Häftad, Engelska, 2014
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- E-bokEngelska, 2015
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When a meteor hits the moon, teenage Miranda and her friends and family struggle to survive the unimaginable. Four gripping books that follow their ordeal are collected in this single-volume edition, including Life As We Knew It, The Dead and the Gone, This World We Live In, and The Shade of the Moon.
- Häftad, Engelska, 2010
241 kr
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- E-bokEngelska, 2010
63 kr
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Susan Beth Pfeffer’s Life as We Knew It enthralled and devastated readers with its brutal but hopeful look at an apocalyptic event—an asteroid hitting the moon, setting off a tailspin of horrific climate changes. Now this harrowing companion novel examines the same events as they unfold in New York City, revealed through the eyes of seventeen-year-old Puerto Rican Alex Morales. When Alex''s parents disappear in the aftermath of tidal waves, he must care for his two younger sisters, even as Manhattan becomes a deadly wasteland, and food and aid dwindle. With haunting themes of family, faith, personal change, and courage, this powerful novel explores how a young man takes on unimaginable responsibilities.
- E-bokEngelska, 2010
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It’s been a year since a meteor collided with the moon, catastrophically altering the earth’s climate. For Miranda Evans, life as she knew it no longer exists. Her friends and neighbors are dead, the landscape is frozen, and food is increasingly scarce. The struggle to survive intensifies when Miranda’s father and stepmother arrive with a baby and three strangers in tow. One of the newcomers is Alex Morales, and as Miranda’s complicated feelings for him turn to love, his plans for his future thwart their relationship. Then a devastating tornado hits the town of Howell, and Miranda makes a decision that will change their lives forever.
- Häftad, Engelska, 2011
196 kr
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- E-bokEngelska, 2013
63 kr
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The eagerly awaited addition to the series begun with the New York Times best-seller Life As We Knew It, in which a meteor knocks the moon off its orbit and the world changes forever.
It''s been more than two years since Jon Evans and his family left Pennsylvania, hoping to find a safe place to live, yet Jon remains haunted by the deaths of those he loved. His prowess on a soccer field has guaranteed him a home in a well-protected enclave. But Jon is painfully aware that a missed goal, a careless word, even falling in love, can put his life and the lives of his mother, his sister Miranda, and her husband, Alex, in jeopardy. Can Jon risk doing what is right in a world gone so terribly wrong?
- Häftad, Engelska, 2012
247 kr
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- E-bokEngelska, 2014
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There''s nothing wrong with lying—until the truth comes outFor her sixteenth birthday, Evvie Sebastian got her own room—a room she doesn''t have to share with her three sisters. There''s only one problem: It''s a dump, just like the rest of the family''s new house. Evvie has hardly moved in when her dad, Nicky, asks her to spend the summer at the seaside with her great-aunt Grace, who''s had a bad fall and needs cheering up—and who is snobbish, ill tempered, and very, very rich. Evvie reluctantly agrees. When she arrives at Eastgate, she finds Aunt Grace just as fierce as she remembered, but she has to admit that the place has some redeeming qualities. Like the handsome and charming Schyler Hughes . . . and Sam Steinmetz, who works in the town bookstore and makes smart jokes about the local culture of conformity. But it''s not all romantic sailing trips and walks on the beach. Evvie soon finds that some people like to tell old stories and share old secrets a little too much—and some of those secrets may hit closer to home than Evvie expected. - E-bokEngelska, 2014
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Thea would do anything to make the people she loves happy . . . but how much can she give away and still be herself?The Sebastians have a tradition of falling in love at sixteen, and Thea is ready for it to happen to her, but so far she hasn''t met anyone except the moving-van driver who deposited her and her family in their new home. As the sisters and their untraditional parents, Nicky and Megs, unpack yet again, Thea dreams of whispers, longing glances, and romance. But what she gets is a volunteer job at the local hospital. Thea figures she''ll be fluffing pillows, playing with children, and reading books aloud, and it will help Nicky''s chances of striking a business deal with community leaders. So she doesn''t mind when she''s matched up with Gina, a young leukemia patient. She minds even less when she meets Gina''s big brother, Kip. Kip is devoted to his sister, and he and Thea are quickly drawn together by their fight for Gina''s health and happiness. But their alliance is soon tested by illness, family, and a tragedy in Thea''s life—one that will make demands of her heart that she never expected. - E-bokEngelska, 2014
