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Plan A

A sixteen-year-old girl&’s road trip across the country to get an abortion becomes a transformative journey of vulnerability, strength, and above all, choice. From the acclaimed author of A Heart in a Body in the World, this is both an achingly tender love story and a bold, badly needed battle cry about bodily autonomy and the experiences that connect us.Ivy can&’t entirely believe it when the plus sign appears on the test. She didn&’t even know it was possible from . . . what happened. But it is, and now she is, and instead of spending the summer working at the local drugstore and swooning over her boyfriend, Lorenzo, suddenly she&’s planning a cross-country road trip to her grandmother&’s house on the West Coast, where she can legally obtain an abortion.Escaping her small Texas town and the judgment of her friends and neighbors, Ivy hits the road with Lorenzo, who, determined to make the best of their &“abortion road trip love story,&” has transformed the journey into a whirlwind tour of the world: all the way from Paris, Texas, to Rome, Oregon . . . and every rest-stop diner and corny roadside attraction along the way.And while Ivy can&’t run from the incessant pressure of others&’ opinions about her body or from her own expectations and insecurities, she discovers a new world of healing and hope. As the women she encounters share their stories, she chips away at the stigma, silence, and shame surrounding reproductive rights while those collective experiences guide her to her own rightful destination.

Plan B (Surviving Southside)

Is this happily ever after? Lucy has her life planned out: she'll graduate and then join her boyfriend, Luke, at college in Austin. She'll become a Spanish teacher and of course they'll get married. So there's no reason to wait, right? They try to be careful. But then Lucy gets pregnant. Now, none of Lucy's options are part of her picture-perfect plan. Together, she and Luke will have to make the most difficult decision of their lives.

Planesrunner: Book 1 Of The Everness Series (Everness #1)

There is not one you. There are many yous. There is not one world. There are many worlds. Ours is one among billions of parallel earths.When Everett Singh's scientist father is kidnapped from the streets of London, he leaves young Everett a mysterious app on his computer: the Infundibulum, the map of all the parallel earths, the most valuable object in the multiverse. There are dark forces in the Plenitude of Known Worlds who will stop at nothing to get it. They've got power, authority, the might of ten planets—some of them more technologically advanced than our Earth—at their fingertips. He's got wits, intelligence, and a knack for Indian cooking.Everett must trick his way through the Heisenberg Gate that his dad helped build and go on the run in a parallel Earth. But to rescue his dad from Charlotte Villiers and the sinister Order, this Planesrunner's going to need friends. Friends like Captain Anastasia Sixsmyth, her adopted daughter, Sen, and the crew of the airship Everness.Can they rescue Everett's father and get the Infundibulum to safety? The game is afoot!Praise for Planesrunner“PLANESRUNNER is chock-full of awesome. Ian McDonald's steampunk London blazes on a vast scale with eye-popping towers, gritty streets, and larger-than-life characters who aren't afraid to fight for each other. The kind of airship-dueling, guns-blazing fantasy that makes me wish I could pop through to the next reality over, join the Airish, and take to the skies.” —Paolo Bacigalupi“Science fiction rules in this stellar series opener about a boy who travels to parallel universes. What joy to find science fiction based on real scientific concepts… Shining imagination, pulsing suspense and sparkling writing make this one stand out.” —Kirkus (Starred Review)“McDonald writes with scientific and literary sophistication, as well as a wicked sense of humor. Add nonstop action, eccentric characters, and expert universe building, and this first volume of the Everness series is a winner.” —Publishers Weekly

Planeta Blu Volume 1: Rise of Agoo

A group of inner-city youths suddenly gain the ability to speak with animals, and they must use that and other new superpowers to fight to save the world!After Lares, her brother Angel, and their friends Tomé and Tyler gain magical abilities, they stumble upon a looming war. The animal kingdom is ramping up to save the earth — "Planeta Blu" — by taking on the global climate crisis by fighting pollution at the source. One billionaire oil tycoon has sinister machinations at work, but the globe&’s animals and the young team of humans will need to work together if they want to have any chance at saving our world!Written by activist and rapper Tem Blessed and illustrated by Xeric award-winning artist Michael LaRiccia, Planeta Blu is a story of courage, compassion, love, and sacrifice to make our world a better home for all living beings.Originally created through a successful Kickstarter campaign, the Dark Horse edition features an introduction by Van Jones, along with brand-new cover art and extra sketch book pages and pinups.

