Ник Стоун2.7 Justyce McAllister is top of his class, captain of the debate team, and set for the Ivy League next year—but none of that matters to the police officer who just put him in handcuffs. He is eventually released without charges (or an apology), but the incident has Justyce spooked. Despite leaving his rough neighborhood, he can’t seem to escape the scorn of his former peers or the attitude of his prep school classmates. The only exception: Sarah Jane, Justyce’s gorgeous—and white—debate partner he wishes he didn’t have a thing for.
Struggling to cope with it all, Justyce starts a journal to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. But do Dr. King’s teachings hold up in the modern world? Justyce isn’t so sure.
Then comes the day Justyce goes driving with his best friend, Manny, windows rolled down, music turned up. Way up. Much to the fury of the white off-duty cop beside them. Words fly. Shots are fired. And Justyce and Manny get caught in the crosshairs. In the media fallout, it’s Justyce who is under attack. The truth of what happened that night—some would kill to know. Justyce is dying to forget.
Пять лет назад популярную школьную красавицу Энди Белл убил ее парень Сэл Сингх, а сознавшись в содеянном, покончил с собой. Дело закрыто. Полиция знает, что это сделал Сэл. Весь город знает...
Но ученица местной школы Пиппа Фитц-Амоби с ними не согласна. Она выбирает эту жуткую трагедию в качестве темы для своего выпускного проекта. Вместе с братом Сэла, вооружившись ноутбуком, диктофоном и большим желанием докопаться до истины, Пиппа начинает свое расследование.
Однако не все хотят, чтобы темные тайны прошлого были раскрыты...
In his latest graphic novel, New York Times bestselling author Gene Luen Yang turns the spotlight on his life, his family, and the high school where he teaches.
Gene understands stories—comic book stories, in particular. Big action. Bigger thrills. And the hero always wins.
But Gene doesn’t get sports. As a kid, his friends called him “Stick” and every basketball game he played ended in pain. He lost interest in basketball long ago, but at the high school where he now teaches, it's all anyone can talk about. The men’s varsity team, the Dragons, is having a phenomenal season that’s been decades in the making. Each victory brings them closer to their ultimate goal: the California State Championships.
Once Gene gets to know these young all-stars, he realizes that their story is just as thrilling as anything he’s seen on a comic book page. He knows he has to follow this epic to its end. What he doesn’t know yet is that this season is not only going to change the Dragons’s lives, but his own life as well.
Эдриенн Янг4.2 Для семнадцатилетней Фейбл, дочери самого влиятельного торговца в Нарроу, море — единственный дом, который она когда-либо знала. Прошло уже четыре года с той ночи, когда шторм забрал жизнь матери на глазах у девочки, а отец бросил ее на острове, кишащем ворами.
Выживая в одиночку, Фейбл научилась никому не доверять и использовать силу, доставшуюся ей от матери. Желание выбраться с острова, найти отца и потребовать свое законное место рядом с ним и его командой — единственное, что заставляет девушку двигаться дальше.
Чтобы сбежать и пройти сквозь опасный пролив, Фейбл принимает помощь от молодого торговца по имени Уэст. Но конкурентов ее отца за это время стало еще больше, и вскоре девушка понимает, что юноша не тот, кем кажется. Если она хочет остаться в живых, вместе с Уэстом ей предстоит преодолеть намного больше трудностей, чем просто коварные штормы.
Крис Колфер4.5 В мире, где магия под запретом, жизнь Бристал Эвергрин вот-вот изменится навсегда. Бристал Эвергрин не хочет жить по законам Южного королевства. Сильнее всего она ненавидит запрет на чтение для женщин. Достать книги можно только в библиотеке, но девочкам входить туда нельзя, поэтому Бристал идет на хитрость, благодаря которой получает заветную работу. Однажды ночью в тайной секции, где хранится запрещенная литература, она находит необычную книгу "Правда о магии". Прочитав заклинание, Бристал узнает, что обладает магическими способностями. За нарушение законов королевства Бристал отправляют отбывать наказание в исправительное учреждение. Но однажды у его ворот появляется карета, запряженная единорогами. Таинственная женщина по имени мадам Грозенберри предлагает Бристал невероятную возможность — учиться в академии магии! Новая жизнь, верные друзья и, самое главное, обучение магии — Бристал с головой окунается в приключения, но у всего есть цена. И когда над королевствами нависает страшная угроза, Бристал и ее друзьям предстоит объединиться, чтобы победить зло.
