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At Jack Logan's sports-crazy New Jersey high school, the new rule is that all kids must play on a team. So Jack and a ragtag group of anti-athletic friends decide to get even. They are going to start a rebel JV soccer team whose mission is to avoid victory at any cost, setting out to secretly undermine the jock culture of the school. But as the team's losing formula becomes increasingly successful at attracting fans and attention, Jack and his teammates are winning in ways they never expected-and don't know how to handle. Losers Take All by David Klass is a fresh and funny novel that throws out all the rules of high school sports. After all, if you can't win the game, change the rules.

Pour des raisons financières, le père Barbeau, profitant d'une offre de son voisin de prendre l'un de ses jumeaux à son service, décide qu'il est temps de les séparer. La nouvelle chagrine les jumeaux, alors âgés de quatorze ans. Ils tirent à pile ou face et c'est Landry qui est placé chez le père Caillaud à la Priche. Landry part secrètement le matin. Le soir, son frère, Sylvinet, va le voir, triste de ne pas avoir été prévenu. Il éprouve encore plus de tristesse lorsque son frère ne le serre pas dans ses bras lors de leurs retrouvailles, alors qu'il en avait envie mais ne voulait pas paraître ridicule et sentimental devant ses nouveaux hôtes.

Sixth-former Anna Campbell is the go-to girl when anyone needs anything. Teachers, friends, random strangers... It never occurred to her that she could say no. After all, Anna Campbell's always been too 'nice'' to say no. But Anna is sick of being that girl, the nice girl, and she's going to do something about it. Only, is she prepared to risk losing everything she cares about - even herself - along the way...?A novel for anyone who's ever struggled to put themselves first.

Ten-year-old Rupert Brown inadvertently finds himself spending Christmas with the wealthiest family in town and is astonished to discover a world he never knew existed. Rupert lives with his parents and many siblings in a small house in the poorest section of Steelville, Ohio. When he spends Christmas with his classmate Turgid Rivers, he is offered all the food he can eat, and the opportunity to win wonderful prizes in the family games-prizes he hopes to take home so he can share his Christmas bounty with his family. But after he loses everything in the last game, Rupert resigns himself to going home empty handed. Feeling secretly guilty, all of the adults in Rivers family try to make it up to him by taking Rupert on one unlikely adventure after another, embroiling him in everything from time travel to bank robberies. But can anything he experiences make up for what he has lost? Deftly blending magical realism with heartbreak, hope, and a wide cast of eccentric characters, Polly Horvath weaves a tale that is darkly funny and deeply poignant. Very Rich is a bittersweet and quirky story that celebrates the unique nature of human experience. A Junior Library Guild selection!

This new highly-illustrated series is guaranteed to make you laugh so hard milk will come out of your nose! Strangeville School is the wackiest, most dangerous school you will ever attend...and you'll desperately want to come back for more!Harvey Hill just wants other kids to think he’s normal. So he’s happy to start fresh as the newest kid at Strangeville Middle School. Except Strangeville is anything but normal. Something sinister swims in the drinking fountain, the cafeteria could swallow you whole, and a giant rat named Cuddles is on the loose. And don't even get the vice principal started on the third-floor supply closet. In fact, don't even think about it. What supply closet?At least Harvey has his guide and sort-of new friend Stella Cho to show him the ropes. School newspaper reporter, first chair flugelhorn, and hiding a secret of her own, Stella shows Harvey that maybe "normal" is overrated. But when Stella goes missing while trying to solve the secret of the supply closet (oh that supply closet!), Harvey must embrace what makes him unique to save his new friend and his new school. Sideways Stories from Wayside School meets Welcome to Nightvale in this wacky new series!

A heartfelt companion novel to the critically acclaimed Chester and Gus about inclusivity, autism, friendship, and family, perfect for fans of Sara Pennypacker and Kate DiCamillo. After being separated from his family, Franklin becomes an independent cat, until he meets a goofy dog named Chester.

