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"Was he...you know?" Bella doesn't know if Dominic was gay or not, but she knows he was bullied. And she knows the adults who could have helped didn't because of some stupid policy. Now Dominic's dead. It's never been Bella's thing to stand up for a cause, but for some reason, this fight has become her fight.

"One down...you're next." Or so said the note Carmen Mendoza found in her locker. Carmen is out, loud, and proud, so the threat doesn't faze her...much. Jamie was Scott King's best friend. Jamie was also gay. Scott never imagined Jamie would kill himself. If Carmen and Scott can figure out how to get along, they'll be an unstoppable alliance.

When Elijah is dragged to a high school play in the next town, he can't take his eyes off Kristen, the star. But when his swooning face is captured on camera along with an out-of-context sexual comment, his words go viral. Elijah sets out to apologize, and, surprisingly, she forgives him for his unthinking comment. They hit it off right away, and Kristen believes she's finally found a boy who understands her. But strangers online are threatening Elijah's special needs sister, and Kristen's father wants Elijah gone.

Fifteen-year-old Alyx Atlas was raised as a boy, yet she knows something others don't. She's a girl. And after her dad dies, it becomes painfully obvious that she must prove it now - to herself and to the world. Born with ambiguous genitalia, Alyx has always felt a little different. But it's after she sustains a terrible beating behind a 7-Eleven that she and her mother pack up their belongings and move from California to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, to start a new life - and Alyx begins over again, this time as a girl.

Tim's a struggling black kid on the mean streets of Newark. How far can he run? Where can he hide? What is innocence? Where does it go? Tim doesn't read as well as his classmates in an inner-city Newark high school. He's got good street creds, though, riffing strange rap-rhymes and running like the wind. He's packed into a three-flat with his mother, sister, and Uncle Gentrale. His father, a drunk, recently walked out on the family, wanting some "freedom". He says, "Ahgottahandleonit, son". He doesn't. Nor does Tim.

Daniel ist ein stinknormaler Teenager. Nicht besonders gut im Football, nicht besonders beliebt, aber normal. Bis auf seine Ticks, die ihn zwingen, stundenlang das Licht an und auszuschalten, bestimmte Zahlen zu meiden und die ihn den Schlaf und fast das ganze Selbstbewusstsein kosten. Ist er verrückt? Das darf niemand wissen! Außerdem ist er verliebt, und Mädchen stehen wohl kaum auf Verrückte.

When her diplomat father is kidnapped and the US government refuses to help, 17-year-old Gwendolyn Bloom sets off across the criminal underbelly of Europe to rescue him. As she journeys from the slums of Paris to the nightclubs of Berlin to the violent heart of the most feared criminal family in Prague, Gwendolyn discovers that to survive in this new world she must become every bit as cruel as the men she's hunting.

A proud geek girl, Emma loves her quiet life on the outskirts, playing video games and staying off the radar. When her nightmare of a new stepsister moves into the bedroom next door, her world is turned upside down. Quinn is a queen bee with a nasty streak who destroys anyone who gets in her way. Teachers, football players, her fellow cheerleaders - no one is safe.

Delaware, the morning of April 19. Senior Skip Day, and April Donovan's 18th birthday. Four days after the Boston Marathon bombing, the country is still reeling, and April's rare memory condition has her recounting all the tragedies that have cursed her birth month. And just what was that mysterious gathering under the bleachers about? Meanwhile, in Nebraska, Lincoln Evans struggles to pay attention in Honors English, distracted by the enigmatic presence of Laura Echols, capturer of his heart.

A new state, a new city, a new high school. Mike's father has already found a new evangelical church for the family to attend, even if Mike and his plainspoken little sister, Toby, don't want to go. Dad wants Mike to ditch art for sports, to toughen up, but there's something uneasy behind his demands. Then Mike meets Sean, the new kid, and "hey" becomes games of basketball, partnering on a French project, hanging out after school. A night at the beach. The fierce colors of sunrise.

