Alyssa Sheinmel: 12 books

When Eliza Hart, the most popular girl at Ventana Ranch boarding school, is found dead, Ellie Sokoloff is determined to figure out what happened to her. After all, Eliza was Ellie's childhood best friend. Never mind that ever since Ellie arrived at school Eliza has spread terrible rumors about her,...

If high school were a fairy-tale kingdom, Connelly Sternin would be Rapunzel, locked not in a tower by a wicked witch but in a high-rise apartment building by the SATs and college applications—and by the secrets she keeps. Connelly's few friends think that her parents are divorced—but they're...

She feels like a creature out of a fairy tale; a girl who discovers that her bones are really made out of stone, that her skin is really as thin as glass, that her hair is brittle as straw, that her tears have dried up so that she cries only salt. Maybe that's why it doesn't hurt when she presses...

Faceless is an emotionally gripping novel about a girl who gets a face transplant -- and has to rediscover her identity. While on a run one day, Maise gets into a terrible accident. A hot-burning electrical fire consumes her, destroying her face. Where her nose, cheeks, and chin used to be, now there...

High school junior Nick Brandt is intent on getting a girlfriend, and Eden Reiss is the one that he wants. He has exactly four semesters to get the girl, but when the phone rings on an otherwise ordinary Tuesday night, life for Nick and his parents will never be the same. What had been a seemingly...

"Leia se tiver coragem, mas não diga que eu não avisei." - Wes Craven, diretor de Pânico. Você acredita em fantasmas? Sunshine Griffith é uma garota que acaba de fazer dezesseis anos. Depois de sua mãe receber uma proposta de emprego, as duas se mudam para a fria cidade de Ridgemont,...

L’univers tranquille de Sunshine, 16 ans, bascule à cause du déménagement que lui impose sa mère adoptive Kate. Pour des raisons professionnelles, Kate conduit sa fille à l’autre bout des Etats-Unis, dans une maison qu’elle choisie sur Internet. Sunshine constate que rien n’est à son...

Depuis qu’elle a déménagé à l’autre bout des États-Unis il y a quelques mois, Sunshine peut percevoir des esprits et ressentir des émotions intenses, parfois même accablantes. Elle a d’abord essayé d’ignorer ces manifestations, mais peu à peu le constat s’impose : ce ne sont pas...

Les pouvoirs de Sunshine sont à leur apogée, et alors qu’elle a survécu à un abîme plein de démons, elle doit comprendre qui – ou ce qui – a guidé les forces des ténèbres contre elle. Lorsque son petit copain Nolan découvre que la mort de Sunshine déclencherait un terrible fléau...

"A compelling and beautifully told story." —Kathleen Glasgow, New York Times bestselling author of Girl in Pieces Four walls. One window. No way to escape. Hannah knows there's been a mistake. She doesn't need to be institutionalized. What happened to her roommate at that summer program...

A twisty story about love, loss, and lies, this contemporary oceanside adventure is tinged with a touch of dark magic as it follows seventeen-year-old Wendy Darling on a search for her missing surfer brothers. Wendy's journey leads her to a mysterious hidden cove inhabited by a tribe of young renegade...

Erwachsenwerden tut manchmal verdammt weh Von außen betrachtet ist Sethies Leben perfekt: Sie besucht eine New Yorker Privatschule, sie besteht den Zulassungstest fürs College mit der höchsten Punktzahl und natürlich hat sie auch schon einen festen Freund, Shaw, den sie zwar ein bisschen...