A swoon-worthy historical romance for fans of bingeable Netflix smash-hits Bridgerton, Emily in Paris and To All the Boys I've Loved Before.This is the story of the Davenport daughters, their maid, and their best friend, as they try to navigate life and love in a rapidly changing country.The year is 1910. The Davenports are one of the few African-American families of wealth and status in the United States, their fortune made by former slave William Davenport.Now the family live surrounded by servants, crystal chandeliers, and endless parties. But the world around these young women is changing for better or worse. Can romance blossom in these turbulent times?

Penn Westbrook thinks he's the one for me.It's not that I'm entirely opposed to the idea, but I've got a lot going on. Aside from school obligations and my own extracurricular interests, I've got a crazy family life. My four chaotic siblings are enough to deal with on their own, but out of nowhere, my biological father returns and wants me to be a part of the new family he found while he was away.Not to mention I'm stuck between my two best friends, Erica and Kara, who can't seem to get along but won't tell me why. But I'm just happy that Kara finally got permission to play on the boys' hockey team this season-the very same one where Penn is the captain.As I come to terms with all this-and my own inner battles-I can't help but wonder how I'm supposed to keep myself from falling for Penn when he promises to be there to catch me.

When seventeen-year-old Callie Christianson answers the doorbell, she never expects to find her ex-best friend, Egan Pasko, there with flowers. Their childhood friendship ended their freshman year when he shut her in a locker and walked away. But now he's sorry and he'd like to take her on twenty-one dates to prove it. It's an experiment, he says, to see if two people who used to be "just friends" can fall in love. And, of course, they'll record the whole thing and put it online to see how many views they can wrangle out of it.Callie's ready to tell him to get lost. Until she realizes Egan's crazy, stupid idea could help her gain the followers she needs to earn the mentorship opportunity that will launch her baking career. So the dates begin. And, even though nothing goes according to Callie's plan, all the time spent with Egan is reminding her of everything she used to love about him.The only problem is their viewers aren't falling in love with her. The haters come out in droves to tell her exactly how terrible they think she is. The only thing keeping Callie in the experiment is Egan's hints that he might be starting to fall for her. Except she can't be sure he's not playing it up for the sake of the camera.Then Egan shares the most vulnerable parts of Callie's life story online without her permission, stunning her into a shame spiral and leaving her to fend for herself in the comments. With their friendship once again at stake, will Callie walk away for good? Or is her heart too involved to let Egan go?

I am a star! You are a star! We are all stars because we all have special talents to celebrate.Я - зірка! Ти - зірка! Кожен з нас - зірка, бо всі ми маємо унікальні здібності варті того, щоб ними пишатися. Your purchase of this book supports Library For All in its mission to make knowledge available to all, equally.

When Raccoon loses his home, his friends each find one small way to help--and make a big difference.

When a newcomer arrives in a small, quiet village, a series of extraordinary events ensue.

Le petit François est un « champi » : il a été abandonné dans les champs. C'est un enfant un peu simple qui vit avec sa mère, la vieille Zabelle. Les champis ont mauvaise réputation : on les dit paresseux et voleurs. Leur propriétaire, la mère du meunier Cadet Blanchet, méprise les champis et pousse Zabelle à le renvoyer à l'hospice. Alors qu'ils sont sur le départ, François s'évanouit. Madeleine, la femme du meunier, touchée par la scène, propose à Zabelle de prendre soin en cachette du jeune garçon.

Noch nie waren Amy und Cleo so glücklich. Beide sind bis über beide Ohren verliebt und haben sich ein tolles Leben in Orlando aufgebaut. Doch auch auf Wolke Sieben lebt es sich nicht unbeschwert und die Zeit bringt immer neue Aufgaben mit sich. Das anfangs aufregende Zusammenwohnen stellt das Quartett je länger je mehr auf Probe und die zwei Freundinnen müssen sich entscheiden, ob dieser Lebensstil sowie ihre Beziehungen auf Dauer ihre Träume erfüllen können. Die eine erfüllt von leisen Zweifeln, die andere fester Überzeugung machen sich beide Gedanken zu ihrer Zukunft und stellen sich die Frage: Sind Shawn und Cameron tatsächlich die Richtigen für eine lebenslange Beziehung? Der dritte Teil aus der Serie Amy & Cleo.

