Resultados para "Best Of.." en Coming of age

Nacida fuera del matrimonio y rechazada por la sociedad, Alma ha aprendido a vivir en soledad y es feliz así, siempre que tenga a su madre a su lado. Pero, cuando esta enferma gravemente, descubre una pista sobre su padre, del que hasta ese momento no sabe nada, y le escribe pidiéndole ayuda. No sospecha entonces que es una bastarda de la Casa de Avera, una de las cuatro familias nobles que, imbuidas de poder divino, sirven a los dioses, y que su padre es un recipiente de la Bestia Pavorosa, el dios más aterrador de todos, el heraldo de la muerte.

A semi-famous artist announces her plan to drive cross-country from LA to NY. Thirty minutes after leaving her husband and child at home, she spontaneously exits the freeway, beds down in a nondescript motel and immerses herself in a temporary reinvention that turns out to be the start of an entirely different journey.

An excellent student from a poor, traditional family in Seoul, the narrator has absorbed the same message her whole life: Only a boy can provide the family with dignity and wealth. Not her. Not her three sisters. Receiving approval only for uncomplaining sacrifice, she has resolved to take on her family’s troubles. She is a good girl. And she knows what good girls must do.

The year is 1988. High school sophomores Abby and Gretchen have been best friends since the fourth grade. But after an evening of skinny-dipping goes disastrously wrong, Gretchen begins to act...different. She's moody. She's irritable. And bizarre incidents keep happening whenever she's nearby. Abby's investigation leads her to some startling discoveries - and by the time their story reaches its terrifying conclusion, the fate of Abby and Gretchen will be determined by a single question.

A magical imagining of the fate of a fictional boy whose life is shaped forever when he loses out on the role of Harry Potter.

The summer before my senior year of high school I had only one goal: to make Alden Warner see me as more than his best friend's annoying little sister. Finally, my wish came true, and he noticed me - in a big way. Too bad the next morning he had no memory of our night together, leaving me heartbroken and, as I later discovered, pregnant. For the last four years, I've been rocking the single mom thing, making sure my daughter comes first. In fact, everything was going fine - until Alden storms back into my life…as my new boss.

Imagine the mid-1980s, last day of school, summer break. A teen rushes to meet his mother, who is being released from the hospital after cancer surgery. When the teen arrives, he finds out his mother is dead, but his ex-gangbanging dad, who's been in jail the last eight years, is at the hospital, ready to take the teen home. Mendel is a coming-of-age story about a high school senior who must learn how to forgive as he navigates life without his mother. To honor his mother, he joins Mendel's track team, but his father's thuggish past catches up with them.

It's 1999. Martin Hill is ten years old, crazy about Arsenal and has a minor crush on a girl named Betty. Then he makes it to the final two in the casting for Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. In the end, the other boy is picked for the role of a lifetime. A devastated Martin tries to move on with his life. But how can he escape his failure, especially when it's the most famous film series in the world?

When Willow moved back to the village she grew up in for a new start, she was ready for a new way of life too. Now happily settled in her dream cottage with her beloved dog Spud, Willow enjoys the peace and sense of community country living brings. That is until her quiet is shattered by her new neighbour. Sure brooding Henry Darcy, or Doctor Dishy as Willow’s best friend Abby calls him, may be easy on the eye, but it doesn’t take long for the new neighbours to discover that they don’t agree on anything.

A BBC RADIO 2 BOOK CLUB PICK 'As heart-wrenching as it is achingly beautiful' Sadeqa Johnson, author of The House of Eve 'Heartbreaking and life affirming' Adrienne Brodeur, author of Little Monsters 'Courage, friendship, loyalty, hardship, love – this novel has everything' Mary Beth Keane...

Nyla thought the worst thing that could ever happen to her was losing her first love and her unborn child. In the mist of struggling to overcome certain hardships, Nyla hangs out with a new beau who violently rapes her on their first outing. Scared to death, she promises him she’ll keep her mouth shut and not tell a soul. Somehow the cat’s out of the bag and now she fears for her life.

INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER A contemporary literary classic and "an accomplished psychological thriller ... absolutely chilling" (Village Voice), from the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Goldfinch. Under the influence of a charismatic classics professor, a group of clever, eccentric...

У главной героини, Изабеллы, жизнь не удалась: карьера актрисы не сложилась, наряды оставляют желать лучшего, диван разваливается, а от бойфренда никакого толку. После особенно неудачного Рождества она решает взяться за ум и рассылает свое резюме повсюду. И, о счастье, ее действительно приглашают на работу в цирк: только вот от нее ожидают профессиональных акробатических трюков, а у нее даже в школе с физкультурой было не очень. Однако Изабелла не из тех, кто опускает руки, поэтому она находит тренера и начинает учиться крутить сальто. Казалось бы, что может пойти не так?

Beau Hale: She said that she was my best friend, and then one day she wasn't. I should be over this by now, it's been years, but I can't escape the memories that haunt me. Everyone around me is moving on with their life, so now I need to do the same. Tennis brought me to Columbia University, and I am quickly proving that I will not let anyone defeat me, past or present. I am in control now. Life has taught me the hard way to remember that. But after all this time, I'm still searching for an answer to the one question that is constantly burning in the back of my mind... why?

Endlich Stockholm! Sickan, 21, hat es geschafft, aus dem muffigen Kaff in der schwedischen Provinz zu entkommen, in dem sie sich nie zu Hause gefühlt hat, weg von den mobbenden Klassenkameradinnen und den wenig zugewandten Eltern. Jetzt, in der Großstadt, kann es losgehen mit den Freundschaften, dem Ausgehen, dem Vorlesung-Schwänzen und Sich-Verlieben, denn Sickan ist wild entschlossen, sich in der neuen Stadt neu zu erfinden und endlich dazuzugehören. Aber wie geht das eigentlich genau, das, was man gemeinhin so "Leben" nennt?

“A timeless story for every young person who needs to understand that they are not alone.” —Judy Blume “Once in a while, a novel comes along that becomes a generational touchstone. The Perks of Being a Wallflower is one of those books.” —R. J. Palacio, #1 New York Times bestselling...

Beth Llyndee cherishes her family's summers on a pristine Canadian lake, where she revels in the sweet smell of dew on early morning hikes, the loons' evening trills across the lake's many bays, and an unshakable bond with family, friends, and nature on their island of granite and pines. When that bond is threatened and then torn apart, first as her family's rights to the island are questioned and then by nature itself, Beth creates a new life in urban Chicago.

The groundbreaking first book of an epic series that has changed the face of fantasy. The Way of Kings begins The Stormlight Archive. Speak again the ancient oaths: Life before death. Strength before weakness. Journey before Destination. Return to men the Shards they once bore. The Knights...

"By turns humorous and heartbreaking, Best Kind Of Broken has become one of my favorites!" -- Cora Carmack, New York Times bestselling author SOMETIMES MOVING ON MEANS MOVING IN Pixie Marshall wishes every day she could turn back time and fix the past. But she can't. And the damage is done...

From New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Weiner comes "a smart, witty fairy tale for grownups" (Maureen Corrigan, NPR). Addie Downs and Valerie Adler will be best friends forever. That’s what Addie believes after Valerie moves across the street when they’re both nine years old. But in...