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Terrestre bien podría ser definido como un libro de crónicas especulativas o relatos de viaje, en todo caso, de palabras en completa libertad. Imaginativo, con estructuras narrativas audaces, Cristina Rivera Garza escribe aquí sobre trayectos terrestres que nos llevan a distintos lugares de México y el mundo, y a distintos destinos del cuerpo. A pie, en bus o en tren, tintos las jóvenes protagonistas de estas historias avanzan acompasadas por rutas ignotas, inventando para sí nuevos modos de ocupar los espacios negados y en disputa.

Een hartverwarmende roman met een vleugje Japanse mystiek over verschillende vormen van liefde en omgaan met verlies. In een steegje in Tokio zit al meer dan honderd jaar een café dat zorgvuldig gezette koffie schenkt. Dit cafeetje biedt de klanten een unieke ervaring: de kans om door de tijd te reizen. In Voordat de waarheid uitkomt brengen vier nieuwe gasten een bezoekje aan het verleden of de toekomst.

Circletown is a strange place, and everyone knows it. People often get lost on well-traveled roads and familiar streets. Maps are useless. Henry is a kid at Circletown Elementary School. Henry is a little strange. He only eats a few things, like milk and white bread. His life changes when his dad suddenly leaves. Henry's mom, Dr. Berniece Baker, needs to work, and gets Henry a babysitter. But Corey Turnbridge is not just any babysitter. She's a top athlete and she fascinates Henry. Henry tags along to her side job at Jet Café.

I rediscovered a bit of myself in Jun-li, and in May-lee Chai's beautifully constructed and perfectly contained world. It's the deftly and subtly rendered intricacies that mark this story, link it to the experience of Asians in America, and linger in the imagination. Julie Shigekuni, author of A Bridge Between Us, In Plain View, and Invisible Gardens When you are eleven years old, is there anything more humiliating, or bound to cause a fight, than shopping with your mother when your body is in full-throttle warp? Yes, there is: picking out the school-required underwear.

"This isn’t for kids to watch." James leaned in close, his deep, velvety voice brushing against my ear, so intoxicating that I froze for a few seconds. I swear I could even hear the smile in his tone. My ears were probably burning red by now.

Haunting and Forbidden: A Dark Romance You Can't Escape. Do you want this? I've always hated Ash Springs more than anything. It's a tiny town in the Nevada desert, and all I've ever dreamed of is escaping to find excitement and adventure. During a camping trip to Sequoia National Park with my four brothers, I meet the mysterious Brendan. Little do I know, my life is about to take a dramatic turn—it turns out, this meeting isn't a chance encounter at all for Brendan. He has meticulously planned every step of my abduction.

Picking a new name was easy. Finding himself? Not so much. Starting university in a new city after coming out as trans is Orion's best chance to press reset. It's an opportunity to join clubs, make new friends, and forget who he used to be. But before he can find his feet at his very first Pride festival, he bumps into Sebastian Holmsted, the drummer for an all-queer local rock band called Cloudkillers – and a childhood crush he's not-so-over. At first, it seems as though Orion's been given a chance to start over with Seb; his best friend and wingwoman Andy certainly thinks so.

Mohanaswamy has just lost his long-time partner, Karthik, to a woman. Even as he scrutinizes himself, the choices he's made, the friends and lovers he's gained and lost, Mohanaswamy dreams of living a simple, dignified life. A life that would allow him to leave, even forget, the humiliation and fears of adolescence, the slurs his mind still carries around–gandu sule, hennu huli–and the despair that made him crave to conform.

Michael Park is everything a family and school would want: Excellent student, phenomenal athlete, straight laced, and tries to never get into trouble. However, at the peak of the Vietnam War, he is also the son of Korean immigrants and is accused of being a Chinese communist everyday, all the while trying to break free from traditional Korean family expectations so he can forge his own path.

