Gabrielle Zevin
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Young Jane Young's heroine is Aviva Grossman, an ambitious Congressional intern in Florida who makes the life-changing mistake of having an affair with her boss who is beloved, admired, successful, and very married and blogging about it. When the affair comes to light, the Congressman doesn't take the fall, but Aviva does, and her life is over before it hardly begins. She becomes a late night talk show punchline; she is slut shamed, labeled as fat...
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A.J. Fikry's life is not what he expected it to be. His wife has died, his bookstore is failing, and his prized possession, a rare collection of Poe poems, has been stolen. He is isolating himself from all the people of Alice Island and from Amelia, the Knightley Press sales rep who refuses to be deterred by A.J.'s bad attitude. And then a mysterious package appears at the bookstore that gives A.J. the ability to see everything anew. It doesn't take...
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"A modern love story about two childhood friends, Sam, raised by an actress mother in LA's Koreatown, and Sadie, from the wealthy Jewish enclave of Beverly Hills, who reunite as adults to create video games, finding an intimacy in digital worlds that eludes them in their real lives, from the New York Times best-selling author of The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry. On a bitter cold day, in the December of his Junior Year at Harvard, Sam Masur exits a subway...
4) Elsewhere
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Hauntings & Possessions (SCPL)
Read it and Weep (SCPL-YA)
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Read it and Weep (SCPL-YA)
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YA - Reading in Circles (WPL-Teen)
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Is it possible to grow up while getting younger? Welcome to Elsewhere. The beaches are marvelous. It's quiet and peaceful. You can't get sick, and you'll never turn even a day older... This is where fifteen-year-old Liz Hall ends up, after she has died. It is a place so like Earth yet completely different. Here, Liz will age backward from the day of her death until she becomes a baby and returns to Earth. But Liz wants to turn sixteen, not fourteen...
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"Meet the Pomeroys: a church-going family living in a too-red house in a Texas college town. Roger, the patriarch, has impulsively gone back to school, only to find his future ambitions at odds with the temptations of the present. His wife, Georgia, tries to keep things afloat at home, but she's been feeding the bill drawer with unopened envelopes for months and never manages to confront its swelling contents. In an attempt to climb out of the holes...
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In a future where chocolate and caffeine are contraband, teenage cellphone use is illegal, and water and paper are carefully rationed, sixteen-year-old Anya Balanchine finds herself thrust unwillingly into the spotlight as heir apparent to an important New York City crime family.
7) Margarettown
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From the New York Times bestselling author of Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow and The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry comes an enchanting story about love in its many forms, and a man's timeless journey into the unknowable territory of the woman he loves. From the moment they first sleep together-piled atop seven mattresses in her dorm room-N. is drawn into a rich and enchanted relationship with Margaret Towne, a woman who will introduce him to worlds...
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A TIME MAGAZINE BEST YA BOOK OF ALL TIME
Beloved by generations of readers, Elsewhere is an original, moving novel about love, loss, and the meaning of it all from the New York Times–bestselling author of Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow and The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry.
Is it possible to grow up while getting younger?
Welcome to Elsewhere. The beaches are marvelous.
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A.J. Fikry, der Besitzer der einzigen Buchhandlung auf Alice Island, durchlebt eine schwere Zeit: Seit dem Tod seiner Frau zieht er sich völlig zurück, der Buchladen läuft schlechter denn je, und zu allem Überfluss wurde auch noch sein wertvollster Besitz, eine seltene Erstausgabe von Edgar Allan Poe, gestohlen. Doch als A.J. eines Tages eine überraschende Entdeckung im Laden macht, löst das eine Kette von Ereignissen aus, die sein Leben völlig...
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Ostküste, Mitte der 90er: Sam hat gerade sein Harvard-Studium aufgenommen, als er Kindheitsfreundin Sadie wiedertrifft. Seine frühere Super-Mario-Gegnerin designt heute Computerspiele, und schnell zeigt sich, dass die beiden auch auf kreativer Ebene ein gutes Team sind. Doch als ihr erstes gemeinsames Spiel zum Hit wird, brechen sich Rivalitäten Bahn, die ihre Verbundenheit zu bedrohen scheinen.
Über die Magie der Freundschaft, über Popkultur,...
14) Love Is Hell
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Sure, love is hell. But it,s totally worth it. In these supernatural stories by five of today's hottest writers-Melissa Marr (Wicked Lovely), Scott Westerfeld (Specials), Justine Larbalestier (Magic or Madness), Gabrielle Zevin (Elsewhere), and Laurie Faria Stolarz (Blue is for Nightmares)-love may be twisted and turned around, but it's more potent than ever on its quest to conquer all. From two students who let the power of attraction guide them...
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"Un gélido día de diciembre de su primer año en Harvard, Sam Masur sale de un vagón de metro y ve, entre la hordas de gente que esperan en el andén, a Sadie Green. La llama a gritos. Por un momento, ella hace como que no lo ha oído, pero entonces se vuelve y empieza la partida: una colaboración legendaria que los lanzará al estrellato. Piden dinero prestado, favores y, antes incluso de graduarse, firman su priemra superproducción: Ichigo,...
16) Tuck everlasting
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Books to Movies for Kids
Books Your Parents Probably Read: Modern Classics
OBD Books Make Good Friends (March - May 2024) - YOUTH
Books Your Parents Probably Read: Modern Classics
OBD Books Make Good Friends (March - May 2024) - YOUTH
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"In this timeless story young Winnie Foster learns of a hidden spring in a nearby wood and meets the Tuck family, whose members reveal their astonishing discovery of the spring's life-changing power. Now Winnie must decide what to do with her newfound knowledge--and the Tucks must decide what to do with her. But it's not just the curious girl who is interested in their remarkable tale. A suspicious stranger is also searching for the Tucks, and he...
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"Kiedy Sam i Sadie, dwoje zauroczonych sobą przyjaci̤ł, staje się partnerami w świecie projektowania gier wideo, niespodziewany sukces przynosi im nie tylko sławę i radość, ale też stawia przed nimi najtrudniejszą życiową układankę, w kt̤rej trzeba pogodzić pracę, przyjaźń, rodzinę i miłość. W mroźny grudniowy dzień na pierwszym roku studi̤w na Harvardzie Sam Masur wysiada z wagonu metra i w tłumie czekających na peronie...









