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I årevis har rygterne om ”Marskpigen” hjemsøgt Barkley Cove, en stille fiskerlandsby. Kya Clark går barfodet og er vild; hun passer ikke ind i det pæne selskab. Så da den populære Chase Andrews findes død sidst i 1969, mistænker de lokale straks hende. Men Kya er ikke, som de siger. Hun er født naturalist og har kun gået i skole én dag, og hun tager livets lærdomme fra landet, idet hun lærer verdens sande veje at kende gennem ildfluernes uærlige signaler. Men selv om hun har evnerne til at leve i ensomhed for altid, kommer tiden, hvor hun længes efter at blive rørt og elsket. Draget mod to unge mænd fra byen, som begge fascineres af hendes vilde skønhed, åbner Kya sig for en ny og forbløffende verden – indtil det utænkelige sker. I Hvor flodkrebsene synger stiller Owens en udsøgt hyldest til naturen op imod en dybtgående opvækstfortælling og et hjemsøgende mysterium. Owens’ debutroman er tankevækkende, klog og dybt bevægende og minder os om, at vi for altid formes af barnet i os, samtidig med at vi er underlagt de smukke og voldelige hemmeligheder, som naturen gemmer på. Historien spørger, hvordan isolation påvirker adfærden hos en ung kvinde, der, ligesom os alle, har en genetisk tilbøjelighed til at høre til i en gruppe. Sporene til mysteriet er indflettet i de frodige levesteder og naturhistorierne hos deres vilde skabninger.

Where do you see yourself in five years? When Type-A Manhattan lawyer Dannie Kohan is asked this question at the most important interview of her career, she has a meticulously crafted answer at the ready. Later, after nailing her interview and accepting her boyfriend's marriage proposal, Dannie goes to sleep knowing she is right on track to achieve her five-year plan. But when she wakes up, she’s suddenly in a different apartment, with a different ring on her finger, and beside a very different man. The television news is on in the background, and she can just make out the scrolling date. It’s the same night—December 15—but 2025, five years in the future. After a very intense, shocking hour, Dannie wakes again, at the brink of midnight, back in 2020. She can’t shake what has happened. It certainly felt much more than merely a dream, but she isn’t the kind of person who believes in visions. That nonsense is only charming coming from free-spirited types, like her lifelong best friend, Bella. Determined to ignore the odd experience, she files it away in the back of her mind. That is, until four-and-a-half years later, when by chance Dannie meets the very same man from her long-ago vision. Brimming with joy and heartbreak, In Five Years is an unforgettable love story that reminds us of the power of loyalty, friendship, and the unpredictable nature of destiny.

Man sagt, dass man niemals wieder nach Hause zurückkehren kann, und für Persephone Fraser fühlt sich das nur allzu wahr an, seit sie vor einem Jahrzehnt den größten Fehler ihres Lebens gemacht hat. Statt glitzernde Sommer am Seeufer ihrer Kindheit zu verbringen, lebt sie in einer stilvollen Wohnung in der Stadt, geht mit Freunden aus und hält alle auf sicherem Abstand zu ihrem Herzen. Bis sie den Anruf erhält, der sie zurück nach Barry’s Bay und wieder in den Bannkreis von Sam Florek treibt – dem Mann, von dem sie nie gedacht hätte, dass sie ohne ihn leben müsste. Sechs Sommer lang waren Percy und Sam unzertrennlich: an dunstigen Nachmittagen auf dem Wasser, an warmen Sommernächten bei der Arbeit im Restaurant seiner Familie und wenn sie sich gemeinsam mit Büchern zusammenkuschelten – medizinischen Lehrbüchern für ihn und unfertigen Horrorkurzgeschichten für sie. Schließlich wurde aus dieser Freundschaft etwas atemberaubend Größeres, bevor alles spektakulär zerbrach. Als Percy zum Begräbnis von Sams Mutter an den See zurückkehrt, ist ihre Verbindung so unbestreitbar wie immer. Doch solange Percy sich nicht den Entscheidungen stellt, die sie getroffen hat, und den Jahren, in denen sie sich dafür selbst bestraft hat, werden sie nie erfahren, ob ihre Liebe größer sein könnte als die größten Fehler ihrer Vergangenheit. Über sechs Jahre und ein Wochenende erzählt, ist »Fünf Sommer mit dir« ein großer, weit ausgreifender, nostalgischer Blick auf die Liebe und auf die Menschen und Entscheidungen, die uns für immer prägen. Sechs Sommer, um sich zu verlieben. Ein Augenblick, um auseinanderzubrechen. Ein Wochenende, um es richtigzumachen.

Maybe it was a grandparent, or a teacher or a colleague. Someone older, patient and wise, who understood you when you were young and searching, and gave you sound advice to help you make your way through it. For Mitch Albom, that person was Morrie Schwartz, his college professor from nearly twenty years ago. Maybe, like Mitch, you lost track of this mentor as you made your way, and the insights faded. Wouldn't you like to see that person again, ask the bigger questions that still haunt you? Mitch Albom had that second chance. He rediscovered Morrie in the last months of the older man's life. Knowing he was dying of ALS - or motor neurone disease - Mitch visited Morrie in his study every Tuesday, just as they used to back in college. Their rekindled relationship turned into one final 'class': lessons in how to live.

When She Woke is a fable about a stigmatized woman struggling to navigate an America of a not-too-distant future, who embarks on a path of self-discovery that forces her to question the values she once held true and the righteousness of a country that politicizes faith. Bellwether Prize Winner Hillary Jordan's provocative new novel is the fiercely imagined story of a woman struggling to navigate an America of a not-too-distant future, where the line between church and state has been eradicated and convicted felons are no longer imprisoned and rehabilitated but chromed—their skin color is genetically altered to match the class of their crime—and then released back into the population to survive as best they can. Hannah is a Red; her crime is murder.

