Narrative temaer: udviklingsromaner

Sieh an! Du hast die erste Runde geschafft. Herzlichen Glückwunsch!Wie bitte? Du bist noch nicht verwirrt genug und willst dich lieber tiefer in mein Spiegelkabinett begeben? Mutig. Ja, wirklich! Tja, dann reich mir dein Händchen und lass dir deine Gehirnwindungen von Mia, Blaisen, Colin und Payne ordentlich verknoten! Sie können tolle Schleifchen zaubern. Aber Obacht: verbrenn dir nicht die Finger, versuche nicht, dir Namen zu merken, Schlussfolgerungen zu ziehen oder zu erahnen, wohin dich der Weg führen wird. Du wirst nie erraten können, welche Geheimnisse auf dich warten oder welcheGefahren im Dunkeln lauern. Oder solltest du lieber den hellen und leuchtenden Ecken zwischen den Spiegeln misstrauen? Du wurdest bereits geblendet und nun wird dich die Heiligkeit verraten! Oh, undwie sie das wird.Sei auf der Hut!Viel Glück, wir sehen uns an der nächsten Station!PS: Die Notausgänge sind ab sofort verriegelt! (Ha, Notausgänge ... als ob es die gäbe)

30 Tage, ein Auto, ein DealHannah Blum weiß genau, was sie nach dem Abitur machen will. Als Vollwaise, die bei ihrer unnahbaren Tante aufgewachsen ist, muss sie das auch. Doch Hannahs Auto streikt, und wenn sie nicht rechtzeitig zu ihrem Bewerbungsgespräch nach Hamburg kommt, kann sie ihre Zukunft vergessen.Amal Aziz verknackst sich ausgerechnet zwei Tage vor Ramadan ihren Fuß. Sechs Wochen lang darf sie kein Auto fahren - und das, wo sie nicht nur jeden Abend in die Moschee gehen will, um zu beten, sondern auch viele Familien auf sie zählen.Die beiden schließen einen Deal für 30 Tage und schon bald entwickelt sich eine tiefe Freundschaft zwischen ihnen, aber ihr Schicksal ist längst in einer Weise miteinander verbunden, die sie nicht haben kommen sehen.

Ein Sammelband aus dem Affenhaus namens ¿Leben¿ Irgendwann ab Anfang 30 verschwimmt diese magische Grenze zwischen angeborener Unzurechnungsfähigkeit und beginnender Midlifecrisis. Man ist jung genug, all den Unsinn der früheren Jahre wiederholen zu wollen, aber alt genug, inzwischen die Konsequenzen zu spüren. Man wird weiser, jedoch nichts, wirklich gar nichts im Leben wird einfacher. Marcel Ifland war einer der Hauptautoren aus 11 Jahren Internetsatire mit Stupidedia und ist gestählt aus hunderten Abenden auf Kleinkunstbühnen. Er lebt und schreibt in einer Welt aus Freundschaftsgefälligkeiten, Roadtrips, Nachbarschaftsstreits und ausnehmend höflichen Auftragsmördern: 40 Texte für 40 Lebensplagen.

Death claims the living realm.Scarred by the demon's influence, Waclaw cannot forget the horror he caused in Vastroth. He knows he must be strong to face Koschei and the Frostmarked Horde, but powerful magic protects the deathless sorcerer. With everyone Waclaw loves at risk, can he control his power and find the key to slaying Koschei's soul as his tribe burns?Anointed by the Vastrothie, Otylia has found worshipers and new strength in the force of endings, but it's nothing without her mother. She finally knows where to find Dziewanna. Can she save her before the pacts she's woven with her enemies come due?Charge into the fast-paced fourth entry of The Frostmarked Chronicles as gods, spirits, and demons from Slavic myths clash for control of the Three Realms.

Book 1 in the Rift Walker trilogy.