Yes, it’s the late 1970s, but for pals Fred, Trish, Greg, and Ricky, some things about growing up never change as they plunge into a whirlwind of outrageous antics. Together with their gang in a Scottish new town, they laugh, cry, booze, battle and obsess about sex as they discover the power of friendship and, for Fred and Trish, true love. But the bond is ripped apart when a drunken prank goes tragically wrong.

This story is set in Nassau, Bahamas and is about Winky, who is 18 and on the verge of graduating from high school. He is invited to a weekend party by another graduate, Keisha, who secretly has a crush on him. The night of the party sparks an intense, love relationship that eventually ends in tragedy.

A story of love, found family, and self-discovery. With graduation looming, Susan’s next steps are all laid out: go to an Ivy League school, follow in her parents' footsteps, and continue living the life that’s expected of her, even if it isn’t what she wants. But her carefully planned future takes an unexpected turn when she meets three friends from the wrong side of town: a boy who grew up too quickly, a broken girl in need of saving, and a lonely boy who hides behind a sweet smile that Susan can’t get out of her head.

Released in February 2019, WHEN GREEN LEAVES TURN is Author Mylia Tiye Mal Jaza’s 29th published work and her second of 12 solely dedicated to utilizing “fear-facing” or “embarrassment therapy” to push self and others away from any lingering fear that keeps them trapped by lies and prevents them from completing goals or finding prolonged peace.

Leslie, the overachiever of the four Nurseketeers, is passionate about working in the operating room. Struggling with setting priorities and the inability to say no, Leslie can’t keep up with her studies, meet the expectations of her basketball coach, serve effectively as president of the Student Nurses’ Association, work part time, and remain fully engaged with the love of her life. Her dream of becoming a nurse is challenged when she fails the first exam of her senior year.

Krystian, nastolatek, który po tragicznej śmierci matki zaznaje biedy i uczy się życia z ojcem alkoholikiem, po jednej z awantur w domu zostaje wyrzucony na ulicę. Walcząc o przetrwanie, wkracza do światka przestępczego. Lena, studentka dziennikarstwa, której ojciec—dobrze sytuowany prawnik—bezwzględnie narzuca styl życia, wraca na wakacje do Sopotu przekonana, że będzie to kolejne nudne lato u boku ojca despoty. Tymczasem tych kilka tygodni nad morzem diametralnie odmieni jej los.

If someone you love was assaulted, abused, or was a victim of a crime—you are a secondary victim. If the perpetrator is also someone you love, there are no words. Madeline and Summer are more than best friends. They might as well be sisters; they've claimed the title, anyway—and sisters tell each other everything. But Summer has a secret she's been hiding for years. Someone's been hurting her, someone close, and when it comes out, it destroys everything around her with the force of dying stars.

In the lush forests of Oregon, Kodak's past collides with his future when he lands a prestigious writing fellowship far away from the haunting memories of his Southern roots. At a gala, he is introduced to Quinn, heir of the family backing the program. Their connection ignites, but as Kodak grapples with tragedy and prejudice swirling around his biracial heritage, a cataclysmic earthquake challenges everything they've built.

Britannia, 42AD. The wild island at the fringe of the world is in chaos. Into the turmoil marches the mightiest war machine in history: the legions of Rome. In a land torn apart by conflict, an orphaned boy must come of age within a tribe he despises.

Fourteen-year-old Charlie Matters is up to no good, but for a very good reason. Without parents, peerage, or merit, ducking school but barred from actual work, he steals what he needs, living day-to-day until he’s old enough to enlist to fight the Germans. After barely surviving the Blitz, Charlie knows there’s no telling when a falling bomb might end his life.

Set in a remote village in the north of England, Open, Heaven unfolds over the course of one year in which two teenage boys meet and transform each other’s lives. James—a sheltered, shy sixteen-year-old—is alone in his newly discovered sexuality, full of an unruly desire but entirely inexperienced. As he is beginning to understand himself and his longings, he also realizes how his feelings threaten to separate him from his family and the rural community he has grown up in. He dreams of another life, fantasizing about what lies beyond the village’s leaf-ribboned boundaries.