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     FACTS ABOUT THE BOOK Title: All We Had Author: Annie Weatherwax Publisher: Simon and Schuster US Price: $16.00 Pages: 257 Genre: Novel (Poverty, Mother-Sister, Drama) Year: 2014     BACK OF THE BOOK (warning! this is more a summary of the whole book than a teaser - it bascially spoilers almost the whole story)   Source: Amazon     Thirteen-year-old Ruthie Carmichael and her mother, Rita, share a powerful bond. Always teetering on the edge of poverty, they are sustained by their grit, humor, and love for each other. When they take to the highway in search of the American Dream, they end up in Fat River, New York, where Rita finally lands a steady job at the local diner. Peter Pam, the diner's transgender waitress; Dotty and Hank Hanson, the elderly owners of the hardware store battling for survival in the Walmart era; and Miss Frankfurt, the stern but caring principal of the high school, form Ruthie and Rita's...

  Source: Amazon     FACTS ABOUT THE BOOK Title: The Perks of Being A Wallflower Author: Stephen Chbosky Publisher: Simon and Schuster UK Price: $7.99 Pages: 231 Genre: Coming of Age, epistolary novel Year: 1999         BACK OF THE BOOK Source: Amazon     Charlie is a freshman. And while he's not the biggest geek in the school, he is by no means popular. Shy, introspective, intelligent beyond his years yet socially awkward, he is a wallflower, caught between trying to live his life and trying to run from it. Charlie is attempting to navigate his way through uncharted territory: the world of first dates and mixed tapes, family dramas and new friends; the world of sex, drugs, and The Rocky Horror Picture Show , when all one requires is that perfect song on that perfect drive to feel infinite. But Charlie can't stay on the sideline forever. Standing on the fringes of life offers a unique perspective. But there c...

      FACTS ABOUT THE BOOK Title: CARRY ON Author: Rainbow Rowell Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin Price: $10.99 Pages: 521 Genre: Fantasy, Queer, Adventure Year: 2015 (New Edition: 2017)         BACK OF THE BOOK (contains slight spoilers)   Source: Amazon     "Wildly fun, deliciously readable." - npr.org   Simon Snow is the worst Chosen One who's ever been chosen. That's what his roommate, Baz, says. And Baz might be evil and a vampire and a complete git, but he's probably right. Half the time, Simon can't even make his wand work, and the other half, he sets something on fire. His mentor's avoiding him, his girlfriend broke up with him, and there's a magic-eating monster running around wearing Simon's face. Baz would be having a field day with all this, if he were here - it's their last year at the Watford School of Magicks, and Simon's infuriating nemesis didn't even bother to show ...

FAKTEN ZUM BUCH Titel:  Das Meer so nah Autor:  Fiona Blum Verlag:  Goldmann Preis:  15,00€ Seitenzahl: 317 Erscheinungsdatum:  April 2018 Amazonlink zum Buch: (  hier  klicken ) Buchart:  Gebunden Genre:  Roman (Irland) Rezensionsexemplar?  Ja. Dieses Buch wurde mir vom  Goldmann Verlag  kostenlos als Rezensionsexemplar zugeschickt. Dafür bedanke ich mich ganz herzlich an dieser Stelle. :) Meine Meinung bleibt selbstverständlich meine eigene. KLAPPENTEXT LUCY LIEBT ORDNUNG UND REGELN - BIS SIE BEGREIFT, DASS SIE NUR IN DER FREIHEIT IHR GLÜCK FINDEN KANN Als Kind hatte ich Angst vor Regen. Sobald sich ein Wölkchen am Himmel zeigte, hatte ich das dringende Bedürfnis, Schutz zu suchen. Irgendwann verlor sich diese Furcht. Doch an jenem stürmischen Tag, als ich fünfundzwanzig Jahre später auf der Fähre nach Irland stand, fiel mir diese alte Angst wieder ein. Und ich ...

    FACTS ABOUT THE BOOK   Title: every day Author: David Levithan Publisher: Ember Price:   $9.99 Pages: 322 (+ 6 additional chapters in my copy) Genre: Fiction Year: 2012       BACK OF THE BOOK   I wake up.   Immediately, I have to figure out who I am. It's not just the body - opening my eyes and discovering whether the skin on my arm is light or dark, whether my hair is long or short, whether I'm fat or thin, boy or girl, scarred or smooth. The body is the easiest thing to adjust to, if you're used to waking up in a new one each morning. It's the life, the context of the body, that can be hard to grasp.   Every day I am someone else. I am myself - I know I am myself - but I am also someone else.   It has always been like this.       WHAT'S IT ABOUT? Every day a different body. Every day a different life. Every day in love with the same girl. There’s neve...

    FAKTEN ZUM BUCH   Titel: Die Wolkenfischerin Autor: Claudia Winter Verlag: Goldmann Verlag Genre: Roman (Frankreich, Liebesroman, Familiendrama) Seitenzahl: 398 (Rezepte mitinbegriffen) Erscheinungsdatum: Februar 2018 Buchformat: Taschenbuch Preis: 9,99€ Amazonlink: hier klicken Rezensionsexemplar? Ja. Dieses Buch wurde mir freundlicherweise vom Goldmann Verlag kostenlos als Rezensionsexemplar zugeschickt. Dafür möchte ich mich an dieser Stelle ganz herzlich bedanken. Meine Meinung bleibt selbstverständlich meine eigene.       INHALTSANGABE (Ich persönlich habe vor dem Lesen des Buches nichts von der Geschichte gewusst, außer, dass sie in der Bretagne spielen wird. Dadurch bot mir der Aufbau des Buches mehr Wendungen und Überraschungen als wenn ich vorher den Klappentext gelesen hätte. Daher hier nur kurz der Hinweis, dass die folgende Inhaltsangabe einiges vorwegnehmen kann.)   Charmant und gewitzt hat sich Clai...

        FACTS ABOUT THE BOOK   Title: Fully Functioning Human (Almost) - Living in an Online/Offline World Author: Melanie Murphy Publisher: Hachette Books Ireland Price:   14,14 € (Amazon) Pages: 310 Genre: Non-fiction Year: 2017         BACK OF THE BOOK       'I'm just a nitwit girl who's sort-of stumbling through life learning that we all have our own roads to walk - but that it's still valuable, and rather lovely, to hear about other people's journeys . . . ' Growing up in an online age, becoming an internet sensation with half a million followers on her YouTube Channel, Irish girl Melanie Murphy's journey has been far from ordinary. Here, in her first book, she shares the ups and downs of her life. From dealing with online bullying, to living with anxiety and eating disorders to coping with acne and coming to terms with her sexuality, Melanie shows us how through difficul...