Resultados para "Lynch" en Literatura y ficción

It's harder than ever being a teenager today. You acquire so many labels from home, school, and especially social media. At the touch of a button, you have access to hundreds of voices trying to influence the way you shape your Identity. The temptation to buy into brands and use those images as an identity is real. The fact remains: We all have only one, God-given Identity, and it is our personal responsibility to nurture it into a positive Identity in Jesus Christ.

As far as Phoebe Davis is concerned, love is to be avoided at all costs. Why would you spend your life worrying about something that turns you into a complete moron? If her best friend Polly is anything to go by, the first sniff of a relationship makes you forget about your friends (like, hello?), get completely obsessed with sex (yawn) and bang on constantly about a person who definitely isn't as great as you think they are.

A fierce and body-positive celebration of friendship, first crushes and loving yourself. Emily knows she's smart. Emily knows she's funny. Emily knows she's awesome. Emily knows she's fat. She doesn't need anyone to tell her any of these things—she likes herself and she likes her body. She just thinks it's time everyone else caught up.

Lily Rose is used to people paying attention to her gorgeous twin sister, Daisy. But even though Lily loves her own fat body, she can't shake the idea that no one would ever choose her over Daisy–not when they could have the thin twin. That is, until she meets Cal, the gorgeous, sweet guy from New Zealand who can't seem to stay away. The gorgeous, sweet guy who also happens to be Daisy's summer crush.

Charlie has grown up with two undeniable truths: Earth is running out of time, and the people in power have no intention of trying to save it. A scientific breakthrough has revealed a distant, Earth-like planet, and governments are resting all of humanity’s hopes on it. But no one has figured out how to send humans there, and the race is on to be the first to reach it. Charlie lives in a secure corner of the world with her brilliant parents, who are consumed by their work on the American colony ship.

Are you lost? Are you hopeless? Trying to find a reason to breathe? This is a story about a girl named Krystal, who struggles with suicide, depression, and finding hope in life. If you are looking for hope then keep reading, you might find something amazing inside...

Thirteen-year-old Kyra has grown up in an isolated polygamous community without questioning her father's three wives and her twenty brothers and sisters. Or at least without questioning them much—if you don't count her secret visits to the Mobile Library on Wheels to read forbidden books, or her meetings with the boy she hopes to choose for herself instead of having a man chosen for her. But when the Prophet decrees that Kyra must marry her 60-year-old uncle—who already has six wives—Kyra must make a desperate choice in the face of violence and her own fears of losing her family.

Anna is devastated by a fire that leaves her orphaned. Brendan struggles with a life limited by crippling illness. Tzutz Nik faces an arranged marriage to the prince of a ruthless dynasty. A mysterious invitation gives them each an opportunity to escape their struggles for a while and view their lives from new perspectives. Deep in a remote jungle, amid long-forgotten ancient ruins, they discover the true meaning of sacrifice. A relentless, evil presence lurks in the shadows, threatening to lead them astray. Will they triumph over their adversary?

Camryn Painter's powers come at a steep price. It's one thing to master her chameleon abilities in the ancient forest world she now calls home, but another to use her abilities wisely. With the life or death of an entire civilization in her hands, Camryn must bond with a thunder dragon and join a battle she has little chance of winning...unless she can face down her own inner demons without destroying those she loves.