Lyrical, tender, and incredibly moving. William Hussey masterfully balances brutal realism with pockets of sincere hope and joy - Becky AlbertalliIt’s a tale from the past, with a message for today. A stunningly poignant, devastating, and ultimately beautiful tour-de-force - Simon James GreenAt just nineteen, Stephen has already survived a year at the front. Now he is returning to the trenches to lead a platoon, despite his wounds. Broken-hearted from the loss of his first love, Stephen wonders what he's fighting for. Then he meets Private Danny McCormick, a smart, talented young recruit. From their first meeting, there's something undeniable between them – something forbidden by both society and the army. Determined to protect Danny, Stephen must face down the prejudices and ignorance of his superiors as well as the onslaught of German shells and sniper fire. As the summer of 1916 ticks down to one big push on the Somme, can Stephen and Danny stay together – and will their love save them – or condemn them?

Sei vorsichtig mit deinen Wünschen, sie könnten in Erfüllung gehen! Deandra »Dee« Moth gilt dank ihrer magischen Instabilität als wandelnde Katastrophe. Kein Wunder also, dass eine Räumungsklage für ihren frisch übernommenen Buchladen in Ecco Falls eintrifft. Ihr bleiben genau vier Wochen, um zu beweisen, dass sie mehr kann, als Chaos zu verbreiten. Sie braucht also dringend einen Plan. Denn Dee hat die Nase voll davon, immer wieder zu versagen. Im Hexen-Netz stößt sie auf einen für Anfänger geeigneten Beschwörungszauber. Der Plan? Genial. Die Ausführung? Nun ja ... Denn statt eines strahlenden Schutzgeists steht plötzlich der Tod persönlich vor ihr. Groß, düster – und überraschend charmant. Mit der Räumungsklage im Nacken und einem viel zu attraktiven Dämon an ihrer Seite muss Dee schlagartig zwei Probleme lö Wie wird sie diesen Dämon wieder los? Und wie rettet sie dabei ihren geliebten Laden?

Sei vorsichtig mit deinen Wünschen, sie könnten in Erfüllung gehen! Deandra »Dee« Moth gilt dank ihrer magischen Instabilität als wandelnde Katastrophe. Kein Wunder also, dass eine Räumungsklage für ihren frisch übernommenen Buchladen in Ecco Falls eintrifft. Ihr bleiben genau vier Wochen, um zu beweisen, dass sie mehr kann, als Chaos zu verbreiten. Sie braucht also dringend einen Plan. Denn Dee hat die Nase voll davon, immer wieder zu versagen. Im Hexen-Netz stößt sie auf einen für Anfänger geeigneten Beschwörungszauber. Der Plan? Genial. Die Ausführung? Nun ja ... Denn statt eines strahlenden Schutzgeists steht plötzlich der Tod persönlich vor ihr. Groß, düster – und überraschend charmant. Mit der Räumungsklage im Nacken und einem viel zu attraktiven Dämon an ihrer Seite muss Dee schlagartig zwei Probleme lö Wie wird sie diesen Dämon wieder los? Und wie rettet sie dabei ihren geliebten Laden?

With humor and insight, #1 New York Times bestseller Becky Albertalli explores the nuances of sexuality, identity, and friendship. Imogen Scott may be hopelessly heterosexual, but she’s got the World’s Greatest Ally title locked down. She's never missed a Pride Alliance meeting. She knows more about queer media discourse than her very queer little sister. She even has two queer best friends. There's Gretchen, a fellow high school senior, who helps keep Imogen's biases in check. And then there's Lili—newly out and newly thriving with a cool new squad of queer college friends. Imogen's thrilled for Lili. Any ally would be. And now that she's finally visiting Lili on campus, she's bringing her ally A game. Any support Lili needs, Imogen's all in. Even if that means bending the truth, just a little. Like when Lili drops a tiny queer bombshell: she's told all her college friends that Imogen and Lili used to date. And none of them know that Imogen is a raging hetero—not even Lili’s best friend, Tessa. Of course, the more time Imogen spends with chaotic, freckle-faced Tessa, the more she starts to wonder if her truth was ever all that straight to begin with. . .

Although I had never seen him before, I recognized him immediately. I'd have known his voice anywhere. This was the guy I'd seen on my last journey back in time. Or more precisely, the one who'd kissed my doppelganger while I was hiding behind the curtain in disbelief. Sixteen-year-old Gwen lives with her extended - and rather eccentric - family in an exclusive London neighborhood. In spite of her ancestors' peculiar history, she's had a relatively normal life so far. The time-traveling gene that runs like a secret thread through the female half of the family is supposed to have skipped over Gwen, so she hasn't been introduced to "the mysteries," and can spend time hanging out with her best friend, Lesley. It comes as an unwelcome surprise when she starts taking sudden, uncontrolled leaps into the past. She's totally unprepared for time travel, not to mention all that comes with it: fancy clothes, archaic manners, a mysterious secret society, and Gideon, her time-traveling counterpart. He's obnoxious, a know-it-all, and possibly the best-looking guy she's seen in any century...

On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous is a letter from a son to a mother who cannot read. Written when the speaker, Little Dog, is in his late twenties, the letter unearths a family's history that began before he was born — a history whose epicenter is rooted in Vietnam — and serves as a doorway into parts of his life his mother has never known, all of it leading to an unforgettable revelation. At once a witness to the fraught yet undeniable love between a single mother and her son, it is also a brutally honest exploration of race, class, and masculinity. Asking questions central to our American moment, immersed as we are in addiction, violence, and trauma, but undergirded by compassion and tenderness, On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous is as much about the power of telling one's own story as it is about the obliterating silence of not being heard. With stunning urgency and grace, Ocean Vuong writes of people caught between disparate worlds, and asks how we heal and rescue one another without forsaking who we are. The question of how to survive, and how to make of it a kind of joy, powers the most important debut novel of many years.

For cynical twenty-three-year-old August, moving to New York City is supposed to prove her right: that things like magic and cinematic love stories don’t exist, and the only smart way to go through life is alone. She can’t imagine how waiting tables at a 24-hour pancake diner and moving in with too many weird roommates could possibly change that. And there’s certainly no chance of her subway commute being anything more than a daily trudge through boredom and electrical failures. But then, there’s this gorgeous girl on the train. Jane. Dazzling, charming, mysterious, impossible Jane. Jane with her rough edges and swoopy hair and soft smile, showing up in a leather jacket to save August’s day when she needed it most. August’s subway crush becomes the best part of her day, but pretty soon, she discovers there’s one big problem: Jane doesn’t just look like an old school punk rocker. She’s literally displaced in time from the 1970s, and August is going to have to use everything she tried to leave in her own past to help her. Maybe it’s time to start believing in some things, after all. Casey McQuiston’s One Last Stop is a magical, sexy, big-hearted romance where the impossible becomes possible as August does everything in her power to save the girl lost in time.