Julie Buxbaum

Ending her happy relationship just as her boyfriend is on the verge of proposing, successful, twenty-nine-year-old Manhattan attorney Emily Pratt is struggling to deal with the sense of emptiness she hides behind a zany, independent façade, and as the holiday season approaches, she begins to feel that her entire world--her family, her job, and her life--is unraveling. A first novel. 75,000 first printing.

On a random Thursday afternoon, Ellie Lerner''s life is turned upside-down when she learns the heartbreaking news that Lucy, her best friend since childhood, has been murdered on the tree-lined streets of Notting Hill. And, as best friends do, Ellie drops everything: her marriage, her job, her life in the Boston suburbs to travel to London to pick up the pieces. While Lucy''s shell-shocked husband, Greg, seeks solace in work and the pub, her brilliant and traumatized child, Sophie, has simply stopped speaking. Desperate to help Sophie, Ellie turns to a book that gave her comfort as a child, The Secret Garden. As the two spend hours exploring the novels winding passageways, its story of hurt, magic, and healing blooms around them. But so, too, do the secrets Lucy kept hidden, even from her best friend. Over a summer in London, as Ellie peels back the layers of her friends life, shes forced to confront her own as well. Suddenly her carefully constructed existence spins out of control in a chain of events that will transform her life and the lives of those around her forever.

Everything about Jessie is wrong. At least, thats what it feels like during her first week as a junior at her new ultra-intimidating prep school in Los Angeles. Its been barely two years since her mothers death, and because her father eloped with a woman he met online, Jessie has been forced to move across the country to live with her stepmonster and her pretentious teenage son.Just when shes thinking about hightailing it back to Chicago, she gets an email from a person calling themselves Somebody/Nobody (SN for short), offering to help her navigate the wilds of Wood Valley High School. Is it an elaborate hoax? Or can she rely on SN for some much-needed help?In a leap of faithor an act of complete desperationJessie begins to rely on SN, and SN quickly becomes her lifeline and closest ally. Jessie cant help wanting to meet SN in person. But are some mysteries better left unsolved?

Emily es una abogada de veintinueve años que ejerce en Manhattan. Cada vez más aterrorizada ante la idea de asumir un compromiso afectivo, decide dejar a su novio. Con la cuota precisa de humor y de angustia vital, Julie Buxbaum ha concebido una heroina que algunos lectores han comparado con una version femenina de Woody Allen que resultara reconocible de inmediato a todos los que han amado, perdido y vuelto a amar. Una historia de emociones y decisiones vitales, narrada con cercania, sensibilidad e inteligencia.

A killer space toilet is hurtling toward Area 51, courtesy of a mystery traitor on base, and things are about to get messy if Sky and her friends cant solve the case. Dont miss book two in the Edgar Award nominated Area 51 Files series!Epically fun!Max Brallier, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Last Kids on EarthSky Patel-Baum, Area 51s latest arrival, thought she had finally figured out her strange new home. Sure, there are aliens everywhere, and her new BFF Elvis is from the planet Galzoria. But it turns out things can still get weirder. Because some special visitors just arrived with a warning: Area 51 is in danger!A hunk of space junk is headed right for the base! And its not just any hunk of junk! Its a giant toilet! Even worse? A traitor on base is working with angry aliens to coordinate the attack.With one case already under their belts, Sky and her friends are on a mission to save Area 51. But what happens if their investigation goes down the toilet? That would stink!

The New York Times bestselling author of Tell Me Three Things and What to Say Next delivers a poignant and hopeful novel about resilience and reinvention, first love and lifelong friendship, the legacies of loss, and the stories we tell ourselves in order to survive."A luminous, lovely story about a girl who builds a future from the ashes of her past." --KATHLEEN GLASGOW, New York Times bestselling author of Girl in PiecesSometimes looking to the past helps you find your future.Abbi Hope Goldstein is like every other teenager, with a few smallish exceptions: her famous alter ego, Baby Hope, is the subject of internet memes, she has asthma, and sometimes people spontaneously burst into tears when they recognize her. Abbi has lived almost her entire life in the shadow of the terrorist attacks of September 11. On that fateful day, she was captured in what became an iconic photograph: in the picture, Abbi (aka "Baby Hope") wears a birthday crown and grasps a red balloon; just behind her, the South Tower of the World Trade Center is collapsing. Now, fifteen years later, Abbi is desperate for anonymity and decides to spend the summer before her seventeenth birthday incognito as a counselor at Knights Day Camp two towns away. Shes psyched for eight weeks in the company of four-year-olds, none of whom have ever heard of Baby Hope. Too bad Noah Stern, whose own world was irrevocably shattered on that terrible day, has a similar summer plan. Noah believes his meeting Baby Hope is fate. Abbi is sure its a disaster. Soon, though, the two team up to ask difficult questions about the history behind the Baby Hope photo. But is either of them ready to hear the answers?

