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Avery James has her life planned out: this summer she''ll work with a humanitarian program in Costa Rica, next year she''ll graduate at the top of her class, and after that, college and medical school. Perfect, planned, total order.The only problem: getting the rest of the money she needs for the trip before the deadline. Hannah Cohen, her biggest competition for the valedictorian title, makes an unexpected offer: If Avery can win over Zac Greeley and make him break up with Hannah before the end of the school year, a check for five hundred dollars is all hers. Faced with the prospect of spending yet another summer working as a giant hot dog, it''s an offer Avery can''t refuse.Zac is nothing like Avery expected. Within his chaotic world of midnight slushie runs and and spontaneous dance parties and comedy nights, her total order is quickly falling apart while Hannah seems poised to get everything she wants. But just how much is Avery willing to give up for the perfect, planned life?

Homer’s Iliad, the classic tale of love and revenge, is shrewdly retold for teens in Troy High. Narrated by Cassie, a shy outsider at Troy High, the story follows the Trojans and Spartans as they declare war on the football field. After the beautiful Elena—who used to be the captain of the Spartan cheerleaders—transfers to Troy High and falls madly in love with Cassie’s brother Perry, the Spartans vow that the annual homecoming game will never be forgotten. Off the football field, an escalating prank war fuels tensions between the schools. The stakes are raised when Cassie is forced to choose between the boy she loves (a Spartan) and loyalty to her family and school. Troy High will seduce readers with its cast of mythic proportions.

Sixteen years ago, Sailor Mooring''s mother dove into the Atlantic Ocean and was never seen again. Now, Sailor is following her mother''s long swim to find answers to the questions that have haunted her life: Why did her mother leave? And what really happened the night Sailor''s father died? Callum Murchadh has spent the last five years banished from his home and his people. At 19, he now lives a human life in the northern islands of Scotland, where maintaining a quiet existence is crucial to keeping his secrets hidden. But having a finfolk girl step off the ferry and into his life was the last thing he expected. Sailor finds herself both drawn to Callum and frightened by his warnings. He may hold the clues she needs to reach the ancestral home of her people, but knowing whether to trust him isn''t easy. Dive deeper into the world of the finfolk of Swans Landing in this sequel to Surfacing.

When pages from tenth-grader Libby Fawcett''s password-protected blog are posted all over Yeardley High by her nemesis Angel Rivera, whose father is dating Libby''s mother, the whole school finds out her humiliating secrets, as well as those of her friends and acquaintances.

Sixteen-year-old Mara Westray has just lost her mother, and now, being shipped off to live with the father she doesn''t know is not how she imagined grieving. She''s already counting down the days until she turns eighteen and can leave the tiny island of Swans Landing. But from the moment she steps off the ferry, nothing is as ordinary as it looks. Whispers of a haunting song on the wind make her see impossible things, and she isn''t sure she can trust her judgment about what is real and what isn''t anymore. Maybe she can''t even trust her judgment about quiet Josh Canavan, whose way of speaking in riddles and half-truths only confuses her more, luring her deeper into the secrets hidden beneath the ocean''s surface. As she tries to unravel the events that led to her mom fleeing the island sixteen years ago, Mara finds that the biggest secret of all is only the beginning.

Josh Canavan swam an entire ocean in search of the truth about what happened the night his father died. Now he''s made the journey back in order to save the people and the island he loves. But when the devastating truth about his father''s death is revealed, can Josh trust who he is long enough to fight the threat that will destroy Swans Landing as he knows it? Surrendering is the conclusion to the Swans Landing series by Shana Norris.

Hannah Cohen has always lived her life by a set of carefully constructed rules to maintain the image of perfection. But now, the rules aren''t helping control the chaos that is quickly taking over.Opting out of spending the summer in Paris with her mom, Hannah instead heads to the mountains of North Carolina to stay with her aunt. The Blue Ridge Mountains provide a barrier between Hannah and the rest of the world, a safe haven where her secrets can be forgotten.When Hannah crosses paths with Jude Westmore, a guy who hangs a different shirt from the tree in his front yard every day, she finds herself breaking out of the comfort of her rules and doing things she had never dared before. As the summer passes, Hannah and Jude grow closer and make up their own rules for dealing with life.But when the secret Hannah has tried to forget is finally revealed, even the new rules can''t save her from possibly losing everything-including Jude.THE SECRETS OF YOU AND ME is the second book in Shana Norris''s STOLEN KISS series, but can be read as a standalone book.

