Young Adult genre books (280)


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Sophie's World : A Novel about the History of Philosophy by Jostein Gaarder EN

Rating: 5 (6 votes)
Country: Europe / Norway flag Norway
Description:
The protagonists are Sophie Amundsen, a 14-year-old girl, and Alberto Knox, her philosophy teacher. The novel chronicles their metaphysical relationship as they study Western philosophy from its beginnings to the present. A bestseller in Norway.

192.

Soundless by Richelle Mead EN

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Description:
"A fantasy adventure steeped in Chinese folklore about a teenage girl named Fei. When her village is suddenly in danger, Fei finds herself on a journey from the peak of her jagged mountain village to the valley of Beiguo, where a startling truth and an unlikely romance will change her life forever"--

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Stål by Silvia Avallone SV

Rating: 4 (1 vote)
Country: Europe / Italy flag Italy
Description:
De bästa vännerna Anna och Francesca växer upp i ett nedslitet bostadskomplex i den toskanska kuststaden Piombino. I horisonten skymtar Elba, men på Via Stalingrado är det kring stålverket livet rör sig. Flickorna är tretton år, på väg att ta steget in i vuxenvärlden och är heta föremål för männens och pojkarnas blickar. De är prinsessor i ett fallfärdigt kungadöme och drömmer om ett liv tillsammans långt borta från föräldrarna och stålverket. Anna har stora... continue

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Star Daughter by Shveta Thakrar EN

Rating: 4 (1 vote)
Country: Asia / India flag India
Description:
Sheetal Mistry, a rising high school junior who is half-star, half-human, must win a competition in the starry court to save her human father.

195.

Steelstriker by Marie Lu EN

Rating: 3 (1 vote)
Country: Asia / China flag China
Description:
Explosive action and swoon-worthy suspense collide in this riveting conclusion to the Skyhunter duet from #1 New York Times–bestselling author Marie Lu

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Stolen by Lucy Christopher EN

Rating: 5 (2 votes)
Country: Oceania / Australia flag Australia
Description:
Sixteen year old Gemma is kidnapped from Bangkok airport and taken to the Australian Outback. This wild and desolate landscape becomes almost a character in the book, so vividly is it described. Ty, her captor, is no stereotype. He is young, fit and completely gorgeous. This new life in the wilderness has been years in the planning.He loves only her, wants only her. Under the hot glare of the Australian sun, cut off from the world outside, can the force of his love make Gemma love him back? Thestory takes the form of a letter, written by Gemma to Ty, reflecting on those strange and disturbing ... continue

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Strike the Zither by Joan He EN

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In this epic YA fantasy about found family, rivals, and questions of identity, New York Times-bestselling author Joan He reimagines the Three Kingdoms, the first of the Four Classics of Chinese Literature...

198.

Swallow the Air by Tara June Winch EN

Rating: 5 (1 vote)
Country: Oceania / Australia flag Australia
Description:
When May's mother dies suddenly, her and her brother Billy's loss leaves them both searching for their place in the world. While Billy takes his own destructive path, May sets off to find her father and her Aboriginal identity.

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Swimming in the Monsoon Sea by Shyam Selvadurai EN

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Country: Asia / Sri Lanka flag Sri Lanka
Description:
Although life for Amrith in 1980 Sri Lanka seems rather uneventful and orderly, things change in a hurry when his male cousin arrives from Canada and Amrith finds himself completely enamored with his new visitor. The setting is Sri Lanka, 1980, and it isthe season of monsoons. Fourteen-year-old Amrith is caught up in the life of the cheerful, well-to-do household in which he is being raised by his vibrant Auntie Bundle and kindly Uncle Lucky. He tries not to think of his life before, when his doting mother was still alive. Amrith's holiday plans seem unpromising: he wants to appear in his scho... continue

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The 13 1/2 Lives of Captain Bluebear by Walter Moers EN

Rating: 4 (1 vote)
Country: Europe / Germany flag Germany
Description:
Unlike cats, bluebears have 27 lives, which can be very handy when one considers the manner in which the hero of this story repeatedly manages to avoid death only by a paw's breadth. The story describes Captain Bluebear's first 13 and a half lives.