Бен Филипп3.0 Henri “Halti” Haltiwanger can charm just about anyone. He is a star debater and popular student at the prestigious FATE academy, the dutiful first-generation Haitian son, and the trusted dog walker for his wealthy New York City neighbors. But his easy smiles mask a burning ambition to attend his dream college, Columbia University.
There is only one person who seems immune to Henri’s charms: his “intense” classmate and neighbor Corinne Troy. When she uncovers Henri’s less-than-honest dog-walking scheme, she blackmails him into helping her change her image at school. Henri agrees, seeing a potential upside for himself.
Soon what started as a mutual hustle turns into something more surprising than either of them ever bargained for. . . .
This is a sharply funny and insightful novel about the countless hustles we have to keep from doing the hardest thing: being ourselves.
Луанн Райс4.5 Mega-bestselling author Luanne Rice returns with a ripped-from-the-headlines story of a girl who is kidnapped by her friend's family.
Emily Lonergan's best friend died last year.
And Emily hasn't stopped grieving. Lizzie Porter was lively, loud, and fun -- Emily's better half. Emily can't accept that she's gone.
When Lizzie's parents and her sister come back to town to visit, Emily's heartened to see them. The Porters understand her pain. They miss Lizzie desperately, too.
Desperately enough to do something crazy.
Something unthinkable.
Suddenly, Emily's life is hurtling toward a very dark place -- and she's not sure she'll ever be able to return to what she once knew was real.
From New York Times bestselling author Luanne Rice comes a breathless, unputdownable story of suspense, secrets -- and the strength that love gives us to survive even the most shocking of circumstances.
Мари Лу3.0 In Skyhunter, a novel laced with adrenaline and filled with nonstop action, #1 New York Times bestselling author Marie Lu creates an immersive world broken by war where the only hope against overwhelming evil lies with a team of young warriors willing to sacrifice everything to save what they love.
The Karensa Federation has conquered a dozen countries, leaving Mara as one of the last free nations in the world. Refugees flee to its borders to escape a fate worse than death―transformation into mutant war beasts known as Ghosts, creatures the Federation then sends to attack Mara.
The legendary Strikers, Mara’s elite fighting force, are trained to stop these monsters. But as the number of Ghosts grows and Karensa closes in, defeat seems inevitable.
Still, one Striker refuses to give up hope.
Robbed of her voice and home, Talin Kanami knows firsthand the brutality of the Federation. Their cruelty forced her and her mother to seek asylum in a country that finds their people repugnant. She finds comfort only with a handful of fellow Strikers who have pledged their lives to one another, soldiers determined to push Karensa back at all costs.
After another devastating battle, Mara seems ready to fall. But when a mysterious prisoner is brought from the front, Talin senses there’s more to him than meets the eye. Is he a spy from the Federation? Or could he be the weapon that will save them all?
Traci Chee0.0 “All around me, my friends are talking, joking, laughing. Outside is the camp, the barbed wire, the guard towers, the city, the country that hates us.
We are not free.
But we are not alone.”
From New York Times best-selling and acclaimed author Traci Chee comes We Are Not Free, the collective account of a tight-knit group of young Nisei, second-generation Japanese American citizens, whose lives are irrevocably changed by the mass U.S. incarcerations of World War II.
Fourteen teens who have grown up together in Japantown, San Francisco.
Fourteen teens who form a community and a family, as interconnected as they are conflicted.
Fourteen teens whose lives are turned upside down when over 100,000 people of Japanese ancestry are removed from their homes and forced into desolate incarceration camps.
In a world that seems determined to hate them, these young Nisei must rally together as racism and injustice threaten to pull them apart.
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