Lie. Cheat. Bribe. How far would you go to get into your dream school? How far would your parents go? Inspired by the recent college admissions scandal, this ripped-from-the-headlines YA novel by the New York Times bestselling author of Tell Me Three Things sees one teenage girls privileged world shatter when her familys lies are exposed.Its good to be Chloe Wynn Berringer--she has it all--money, privilege, and a ticket to the college of her dreams. Or at least she did until the FBI came knocking on her front door, guns at the ready, and her future went up in smoke. Now her B list celebrity mother is under arrest in a massive college admissions bribery scandal, and Chloe might be the next one facing charges. The public is furious, the headlines are brutal, and the US attorney is out for blood.As everything shes taken for granted starts to slip away, Chloe must reckon not only with the truth of what happened, but also with the examination of her own guilt. How much did she really know-or guess? Why did her parents think the only way for her to succeed was to cheat? And what does it really mean to be complicit? Bestselling author Julie Buxbaum takes on the college admissions bribery scandal that rocked the country in this timely tale of the hyper elite and the hyper competitive, and the lengths they go to stay at the top.

New York Times bestselling author Julie Buxbaum explores the blinding power of lies, the tight grip of family secrets, and the magic of first love in this poignant novel about a trio of friends and the allure of romantic feelings that fractures their bond as they struggle to remain true to themselves while building back the grounding friendship on which they once relied.It was a year on fire. They fell in love. Someone was bound to get burned.The Spark: Just days before the start of junior year, a spontaneous kiss and then a lie shake the very foundation of the friendship between best friends Immie and Paige. Immies twin brother, Arch, knows something, only hes not talking. Some loyalties run too deep to be broken by accidental betrayal.The Fuel: Enter Rohan, new to Wood Valley High by way of London, who walks into school on the first day completely overwhelmed by his sudden move halfway around the world. When Paige calls dibs on himhes too cute to ignoreImmie is in no position to argue, certainly not after taking the fall for the disloyal kiss. Too bad for Immie that Ro feels like the best kind of familiar.The Kindling: Former lab partners Arch and Jackson, Paiges ex-boyfriend, have never considered themselves more than friends. But sometimes feelings can grow like flames fanned by the wind.The Flames: When the girls bathroom at Wood Valley is set ablaze, no one doubts its arson. But in this bastion of privilege, whod be angry enough to want to burn down the school? Answer: pretty much everyone.

"What to Say Next reminds readers that hope can be found in unexpected places." BustleFrom the New York Times bestselling author of Tell Me Three Things comes a story about two struggling teenagers who find an unexpected connection just when they need it most. Nicola Yoon, the bestselling author of Everything, Everything, calls it "charming, funny, and deeply affecting." Sometimes a new perspective is all that is needed to make sense of the world.KIT:I dont know why I decide not to sit with Annie and Violet at lunch. It feels like no one here gets what Im going through. How could they? I dont even understand. DAVID:In the 622 days Ive attended Mapleview High, Kit Lowell is the first person to sit at my lunch table. I mean, Ive never once sat with someone until now. So your dad is dead, I say to Kit, because this is a fact Ive recently learned about her. When an unlikely friendship is sparked between relatively popular Kit Lowell and socially isolated David Drucker, everyone is surprised, most of all Kit and David. Kit appreciates Davids blunt honestyin fact, she finds it bizarrely refreshing. David welcomes Kits attention and her inquisitive nature. When she asks for his help figuring out the how and why of her dads tragic car accident, David is all in. But neither of them can predict what theyll find. Can their friendship survive the truth?Named a Best Young Adult Novel of the Year by POPSUGARCharming, funny, and deeply affecting all at the same time. Nicola Yoon, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Everything, Everything and The Sun Is Also a Star Heartfelt, charming, deep, and real. I love it with all my heart. Jennifer Niven, New York Times bestselling author of All the Bright Places

