New Releases by Carolyn Mackler

From the award-winning, bestselling author of Not If I Can Help It, a story about reaching across time to find the support you need against bullies, bad friends, and antisemitism. Mason lives in 2023. His parents have just split up, and there''s a guy at school who won''t get off his case. As part of an assignment, he writes a letter to Albert Einstein and it ends up getting a little too personal. He throws the letter into his closet... ...and the next day he gets a letter back from a girl named Talia, who lives in 1987. She has problems of her own, including classmates who make jokes because she''s Jewish. She thought her friends would have her back. But it ends up the only person she really has to talk to is... a random boy from the future? In the tradition of such beloved novels as When You Reach Me and Save Me a Seat, Carolyn Mackler has written a funny, all-too-relatable story about finding the friend you need... even if that friends happens to live in another year.

Three women create the Wife App to monetize the things wives do for free. Soon, it''s the biggest start-up in New York City. But then life intervenes. And the consequences are larger than anything they expected.

From award-winning Carolyn Mackler, the story of Willa, who has been living with Sensory Processing Disorder but is thrown for a BIG loop when her dad announces he''s dating Willa''s best friend''s mom. Willa likes certain things to be certain ways. Her socks have to be soft . . . and definitely can''t have irritating tags on the inside. She loves the crunch of popcorn and nachos . . . but is grossed out by the crunch of a baby carrot. And slimy foods? Those are the worst.Willa can manage all these things -- but there are some things she can''t deal with, like her father''s big news. He''s been keeping a big secret from her . . . that he''s been dating the mom of Willa''s best friend Ruby. Willa does NOT like the idea of them being together. And she does NOT like the idea of combining families. And she does NOT like the idea of her best friend becoming her sister overnight. Will she go along with all of these changes? NOT if she can help it!

The Breakfast Club meets Boyhood in this striking young adult novel from Printz Honor author Carolyn Mackler, which chronicles the lives of five teenagers through the thrills, heartbreaks, and joys of their four years in high school. "Characters live, grow, and ultimately come of age in a beautifully constructed world,” raved Kirkus in a starred review. Zoe, Jake, Mia, Gregor, and Whitney meet at freshman orientation. At the end of that first day, they make a promise to reunite after graduation. But so much can happen in those in-between years. . . . Zoe fears she will always be in her famous mother’s shadow. Jake struggles to find the right connections in friendship and in love. Mia keeps trying on new identities, looking for one that actually fits. Gregor thought he wanted to be more than just a band geek. And Whitney seems to have it all, until it’s all falling apart around her. Carolyn Mackler skillfully brings the stories of these five disparate teens together to create a distinct and cohesive whole—a novel about how we can all affect one another’s lives in the most unexpected and amazing ways. Infinite in Between received four starred reviews, was listed on several best books of the year lists, and is perfect for fans of books by Jandy Nelson, Sara Zarr, and E. Lockhart.

Una storia irresistibile che conquisterà chi è nato con facebook e prima di facebook. È il 1996, la velocità di connessione arranca rumorosamente a 56kb, la rete è quasi vuota, è ancora uno strumento per pochi, una sorta di nuova stregoneria tecnologica. Emma e Josh si conoscono fin da quando erano piccoli, sono sempre stati amici inseparabili, poi Josh ha tentato di baciarla e le cose si sono complicate. È parecchio tempo che non si vedono, ma un giorno Josh si presenta a casa di Emma e le porge imbarazzato un cd rom per connettersi a internet, è arrivato a sua madre come omaggio, ma loro non hanno il computer. Emma invece ha un fiammante pc con Windows 95 e quando riesce finalmente a connettersi accade qualcosa di inspiegabile. Per una strana alterazione nella barriera spazio-temporale appare sullo schermo una misteriosa pagina bianca e blu, con una scritta sconosciuta: facebook. E c’è la foto di una donna sui trent’anni con un volto familiare, troppo familiare. Si è aperto un pericolosissimo portale sul futuro in grado di cambiare, in un’indimenticabile settimana di delirio, il presente, i sentimenti e il destino di Emma e Josh.

E se em 1996 pudesses ver o teu futuro no Facebook... mudarias o presente? Estamos em 1996. Quando Josh instala um CD-ROM que dá acesso a cem horas de internet gratuitas no computador de Emma, sua vizinha e melhor amiga, são ambos transportados para uma estranha página chamada Facebook onde veem versões de si mesmos quinze anos mais velhas. As suas relações, amigos, filhos, carreiras, férias... todas essas informações estão na internet e alteram-se consoante as decisões que eles tomam no dia a dia. À medida que tomam consciência do que a vida lhes reserva no futuro, Josh e Emma são obrigados a confrontar-se com o que estão a fazer certo e errado no presente... Antes do Futuro é um livro de Jay Asher, autor do bestseller Por Treze Razões.