Perfect for fans of Jennifer Niven, Abigail Johnson draws a searing and lyrical portrait of grief, forgiveness, and the kind of love that blooms in the aftermath.Eight years ago, Ethan and Rebecca met, two troublemaking kids sharing secrets and first kisses in a tree house, until Ethan's mom returned to take him away. Each and every visit, his only goodbye was a flower on Rebecca's windowsill. Four years ago, Ethan left for the last time to take care of his mother, who has struggled with addiction his whole life.Two years ago, Rebecca was in a car accident that killed her father. She's been learning to navigate life as a wheelchair user ever since.Now, they discover if their hardships have torn them apart…or will bring them closer than ever.

From acclaimed fantasy author Mindee Arnett comes an epic, adventurous story of a young mercenary magic-user trying to escape the oppressive island of Riven?and a young noblewoman trying to change it forever.Mars Darksvane wants out. Out from under the thumb of Una, the crime boss who pulled him off the streets as a child and trained him as an assassin; out from the island country of Riven, where magic, in the form of a dangerous material called Ice, allows the rich to live in luxury and keeps the poor in thrall.Mars is a secret adept?a person born with the ability to channel the magic that flows beneath Riven?and while his power gives him abilities useful to an assassin, it also makes him a target. And when his last mission ends in tragedy, Mars finally decides it's time to escape to the mainland. No magic, no history, a new life on his own.But Una has other ideas. If Mars wants his freedom, he's going to have to perform a final job: protecting Fura Torvald?the heiress of the rich and powerful Torvald kith, and the daughter of the last man Mars was sent to kill?and stealing from her a mysterious object known only as the Primer.Mars has no interest in Fura or whatever the Primer is, nor in Riven's corrupt and oppressive politics; he just wants to do his job and get out. But as Mars comes to know more about Fura, the Primer, and the true nature of the power in Riven, he realizes that he will soon have to take a side in a fight he has avoided his entire life.Which side, however, he does not yet know.

In this latest installment of The New York Times bestselling quartet that began with The Beautiful, Pippa journeys to the treacherous and beguiling world of the fey in search of answers but instead falls in love.Following the explosive events of The Damned, Odette faces a vampire’s final death. The Court of the Lions have done everything they can to save her but have failed. A healer from the Sylvan Vale could help her, but only Arjun Desai, as a half fey, can cross the boundary between realms. The Sylvan Vale is a world Arjun despises, and in return, it despises him. But knowing it could save Odette, he returns to the Vale with all haste, leaving the mirrored tare between the two worlds open and unwittingly setting the stage for both love and war. It’s mere days until Pippa Montrose is to wed Phoebus Devereux and become a member of his well-heeled family, offering salvation to her own. But Celine is missing. Pippa has no idea where her best friend has gone, but she’s certain it’s in the company of vampire Sébastien Saint Germain and that Arjun can lead her to them. Pippa enjoins the help of Eloise, the daughter of a powerful sorceress, to discover the gateway Arjun uses to travel between worlds. Pippa, tired of hesitating in life, marches right through in search of her friend. But what she discovers on the other side is a dangerous, duplicitous world full of mischief and magic she doesn’t understand, and most unexpectedly, she finds love. Author of the New York Times bestselling duology The Wrath & The Dawn, Renée Ahdieh is back. The Righteous is the can’t-miss lead in to what will be a much-anticipated finale of a can't miss quartet.

"Milly, Aubrey, and Jonah Story are cousins, but they barely know each another, and they've never even met their grandmother. Rich and reclusive, she disinherited their parents before they were born. So when they each receive a letter inviting them to work at her island resort for the summer, they're surprised ... and curious. Their parents are all clear on one point-not going is not an option. This could be the opportunity to get back into Grandmother's good graces. But when the cousins arrive on the island, it's immediately clear that she has different plans for them. And the longer they stay, the more they realize how mysterious-and dark-their family's past is. The entire Story family has secrets. Whatever pulled them apart years ago isn't over-and this summer, the cousins will learn everything"--