Jodi Picoult
41) The tenth circle
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Trixie Stone is only a freshman in high school when Jason, the junior she thinks she loves, dumps her. Then one night at a party, their paths cross again. A few hours later, a visibly shaken Trixie comes home to tell her father that Jason sexually assaulted her. Daniel Stone has always done everything in his power to keep his daughter safe. But he never imagined anything so devastating could happen to Trixie--and now he's not sure how to help her....
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"Diana O’Toole tiene la vida calculada al milímetro: se casará a los treinta, tendrá hijos a los treinta y cinco y se mudará a los suburbios de la ciudad de Nueva York. Todavía no está comprometida, pero sabe que su novio, Finn, un residente de cirugía, está a punto de proponerle matrimonio en su próxima escapada romántica a las islas Galápagos. ¡Justo antes de su trigésimo cumpleaños! Sin embargo, la vida le tiene reservado otro destino...
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Where There's Smoke:
Bestselling author Jodi Picoult is a masterful storyteller, who “writes with a fine touch, a sharp eye for detail, and a firm grasp of the delicacy and complexity of human relationships” (The Boston Globe). Now, in this original short story, Picoult introduces Serenity Jones, one of the fascinating characters from her eagerly awaited new novel, Leaving Time.
Even as a child,...
Bestselling author Jodi Picoult is a masterful storyteller, who “writes with a fine touch, a sharp eye for detail, and a firm grasp of the delicacy and complexity of human relationships” (The Boston Globe). Now, in this original short story, Picoult introduces Serenity Jones, one of the fascinating characters from her eagerly awaited new novel, Leaving Time.
Even as a child,...
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Where There's Smoke:Bestselling author Jodi Picoult is a masterful storyteller, who "writes with a fine touch, a sharp eye for detail, and a firm grasp of the delicacy and complexity of human relationships" (The Boston Globe). Now, in this original short story, Picoult introduces Serenity Jones, one of the fascinating characters from her eagerly awaited new novel, Leaving Time. Even as a child, Serenity Jones knew she possessed unusual psychic gifts....
45) The outsiders
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The struggle of three brothers to stay together after their parent's death and their quest for identity among the conflicting values of their adolescent society. When it was first published in 1967, The Outsiders defied convention with its immediate, deeply sympathetic portrayal of Ponyboy and his struggle to find a place for himself in a difficult world. Thirty years later, it speaks to teenagers as powerfully as ever. Puffin is proud to publish...
46) W naszym domu
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A teenager with Asperger's syndrome--smart, quirky, with a passion for crime scene analysis--winds up on trial for murder.
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Sara and Brian live an idyllic life with their young son and daughter. Suddenly, their baby girl falls ill, and her only hope for survival rests in her parents' ability to find a compatible bone marrow donator. Their desperate decision to conceive another child raises both ethical and moral questions and begins to erode their relationship. Their actions ultimately set off a court case that threatens to tear the family apart.
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Con trece años Anna ha pasado por incontables operaciones, pruebas y transfusiones para que su hermana mayor sobreviva a la leucemia. Ha sido la perfecta donante. Ahora ha tomado una decisión que desgarrará a su familia y que puede tener consecuencias fatales para su hermana.
All her life, 13-year old Anna has helped her sister fight leukemia. Anna has provided platelets, bone marrow, and even stem cells to ensure Kate's survival. But when their...
51) Bez mojej zgody
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Conceived to provide a bone marrow match for her leukemia-stricken sister, teenage Kate begins to question her moral obligations in light of countless medical procedures and decides to fight for the right to make decisions about her own body.
52) Linia życia
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"Garść wspomnień--tylko to pozostało Paige po matce, która opuściła ją w wieku pięciu lat. Dorósłszy, Paige wyprowadza się z rodzinnego Chicago, pozostawiając tam samotnego ojca. Marzy o szkole plastycznej, wychodzi za ambitnego lekarza--i wkrótce sama zostaje matką. Przytłoczona domowymi obowiązkami Paige nie może zapomnieć o tym, że wychowała się w niepełnej rodzinie; ten żal, w połączeniu z prześladującymi ją dawnymi...
54) Iskra światła
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The warm fall day starts like any other at the Center, a women's reproductive health services clinic, its staff offering care to anyone who passes through its doors. Then, in late morning, a desperate and distraught gunman bursts in and opens fire, taking all inside hostage. After rushing to the scene, Hugh McElroy, a police hostage negotiator, sets up a perimeter and begins making a plan to communicate with the gunman. As his phone vibrates with...
55) Już czas
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Alice Metcalf was a devoted mother, loving wife, and accomplished scientist who studied grief among elephants. Yet it's been a decade since she disappeared under mysterious circumstances, leaving behind her small daughter, husband, and the animals to which she devoted her life. All signs point to abandonment... or worse. Still Jenna -- now thirteen years old and truly orphaned by a father maddened by grief -- steadfastly refuses to believe in her...
56) To, co zostało
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Sage Singer, zrozpaczona po śmierci matki, zaprzyjaźnia się ze starszym panem, ulubieńcem lokalnej społeczności, emerytowanym nauczycielem. Pewnego dnia Josef prosi ją o nietypową przysługę: chciałby, aby pomogła mu umrzeć. Wyznaje, że nie jest tym, za kogo przez wiele lat się podawał. Mężczyzna skrywa straszną tajemnicę z przeszłości, sięgającą czasów II wojny światowej i masowych mordów na ludności żydowskiej. Czy Sage...
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Byc soba i narazic sie na wykluczenie ze spolecznosci? Czy udawac, ze jest sie kims innym? Poruszajaca opowiesc o tym, jak trudno poznac kogos do konca i jak bolesna bywa utrata niewinnosci. Siedemnastoletni Peter Houghton, od lat ponizany psychicznie i fizycznie przez szkolnych kolegów, zostaje doprowadzony do ostatecznosci. Feralnego ranka wyrusza do szkoly z plecakiem wypchanym bronia. Dziewietnascie minut - tyle wystarczy, zeby dopelnic zemsty...
58) Jesień cudów
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A New Hampshire girl effects miraculous cures, becoming the center of a controversy involving doctors, priests and the media. The divorced father who blames the mother sues for custody and the result is a trial, pitting believers against skeptics.
60) Jak z obrazka
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Cassie Barrett and Alex Rivers had a fairy-tale wedding, but once they returned to Hollywood, a troubling pattern began to emerge. Should Cassie stay or leave?