Adi Alsaid

A love-seeking mechanic, a dramatic petty thief, a disappointed planner and a broken-hearted teen all find their lives transformed as each shares whirlwind adventures with a girl in an insanely red car. By the author of Somewhere Over the Sun. Simultaneous eBook.

Let's Get Lost

Rebecca Roanhorse

S. K. Ali

Sara Farizan

Phoebe North

Rin Chupeco

Anna-Marie McLemore

Sangu Mandanna

Sandhya Menon

Elsie Chapman

Jay Coles

Karuna Riazi

Caroline Tung Richmond

From some of your favorite bestselling and critically acclaimed authors—including Sandhya Menon, Anna-Marie McLemore, and Rin Chupeco—comes a collection of interconnected short stories that explore the intersection of family, culture, and food in the lives of thirteen teens. A shy teenager attempts to express how she really feels through the confections she makes at her family’s pasteleria. A tourist from Montenegro desperately seeks a magic soup dumpling that could cure his fear of death. An aspiring chef realizes that butter and soul are the key ingredients to win a cooking competition that could win him the money to save his mother’s life. Welcome to Hungry Hearts Row, where the answers to most of life’s hard questions are kneaded, rolled, baked. Where a typical greeting is, “Have you had anything to eat?” Where magic and food and love are sometimes one and the same. Told in interconnected short stories, Hungry Hearts explores the many meanings food can take on beyond mere nourishment. It can symbolize love and despair, family and culture, belonging and home.

13 Tales of Food & Love

Hungry Hearts

"Best friends Dave and Julia were determined to never be clichae high school kids--the ones who sit at the same lunch table every day, dissecting the drama from homeroom and plotting their campaigns for prom king and queen. They even wrote their own Never List of everything they vowed they'd never, ever do in high school ... Julia is beautiful, wild, and impetuous. So when she suggests they do every Never on the list, Dave is happy to play along ... It starts as a joke, but then a funny thing happens: Dave and Julia discover that by skipping the clichaes, they've actually been missing out on high school. And maybe even on love"--Dust jacket flap.

Never Always Sometimes

This exceptional and powerful anthology explores the joys, heartbreaks and triumphs of immigration, with stories by bestselling and beloved YA authors who are themselves immigrants and the children of immigrants. WELCOME From some of the most exciting bestselling and up-and-coming YA authors writing today...journey from Ecuador to New York City and Argentina to Utah, from Australia to Harlem and India to New Jersey, from Fiji, America, Mexico and more... Come On In. With characters who face random traffic stops, TSA detention, customs anxiety, and the daunting and inspiring journey to new lands, who camp with their extended families, dance at weddings, keep diaries, teach ESL, give up their rooms for displaced family, decide their own answer to the question "where are you from?" and so much more, Come On In illuminates fifteen of the myriad facets of the immigrant experience.

Come on in

Central International School's annual lock-in is legendary. Bonds are made. Contests are fought. Stories are forged that will be passed down from student to student for years to come. This year's lock-in begins normally enough. Then a group of students led by Marisa Cuevas stage an ecoprotest and chain themselves to the doors, vowing to keep everyone trapped inside until their list of demands is met. Some students rally to their cause...but others are aggrieved to watch their own plans fall apart. Amira has trained all year to compete in the school decathlon on her own terms. Peejay intended to honor his brother by throwing the greatest party CIS has ever seen. Kenji was looking forward to making a splash at his improv showcase. Omar wanted to spend a little time with the boy he's been crushing on. Celeste, adrift in a new country, was hoping to connect with someone--anyone. And Marisa, once so certain of her goals, must now decide how far she'll go to attain them. Every year, lock-in night changes lives. This year, it might just change the world.

We Didn't Ask for This

Carlos Portillo runs away from his wealthy family in Mexico City to follow his dream of becoming a chef.

