Showing results for "Mercy" in Teen & Young Adult

The young adult adaptation of the acclaimed, #1 New York Times bestseller Just Mercy--now a major motion picture starring Michael B. Jordan, Jaime Foxx, and Brie Larson and the subject of an HBO documentary feature! In this very personal work--adapted from the original #1 bestseller, which the...

Frey, Ovie, Juniper, and Runa are the Boneless Mercies - girls hired to kill quickly, quietly, and mercifully. But Frey is weary of the death trade and, having been raised on the heroic sagas of her people, dreams of a bigger life. When she hears of an unstoppable monster ravaging a nearby town, Frey decides this is the Mercies' one chance out. The fame and fortune of bringing down such a beast would ensure a new future for all the Mercies. In fact, her actions may change the story arc of women everywhere.

Perfect for fans of Sawkill Girls, Bone Gap, and Dark and Shallow Lies, this suspenseful contemporary mystery delves into a small town’s supernatural, multigenerational curse—and the girl determined to break it. Mercy was named for her mother’s hopes. Mercy, in the hope that the...

Retired Ohio farmer Hank Mitchell’s world is shattered when he learns his beloved wife of 53 years is terminally ill. As Eliza’s remaining days pass, her physical and mental conditions rapidly deteriorate. Hank wrestles with whether to stand helplessly by and watch her suffer or to take almost unthinkable action, sparing her the misery of an agonizing and dehumanizing death. Does he have it in him to carry through? The very question is torture, but it’s just the start of a diabolical turn of events.

In this sequel to The Kinder Poison—which People magazine proclaimed a "delicious high-stakes adventure"—the magical kingdom of Orkena is on the brink of war, and the only person who can save it is Zahru, the girl they once doomed to death. After surviving the Crossing, Zahru has sworn off...

The thrilling conclusion to Melissa Marr's #1 New York Times bestselling Wicked Lovely series will leave readers breathless. The Summer King is missing; the Dark Court is bleeding; and a stranger walks the streets of Huntsdale, his presence signifying the deaths of powerful fey. Aislinn tends...

Aric Prince is an all-American high school football star with a body built like a Greek god and hair so beautiful, he could sell shampoo by the boatloads. The only problem is that Aric’s also a rich, arrogant, and gigantic prick. Nothing but filth and insults come out of his smirking mouth, constantly reminding me that poor trailer park trash girls like myself don’t belong in his pretentious academy.

Deerfield, Massachusetts--late February, 1704. Although the town is surrounded by a 12-foot-high wall and soldiers stand guard, Mercy Carter doesn’t feel completely safe. Deerfield is one of the most remote settlements in the English colonies, and Indian raids are a constant threat. When the raid does come, the colony is overwhelmed.

As second son of the King of Levathia, 17-year-old Valerian desires the quiet life of a scholarly monk. But when he fails to save his older brother in battle, Valerian must instead become crown prince. While a traitorous knight schemes against him, Valerian meets Mercy, a pacifist Healer with whom he can speak mind-to-mind like the great dragons. Their bond emboldens Valerian to seek out the legendary dragons and ask for their help against the monsters who killed his brother.

Perfect for fans of Leigh Bardugo and Sara Raasch, this epic finale complete with high-stakes action and page-turning romance delivers a thrilling conclusion to Jessica Rubinkowski’s Russian folklore–based YA fantasy duology. Surviving the ill-fated expedition to Knnot, Valeria, Alik, and...

Mercy’s in a bind. Her best friend, witch Gigi is lost in the dark coven sector. Damien, Rufus, Bowen are all out of reach. The only one she can turn to is Rafael. The one who held a gun to her head the last time she saw him. Heartbreak has to take a back seat to finding Gigi. Rafael needs to get over her secret and help her on this mission. Demon Rafael’s had more than enough of Mercy’s lies. But when it comes down to it, he can’t let her go into that godforsaken sector to find Gigi alone. Problem is, can he get over Mercy’s betrayal long enough to work with her?

The Grim, the post-mortem chaperone who collected me, is the crankiest Death in the greater Kansas City area. Understandable, since her job is to bag the souls of the worthless and rotten. Apparently I'm so crummy they made me her apprentice. There are so many other kinds of Death, and of all of them, I get lassoed to Miss Buzzkill, who loves to remind me I'm hers with her big green gargoyle finger, pointing and giving me her spooky come-hither. As the Grim's new involuntary Lackey, some of the rules are easy.

September 20, 1663, gulls circle and dive overhead as the sails unfurl propelling the ship carrying twelve-year-old Etienne Gayneau and ten-year-old Abraham Dayton toward Boston and new business opportunities that promise them everything they want. Unknown to them, these ventures also carry the power to destroy. Each boy must choose - take the easy road of promise that leads to destruction, or follow the harder path to self-discovery. Both choices will cost them everything.

The war between the Court of Dark and Light waged for far too long. But at long last, each side has set their elemental magick and weapons down, and the Treaty of Bodhicitta is signed. The rules are clear. Never again will the Fae spill their own blood, and human worship must be equal to both courts. But while Queen Aurora and King Jarvok were playing their war games, the outside world has moved on from polytheism to monotheism. Now, the humans understand worship, equals power and wealth.

Brace yourself for the second installment of the Da’Valia Trilogy. Neva’s adventure picks up after Born at Dawn with our favorite teen thief trying to revive her Lynx identity, but she’ll get far more than she bargained for with her next job. Eighteen-year-old thief Neva Roberts has been living on the run since absconding with the Eye, a powerful piece of the greatest weapon ever created. But she's running from more than just the Da'Voda clan's cold-hearted ruler. She has exiled herself to a barren land, alone and far from everyone she loves, trying to forget the pain she caused.

Gris gris dust blows, hungry lwa awaken, and it is up to Marie Laveau's spunky heir May Laveau, her girlfriend Pharah Montanee, and her guardians, Raphael and Papa Legba, to save New Orleans. Feisty Star Trek nerd May is her generation's Chwal, blessed with the power to bring balance to Gineh, the realm of the lwa, Heaven, and Earth. Drawing on family roots of Kreyol magick and folk Catholicism, May and her girlfriend Pharah must protect her country hometown of Snake's Hollow—and soon all of Louisiana—as the darkness of the Petro lwa spreads.

On the heels of a devastating plague, Torvi’s sister, Morgunn is stolen from the family farm by Uther, a flame-loving Fremish wolf-priest who leads a pack of ragged, starving girls. Torvi leaves the only home she’s ever known, and joins a shaven-skulled druid and a band of roaming Elsh artists known as the Butcher Bards. They set out on a quest to rescue Torvi’s sister, and find a mythical sword.

A brutal mountain lion attack leaves Winter, a prized miniature horse, with shattered dreams and scars that change her in surprising ways. Carson, a brilliant 12-year-old who loves all things in the animal world, is trying to make her voice heard despite her stutter. At an event about mini horses, Carson meets a new friend - a boy who doesn’t seem to mind her stutter. But he’s facing challenges of his own. When they cross paths with Winter, something unexpected happens.