Two boys â a slow learner stuck in the body of a teenage giant and a tiny Einstein in leg braces â forge a unique friendship when they pair up to create one formidable human force. A wonderful story of triumph over imperfection, shame, and loss.
Daughter of immortals. Princess Diana longs to prove herself to her legendary warrior sisters. But when the opportunity finally comes, she throws away her chance at glory and breaks Amazon lawârisking exileâto save a mortal. Diana will soon learn that she has rescued no ordinary girl, and that with this single brave act, she may have doomed the world.
Daughter of death. Alia Keralis just wanted to escape her overprotective brother with a semester at sea. She doesnât know she is being hunted by people who think her very existence could spark a world war. When a bomb detonates aboard her ship, Alia is rescued by a mysterious girl of extraordinary strength and forced to confront a horrible truth: Alia is a Warbringerâa direct descendant of the infamous Helen of Troy, fated to bring about an age of bloodshed and misery.
Together. Two girls will face an army of enemiesâmortal and divineâdetermined to either destroy or possess the Warbringer. Tested beyond the bounds of their abilities, Diana and Alia must find a way to unleash hidden strengths and forge an unlikely alliance. Because if they have any hope of saving both their worlds, they will have to stand side by side against the tide of war.
A chance encounter in the dark leads eighteen-year-old Daniel and the girl who stumbles across him to profess their love for each other. But this love has conditions: they agree it will last only one hour, and it will be only make-believe.
When their hour is up and the girl rushes off like Cinderella, Daniel tries to convince himself that what happened between them seemed perfect only because they were pretending it was. Moments like that happen only in fairy tales.
One year and one bad relationship later, his disbelief in love-at-first-sight is stripped away the day he meets Six: a girl with a strange name and an even stranger personality. Unfortunately for Daniel, finding true love doesnât guarantee a happily ever after . . . it only further threatens it. Will an unbearable secret from the past jeopardize Daniel and Sixâs only chance at saving each other?
Brian K. Vaughan and Cliff Chiang's Eisner Award-winning series Paper Girls is set to captivate audiences on Amazon Prime Video in July 2022! This volume continues the enthralling saga as newspaper deliverers Erin, Mac, and Tiffany finally reunite with their long-lost friend KJ in a surprising new era. The girls are thrust into an adventure where they must unravel the secret origins of time travel... or risk being stranded, unable to return to their original time in 1988.
Collecting issues 11 through 15, this installment of Paper Girls promises to deliver more of the supernatural mysteries and suburban drama that fans have come to love, with an unexpected twist that will keep readers on the edge of their seats.
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Ruta Sepetys returns to WWII in this epic novel, Salt to the Sea, which shines a light on one of the war's most devastatingâyet unknownâtragedies. World War II is drawing to a close in East Prussia, and thousands of refugees are on a desperate trek toward freedom, many with something to hide.
Among them are Joana, Emilia, and Florian, whose paths converge en route to the ship that promises salvation, the Wilhelm Gustloff. Forced by circumstance to unite, the three find their strength, courage, and trust in each other tested with each step closer to safety. Just when it seems freedom is within their grasp, tragedy strikes. Not country, nor culture, nor status matter as all ten thousand peopleâadults and children alikeâaboard must fight for the same thing: survival.
Told in alternating points of view, this masterful work of historical fiction is inspired by the real-life tragedy that was the sinking of the Wilhelm Gustloffâthe greatest maritime disaster in history. As she did in Between Shades of Gray, Sepetys unearths a shockingly little-known casualty of a gruesome war, and proves that humanity and love can prevail, even in the darkest of hours.
A new Iron Age begins! From the violent streets of Chicago, an armored hero rises! Clad in her own Iron Man suit, Riri Williams is ready to show the world what she can do as the self-made hero of tomorrow. Her technology just might change the world forever â if she survives that long! But is she ready for all the problems that come with stepping into Iron Manâs jet boots?
Problems like her first big villain. And the other guy running around as shell-head. And the laundry list of criminals looking to destroy Tony Starkâs legacy. Oh, and all the super-teams out to recruit her! As Ririâs adventures go viral, itâs time to claim an alter ego of her own â welcome to the Marvel Universe, Ironheart!
