Títulos em Amadurecimento

When six-year-old Dolores Hummingbird arrives at the Carlisle Indian Industrial School in Pennsylvania, she has a difficult time adjusting. She has never before spent one night away from her parents. Renamed “Cries in her Sleep” by the girls in her dorm, Dolores eventually finds companionship and love in the person of an orphaned Irish girl called “Sky Eyes.” Both girls are exemplary artist. After graduation, they live and paint in Greenwich Village and receive instruction from Robert Henri of the Ashcan School. But Paris is calling them from across the ocean.

In the silent dark of night, she leaves everything behind—her name, her home, and the man who destroyed her childhood. Now living as Eve Lake, an unassuming roadie, she learns to survive in the shadows, never staying in one place long enough to be found. Until West. The magnetic lead singer of a rising band whose quiet kindness and soulful voice cut straight through her defenses. With every song, every look, he pulls her closer—and threatens the fragile walls she’s built around her heart.

Elodie Martin isn't exactly known for her Christmas cheer, but nothing gets her more fired up than outshining her frosty nemesis, Callum Ashley, the annoyingly handsome owner of the town's swanky department store. For one month a year, her little toy shop shines, thanks to her secret weapon: Grandad Jim, the town's most beloved Santa Claus. But when Jim is suddenly out of commission, Elodie's Christmas (and her business) teeters on the brink. Enter Nick Winter: out-of-work actor, last-minute Santa, and possibly Elodie's only hope.

Lorsqu'un étranger, prétendant être un artiste, arrive sur l'île, les rêves d'Emma de devenir peintre reprennent vie, compliquant encore plus les choix qu'elle a à faire. Et alors qu'Emma passe le plus clair de son temps avec ce visiteur énigmatique, sa famille est de plus en plus inquiète quant aux véritables intentions de l'inconnu. Pour Emma Vik, la vie dans la ferme familiale sur l'île d'Averøya est plutôt simple. Mais des événements mystérieux la plongent dans les eaux inexplorées de l'amour, de la loyauté et de l'âge adulte.

Als die beiden dank dieser Eigenschaft gezwungen sind, ihre Heimat Hals über Kopf zu verlassen, landen sie unplanmäßig auf einer windgepeitschten Insel vor der Küste Neufundlands. Lita freundet sich schnell mit der gehörlosen Tochter der Gastgeber an, der einzigartigen Oona McGregor. Als sie den auf der Insel lang herbeigesehnten Mr. Saito das erste Mal begegnet, der mit seinem Wanderkino Nachrichten aus aller Welt zu ihnen bringt, ahnt Lita nicht, dass er ihr Leben für immer verändern wird.

On the night of Easter Eve 1989, twelve-year-old Hanna's older brother Erik and some friends go to the infamous Mount Verity, where there is a cave that, according to legend, was used in the witch trials in Östergötland during the seventeenth century. Rumor has it that whoever does not tell the truth and goes down into the cave will disappear into the mountain. Erik never comes home that night.

The sudden death of Hassan at the hands of an Israeli shakes his friends Aziz and Mustafa to their core, leaving them grappling with grief, guilt, and an uncertain future. Drawn into the orbit of Hassan's father—a respected community leader known for his charity work and fiery speeches—they struggle to find their place in a world that feels increasingly volatile.

Aus dem Regen in die Sintflut. Rob hat es in letzter Zeit nicht gerade leicht gehabt. Nachdem er seinen besten Freund Jason davor bewahrt hatte, in ein jenseitiges Portal gezogen zu werden, fand er sich in einer Fantasiewelt wieder, die von Levels, Statistiken und einer seltsamen Videospiellogik bestimmt wird. Das Einzige, was noch feindseliger war als die mutierte Tierwelt des Waldes, waren die Einheimischen – ein Dorf von Elfen, die aufgrund eines verheerenden Krieges, der erst acht Jahre zurückliegt, Menschen zu hassen scheinen.

When Alan Reece qualified as a veterinary surgeon at the dawn of the new millennium, he had a plan: save the world, one animal at a time. Of course, no plan survives contact with the enemy, and Alan soon discovers he has far more enemies than he was expecting – aside from vicious pets, difficult owners, surly farmers, and children from hell, he finds himself working with an unhinged and jealous surgeon who makes it his personal mission ruin Alan's life.

