Kathryn Ormsbee Bücher

Die Sullivan-Schwestern haben keine Geheimnisse voreinander! Niemals. Aber genau das hat sich in den letzten Jahren geändert. Nun sind da nur noch verschlossene Türen und Dinge, die man einander nicht anvertrauen kann: Die 14-jährige Murphy, ihres Zeichens angehende Magierin, trauert um ihre Schildkröte. Die 17-jährige Claire hat gerade eine gnadenlose Absage von ihrem Traumcollege bekommen. Und die 18-jährige Eileen kämpft mit Dämonen, die immer weiter Besitz von ihr ergreifen. Doch dann setzt ein Brief, der die Schwestern über eine unerwartete Erbschaft informiert, eine Kette von Ereignissen in Gang, die ihrer aller Leben auf immer verändern wird. Drei außerordentliche Schwestern, ein gewaltiges Familiengeheimnis und ein mitternächtlicher Roadtrip ins Unbekannte

Navigating the challenges of being a homeschooler, eleven-year-old Katie confronts her experiences with OCD while discovering the complexities of friendship and personal growth. As she learns to manage her condition, she also comes to terms with the natural evolution of relationships, realizing that drifting apart from friends can be a part of maturing.

A must-read for fans of Julie Murphy and Ashley Herring Blake, this queer coming-of-age story from critically acclaimed author Kathryn Ormsbee sings with heart, warmth, and hope. An ALA Rainbow Book List selection! Born in Paris, Kentucky, and raised on her gram’s favorite country music, Cline Alden is a girl with big dreams and a heart full of song. When she finds out about a young musicians’ workshop a few towns over, Cline sweet-talks, saves, and maybe fibs her way into her first step toward musical stardom. But her big dreams never prepared her for the butterflies she feels surrounded by so many other talented kids—especially Sylvie, who gives Cline the type of butterflies she’s only ever heard about in love songs. As she learns to make music of her own, Cline begins to realize how much of herself she’s been holding back. But now, there’s a new song taking shape in her heart—if only she can find her voice and sing it. “Empowering, affirming, and sweet as all get-out.” —Lisa Jenn Bigelow, author of Drum Roll, Please

Groundhog Day meets Eighth Grade in this time-loop story set on the first day of school.Vivian Lantz is cursed. Every year, terrible things happen on her first day of school. This year, Vivian has a plan to conquer eighth grade. But eighth grade? Turns out to be her worst first day yet.Vivian can’t wait to put it all behind her. But instead of waking up to a brand-new day, Vivian gets stuck reliving her catastrophic one. Curse: 9,000–Vivian: 0. Then she sees her misfortune for what it is: the golden opportunity to get her perfect plan back on track. But when her second chance turns into a third, a fourth, and a fifth, Vivian might have to let go of the perfect day of her dreams…and make a few surprising choices along the way.

NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY NPR Introducing an irresistibly relatable graphic novel about friendship and growing up, "an excellent companion to Raina Telgemeier's Guts and Shannon Hale and LeUyen Pham's Real Friends series."—Booklist, Starred Review New Friends. New grade. New worries? Katie's always felt different. She's homeschooled, she has freckles, and her teeth are really crooked. But none of these things matter to Kacey. They’re best friends forever—just like their necklaces say. But when they go to summer camp, Kacey starts acting weird. What happened to the “forever”? And when Katie gets home, she can’t stop worrying. About getting braces. About 6th grade. About friends. She knows tapping three times or opening and closing a drawer won’t make everything better . . . but sometimes it helps stop the worrying. Is something wrong with her?

After a tight-knit group of friends on a glowboarding team discovers each has telepathic abilities, they catch the attention of Mr. Jensen, the most powerful man in Callaway, Texas, and extraterrestrial forces, as well

A group of eccentric teens navigates the challenges of self-discovery while confronting their mortality in this humorous and unconventional debut novel. With a blend of quirky characters and madcap situations, the story explores themes of friendship and the complexities of growing up in the face of life's uncertainties.

From the author of Tash Hearts Tolstoy comes a funny, moving novel about the lengths we’ll go to make dreams our dreams come true that’s perfect for fans of Shaun David Hutchinson and Rainbow Rowell. Slater, Kansas, is a small town where not much seems to happen. Stella dreams of being a space engineer. After Stella’s mom dies by suicide and her brother runs off to Red Sun, the local hippie commune, Stella is forced to bring her dreams down to earth to care for her sister, Jill. Galliard has only ever known life inside Red Sun. There, people accept his tics, his Tourette’s. But when he’s denied Red Sun’s resident artist role, which he believed he was destined for, he starts to imagine a life beyond the gates of the compound... The day Stella and Galliard meet, there is something in the air in their small town. Literally. So begin weeks of pink lightning, bloodred rain, unexplained storms...And a countdown clock appears mysteriously above the town hall. With time ticking down to some great unknowable end they’ll each have to make a choice. If this is really the end of the world, who do they want to be when they face it?

Fame and success come at a cost for Natasha Tash Zelenka when she creates the web series Unhappy Families, a modern adaptation of Anna Karenina--written by Tash's eternal love Leo Tolstoy.

At 12 years old, Katie experiences the excitement of her first crush, but she quickly learns that navigating adolescence is filled with unexpected challenges. As she grapples with the complexities of growing up, Katie's journey explores the emotional ups and downs of young love and self-discovery.