Is Area 51s cover blown?! Sky and her otherworldly friends scramble to protect its secrets when a UFO goes missing in the fourth installment of this laugh-out-loud, Edgar Award-nominated series for young readers.For the first time since Sky got to Area 51, things seem to be under control. No bunker hideouts. No incoming space toilets. No kidnappings of beloved relatives. In fact, everyone is in a celebratory mood because a special government visitor is coming to Area 51!But on the morning of the visit, a UFO goes missing from the science lab. And then a mysterious whistleblower goes to the media saying they have evidence of a UFO landing! Did someone steal the UFO in order to reveal it to the whole wide world? Sky and her friends have less than a week to solve the mystery of the missing UFO, or all of Area 51s secrets will be at risk. Guess things arent so calm after all!

Elle na plus envie de parler. Il na jamais su communiquer. Ensemble, ils vont saider. Le jour où Kit Lowell, lamour secret de sa vie, sassoit à sa table de cantine, David est bouleversé. Il comprend

Il faut savoir se confronter au passé pour mieux vivre son avenir... Le 11 septembre 2001, au moment où les avions frappaient les Tours Jumelles, Abbi fêtait son premier anniversaire à la crèche du W

Jessie trouvera-t-elle qui est son mystérieux bienfaiteur ? Nouvelle dans un lycée huppé de Los Angeles, Jessie ne se sent pas à sa place. Alors quelle songe à rentrer à Chicago, elle reçoit un mail

Sky and her friends tackle their biggest mystery yetthe discovery of Area 52!in the third installment of this laugh-out-loud, highly illustrated middle grade series by New York Times bestselling author Julie Buxbaum, illustrated by Lavanya Naidu.Skys life in Area 51 is full of surprises. Like the fact that aliens are realand now one is her best friend! But the biggest surprise yet comes when Sky learns that her grandmother has been kidnapped and is stuck in Area 52, the only other alien portal on Earth. Even more bananas? Her grandma has been an undercover FBAI agent for YEARS. Like Skys whole entire life. How could Sky not have known her grandma had a secret identity?Uncle Anish says to leave this whole mess to him. For reals this time. The kids just have to hang tight. Spoiler alert: The kids do not, and will never, hang tight.Theres just one problem: No one knows the location of Area 52. In order to solve this mystery and save Skys grandma, Sky and her friends will have to solve a series of secret puzzles and codes, traverse the Area 51 library for clues, break into FBAI headquarters, and more. But someone doesnt want Sky to solve this mystery, and theyve got their eyes on her

Aliens, sassy hedgehogs, and unexplained disappearances . . . Oh, my! Discover the secrets of the universe in this hilarious, highly illustrated middle-grade series from New York Times bestselling author Julie Buxbaum.Epically fun!Max Brallier, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Last Kids on EarthWhen Sky Patel-Baum is sent to live with her mysterious uncle, she didnt imagine shed end up here: Area 51. A top-secret military base with a bajillion rules and so classified not even the president knows its secrets.Also, it turns out the place is full of aliens. Lots and lots of aliens. But they prefer to be called Break Throughs, thank you very much.As Sky sets out to explore her extraordinary new home with her pizza-obsessed pet hedgehog Spike, she meets her otherworldly next-door neighbor Elvis and his fluffy pup, Pickles. But something mysterious is afoot in Area 51. Some of the Break Throughs have gone missing at the exact same time Sky arrived.Where could they be? How can Sky and her uncle convince everyone they had nothing to do with the disappearance? And why does the macaroni and cheese at Area 51 Middle have eyeballs in it? New best friends Sky, Elvis, Spike, and Pickles try to crack the case, but the clock is ticking

On a tree-lined street in affluent Notting Hill, brilliant, beautiful Lucy Stafford was murdered in broad daylight while walking her 8-year-old daughter Sophie to school. Stunned, Lucys best friend Ellie Lerner boards a plane to London for the funeral, leaving her husband, Phillip, behind, knowing only that she must spend time with her goddaughter. The little girl is in shock, and refuses to speak, while her father, Greg, withdraws into his own very private grief. Instinctively Ellie reaches for the classic book that gave her so much comfort when she was a child - The Secret Garden. As Ellie reads, the weeks pass and gradually the child begins to thaw. It is then that Ellie realizes she, too, has issues of her own that she must finally come to terms with: the still birth of her child, her true feelings for her husband, and a revelation about Lucy herself which sets Ellie reeling.Filled with the loving and eccentric characters that made The Opposite of Love such a success, with wisdom far beyond her years, Julie Buxbaum has written a novel that explores the resilience of the heart, and the ability for books to reawaken the spirit.