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When Claire fears her family might be falling apart, she knows she''ll have to fight her own battles—and she plans to winAlways the beauty of the family and often the most ambitious, Claire Sebastian doesn''t feel sixteen, and she doesn''t dream of romance—she dreams of diamonds. Diamonds and emeralds and anything else that will pay for the best doctors to treat her sister Sybil, now an invalid after a terrible accident. Claire knows that her cheekbones and charm are her best assets, but she''ll also need a shrewd strategy if she''s going to save her family from their financial troubles. And she''s on her own: Her parents, Nicky and Megs, are completely wrapped up in Sybil''s recovery, and Claire''s sisters just aren''t as ruthless as she is. A visit with Aunt Grace and a chance look at an old photograph give Claire the ammunition she needs to pull off her plan. But as it starts to unfold, she realizes that people are going to get hurt . . . and one of them may be her. - E-bokEngelska, 2014
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Young Margaret Winslow had beauty and a family name, but inside she felt empty . . . until Nick Sebastian gave her his heart and the strength to stand up for herselfThe Sebastian women grew up on the story of their parents'' great love—how their mother had been an orphan, raised by a forbidding aunt, and then, contrary to all expectations, danced with the love of her life at her sixteenth birthday party. Her aunt Grace called her Margaret, and her daughters would call her Megs, but to her loving parents and her cherished Nicky, she would always be Daisy. Nicky and Meg''s love never faltered—in sickness and in health, for richer or for poorer, through dingy apartments that Meg always made beautiful, joined by family, stricken by tragedy, through it all: Nicky and Meg had each other, and that was more than enough. This is their love story. - E-bokEngelska, 2014
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Always the youngest but never the baby, Sibyl sometimes wonders, What good is inner strength if only you know it''s there?Sybil loves Aunt Grace''s dark, old house, even if the upkeep is a burden the Sebastians can''t entirely afford. It feels like home, and after years of surgeries and therapy, all Sybil wants for her sixteenth birthday is to be surrounded by her crazy family in a place of their own. But Evvie''s been keeping a secret, one that puts her at risk, and when the truth finally comes out, it throws the whole family into turmoil as they struggle to face the facts. Sybil may not have Evvie''s charm, Thea''s patience, or Claire''s beauty, but she does have herself: quiet, perceptive, and absolutely determined. When her father, Nicky, declares that he''s found a solution to their troubles, Sybil faces a difficult choice—and her heart tells her there are some betrayals that can never be forgiven. - E-bokEngelska, 2015
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Sometimes Abby thinks the most important event in her life happened before she was even bornAbby''s not dying; in fact she''s perfectly healthy. If she were dead, maybe her father would grieve for her the way he''s still grieving for Johnny, who would have been Abby''s older brother if he hadn''t died when he was only two. Probably not though. The only time her dad even notices her is when he''s pushing her into an Ivy League college. And now that Abby''s oldest sister, Jocelyn, has left for med school, and Jess, the middle sister, has run away to pursue a major in drug and alcohol addiction, her mom is rarely home.Living among strangers, Abby writes letters and makes up imaginary dialogues with a boy that she''s too shy to approach. And she draws up her will over and over, trying to decide who should inherit her teddy bears and who should get all the guilt and recrimination that have accumulated in her family.Left alone—as always—Abby figures her choices are to be physically dead, emotionally dead, or really alive. But living means shaking things up, taking chances, and saying all those things her family would rather keep covered up. It might not end well, but what does she have to lose? - E-bokEngelska, 2015
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After saving a young boy''s life, a girl finds that fame can be a real headacheOn the last warm day of autumn, Dana and her best friend eat ice cream, gossip, and complain about school. It''s just like any other afternoon until Dana walks home and sees a toddler break away from his mother and sprint into the street. Without thinking, she chases after him, pushing him onto the sidewalk just before a giant blue car would have run them both down. She didn''t mean to do it, but Dana has become a heroine—and her life will never be the same. Saving the boy makes her the darling of the entire town. She gets a story written about her in the paper, praise from strangers—even a beautiful Persian kitten as a gift from the boy''s mother. At first she loves the attention, but she soon learns that being a celebrity brings hardship, too—and a challenge that will require her to show courage in a whole new way. - E-bokEngelska, 2015
