Teresa Toten

Two-time Governor General's Award nominee Teresa Toten is back with a compulsively readable new book for teens! When Adam meets Robyn at a support group for kids coping with obsessive-compulsive disorder, he is drawn to her almost before he can take a breath. He's determined to protect and defend her--to play Batman to her Robyn--whatever the cost. But when you're fourteen and the everyday problems of dealing with divorced parents and step-siblings are supplemented by the challenges of OCD, it's hard to imagine yourself falling in love. How can you have a "normal" relationship when your life is so fraught with problems? And that's not even to mention the small matter of those threatening letters Adam's mother has started to receive . . . Teresa Toten sets some tough and topical issues against the backdrop of a traditional whodunit in this engaging new novel that readers will find hard to put down.

The Unlikely Hero of Room 13B

When a scholarship girl and a wealthy classmate become friends, their bond is tested when a handsome young teacher separately influences the girls in order to further his less-than-admirable interests.

Beware that Girl

Beware That Girl

Toni has always had nightmares about fire, and she also has burn scars but no idea how she got them. So when fire destroys the orphanage she has grown up in, she is ready to make her way to Toronto, where she hopes to discover the truth about the mother she believes hurt and then abandoned her. Toronto proves to be both daunting and exciting for Toni, whose charm and innocence attract attention--not always positive--wherever she goes. Buoyed by the music she hears at the folk club where she finds a job, and encouraged by her glamorous landlady, Toni unearths shocking information that contradicts everything she believes and makes her re-evaluate what she feels for all the new people in her life. Part of the SECRETS--a series of seven linked novels that can be read in any order.

Shattered Glass

Der ungewöhnliche Held aus Zimmer 13B

For fans of We Were Liars, The Girl on the Train, and Gone Girl, this powerful psychological thriller with multiple mysteries is set against the backdrop of the megawealthy elite of New York City. Toten delves into the mesmerizing yet dysfunctional world of those who manipulate but seem ever so charming. With its gripping pace and Hitchcockian twists, Beware That Girl will keep readers guessing until the very last line.

Beware that girl

ADAM'S GOALS: Grow immediately. Find courage. Keep courage. Get normal. Marry Robyn Plummer. The instant Adam Spencer Ross meets Robyn Plummer in his Young Adult OCD Support Group, he is hopelessly, desperately drawn to her. Robyn has an hypnotic voi

The Unlikely Hero of Room 13b

Un poderoso thriller que explora el fascinante pero disfuncional mundo de la alta sociedad en que las apariencias lo son todo y donde los manipuladores con encanto pueden llegar muy lejos. #CuidadoConElla Su pasado no la frenará. Su objetivo es llegar a lo más alto. ¿Será capaz de hacerse un hueco entre la élite neoyorquina? Hay gente que lo tiene todo, y otros que no tienen nada. Kate O'Brian es de los que no tienen nada. Pero está dispuesta a cambiar su suerte: ahora es una estudiante becada del elitista Colegio Waverly de Nueva York y su plan es trepar por los escalafones sociales para conseguir entrar en Yale. Ya se ha hecho amiga de las chicas populares, en especial de la consentida, fabulosamente rica y profundamente traumatizada Olivia Sumner. Cuando el atractivo Mark Redkin es contratado por la administración de Waverly, pronto se hace un lugar en los corazones de sus estudiantes, en especial en los de Kate y Olivia. Pero Mark también tiene planes, y está dispuesto a todo para llegar a la cima... ¿Cuánto se acercarán Kate y Olivia a Mark sin pasar de depredadoras a presas? Crítica: «Combina el ambiente de Gossip Girl con el suspense psicológico de Perdida.» Publishers Weekly

Cuidado con ella

Sophie Kandinsky starts attending a new school and sets out to make friends with the popular girls while at the same time concealing the fact that her father is in prison for murder.

Me and the Blondes

In Beyond Blonde, Sophie’s world has exploded. Papa has left to try and get sober, and her first love, Luke, has left to marry the mother of his baby. Mama is functioning on auto-pilot, and even Sophie’s refuge in basketball is threatened, since the new assistant coach, David Wayne, seems to hate the sight of her. Life is further complicated by her sixteen-year-old body betraying her at every turn. Into this confusing breach step Sophie’s brilliant Blondes and the ever-audacious Aunties, helping her to battle back with heart and humour.

Book Three Of The Series

Beyond Blonde

For fans of We Were Liars, Gone Girl, and The Girl on the Train comes a powerful psychological thriller with a gripping pace and Hitchcockian twists. Set against the backdrop of New York City, this compelling novel delves into the dysfunctional yet mesmerizing world of the mega-wealthy elite and will keep readers guessing until the very last page. The Haves. The Have-Nots. Kate O’Brien appears to be a Have-Not. Her whole life has been a series of setbacks she’s had to snake her way out of—some more sinister than others. But she’s determined to change all that. She’s book-smart. She’s street-smart. And she’s also a masterful liar. As the scholarship student at the elite Waverly School in NYC, Kate has her work cut out for her: her plan is to climb the social ranks and land a spot at Yale. She’s already found her “people” among the senior-class “it” girls—specifically in the cosseted, mega-wealthy yet deeply damaged Olivia Sumner. As for Olivia, she considers Kate the best friend she’s always needed, the sister she never had. When the handsome and whip-smart Mark Redkin joins the Waverly administration as head of fund-raising, he immediately charms his way into the faculty’s and students’ lives, becoming especially close to Olivia, a fact she’s intent on keeping to herself. It becomes increasingly obvious that Redkin poses a threat to Kate, too, in a way she can’t reveal—and can’t afford to ignore. Mark has his own plan for a bright future and never doubts that he can pull it off. How close can Kate and Olivia get to him without having to share their dark pasts? “Combines a Gossip Girl milieu with the unsettled psychological terrain of Gone Girl.” —PW “It’s smart, dark, entertaining, and unpredictable.” —Quill & Quire, Starred

In this YA novel, Toni travels to Toronto to unearth the truth about the mother she believes hurt and then abandoned her.

