Børn og unge: personlige og sociale emner: fordomme og intolerance

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the author of the multimillion-copy bestselling A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder series comes a new blockbuster thriller about a road trip that turns deadly. Eight hours. Six friends. Five survive.Red Kenny is on a road trip for spring break with five friends: Her best friend - the older brother - his perfect girlfriend - a secret crush - a classmate - and a killer. When their RV breaks down in the middle of nowhere with no cell service, they soon realize this is no accident. They have been trapped by someone out there in the dark, someone who clearly wants one of them dead.With eight hours until dawn, the six friends must escape, or figure out which of them is the target. But is there a liar among them? Buried secrets will be forced to light and tensions inside the RV will reach deadly levels. Not all of them will survive the night. . . . With edge-of-your-seat tension and a gripping mystery, Holly Jackson has written another instant classic!

"Originally published in paperback by Egmont UK Ltd, London, in 2019."

Mormor & Mormor er en varm og favnende billedbog om det tætte bånd og særlige frirum, der kan opstå mellem børn og bedsteforældre. Det er også en historie om, hvordan noget man selv oplever som helt almindeligt kan opfattes som meget mærkeligt af andre - måske endda af ens allerbedste ven. Mormor & Mormor er en hyldest til livet, kærligheden og mangfoldigheden.Hver torsdag bliver jeg hentet af mormor.Eller mormor.Mormor kan finde på at komme på løbehjul.Mormor kommer i den gule bil.Mormor er frisk på pomfritter og sodavand.Det er mormor ikke.På en måde kan jeg bedst lide mormor.Men sådan kan man alligevel ikke sige det.Mormor kan bedst lide mig, og det kan mormor også, det ved jeg. Pressen skriver:"[...] sproglegen og humoren har fået lov at fylde. [...] Bogen fejrer generelt en varm og ligeværdig relation mellem bedstemødre og børnebørn, og Charlotte Pardis karakteristiske satireagtige fremstilling ... bidrager til den hyggelige, men lidet sentimentale stemning.."- Weekendavisen"Rebecca Bach-Lauritsen har et særligt talent for at skrive både sprudlende og følsomt om det, der kan knuge i en barnemave. I "Mormor & mormor" formår hun sammen med illustrator Charlotte Pardi at skabe en vidunderligt farverig fortælling om det helt særlige bånd, der kan være mellem børn og deres bedsteforældre."- 5 stjerner i Jyllands-Posten"[...] når Rebecca Bach-Lauritsen spidsfindigt slår krøller på sproget og Charlotte Pardi illustrerer med bred pensel, så bliver historien til en kærlighedserklæring til livet, mangfoldigheden og ja, kærligheden [...] Mormor & Mormor er en lækker sag, som sprudler af glæde og liv. Den anbefales til børnehavebarnet og op i indskolingen."- Instagramprofilen @bogoplevelsen"Det her er en bog om den helt særlige relation, der kan være mellem barnebarn og bedsteforældre. Den totale tryghed, der opstår, når der øses med kærlighed i rigelige mængder. Illustrationerne skaber en ganske særlig varme, og man har simpelthen lyst til at krybe direkte ind i bogen."- Instagramprofilen @mitbogskab"Der skal nok blive stillet nogle spørgsmål, når Mormor og mormor bliver læst op. Men de besvarer sig selv i bogens løb, [...] de er godt fundet på og leveret med humør og hjertevarme. Sådan som det skal være!"- 5 hjerter i Politiken""Mormor og mormor er den smukkeste kærlighedshistorie. [...] Rebecca Bach-Lauritsen skriver som en længe ventet sommerbrise, og har skrevet en klassiker, som man kun kan knuselske."- Instagramprofilen @boernebogsnoerd

A boy from the hood in Brooklyn travels to a STEM camp in an Appalachian holler for one epic, life-changing summer. A brilliant new novel from the award-winning author of The Stars Beneath Our Feet.Javari knew that West Virginia would be different from his home in Bushwick, Brooklyn. But his first day at STEM Camp in a little Appalachian town is still a shock. Though run-ins with the police are just the same here. Not good. Javari will learn a lot about science, tech, engineering, and math at camp. And also about rich people, racism, and hidden agendas. But it's Cricket, a local boy, budding activist, and occasional thief, who will show him a different side of the holler-and blow his mind wide open. Javari is about to have that summer. Where everything gets messy and complicated and confusing . . . and you wouldn't want it any other way. J + C + summer = oo

"Reminiscent of Angie Thomas' The Hate U Give, Jackson's too-close-to-home dystopian novel adds a level of thought-provoking complexity that will undoubtedly compel readers to grapple with the use and abuse of power by government entities" - Booklist, (STARRED review)The Hate U Give meets Internment in this pulse-pounding thriller about an impenetrable dome around Baltimore that is keeping the residents in and information from going out during a city-wide protest.Jamal Lawson just wanted to be a part of something. As an aspiring journalist, he packs up his camera and heads to Baltimore to document a rally protesting police brutality after another Black man is murdered.But before it even really begins, the city implements a new safety protocol...the Dome. The Dome surrounds the city, forcing those within to subscribe to a total militarized shutdown. No one can get in, and no one can get out.Alone in a strange place, Jamal doesn't know where to turn...until he meets hacker Marco, who knows more than he lets on, and Catherine, an AWOL basic-training-graduate, whose parents helped build the initial plans for the Dome.As unrest inside of Baltimore grows throughout the days-long lockdown, Marco, Catherine, and Jamal take the fight directly to the chief of police. But the city is corrupt from the inside out, and it's going to take everything they have to survive."A hopeful ending is painstakingly earned, and frankly these smart, brave, and loyal Latinx and Black kids flat out deserve this win and then some."-The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books"This novel will keep readers on their toes, holding their breath, and hoping Jamal makes it out of the dome alive. A highly recommended, thrilling read" - School Library Journal, (STARRED review)"Plan to read this on the edge of your seat, knowing the whole time it's a little too relevant for comfort of any kind. " - School Library Connection"In a first-person POV that's both unafraid and unapologetic, Jackson brings a sci-fi twist to the reality of police brutality and the oftentimes literal silencing of marginalized peoples, putting queer people of color at the helm of effective change" - Publishers Weekly"...a searing futuristic story of systemic racism, police brutality, and unchecked power" - Horn Book"A speculative thriller about personal growth that deals with all-too-real traumas." - Kirkus