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Henry âMontyâ Montague was born and bred to be a gentleman, but he was never one to be tamed. The finest boarding schools in England and the constant disapproval of his father havenât been able to curb any of his roguish passionsânot for gambling halls, late nights spent with a bottle of spirits, or waking up in the arms of women or men.
But as Monty embarks on his Grand Tour of Europe, his quest for a life filled with pleasure and vice is in danger of coming to an end. Not only does his father expect him to take over the familyâs estate upon his return, but Monty is also nursing an impossible crush on his best friend and traveling companion, Percy.
Still, it isnât in Montyâs nature to give up. Even with his younger sister, Felicity, in tow, he vows to make this yearlong escapade one last hedonistic hurrah and flirt with Percy from Paris to Rome. But when one of Montyâs reckless decisions turns their trip abroad into a harrowing manhunt that spans across Europe, it calls into question everything he knows, including his relationship with the boy he adores.
In a world where everyone takes wonders like magic spells and dragons for granted, Coco is a girl with a simple dream: She wants to be a witch. But everybody knows magicians are born, not made, and Coco was not born with a gift for magic. Resigned to her un-magical life, Coco is about to give up on her dream to become a witchâŠuntil the day she meets Qifrey, a mysterious, traveling magician.
After secretly seeing Qifrey perform magic in a way sheâs never seen before, Coco soon learns what everybody âknowsâ might not be the truth, and discovers that her magical dream may not be as far away as it may seemâŠ
Years ago, Rachel had a crush on Henry Jones. The day before she moved away, she tucked a love letter into his favorite book in his family's bookshop. She waited. But Henry never came. Now Rachel has returned to the cityâand to the bookshopâto work alongside the boy she'd rather not see, if at all possible, for the rest of her life. But Rachel needs the distraction, and the escape. Her brother drowned months ago, and she can't feel anything anymore. She can't see her future.
Henry's future isn't looking too promising, either. His girlfriend dumped him. The bookstore is slipping away. And his family is breaking apart. As Henry and Rachel work side by sideâsurrounded by books, watching love stories unfold, exchanging letters between the pagesâthey find hope in each other. Because life may be uncontrollable, even unbearable sometimes. But it's possible that words, and love, and second chances are enough.
Eliza and Her Monsters is a captivating exploration of identity, creativity, and the blurred lines between virtual and real-life experiences. In the real world, Eliza Mirk is shy, weird, and friendless. Online, sheâs LadyConstellation, the anonymous creator of the wildly popular webcomic Monstrous Sea. Eliza canât imagine enjoying the real world as much as she loves the online one, and she has no desire to try.
Then Wallace Warland, Monstrous Seaâs biggest fanfiction writer, transfers to her school. Wallace thinks Eliza is just another fan, and as he draws her out of her shell, she begins to wonder if a life offline might be worthwhile. But when Elizaâs secret is accidentally shared with the world, everything sheâs builtâher story, her relationship with Wallace, and even her sanityâbegins to fall apart.
This novel is a love letter to fandom, friendship, and the stories that shape us, making it a must-read for anyone who has ever found solace or self-discovery through the creative process.
It was a dark, blustery afternoon in spring, and the city of London was chasing a small mining town across the dried-out bed of the old North Sea.
The great traction city London has been skulking in the hills to avoid the bigger, faster, hungrier cities loose in the Great Hunting Ground. But now, the sinister plans of Lord Mayor Mangus Crome can finally unfold.
Thaddeus Valentine, London's Head Historian and adored famous archaeologist, and his lovely daughter, Katherine, are down in The Gut when the young assassin with the black scarf strikes toward his heart, saved by the quick intervention of Tom, a lowly third-class apprentice. Racing after the fleeing girl, Tom suddenly glimpses her hideous face: scarred from forehead to jaw, nose a smashed stump, a single eye glaring back at him. "Look at what your Valentine did to me!" she screams. "Ask him! Ask him what he did to Hester Shaw!" And with that, she jumps down the waste chute to her death. Minutes later Tom finds himself tumbling down the same chute and stranded in the Out-Country, a sea of mud scored by the huge caterpillar tracks of cities like the one now steaming off over the horizon.
