Robin Benway

Three teenagers, biological siblings separated by adoption, explore the meaning of family in all its forms--how to find it, how to keep it, and how to love it.

"Perfect for fans of NBC's "This Is Us," Robin Benway's beautiful interweaving story of three very different teenagers connected by blood explores the meaning of family in all its forms--how to find it, how to keep it, and how to love it.  Being the middle child has its ups and downs.  But for Grace, an only child who was adopted at birth, discovering that she is a middle child is a different ride altogether. After putting her own baby up for adoption, she goes looking for her biological family, including--  Maya, her loudmouthed younger bio sister, who has a lot to say about their newfound family ties. Having grown up the snarky brunette in a house full of chipper redheads, she's quick to search for traces of herself among these not-quite-strangers. And when her adopted family's long-buried problems begin to explode to the surface, Maya can't help but wonder where exactly it is that she belongs.  And Joaquin, their stoic older bio brother, who has no interest in bonding over their shared biological mother. After seventeen years in the foster care system, he's learned that there are no heroes, and secrets and fears are best kept close to the vest, where they can't hurt anyone but him.  Don't miss this moving novel that addresses such important topics as adoption, teen pregnancy, and foster care."

Far from the tree

Oliver's absence split us wide open, dividing our neighborhood along a fault line strong enough to cause an earthquake. An earthquake would have been better. At least during an earthquake, you understand why you're shaking. Emmy and Oliver were going to be best friends forever, or maybe even more, before their futures were ripped apart. But now Oliver is back, and he's not the skinny boy-next-door that used to be Emmy's best friend. Now he's the boy who got kidnapped. A stranger - a totally hot stranger! - with a whole history that Emmy knows nothing about. But is their story still meant to be? Or are they like the pieces of two different puzzles - impossible to fit together?

Emmy & Oliver

As the active-duty daughter of international spies, sixteen-year-old safecracker Maggie Silver never attended high school so when she and her parents are sent to New York for her first solo assignment, Maggie is introduced to cliques, school lunches, and maybe even a boyfriend.

Also Known As

Audrey, Wait!

A Year to the Day

When 16-year-old Maggie Silver's parents are falsely accused of stealing priceless gold coins, she must use her safecracking skills to try to clear their names with help from the "new team" she has formed as an undercover operative in a New York City high school.

Going Rogue: an Also Known As Novel

After their parents' divorce, teenaged sisters April, May, and June recover special powers from childhood and use them to cope with moving to a new home and high school, but wonder if the gifts have a greater purpose.

The Extraordinary Secrets of April, May & June

Grace fue adoptada al nacer y creía ser hija única. A los dieciséis, luego de quedar embarazada y dar en adopción a su bebé, busca a su familia biológica para descubrir que en realidad es la hermana de en medio: Joaquin es el mayor y Maya la menor. Mientras Grace se enfrenta al vacío que dejó su bebé, la vida le revela a ella y a sus hermanos el camino hacia sus orígenes para encontrar su lugar en el mundo. Ganador del National Book Award y bestseller de The New York Times, El esplendor de las raíces ha cautivado a la crítica y a los lectores por igual "Grace, Maya y Joaquin salen de las páginas para convertirse en adolescentes de carne y hueso, personalidades con huellas digitales." -The New York Times "La verdad que los adolescentes necesitan escuchar es que cada vida humana tiene significado, dignidad y relevancia; que los lazos naturales importan; que ningún hijo es una isla y que la existencia de cualquier persona es una consecuencia." -The Wall Street Journal "Amo a Robin Benway... tiene una forma de escribir que simplemente te remueve el corazón y lo exprime hasta sacar todos tus sentimientos y emociones." "¡ESTE ES UN LIBRO BUENÍSIMO! Lloré, amigos ¡LLORÉ! Ningún libro me había hecho llorar en mucho tiempo. No sabía que aún podía pasarme."

