Preston Norton Livres

Cliff Hubbard is a huge loser. Literally. His nickname at Happy Valley High School is Neanderthal because he's so enormous-6'6" and 250 pounds to be exact. He has nobody at school, and life in his trailer-park home has gone from bad to worse ever since his older brother's suicide. There's no one Cliff hates more than the nauseatingly cool quarterback Aaron Zimmerman. Then Aaron returns to school after a near-death experience with a bizarre claim: while he was unconscious he saw God, who gave him a list of things to do to make Happy Valley High suck less. And God said there's only one person who can help: Neanderthal. To his own surprise, Cliff says he's in. As he and Aaron make their way through the List, which involves a vindictive English teacher, a mysterious computer hacker, a decidedly unchristian cult of Jesus Teens, the local drug dealers, and the meanest bully at HVHS, Cliff feels like he's part of something for the first time since losing his brother. But fixing a broken school isn't as simple as it seems, and just when Cliff thinks they've completed the List, he realizes their mission hits closer to home than he ever imagined. Razor sharp, moving, and outrageously funny, Neanderthal Opens the Door to the Universe is an unforgettable story of finding your place in an imperfect world.

Two sworn enemies suddenly switch bodies in this witty and heartfelt novel of romantic relationships, gender identity, and the joy of being yourself. Ezra Slevin is an anxious, neurotic insomniac who spends his nights questioning his place in the universe and his days obsessing over Imogen, a nerdy girl with gigantic eyebrows and a heart of gold. For weeks, Ezra has been working up the courage to invite Imogen to prom. The only problem is Imogen's protective best friend, Wynonna Jones. Wynonna has blue hair, jams to '80s rock, and has made a career out of tormenting Ezra for as long as he can remember. Then, on the night of a total solar eclipse, something strange happens to Ezra and Wynonna, and they wake up in each other's bodies. Not only that, they begin randomly swapping back and forth every day! Ezra soon discovers Wynonna's huge crush on his best friend, Holden, a five-foot-nothing girl magnet with anger management problems. With no end to their curse in sight, Ezra makes Wynonna a proposition: While swapping bodies, he will help her win Holden's heart, but only if she helps him woo Imogen. Forming an uneasy alliance, Ezra and Wynonna embark on a collision course of mistaken identity, hurt feaelings, embarrassing bodily functions, and a positively byzantine production of Twelfth Night. Ezra wishes he could be more like Wynonna's badass version of Ezra -- but he also realizes he feels more like himself while being Wynonna than he has in a long time. Wildly entertaining and deeply heartfelt, Where I End and You Begin is a brilliant, unapologetic exploration of what it means to be your best self

Sixteen-year-old Jacob has always been able to charm his way out of trouble with the law. But when he's sentenced to work at a family Christmas tree farm in place of Cody Matthews---a boy killed in Jacob's last DUI---Jacob is in for a harsh reality check. This emotional story of loss, love, and redemption is impossible to put down.

"After her sister runs away, teenager Hope Cassidy rebels against her conservative family by starting a rock band with her former crush, Danny, who is kicked out of his house when he comes out to his family"--

Kiedy Bóg drzwi zamyka, to wysyła z misją rozgrywającego i Neandertalczyka… Cliff Hubbard to wysoki i masywny nastolatek, w liceum nazywają go Neandertalczykiem, ale nie jest to komplement… Z nikim się nie przyjaźni, mieszka w przyczepie kempingowej, a gdy jego brat popełnia samobójstwo, życie staje się jeszcze trudniejsze. Tymczasem do szkoły wraca Aaron Zimmerman, uwielbiany przez wszystkich rozgrywający drużyny szkolnej, którego Cliff szczerze nie znosi. Aaron otarł się o śmierć i teraz twierdzi, że rozmawiał z Bogiem, który wyznaczył mu cel – uczynić szkołę w Happy Valley lepszym miejscem. Co więcej, pomóc mu w tym może tylko… Neandertalczyk. Ku własnemu zdziwieniu Cliff zgadza się na tę współpracę. Kiedy skreślają kolejne punkty z listy przekazanej Aaronowi przez Boga, chłopak po raz pierwszy od dawna czuje, że bierze udział w czymś ważnym. Naprawianie relacji w Happy Valley High School nie należy jednak do zadań łatwych – okazuje się też, że ta misja jest ważniejsza, niż mu się na początku wydawało.