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Set at the turn of the twentieth century, the film concerns a small group of students from an all-female college and a chaperone, who vanish while on a St. Valentine's Day outing. Less a mystery than a journey into the mystic, as well as an inquiry into issues of class and sexual repression in Australian society.

Aspiring artists- their grit, passion, and determination to achieve- are at the heart of this unforgettable novel. Anna Forester is an intelligent and sensitive sixteen-year-old at the top of her local ballet school in Illinois. She arrives at the bottom of the prestigious School of Ballet New York in Manhattan, where she joins an elite group of teens who see themselves as the ballet stars of the next generation, racing to impress their famous teachers...

Perpetual Mercy School for Young Women caters to the uber rich and powerful.Attending an all-female elite boarding school filled with bullies and inflated egos can be a trying experience. For lonely fifteen-year-old Ari Worthington it becomes a nightmare when she discovers the unimaginable truth about her new, exotic roommate, Bentley "Jess" Jessup.When Jess' psychological games push Ari to the brink of sanity, Ari finds herself drowning in lies and...

Come secrets are better off forgotten... With forgetfulness looming, Vivienne is forced to make tough decisions regarding her relationship-and her immortality.Deacon watches helplessly as the woman he loves descends into forgetfulness. After secrets from his past are exposed, he finds out that one of those closest to him has betrayed his trust. As the PAN search desperately for a cure to save the forgetful, HOOK is willing to go to deadly lengths...

"Le journal d'une adolescente exceptionnelle" révèle les pensées intimes d'une adolescente d'exception. Les hauts et les bas de son existence la mènent sur des sentiers tortueux, rythmés par les flots d'émotions. Cette danse émotionnelle déchaîne une tempête de tourments, conduisant Nina, l'héroïne, dans une spirale d'hospitalisations. Depuis sa plus tendre enfance, Nina est livrée à une lutte contre la dépression, tandis que son environnement...

A strait-laced teen finds herself living an Anne of Green Gables romance in this swoon-worthy tale by the author of The Boy Next Story. Eliza Gordon-Fergus is an expert rule-follower. She has to be; her scientist parents dictate her day-to-day decisions, and forbid her from dating. Which is why she finds Curtis Cavendish maddening. He's never punished for his class clown antics-and worse, his mischief actually masks brilliance. Like, give-Eliza-a-run-for-valedictorian...