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FAKTEN ZUM BUCH Titel:  Den Mund Voll Ungesagter Dinge Autor: Anne Freytag Verlag:  Heyne Fliegt Preis:  14,99€ Seitenzahl:  399 Erscheinungsdatum: 2017 Buchart:  Broschiert Genre: Jugend/Young Adult Roman, Liebesgeschichte, LGBTQ* KLAPPENTEXT Quelle: Amazon Wenn Sophie es sich aussuchen könnte, wäre ihr Leben simpel. Aber das ist es nicht. Und das war es auch nie. Das fängt damit an, dass ihre Mutter sie direkt nach der Geburt im Stich gelassen hat. Und endet damit, dass Sophies Vater plötzlich beschließt, mit seiner Tochter zu seiner Freundin nach München zu ziehen. Alle sind glücklich. Bis auf Sophie.  Was hat es bloß mit dieser verdammten Liebe auf sich? Sophie selbst war noch nie verliebt. Klar gab es Jungs, einsam ist sie trotzdem. Bis sie in der neuen Stadt auf Alex trifft. Das Nachbarsmädchen mit der kleinen Lücke zwischen den Zähnen, den grünen Augen und dem ansteckenden Lachen. Zum ersten Mal lässt sich Sophie...

FACTS ABOUT THE BOOK Title: Two Boys Kissing Author:  David Levithan Publisher:  Egmont Limited UK Price:  £7.99 Pages:  244 Genre:  LGBTQ* novel Year:  2013 BACK OF THE BOOK Source: Amazon The two boys kissing are Craig and Harry. They are hoping to set the world record for the longest kiss. They're not a couple, but they could be. Peter and Neil are a couple. Their kisses are different. Avery and Ryan have only just met and are trying to figure out what happens next. Cooper is alone. He's not sure how he feels. As the marathon progresses, these boys, their friends and families evaluate the changing nature of feelings, behaviour and this crazy thing called love. What's it about? "Two Boys Kissing" actually tells four different stories about seven different boys who are all queer. The stories are slighlty interwined with each other.  All those stories get told from the "queers of ...

     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 ...