Filled with moments of deep emotion and unexpected humor, this understated and wise novel explores the complexities of living with OCD and offers the prospect of hope, happiness and healing. Perfect for readers who love Eleanor & Park and All the Bright Places. ADAM’S GOALS: Grow immediately. Find courage. Keep courage. Get normal. Marry Robyn Plummer. The instant Adam Spencer Ross meets Robyn Plummer in his Young Adult OCD Support Group, he is hopelessly, desperately drawn to her. Robyn has an hypnotic voice, blue eyes the shade of an angry sky, and ravishing beauty that makes Adam’s insides ache. She’s also just been released from a residential psychiatric program—the kind for the worst, most difficult-to-cure cases; the kind that Adam and his fellow support group members will do anything to avoid joining. Adam immediately knows that he has to save Robyn, must save Robyn, or die trying. But is it really Robyn who needs rescuing? And is it possible to have a normal relationship when your life is anything but? Select praise for The Unlikely Hero of Room 13B: “. . . achingly authentic. Like Augustus Waters before him, Adam Spencer Ross will renew your faith in real-life superheroes and shatter your heart in equal measures.” —Kirkus Reviews, Starred “This book made me laugh, cry, think, and kept me coming back for more.” —The Guardian “Adam is a protagonist that readers will root for.” —VOYA “Honest, fresh, and funny . . . Toten employs information about OCD like grace notes in this deft and compelling narrative.” —Booklist “Adam is a fresh and complex character, and far more than the sum of his symptoms.” —Publishers Weekly

Toni has always had nightmares about fire, which is no surprise, considering that she has burn scars but no idea how she got them. So when fire destroys the small-town orphanage she has grown up in, she heads to the city to look for the mother she ne

The enthralling sequel to Me and the Blondes, shortlisted for the Governor General's Award Life is almost ... well ... potentially perfect for Sophie Kandinsky. As it turns out, the Blondes were as dazzled by her as she was by them, and Sophie enters grade ten at Northern Heights smack in the centre of the power grid. There will be no more cascading lies and secrets from her, but the Blondes—now that's another story. And her eccentric Aunties are still peppering Sophie with their eccentric advice on life, love, and how to land the elusive Luke Pearson. But in the end, the best and biggest news is also the worst. After seven years, Sophie's beloved Papa is finally out of prison. Papa is home. Trouble is ... he's supposed to be dead. No more lies? No more secrets? "[Teresa Toten] writes with insight and compassion about the complex moral universe of adolescence." — Quill & Quire "Toten captures perfectly the easy camaraderie of girls who trust each other enough to play Truth or Dare and challenge each other to develop into good people." —CM Magazine

Better Than Blonde

Kathy Kacer

Kelley Armstrong

Eric Walters

Vicki Grant

Marthe Jocelyn

Norah McClintock

In early June, 1964, the Benevolent Home for Necessitous Girls burns to the ground and its vulnerable residents are thrust out into the world. The orphans, who know no other home, find their lives changed in an instant. Arrangements are made for the youngest residents, but the seven oldest girls are sent on their way with little more than a clue or two to their past and the hope of learning about the families they have never known. On their own for the first time in their lives, they are about to experience the world in ways they never imagined. Bestselling authors Kelley Armstrong, Vicki Grant, Marthe Jocelyn, Kathy Kacer, Norah McClintock, Teresa Toten and Eric Walters teamed up to create this series of linked YA novels. Readers can discover all seven Secrets in any order in this thrilling collection. This collection includes the seven following titles: The Unquiet Past Small Bones A Big Dose of Lucky Stones on a Grave My Life Before Me Shattered Glass Innocent

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Katie likes to believe she’s invisible. It seems so much safer than being exposed as who she is: shy, poor, and vulnerable. So getting up in front of audience as the lead in her school’s production of The Taming of the Shrew should be complete torture. But as Katie tells it, something totally unexpected happened when she stepped on stage: “My head exploded. I loved it. Acting hit me like a sucker punch and I loved, loved, loved it! Invisible Katie became visible Katherina.” Evan is, as they say, another story. He knows just what it takes to get noticed, and he uses every one of the skills he’s perfected from years of being the new kid at yet another new school. Rich, smart, and ridiculously charming, he’s like nothing and no one Katie has ever encountered. How then could someone like him possibly be interested in someone like her? But before she knows it they are inseparable. Over the dizzying course of their relationship, Katie must confront the fact that the power of love can conceal darker truths.

The Taming

Lucy Vakovik and her mama have just moved into their own home. With the school year about to start, Lucy is sure to make new friends, but being Croatian isn't quite the same as being a "real Canadian." To fit in at school, Lucy must make important choices about what is right and wrong.

The Onlyhouse

Als de 14-jarige Adam tegen zijn wil naar een serie bijeenkomsten voor jongeren met een dwangneurose wordt gestuurd, verwacht hij niet daar halsoverkop verliefd te worden. Maar zodra hij de iets oudere Robyn ziet, is hij sprakeloos. Adam raakt vastbesloten om Robyn te leren kennen, te helpen en te beschermen. Dat is nog niet zo makkelijk voor een tienerjongen met ruziënde gescheiden ouders en een lastig stiefbroertje om over zijn eigen dwangneurose nog maar te zwijgen. Teresa Toten weet met liefde en humor een onvergetelijke held neer te zetten die, ondanks de obstakels die hij zelf moet overwinnen, vol overgave anderen in zijn hart sluit.

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