In a stunning literary debut, Philip Reeve has created a painful, dangerous, unforgettable adventure story of surprises, set in a dark and utterly original world fueled by Municipal Darwinism -- and betrayal.
Several days after the fierce battle, will the Straw Hat Crew be able to escape from Dressrosa safely while being pursued by the navy? Meanwhile, as Doflamingo is detained, the world's power structure is about to shift dramatically!! This is a romantic adventure on the seas, One Piece!!
When it all falls apart, who can you believe in?
Everything is going right for Lucy Hansson, until her momâs cancer reappears. Just like that, Lucy breaks with all the constants in her life: her do-good boyfriend, her steady faith, even her longtime summer church camp job.
Instead, Lucy lands at a camp for kids who have been through tough times. As a counselor, Lucy is in over her head and longs to be with her parents across the lake. But thatâs before she gets to know her coworkers, who are as loving and unafraid as she so desperately wants to be.
Itâs not just new friends that Lucy discovers at campâmore than one old secret is revealed along the way. In fact, maybe thereâs much more to her family and her faith than Lucy ever realized.
Emotionally-charged and unforgettable, Emery Lord's storytelling shines with the promise of new love and true friendship, even in the face of life's biggest challenges.
Thereâs no such thing as safe in a city at war, a city overrun with monsters. In this dark urban fantasy from author Victoria Schwab, a young woman and a young man must choose whether to become heroes or villainsâand friends or enemiesâwith the future of their home at stake. The first of two books.
Kate Harker and August Flynn are the heirs to a divided cityâa city where the violence has begun to breed actual monsters. All Kate wants is to be as ruthless as her father, who lets the monsters roam free and makes the humans pay for his protection. All August wants is to be human, as good-hearted as his own father, to play a bigger role in protecting the innocentâbut heâs one of the monsters. One who can steal a soul with a simple strain of music. When the chance arises to keep an eye on Kate, whoâs just been kicked out of her sixth boarding school and returned home, August jumps at it. But Kate discovers Augustâs secret, and after a failed assassination attempt the pair must flee for their lives.
From the author of The Five Stages of Andrew Brawley comes a brand-new novel about a teenage boy who must decide whether or not the world is worth saving.
Henry Denton has spent years being periodically abducted by aliens. Then the aliens give him an ultimatum: The world will end in 144 days, and all Henry has to do to stop it is push a big red button.
Only he isnât sure he wants to.
After all, life hasnât been great for Henry. His mom is a struggling waitress held together by a thin layer of cigarette smoke. His brother is a jobless dropout who just knocked someone up. His grandmother is slowly losing herself to Alzheimerâs. And Henry is still dealing with the grief of his boyfriendâs suicide last year.
Wiping the slate clean sounds like a pretty good choice to him.
But Henry is a scientist first, and facing the question thoroughly and logically, he begins to look for pros and cons: in the bully who is his perpetual one-night stand, in the best friend who betrayed him, in the brilliant and mysterious boy who walked into the wrong class. Weighing the pain and the joy that surrounds him, Henry is left with the ultimate choice: push the button and save the planet and everyone on itâŠor let the worldâand his painâbe destroyed forever.
Seventeen-year-old Isis Martin is having trouble sleeping due to perturbing dreams of a horrific growling beast. She decides to confront her fear, but what she discovers is something other than a menacing entity. The human-like creature offers Isis assurance that he is not a figment of her imagination. Unwilling to accept his avowal, Isis sets his words to contest by asking the entity to prove himselfâa dare he readily welcomes.
It is in her dreams that Isis innocently stumbles upon the silent existence of the divine lineage of those that man has long forgotten. In a quaint town, deep in south Texas, this story leads Isis onto the path of impermissible love and captivating life-changing truths. Isis Martin's journey is sure to leave any reader ravenous for more.
Lara Jean is having the best senior year. There's so much to look forward to: a class trip to New York City, prom with her boyfriend Peter, Beach Week after graduation, and her dadâs wedding to Ms. Rothschild. Then, she'll be off to college with Peter, at a school close enough for her to come home and bake chocolate chip cookies on the weekends.
Life couldnât be more perfect! At least, thatâs what Lara Jean thinks... until she gets some unexpected news. Now, the girl who dreads change must rethink all her plans. But when your heart and your head are saying two different things, which one should you listen to?