North of Happy

Has heartbreak broken her for good? Dumped by her boyfriend the summer after senior year, teen love and relationship columnist Lu Charles has hit a wall with her writing. The words just won’t come to her like they used to and if she doesn’t find a topic for her column, she’ll lose her gig at hip online magazine Misnomer, and the college scholarship that goes along with it. Her best friend, Pete, thinks she should write through her own pain, but when Lu overhears another couple planning a precollege breakup just like hers, she becomes convinced that they’re the answer to cracking her writer’s block. And when she meets them—super-practical Iris and cute, sweet Cal—and discovers they’re postponing their breakup until the end of the summer, she has to know more. Have Cal and Iris prolonged their own misery by staying together, knowing the end is in sight? Or does the secret to figuring out all this love business—and getting over it—lie with them? One thing is certain—if Lu can’t make a breakthrough before summer is over, she can kiss her future goodbye. From the acclaimed author of Let’s Get Lost and North of Happy comes a touching exploration of love, relationships and the pain of breaking up.

Brief Chronicle of Another Stupid Heartbreak

The Sun Is Also a Star meets Jumanji when two teens meet and fall in love during a layover-gone-wrong at the Atlanta airport in this thrilling new novel from the author of Let's Get Lost! James and Michelle find themselves in the Atlanta airport on a layover. They couldn't be more different, but seemingly interminable delays draw them both to a mysterious flashing green light--and each other. Where James is passive, Michelle is anything but. And she quickly discovers that the flashing green light is actually... a button. Which she presses. Which may or may not unwittingly break the rules of the universe--at least as those rules apply to Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta. Before they can figure up from down, strange, impossible things start happening: snowstorms form inside the B terminal; jungles sprout up in the C terminal; and earthquakes split the ground apart in between. And no matter how hard they try, it seems no one can find a way in or out of the airport. James and Michelle team up to find their families and either escape the airport, or put an end to its chaos--before it's too late.

Before Takeoff

The Sun Is Also a Star meets Jumanji when two teens meet and fall in love during a layover-gone-wrong at the Atlanta airport in this thrilling new novel from the author of Let's Get Lost! James and Michelle find themselves in the Atlanta airport on a layover. They couldn't be more different, but seemingly interminable delays draw them both to a mysterious flashing green light--and each other. Where James is passive, Michelle is anything but. And she quickly discovers that the flashing green light is actually... a button. Which she presses. Which may or may not unwittingly break the rules of the universe--at least as those rules apply to Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta. Before they can figure up from down, strange, impossible things start happening- snowstorms form inside the B terminal; jungles sprout up in the C terminal; and earthquakes split the ground apart in between. And no matter how hard they try, it seems no one can find a way in or out of the airport. James and Michelle team up to find their families and either escape the airport, or put an end to its chaos--before it's too late.

Five strangers. Countless adventures. One epic way to get lost. Four teens across the country have only one thing in common: a girl named Leila. She crashes into their lives in her absurdly red car at the moment they need someone the most. Sometimes, what you need most is right where you started.

Aquello Que Creiamos Perdido

Bravest Warrior in Nefaria

Hudson, Bree, Elliot e Sonia hanno un solo punto in comune: Leila, una ragazza che entra nelle loro vite con la sua auto rosso fiammante proprio nel momento in cui hanno più bisogno di aiuto. Leila è in viaggio verso l'Alaska per andare a vedere l'aurora boreale. Nel suo percorso attraverso gli Stati Uniti incontra Hudson, meccanico di una piccola città, che sembra pronto a gettare via i sogni di una vita in nome dell'amore. Poi Bree, una ragazza in fuga da se stessa che vive rubacchiando. E in seguito Elliot, che crede al lieto fine finché la sua vita si scosta dalla sceneggiatura prevista. Infine Sonia che, perdendo il suo ragazzo, teme di aver perso la capacità di amare. Tutti e quattro trovano un'amica in Leila. E quando Leila li saluta per continuare il viaggio, le loro vite sono in qualche modo cambiate. Leila dovrà, invece, arrivare fino in Alaska per venire a patti con se stessa.

Via con te

The Calvin Sky

Carlos Portillo siempre ha llevado una vida privilegiada y protegida. Ciudadano dual de México y los Estados Unidos, vive en la Ciudad de México con su familia, donde asiste a una escuela internacional de élite. Siempre ha sido obediente a las normas y un orgullo para sus padres: Carlos está más que feliz de seguir la senda conocida. Siempre ha amado la comida y especialmente cocinar, pero sus padres ven esto como un hobby. Cuando su hermano mayor, Félix -que abandonó la universidad para vivir una vida de viajero- es trágicamente asesinado, Carlos comienza a escuchar la voz de su hermano, aconsejándolo y presionándolo para que se rebele contra el plan de su padre. Preocupado por su salud mental, pero sabiendo que la voz es correcta, Carlos huye a los Estados Unidos y logra asegurarse un trabajo con su chef famoso favorito. Mientras trabaja para mejorar sus habilidades en la cocina y perseguir su sueño, comienza a enamorarse de la hija de su jefe, un hecho que podría terminar su carrera antes de que comience. Finalmente, viviendo para sí mismo, Carlos debe decidir qué es lo más importante para él y dónde está realmente su verdadero camino.