It's 1950 and Mickey Tussler - the now-famous pitching prodigy with autism and a golden arm - is back for another baseball season in this third installment of Frank Nappi's critically acclaimed Legend of Mickey Tussler series. Talk of Mickey's legendary exploits on the field has grown since his improbable debut two years prior, as have the fortunes of Murph and the rest of the lovable ragtag Brew Crew. Now Mickey, Murph, and Lester find themselves heading to Bean Town to play for the Boston Braves.

Bryce was unlike any other child his age. While rallying his community in an anti-bullying campaign, he encouraged bullying on the side. Based on a true story, the more pain inflicted by the bullies, the more he became a symbol of hope. While he controlled over 80 bullies through a systematic hierarchy based on cruelty and savagery, his vision of building a better school was spread by his growing number of followers.

Hun går langsomt nærmere og stirrer på de hvide silkebånd. "Fuck!" skriger hun, så højt hun kan. Sofie Lund, står der skrevet med guldbogstaver. "Fuck. Jeg er død. Hvad skal jeg gøre?" Det giver et sæt i hende, da kirkeklokken begynder at bimle.

Gabriella Mallory, AP student and perfect-daughter-in-training, stands barefoot on a public toilet for three hours while her school is on lockdown. Someone has planted a bomb, and she is hiding. The bomb is defused, but the would-be bomber is still at large - and everyone at Central High School is a suspect. The school starts a top-secret crisis help line, and Gabi is invited to join. When she does, she is drawn into a suspenseful game of cat and mouse with the bomber, who has unfinished business.

Alma har fået en fjende i sin nye klasse. Det er Alberte. Det skyldes måske, at det var Alma, der startede med at kalde Alberte for Luderhår. Så begynder Alma pludselig at modtage nogle ret ubehagelige sms'er. Hun er sikker på, at de kommer fra Alberte. For at hævne sig laver Alma og hendes veninde en falsk profil på Facebook. Her giver de sig ud for at være Felix, der gerne vil være gode venner med Alberte. Og så er det, at det går helt, helt galt.

Scott Hudson has somehow managed to survive Freshman year. But with a new baby brother in the house and a whole host of adventures awaiting him at school, Sophomore year promises to be anything but boring. An honest and funny follow-up to the popular Sleeping Freshmen Never Lie, award-winning author David Lubar pens a tale that perfectly captures the ridiculous, tumultuous, and sometimes heartbreaking truths about high school.

School is just like a film set: there's The Crew, who make things happen; The Extras, who fill the empty desks; and The Movie Stars, whom everyone wants tagged in their Facebook photos. But Jude doesn't fit in. He's not part of The Crew because he isn't about to do anything unless it's court-appointed; he's not an Extra because nothing about him is anonymous; and he's not a Movie Star because even though everyone knows his name like an A-lister, he isn't invited to the cool parties.

Poil de Carotte est un petit garçon roux, dernier d'une famille de trois enfants, issu d'un milieu provincial bourgeois. Il est depuis toujours persécuté par sa mère, entre un père absent et un frère et une sœur indifférents. Poil de Carotte veut comprendre pourquoi sa mère ne l'aime pas, ce qu'il y a derrière cette rousseur qu'elle rejette. Peut-être est-il un enfant adopté ou peut-être n'est-il pas le fils de son père ?

Kurz, nachdem es zur Pause geläutet hat, hört Miriam einen Schuss. Zunächst versteht niemand, was eigentlich passiert ist, aber dann herrschen Chaos und nackte Angst. Matias, ein Schüler aus ihrer Parallelklasse, schießt um sich. Auch Miriams Freund Tobi wird tödlich getroffen. Miriam überlebt - aber sie fragt sich, ob das Leben ohne Tobi und mit den ständig wiederkehrenden Albträumen überhaupt noch einen Sinn hat. Waren sie und ihre Mitschüler Schuld an der Katastrophe?

Evie is different. Not just her upbringing - though that's certainly been unusual - but also her mindset. She's smart, independent, confident, opinionated, and ready to take on a new challenge: The Institution of School. It doesn't take this homeschooled kid long to discover that high school is a whole new world, and not in the way she expected. It's also a social minefield, and Evie finds herself confronting new problems at every turn, failing to follow or even understand the rules, and proposing solutions that aren't welcome or accepted.