Gayle Forman
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"For every woman who has ever fantasized about driving past her exit on the highway instead of going home to make dinner, for every woman who has ever dreamed of boarding a train to a place where no one needs constant attention--meet Maribeth Klein, a harried working mother who's so busy taking care of her husband and twins, she doesn't even realize she's had a heart attack. Afterward, surprised to discover that her recuperation seems to be an imposition...
2) If I stay
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While in a coma following an automobile accident that killed her parents and younger brother, seventeen-year-old Mia, a gifted cellist, weights whether to live with her grief or join her family in death.
4) Not nothing
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"Alex is twelve, and he did something very, very bad. A judge sentences him to spend his summer volunteering at a retirement home. Josey is 107 and ready for his life to be over. He has evaded death many times, having survived ghettos, dragnets, and a concentration camp -- all thanks to a woman named Olka and his own ability to sew. But now he spends his days at Shady Glen, refusing to speak. Until Alex knocks on Josey's door ... and Josey begins...
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In the debut middle grade novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Gayle Forman comes a poignant and powerful coming-of-age story that follows a young girl and her new friend as they learn about family, friendship, allyship, and finding your way in a complicated world. It's the summer of 1987, and all ten-year-old Bug wants to do is go to the beach with her older brother and hang out with the locals on the boardwalk. But Danny wants to be with...
6) After life
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"One spring afternoon after school, Amber arrives home on her bike. It's just another perfectly normal day. But when Amber's mom sees her, she screams. Because Amber died seven years ago, hit by a car while on the very same bicycle she's inexplicably riding now. This mysterious return doesn't impact only Amber. Her sister, Melissa, now seven years older, must be a new kind of sibling to Amber. Amber's now-estranged parents are battling over her. And...
7) I was here
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In an attempt to understand why her best friend committed suicide, eighteen-year-old Cody Reynolds retraces her dead friend's footsteps and makes some startling discoveries.
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"Three teengers, Freya, Harun, and Nathaniel feel lost in various ways and when they collide in Central Park, they begin to find purpose in their lives"-- Provided by publisher.
Freya lost her voice while recording her debut album. Harun is making plans to run away from everyone he has ever loved. Nathaniel arrives in New York City with a backpack, a desperate plan, and nothing left to lose. When a fateful accident draws these three strangers together,...
9) Just one day
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Just one day volume 1
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"Sparks fly when American good girl Allyson encounters laid-back Dutch actor Willem, so she follows him on a whirlwind trip to Paris, upending her life in just one day and prompting a year of self-discovery and the search for true love."-- Provided by publisher.
10) Just one year
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"After spending an amazing day and night with a nameless girl in Paris, Willem embarks on his own transformative journey to find her once again"-- Provided by publisher.
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After losing his brother, mom, and most of his friends, Aaron Stein is left with his shambolic father alone in their moldering secondhand bookstore, but just when he considers selling the store he meets new people and takes on new challenges, helping him come to terms with what he has lost and who he wants to be.
Aaron Stein's friends have gone to college and moved on with their lives, while he has been left behind in the Cascade Mountains of Washington...
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When a family trip to the Grand Canyon turns out to be a trick to take her to a remote, all-girl, residential treatment center for unstable teenagers, sixteen-year-old Brit, devastated by her father's duplicity, comes to realize that only through inner strength and the help of other inmates who become her friends can she endure the harsh conditions of the prison-like institution and plan a way to escape.
13) Just one night
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After spending one life-changing day in Paris with laid-back Dutch actor Willem De Ruiter, sheltered American good girl Allyson "Lulu" Healey discovered her new lover had disappeared without a trace. Just One Day followed Allyson's quest to reunite with Willem; Just One Year chronicled the pair's year apart from Willem's perspective. Now, back together at last, this delectable e-novella reveals the couple's final chapter.
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Si dice che i dinosauri ci abbiano messo trentatremila anni a estinguersi. La verità è che i dinosauri esistono ancora. Ecco che aspetto hanno: un padre e un figlio in un negozio di libri usati sull'orlo del fallimento, avvezzi a trascorrere lunghe giornate inutili consumando parole che nessun altro qui intorno compra pi...
C'è stato un tempo in cui Aaron Stein credeva che i libri fossero dei piccoli miracoli. Ci avete mai pensato? Con sole ventisei...
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Maribeth Klein, Anfang 40, ist so damit beschäftigt, die perfekte Mutter von kleinen Zwillingen, Ehefrau und erfolgreiche Redakteurin einer Frauenzeitschrift zu sein, dass sie vor lauter Stress gar nicht merkt, dass sie einen Herzinfarkt hatte. Als sie nach einer Notoperation völlig geschwächt wieder zu Hause ist und begreift, dass Familie und Job ihr keine Möglichkeit lassen, zu Kräften zu kommen, trifft sie eine schmerzhafte Entscheidung: Sie...
16) Waar ik ga
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Op het moment dat Freya haar stem verliest tijdens het opnemen van haar debuutalbum, wil Harun weglopen met de jongen van wie hij houdt en komt Nathaniel na een familietragedie aan in New York. De drie ontmoeten elkaar in Central Park waarna hun wegen niet meer scheiden. Door beetje bij beetje delen van hun verleden aan elkaar te onthullen, proberen ze samen de weg terug naar zichzelf te vinden.
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"Mia tiene diecisiete anos, un hermano pequeno de ocho, un padre musico y el don de tocar el chelo como los angeles. Muy pronto se examinara para entrar en la prestigiosa escuela Juilliard, en Nueva York, y, si la admiten, debera dejarlo todo: su ciudad, su familia, su novio y sus amigas. Aunque el chelo es su pasion, la decision la inquieta desde hace semanas."--Amazon.com.
While in a coma following an automobile accident that killed her parents...
19) Ten jeden rok
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"Picking up where Just One Day ended, Just One Year tells Willem's side of the story. After spending an amazing day and night with Allyson in Paris that ends in separation, Willem and Allyson are both searching for one another. His story of their year of quiet longing and near misses is a perfect counterpoint to Allyson's own as Willem undergoes a transformative journey, questioning his path, finding love, and ultimately, redefining himself."--Amazon.com...

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