"In the sweaty music clubs and late-night house parties of Nashville, an aspiring songwriter tries to make friends, find love, and write songs-without losing herself"--

"Fresh-caught squid, handmade pasta, and the salt of the Sicilian summer breeze might just give a jaded food critic the long-lost ingredients for la dolce vita in this ... romance"--

"Fireworks explode down the shore in Rip Tide, Colleen McKeegan's absorbing novel. At once an insightful look at tangled family dynamics and a wrenching story of youthful delusion, Rip Tide illustrates that for many women, the past is a ticking time bomb. The deeper we bury it, the bigger the boom. Spread out a blanket, crack open Rip Tide and prepare to be dazzled."--Jillian Medoff, author of When We Were Bright and BeautifulFrom the author of The Wild One, a heartfelt and suspenseful novel about two sisters returning to their childhood beachfront home who are forced to confront their traumatic past when a body washes ashore.It's been fifteen years since Kimmy Devine promised herself she'd never move back to Rocky Cape, the idyllic South Jersey beach town where she grew up. She doesn't want to relive the crushing heartbreak and scandal that ravaged her world as a teen. Her younger sister Erin shares those feelings, the wounds she caused so many years ago forever binding her and Kimmy.Yet here they are, back in their hometown: Kimmy, floundering after quitting her high-powered finance job in London to help her dad run the family's hardware stores; Erin, reeling from fertility issues and an ongoing divorce, begging to be taken seriously by her parents. The more time they spend in Rocky Cape, the stronger the pull of nostalgia, and both Erin and Kimmy slip on the past like a pair of last year's sandals, forgetting about the blisters when worn too long.As the sisters celebrate their homecoming at their parents' yacht club, a handful of familiar faces arrive to dampen the revelry. The next morning, a body is found floating nearby and long-buried secrets from their adolescence begin to emerge. Someone from the sisters' past, it seems, is out for revenge.Told in fast-paced, dual timelines, Rip Tide is a steamy, tension-filled tale of suspense about family, friendships broken and repaired, young love lost and rekindled, forgiveness and second chances, taking control of your life, and the dangerous decisions we make when blinded by desire.

In the heart of New England, a journey of reflection and healing unfolds. Karol, reeling from the sudden loss of a cherished friend, embarks on an annual vacation to Maine alongside her supportive husband, Kurt. This isn't merely a retreat from the world, but a pilgrimage through the rugged landscapes of grief and remembrance. As the coastline stretches endlessly before them, Karol is hesitant about the world outside her cocoon of sorrow. However, a pitstop at a dear friend's home unveils a prophetic insight: this trip holds encounters that will breathe new life into her wounded soul. Skeptical yet intrigued, Karol begins to open herself up to the possibilities that lie in unexpected places-from deep conversations about the intricacies of relationships to the wisdom hidden in the pages of a long-forgotten paperback found in a quaint antique store. Amid the backdrop of Maine's serene beauty, A Trip Along The Coast paints a poignant tapestry of love, loss, and the rediscovery of life's wonders. Gregory Auger crafts a touching narrative that delves into the profound nature of connections and the restorative power of hope. Each stop, every chance meeting, serves as a gentle reminder of the ever-present threads of friendship and the transformative magic they hold.

Et særbind i serien Årgang 2024 under temaet FORVANDLINGÅrgang 2024 - Forvandling: NovellerNi nyudsprungne forfattere fra Manuskriptskolen for børnelitteratur giver deres helt korte bud på årets tema FORVANDLING i denne samling af noveller.

Årgang 2024 er en serie kortromaner for de 13-16 årige. Fem kendte forfattere har skrevet en kortroman hver, alle med samme tema, nemlig FORVANDLING.Årgang 2024 - Forvandling: Frisk luftStemmerne kommer tættere på. Døren til vores værelse bliver sparket op. To af lærerne står med koste, som de slår mod gulvet, og råber: ”Uno, Uno, Uno!”Ansigterne er gemt bag elefanthuer. Ronja og jeg ved, hvad vi skal. Vi har hele tiden vidst, det ville ske. Bare ikke hvornår. Vores tasker ligger klar i skabene. På under 10 minutter skal vi stå klar på gårdspladsen, ellers er vi allerede dumpet.Der er natløb på efterskolen. Uno. Det afholdes hver eneste år, og det er berygtet blandt eleverne. For ingenting er, som det plejer til Uno. Man skal spille med helt nye regler. Og ingen er den sammen efter at have deltaget i UNO.Hvem når i mål først? Og til hvilken pris?

