Most Popular Books by Sara Barnard

“This gripping novel examines anxiety, identity, pressure, and power with Barnard’s characteristic lightness of touch.” —The Guardian “Nuanced, compelling, honest, and important.” —Kirkus Reviews (starred review) Winner of The Bookseller’s YA Book Prize Friendship bonds are tested and the very nature of loyalty is questioned in this lyrical novel about a teen whose best friend runs away with her teacher after suffering the effects of too much academic pressure. Perfect for fans of Morgan Matson and Jennifer Niven. Eden McKinley knows she can’t count on much in this world, but she can depend on Bonnie, her solid, steady, straight-A best friend. So it’s a bit of a surprise when Bonnie runs away with the boyfriend Eden knows nothing about five days before the start of their final exams. Especially when the police arrive on her doorstep and Eden finds out that Bonnie’s boyfriend is actually their music teacher, Mr. Cohn. Sworn to secrecy and bound by loyalty, only Eden knows Bonnie’s location, and that’s the way it has to stay. There’s no way she’s betraying her best friend. Not even when she’s faced with police questioning, suspicious parents, and her own growing doubts. As the days pass and things begin to unravel, Eden is forced to question everything she thought she knew about the world, her best friend, and herself. In this touching and insightful novel, bestselling author Sara Barnard explores just what can happen when the pressure one faces to be “perfect” leads to drastic fallout.

Perfect for fans of Morgan Matson and Jandy Nelson. A girl who can’t speak and a boy who can’t hear go on a journey of self-discovery and find support with each other in this gripping, emotionally resonant novel for “readers who enjoyed John Green’s Turtles All the Way Down” (Booklist) from bestselling author Sara Barnard. Steffi doesn’t talk, but she has so much to say. Rhys can’t hear, but he can listen. Steffi has been a selective mute for most of her life. The condition’s name has always felt ironic to her, because she certainly does not “select” not to speak. In fact, she would give anything to be able to speak as easily and often as everyone around her can. She suffers from crippling anxiety, and uncontrollably, in most situations simply can’t open her mouth to get out the words. Steffi’s been silent for so long that she feels completely invisible. But Rhys, the new boy at school, sees her. He’s deaf, and her knowledge of basic sign language means that she’s assigned to help him acclimate. To Rhys, it doesn’t matter that Steffi doesn’t talk. As they find ways to communicate, Steffi discovers that she does have a voice, and that she’s falling in love with the one person who makes her feel brave enough to use it. But as she starts to overcome a lifelong challenge, she’ll soon confront questions about the nature of her own identity and the very essence of what it is to know another person.

Perfect for fans of Morgan Matson and Sarah Dessen, this lushly written and heart-wrenching novel follows a teen girl on a one-way trip away from her life and slowly reveals what made her leave it all behind. Sometimes you have to leave your life behind to find your place in the world… u200bPeyton King has always wanted to belong. She seizes the opportunity to start over at a new school and finally finds real connections with the friends she’s always dreamed of and even an actual boyfriend! But after flying high in her newfound happiness, Peyton comes crashing down when reality sets in and the ones she cares about let her down. Peyton’s friends can’t fix her and she can’t help them if they won’t let her. If she wants to find real, lasting happiness, Peyton will have to search somewhere else. With nothing but her sketchpad and a backpack, she buys a one-way ticket and gets on a plane. How far will she go to change her story?

A pitch perfect novel about friendship and what it takes to break the bonds between friends, “for fans of Morgan Matson and Sarah Dessen” (VOYA). Caddy and Rosie have always been inseparable. But that was before Suzanne. Now the twosome has become a triangle with constantly shifting alliances. Caddy’s ready to be more than just the quiet one. She wants something to happen. Suzanne is trying to escape her past and be someone different, someone free. But sometimes downward spirals have a momentum of their own. And no one can break your heart like a best friend.

