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Zwei mysteriöse Geheimlogen, eine erbitterte Feindschaft und ein Mädchen zwischen den Fronten. Die siebzehnjährige Mags wünscht sich weit weg. Aus der Schule, aus der Kleinstadt in Süddeutschland, aber vor allem von ihrer Helikopter-Mutter. Ihr langweiliges Leben nimmt eine ungeahnte Wendung, als ein gutaussehender Austauschschüler aus London vor ihr steht. Cyrus’ geheimnisvolle Art hat etwas an sich, das Mags mitten ins Herz trifft. Was sie nicht weiß: Cyrus ist ein Hunter, ausgebildet im Kampf und eingeweiht in die Mysterien einer uralten Geheimloge. Und er ist hier, um sie zu finden.

Sare Silverbirch has already had her heart broken four times, and a fifth heartbreak will stop her heart forever. Such is the nature of the curse she was born under, which forces her to live a life without letting anyone get too close. Then her mother dies unexpectedly,and Sare begins to question the curse. Where did it come from? Why her? And rather than accept it, could there be a way to break it? Her questions lead her to Istanbul where she meets Leon, a seer who helps her track down the mysteries of her mother's past. But Sare's heart is a fragile thing.

Bestsellers. Award-winners. Superstars. This anthology has them all. With brilliantly entertaining short stories from beloved young adult authors Amie Kaufman, Melissa Keil, Will Kostakis, Ellie Marney, Jaclyn Moriarty, Michael Pryor, Alice Pung, Gabrielle Tozer, Lili Wilkinson and Danielle Binks, this all-new collection will show the world exactly how much there is to love about Aussie YA.

Be careful what you wish for. Jenny reaches the fame of the famous and talented Lady Hive but realizes that everything that glitters is not gold. Despite the consequences, nothing will stand in her way as long as she has the mirror.

The hungry Forest is moving forward like an army, a green and constant threat to the humans living in and on an increasingly crumbling Wall. Feather, accompanied only by her scaled ferret, Sleek, must avoid the Forest's tentacles, and the many dangerous creatures it shelters, to return the community's precious spyglass to its rightful place. Along the way, she develops her resilience, and meets other people living on the Wall, whose stories and experiences open her mind, and those of her community, to new horizons.

Nate was always more reckless than his sister, so it’s surprising to him that she is called away on an adventure while he gets to do nothing but wait for her return. That is, until events outside of his control threaten to separate the two of them forever. Nate takes fate into his own hands and finds himself entering a world he is not prepared to protect himself from. With the mysteries of her past on the verge of unraveling, Kal must stop a war that has been brewing for centuries. But how do you do so when the very people you're trying to save don't want to be rescued?

With graduation just around the corner, Callum, the King of the Gods, has one goal: to live a normal high school life, play football, and enjoy his last days as a teenager. But when Piper, his girlfriend and newly minted goddess, unleashes a storm of chaos in a vengeful bid against the man who stripper of her mortality, their secret world is thrust into the spotlight. Callum must decide what it truly means to be a king when the weight of the heavens collides with the everyday challenges of growing up. Can he protect his friends and save his relationship, or will the fallout from Piper’s ...

En ocasiones escapar de casa no es la mejor solución a los problemas; sin embargo, si tienes un vecino panadero, tal vez las cosas sean diferentes. Descubre lo que se esconde detrás del mostrador de las delicias de esta panadería, donde su dueño te mostrará que la realidad no está divorciada de la fantasía.

Dixie only has one plan for her annual summer trip to the little Californian town of Cielo Springs – to finally tell her best friend Sawyer that she’s in love with him. But when she arrives, she realizes Sawyer has moved on (a fact made very apparent when she sees him kissing, um, someone else). Luckily Dixie’s family have each been gifted with a Rewind – a single opportunity to redo one moment from the last 365 days.

In the next thrilling installment of the Dragon Magician series, our heroine embarks on two captivating adventures. First, she joins forces with the majestic emerald dragon, embarking on a perilous journey filled with breathtaking landscapes, enigmatic creatures, and ancient mysteries. Their mission: to unravel the secrets of the emerald dragon and its role in the enchanted forest. In the second adventure, Dragon Magician faces a race against time to unlock the enigmatic secrets of the Crystal Star, a celestial phenomenon that holds the key to the balance of their magical world. Her courage...

My name is Juliet Wildfire Stone, and like it or not, the fate of Earth rests in my hands. When I finally met the Prime Elector, he was nothing like I expected. He was supposed to be our mortal enemy, a monster I needed to destroy to fulfill my destiny, yet he was nothing like that.