Årgang 2024 er en serie kortromaner for de 13-16 årige. Fem kendte forfattere har skrevet en kortroman hver, alle med samme tema, nemlig FORVANDLING.Årgang 2024 - Forvandling: BÆST:Jeg gik et par skridt længere ind i krattet, bøjede mig ned for bedre at kunne se. Længere inde forvandlede skoven sig til et kroget net af grene og lange planter, der slyngende og buede sigrundt om og ind i hinanden i forvirrede mønstre. Jorden var sumpet og mindede mere om mose end om en skovbund. Alt derinde i mørket var glinsende og vådt og ligesom slimet. Som en helt anden verden. Var det der, varmen kom fra?Hvad skete der egentlig nede ved åen den sommer? Noget er forandret, selvom drengene ikke taler om det. Men det går især op for dem, da Uma begynder i klassen og åbner døren til noget helt nyt.

Årgang 2024 er en serie kortromaner for de 13-16 årige. Fem kendte forfattere har skrevet en kortroman hver, alle med samme tema, nemlig FORVANDLING.Årgang 2024 - Forvandling: SMASKTheodors fingre slipper min hud, han trækker ud i bh’en, holder den et sekund hårdt udspændt, mens han ser på mig med et blik, der på en måde er drillende, på en måde temmelig nedladende. Så slipper han, og bh’en svirper ind på min ryg. Smask.Det plejer at være Rosa, som drengene er vilde med. Men hotte Theodor vil kun have Maja, og han vil have hende med hud og hår. Hun skal være hans. Hans alene. Og det vil Maja gerne. Selvfølgelig. Koste, hvad det må.

Årgang 2024 er en serie kortromaner for de 13-16 årige. Fem kendte forfattere har skrevet en kortroman hver, alle med samme tema, nemlig FORVANDLING.Årgang 2024 - Forvandling: Robotic RapsodyMin far og jeg havde en særlig tosomhed. Vi levede så langt ude på landet, at han var den eneste virkelighed, jeg kendte. Og jeg vidste ikke, om det vi gjorde, var normalt.Jeg kunne gå rundt på vejene og se på de andre huse. Jeg kunne fantasere om et andet hjem. Men det var svært at forestille sig noget, man ikke kendte. Kan man slippe for virkeligheden, hvis man bliver omprogrammeret, forvandlet? Eller står man op næste dag og er nøjagtig den samme, ligesom sin far? Eller venter der et helt nyt liv i byen?

Årgang 2024 er en serie kortromaner for de 13-16 årige. Fem kendte forfattere har skrevet en kortroman hver, alle med samme tema, nemlig FORVANDLING.Årgang 2024 - Forvandling: Lloret de MarDen pakkerejse, vi har købt, er for unge mellem 15 og 30, men de fleste er på vores alder, og de tre mænd stikker ud mellem alle teenagerne i bussen. De har skægstubbe og tunge voksne kroppe.Da Melissa fik øje på dem, lænede hun sig ind mod mig og hviskede: ”Shit, jeg håber ikke, der er fyldt med gamle mænd i tyverne dernede. ”Jeg fortalte hende ikke om den følelse, jeg fik i kroppen, da jeg hørte ordene mænd i tyverne.Melissa får det, hun vil have. Hun tager det bare. Det gør det ikke nemt at være hendes veninde. For det er svært at tage, hvad man vil have, når man ikke ved, hvad det er. Så havner man de forkerte steder. Med de forkerte mennesker.

In a divided town, two teens from opposite sides of the political spectrum must learn to work together when their favorite bookstore unionizes. Can they find common ground and fall in love, or will their differences tear them apart?

