Karen Gregory

'Is there anything that's concerning you?' Felicity says. 'College, home, boyfriends?' Though she's more or less smiling at this last one. I don't smile. Instead, I feel my face go hot. Silence stretches as wide as an ocean. When I look up, Felicity has this expression on her face like she's just seen Elvis. Slowly, she leans forward and in a gentle voice I've never heard her use before she says, 'Have you done a pregnancy test?' When Hedda discovers she is pregnant, she doesn't believe she could ever look after a baby. The numbers just don't add up. She is young, and still in the grip of an eating disorder that controls every aspect of how she goes about her daily life. She's even given her eating disorder a name - Nia. But as the days tick by, Hedda comes to a decision: she and Nia will call a truce, just until the baby is born. 16 weeks, 112 days, 336 meals. She can do it, if she takes it one day at a time ...

Countless

"Keep your head down and don't borrow trouble is the motto Joni lives by, and so far it's seen her family through some tough times. It's not as if she has the power to change anything important anyway. Like Dad's bad back, or the threat of losing their house. So when Annabel breezes into her life, Joni's pretty sure they're destined to clash. Pretty, poised, privileged - the daughter of the richest family in town must have it easy. But sometimes you find a matching spirit where you least expect it. Sometimes love can defy difference. And sometimes life asks you to be bigger and braver ..."--Provided by publisher.

Skylarks

When Gemma meets Aaron, she feels truly seen for the first time. Their love story is the intense kind. The written-in-the-stars, excluding-all-others kind. The kind you write songs about. But little by little their relationship takes over Gemma's life. What happens when being seen becomes being watched, and care becomes control? Told in both Gemma's and Aaron's words, this is a raw, moving exploration of gaslighting in teenage relationships that skewers our ideas of what love looks like.

I Hold Your Heart

Ambas miramos al ave en su vuelo hacia lo alto, cantando como si fuera lo único que importara en el mundo. Entonces lo siento: no sólo la belleza de este lugar, sino la belleza de la vida. La vida puede llegar a ser hermosa. Hay posibilidades. “Bajo perfil y no te metas en problemas” es el lema bajo el cual vive Joni, y es que sólo ha visto a su familia metida en situaciones complicadas: precariedad económica, una amenaza de ser desalojados, pérdidas de empleo… Ella cree que no es nadie como para tener el poder de cambiar algo importante. Cuando Annabel llega a sacudir su vida, Joni está segura de que sus detinos están destinados a chocar, puesto que Annabel es bonita, preparada y, sobre todo, privilegiada. Lo que Joni ignora es que a veces encuentras un espíritu gemelo donde menos lo esperas. A veces el amor puede desafiar las diferencias. Y a veces la vida te pide que seas más valiente...

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