Planetary Science, 2nd Edition

Planetary Science Readings

Plank's Law

Trevor has known since he was ten years old that he has Huntington's disease, but at sixteen he is informed that he has one year to live. One day while he's trying to figure stuff out, an old man named Plank finds him standing at a cliff by the ocean. It's the beginning of an odd but intriguing relationship. Both Trevor and Plank decide to live by Plank's Law, which is "just live." This means Trevor has to act on the things on his bucket list, like hanging out with real penguins, star in a science fiction movie and actually talk to Sara—the girl at the hospital who smiles at him. <P><P> With the aid of Plank and Sara, Trevor revises his bucket list to include more important things and takes charge of his illness and his life.

Plant Cells And Life Processes

This book explores the features of the plant cell and their life processes.

Plant Secrets

Plants come in all shapes and sizes, but they go through the same stages as they grow. Using four common plants, young readers learn about a plant's life cycles.

Planting A Rainbow

This educational and enjoyable book helps children understand how to plant bulbs, seeds, and seedlings, and nurture their growth. Lois Ehlert's bold collage illustrations include six pages of staggered width, presenting all the flowers of each color of the rainbow.

Planting The Wild Garden

Plants in Children’s and Young Adult Literature (Perspectives on the Non-Human in Literature and Culture)

From the forests of the tales of the Brothers Grimm to Enid Blyton’s The Faraway Tree, from the flowers of Cicely May Barker’s fairies to the treehouse in Andy Griffith and Terry Denton’s popular 13-Storey Treehouse series, trees and other plants have been enduring features of stories for children and young adults. Plants act as gateways to other worlds, as liminal spaces, as markers of permanence and change, and as metonyms of childhood and adolescence. This anthology is the first compilation devoted entirely to analysis of the representation of plants in children’s and young adult literatures, reflecting the recent surge of interest in cultural plant studies within the environmental humanities. Mapping out and presenting an internationally inclusive view of plant representation in texts for children and young adults, the volume includes contributions examining European, American, Australian, and Asian literatures and contributes to the research fields of ecocriticism, critical plant studies, and the study of children’s and young adult literatures.

Plastic (Orca Soundings)

When Jack develops an interest in something, he puts his all into it, making lists, doing research and learning all he can. When his best friend Leah decides to have plastic surgery for her sixteenth birthday, Jack is horrified—and then determined to stop her. Researching the surgery and the results, he finds that there are unscrupulous surgeons operating on the very young, and no one does anything about it. Jack organizes a protest and becomes an instant celebrity. But when someone else takes up the cause and the protest turns violent, Jack is forced to make some tough decisions.

Play (Play #Volumen 1)