En busca del taco perfecto

Al norte de la felicidad

« Une histoire douloureusement belle... Dans la veine de La Face cachée de Margo de John Green, le premier roman d’Adi Alsaid est un bijou de la littérature young adult contemporaine. » — SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL « Captivant, mystérieux, amusant et profond... Aux lecteurs de John Green et d’autres auteurs réalistes pour jeunes adultes, je recommande vivement ce nouveau roman merveilleux. » — FRESH FICTION « Suivez Leila – une héroïne à la fois gentille, généreuse, versatile et espiègle – dans sa quête pleine d’action vers la découverte de soi. Ce roman-qui-fait-du-bien vous raconte quatre histoires d’amour pour le prix d’une. » — WENDY WUNDER, auteur de La Fille qui ne croyais pas aux miracles « Les personnages sont caractérisés de façon particulièrement authentique et colorée. Ce premier roman est un road-trip divertissant et romantique. — KIRKUS REVIEWS « La quête de Leila pour trouver les aurores boréales entraîne les lecteurs dans un voyage captivant, au cours duquel les histoires de quatre étrangers entrent en collision dans un seul et même récit initiatique fascinant. » — YABOOKSCENTRAL.COM « Hypnotisant. Une histoire sur l’amour, la perte, l’ambition et la recherche du vrai sens de l’existence. Chaque étape de l’itinéraire de Leila rappelle volontairement au lecteur de toujours profiter de la vie. — GLITTER MAGAZINE Partir avec pour unique bagage une destination. Faire des rencontres, croire au hasard. Et mieux revenir au point de départ ! Leila, 17 ans, passe l’été toute seule sur la route, dans sa vieille voiture, avec en ligne de mire l’Alaska et ses aurores boréales. Chemin faisant, elle rencontre par hasard Hudson, Bree, Elliot et Sonia. Grâce à eux et aux moments forts vécus ensemble, le regard que Leila porte sur la vie changera à jamais.

Partir laisser se trouver

Dive into these three magnificent coming-of-age stories about love, loss, and adventure by Adi Alsaid! LET’S GET LOST Four teens across the country have only one thing in common: a girl named Leila. She crashes into their lives in her absurdly red car at the moment they need someone the most. Hudson, Bree, Elliot and Sonia find a friend in Leila. And when Leila leaves them, their lives are forever changed. But it is during Leila’s own 4,268-mile journey that she discovers the most important truth—sometimes, what you need most is right where you started. NEVER ALWAYS SOMETIMES Best friends Dave and Julia were determined to never be cliché high school kids. They even wrote their own Never List of everything they vowed they’d never, ever do in high school. But Dave has a secret: he’s broken rule #8: never pine silently after someone for the entirety of high school. It’s either that or break rule #10: never date your best friend. So when Julia impetuously suggests they do every Never on the list, Dave is happy to play along. It starts as a joke, but then a funny thing happens: Dave and Julia discover that by skipping the clichés, they’ve actually been missing out on high school. And maybe even on love. NORTH OF HAPPY Carlos Portillo has always led a privileged and sheltered life. He lives in Mexico City with his wealthy family and attends an elite international school. Always a rule follower, Carlos is happy to tread the well-worn path in front of him. He has always loved food and cooking, but his parents see it as just a hobby. When his older brother, Felix—who has dropped out of college to live a life of travel—is tragically killed, Carlos begins hearing his brother’s voice, pushing him to rebel against his father’s plan for him. Worrying about his mental health but knowing Felix is right, Carlos runs away to the United States and manages to secure a job with his favorite celebrity chef. As he works to improve his skills in the kitchen and pursue his dream, he begins to fall for his boss’s daughter. Finally living for himself, Carlos must decide what’s most important to him and where his true path really lies. Titles originally published in 2014, 2015, and 2017.

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