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Tending to a veteran’s grave leads a boy on a search for his father The battlefield at Gettysburg is a landscape of rolling hills, thickly wooded forests, and monuments to men who died here long ago. When Joey looks at this peaceful landscape, he sees it through the eyes of Joshua Gibbs, a soldier from his hometown who came to Gettysburg to save the Union. Joey comes here with his stepfather hoping to learn more about the soldier whose story has captured his imagination, but he will leave obsessed with another person’s history: his own. Joey doesn’t know much about his biological father, who left his mother long ago, and he has never been all that curious. But during the trip to Gettysburg, his stepfather announces that he wants to adopt him. This surprising declaration sends Joey on a frantic search for his birth father—a search that uncovers truths even harder to understand than those of Gettysburg, and just as painful as any battle ever fought. - E-bokEngelska, 2015
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Tracy’s favorite TV star is coming to town, and she will do anything to meet him face to face The two people Tracy loves most are Rabbit O’Shea, a smooth-talking bad boy, and Ross Perlman, an innocent young man with a golden voice. She could never choose between them, and she’ll never have to, because Rabbit is a TV character, and Ross is the actor who plays him. When Ross announces a concert in Tracy’s hometown, she pledges to do whatever it takes to meet the real-life Rabbit—a decision that could cost her everything she holds dear. She and her best friend, Andrea, make a pact that they will meet Ross together or not at all. But when one of them gets the chance to meet him alone, it threatens to tear their friendship apart. Suddenly, Tracy finds herself longing for the days when Ross Perlman was just another poster on her wall. - E-bokEngelska, 2015
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An incurable gossip tries to learn how to keep secrets to herself Sometimes Cass just can’t help herself. Tell her something personal, even something embarrassing, and before you know it, the whole school will have heard. It’s not that Cass doesn’t want to keep secrets—she just doesn’t know how. After her bad habit lands her in a fight with one of her friends, Cass asks her family for help. Mom proposes a psychological experiment. Every time Cass manages to keep a secret, she’ll get a dollar—and a lesson worth far more than that. It’s easy at first, but pretty soon Cass is so full of gossip, she feels like she’s going to burst. When an earth-shattering secret traps her in the middle of her two best friends, she learns that sometimes it’s more important not to keep your mouth shut. - E-bokEngelska, 2015
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When her best friend''s parents separate, a seventh grader struggles to keep their friendship aliveWhen Carrie and Jill are alone together, they can be anyone in the whole world. Whether they''re pretending to be movie stars, environmental activists, or the leaders of the free world, there is one thing they don''t have to imagine: They are as close as any friends could be. Going into seventh grade, there is a lot that Carrie is afraid of, but she knows Jill will be by her side forever—until, suddenly, she''s not. When Jill''s father announces that he wants a divorce, it puts a distance between the two friends that never used to be there. As Jill''s life falls apart around her, Carrie must find a way to talk to her friend again and save her from a problem that''s anything but make-believe. - E-bokEngelska, 2015
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Sometimes you just have to pack a suitcase and walk out the doorMarly knows her older sister, Kit, is tall, beautiful, and outspoken—everything Marly isn''t. But does everyone have to remind her of it all the time? Since her parents'' divorce, her mom hasn''t had a single nice thing to say—and even if she did, she''s always working. So Marly packs her bags and catches the bus to stay with her dad. She knows he''ll want her, and hopefully his new wife will too.Ed and Sally are surprised to find Marly on their doorstep but excited to take her in and become a family. They cook together and laugh together, and no one ever shouts at anyone else, a big difference from Marly''s life with her mom.Marly has kept quiet up until now, which has given her a reputation for being well behaved. But once she starts getting used to being treated like an actual person, she begins talking about what''s important to her. She may not be able to stop—and she may not want to. - E-bokEngelska, 2015