¿Qué serías capaz de hacer por amor? ¿Hasta dónde estarías dispuesto a llegar para alcanzar la fama? Nadie diría que Leo y Aarón son hermanos. El primero es presumido y ambicioso; el segundo, tímido y reservado. Pero ambos desean algo. Mientras Leo sueña con hacerse famoso a toda costa, Aarón no deja de pensar en cómo puede recuperar a su novia, quien, tras ganar un concurso y convertirse en una estrella mundial, se ha vuelto inaccesible. Un día, husmeando en el ordenador de su hermano, Leo descubre que Aarón tiene un talento desbordante para la música, y que ha compuesto y grabado varios temas que no tienen nada que envidiarles a los hits más populares del momento. Sin meditar las consecuencias, Leo decide darlos a conocer por internet y muy pronto el fenómeno Play Serafin -el nombre que le ha puesto al canal de YouTube- estalla por toda la red... El amor es la meta... La fama, su único camino. «Ojalá hubiera estado allí Dalila. Ojalá me hubiera atrevido a mostrar esa faceta de mí cuando todavía estaba a mi lado...Aunque, bien pensado, si ella nunca se hubiera ido, yo no habría hecho caso a Leo y aquel concierto no estaría teniendo lugar. Fuera como fuese, en la siguiente canción me esforcé más que en ninguna otra. Quizá nunca podría volver a hablar con ella, a lo mejor saludarla se había convertido en un imposible.Pero una canción... una canción podría viajar por mil caminos y me acercaría a ella tanto como una palabra o un beso.» Reseñas:«Una de las grandes promesas de la literatura juvenil española.»Nueva Tribuna «Javier Ruescas es el máximo exponente de una generación de autores que romperá los límites de la literatura juvenil.»Francesc Miralles, autor de Retrum «Un éxito entre el público juvenil.»ABC «Una novela fresca y adictiva, que no te suelta hasta el final.»Esther Sanz, autora de El bosque de los corazones dormidos

Play Me

Eddy knows how to play the game. He is, after all, the writer, director, and cameraman—the mastermind, really—behind the hit online TV show Riot Grrl 16. When it wins a contest to be aired on MTV (and it obviously will—have you seen the competition?), he'll be famous. Then there's the game of love. Eddy knows all the tricks, and his favorite girls are the ones with the fishnets and cherry lipstick and legs up to there. The ones who know he doesn't make any promises. The ones who are cool with it.But as graduation looms, everything and everyone starts deviating from Eddy's master script. Never in a million years did he expect to be facing off again with the unapproachable, perfect Lucinda Dulko. For once in his life, he's not in control—and to be with Lucinda, he's willing to get swept up in the game. But what happens to a player when the rules suddenly change?Can Eddy find a way to win it all?Or will he get played?

Play the Game

From debut author Charlene Allen comes a captivating YA contemporary mystery and coming-of-age story, celebrating the power of friendship, first love, and exploring the criminal justice system from the lens of restorative justice. Perfect for fans of Tiffany D. Jackson, Nic Stone, and Maureen Johnson.In the game of life, sometimes other people hold all the controls. Or so it seems to VZ. Four months have passed since his best friend Ed was killed by a white man in a Brooklyn parking lot.When Singer, the man who killed Ed, is found dead in the same spot where Ed was murdered, all signs point to Jack, VZ’s other best friend, as the prime suspect.VZ’s determined to complete the video game Ed never finished and figure out who actually killed Singer. With help from Diamond, the girl he’s crushing on at work, VZ falls into Ed’s quirky gameiverse. As the police close in on Jack, the game starts to uncover details that could lead to the truth about the murder.Can VZ honor Ed and help Jack before it’s too late?

Play: (Incluye canciones originales y video del making of) (Play #Volumen 1)