Itâs Saturday, itâs summer and, although he doesnât know it yet, everything in Adam Thornâs life is going to fall apart. Relationships will change, heâll change, but maybe, just maybe, heâll find freedom in the release.
Time is running out though, because way across town a ghost has risen from the lake. Searching, yearning, she leaves a trail of destruction in her wakeâŠ
Inspired by Judy Blumeâs Forever and Virginia Woolfâs Mrs. Dalloway, this novel is a new classic about teenage relationships, self-acceptanceâand what happens when the walls we build start coming down.
Adam Thorn doesnât know it yet, but today will change his life. Between his religious family, a deeply unpleasant ultimatum from his boss, and his own unrequited love for his sort-of ex, Enzo, it seems as though Adamâs life is falling apart. At least he has two people to keep him sane: his new boyfriend (he does love Linus, doesnât he?) and his best friend, Angela. But all day long, old memories and new heartaches come crashing together, throwing Adamâs life into chaos. The bindings of his world are coming untied one by one; yet in spite of everything he has to let go, he may also find freedom in the release.
From the New York Times bestselling author of A Monster Calls comes a raw, darkly funny, and deeply affecting story about the courage it takes to live your truth.
Reality, it turns out, is often not what you perceive it to beâsometimes, there really is someone out to get you. Made You Up tells the story of Alex, a high school senior unable to tell the difference between real life and delusion.
Armed with a take-no-prisoners attitude, her camera, a Magic 8-Ball, and her only ally (her little sister), Alex wages a war against her schizophrenia, determined to stay sane long enough to get into college. Sheâs pretty optimistic about her chances until classes begin, and she runs into Miles. Didn't she imagine him?
Before she knows it, Alex is making friends, going to parties, falling in love, and experiencing all the usual rites of passage for teenagers. But Alex is used to being crazy. Sheâs not prepared for normal.
Funny, provoking, and ultimately moving, this debut novel featuring the quintessential unreliable narrator will have readers turning the pages and trying to figure out what is real and what is made up.
Go west. Capture Apollo before he can find the next oracle.
If you cannot bring him to me alive, kill him.
Those were the orders my old enemy Nero had given to Meg McCaffrey. But why would an ancient Roman emperor zero in on Indianapolis? And now that I have made it here (still in the embarrassing form of Lester Papadopoulos), where is Meg?
Meg, my demigod master, is a cantankerous street urchin. She betrayed me to Nero back at Camp Half-Blood. And while I'm mortal, she can order me to do anything... even kill myself. Despite all this, if I have a chance of prying her away from her villainous stepfather, I have to try.
But I'm new at this heroic-quest business, and my father, Zeus, stripped me of all my godly powers. Oh, the indignities and pain I have already suffered! Untold humiliation, impossible time limits, life-threatening danger... Shouldn't there be a reward at the end of each completed task? Not just more deadly quests?
I vow that if I ever regain my godhood, I will never again send a poor mortal on a quest. Unless it is really important. And unless I am sure the mortal can handle it. And unless I am pressed for time... or I really just don't feel like doing it myself. I will be much kinder and more generous than everyone is being to meâespecially that sorceress Calypso. What does Leo see in her, anyway?
Seventeen-year-old Molly Peskin-Suso knows all about unrequited loveâsheâs lived through it twenty-six times. She crushes hard and crushes often, but always in secret. Because no matter how many times her twin sister, Cassie, tells her to woman up, Molly canât stomach the idea of rejection. So sheâs careful. Fat girls always have to be careful.
Then a cute new girl enters Cassieâs orbit, and for the first time ever, Mollyâs cynical twin is a lovesick mess. Meanwhile, Mollyâs totally not dying of lonelinessâexcept for the part where she is. Luckily, Cassieâs new girlfriend comes with a cute hipster-boy sidekick. Will is funny and flirtatious and just might be perfect crush material. Maybe more than crush material. And if Molly can win him over, sheâll get her first kiss and sheâll get her twin back. Thereâs only one problem: Mollyâs coworker Reid. Heâs an awkward Tolkien superfan with a season pass to the Ren Faire, and thereâs absolutely no way Molly could fall for him. Right?