Què faries si, gràcies al Facebook, sabessis com serà el teu futur?Som al 1996. Internet s''està tot just promocionant i l''Emma rep una connexió gratuïta. Només connectar-se, la seva pàgina de Facebook apareix a la pantalla. Però... Facebook encara no s''ha inventat. Ella i en Josh, el seu millor amic, veuen com seran d''aquí a quinze anys. Naturalment, es queden desconcertats. Què caram vol dir m''agrada i sol·licitud d''amistat?Parelles, feines, cases, fills... tot és al Facebook! I cada vegada que actualitzen les seves pàgines personals, el seu futur canvia. A partir d''ara, tot el que facin al present, ho veuran reflectit en el seu perfil del futur.

Josh and Emma are about to discover themselves--fifteen years in the future It''s 1996, and Josh and Emma have been neighbors their whole lives. They''ve been best friends almost as long--at least, up until last November, when everything changed. Things have been awkward ever since, but when Josh''s family gets a free AOL CD-ROM in the mail, his mom makes him bring it over so that Emma can install it on her new computer. When they sign on, they''re automatically logged onto Facebook . . . but Facebook hasn''t been invented yet. Josh and Emma are looking at themselves fifteen years in the future. Their spouses, careers, homes, and status updates--it''s all there. And every time they refresh their pages, their futures change. As they grapple with the ups and downs of what their lives hold, they''re forced to confront what they''re doing right--and wrong--in the present.

Paradise wasn''t supposed to suck. Not the state of being, but a resort in the Caribbean. Jena, Dakota, Skye, and Owen are all there for different reasons, but at Paradise their lives become tangled together in ways none of them can predict. Paradise will change them all. It will change Jena, whose first brush with romance takes her that much closer to having a life, and not just reading about those infinitely cooler and more exciting. It will change Dakota, who needs the devastating truth about his past to make him realize that he doesn''t have to be a jerk just because people think he''s one. It will change Skye, a heartbreakingly beautiful actress, who must come to terms with the fact that for once she has to stop playing a role or face the consequences. And it will change Owen, who has never risked anything before and who will take the leap from his online life to a real one all because of a girl he met at Paradise. . . . From confused to confident and back again, one thing''s certain: Four months after it all begins, none of them will ever be the same.

V Valentine, the queen of meaningless hookups, meets the perfect boy after a run-in with a hockey puck, but when the unexpected happens, V makes a terrible mistake that could jeopardize everything.

With her parents splitting up, 16-year-old Sammie Davis may not want to feel a thing, but feelings happen. For starters, she’s plenty angry. Her dad’s leaving their upstate New York home and moving clear across the country. Her mother—well, she’s packing up and relocating to New York City with Sammie, who has no say about any of it. Overnight Sammie is forced to deal with change. And one change spawns another: Roles get reversed, old and new friendships tested, and sexual feelings awakened. It’s a scary time. But as Sammie realizes that things can’t stay the same forever, that even the people she loves and trusts the most can disappoint her, she begins to accept that change isn’t always bad. It’s how you cope, jumbled feelings and all, that counts. And as she copes, Sammie’s sense of self emerges proud and strong.

Een meisje maakt na het verpesten van haar eerste serieuze relatie een lange reis door Amerika.

LE GROS problème de Virginia, c''est ses fesses. Elle les trouve trop rondes, trop dodues !. Et il n''y a pas qu''elle ! Dans cette famille, où la règle est d''être beau, mince, sportif, intelligent, (presque) Parfait... elle détonne. Virginia serait plutôt une ado ordinaire, tendance complexée, qui aime regarder les séries télé affalée sur le canapé, en se goinfrant de chips. Jusqu''au jour où... l''impensable se produit : un simple coup de fil va changer sa vie et l''aider à s''accepter telle qu''elle est

Fifth-grader, Ella, is not happy about the birth of her new baby brother, Spencer.

Mara''s niece, who is only one year younger, moves in, bringing conflict between the two teenagers because of their opposite personalities.

Soshanna and Gemma are two girls from very different worlds. Read how they find out what it really means to be best friends.

"Mayzie wasn''t too worried about all the teasing at recess --until she became the next victim. Read how Mayzie and her friends stand up to bullies at school" --P. [4] of cover.

Feeling like she does not fit in with her family, who are all thin, brilliant, and good-looking, Virginia tries to deal with her self-image, her first physical relationship, and her disillusionment with some of the people closest to her.

De 15-jarige Virginia kampt met overgewicht en voelt zich zowel op school als thuis afgewezen, maar gaandeweg realiseert ze zich dat zij er ook mag zijn. Vanaf ca. 13 jaar.

The Daughter of Venice, The Earth, My Butt and Other Big Round Things and Feed each tell a different story of life for teenagers in different eras. It is an eclectic mix of topics such as an escape from a constricted life, weighty and weight issues at home and consumerism set in the future.