I sold my soul to a demon to save my best friend.At the time, it seemed like a fair trade.The demon gave me until my next birthday before he would come and collect. Those nine months flew by in a flash.Now, I'm on a mission to save my soul, but the ghosts of my past keep popping up to haunt me.Meanwhile, the mystery I've been working to solve since moving to Grant City is finally starting to unravel, and I may get a shot at taking out the man behind it all.Now that I’ve finally found a family, w...
"Lovely Rita, Meter Maid" and "Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds" are as much part of popular mythology as "Little Dorrit" or "Macbeth". Strawberry fields, fool-topped hills and long and winding roads are all part of a collective subconscious stretching from New York to New Delhi. This book tells the story behind every one of The Beatles' songs. Who was Eleanor Rigby, and was Polythene Pam a figment of John Lennon's imagination or a real flesh-and-blood person? What stories and emotions influenced t...
There are only three things that matter to Noelle Lee: her family, school, and the cello. She doesn’t care if people see her as selfish or mean because she knows she has her priorities in order. That’s why when her dad loses his job, Noelle doesn’t hesitate to work more hours at her grandparents restaurant. Seeing her girls and dealing with her ex-boyfriend have to take a backseat so she can help her family and prepare for her school’s spring showcase. But things get more complicated when Noelle...
Lair of Dreams-- Free Preview Edition (the First 14 Chapters)
by Libba Bray
With college just a week away, the private jets are booked, the vintage Gucci steamer trunks packed, and it is time for the A-list crew to say goodbye. Or is it? Sam is head to USC film school, but when Eduardo offers her a different ending, like moving to Paris as newlyweds, will she go? There are only a few precious days left in LA, and then it is time for everyone to choose what their futures will hold. Only one thing is certain: wherever they go, they will always be on the A-List.
It's Thanksgiving break at exclusive Waverly Academy, and everybody's feeling thankful . . . for the long weekend. New BFFs Jenny Humphrey and Tinsley Carmichael are determined to snap their glum but still uberstylish roomie Callie Vernon out of her funk-it's been weeks since her boyfriend Easy Walsh was kicked out of school, and they're sick of her moping. The plan: head to NYC for some R & R! And some SS (serious shopping). But the girls quickly discover that a quiet holiday is not in store fo...
At the prestigious Harlem Academy of Creative and Performing Arts, students are destined to realize their uptown dreams--as long as friends, haters, and crushes don't trip them up. . . La-La Nolan's killer voice could make her a superstar, but she's more focused on scoring the attention of Ziggy Phillip--the cute Jamaican boy in her class. But a singing competition against her arch rival could cost her both Ziggy and her spot at the Academy. . . The daughter of the school's director and vo...
Gossip Girl, the Carlyles #4 (Gossip Girl, the Carlyles, #4)
by Cecily Von Ziegesar
Meet sophomore Madison, Holly and Lina, the stars of this smart, sexy, hip and hilarious new series for young adults. Cute, funny Mads longs to be an experienced woman of the world. Holly is sick of the scandalous rumours sparked by her ski jump curves. Lina's crush on her Interpersonal Human Dynamics teacher provokes her to behaviour that she's too embarrassed to describe to her friends. When the Dating Game website they set up for a class becomes a campus hit as a matchmaking service and a for...
Being a better person can be a lot harder than it looks. It's 1988, and former bully Astrid is forced to move from Queens to the small town of Elsewhere. Although this town is totally weird, Astrid sees the move as a way to reinvent herself. That is, until Candi—the teenage tyrant with supernatural powers who rules Elsewhere—decides she wants Astrid to be her new bestie. Having to choose between the perks and safety of being the Queen B's best friend and the desire to be a better person could...
From the outside, they're simply a group of urban teenagers. But from the inside, they're some of the most complex people you'll ever meet. There's Eric, fiercely protective of his brother Mickey-but he has a secret that holds together his past and future. Sonia, struggling to live the life of a good Muslim girl in a foreign America. Gingerbread and Keisha, who fall in love despite themselves. Life Is Funny strips away the defenses of one group of teenagers living today, right now-and shows thei...
Bad things happen everywhere. Even in the land of sun and roses. When Jude's best friend is found dead in a swimming pool, her family calls it an accident. Her friends call it suicide. But Jude calls it what it is- murder. And someone has to pay. Now everyone is a suspect-family and friends alike. And Jude is digging up the past like bones from a shallow grave. Anything to get closer to the truth. But that's the thing about secrets. Once they start turning up, nothing is sacred. And Jude's got...
BAD BLOOD. BAD DRUGS. BAD BUGS. WELCOME TO THE FINGER. A Splatterfest with a Social Conscience from radical new voice in teen fiction, Steve Tasane.Peoples keep dyin' in the finger, the scuzzie old tower block where they put us antisociable families. Authorities say it dirty smack going round, but them bodies ain't all users ... an' they look like they die screamin'. Marshall O’Connor the First lives in the Finger with his mum and li’l bro. His dad’s in prison, school kicked him out, and the bed...
Upon leaving an oppressive summer camp, twelve-year-old Margaret Rose Kane spearheads a campaign to preserve three unique towers her great-uncles have been building in their backyard for more than forty years.
When Jenny Humphrey confessed to a crime she didn't commit - starting the Miller Farm fire - she thought her time was up at elite Waverly Academy. But her last-minute escape from expulsion made her the most talked-about girl in school. What nobody knows is who saved her. Now at the annual Halloween masquerade ball, Jenny has a plan to unveil her secret admirer. Callie Vernon knows who her Prince Charming is: Easy Walsh. But when he discovered she and Tinsley Carmichael tried to get Jenny kicked...
At the end of her last year of compulsory education, sixteen-year-old Shiraz resigns herself to life in her gritty London suburb, serving fried eggs at Mr. Yolk and dating plumber-in-training Wesley, until she receives high marks in her examinations and decides to enroll in her school's "Centre of Excellence" program.
Some people are born with it. Meet the new Hollywood Royalty: Amelie, the no-so-innocent starlet; Myla and Ash, the golden couple; Jacob, the geek turned hottie; and Jojo, the outsider who'll do anything to get on the A-List.