Julie Halpern Livres

Alex and Becca have always been best friends. But when Becca does something nearly unforgivable at Alex's dad's funeral, Alex cuts ties with her and focuses on her grieving family. Time passes, and Alex finally decides to forgive Becca. Then she's hit with another shocker: Becca has cancer. It also turns out Becca has a bucket list, one she doesn't know she'll be able to finish now. That's where Alex comes in, along with a mysterious and guarded boy who just may help Alex check a few items off her own bucket list. Julie Halpern writes about illness, loss, love, and friendship with candor and compassion. Here is an unforgettable book about living fully, living authentically, and just . . . living.

It’s Jessie’s sophomore year of high school. A self-professed “mathelete,” she isn’t sure where she belongs. Her two best friends have transformed themselves into punks and one of them is going after her longtime crush. Her beloved older brother will soon leave for college (and in the meantime has shaved his mohawk and started dating . . . the prom princess!) . . .Things are changing fast. Jessie needs new friends. And her quest is a hilarious tour through high-school clique-dom, with a surprising stop along the way—the Dungeons and Dragons crowd, who out-nerd everyone. Will hanging out with them make her a nerd, too? And could she really be crushing on a guy with too-short pants and too-white gym shoes? If you go into the wild nerd yonder, can you ever come back?

STAŤ SA MATKOU JE NIEKEDY OVEĽA ŤAŽŠIE AKO PORODIŤ DIEŤA Tridsaťšesťročná Annie priviedla na svet vytúženého potomka a všetko je inak, ako očakávala. Kde sú tie materinské inštinkty, ktoré jej vždy našepkajú, čo má robiť? Keby sa aspoň dalo spoľahnúť na rady z príručiek! Navyše k novorodencovi jej akosi zabudli dodať podrobný návod – o záručnom liste ani nehovoriac... Najhoršie je, že na svete sú aj dokonalé matky. Celebrity, ktoré tesne po pôrode zázračne schudnú, dojčia ako šampiónky a popri bábätku ešte zvládajú nakrúcať filmy či zachraňovať planétu. Tým potvorám by Annie najradšej vyhlásila vojnu. No kedže to nie je možné, bojuje, ako vie: napcháva sa dezertmi, pri dojčení škrípe zubami, šomre pred manželom a kamarátkami a tajne dúfa, že jedného dna sa zmení na super mamu.