¿Qué serías capaz de hacer por amor? ¿Hasta dónde estarías dispuesto a llegar para alcanzar la fama? Nadie diría que Leo y Aarón son hermanos. El primero es presumido y ambicioso; el segundo, tímido y reservado. Pero ambos desean algo. Mientras Leo sueña con hacerse famoso a toda costa, Aarón no deja de pensar en cómo puede recuperar a su novia, quien, tras ganar un concurso y convertirse en una estrella mundial, se ha vuelto inaccesible. Un día, husmeando en el ordenador de su hermano, Leo descubre que Aarón tiene un talento desbordante para la música, y que ha compuesto y grabado varios temas que no tienen nada que envidiarles a los hits más populares del momento. Sin meditar las consecuencias, Leo decide darlos a conocer por internet y muy pronto el fenómeno Play Serafin -el nombre que le ha puesto al canal de YouTube- estalla por toda la red... El amor es la meta... La fama, su único camino. «Ojalá hubiera estado allí Dalila. Ojalá me hubiera atrevido a mostrar esa faceta de mí cuando todavía estaba a mi lado...Aunque, bien pensado, si ella nunca se hubiera ido, yo no habría hecho caso a Leo y aquel concierto no estaría teniendo lugar. Fuera como fuese, en la siguiente canción me esforcé más que en ninguna otra. Quizá nunca podría volver a hablar con ella, a lo mejor saludarla se había convertido en un imposible.Pero una canción... una canción podría viajar por mil caminos y me acercaría a ella tanto como una palabra o un beso.» Reseñas:«Una de las grandes promesas de la literatura juvenil española.»Nueva Tribuna «Javier Ruescas es el máximo exponente de una generación de autores que romperá los límites de la literatura juvenil.»Francesc Miralles, autor de Retrum «Un éxito entre el público juvenil.»ABC «Una novela fresca y adictiva, que no te suelta hasta el final.»Esther Sanz, autora de El bosque de los corazones dormidos

Playin' Hard

Readers of YA contemporary romance, sports romance, enemies-to-lovers stories, and those looking for Black love will be drawn to this title. It&’s perfect for fans of Talia Hibbert&’s Highly Suspicious and Unfairly Cute.DeAndre may be the king of the court but after one class debate Cree becomes the queen of his heart.If there&’s one thing Cree Jacobs can&’t stand about Moorehead High, it&’s definitely the Ballers Club—an exclusive clique of boys who dominate the school&’s sports teams. The boys are arrogant, flashy, and just way too overrated for Cree&’s taste. Don&’t tell that to DeAndre Parker, the unofficial leader of the group. Laidback, good looking, a prodigy on the court, and the son of a retired NBA champion, DeAndre knows his potential and that almost everyone at Moorehead would do anything to get close to him—except for Cree Jacobs.Typically these two would never cross paths or acknowledge each other, but one heated debate with Cree in class sets DeAndre off, igniting a need within him: no one can resist the Club. Determined to get Cree under his spell, DeAndre begins trying to change her opinion of him as the two strike a friendship that sparks into something more."10 Things I Hate About You meets Love & Basketball for Gen Z." —SLJ

Playing Chicken

Josh just wanted to fit in with the guys. Maybe they did a few crazy things, but that's what fun is all about. The party continues... until Guzzo dares Josh to a race that ends in death.

Playing Cupid: A Heartwarming Contemporary Debut (The Mythical Creatures Collection #1)

A debut YA Fantasy for fans of Colleen Hoover! For the past five years, seventeen-year-old Megan Cooper has built a wall around her heart with little room to experience true feelings. Her mother's passing has left her family fractured, driving a wedge between her and her father that has only gotten deeper with time. The only solution: graduate high school early and get out of Dodge. With one final standing between her and the rest of her life, Megan is paired with a Home Economics partner who seems destined to dump all the work on her. Constantly bailing at the last minute, with more excuses than she can keep track of, Jay Michaels seems determined to ruin her plan. That is, until she hits Cupid with her car. With his shooting arm is significantly injured, Megan has no choice but to take his place. As she races to find Cupid’s final three love matches in order to meet his quota by the start of the new year, she comes face to face with the very emotions she’s been pushing away for so long. Caught between what her head is saying and what her heart longs for, Megan must face old wounds, find forgiveness, and track down the perfect match for the one boy with all the excuses. This YA debut is a touching and heartwarming shot through the heart for teen and adult readers alike!

Playing Dirty (SVH Senior Year Series #27)

"Watch out, Ken. Will wants his life back. Maybe Ken thinks Will Simmons wasn't paying attention when he took his position on the football team, his college scholarship, his girlfriend . . . His whole, entire life. Guess what, Ken? He was.