A heart-stoppingly beautiful debut novel about what it means to be a friend when your whole world is falling apart. I was brave. She was reckless. We were trouble. Best friends Caddy and Rosie are inseparable. Their differences have brought them closer, but as she turns sixteen Caddy begins to wish she could be a bit more like Rosie - confident, funny and interesting. Then Suzanne comes into their lives: beautiful, damaged, exciting and mysterious, and things get a whole lot more complicated. As Suzanne''s past is revealed and her present begins to unravel, Caddy begins to see how much fun a little trouble can be. But the course of both friendship and recovery is rougher than either girl realises, and Caddy is about to learn that downward spirals have a momentum of their own.

The Breakfast Club meets One Day in Floored, a unique collaborative novel by seven bestselling and award-winning YA authors: Sara Barnard, Holly Bourne, Tanya Byrne, Non Pratt, Melinda Salisbury, Lisa Williamson and Eleanor Wood. When they got in the lift that morning, they were strangers. Sasha, who is at the UK''s biggest TV centre desperately trying to deliver a parcel; Hugo, who knows he''s by far the richest – and best-looking – guy in the lift; Velvet, who regrets wearing the world''s least comfortable shoes to work experience; Dawson, who isn''t the good-looking teen star he was and desperate not to be recognized; Kaitlyn, who''s slowly losing her sight but won''t admit it, and Joe, who shouldn''t be there at all, but who wants to be there the most. And one more person, who will bring them together again on the same day every year . . .

''This book is exquisite'' - Holly Bourne, bestselling author of Am I Normal Yet? Fierce Fragile Hearts is the stunning companion novel to Sara Barnard''s YA bestseller Beautiful Broken Things, which was selected for the inaugural Zoella Book Club. It is about leaving the past behind, the friends who form your future, and learning to find love, in all its forms. Two years after a downward spiral took her as low as you can possibly go, Suzanne is starting again. Again. She''s back in Brighton, the only place she felt she belonged, back with her best friends Caddy and Rosie. But they''re about to leave for university. When your friends have been your light in the darkness, what happens when you''re the one left behind?

A heart-wrenching exploration of grief from a bestselling YA author, set in a landscape corrupted by fame and the scrutiny that comes from living in the shadow of a star. To the world, Lizzie Beck is a superstar: famous, talented and beloved. To Emmy, she is simply Beth: her brilliant older sister, her idol. But then Beth takes her own life, and all the light in the world disappears. Now Emmy is lost. Amidst the media storm and overwhelming public grief, she must fight to save her own memories of her sister - and find out who she is without her.

When stardom calls, can love survive?Everyone wants a piece of the Drew Schafer, the talented and troubled lead singer of up-and-coming band The Kerbs. Only his girlfriend Ruby knows the real Drew - the gentle, vulnerable boy beneath the stardust. But no one else even knows that Ruby exists...Told over three music festivals, this searing new novel from best[Bokinfo].

Nachdem in ihrem Leben alles gründlich schiefgelaufen ist, steigt die siebzehnjährige Peyton kurzerhand in ein Flugzeug nach Vancouver. Allein. Im Gepäck: jede Menge Verzweiflung, schlechte Erinnerungen und ihr Skizzenbuch. Sie ist fest entschlossen, allem zu entkommen. Dem Mobbing, der Einsamkeit, der Person, zu der sie geworden ist. Es dauert eine Weile, doch eine bunt zusammengewürfelte Truppe Backpacker hilft Peyton dabei, wieder Vertrauen zu fassen. Bei einem gemeinsamen Roadtrip quer durch Kanadas atemberaubende Landschaft erlebt sie ein unvergessliches Abenteuer und entdeckt, dass es wahre Freundschaft vielleicht doch gibt.

Avant mon dix-septième anniversaire, je dois absolument : 1 / me trouver un vrai petit ami 2 / vivre un Événement Digne d’Intérêt J’ai élaboré une théorie très précise au sujet des Événements Dignes d’Intérêt : tout le monde en vit tôt ou tard, mais certains davantage que d’autres. Moi, j’attendais toujours mon premier Événement Digne d’Intérêt. Et c’est précisément ce qui est arrivé, l’air de rien, sans que je ne voie rien venir.

