"In this powerful collection of short stories, children around the world turn eleven and take a step into their futures. Each one is changed in ways both big and small. Annoyed at having to walk his sister's dog on his birthday, Connor heads into an undeveloped subdivision, where he comes across chilling evidence of a stranger's unhappiness. A girl sneaks away from her class camping trip to a local conservation area and experiences, for the first...

Set around the world in Canada, the UK, India, Japan and Jamaica, these fascinating stories by emerging writers and established authors-such as Evelyn Lau and Governor General's Award winner Paul Yee-will captivate and entertain teens of all ages.

Powerful, sparse, and compelling, this collection of short stories focuses on adolescents and their diverse family relationships. The characters examine who they are and how they fit into their family, their community, and their world, often exploring parent–teen conflicts. Skillfully told in a stark and haunting style, these stories detail the lives of eight teens, revealing through seemingly mundane events their individual realities.

Quentin, Justine, Jérémy et Sophie !… Quatre lycéens en rupture de lien familial sont confrontés aux pièges d'une mauvaise rencontre. Solitude, peur, angoisse, remords, agitent leurs nuits. Tour à tour, ils devront se sortir d'une situation périlleuse sans faire trop de casse. Quel secours recevront-ils de leurs copains et de leur famille ? Quatre nouvelles qui mettent en scène la soif de liberté et d'indépendance que ressent tout adolescent,...

La vida está hecha de fragmentos. Felicidad, melancolía, entusiasmo, nostalgia... miles de fragmentos que componen la obra de arte que es la existencia. La esencia de este arte, las personas, está impregnada de esos fragmentos que son las emociones, y tan compleja llega a ser esta relación que esas almas, fragmentos de un cuadro mayor, también están compuestas de millones de fragmentos pequeños e infinitamente determinantes. El trozo de tu...

Aubrey Snow loathes guys like Preston Wallingford. Cocky, pretentious rich boys who invade her tiny Idaho lake town for the summer, reeking havoc on all the local girl's hearts. She doesn't have time or energy for frat boys, when she's got bills to pay and inebriated best friends to protect. Little does she know that Preston is different. His roots at Lake Coeur d'Alene run deeper than most realize, and he-like Aubrey-has a complicated family history....

12 nouvelles avec Marion et son frère Charles plus folles les unes que les autres ! Marion et son frères Charles, héros préférés des 9/15 ans (Je Bouquine) reviennent en numérique, chic ! Avec ce recueil de 12 nouvelles superbement illustrées par Catel BD : on lit, on rit, on se régale. D'une révolution en cours d'histoire à un vélo volé en passant par la découverte d'un trésor, un concours de lasagnes, un impitoyable prof-de-maths,...

Être adolescent, ce n'est pas tous les jours facile. Être adolescent et sourd, encore moins. Et quand on est adolescent, sourd et qu'on a des parents qui décident tout pour vous, c'est carrément très compliqué! Valériane et Ludovic, deux adolescents sourds, se rencontrent lors d'une réunion de parents de jeunes sourds. Une histoire d'amour débute entre eux... mais l'opposition parentale ne tarde pas à se manifester. Comment les deux adolescents...

"In "War at the Snow White Motel," Rex and his family are vacationing in Vermont. A thoughtless act launches him into war with an older teenager at their motel, but a much bigger conflict -- the Vietnam War -- looms large on the horizon. Ant wants to join the #FridaysForFuture movement -- and impressing the new girl at school is only one good reason why. Joseph and Danny are determined to right an old wrong, no matter the consequences. Michel takes...