Bøger af Julie Buxbaum

A New York Times BestsellerWhat if the person you need the most is someone you've never met?Funny and romantic, thistug-at-your-heartstringscontemporary YA debut is perfect for readers of Rainbow Rowell, Jennifer Niven, and E. Lockhart.Everything about Jessie is wrong. At least, that's what it feels like during her first weekas a juniorat her new ultra-intimidating prep school in Los Angeles. It's been barely two years since her mother's death, and because her father eloped with a woman he met online, Jessie has been forced to move across the country to livewith her stepmonster and her pretentious teenage son.Just when she's thinking about hightailing it back to Chicago, she gets an email from a person calling themselves Somebody/Nobody (SN for short),offering to help her navigate the wilds of Wood Valley High School. Is it an elaborate hoax? Or can she rely on SN for some much-needed help?In a leap of faithor an act of complete desperationJessie begins to rely on SN, and SN quickly becomes her lifeline and closest ally. Jessie can't help wanting to meet SN in person. But are some mysteries better left unsolved?';Three Things about this novel: (1) I loved it. (2) No, really, I LOVED it. (3) I wish I could tell every teen to read it. Buxbaum's book sounds, reads, breathes, worries, and soars like real adolescents do.' Jodi Picoult, New York Times bestselling author of Leaving Time and Off the Page

"When Sky's grandmother is kidnapped, Sky discovers her secret life as an undercover FBAI agent, and embarks on a mission filled with puzzles, codes, and risky adventures to save her"--

In a collection of personal stories and essays, award-winning and bestselling artists from Matt de la Peña and Veera Hiranandani to Max Brailer and RL Stine write about how hope always wins, even in the darkest of times.Dr. Rose Brock, a literacy expert and children's literature champion, compiled a list of the below writers to inspire middle grade readders and give them hope as we exit the pandemic and face the deep divide in our country.The contributor list is:Adam GidwitzAlex GinoChristina SoontornvatGordon KormanHena KhanJames BirdJames PontiJanae MarksJennifer CervantesJulie BuxbaumKarina Yan GlaserMatt de la PeñaMax BrallierPablo CartayaPam Muñoz RyanRenée WatsonRex OgleRonald L. SmithRL StineSarah MlynowskiSoman ChainaniStuart GibbsTom Angleberger*Vashti Harrison (art)Veera Hiranandani

"e;What to Say Next reminds readers that hope can be found in unexpected places."e;BustleFrom the New York Times bestselling author of Tell Me Three Things comes a story about two struggling teenagers who find an unexpected connection just when they need it most. Nicola Yoon, the bestselling author of Everything, Everything, calls it"e;charming, funny, and deeply affecting."e;Sometimes a new perspective is all that is needed to make sense of the world.KIT: I don't know why I decide not to sit with Annie and Violet at lunch. It feels like no one here gets what I'm going through. How could they? I don't even understand.DAVID: In the 622 days I've attended Mapleview High, Kit Lowell is the first person to sit at my lunch table. I mean, I've never once sat with someone until now. ';So your dad is dead,' I say to Kit, because this is a fact I've recently learned about her.When an unlikely friendship is sparked between relatively popular Kit Lowell and socially isolated David Drucker, everyone is surprised, most of all Kit and David. Kit appreciates David's blunt honestyin fact, she finds it bizarrely refreshing. David welcomes Kit's attention and her inquisitive nature. When she asks for his help figuring out the how and why of her dad's tragic car accident, David is all in. But neither of them can predict what they'll find. Can their friendship survive the truth?Named a Best Young Adult Novel of the Year by POPSUGAR';Charming, funny, and deeply affecting all at the same time.' Nicola Yoon, #1New York Timesbestselling author ofEverything, EverythingandThe Sun Is Also a Star';Heartfelt, charming, deep, and real. I love it with all my heart.' Jennifer Niven,New York Timesbestselling author ofAll the Bright Places

Ellie's life is turned upside down when she learns the heartbreaking news that her best friend, Lucy, has been murdered. And, as best friends do, Ellie drops everything to travel to London to pick up the pieces.

When feisty and successful Manhattan attorney Emily Haxby ends her happy relationship just as her boyfriend is on the verge of proposing, she can't explain to herself, let alone her closest friends, why she did it.