Novedades

When Hazel Blum’s father gets a tenured job at a prestigious college, she and her family relocate from the hustle and bustle of Brooklyn to a middle-of-nowhere college town in Maine. With her mother, Claire, a clothing designer, and her father, Gus, an American Studies professor, Hazel and her eleven-year-old brother, Wolf, spend the summer at the town pool, where they acclimate to their new lives and connect with the town’s sprawling community.

Who is Francis Fox? A charming English teacher new to the idyllic Langhorne Academy, Fox beguiles many of his students, their parents, and his colleagues at the elite boarding school, while leaving others wondering where he came from and why his biography is so enigmatic. When two brothers discover Fox’s car half-submerged in a pond in a local nature preserve and parts of an unidentified body strewn about the nearby woods, the entire community, including Detective Horace Zwender and his deputy, begins to ask disturbing questions about Francis Fox and who he might really be.

Over a period of thirty years, three gay men struggle to define themselves and make their mark on a turbulent and unwelcoming world that is so filled with anger that love has become a luxury. The townsfolk describe him as “prettier than a boy should be.” ELI APPLE is embarrassed by such remarks but soon learns to celebrate all the pleasures his beauty invites. He possesses the voice of an angel and the sound of his tender falsetto echoes throughout the green forests that surround his New England home.

It’s 2005, and Teddy Ellsworth is 18; about to graduate, and working on getting his driver’s license, he has always been a bit different—awkward, introspective, and quietly neurodivergent. Teddy joins his father for a hunting trip in Vermont’s sprawling Green Mountain National Forest, accompanied by his father’s med school buddies and their kids. The group embarks on what’s meant to be a bonding experience. But the trip spirals into a nightmare when the hunters become the hunted, and Teddy finds his strengths and weaknesses put to the ultimate test.

Shanghai, with Extra Soy Sauce is a heartfelt, hilarious tale of friendship, cultural collision, and personal growth. Through every wrong turn and right moment, Ben discovers that sometimes the best classroom is the world itself—and the greatest lessons come when you’re totally out of your depth.

During Tony Toscotti’s first year of college in the mid-1960s, his passion for scholarly pursuits—and for his first love Margaret—are completely and utterly squashed. The circumstances point to one responsible party: God, driving Toscotti to declare his own personal war on the Almighty.

In a small, Texas town where tradition reigns supreme, 14-year-old Grayson has always been told who he is supposed to be. But the world inside his heart doesn't match the world he's been born into. Struggling to embrace his true self while living under the watchful eye of his conservative, opinionated grandfather, Grayson finds himself caught in a tug-of-war between identity and expectation. As secrets unravel and courage takes root, Grayson discovers allies in unexpected places—and challenges his own perception of love, family, and what it means to live authentically.

I'm Victoria Bishop, and in fall 2007, I headed into high school knowing it wasn't going to be perfect - I mean our mascot was a blue Panther. It doesn't even exist. But for four years of ups, downs, bad boyfriends and obnoxious run-ins with friends, I've learned more than I intended to. Including that I may be in love with my jerk off of a sometimes-best friend, Chance Gunn. He's two years older, ten times cooler, and has a lifetime of experience in annoying me. He's overprotective, brash, judgmental and...and... ruining all of my potential relationships for no other reason than he is a ...

In the future, genetic engineering has introduced a completely new approach to human development from birth to 18 years. A single injection in the first days of life is enough to activate a program of standardized maturation. The very next morning after the injection, the child wakes up as a two-year-old, possessing all the necessary knowledge and skills. They will live in this state for five years, until their second transition, which occurs on the night of their seventh birthday. From that moment, now being seven years old, they will await their adulthood and final transition into ...

From the author of Malice in Wonderland. Emilie is a supermodel battling with a bad childhood and alcoholism. When a handsome billionaire offers to photograph her, she has no idea her life will soon be in danger. Too late, she discovers that the girls he photographs are becoming suicidal. The billionaire decorates his walls with paintings of a scarred woman who was gorgeous before she was cut. Emilie realizes she must find out who that woman was if she ever hopes to survive. And she must figure out who the mysterious little girl was who visited her, the little girl with the scar on the side...

***Updated, revised, and edited version*** Something happened to Jeremy after being lost in Hurricane Libby. Beau was there when the rescue team found him in the devastating aftermath of the storm and he was different—inhuman. But instead of trusting her with his new abilities, he left her to face a town where people believed her a lunatic for her eye witness account. Fast forward eight years, Jeremy is back in their hometown, but Beau wants nothing to do with him. She does not know that part of the reason he has returned home is to restore her reputation. He will do whatever it takes to ...

