Bøger af Jay Coles

The waves are off the hook, and Pope and the other Pogues are betting big on Kiara blowing the Kook competition out of the water. What could possibly go wrong?

Varsity soccer captain, flautist, and 80s Rock enthusiast, Gunner Bradley, thinks that "life is a sequence of miracles and tragedies and some tragedies are bigger than others." Gunner's tragedy waited until he was at his prime, and then everything was lost. One spectacularly unforgettable night, a drunk driver shatters Gunner's arm, his dream, and his social life. No longer a member of his old squad--or dating the hottest girl at Cedar Park High, Gunner finds himself in a depression that he wants out of. Just as all the life inside of him is sucked out, new girl and oddity, Piper Michelle Fitzpatrick, comes along and changes his life forever. Piper is unlike anyone Gunner's ever encountered--speechless, fiercely clever, and uniquely on the brink of life and death. As a team, Gunner and Piper discover the beauty of living, from nude beaches, flash mobs, and sitting in trees to watch over the world. But just as Gunner dives into resurging a new life with his new mystery girl at his side, new friendships blossom, things get a bit more blurred, when Piper becomes a girl incapable of feeling and understanding love. As Gunner copes with all the tragic things that continue to strike him, he discovers how new beginnings can stem from abrupt and tragic endings. He learns from his therapist that life is a duality, and now he must consider: Is suicide the answer? Will it ever be the answer? Should it ever have been a question? COME AS YOU WERE is for fans of classics like THE PERKS OF BEING A WALLFLOWER and THE CATCHER IN THE RYE, yet it is still similar to more recent young adult books like New York Times Best Selling Author, Robyn Schneider's, THE BEGINNING OF EVERYTHING, like debut author, Adam Silvera's, MORE HAPPY THAN NOT, and like award-winning-writer, Jay Asher's, THIRTEEN REASONS WHY.

The Pogues hit the beach in another action-packed original YA novel based on the hit Netflix show, Outer BanksIt¿s summer and there¿s a big surfing competition coming to the OBX. Kiara plans to participate alongside Kooks like Rafe and Touron (tourist + moron), athletes who are flooding into the island¿s hotels from all over the world. Meanwhile, a storm has brought massive waves to the waters off the island, making for perfect¿yet challenging¿surfing conditions. When Kiara strikes up a flirtation with one of the surfers, Pope, John B, and JJ can¿t help but get jealous. Not only was Kiara at another school last year (a Kook school, to be specific), now she¿s spending her summer vacation with these out-of-towners, too?! Meanwhile, the surfers are treating Pope¿s dad like some kind of hero, and Heyward won¿t explain why. When one of the professional surfers washes up dead, everyone assumes he got crushed by a wave. But Pope and Kiara aren¿t so sure . . . Told from the alternating perspectives of Pope and Kiara, this follow-up to Outer Banks: Lights Out features a pulse-pounding mystery that will keep readers glued to the page.

The Hate U Give meets All American Boys in this striking and heartbreaking novel, commenting on current race relations in America, by debut author Jay Coles--now available in paperback.

Edited by National Book Award finalist Ibi Zoboi, and featuring some of the most acclaimed bestselling Black authors writing for teens today?Black Enough is an essential collection of captivating stories about what it's like to be young and Black in America. A selection of the Schomburg Center's Black Liberation Reading List.Black is...sisters navigating their relationship at summer camp in Portland, Oregon, as written by Renée Watson.Black is...three friends walking back from the community pool talking about nothing and everything, in a story by Jason Reynolds.Black is...Nic Stone's high-class beauty dating a boy her momma would never approve of.Black is...two girls kissing in Justina Ireland's story set in Maryland.Black is urban and rural, wealthy and poor, mixed race, immigrants, and more?because there are countless ways to be Black enough. Contributors:Justina IrelandVarian JohnsonRita Williams-GarciaDhonielle ClaytonKekla MagoonLeah HendersonTochi OnyebuchiJason ReynoldsNic StoneLiara TamaniRenée WatsonTracey BaptisteCoe BoothBrandy ColbertJay ColesIbi ZoboiLamar Giles