Джулия Баксбаум — новинки

It was a year on fire. They fell in love. Someone was bound to get burned.

The Spark: Just days before the start of junior year for twins Arch and Immie and their best friend, Paige, a spontaneous kiss shakes the very foundation of their friendship. But some ties run too deep to be broken by accidental betrayal.

The Fuel: Enter Rohan, new to Wood Valley High by way of London, who walks into school on the first day completely overwhelmed by his sudden move halfway around the world. When Paige calls dibs on him—he’s too cute to ignore—Immie is in no position to argue, certainly not after taking the fall for the disloyal kiss. Too bad for Immie that Ro feels like the best kind of familiar.

The Kindling: Former lab partners Arch and Jackson, Paige’s ex-boyfriend, have never considered themselves more than friends. But sometimes feelings can grow like wildfire.

The Flames: When the girls’ bathroom at Wood Valley is set ablaze, no one doubts it’s arson. But in this bastion of privilege, who’d be angry enough to want to burn down the school? Answer: pretty much everyone.

Year on Fire explores the blinding power of the lies we tell others and those we tell ourselves, the tight grip of family secrets, the magic of first love, and the grounding beauty of friendship.

What secrets will people keep—or reveal—to protect those they love? This novel, set against the frightening backdrop of an encroaching fire season, sparks reflection about friendship, the allure of romantic love, and loyalty to family.

Can a single kiss change everything?

It's good to be Chloe Wynn Berringer. She's headed off to the college of her dreams. She's going to prom with the boy she's had a crush on since middle school. Her best friend always has her back, and her mom, a B-list Hollywood celebrity, may finally be on her way to the B+ list. It's good to be Chloe Wynn Berringer--at least, it was, until the FBI came knocking on her front door, guns at the ready, and her future went up in smoke. Now her mother is under arrest in a massive college admissions bribery scandal. Chloe, too, might be facing charges, and even time behind bars. The public is furious, the press is rabid, and the US attorney is out for blood.

As she loses everything she's long taken for granted, Chloe must reckon not only with the truth of what happened, but also with the examination of her own guilt. Why did her parents think the only way for her to succeed was to cheat for her? What did she know, and when did she know it? And perhaps most importantly, what does it mean to be complicit?

Sometimes looking to the past helps you find your future.

Abbi Hope Goldstein is like every other teenager, with a few smallish exceptions: her famous alter ego, Baby Hope, is the subject of internet memes, she has asthma, and sometimes people spontaneously burst into tears when they recognize her. Abbi has lived almost her entire life in the shadow of the terrorist attacks of September 11. On that fateful day, she was captured in what became an iconic photograph: in the picture, Abbi (aka "Baby Hope") wears a birthday crown and grasps a red balloon; just behind her, the South Tower of the World Trade Center is collapsing.

Now, fifteen years later, Abbi is desperate for anonymity and decides to spend the summer before her seventeenth birthday incognito as a counselor at Knights Day Camp two towns away. She's psyched for eight weeks in the company of four-year-olds, none of whom have ever heard of Baby Hope.

Too bad Noah Stern, whose own world was irrevocably shattered on that terrible day, has a similar summer plan. Noah believes his meeting Baby Hope is fate. Abbi is sure it's a disaster. Soon, though, the two team up to ask difficult questions about the history behind the Baby Hope photo. But is either of them ready to hear the answers?

Two struggling teenagers find an unexpected connection just when they need it most.

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 honesty—in 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?

Прошло 733 дня, как умерла мама Джесси, 45 дней, как ее отец женился на другой, 30 дней, как им пришлось перебраться в Лос-Анджелес, и всего 7 дней, как Джесси перешла в новую частную школу. И именно тогда ей на почту приходит письмо от таинственного незнакомца. Он хочет стать ее виртуальным наставником и помочь освоиться в школе, а еще... ему действительно интересны ее мысли и переживания.

Может ли она полностью доверять своему новому другу? Или это всего лишь чей-то злой розыгрыш?

Очень скоро, незаметно для самой Джесси, их дружба перерастает в нечто большее. Казалось бы, пришло время узнать, кто же на самом деле скрывается под таинственным ником Кто-то Никто. Хотя, возможно, некоторым секретам лучше оставаться нераскрытыми...

What if the person you need the most is someone you’ve never met?