Monica, Harry and Caitlion try to find a way to communicate with the Jamori nomads they left behind in the Safandel Desert. While working hard to complete their senior year of high school, they’re also finishing the details on their plans to gain funding for the Sea of Tranquility 2.0 project. As Monica works two jobs to pay for her journey back to the desert, Sikandar is searching for her, but neither of them is aware of what the other is doing.

Some scars don't heal. Some stories don't end. And some secrets—when dug up—don't stay buried. A Southern Gothic of Brotherhood and the Dead In the heat-choked summer of 1978, four brothers step into the bayou behind their South Houston home and uncover a rusted lockbox with a map, a key, and a single message: "If you’re reading this, it’s already too late." What starts as a dare spirals into a descent through haunted cellar doors, drowned ghost towns, and tunnels that whisper with the breath of the dead. As the brothers follow the trail of a journal scrawled by a boy who vanished ...

This is the harsh coming-of-age story of Friedrich Schooler, a fifteen-year old boy growing up in rural Germany during the rise of Adolf Hitler. The year 1937. Friedrich is discovering his own (homo)sexual awareness and trying to come to terms with it in a time where admitting such things always got to the ears of the S.S and to prison. Being Gay and young was no bar to thier hatred. It is primarily written for the adolescent (14 – 26 year old), who would most benefit from these pages as a beginning to this terrible part of European history.

Emmy Moore is a 15-year-old girl who is about to have a summer like no other. Emmy's grandmother is a witch who has just had "the talk" with Emmy. The time is coming for Emmy to inherit her powers, and those of generations before her. She then meets Alicia, who is "like her" but also very different. Emmy and Alicia embark on an exploration of spells and power, but Alicia has a few secrets, and her own, dark agenda. The two girls build their coven in a small West Texas town. They meet in the woods and hold ceremonies that Alicia seems to know the most about, but one of their new friends, ...

Have you ever dreamt about some- one who didn't know you were alive? Have you ever been tongue-tied just trying to say hello? Have you ever sworn to God you'd do anything to win someone's heart, if you could only think of something to do? She's bright and beautiful, and doesn't realise just why she's appreciated; he's talented and daring and doesn't realise he's being modest. There's more than just a little of them in all of us. Here are the hopes and wishes and fears you've never shared with anyone else, in a romantic drama set back in the mid-Seventies, when hair was long and shoes had ...

Strangers have come to Viney's mountain, and she is furious! The arrogant invaders are leveling acres of forest in her beloved home in the Cumberland Mountains of Tennessee to establish a Utopian democratic settlement in 1880, the dream of English writer and labor pioneer Thomas Hughes. Sixteen-year-old Viney Walker is determined to sabotage their plans, but her sister Lizzie is thrilled, convinced that she will find a wealthy husband among the newcomers. Independent and uncompromising, Viney rails against the traditional fate of a mountain woman--marriage, children, unending drudgery--and ...

Travels with Jim is the story of two young adults named Jim and Sorrie who travel across America together, each exploring their place in the world. Jim–the product of a broken home–believes his father is a rock star, and he may or may not be right. He hops freight trains and dreams of finally meeting him somewhere along the road. He thinks his travels represent freedom, but he’s in a prison of his own making as he chases the shadow of a father he’s never met. Sorrie, too, inhabits an invisible prison. Growing up, she lives on a diet of books but has no real-life experiences and no ...

When the prince of Avalora is abducted, his loyal attendant, Lumo, embarks on a daring quest to bring him home. Along the way, he finds unexpected allies—but also discovers that not everyone is who they seem. As whispers of a dark conspiracy spread across the kingdom, Lumo realizes the rescue mission is only part of a much larger puzzle. Secrets buried for centuries begin to unravel, and with every step, he inches closer to the heart of a dangerous truth. In a world where loyalties are tested and nothing is as it seems, can Lumo stay true to his mission—or will the path ahead demand ...

Beneath the serene beauty of Kauai’s waves, a love story was born—but so were secrets that would echo through the years. In the summer of 1976, Maggie falls for Makai, a local surfer on the serene island of Kauai. Their forbidden love is fueled by stolen moments and the rush of adventure, but it becomes entangled in family expectations and the haunting events of that fateful night. Fast forward to today, and Emma, Maggie’s daughter, uncovers a treasure in her mother’s attic: a photo album from that fateful summer. Inspired by the images, she begins to paint, bringing the memories to...