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When Becca and her friends publish an underground newspaper, their principles are put to the testBecca and her friends are fed up with having their school paper controlled by the faculty. They want to run stories that reflect the real challenges high schoolers are facing at Southfield, and they''ll do it themselves if they have to.Except when they do put out an independent underground newspaper, the first edition gets them into a lot of trouble. Becca''s dad, a lawyer, is helping her stand on principle, but not everyone can afford to deal with the repercussions the same way she does—financially or emotionally. Can Becca learn to love her friends and still let them make their own decisions, even if they make mistakes? If she doesn''t, she might not have any friends left. - E-bokEngelska, 2015
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The truth isn''t the most comfortable choice, but it''s the only one with any futureSloan Fredericks can still remember the weeks she spent in the hospital when she was nine, the only survivor of the accident that killed her parents and little brother. Now she lives with her grandmother in the kind of grand old house you''d expect from a family known for both their wealth and their political prowess.It''s also the kind of house that has a music room, which is where Sloan goes searching for a little peace and quiet during her gran''s annual party, until an older man with a important reputation corners her long enough to say some things that Sloan doesn''t want to hear. She quickly brushes past him, hoping that no one saw them.But someone did—one of Sloan''s own friends—who confesses that the man did the same thing to her, only much, much worse. Although meant to be private, the confession doesn''t stay that way, and soon the secret is all anyone can talk about. Can the truth save their family, or will it just dig up even uglier secrets? - E-bokEngelska, 2015
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You can buy a lot of things with enough money, but you can''t buy the truthAfter Val skips one Sunday dinner with her cousin Michelle''s family, everything changes. Val and Michelle''s fathers aren''t getting along, and she just wanted to avoid the tension that she knew would be on the menu. Val''s mom died of cancer two years ago, and now her father''s love and her mother''s memory are all she has.But Michelle can''t let it go, and in her anger she drops a bombshell: "You''re not really family. You don''t really count." Is it true? How come no one—not her teachers, not her classmates, not their parents—seems surprised? Other kids at school are adopted; it''s not a secret. So why hasn''t anyone told Val?Slowly Val starts to see that things are different for her. Other kids don''t have bodyguards or a dad who gives them whatever they want with his piles of money. Up till now, Val has repaid her father''s love by being the obedient daughter he expects, but now she needs something else: She needs the truth. - E-bokEngelska, 2015
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What if the one person you can''t stand is the only one you can depend on?Nobody ever asked Betsy Reisman if she wanted to be a twin, but since she and Meg are stuck with each other, they''ve reached a truce. Mostly they keep busy—Betsy with her beloved piano and her plans to go to Juilliard and Meg with learning her fifth (or is it sixth?) language. It''s about to get harder, though, since their parents, both writers, have decided to take the year off from New York City''s high rents and live in a country cottage on the estate of a much-wealthier family. The owner is a friend of Betsy''s mom, and the whole family is sort of local nobility, or at least that''s how everyone treats them.Eunice, the oldest daughter, is not at all happy about the Reismans'' arrival. This is just fine with Betsy, who only likes people who like music. But Meg goes for successful and popular—and Betsy knows that Meg will be heartbroken if Eunice snubs her—and the rest of the school follows suit. Worse, their parents haven''t stopped fighting since they got there. The sisters decide that to make the year as tolerable as possible, they''re going to have to stick together and at least try to get along. Kind of like friends—or maybe even like sisters. - E-bokEngelska, 2015
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When Paula falls for the bad boy down the street, what she thought would be a silly summer romance becomes anything but It’s Paula’s last summer at home, and in need of an affectionate distraction, she decides now is the perfect time to get involved with one of the two brothers from down the road, Jonny and Jordon. But which one? Likable, well-mannered Jonny? Or Jordon, who’s been kicked out of every school that would take him and who tells her up front that he wants her to have to choose—and wants her to choose him? Who can say no to a bad boy? Underneath it all, Paula knows Jordon is the kind and gentle person she’s falling in love with—something his parents can’t, or won’t, see. And better yet, Jordon says he loves her back and promises to always be honest with her. But sometimes the truth isn’t what we want to hear . . . - E-bokEngelska, 2015