A New York Times BestsellerWhat if the person you need the most is someone youve never met? Funny and romantic, this tug-at-your-heartstrings contemporary YA debut is perfect for readers of Rainbow Rowell, Jennifer Niven, and E. Lockhart.Everything about Jessie is wrong. At least, thats what it feels like during her first week as a junior at her new ultra-intimidating prep school in Los Angeles. Its been barely two years since her mothers death, and because her father eloped with a woman he met online, Jessie has been forced to move across the country to live with her stepmonster and her pretentious teenage son.Just when shes thinking about hightailing it back to Chicago, she gets an email from a person calling themselves Somebody/Nobody (SN for short), offering to help her navigate the wilds of Wood Valley High School. Is it an elaborate hoax? Or can she rely on SN for some much-needed help?In a leap of faithor an act of complete desperationJessie begins to rely on SN, and SN quickly becomes her lifeline and closest ally. Jessie cant help wanting to meet SN in person. But are some mysteries better left unsolved?Three Things about this novel: (1) I loved it. (2) No, really, I LOVED it. (3) I wish I could tell every teen to read it. Buxbaums book sounds, reads, breathes, worries, and soars like real adolescents do. Jodi Picoult, New York Times bestselling author of Leaving Time and Off the Page

A New York Times Bestseller Here are three things about this book: (1) Its . . . funny and romantic; (2) the mystery at the heart of the story will keep you turning the pages; (3) I have a feeling youll be very happy you read it. Jennifer E. Smith, author of The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight With the perfect mix of comedy and tragedy, love and loss, and pain and elation, the characters in Julie Buxbaums Tell Me Three Things come to feel like old friends who make any day better. This YA novel is sure to appeal to fans of Rainbow Rowell, Jennifer Niven, and E. Lockhart. Everything about Jessie is wrong. At least, thats what it feels like during her first week of junior year at her new ultra-intimidating prep school in Los Angeles. Its been barely two years since her mothers death, and because her father eloped with a woman he met online, Jessie has been forced to move across the country to live with her stepmonster and her pretentious teenage son, and to start at a new school where she knows no one.

Dos jóvenes aparentemente opuestos y con crisis vitales muy distintas encuentran una conexión inesperada justo cuando más la necesitan. Kit le pide a David que le ayude a investigar las causas del tragico accidente de coche en el que muere su padre. Pero ninguno de ellos es consciente de lo que encontraran. ¿Sera su amistad lo suficientemente fuerte para sobrevivir a la verdad? A veces, una nueva perspectiva es todo lo que se necesita para darle sentido al mundo.

Tres motivos para leer este libro:1. Es dulce, divertido y romántico.2. Tú tampoco podrás dejar de pensar en Alguien.3. Cuando lo hayas terminado, no podrás borrar la sonrisa de tu cara. ¿Y si la persona a la que mas necesitas es alguien a quien nunca has conocido? La vida de Jessie es un completo desastre. Ha perdido a su madre. Su padre, que ha vuelto a casarse, la obliga a convivir con su nueva pijastra y su hijo en el mejor barrio de L.A. Justo cuando Jessie ha tomado la resolucion de fugarse de la escuela de niñatos en la que todo el mundo la trata como la nueva, recibe un extraño mail anonimo. El remitente se ofrece a ayudarla a sobrevivir en esa selva de ropa de marca y batidos organicos. Y asi, de repente, su vida da un giro. Radical. Pero ¿quien es el? ¿Por que quiere ayudarla? Y lo mas importante: ¿que pasaria si se conocieran?Reseñas:De verdad, me encanto, es buenisimo. Me hizo pasar un rato super bueno, me encantan los personajes y, desde que he leido este libro no puedo dejar de leer contemporanea romantica. Creo que es mi nueva obsesion.Never be hopeless Lecturas fresquitas, rapidas de leer que nos puedan abstraer, incluso que nos hagan reir y pasarlo bien.Andreo Rowling, Youtube