Showing results for "Joey" in Literature & Fiction

Rowan is a Second Child in a world where population control measures make her an outlaw marked for death. She can never go to school, make friends, or get the eye implants that will mark her as a true member of Eden. Her kaleidoscope eyes will give her away to the ruthless Center government.

Imagine having everything you ever wanted. A perfect family, a perfect boyfriend, perfect friends – the whole group that only exists because of you!
Then imagine waking up one morning and discovering you don’t have any of that. It was a dream…a dream you had in a coma that was supposedly brought on by drugs.

يتعرَّض "فرانكي" إلى حادثةٍ أفقدته الكلام وجعلته قعيد كرسيٍّ متحرِّك ليبدأ بتكرار روتين الايّام إلى أن يتعرَّف على "جوى سبيدبوت"

Thousands of years ago, extraterrestrial shapeshifters arrived on Earth and manipulated human evolution, ruling as gods. Feeling threatened by their progeny, they once more look to dominate the world, sparking a desperate battle for survival. In a world where amazing teenagers try to discover why they can transform into majestic creatures, they are thrust into a cosmic conflict with extraterrestrial shifters and ancient gods striving to regain control over humanity. Whose will shall prevail in this clash of titans?

Angelina and Zack couldn’t be anymore different; one lives in apparent riches and the other in poverty. They meet online and a friendship blooms, but then things in Angelina’s life take a turn for the worst and she finds herself turning to the only person she thinks loves her – Zack. With everything against them, can Zack and Angelina cross the distance to change her life before it's too late?

Ever since the war ended, the United English Cityships have had equality. The rules are clear. You are born, you live and the day following your sixtieth birthday, you are sent off for your final sleep. Lock is a firm believer in the system. It means that everyone is truly treated equally. It’s only when she checks in an attendee who claims to be younger than her chip says that Lock starts to realise there may be someone gaming the system.

Did you ever think that running away could solve things? Sometimes the world throws so much at you, escape seems like the only option. Sarah, Chloe and Charlotte thought it was. They are about to discover that problems follow you and that sometimes there is more to a friendship that it first seems.

As eerie entities prowl in the loch’s shadows, four exceptional teen descendants with paranormal powers once again battle supernatural and mythical creatures that once ruled the earth as ancient gods and goddesses. Like legendary heroes, they battle what they thought were merely myths passed down through history from ancient Egypt. When aliens arrived, they seeded the world with powerful crystals to guarantee their roles as Pharaohs, ruling over humanity in the days of ancient civilizations and powerful empires. Moving through history, they tried to keep some semblance of power.

Joseph Colafranceschi is a fifteen-year-old, self-described geek, living in the Bronx. The second youngest of twelve sons of the former U.S. ambassador to Italy, Joey discovers that a small Egyptian statuette, given to him by his father, endows him with power to control his dreams.

The LGBTQ rainbow covers people from all walks of life. Catherine and her friends all have to struggle for acceptance in their own lives. Parents, friends, teachers, pretty much everyone seems to have their opinion on how they should live. The only people who don’t tell them what they should do are each other and the people inside the LGBTQ community.

For quiet, reserved, and focused 15-year-old Annie Mackey, school was a sanctuary. But when her bubbly and beautiful neighborhood best friend joins her at Willow Point High for freshmen year, her world is turned upside down.

Rowan è la secondogenita in un mondo in cui le misure di controllo sulla popolazione la considerano una fuorilegge ed è per questo condannata a morte certa. Da ormai sedici anni vive un'esistenza nascosta nell'ombra, senza poter frequentare la scuola, stringere amicizie o avere la possibilità di farsi impiantare negli occhi il chip che contrassegna ogni abitante di Eden. Inquieta e desiderosa di conoscere e vedere il mondo, fugge concedendosi una notte ricca di avventura e adrenalina.

Annie’s life was perfect. Her best friend became her step-sister. She was on track to head to her dream school after graduation. And she got to do her favorite thing: collaborate musically with her dreamy boyfriend. So how did things go so, so wrong?

Paul, a religious teen living in a small conservative town, finds his world turned upside down when he meets Manuel - a young man who says he’s both Christian and gay, two things that Paul didn’t think could coexist in one person. Doesn’t the Bible forbid homosexuality? As Paul struggles with Manuel’s interpretation of the Bible, thoughts that Paul has long tried to bury begin to surface, and he finds himself re-examining his whole life. This is an unforgettable book on an extremely timely topic that strives to open minds on both ends of the spectrum.

Despite Germany’s stranglehold on the French, Benjamin Cohen, an introverted but musically talented adolescent, alters the course of his life when he defies his father to study the 55-bell carillon in the Catholic cathedral. Can Benjamin’s budding mastery of the carillon and his love affair with the troubled novitiate nun Marie-Noëlle give him le courage he needs to perform the one act that can save his people from Nazi arrest and earn back the respect from his father he craves? Or will it doom them all?

After Diego lands himself on probation for fighting, he doesn’t trust his probation officer, Mr. Vidas. But as he begins to open up, Diego realizes that he needs Mr. Vidas’s help to get his anger under control. To do that, Diego will need to face the nightmares from his past head-on and confront the memories he’s been avoiding. Will anyone even believe him if he tells the truth about his stepfather? Award-winning author Alex Sanchez writes about a teen’s very real struggle to overcome his anger and take control of his life.

Janice Parker flies to Iran to spend time with her archeologist father out in the desert. When she arrives, she finds herself caught up in the throes on an impending revolution. When her father is imprisoned and injured, it is up to her to rescue him with the help of her new friend, Amir. Then they must escape from Iran.