Cinderella goes to the con in this fandom-fueled twist on the classic fairy tale. Part romance, part love letter to nerd culture, and all totally adorbs, Geekerella is a fairy tale for anyone who believes in the magic of fandom.
Geek girl Elle Wittimer lives and breathes Starfield, the classic sci-fi series she grew up watching with her late father. So when she sees a cosplay contest for a new Starfield movie, she has to enter. The prize? An invitation to the ExcelsiCon Cosplay Ball, and a meet-and-greet with the actor slated to play Federation Prince Carmindor in the reboot. With savings from her gig at the Magic Pumpkin food truck (and her dadâs old costume), Elleâs determined to winâŠunless her stepsisters get there first.
Teen actor Darien Freeman used to live for consâbefore he was famous. Now theyâre nothing but autographs and awkward meet-and-greets. Playing Carmindor is all heâs ever wanted, but the Starfield fandom has written him off as just another dumb heartthrob. As ExcelsiCon draws near, Darien feels more and more like a fakeâuntil he meets a girl who shows him otherwise.
Five months ago, Valerie Leftman's boyfriend, Nick, opened fire on their school cafeteria. Shot trying to stop him, Valerie inadvertently saved the life of a classmate, but was implicated in the shootings because of the list she helped create. A list of people and things she and Nick hated. The list he used to pick his targets.
Now, after a summer of seclusion, Val is forced to confront her guilt as she returns to school to complete her senior year. Haunted by the memory of the boyfriend she still loves and navigating rocky relationships with her family, former friends, and the girl whose life she saved, Val must come to grips with the tragedy that took place and her role in it, in order to make amends and move on with her life.
The dream chooses the dreamer, not the other way aroundâand Lazlo Strange, war orphan and junior librarian, has always feared that his dream chose poorly. Since he was five years old heâs been obsessed with the mythic lost city of Weep, but it would take someone bolder than he to cross half the world in search of it. Then a stunning opportunity presents itself, in the person of a hero called the Godslayer and a band of legendary warriors, and he has to seize his chance or lose his dream forever.
What happened in Weep two hundred years ago to cut it off from the rest of the world? What exactly did the Godslayer slay that went by the name of god? And what is the mysterious problem he now seeks help in solving?
The answers await in Weep, but so do more mysteriesâincluding the blue-skinned goddess who appears in Lazloâs dreams. How did he dream her before he knew she existed? And if all the gods are dead, why does she seem so real?
Welcome to Weep.
Everything about Jessie is wrong. At least, thatâs what it feels like during her first week of junior year at her new ultra-intimidating prep school in Los Angeles. Just when sheâs 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?
Itâs been barely two years since her motherâs 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.
In a leap of faithâor an act of complete desperationâJessie begins to rely on SN, and SN quickly becomes her lifeline and closest ally. Jessie canât help wanting to meet SN in person. But are some mysteries better left unsolved?
Everything, Everything tells the story of Maddy, a girl who's literally allergic to the outside world, and Olly, the boy who moves in next door and becomes the greatest risk she's ever taken. Maddy's disease is as rare as it is famous. Essentially, she's allergic to the world and has not left her house in seventeen years. The only people she ever sees are her mom and her nurse, Carla.
But then, a moving truck arrives next door. Maddy looks out her window, and she sees him. He's tall, lean, and dressed entirely in black. When he catches Maddy looking, they share a moment. His name is Olly. Maddy wants to learn everything about him, and as she does, she finds that talking to him makes her whole world open up. She begins to change, to want things, to want out of her bubbleâto want everything, everything the world has to offer.
While it's impossible to predict the future, some things are certain. For example, Maddy is definitely going to fall in love with Olly. And it's almost certainly going to be a disaster. Yet, through this journey, Everything, Everything will make you laugh, cry, and feel everything in between. It's an innovative, inspiring, and heartbreakingly romantic debut novel that unfolds in a unique manner, including vignettes, diary entries, and illustrations.
The Inexplicable Logic of My Life is a warmly humane look at universal questions of belonging, infused with humor, from the bestselling author of Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe. Sal used to know his place with his adoptive gay father, their loving Mexican American family, and his best friend, Samantha. But itâs senior year, and suddenly Sal is throwing punches, questioning everything, and realizing he no longer knows himself. If Salâs not who he thought he was, who is he?