Raw, captivating, and undeniably real, Nic Stone joins industry giants Jason Reynolds and Walter Dean Myers as she boldly tackles American race relations in this stunning debut. Justyce McAllister is top of his class and set for the Ivy League—but none of that matters to the police officer who just put him in handcuffs. And despite leaving his rough neighborhood behind, he can't escape the scorn of his former peers or the ridicule of his new classmates. Justyce looks to the teachings of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. for answers. But do they hold up anymore? He starts a journal to Dr. King to find out. Then comes the day Justyce goes driving with his best friend, Manny, windows rolled down, music turned up—way up, sparking the fury of a white off-duty cop beside them. Words fly. Shots are fired. Justyce and Manny are caught in the crosshairs. In the media fallout, it's Justyce who is under attack.

When Graham Barnett named his diner The Tourist Trap, he meant it as a joke. Now he's stuck slinging reindeer dogs to an endless string of resort visitors who couldn't interest him less. Not even the sweet, enthusiastic tourist in the corner who blushes every time he looks her way… Two weeks in Alaska isn't just the top item on Zoey Caldwell's bucket list. It's the whole bucket. One look at the mountain town of Moose Springs and she's smitten. But when an act of kindness brings Zoey into Graham's world, she may just find there's more to the man than meets the eye…and more to love in Moose Springs than just the Alaskan wilderness.

After her mother dies in an accident, sixteen-year-old Bree Matthews wants nothing to do with her family memories or childhood home. A residential program for bright high schoolers at UNC–Chapel Hill seems like the perfect escape—until Bree witnesses a magical attack her very first night on campus. A flying demon feeding on human energies. A secret society of so called “Legendborn” students that hunt the creatures down. And a mysterious teenage mage who calls himself a “Merlin” and who attempts—and fails—to wipe Bree’s memory of everything she saw. The mage’s failure unlocks Bree’s own unique magic and a buried memory with a hidden connection: the night her mother died, another Merlin was at the hospital. Now that Bree knows there’s more to her mother’s death than what’s on the police report, she’ll do whatever it takes to find out the truth, even if that means infiltrating the Legendborn as one of their initiates. She recruits Nick, a self-exiled Legendborn with his own grudge against the group, and their reluctant partnership pulls them deeper into the society’s secrets—and closer to each other. But when the Legendborn reveal themselves as the descendants of King Arthur’s knights and explain that a magical war is coming, Bree has to decide how far she’ll go for the truth and whether she should use her magic to take the society down—or join the fight.

In Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe, two boys in a border town fell in love. Now, they must discover what it means to stay in love and build a relationship in a world that seems to challenge their very existence. Ari has spent all of high school burying who he really is, staying silent and invisible. He expected his senior year to be the same. But something in him cracked open when he fell in love with Dante, and he can’t go back. Suddenly he finds himself reaching out to new friends, standing up to bullies of all kinds, and making his voice heard. And, always, there is Dante, dreamy, witty Dante, who can get on Ari’s nerves and fill him with desire all at once. The boys are determined to forge a path for themselves in a world that doesn’t understand them. But when Ari is faced with a shocking loss, he’ll have to fight like never before to create a life that is truthfully, joyfully his own. The highly anticipated sequel to the critically acclaimed, multiple award-winning novel Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe is an achingly romantic, tender tale sure to captivate fans of Adam Silvera and Mary H.K. Choi.

The first book in a captivating new duology following an ill-matched pair of spies posing as a married couple to investigate a series of brutal murders in 1930s Shanghai. It’s 1931 in Shanghai, and the stage is set for a new decade of intrigue. Four years ago, Rosalind Lang was brought back from the brink of death, but the strange experiment that saved her also stopped her from sleeping and aging—and allows her to heal from any wound. In short, Rosalind cannot die. Now, desperate for redemption from her traitorous past, she uses her abilities as an assassin for her country. Code name: Fortune. But when the Japanese Imperial Army begins its invasion march, Rosalind’s mission pivots. A series of murders is causing unrest in Shanghai, and the Japanese are under suspicion. Rosalind’s new orders are to infiltrate foreign society and identify the culprits behind the terror plot before more of her people are killed. To reduce suspicion, however, she must pose as the wife of another Nationalist spy, Orion Hong, and though Rosalind finds Orion’s cavalier attitude and playboy demeanor infuriating, she is willing to work with him for the greater good. But Orion has an agenda of his own, and Rosalind has secrets that she wants to keep buried. As they both attempt to unravel the conspiracy, the two spies soon find that there are deeper and more horrifying layers to this mystery than they ever imagined.

Bearded, bad-boy barber Knox prefers to live his life the way he takes his coffee: Alone. Unless you count his basset hound, Waylon. Knox doesn’t tolerate drama, even when it comes in the form of a stranded runaway bride. Naomi wasn’t just running away from her wedding. She was riding to the rescue of her estranged twin to Knockemout, Virginia, a rough-around-the-edges town where disputes are settled the old-fashioned way…with fists and beer. Usually in that order. Too bad for Naomi her evil twin hasn’t changed at all. After helping herself to Naomi’s car and cash, Tina leaves her with something unexpected. The niece Naomi didn’t know she had. Now she’s stuck in town with no car, no job, no plan, and no home with an 11-year-old going on thirty to take care of. There’s a reason Knox doesn’t do complications or high-maintenance women, especially not the romantic ones. But since Naomi’s life imploded right in front of him, the least he can do is help her out of her jam. And just as soon as she stops getting into new trouble he can leave her alone and get back to his peaceful, solitary life. At least, that’s the plan until the trouble turns to real danger.