"In the spring of 1972, twelve-year-old Tomoko leaves her mother behind in Tokyo and boards a train alone for Ashiya, a coastal town in Japan, to stay with her aunt's family. Tomoko's aunt is an enigma and an outlier in her working-class family, and her magnificent home--and handsome, foreign husband, the president of a soft drink company--are symbols of that status. ... The family is just as beguiling as their mansion--Tomoko's dignified and devoted aunt, her German grandmother, and her dashing, charming uncle who confidently sits as the family's patriarch. At the center of the family is Tomoko's cousin Mina, a precocious, asthmatic girl of thirteen who draws Tomoko into an intoxicating world full of secret crushes and elaborate storytelling. In this elegant jewel box of a book, Yoko Ogawa invites us to witness a powerful and formative interlude in Tomoko's life, which she looks back on briefly from adulthood at the novel's end"--

"The Wardens' Empire is falling. A vigilante known only as the Truthsayer is raising an army against the wardens. Sylah and Hassa must navigate the politics of this new world, all the while searching for Anoor. Across the sea, the Blood Forged prepare for war, requesting aid from other governments. Jond's role as major general sees him training soldiers for combat, butmatters of the heart will prove to be the hardest battlefield. The Zalaam celebrate the arrival of the Child of Fire, heralding the start of the final battle. Anoor's doubts are eclipsed by the powers of her new god. Soon the Zalaam will set off on their last voyage-and few expect to return. Do you feel it? Cresting the horizon? The darkness drawing in, the shadows elongating... The Ending Fire comes"--

"In 1951, a mysterious old woman confronts Pilar Aguirre in the small border town of La Cienega, Texas. The old woman is sure Pilar stole her husband and, in a heated outburst, lays a curse on Pilar and her family. More than forty years later, Lulu Muänoz is dodging chaos at every turn: her troubled father's moods, his rules, her secret life as singer in a punk band, but most of all her upcoming quinceaänera. When her beloved grandmother passes away, Lulu finds herself drawn to the glamorous stranger who crashed the funeral and who lives alone and shunned on the edge of town. Their unexpected kinship picks at the secrets of Lulu's family's past. As the quinceaänera looms--and we move between these two strong, irascible female voices--one woman must make peace with the past, and one girl pushes to embrace her future. Rich with cinematic details--from dusty rodeos to the excitement of a Selena concert and the comfort of conjunto ballads played at family gatherings--this memorable debut is a love letter to the Tejano culture and community that sustain both of these women as they discover what family means." --

"The plot was enthralling and the entire story was interesting to read. I loved the book and I'm on the lookout for the next in the series. I suggest that you read Nadiri: A Novel by Amina Al Sherif. It's highly recommended!" -Reader's Favorite Choice AwardsFollow Hagar Khalifa as she navigates growing up between two worlds.Caught between an American Christian mother and an Egyptian Muslim father, Hagar searches for her identity as she navigates the public Egyptian school system and subsequently the private American one. As she explores the two worlds, she discovers her ambition to immigrate to the United States and join the U.S. Army.As she navigates extreme challenges of growing up between these two worlds, join Hagar in the second novel of the Nadiri series to discover her journey as she becomes a U.S. Army officer, joins a university in the deep American south, and commissions as an Arab American during the Arab Spring and the rise of the so-called Islamic State.

Thomas J. Celi is a retired scientific software engineer with fifty years of professional experience. He earned a bachelor's and master's degrees from Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken, New Jersey. His career led him to programming Advanced Math problems. He founded his own business, Digital Graphic Inc., and ran it for twenty-six years. He has been married to Loretta for sixty-three years and have five adult children, seventeen grandchildren, and one great-granddaughter.His hobbies includes building scale boat models and RC model planes.Frequently, thoughts flow into his head during the night. The College Boy was one of those thoughts. The first few chapters were purely figments of his imagination. But later, he recalled his worldwide business and pleasure travels and used The College Boy as the media to convey his memories to you, the reader. Tom's Italian background and travels through Italy influenced the boy and characters he met.Family is very important to Tom, so it is to The College Boy. Tom and the boy worked with their fathers in a family business from an early age. However, advanced education separated the boy and Tom from the businesses. Mathematics was key in the development of both Tom and the boy. Tom learned Advanced Math from on-the-job education.The boy had a natural talent for math.