This novel is set on the American border with Mexico and beautifully explores themes of family, friendship, life, and death, focusing on one teen struggling to understand what his adoption does and doesn't mean about who he is.
In the tradition of Speak, this extraordinary debut novel shares the unforgettable story of a young woman as she struggles to find strength in the aftermath of an assault.
Eden was always good at being good. Starting high school didnât change who she was. But the night her brotherâs best friend rapes her, Edenâs world capsizes.
What was once simple, is now complex. What Eden once lovedâwho she once lovedâshe now hates. What she thought she knew to be true, is now lies. Nothing makes sense anymore, and she knows sheâs supposed to tell someone what happened but she canât. So she buries it instead. And she buries the way she used to be.
Told in four partsâfreshman, sophomore, junior, and senior yearâthis provocative debut reveals the deep cuts of trauma. But it also demonstrates one young womanâs strength as she navigates the disappointment and unbearable pains of adolescence, of first love and first heartbreak, of friendships broken and rebuilt, and while learning to embrace a power of survival she never knew she had hidden within her heart.
Sixteen-year-old Starr Carter moves between two worlds: the poor neighborhood where she lives and the fancy suburban prep school she attends. The uneasy balance between these worlds is shattered when Starr witnesses the fatal shooting of her childhood best friend Khalil at the hands of a police officer. Khalil was unarmed.
Soon afterward, his death is a national headline. Some are calling him a thug, maybe even a drug dealer and a gangbanger. Protesters are taking to the streets in Khalilâs name. Some cops and the local drug lord try to intimidate Starr and her family. What everyone wants to know is: what really went down that night? And the only person alive who can answer that is Starr. But what Starr doesâor does notâsay could upend her community. It could also endanger her life.
Inspired by the Black Lives Matter movement, this is a powerful and gripping YA novel about one girl's struggle for justice.
ONE GIRL. A DEADLY QUEST. AN EPIC JOURNEY.
Nora Hunt has just joined the deadly quest to discover the ancient legend of the nine worlds of the Vikings. Her post-apocalyptic dystopian world, Triangle of Peace, is the only home sheâs ever known. But at sixteen years old, the skilled young warrior joins an elite band of raiders called Jarls.
Her mission? Merely to win the perilous battle for the artifacts that awaken the Viking realms and avoid falling in love with the charming boy who just happens to be her worst enemy... and sheâs not quite sure which task is more difficultâŠ
But when Nora learns the Norse gods bestowed her with a mystical secret tattooed on her back, the stakes are higher than ever to claim the great Viking Empires.
Experience the beginning of this fast-paced fantasy saga that will have you turning the pages.
Who cut off Medusa's head? Who was raised by a she-bear? Who tamed Pegasus? It takes a demigod to know, and Percy Jackson can fill you in on all the daring deeds of Perseus, Atalanta, Bellerophon, and the rest of the major Greek heroes.
Told in the funny, irreverent style readers have come to expect from Percy, this story collection will become the new must-have classic for Rick Riordan's legions of devoted fansâand for anyone who needs a hero. So get your flaming spear. Put on your lion skin cape. Polish your shield and make sure you've got arrows in your quiver.
We're going back about four thousand years to decapitate monsters, save some kingdoms, shoot a few gods in the butt, raid the Underworld, and steal loot from evil people. Then, for dessert, we'll die painful tragic deaths. Ready? Sweet. Let's do this.
Her pale skin and weird diet make her a target at school. If only they knew the truth about her feeding habits...
Seventeen-year-old Alena Scott is tired of pretending to be something sheâs not. As an outlawed vampire-witch hybrid, sheâs forced to abide by the oppressive secrecy imposed by her Vampire Chancellor mother. But sheâll have to ignore the rules when she comes face-to-face with a handsome, full-grown version of her childhood imaginary friend.
Shocked that he recognizes her as his own pretend play pal, the two embark on a quest to solve the mystery of their fantasized companionship. And as they unravel their entwined destinies, Alena realizes she holds the key to a curse which could free them allâor condemn witchkind to eternal suffering.
