"In the fall of 1920, Sinclair Lewis began a novel set in a fast-growing city with the heart and mind of a small town. For the center of his cutting satire of American business he created the bustling, shallow, and myopic George F. Babbitt, the epitome of middle-class mediocrity. The novel cemented Lewis's prominence as a social commentator." From the bookjacket.

Eighteen months after Vivien, his beloved transgender girlfriend, slipped into a coma after a suicide attempt, eighteen-year-old Miles begins healing while photographing her empty shoes against the stark landscapes of Iceland. Told through a series of instant messages.

Chronicles a teenage boy's humorous attempts to fit in at his Minnesota high school by becoming a macho, girl-loving, "Playboy" pinup-displaying heterosexual.

In 1949, thirteen-year-old Francine goes to Catholic school in Los Angeles where she becomes best friends with a girl who questions authority and is frequently punished by the nuns, causing Francine to question her own values.

In a town that values red hair above all else, someone threatens to expose pageant contestant Felicity's secret about her coppery locks.

14-year old Cassie Sullivan refuses to go along with some of the things the majority embraces at her school and is surprised to find how much is made of her actions. Cassie tries to stay cool in the face of torments and finds refuge in keeping her journal. She beings to question if just simply existing is what she wants, or not?

When the lemmings encounter a bear, they are determined to help him be more "distinguished'--just like they are--but little do they realize this bear could be exactly what they need to save them from themselves.

Megan Yamamura, who has a knack for investigation, tries to stop the students at a summer preparatory school from being turned into mindless automatons by the principal, the cafeteria lady, and the school psychiatrist.

Keiko Furukura tiene 36 años y está soltera. De hecho, nunca ha tenido pareja. Desde que abandonó a su tradicional familia para mudarse a Tokio, trabaja a tiempo parcial como dependienta de una konbini, un supermercado japonés abierto las 24 horas del día. Siempre ha sentido que no encajaba en la sociedad, pero en la tienda ha encontrado un mundo predecible, gobernado por un manual que dicta a los trabajadores cómo actuar y qué decir. Ha conseguido...