Toby, a war orphan living in northern France as the adopted daughter of a local blacksmith, carries a secret: a locket and a letter in a strange script she believes to be the only clue to her origins. Outwardly well adjusted, Toby excels at school and loves riding horses. But then, a strange encounter at a local farmer's market launches her on an all-consuming search for a birth parent who seems to be looking for her as well.In this emotional coming-of-age novel you'll follow a courageous young girl as she journeys across the Atlantic to America where, separated from her benefactor and pursued by mysterious enemies, she seeks refuge first among the Atawara Gypsies and then with a Cheyenne Indian shaman woman.These strange and exotic experiences bring a spiritual dimension to her quest for her roots, and ultimately lead her to discover a centuries-old heritage that she could never have imagined. Book I of The Rose Trilogy. (Book II, Three Deaths and a Tango; Book III, Los Conversos)

Tesoros de la Hispanidad "Dos seres pueden llegar a amarse; pero no siempre la suerte les señala un mismo camino ni la misma fuerza los atrae. Muchas veces sucede que se alejan a medida que se buscan; que el uno retrocede cuando el otro avanza, o que, chocándose al fin con ímpetu violento, se rechazan y siguen cada uno opuesto camino". Publicada en 1861, Flavio tiene todos los ingredientes de una novela romántica. Su héroe es apuesto, temperamental e impredecible como el clima y la naturaleza que rugen desde cada página, mientras la civilización y la ciudad acechan como meretrices a los inocentes para corromper sus ilusiones más puras. La magistral prosa lírica de Rosalía de Castro (España, 1837-1885) se encarna en una trama ingeniosa y presenta una fresca perspectiva feminista que desafía el paso del tiempo. Flavio es ajeno y pasional; Mara, desconfiada y misteriosa. En salones de baile de sociedad y en jardines alumbrados por la luna, en la espesura del campo y en los laberintos de la ciudad, en el sosiego de la iglesia y en el desenfreno del carnaval, van descubriendo el amor, la pasión y los celos. A ritmo de ópera (o incluso de telenovela), la acción se devana entre el qué dirán, los secretos que esconde la dupla protagonista y las confabulaciones de sus allegados, hasta alcanzar un desenlace inesperado. Poco apreciada por la crítica de su tiempo, con la llegada de la generación del 98 Rosalía de Castro pasó a ocupar el sitial de privilegio que merece como precursora del Modernismo tanto en América, donde influyó en autores de la talla de Rubén Darío, como en España, donde inspiró a Juan Ramón Jiménez, Antonio Machado y Miguel de Unamuno. Con Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer, revolucionó la lírica española del siglo XIX. Largely ignored in her lifetime, Rosalía de Castro (1837-1885) was later recognized as one of the best Spanish writers of all times. A master of late Romanticism, she is also a precursor, with Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer, of Modernism in both Latin American and Spain, influencing writers such as Rubén Darío, Juan Ramón Jiménez, Antonio Machado, and Miguel de Unamuno. Flavio (1861) has all the elements of a romantic novel: a handsome, passionate yet-distant hero, a tormented female protagonist, as many twists and turns as a modern-day telenovela and a shocking end. Masterfully told from an original feminist perspective, the story takes place in the ravishing loneliness of the countryside and in lively night festivities, where civilization preys upon humanity's purest illusions.

Roberta er hjemmehjælper og har hjertesorg. Hun ønsker sig brændende et barn, som kan fordrive ensomheden. Hendes barndomsven og ekskæreste, Silas, spøger stadig i kulissen. Samtidig er en pyroman løs i området og spreder frygt og mistænksomhed hos de ældre på ruten.Den Røde Hane er en mørk velfærds-thriller, der udspiller sig på fjerntliggende gårde, i parcelhuse, varme stuer og velduftende køkkener, på et harmonikamuseum og på landevejene i det vindblæste Thy. Det er en fortælling om besværlige familier og deres hemmeligheder, om svigt, kunst, begær og drømmen om den ultimative forbundethed.Ingrid Nymo (f. 1992) har tidligere udgivet Kloster, der blev shortlistet til debutantprisen. Den røde hane er hendes anden roman..