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Bowie is a little bit lost in his small Texas town. As he starts his senior year, the only thing he's pretty sure of is that he has a crush on Comet Jensen, a girl who's such a firecracker that she actually sets a firecracker off on the first day of school. Since Comet's one wrong move away from getting expelled, Bowie steps in and takes the blame for the firecracker stunt. His punishment? Community service at a local radio station run by an anti-social, anti-establishment anti-hero named Marlon.

Born into slavery, Bass Reeves became the most successful US Marshal of the Wild West. Many "heroic lawmen" of the Wild West, familiar to us through television and film, were actually violent scoundrels and outlaws themselves. But of all the sheriffs of the frontier, one man stands out as a true...

1916. Returning to the Front after injury, nineteen-year-old Stephen wonders what he’s fighting for. Then he meets Private Danny McCormick, a smart, talented new recruit. From their first meeting, there’s something undeniable between them – something forbidden by both society and the army. Determined to protect Danny, Stephen must face down the ignorance of his superiors as well as the onslaught of German shells and sniper fire. As the summer ticks down to the Battle of the Somme, will Stephen and Danny’s love save them – or condemn them?

Pour échapper à un père toujours plus violent, Huckleberry Finn décide de disparaître. Se faisant passer pour mort, le jeune garçon croise la route du vieux Jim, un esclave évadé. Ensemble, les fugitifs vont descendre le Mississipi en radeau, affronter les bandits et un duo de...

Return to the world of Truly Devious as Stevie Bell and her friends travel to New York to solve a murder in the next standalone mystery from New York Times bestselling author Maureen Johnson. Stevie might be the greatest teenage detective Ellingham Academy and the world has ever seen, but even...

In a powerful novel in verse, an award-winning author offers an eye-opening look at the life of Marilyn Monroe. From the day she was born into a troubled home to her reigning days as a Hollywood icon, Marilyn Monroe (née Norma Jeane Mortenson) lived a life that was often defined by others. Here...

Sixteen-year-old Jared is the newly crowned Prince of All Archenfield, ascending the throne after his older brother's mysterious death. But Jared feels reluctant and unprepared to rule the Princedom and its dangerous and powerful court. Like each Prince of All Archenfield before him, Jared must...

Time flies when you're plundering history. Farway Gaius McCarthy was born outside of time. The son of a time-traveling Recorder from 2354 AD and a gladiator living in Rome in 95 AD, Far's birth defies the laws of nature. Exploring history himself is all he's ever wanted, and after failing his...

»Menschen sind die größte Hoffnung des Menschen, zu überleben.« Krakau, 1939. Anna ist noch ein Kind, als die Deutschen ihren Vater mitnehmen, einen jüdischen Intellektuellen. Sie versteht nicht, warum. Sie versteht nur, dass sie allein zurückbleibt. Und dann trifft Anna den Schwalbenmann...

Ein furchtbares Unwetter tobt und der 17-jährige Jakob riskiert sein Leben, als er den todkranken Bruder Anselm ins Kloster Himmerod bringt - nichtsahnend in welche Gefahr er sich damit begibt: Denn ehrgeizige Kirchenmänner wollen unbedingt wissen, was ihm der Weiße Mönch anvertraut hat. Als...

"Folge dem Morgenstern ..." Die letzten Worte eines alten Pilgers schicken den 16-jährigen Marius auf eine spannende Reise. Er will sich den Kreuzfahrern anschließen, die das Heilige Land von den "Ungläubigen" befreien wollen. Doch je weiter Marius kommt, je mehr unterschiedlichen Menschen...

Der 14jährige Lukas Bienmann schifft sich 1869 zusammen mit seinem Großvater und einer Truppe von Zimmerleuten aus einem kleinen ostpreußischen Dorf nach Amerika ein. Die wirtschaftliche Situation in Deutschland ist so schlecht, dass sie wie Millionen anderer Auswanderer hoffen, dort ihr...

Augsburg, im Jahre 1490: Der 16-jährige Caspar wird vom kauzigen Kupferstecher Bartholomäus Wolkenstein in seine Dienste genommen. Doch bald fallen Caspar sonderbare Dinge auf: Nicht nur Klara, das Mädchen, das mit ihnen auf dem "Mühlhof" lebt, verhält sich seltsam, auch sein Meister gibt...

In this action-packed, thrilling sequel to the alternate history novel, Wolf by Wolf, for the resistance in 1950s Germany, the war may be over, but the fight has just begun. There would be blood. Blood for blood. Blood to pay. An entire world of it. Death camp survivor Yael, who has the power to...

John Boyne erzählt die wahre Geschichte der Meuterei auf der Bounty Meuterei auf der Bounty? Die Geschichte kennt man doch: Jähzorniger Kapitän quält tapfere Mannschaft, bis diese sich wehrt. Oder? - John Boyne erzählt eine andere Geschichte. Sein Kapitän Bligh ist ehrgeizig, aber auch...

From the author of The Walled City comes a fast-paced alternate history in a world where the Axis powers won World War II, setting our heroine Yael on a dangerous mission of revenge. Her story begins on a train. The year is 1956, and the Axis powers of the Third Reich and Imperial Japan rule. To...

Richard has hung out at the abandoned house in the woods during his summer vacation for as long as he can remember. But this year, he discovers that a family has moved in. The father, J. A. Dalton, is an internationally renowned artist who insists on painting Richard’s portrait, while...

La autora de Lágrimas en el mar y Entre tonos de gris regresa con un extraordinario y cautivante relato de amor, silencio y secretos situado en la época de la dictadura de Franco en España. Madrid, 1957. Bajo la dictadura fascista del General Francisco Franco, España esconde un oscuro...

A sharp-witted teenage thief leads a team of skilled misfits in a dangerous and daring heist for fortune, freedom and revenge against a corrupt Pope in Renaissance Italy in Caitlin Schneiderhan's clever YA debut, Medici Heist. Welcome to Florence, 1517, a world of intrigue and opulence, murder...

The Happiest Summer of Her Life Her whole life, Jane had believed her father was dead. It was, therefore, quite a shock to receive an invitation to stay with him for the summer on Prince Edward Island. From their very first meeting, Jane falls in love with her charming father and his whimsical...