Can Alena and her impossibly familiar partner reverse an ancient spell before theyâre sent to a mortal grave?
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In this breathless third installment to Victoria Aveyard's bestselling Red Queen series, allegiances are tested on every side. And when the Lightning Girl's spark is gone, who will light the way for the rebellion?
Mare Barrow is a prisoner, powerless without her lightning, tormented by her lethal mistakes. She lives at the mercy of a boy she once loved, a boy made of lies and betrayal. Now a king, Maven Calore continues weaving his dead mother's web in an attempt to maintain control over his countryâand his prisoner.
As Mare bears the weight of Silent Stone in the palace, her once-ragtag band of newbloods and Reds continue organizing, training, and expanding. They prepare for war, no longer able to linger in the shadows. And Cal, the exiled prince with his own claim on Mare's heart, will stop at nothing to bring her back.
When blood turns on blood, and ability on ability, there may be no one left to put out the fireâleaving Norta as Mare knows it to burn all the way down.
By Your Side by Kasie West is an irresistible story that explores the timeless question: What do you do when you fall for the person you least expect?
When Autumn Collins finds herself accidentally locked in the library for an entire weekend, she doesn't think things could get any worse. But that's before she realizes that Dax Miller is locked in with her.
Autumn doesn't know much about Dax except that he's trouble. Between the rumors about the fight he was in (and that brief stint in juvie that followed it) and his reputation as a loner, he's not exactly the ideal person to be stuck with. Still, she just keeps reminding herself that it is only a matter of time before Jeff, her almost-boyfriend, realizes he left her in the library and comes to rescue her.
Only he doesn't come. No one does. Instead, it becomes clear that Autumn is going to have to spend the next couple of days living off vending-machine food and making conversation with a boy who clearly wants nothing to do with her. Except there is more to Dax than meets the eye.
As he and Autumn at first grudgingly, and then not so grudgingly, open up to each other, Autumn is struck by their surprising connection. But can their feelings for each other survive once the weekend is over and Autumn's old life, and old love interest, threaten to pull her from Dax's side?
Magic. Romance. War. Perfect for fans of Throne of Glass, Falling Kingdoms, and Tamora Pierce.
Before the age of seventeen, the young men and women of Jerar are given a choice â pursue a trade or enroll in a trial year in one of the realmâs three war schools to study as a soldier, knight, or mageâŠ
For fifteen-year-old Ryiah, the choice has always been easy. Become a mage and train in Combat, the most prestigious faction of magic.
Yet when she arrives, Ry finds herself competing against friend and foe for one of the exalted apprenticeships. Everyone is rooting for her to failâfirst and foremost among them is Prince Darren, the school prodigy who has done nothing but make life miserable since she arrived.
Will Ry survive, or will her dream go down in flames?
The thrilling sequel to the Hugo and Nebula-winning Binti by Nnedi Okorafor, and a finalist for the 2018 Hugo and Nommo Awards.
Itâs been a year since Binti and Okwu enrolled at Oomza University. A year since Binti was declared a hero for uniting two warring planets. A year since she found friendship in the unlikeliest of places. And now she must return home to her people, with her friend Okwu by her side, to face her family and face her elders. But Okwu will be the first of his race to set foot on Earth in over a hundred years, and the first ever to come in peace. After generations of conflict can human and Meduse ever learn to truly live in harmony?
To everyone who knows them, best friends Miel and Samir are as strange as they are inseparable. Roses grow out of Mielâs wrist, and rumors say that she spilled out of a water tower when she was five. Samir is known for the moons he paints and hangs in the trees, and for how little anyone knows about his life before he and his mother moved to town.
But as odd as everyone considers Miel and Samir, even they stay away from the Bonner girls, four beautiful sisters rumored to be witches. Now they want the roses that grow from Mielâs skin, convinced that their scent can make anyone fall in love. And theyâre willing to use every secret Miel has fought to protect to make sure she gives them up.
Atmospheric, dynamic, and packed with gorgeous prose, When the Moon Was Ours is a modern classic that proves there is magic in being yourself.
