Keren David – författare

Miri är fjorton, mitt uppe i puberteten och alltmer obekväm med sin växande kropp, som gör henne både tafatt och klumpig. Nu ska hon vara brudtärna på båda sina syskons bröllop – och hon fasar för det. Vem bestämde att folk måste gifta sig över huvud taget? Och varför har alla plötsligt blivit så utseendefixerade?

Varmt och roligt om en stor, spretig familj, kroppsnojor, oväntad vänskap och två mycket olika bröllop.

He''s a household name . . . without a homeJake is an actor, a household name thanks to his role on the UK''s most popular soap. But his character went upstairs to his bedroom six months ago and never came down again, and now Jake is facing an uncertain future. Add to that his dad''s anger issues, the family''s precarious finances and the demands of a severely autistic brother; Jake''s home feels like a powder keg waiting to explode. It''s easier to spend nights on friends'' sofas and futons, but what happens when you feel like a cuckoo in every nest? Cuckoo is a novel about the roles we play when we don''t fit in anywhere, and finding unlikely solace when home is the least welcoming place of all.

Astor, Ontario. 1904.A boy staggers out of the forest covered in blood and collapses at the feet of 16-year-old Emmy. While others are suspicious and afraid, Emmy is drawn to him. Is he really the monster the townsfolk say he is?Astor, Ontario. 1994. Megan arrives from London for her great grandmother Emmy''s 105th birthday. It should be a happy family occasion, but Megan is nursing a broken heart and carrying a secret she fears might consume her.One family. Two women. A century of secrets. A timeless love story.

Aidan Jones was my brother. But I couldn''t really remember his face. I couldn''t remember talking to him or playing with him. He was just a gap, an absence, a missing person.Before she was adopted by a loving family and raised in a leafy Home Counties town, Cass Montgomery was Cass Jones. Her memories of her birth family disappeared with her name. But when her adopted family starts to break down, a way out comes in the form of a message from her lost brother, Aidan. Having Aidan back in her life is both everything she needs and nothing she expected. Who is this boy who calls himself her brother? And why is he so haunted?I glance at the paper. There''s a big picture on the front page. A girl with dark red hair. A girl with eyes that might have been green or they might have been grey. I sit down and stare at Cass, and it is her, it is. My stolen sister.Aidan''s a survivor. He''s survived an abusive stepfather and an uncaring mother. He''s survived crowded foster homes and empty bedsits.He''s survived to find Cass. If only he can make her understand what it means to be part of his family. . .

Kitty dreams of a beautiful life, but that''s impossible in suburban London where her family is haunted by her father''s unexpected death. So when her mum suggests moving to Amsterdam to try a new life, Kitty doesn''t take much persuading. Will this be her opportunity to make her life picture perfect? In Amsterdam she meets moody, unpredictable Ethan, and clever, troubled Theo. Two enigmatic boys, who each harbour their own secrets. In a beautiful city and far from home, Kitty finds herself falling in love for the first time. But will love be everything she expected? And will anyone''s heart survive?

"Det är en tankeväckande och mycket läsvärd bok". BTJ (betyg 4 av 5)

Skulle du klara dig i sex veckor utan din telefon? Sex veckor utan att kunna dela foton, utan gruppchattar, utan att vara en del av sociala medier?

En excentrisk entreprenör har utmanat hela Esthers årskurs att göra just det, och den som klarar av utmaningen kommer att vinna 10 000 kronor. För Esther, vars pappa och syster bor i New York hundratals mil bort, är priset hennes enda chans att ha råd med flygbiljetten, så att hon kan åka och hälsa på dem.

Men klarar hon verkligen av att koppla ner sitt liv tillräckligt länge för att vinna?

En berättelse om hur svårt det kan vara att lägga ifrån sig telefonen och inte längre delta på sociala medier.