Kategoria BISAC: Juvenile Fiction >> Social Themes - Adolescence & Coming of Age

They're used to running against each other at school track meets-but eighth grade pals Carlo and Jack are about to take their competition to the next level. After confiding in Jack about Elisabeth, the girl who takes his breath away, Carlo is heartbroken when his so-called friend warms up to the same girl, using his confidence and charm to grab her attention.

Now, sensing the rift between the close buddies, a third friend named Rigo seizes the opportunity to get closer to Carlo. After always feeling like the outsider in the group, Rigo quickly moves in to declare his loyalty while...

"Expect the unexpected."

That's what Eleanor "Groovy" Robinson's horoscope says the morning everything begins to change. Suddenly, her father is in jail, her plans to attend culinary school when she grows up fall apart, and it feels like maybe nothing will ever be right again. But the swallows that return to her coastal town every year bring a message of hope with them that even Groovy can't ignore. Can she forgive the failings of someone she loves in order to bring her family back together again?

Kathryn Fitzmaurice's tender debut novel about food, family, friendship, and...

- Or when you have to wait another thirty-three and a third years to see a shower of stars?

- Or your parents ship you off to fat camp?

- Or you have to share your private lunch hour with a girl who's mean to you just because of the color of your skin?

In E. L. Konigsburg's witty and perceptive short stories, four young people cope with difficult situations and, in doing so, learn something that changes their lives.

-A novel that will long flicker in readers' memories.- --Publishers Weekly (starred review)

Fans of S. E. Hinton and Jerry Spinelli will devour this thrilling story about a harmless prank that goes too far.

Thirteen-year-old Brodie Lynch was ready for the perfect summer of adventure along the awesome Blackwater River. That was before everything changed forever. One act of mischief leads to a tragic death and even though Brodie was involved, the lies he tells to cover his tracks actually turn him into a hero. Guilt tears at him like the treacherous...