Seventeen-year-old Ruby is a Fireblood who has concealed her powers of heat and flame from the cruel Frostblood ruling class her entire life. But when her mother is killed trying to protect her, and rebel Frostbloods demand her help to overthrow their bloodthirsty king, she agrees to come out of hiding, desperate to have her revenge.
Despite her unpredictable abilities, Ruby trains with the rebels and the infuriating - yet irresistible - Arcus, who seems to think of her as nothing more than a weapon. But before they can take action, Ruby is captured and forced to compete in the kingâs tournaments that pit Fireblood prisoners against Frostblood champions.
Now she has only one chance to destroy the maniacal ruler who has taken everything from her - and from the icy young man she has come to love.
At seventeen, Norah has accepted that the four walls of her house delineate her life. She knows that fearing everything from inland tsunamis to odd numbers is irrational, but her mind insists the world outside is too big, too dangerous. So she stays safe inside, watching othersâ lives through her windows and social media feed.
But when Luke arrives on her doorstep, he doesnât see a girl defined by medical terms and mental health. Instead, he sees a girl who is funny, smart, and brave. And Norah likes what he sees.
Their friendship turns deeper, but Norah knows Luke deserves a normal girl. One who can walk beneath the open sky. One who is unafraid of kissing. One who isnât so screwed up. Can she let him go for his own goodâor can Norah learn to see herself through Lukeâs eyes?
All Etta Spencer wanted was to make her violin debut when she was thrust into a treacherous world where the struggle for power could alter history. After losing the one thing that would have allowed her to protect the Timeline, and the one person worth fighting for, Etta awakens alone in an unknown place and time, exposed to the threat of the two groups who would rather see her dead than succeed.
When help arrives, it comes from the last person Etta ever expectedâJulian Ironwood, the Grand Masterâs heir who has long been presumed dead, and whose dangerous alliance with a man from Ettaâs past could put them both at risk.
Meanwhile, Nicholas and Sophia are racing through time in order to locate Etta and the missing astrolabe with Ironwood travelers hot on their trail. They cross paths with a mercenary-for-hire, a cheeky girl named Li Min who quickly develops a flirtation with Sophia. But as the three of them attempt to evade their pursuers, Nicholas soon realizes that one of his companions may have ulterior motives.
As Etta and Nicholas fight to make their way back to one another, from Imperial Russia to the Vatican catacombs, time is rapidly shifting and changing into something unrecognizable⊠and might just run out on both of them.
Babe, you might want to close your mouth⊠unless youâre offering something, if you know what I meanâŠ
For Bellatrix Brown, going back to America was like eating an entire bowl of broccoliâabsolutely revolting. Returning to that country meant leaving the people she cared about in London.
Connor Michaels, the devilishly handsome bad boy of the school, never really cared about anything, especially not about girls. His usual game: use them then lose themâŠthat is, until he came upon a stunning British belle.
The day Bella and Connor's paths crossed, seats were overturned, hot spaghetti was spilled, and sexual innuendos were flung around like confetti. But the more Connor tortured Bella, the more he found himself inexplicably drawn to her, and the more he began to behave amusingly unlike himself.
Will Bella continue to be the bad boy's victim? Or will she be able to do what no other girl has ever done beforeâcatch his heart?
Join them in this hilariously spunky love story full of twists and turns, dark pasts, and even a dangerous stalker.
In this sequel to Eight Cousins, Rose Campbell returns to the "Aunt Hill" after two years of traveling around the world. Suddenly, she is surrounded by male admirers, all expecting her to marry them. But before she marries anyone, Rose is determined to establish herself as an independent young woman. Besides, she suspects that some of her friends like her more for her money than for herself.
Rose in Bloom is a delightful tale of self-discovery and the search for true love, set against the backdrop of societal expectations and familial bonds.
Cassandra, a 17-year-old girl, dreams of becoming a therapist for troubled children one day. Her parents' job takes them away from their children, leading to an unexpected adventure.
Cassie's father receives a call for him and his wife to take a trip to Australia, thousands of miles away. They accept the offer but realize they can't leave their seventeen and eight-year-old alone for a week, so they call a sitter.
Little did they know, they hired a dangerous psychopath killer. Will Cassandra and Ben escape the harmful hands of their psychotic sitter? Or has he already set his eyes on the young and pure Cassandra?