Dylan Waverly has lived his entire life on the tiny island of Swans Landing with his best friend Sailor Mooring at his side. But now Sailor has left, and no one knows if she''ll ever return. Dylan remains stuck in a half-life between land and sea on an island that is slowly dying.Dylan thinks he knows where his life is headed, until a human girl makes him wish for something more. Now he wonders if maybe there is another way of living, another choice he never imagined possible.But is one girl worth crossing the line that separates humans and finfolk, and causing tensions on the island to erupt?SHIFTING (Swans Landing #2.5) is a novella continuation of the YA paranormal series by Shana Norris that takes place after SUBMERGING. Approximately 20,000 words/80 pages.

The rivalry between the Trojans and Spartans has an uneasy during a community event as best friends Cassie and Greg try to strengthen a tenuous romantic relationship.

Kate Watts has three plans for her last summer before college: make music, make ice cream, and make memories with her best friend. She needs these things to take her mind off her grandfather''s illness, the upcoming college tuition she can''t burden her grandparents with, and her flaky mom''s random appearances in her life.But then three new complications arrive to turn everything upside down: Paisley, the cousin she barely knows, who shows up unexpectedly to stay for the summer.The new boy in town Rory who both annoys and intrigues Kate at the same time.And then the solution to the biggest problem of all--if only she gives up her biggest dream.Kate''s summer becomes a whirlwind of parties, facing the mother she thought she could live without, and falling for the guy she doesn''t want to give her heart to. But when Kate begins to suspect that Paisley and Rory may be more than just acquaintances, how far will she go to unravel the truth?The Truth About Boys is a companion novel to The Boyfriend Thief and The Secrets Between You and Me, and the third book in Shana Norris''s Stolen Kiss collection.

Wie wird sie ihn los - mit meiner Hilfe? Avery hat den perfekten Plan: Um eine hervorragende Ärztin zu werden, will sie im Sommer an einem renommierten Projekt in Costa Rica teilnehmen. Einziges Problem: Ihr fehlt noch das nötige Kleingeld für diesen Trip. Als Averys Erzfeindin Hannah davon Wind bekommt, bietet sie ihr einen Deal an. Avery soll Hannahs Freund Zac dazu bringen, mit Hannah Schluss zu machen - Belohnung: 500 Dollar! Avery schlägt ein und hat kurz darauf auch schon einen Plan, wie sie die Aufgabe lösen kann. Doch da hat sie die Rechnung ohne Zac gemacht ... Shana Norris hat schon immer Bücher geliebt und bereits als Kind davon geträumt, selbst welche zu schreiben. Heute ist sie tagsüber Webdesignerin und in der Mittagspause und am Abend Autorin. Sie schreibt sowohl realistische als auch fantastische Jugendbücher. Sie lebt mit ihrem Mann, zwei Hunden und fünf Katzen in Noth Carolina.

Sixteen-year-old Mara Westray has just lost her mother, and now, being shipped off to live with the father she doesn''t know is not how she imagined grieving. She''s already counting down the days until she turns eighteen and can leave the tiny island of Swans Landing.But from the moment she steps off the ferry, nothing is as ordinary as it looks. Whispers of a haunting song on the wind make her see impossible things, and she isn''t sure she can trust her judgment about what is real and what isn''t anymore. Maybe she can''t even trust her judgment about quiet Josh Canavan, whose way of speaking in riddles and half-truths only confuses her more, luring her deeper into the secrets hidden beneath the ocean''s surface.As she tries to unravel the events that led to her mom fleeing the island sixteen years ago, Mara finds that the biggest secret of all is only the beginning.

When pages from tenth-grader Libby Fawcett''s password-protected blog are posted all over Yeardley High by her nemesis Angel Rivera, whose father is dating Libby''s mother, the whole school finds out her humiliating secrets, as well as those of her friends and acquaintances.