Jesse Andrews
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Language
English
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Seventeen-year-old Greg has managed to become part of every social group at his Pittsburgh high school without having any friends, but his life changes when his mother forces him to befriend Rachel, a girl he once knew in Hebrew school who has leukemia.
Author
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
Description
In an alternate reality a lot like our world, every person’s physical size is directly proportional to their wealth. The poorest of the poor are the size of rats, and billionaires are the size of skyscrapers. Warner and his sister Prayer are destitute—and tiny. Their size is not just demeaning, but dangerous: day and night they face mortal dangers that bigger richer people don’t ever have to think about, from being mauled by cats to their house...
3) Luca
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
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On the Italian Riviera, an unlikely but strong friendship grows between a human being and a sea monster disguised as a human.
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
Español
Description
Greg pasa el último año del instituto de la forma más anónima posible, evitando todo tipo de relaciones, mientras en secreto hace extrañas películas con su único amigo. Esta situación cambiará cuando su madre le obliga a hacerse amigo de una compañera de clase con leucemia
A uniquely funny and moving story about Greg, a high school senior who avoids deep human relationships as a way to safely navigate the social mine field that is teenage...
5) Every day
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Formats
Description
The story of Rhiannon, a sixteen-year old girl who falls in love with a mysterious soul named 1A2 who inhabits a different body every day. Feeling an unmatched connection, Rhiannon and A work each day to find each other, not knowing what or who the next day will bring. The more the two fall in love, the more the realities of loving someone who is a different person every 24 hours takes a toll, leaving Rhiannon and A to face the hardest decision either...
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
A uniquely funny and moving story about Greg, a high school senior who avoids deep human relationships as a way to safely navigate the social mine field that is teenage life. In fact, he describes his best friend Earl, with whom he makes short-film parodies of classic movies, as being 'more like a co-worker'. But when Greg's mom insists he spends time with Rachel, a girl in his class who has just been diagnosed with cancer, Greg discovers just how...