen is resolved to endure all to help her family and ultimately her people. A workplace survival story, this gritty, poignant account focuses on a courageous teen and illuminates the value - and cost - of freedom.

Entre les ennuis de santé de son père et le charme énigmatique de Dave, entre son désir d'être elle-même et la pression à laquelle elle se soumet, Élie est perdue. Elle se réfugie dans ses vieux patterns et essaie de reprendre le contrôle de sa vie, un Fat Burning Challenge à la fois. En cours de route, elle réalise qu’écouter son cœur, c’est beaucoup moins glam qu'il n'y paraît.

When Jo-Lynn Kirby ‘s former best friend—pretty, nice Maddie Price—comes to her claiming to be in trouble, Jo assumes it's some kind of joke. After all, Jo has been an outcast ever since her nude photos were leaked—and since everyone decided she deserved it. There’s no way Maddie would actually come to her for help. But then Maddie is gone. As Jo digs deeper into Maddie’s disappearance, she’s left to wonder who she’s really searching for: Maddie, or the girl she used to be.