In the early 1960s on Green Street, a boy and his friends face challenges in a neighborhood brimming with racial change. Dave Larsen takes us back to a summer of social upheaval, when youthful mischief collided with the weight of adult fears. The novel is set in Englewood on Chicago’s south side, a community like countless others across America that were marked in that era by the lively interaction of families, despite ethnic divides and the realities of integration and white flight.

'Breathtakingly powerful' Guardian 'This startling, absorbing book will leave you fizzing with anger and possibility' Noreen Masud In the blue dusk of a spring evening, a man is drawn to a lonely, beautiful stranger across a station platform. She follows him home, and over one heady night of...

From the quiet rhythms of farm life to the shifting social landscape of small-town adolescence, the story follows Roy Nilsson through a decade of transformation in Squak Valley and the town of Issaquah, nestled at the foothills of the Cascade Mountains. This richly textured story captures the wonder of growing up in the natural beauty of the Pacific Northwest at a simpler time—when the future was still a mystery and life left room for reflection. Roy is curious, resilient, and adventurous, whether navigating creek beds or witnessing mysterious lights in the night sky.

Morgan, Charlotte, and Abby Weiss are filled with mixed emotions. After their beloved mother took her own life without leaving a note, the siblings go through the motions of a funeral while grappling with grief and anger at their parent’s actions.

Es brennt. In den Wäldern und auf den Screens. Die 15-jährige Era lebt mit ihrer Mutter am Waldrand und versucht dem schleichenden Prozess der Zerstörung etwas entgegenzusetzen, indem sie das Aussterben der Vögel dokumentiert. Während Era Notizbücher führt, Zeichnungen anfertigt und all das Wissen, auf das sie Zugriff hat, zu ordnen versucht, bildet Maja eine zerstörerische Gegenkraft. Während die Turteltaube ausstirbt, verlieben die beiden sich ineinander. Als ein großflächiger Brand den Wald zerstört, verlieren auch die Mädchen einen bedeutenden Teil ihres Lebensraums.

‘If We Hadn’t Been Soldiers…’ is a compelling and gripping novel that takes place during the American Civil War. It chronicles the dilemmas and ordeals Simon and his wife Olivia encounter when he leaves the Danton Plantation. Simon is a family man and a dedicated servant with a burning desire to provide a better life for his wife, Olivia, and their son, William. His desire for freedom clashes with his comfortable life as the carriage driver for Mr. Danton, the plantation owner. Simon takes an uncertain and unorthodox method to achieve their freedom.

A heart warming recipe for fun. Take one old farmer, a salacious genius chef named Betty Crocker, a former CIA operative turned counterculture warrior, a mob boss in witness protection and a 14-year-old boy and girl who just want to make movies. Add a coven of clog dancing Wiccans, a corrupt corporation, and a pack of feral hogs. Mix in a cache of hyper-engineered government pot seed and bake to perfection in the Texas heat.

Twenty-three-year-old Lucy Easting has at last broken free from her grim home life and is ready to truly live. But her long-awaited new beginning at Rollins University isn’t what she expected. After attending the first campus party of the year, Lucy awakens the next day with a memory block…and two puncture marks on her neck.

Elio è un giovane sognatore, maldestro e ingenuo, ma con un talento straordinario per la pittura, che però, nel mondo contadino della Val d'Orcia di inizio Novecento, sembra solo una pericolosa mancanza di quel senso pratico che la miseria esige. Suo fratello maggiore, Cordevole, è invece un tipo pragmatico e autoritario che, ricorrendo alla violenza, proverà a plasmare Elio secondo le proprie esigenze.

In That Boy Thatha, sixteen-year-old Thatha’s world is shattered when he’s separated from his family. Stripped of security, love, and guidance, he must navigate a harsh world alone. Battling guilt, loneliness, and the brutal realities of growing up too soon, Thatha’s journey becomes one of survival and self-discovery. As he struggles for a better future, the weight of his past and the looming forces of karma threaten to destroy everything he’s fought for.

From the #1 bestselling author of The Tattooist of Auschwitz comes a heartbreaking contemporary novel full of the author’s characteristic empathy and understanding of the human condition: a dying teenager with a final wish, a lonely young man on a journey towards connection, and the unexpected...