Nina LaCour

Nine-year-old Ella considers herself the official greeter, tour guide, and is generally in charge of 1106 Wildflower Place, but the elusive Robinsons who live on the top floor are a mystery--one which Ella is determined to solve, and bring the elderly couple into the community of the apartment building on Poppy Hill.

When her mother goes on a business trip, a little girl, who loves to sit between Mama and Mommy at the table, misses her a lot and feels empty until Mommy finally comes home, filling the void with love.

Mila ages out of foster care and accepts an internship on an isolated Northern California farm where she confronts haunting memories and the traumas of her fellow residents.

"With a good friend like Loonie the yellow balloon, anything is possible. From neighborhood walks to reading aloud in bed to dance parties in your room, Loonie makes each activity a little brighter, a little fuller of sunshine. But as one child discovers with sadness, when it’s time for Loonie to float away home, the sunshine goes, too. It’s not as fun to have a dance party alone. And while tending to the garden helps a little bit, the world outside...

Uma narrativa breve, com uma escrita poética e intimista, sobre a perda, a solidão e a recuperação do trauma, e sobre o poder dos laços que nos unem. «Passas pela vida a achar que precisas de muita coisa. Até ires embora apenas com o telemóvel, a carteira e uma fotografia da tua mãe.» Marin deixou tudo para trás. A casa do avô, o sol da Califórnia e o calor do corpo de Mabel. As memórias desse último verão estão povoadas de fantasmas...

Uma comovente história de amor dos nossos tempos sobre duas mulheres à procura do seu lugar no mundo Quando fugiu de casa aos 16 anos, Sara Foster deixou para trás tudo aquilo que a definira como pessoa até então. Anos depois, é uma mulher diferente, fruto das memórias do passado e dos traumas que a foram moldando ao longo da vida. Em Los Angeles, onde decidiu assentar, trabalha num bar e é conhecida pelos fantásticos cocktails e pela aura...

Marin no ha vuelto a hablar sobre su antigua vida desde el día que decidió dejar todo atrás. Nadie sabe la verdad. Ni siquiera su mejor amiga, Mabel. Pero incluso a miles de kilómetros de la costa de California, en Nueva York, Marin todavía siente el peso de la tragedia de la que ha tratado de huir. Ahora, meses más tarde, a solas en un dormitorio vacío, durante las vacaciones de invierno, Marin espera. Mabel está a punto de llegar, y con...

Who knows you well? Your best friend? Your boyfriend or girlfriend? A stranger you meet on a crazy night? No one, really? Mark and Kate have sat next to each other for an entire year, but have never spoken. For whatever reason, their paths outside of class have never crossed. That is until Kate spots Mark miles away from home, out in the city for a wild, unexpected night. Kate is lost, having just run away from a chance to finally meet the girl she...

Whether or not you believe in fate, or luck, or love at first sight, every romance has to start somewhere. Meet Cute is an anthology of original short stories featuring tales of "how they first met" from some of today's most popular YA authors.

Readers will experience Nina LaCour's beautifully written piece about two Bay Area girls meeting via a cranky customer service Tweet, Sara Shepard's glossy tale about a magazine intern and a young...