Deb Caletti schreibt mit einem feinen Gespür für die Komplexität menschlicher Beziehungen und erforscht Themen wie Liebe, Verlust und die Suche nach dem eigenen Platz in der Welt. Ihre Prosa zeichnet sich durch Empathie und scharfsinnige Einblicke in die emotionalen Landschaften ihrer Charaktere aus. Die Autorin konzentriert sich auf die Kraft der Widerstandsfähigkeit und darauf, wie Individuen angesichts der Herausforderungen des Lebens Mut finden. Ihre Werke sind bewegend und finden durch ihre Aufrichtigkeit und ihr tiefes Verständnis des menschlichen Geistes Anklang bei den Lesern.
A girl navigates a web of deception as she seeks to uncover the truth about her family and her own identity. The narrative explores themes of self-discovery and the complexities of familial relationships, showcasing the protagonist's struggle between the facade she presents and the reality she yearns to understand. Through her journey, readers are drawn into a gripping tale that highlights the importance of honesty and the quest for personal truth.
Sixteen-year-old Ivy's road trip across the country to get an abortion becomes a transformative journey of vulnerability, strength, and above all, choice
From the award-winning author of A Heart in a Body in The World comes a gorgeous and fiercely feminist young adult novel. When a teen travels to Hawaii to track down her sperm donor father, she discovers the truth about him, about the sunken shipwreck that’s become his obsession, and most of all about herself. Harper Proulx has lived her whole life with unanswered questions about her anonymous sperm donor father. She's convinced that without knowing him, she can't know herself. When a chance Instagram post connects Harper to a half sibling, that connection yields many more and ultimately leads Harper to uncover her father's identity. So, fresh from a painful breakup and still reeling with anxiety that reached a lifetime high during the pandemic, Harper joins her newfound half siblings on a voyage to Hawaii to face their father. The events of that summer, and the man they discover—a charismatic deep-sea diver obsessed with solving the mystery of a fragile sunken shipwreck—will force Harper to face some even bigger questions: Who is she? Is she her DNA, her experiences, her successes, her failures? Is she the things she loves—or the things she hates? Who she is in dark times? Who she might become after them?
Charlotte's dream of a summer writing workshop in Venice with her favorite author brings the chance to investigate the mysterious poet in her family's past, meet fascinating new people, and learn truths about her idol.
Nominiert für den Deutschen Jugendliteraturpreis 2023! Wenn dir alles genommen wird, was kannst du dann tun, außer davonzulaufen? Genau das tut Annabelle. Sie läuft und läuft und hört nicht wieder auf. Ihr kurzentschlossener Plan: Von Seattle bis nach Washington DC laufen – über viertausendreihundert Kilometer – einem Ziel entgegen, das sie selbst nicht recht versteht. Sie läuft durch Gebirge, Dörfer, Großstädte und Einöden, will nur ihr Herz pumpen, ihre Muskeln brennen und ihre Füße pochen spüren. Doch die schrecklichen Erinnerungsfetzen an Den Stehler holen sie immer wieder ein. Nur dank ihrer Familie und Freunde und allen voran Opa Ed, der Annabelle im Wohnmobil begleitet, schafft sie es, weiterzumachen. Von Fremden angefeuert und ermutigt wird sie zu einer Aktivistin gegen das, was ihr passiert ist. Und mit jedem Schritt, mit jedem Herzschlag, kommt Annabelle einer Heilung und der Kraft, wieder Liebe und Hoffnung in ihr Leben zu lassen, ein Stückchen näher.
While spending a summer with her famous mother and her criminal boyfriend, Sydney Reilly, age fifteen, finds love with Nicco but her premonition of something bad coming proves dreadfully accurate.
Printz Award Honoree and National Book Award finalist Deb Caletti debuts in
middle grade with a tongue-in-cheek hero's journey set in a town full of
magic, mayhem, lighthouses... and evil.
Exploring the intricate relationship between love and grief, this novel weaves together themes of beginnings and endings. The narrative, crafted by a renowned author, delves into the emotional landscapes of its characters as they navigate their intertwined experiences. With a blend of poignant storytelling and rich character development, the book invites readers to reflect on the complexities of human connections and the impact of loss.
After jilting two previous fiances, Cricket's mother is finally marrying the right man, but as wedding attendees arrive for a week of festivities, complications arise for Cricket involving her own love life, her beloved dog Jupiter, and her mother's reluctance to marry.
Dani Keller wakes up on her Seattle houseboat, a headache building behind her eyes from the wine she drank at a party the night before. But on this particular Sunday morning, she's surprised to see that her husband, Ian, is not home. As the hours pass, Ian does not return. Irritation shifts to worry, worry slides almost imperceptibly into panic. And then, like a relentless blackness, the terrible realization hits Dani: He's gone. As the police work methodically through all the logical explanations--he's hurt, he's run off, he's been killed--Dani searches frantically for a clue as to whether Ian is in fact dead or alive. And, slowly, she unpacks their relationship, holding each moment up to the light: from its intense, adulterous beginning, to the grandeur of their new love, to the difficulties of forever. She examines all the sins she can--and cannot--remember. As the days pass, Dani will plumb the depths of her conscience, turning over and revealing the darkest of her secrets in order to discover the hard truth--about herself, her husband, and their lives together.
