Hannah Harrington

'If she'd waited less than two weeks, she'd be June who died in June. But I guess my sister didn't consider that.' Harper Scott's older sister has always been the perfect one - so when June takes her own life a week before her high school graduation, sixteen-year-old Harper is devastated. Everyone's sorry, but no one can explain why. When her divorcing parents decide to split her sister's ashes into his-and-her urns, Harper takes matters into her own hands. She'll steal the ashes and drive cross-country with her best friend, Laney, to the one place June always dreamed of going - California. Enter Jake Tolan. He's a boy with a bad attitude, a classic-rock obsession and nothing in common with Harper's sister. But Jake had a connection with June, and when he insists on joining them, Harper's just desperate enough to let him. With his alternately charming and infuriating demeanour and his belief that music can see you through anything, he might be exactly what she needs. Except June wasn't the only one hiding something. Jake's keeping a secret that has the power to turn Harper's life upside down - again.

Saving June

Everyone knows that Chelsea Knot can't keep a secret…until now, because the last secret she shared turned her into a social outcast--and nearly got someone killed; so now Chelsea has taken a vow of silence and if she thinks keeping secrets is hard, not speaking up when she's ignored, ridiculed and even attacked is worse. Original.

Speechless

Everyone knows that Chelsea Knot can't keep a secret. Until now. Because the last secret she shared turned her into a social outcast - and nearly got someone killed. Now Chelsea has taken a vow of silence - to learn to keep her mouth shut, and to stop hurting anyone else. And if she thinks keeping secrets is hard, not speaking up when she's ignored, ridiculed and even attacked is worse. But there's strength in silence, and in the new friends that are, shockingly, coming her way - people she never noticed before; a boy she might even fall for. If only her new friends can forgive what she's done. If only she can forgive herself.

Purity Texts is a handbook that gathers the data of the Dead Sea Scrolls on ritual purity and analyzes it systematically as part of a coherent ideology. After a general introduction and an examination of individual texts for the contribution of each to the subject of purity, the book devotes a chapter to each of the impurities discussed in the Scrolls: death, leprosy, bodily discharges and outsiders. In each of these chapters, emphasis is placed on the large amount of congruence of the Qumran texts with each other on the subject of purity and the similarities and differences between the Qumran texts and other sources of ancient Judaism. The contributors to the Companion to the Qumran Scrolls series take account of all relevant and recently published texts and provide extensive bibliographies. The books in the series are authoritatively written in accessible language and are ideal for students and non-specialist scholars. Companion to the Qumran Scrolls, volume 5

The Purity Texts

Chelsea Knot sa perfettamente che i pettegolezzi sono il suo punto debole. È più forte di lei: quando scopre qualcosa non può fare a meno di sbandierarla ai quattro venti, senza pensare alle conseguenze. Finché un segreto rivelato con leggerezza non si trasforma in tragedia e finisce per ritorcersi contro di lei. Così, per imparare a tenere la bocca chiusa e a prendere in considerazione i sentimenti degli altri, Chelsea decide di non parlare più. Anche se i suoi amici di sempre la escludono, la prendono in giro, la insultano e addirittura la bullizzano. E inaspettatamente, nel silenzio, trova una nuova forza, e amici nuovi... e persino un ragazzo di cui potrebbe innamorarsi. Loro non la giudicano, forse possono addirittura perdonarla per ciò che ha fatto. Ma lei riuscirà mai a perdonare se stessa?

Speechless: senza parole (eLit)

Aujourd’hui, ma grande sœur a décidé de mourir. C’est moi qui l’ai trouvée et depuis je ne tourne pas rond. June avait une vie parfaite, bien plus belle que la mienne, alors pourquoi ? Je croyais la connaître par cœur et je me suis trompée... Pourtant, il y a une chose dont je suis tout à fait sûre : June n’a pas pu m’abandonner. Elle m’a forcément laissé un signe, quelque chose, elle me tend la main quelque part. Peut-être en Californie où elle rêvait d’aller vivre. Ma meilleure amie est de mon avis et Jake, ce confident secret de June, est d’accord aussi. Alors, même si pour trouver ce que je cherche on doit traverser tout le pays et aller jusqu’en Californie, on va le faire. Ensemble. « La voix d’Harper sonne juste, les lecteurs à la recherche d’un roman émouvant ne seront pas déçus » — Kirkus Book Reviews

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