When Triss wakes up after an accident, she knows that something is very wrong. She is insatiably hungry; her sister seems scared of her and her parents whisper behind closed doors. She looks through her diary to try to remember, but the pages have been ripped out. Soon Triss discovers that what happened to her is more strange and terrible than she could ever have imagined, and that she is quite literally not herself. In a quest to find the truth she must travel into the terrifying Underbelly of the city to meet a twisted architect who has dark designs on her family – before it's too late . . .

When Triss wakes up after an accident, she knows that something is very wrong. She is insatiably hungry; her sister seems scared of her and her parents whisper behind closed doors. She looks through her diary to try to remember, but the pages have been ripped out. Soon Triss discovers that what happened to her is more strange and terrible than she could ever have imagined, and that she is quite literally not herself.

My name is Juliet Wildfire Stone, and I barely escaped my sleepy Arizona town alive after a Seeker tried to murder me. There are three others like me—Chosen hybrids—each with different abilities. I must find them, because an alien race is plotting to enslave the world, and only the Chosen can stop them. We must fulfill our destiny... or run. As the Alpha, only I can lead the others, but how can I trust these people I've never met? No matter, because I'll do anything to stop the enemy... even if it kills me.

Mancella, the daughter of the king, emerged from the mysterious Broken Citadel with a strange and violent magic: she can summon an army of animals, but only by killing them first. Silver is a charming thief who plans to manipulate Mancella in order to pull off a once-in-a-lifetime heist. When her father the king decides that Mance should kill a human in order to create an unbeatable spirit army, Mance realizes how much of a pawn she is in her father's world. As the deception and bloodshed continue to mount, Mance must find a way to stop the cycle without becoming a ruthless monster.

Louise has travelled with her father to the island of Lindisfarne every year ever since she can remember - it's the place Louise's mother loved best of all. The arrival of Hassan from war-torn Syria changes everything. Louise is restless and yearning for independence; meanwhile, the fiercely free and self-reliant Hassan seems to know the island from long ago as if it were his home from birth. Hassan is an acrobat, maybe a sorcerer, possibly a source of great danger. The wild boys who call the island their home want to cast him out.

An 800-Year-Old Amulet Holds the Secret – The Legends are Real The ancient magic that has been dormant for centuries will awaken and prove to the world that not all heroes wear capes. Some wear skirts, but only on special occasions. Because, really, let’s face it, how practical would a skirt be when you’re saving the world from the darkest magic known to man? When fourteen-year-old Seraphina Miles is sent to live with her archaeologist father, she has no idea she would be in for the adventure of a lifetime. Her boring summer is suddenly filled with a magic beyond her dreams.

From the moment their parents moved them into the ancient relic of a house, Indigo Thornberg finds herself in a world beyond her worst imaginations. The wallpaper walls and clawfoot bathtub makes it clear the house was built long before the beginning of time. Their house isn’t even wired for the internet! To top it off, her room is—pink! Like bubblegum pink, the pale, pasty kind that ballerina girls would die for, but not Indigo. And while that might seem like the worst thing that could happen to a goth girl like herself, something even worse is lurking in the shadows. The only thing ...

Ein Fuchs wird zum Gejagten... In der Hafenstadt Aramir sind die mächtigen Familien mit Greifen, Phönixen, Einhörnern, Meeresdrachen und anderen Fabelwesen verbündet. Das charmante Schlitzohr Devan gehört zu keiner dieser Familien. Er ist in Armut aufgewachsen, kann sich aber auf seinen scharfen Verstand verlassen und löst als sogenannter Fuchs für die Reichen und Mächtigen von Aramir jedes Problem. Unterstützung bei seinen Aufträgen erhält er von seiner rebellischen besten Freundin Rouka. Doch dann erpresst der Fürst von Aramir Devan und verlangt, dass er ihm einen unmöglichen Wunsch erfüllt.

Una bambina, Sophia, una bizzarra signora, Lady Margaret Prima Stelante, e un elegante e arrogante topo, Lord Buddy Butler, sono i protagonisti di questa grande avventura alla ricerca di Alvin, un Senzatempo. Per ritrovarlo, Sophia viaggerà - grazie alla Spitofora, una clessidra magica - in terre lontane chiamate Mondi Storti, tra personaggi spaventosi, docili e saggi, fino ad affrontare l’orribile Barone Jukor. Una storia delicata e profonda sulla timidezza e sul timore di non essere all’altezza, e un inno alla solidarietà e al coraggio.