Playing a Part

The first young adult novel translated from Russian, a brave coming-out, coming-of-age story.In June 2013, the Russian government passed laws prohibiting "gay propaganda," threatening jail time and fines to offenders. That same month, in spite of these harsh laws, a Russian publisher released PLAYING A PART, a young adult novel with openly gay characters. It was a brave, bold act, and now this groundbreaking story has been translated for American readers.In PLAYING A PART, Grisha adores everything about the Moscow puppet theater where his parents work, and spends as much time there as he can. But life outside the theater is not so wonderful. The boys in Grisha's class bully him mercilessly, and his own grandfather says hateful things about how he's not "masculine" enough. Life goes from bad to worse when Grisha learns that Sam, his favorite actor and mentor, is moving: He's leaving the country to escape the extreme homophobia he faces in Russia. How Grisha overcomes these trials and writes himself a new role in his own story is heartfelt, courageous, and hopeful.

Playing for Keeps

From the author of Some Girls Do comes another heartfelt YA sapphic romance—starring a baseball pitcher and a student umpire who are definitely not supposed to fall for one another.&“Sapphic sports romance perfection. Swoony and romantic, but unafraid to tackle grief, family expectations, and fighting for your dreams, this is a home run of a book.&” —Rachael Lippincott, coauthor of the #1 New York Times Bestsellers Five Feet Apart and She Gets the GirlJune is the star pitcher of her elite club baseball team—with an ego to match—and she's a shoo-in to be recruited at the college level, like her parents have always envisioned. That is, if she can play through an overuse injury that has recently gone from bad to worse.Ivy isn't just reffing to pay off her athletic fees or make some extra cash on the side. She wants to someday officiate at the professional level, even if her parents would rather she go to college instead. The first time they cross paths, Ivy throws June out of a game for grandstanding. Still, they quickly grow from enemies to begrudging friends . . . and then something more. But the rules state that players and umpires are prohibited from dating.As June's shoulder worsens, and a rival discovers the girls' secret and threatens to expose them, everything the two have worked so hard for is at risk. Now both must choose: follow their dreams . . . or follow their hearts?

Playing the Field

A football inspired YA rom-com, perfect for fans of Ted Lasso, The Cheat Sheet and Icebreaker ALL IS FAIR IN LOVE AND FOOTBALL... Durham University have the best women&’s football team in the League and their star striker Sadie McGrath hopes that winning this year might lead her to being picked up by one of the National Teams. The male team is much less impressive – they&’ve never won the league and are facing relegation unless they can improve by the end of the season. But now the unthinkable has been asked of Sadie; to train the cocky, new male striker who has just moved over from the US. Arlo Hudson is a know-it-all who refuses to follow direction, and argues with her every lesson. Sadie can&’t stand him, even if all the other girls do think he&’s dreamy. What will happen when the two spend so much time together alone… Will it improve their technique? Or will Sadie be out of his league?

Playing the Part (The Fabulous Five #10)

Beth Barry has finally gotten her big break--a chance to star in the school play. But when she tells her boyfriend, Keith Masterson, how busy she'll be with rehearsals, he doesn't seem to understand. Soon Keith is going out with Christie Winchell, one of Beth's best friends, and Beth faces the most difficult acting job of her life. Will Beth be able to pretend she doesn't care at all?

Playing with Fire

When a fire cuts off a popular trail in the Oregon forest, a small group trapped by the flames must find another way out—or die—in Playing with Fire, an unrelenting teen-vs-nature YA thriller by New York Times bestselling author April Henry.Natalia is not the kind of girl who takes risks. Six years ago, she barely survived the house fire that killed her baby brother. Now she is cautious and always plays it safe. For months, her co-worker Wyatt has begged her to come hiking with him, and Natalia finally agrees. But when a wildfire breaks out, blocking the trail back, a perfect sunny day quickly morphs into a nightmare. With no cell service, few supplies, and no clear way out of the burning forest, a group of strangers will have to become allies if they’re going to survive. Hiking in the dark, they must deal with injuries, wild animals and even a criminal on the lam—before the fire catches them. Christy Ottaviano Books