Steffi a été une muette sélective pendant la plus grande partie de sa vie — elle est restée silencieuse pendant si longtemps qu’elle se sent complètement invisible. Mais Rhys, le nouveau garçon de l’école, la voit. Il est sourd, et à cause de sa connaissance de la langue des signes de base, elle est chargée de s’occuper de lui. Pour Rhys, cela lui importe peu que Steffi ne parle pas; ils trouvent des moyens différents pour communiquer. Steffi trouve qu’elle a une voix, et elle tombe amoureuse de la seule personne qui la fait se sentir assez courageuse pour l’utiliser.

Über das Wunder der Freundschaft: Caddy und ihre beste Freundin Rosie sind unzertrennlich. Dann taucht Suzanne auf, faszinierend und voller Geheimnisse. Caddy, die sehr behütet aufgewachsen ist, himmelt sie an. Mit ihr zieht sie nachts um die Häuser und probiert alles aus, was sie sich vorher nicht getraut hat. Für Rosie ist in ihrem Leben kein Platz mehr. Suzannes Einfälle werden immer waghalsiger. Es dauert eine Weile, bis Caddy begreift, dass Suzanne professionelle Hilfe braucht ... Berührend echt und ganz nah dran erzählt Sara Barnard von Freundschaft in all ihren Facetten und lässt Caddy, Rosie und Suzanne zu Freundinnen fürs Leben werden– nicht nur füreinander, sondern auch für die Leser.

Poți merge înainte când trecutul te urmărește la fiecare pas? Deși merg la școli diferite, Caddy și Rosie sunt, de când se știu, cele mai bune prietene. Spre deosebire de Rosie, care a trecut prin multe, Caddy pare a avea o viață perfectă: o casă frumoasă, părinți grijulii și un viitor luminos. Însă acum, la șaisprezece ani, Caddy începe să-și dorească să fie și ea ca Rosie: specială, sigură pe sine, amuzantă și interesantă. Când în viața amândurora apare Suzanne – superbă, plină de viață, rebelă și misterioasă –, lucrurile încep să se complice. Pe măsură ce trecutul dureros al lui Suzanne iese la iveală, iar relația dintre ele devine tot mai apropiată, Caddy începe să descopere că sub masca siguranței de sine se ascund uneori drame tulburătoare și că iubirea te poate împinge uneori să faci lucruri la care nu te-ai fi gândit niciodată. O poveste emoționantă despre dragoste, familie, dezastre și puterea salvatoare a prieteniei când totul se destramă

Steffi nie mówi, ale ma dużo do powiedzenia. Rhys nie słyszy, ale potrafi słuchać. Łączy ich więcej, niż słowa są w stanie wyrazić. Steffi milczała tak długo, że zaczęła się czuć całkowicie niewidzialna. Dostrzega ją jednak Rhys, nowy chłopak w szkole. Nie słyszy, a ona zna podstawy języka migowego i zostaje przydzielona przez dyrekcję do wsparcia kolegi. To, co ich połączy, okaże się czymś więcej niż wspólne spędzanie czasu i odrabianie lekcji. Dla Rhysa nie ma znaczenia, że Steffi nie mówi. Gdy uczą się ze sobą komunikować, dziewczyna odkrywa, że ma głos i zakochuje się w jedynej osobie, przy której ma dość odwagi, by go użyć. Książka idealna dla osób, które pokochały „11 papierowych serc” i „100 dni słońca”.

Dívčí román o přátelství, dospívání, ale i domácím násilí a bolesti. Pro mládež. Caddy je šestnáctiletá studentka dívčí školy, její život se jí zdá nudný a obyčejný. Letos to ale bude jinak: najde si kluka a zažije něco velkého! Její kamarádka Roza je její pravý opak a přesto si spolu už tolik let rozumějí. Roza přivede do jejich pevného přátelství novou, sebevědomou Suzannu. Caddy však postupně poznává, jaká Suzanna doopravdy je a co všechno už má za sebou. Bude to právě Suzanna, která jí pomůže najít její otevřené, zábavné, společenské já? A nebo je všechno vlastně docela jinak?