Funny and romantic, this tug-at-your-heartstrings contemporary 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 week as a junior at 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 live with 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 faith—or an act of complete desperation—Jessie 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?

В жизни преуспевающего адвоката Эмили Пратт наступает кризис. Повинуясь какой-то странной прихоти, она разрывает отношения с любимым человеком и увольняется с работы. В довершение всего узнает, что ее дорогой дедушка находится при смерти. Она понимает, что потеряла все, и это приводит ее на грань нервного срыва. Эмили предстоит найти в своей душе и в своей памяти то, что поможет вырваться из омута отчаяния, вернуть
потерянную любовь и начать все сначала…

Kaks teismelist saavad s?pradeks just siis, kui neil seda k?ige rohkem vaja on. M?nikord on uus vaatenurk k?ik, mida vajame, et maailma asjadest aru saada. KIT: Ma ei teagi tegelikult, miks ma otsustan Annie ja Violeti k?rvale mitte istuda. Koolis ei saa tegelikult keegi aru, mida ma praegu ?le elan. Kuidas nad saaksidki? Isegi mina ei saa sellest aru. DAVID: Nende 622 p?eva jooksul, mis ma olen selles koolis k?inud, on Kit Lowell esimene inimene, kes s??klas minu k?rvale istub, seega v?in seda ?igustatult s?ndmuseks nimetada. „Nii et su isa on surnud,” ?tlen ma, sest see on fakt, mille ma ?sja teada sain. Kit Lowell on oma klassi ?ks popimaid t?drukuid. David Drucker on hall kuju, keda koolis keegi t?helegi ei pane. Kui juhtub k?ige ebat?en?olisem ja need kaks s?pradeks saavad, on kogu kool rabatud, eriti ?llatunud on aga Kit ja David ise. Kit hindab k?rgelt Davidi lausa kohatut ausust, mis m?jub nii veidralt v?rskendavalt. Davidile meeldib Kiti t?helepanu ja tema uudishimulik loomus. Kui Kit palub Davidi abi, et v?lja selgitada, miks tema isa auto?nnetuses surma sai, on poiss kohe n?us. Kumbki neist ei oska aga aimatagi, kuhu see projekt v?lja viib. Kas nende s?prus on nii tugev, et t?ele vastu pidada? „V?luv, naljakas ja s?gavalt liigutav!” – Nicola Yoon, „P?ike on ju samuti t?ht” autor „Siiras ja t?eline – ma armastan seda raamatut kogu s?damest.” – Jennifer Niven, “Elu helged paigad” autor Julie Buxbaum on New York Timesi menuki, ka eesti keeles ilmunud „?tle mulle kolme asja” autor. Tema raamatuid on t?lgitud 25 keelde. Julie on ?ppinud Harvardis ?igusteadust ja tegutsenud juristina. Ta elab Los Angeleses koos abikaasa, kahe lapse ja surematu kuldkalaga. www.juliebuxbaum.com

With perfect pitch for the humor and heartbreak of everyday life, Julie Buxbaum has fashioned a heroine who will be instantly recognizable to anyone who has loved and lost and loved again.

When successful twenty-nine-year-old Manhattan attorney Emily Haxby ends her happy relationship just as her boyfriend is on the verge of proposing, she can’t explain to even her closest friends why she did it. Somewhere beneath her sense of fun, her bravado, and her independent exterior, Emily knows that her breakup with Andrew has less to do with him and more to do with...her. “You’re your own worst enemy,” her best friend Jess tells her. “It’s like you get pleasure out of breaking your own heart.”

As the holiday season looms and Emily contemplates whether she made a huge mistake, the rest of her world begins to unravel: she is assigned to a multimillion-dollar lawsuit where she must defend the very values she detests by a boss who can’t keep his hands to himself; her Grandpa Jack, a charming, feisty octogenarian and the person she cares most about in the world, is losing it, while her emotionally distant father has left her to cope with this alone; and underneath it all, fading memories of her deceased mother continue to remind her that love doesn’t last forever.

How this brave, original young heroine finally decides to take control of her life and face the fears that have long haunted her is the great achievement of Julie Buxbaum’s marvelous first novel. Written with the authority, grace, and wisdom of an author far beyond her years, The Opposite of Love heralds the debut of a remarkable talent in contemporary fiction.