El esplendor de las raíces

"Blood is blood...and one way or another, we all bleed." Drizella and Anastasia only know one thing for certain: they will never end up like their mother, Lady Tremaine. When their father left them as young girls, he took what was left of their family's fortune and their mother's dignity with him. A few years and one deceased stepfather later, the only version of Lady Tremaine that Drizella and Anastasia know is a bitter and cruel head of house. Anastasia and Drizella have promised themselves--and each other--that they'll be different. They'll find love, see the world, and never let their hearts go cold. But both sisters are all too aware of what it can mean when cast into disfavor with their mother, and fueled by Lady Tremaine's tendencies to pit the daughters against one another, Drizella and Anastasia are locked into a complicated waltz of tenuous sisterhood. On the cusp of the royal debut party--their one chance to impress the Prince and live up to their mother's expectations--the sisters at last get a glimpse of what life could be like outside of Lady Tremaine's intentions: Drizella discovering a love of science and Anastasia sparking a secret romance. But never underestimate the power a mother whose greatest talents lie in manipulation, and the sisters may learn that even the cruelest of hearts can spill blood. This first book in the new Disney Villains Dark Ascension series by National Book Award-winning author Robin Benway explores the complex sibling rivalry between the two wicked stepsisters from Cinderella that turned them into the characters we know today.

The Dark Ascension Series: The Wicked Ones

De 16-jarige Maggie (ik-figuur) en haar ouders zijn spionnen voor een geheime organisatie die wereldwijd opereert. Maggie krijgt haar eerste solo-opdracht: infiltreren op een school in New York. Vanaf ca. 13 jaar.

Spy girl / druk 1

Wir drei verzweigt

Believe it or not, there are some drawbacks to being a 16-year old safecracker, daughter of spies, and member of an organization that fights corruption and wrongdoing around the world. For example: never getting to stay in one place long enough to have friends or a boyfriend, being the only spy ever to have a 10 p.m. curfew, and being sent on assignment to Russia. In the winter. For Maggie Silver, the compensation for the vast inconvenience of being a teenage spy has been avoiding high school and its accompanying cliques, bad lunches, and frustratingly simple security on the lockers. (If it's three digits or less, why even bother?) But when Maggie and her parents are sent to New York on a major assignment, all of that changes. She'll need to attend a private school, avoid the temptation to hack the school's security system, and befriend the aggravatingly cute Jesse Oliver to gain the information she needs to crack the case, all while trying not to blow her cover. The first in a new series from Robin Benway, Also Known As, is the perfect read for fans of The Gallagher Girls.

Spy Society

Emmy en Olivier / druk 1

A música que mudou minha vida

Departe de trunchi

Si loin de l'arbre

April té premonicions. May pot fer-se invisible. June llegeix els pensaments. Són tres germanes que han d'ajustar-se tant al seus poders acabats d'adquirir com a la vida de l'institut. Per si això no fos prou, April té una premonició: ve al seu xicot amb June en un accident de cotxe. Què fan ells dos junts? I, sobretot, pot fer-se alguna cosa per evitar-ho?

Els secrets extraordinaris d'April, May i June

Having a permanent base in Manhattan has its pros and cons for seventeen-year-old safecracker Maggie Silver. On hiatus from her usual international spy missions, Maggie gets to spend more quality time with her insanely cool best friend, Roux, and former mark turned boyfriend, Jesse Oliver ... even if she does have to meet his mm. But when Maggie's parents are falsely accused of stealing precious gold coins, she flees to Paris with her friends to form a spy team ... one that will clear her family's name once and for all.

Going Rogue

Durante o divórcio de seus pais, April, May e June descobrem ter adquirido poderes especiais. April pode ver o futuro, May consegue ficar invisível e June lê mentes. Essas habilidades vão ajudá-las a enfrentar o inferno que pode ser o ensino médio e a superar o ano mais difícil de suas vidas. Com o tempo, elas descobrem que existe entre elas um poder muito maior do que suas habilidade especiais: o amor entre irmãs.

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