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When Melodie''s glamorous parents split up, all she needs is a friend—but can Elaine be there for her? Elaine Zuckerman''s parents are definitely not glamorous—her dad does something boring with computer chips, and her mom is a dentist whose office is in their house. They''re nothing like her friend Melodie''s family. Melodie''s mom, Constance King, is a beautiful Broadway star, and her dad, Trevor Ashford, has a thrilling British accent. Even Melodie''s name is glamorous! And Elaine would trade her oblivious older brothers for Melodie''s little sister in a heartbeat.But glamour won''t keep Constance and Trevor''s marriage together or make them stop fighting in front of their daughters. And Elaine isn''t sure how to help the friend who''s always had everything, especially when the Zuckermans get caught in the middle.What will it take for Melodie''s parents to behave like the grown-ups they''re supposed to be? - E-bokEngelska, 2015
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"The right thing never just happens; you have to make it happen."Morgan knows her parents left her in boarding school so they could travel the world, which is why hardly anything changes when they''re killed in an accident during her freshman year at Fairfield. But every orphan needs a guardian, and Morgan''s is her uncle Tom, a famous and somewhat eccentric author.Tom''s New York City apartment has plenty of space for Morgan, and her room is the nicest one she''s ever seen, but her uncle, uncomfortable suddenly raising a fourteen-year-old girl, seems distant and preoccupied. Alone in an unfamiliar world, Morgan imagines what her school roommate, the popular and sarcastic Trinck, would think of everything. Would she approve of Morgan''s newly discovered love of reading or the friends she makes in New York? Slowly, Morgan makes a place for herself that is all her own and reflects on the person she is becoming—whether Trinck would like it or not. - E-bokEngelska, 2015
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The darker the truth, the deeper you hide it—but what happens when you can''t hide anymore?Innocence, I guess, is not my image. Sixteen-year-old Iris knows that between her bohemian playwright father who lives off the grid in the New Mexican desert and her mother, to whom getting married (but not staying married) is a full-time job, she''s led an unorthodox life, which hasn''t left with her with a lot of childhood illusions. So it''s no surprise when her mom sends her to spend the summer with her aunt, uncle, and cousin.Iris''s younger cousin Caryn is different. She''s only fourteen, and much more sheltered. Aunt Elaine hopes that Iris will be good company for Caryn, and when the girls meet an appealing young man at the pool and all three become friends, it seems her plan just might be working. But for Iris, making things work means keeping secrets from Caryn. If Iris can''t pretend to be someone she isn''t all summer long, will she still be all right? - E-bokEngelska, 2015
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Leigh trades in her acting career to play a starring role in her own lifeMost people don''t get to retire at age sixteen, but that''s what Leigh is planning to do when she moves to Long Island to live with her mom and her new stepfather. Leigh has been acting all her life, most recently on a successful TV show, and she can''t wait to be the kind of normal high school student she''s only ever played on screen. For advice on playing the role of a normal teenager, Leigh turns to her new stepbrother, Peter. Peter has hemophilia, a medical condition that has kept him out of school for a while—but missing out on high school life has given him a good eye for what normal looks like. Together, they figure two outsiders can create one socially successful high school student. They might even be right. Peter is smart, wryly funny, and a good friend when he''s not being a bad invalid. And Leigh knows she can do it—after all, acting is what she''s good at. But the thing about acting is that at the end of the day you get to go back to being yourself, a luxury Leigh starts to think she might not have appreciated enough when she had it. - E-bokEngelska, 2015
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Playing the role of a happy pageant winner is not exactly the acting career Kit had in mindKit Carson keeps trying to tell people that she didn''t do anything. All she did was put on a bathing suit in front of the judges, and suddenly she''s a beauty contest winner. It''s true that the money will come in handy—new dresses and college educations don''t grow on trees when your mom is a nurse and your dad doesn''t always remember to help out—but all Kit really wants is to try out her dream of being an actress. Not a famous one, just successful enough to have a career in a modest theater and make a living doing what she loves. But now that Kit''s a beauty queen, people seem to expect a lot from her. Above all, they seem to think she should gratefully accept the limited roles she''s being offered, which are mostly those of beautiful, not-too-independent, all-American girls. Between pageant ambitions and romantic interests, Kit gets the sense that there could be plenty of opportunities in her future—as long as she''s willing to play the part.
