Novedades

Tyriq Howell is swearing off of love. After a fight with his cheating ex leads to missing his college scholarship interview, he vows to be done with dating for good. Until Desmond, a boy who works in the scholarship office, approaches with a curious proposal: he’ll get Tyriq another interview if he pretends to be Desmond’s date to a fancy gala in two weeks.

Fourteen-year-old Kirby Renton is a gifted theatre kid who wants to fix things: his dads’ marriage, his younger brother’s epilepsy. When ten-year-old Baxter’s seizures start involving visits from “the lightning people,” who descend from the sky and show him strange symbols, Kirby knows he needs to protect his brother, but how? He thinks he’s found the answer when the neurologist advises his family to consider a seizure-alert dog, but the cost is too much for his family to afford.

Eine sorglose Jugend? Das kennt Ava nicht. Denn seit sich ihre Eltern getrennt haben, sind beide Elternteile einer Sucht verfallen. Ava muss sich um alles kümmern – ihre Brüder, den Haushalt, einfach alles. Um die Fassade der heilen Familie aufrechtzuerhalten, geht Ava an ihre Grenzen. Sie vernachlässigt die Schule, die Liebe und sogar ihre beste Freundin Marlie. Dabei bräuchte Ava dringend selbst Hilfe, denn ihr Sportlehrer kommt ihr immer wieder näher, als er sollte. Die Fassade bröckelt, bis Avas Körper den Schlussstrich zieht.