Abby Sher

Paola Mendoza

In 2032, when sixteen-year-old Vali's mother is detained by the Deportation Forces, Vali must flee Vermont with her little brother, Ernie, hoping to reach their Tía Luna in the sanctuary state of California.

Sanctuary

Zoe and Hank (short for Hannah) have been inseparable since they met in elementary school. The leader of the pack, Zoe is effortlessly popular while Hank hides comfortably in her shadow. But when Zoe's parents unexpectedly divorce, Zoe's perfect facade starts cracking little by little. Sinking under the weight of her broken family, Zoe develops an eating disorder. Now she must rely on Hank for help. Hank struggles to help Zoe; after all, she is used to agreeing, not leading. How can she help her best friend get better before it's too late? Written partially in letters from Zoe and mostly in narrative from Hank's perspective, Miss You Love You Hate You Bye is a poignant and eye-opening novel about friendship, mental health, and learning to put yourself first.

Miss You Love You Hate You Bye

Lenny, sixteen, struggles to cope with her father's cancer, her best friend moving across the country, and more but in a sea of uncertainty, dreams of romance may become her anchor.

All the Ways the World Can End

With Eric interloping in all her encounters with Drew, a gorgeous ski instructor, Sam worries that their budding romance may never bloom, but when Eric and Sam are snowbound in the lodge together, Sam finally takes the time to give Eric a chance and, in doing so, is surprised to discover just how special a person he is.

Kissing Snowflakes

Dystopisch fern und doch realistisch nah! USA, 2032: Alle Bürger*innen werden durch einen ID-Chip überwacht. Es ist beinahe unmöglich, undokumentiert zu leben, doch genau das tut die 16-jährige Vali. Nachdem sie aus Kolumbien geflohen ist, hat sich ihre Familie ein Leben in Vermont aufgebaut. Als jedoch der ID-Chip ihrer Mutter nicht mehr funktioniert und ihre Stadt nach Undokumentierten durchsucht wird, müssen sie fliehen. Das Ziel: Kalifornien, der einzige Bundesstaat, der sich der Kontrolle entzogen hat. Doch als Valis Mutter festgenommen wird, muss Vali allein mit ihrem Bruder weiter, quer durchs gesamte Land, bevor es zu spät ist. »Ein atemberaubendes Werk dystopischer Jugendliteratur, das von der leidenschaftlichen Stimme einer jugendlichen Protagonistin getragen wird.« School Library Journal

Sanctuary – Flucht in die Freiheit

Until the age of ten, Abby Sher was a happy child in a fun-loving, musical family. But when her father and favorite aunt pass away, Abby fills the void of her loss with rituals: kissing her father's picture over and over each night, washing her hands, counting her steps, and collecting sharp objects that she thinks could harm innocent pedestrians. Then she begins to pray. At first she repeats the few phrases she remem-bers from synagogue, but by the time she is in high school, Abby is spending hours locked in her closet, urgently reciting a series of incantations and pleas. If she doesn't, she is sure someone else will die, too. The patterns from which she cannot deviate become her shelter and her obsession. In college Abby is diagnosed with obsessive-compulsive disorder, and while she accepts this as an explanation for the counting and kissing and collecting, she resists labeling her fiercest obsession, certain that her prayers and her relationship with G-d are not an illness but the cure. She also discovers a new passion: performing comedy. She is never happier than when she dons a wig and makes people laugh. Offstage, however, she remains unable to confront the fears that drive her. She descends into darker compulsions, starving and cutting herself, measuring every calorie and incision. It is only when her earliest, deepest fear is realized that Abby is forced to examine and redefine the terms of her faith and her future. Amen, Amen, Amen is an elegy honoring a mother, father, and beloved aunt who filled a child with music and their own blend of neuroticism. It is an adventure, full of fast cars, unsolved crimes, and close calls. It is part detective story, part love story, about Abby's hunt for answers and someone to guide her to them. It is a young woman's radiant and heartbreaking account of struggling to recognize the bounds and boundlessness of obsession and devotion.

Memoir of a Girl Who Couldn't Stop Praying (Among Other Things)

Amen, Amen, Amen

Co-founder of the Women's March makes her YA debut in a near-future dystopian where a young girl and her brother must escape a xenophobic government to find sanctuary--now in paperback! It's 2032, and in this near-future America, all citizens are chipped and everyone is tracked. It's almost impossible to survive as an undocumented immigrant, but that's exactly what sixteen-year-old Vali is doing. She and her family have carved out a stable, happy life in small-town Vermont, but when Vali's mother's counterfeit chip starts malfunctioning and the Deportation Forces raid their town, they are forced to flee. Now on the run, Vali and her family are desperately trying to make it to her tía Luna's in California, a sanctuary state that is currently being walled off from the rest of the country. But when Vali's mother is detained before their journey even really begins, Vali must carry on with her younger brother across the country to make it to safety before it's too late. Gripping and urgent, co-authors Paola Mendoza and Abby Sher have crafted a narrative that is as haunting as it is hopeful in envisioning a future where everyone can find sanctuary.

Tells the stories of three girls who survived sexual slavery and how they are now working to help others who face the same struggle.

True Stories of Girls Who Escaped Modern Slavery

Breaking Free

Dystopisch fern und doch realistisch nah! USA, 2032: Alle Bürger*innen werden durch einen ID-Chip überwacht. Es ist beinahe unmöglich, undokumentiert zu leben, doch genau das tut die 16-jährige Vali. Nachdem sie aus Kolumbien geflohen ist, hat sich ihre Familie ein Leben in Vermont aufgebaut. Als jedoch der ID-Chip ihrer Mutter nicht mehr funktioniert und ihre Stadt nach Undokumentierten durchsucht wird, müssen sie fliehen. Das Ziel: Kalifornien, der einzige Bundesstaat, der sich der Kontrolle entzogen hat. Doch als Valis Mutter festgenommen wird, muss Vali allein mit ihrem Bruder weiter, quer durchs gesamte Land, bevor es zu spät ist. Eine erschreckende, aber zu Herzen gehende Geschichte über den Willen zu überleben, konsequent aus der Sicht einer Migrantin geschrieben.

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