Showing results for "The Kill" in Teen & Young Adult

To rescue her boyfriend Tom and her cousin Zach from the evil Julian, Jenny Thornton and her friends--Audrey, Michael, and Dee--venture into the Shadow World, armed only with a set of runes that hold the key to the doors of hell.

In a near-future where a virtual currency of digital content fuels a fame-hungry society, a brand-new experiment that combines social media and reality TV has been greenlit. Voted on, and contestants are sent to a maximum-security reform camp on an island where they can have no contact with the outside world. To lose means prison. But to win is to be free. The most popular young offender with the most upvotes by the end is given both a second chance in society and a cash prize.

Two starred reviews! An instant New York Times bestseller! From Printz Honor–winning and New York Times bestselling author Julie Berry, a true-crime-nail-biter-turned-mythic-odyssey pitting Jack the Ripper against Medusa. A defiant love song to sisterhood, a survivors’ battle cry, and a...

With the killer of the Peach Blossom Queen still on the loose and the festival on hold, everyone is on edge in the small town of Paradiso, California. Amid all the horror and sorrow, one good thing has happened: the hunkiest guy in school likes Hope Hubbard. It’s a dream come true for the high school computer whiz (and sometimes bookie). But she’s not betting on everything getting back to normal soon. As a tornado of rumors swirls through town, a few suspects are cleared while others emerge.

Some fear the darkness. It’s the place where horror hides, concealing its rank, sharp teeth and insatiable hunger. But there is no darkness more feared than that of the mist that’s overtaken the kingdom … and its brave—and ultimately doomed—soldiers. Except for Kiara Frey. She has nothing to fear from the night. Not anymore. Driven by the fury of her splintered heart, Kiara knows that the answers—and the only possible way to a future with Jude Maddox—begin with the realm’s most notorious thief, the Fox.

Read the books behind Netflix’s Fear Street trilogy! Two sisters, divided by time. Each with a terrible resentment she can barely contain. Two Fear family weddings, decades apart... Each bride will find that the ancient curse that haunts the Fears LIVES ON. It feeds off the evil that courses...

Jude Maddox knows nothing of love or even light. He knows only his grim duty as the Hand of Death, to lead the Knights of the Eternal Star into a land filled with nightmares and certain demise. It’s only when he sees her—a young woman with wild, amber eyes who’s as fierce, defiant, and swift as the shadow beasts themselves—that he feels the warmth of life in his blood …

Die 16-jährige Jess passt als mittellose Stipendiatin nicht besonders gut in ihr Elite-Internat. Nur in ihrem Lieblingsfach blüht sie auf: Kreatives Schreiben. Aber dann wird Hugh Henry Van Boren getötet, eines der reichsten Kinder der Schule – und zwar auf genau dieselbe Art wie eine Figur in Jess' neuester Geschichte. Und damit nicht genug: Jess erhält eine SMS, in der ihr für die Inspiration gedankt wird. Auf die Botschaft folgen weitere … Um herauszufinden, von wem die Nachrichten stammen, braucht Jess Verbündete.

Okay, so just know from the start that it wasn't supposed to go like this. All we wanted was to get near The Ruperts, our favorite boy band. We didn't mean to kidnap one of the guys. It kind of, sort of happened that way. But now he's tied up in our hotel room. And the worst part of all, it's Rupert P. All four members of The Ruperts might have the same first name, but they couldn't be more different. And Rupert P. is the biggest flop out of the whole group.

Ihr Leben lang hat Kiana treu den Göttern gedient, die das Land Anima regieren, doch seit der Begegnung mit den Schicksalsbrecher Tyron und Nevin gerät ihr Glaube an die Lehren der Götter immer mehr ins Wanken. Zugleich erlebt sie mit Tyron und Nevin zum ersten Mal das Gefühl von Zusammengehörigkeit und Glück. Und sie verliebt sich – obwohl das ohne eine Verknüpfung der Seelenbänder angeblich gar nicht möglich ist ...

I’m officially dead. Unofficially, I’m alive and on the run. There are new questions. New dangers. New scars that cut deep. There’s also my new travel buddy, a total psycho who could kill me any moment. And did I mention I’m hated all over the internet? Meanwhile, the evil JPAC are planning something terrible that puts us all eyeballs deep in trouble. So, do I lay low and keep running? Or risk everything and fight back? Whatever I do next, it’s gonna determine the rest of my (potentially very short) life. It could decide yours too.

The cheerleading squad at Shadyside has always been strong, but now there are rumors that lack of funds may mean the end of cheerleading at Shadyside. That would be a shame for Heather Wyatt, who has just transferred from her old school, where she was a star, and is eager to join the squad. There’s only one other girl who stands in her way - rich, spoiled Devra Dalby, who is also trying out for the one open slot. The competition to join the squad is anything but friendly - and it ends in murder. Will Heather make the squad - if there's even a squad anymore - or will she end up dead?

People kill people. Guns just make it easier. A gun is sold in the classifieds after killing a spouse, bought by a teenager for needed protection. But which was it? Each has the incentive to pick up a gun, to fire it. Was it Rand or Cami, married teenagers with a young son? Was it Silas or Ashlyn, members of a white supremacist youth organization? Daniel, who fears retaliation because of his race, who possessively clings to Grace, the love of his life? Or Noelle, who lost everything after a devastating accident, and has sunk quietly into depression?

The Gallagher Academy for Exceptional Young Women is a fairly typical all-girls school - that is, it would be if every school taught advanced martial arts in PE and the latest in chemical warfare in science, and students received extra credit for breaking CIA codes in computer class. The Gallagher Academy might claim to be a school for geniuses, but it's really a school for spies.

Being a wizard is hazardous to your health.

Mirabelle’s past is shrouded in secrecy, from her parents’ tragic deaths to her guardians’ half-truths about why she can’t return to her birthplace, Beau Rivage. Desperate to see the town, Mira runs away a week before her sixteenth birthday—and discovers a world she never could have...

Born with the curse of prophetic nightmares, Jude sees violent murders through the eyes of the killer before they happen. His father, who shares Jude’s dark gift, has trained Jude since birth to save the innocent and to kill the killer. A life for a life—it’s the only way. But everything goes awry when Hanna Smith, the young woman he was supposed to save, rescues herself instead, and catches Jude in her home.

Kaum, dass sich Liz an den Gedanken gewöhnt hat, ebenfalls ein Linewalker zu sein - jene weiterentwickelte, magische Spezies, die unentdeckt unter den Menschen lebt - wird ihre Welt auch schon wieder völlig auf den Kopf gestellt. Damit ein uraltes Unrecht gesühnt werden kann, muss sie den Thron von Farnsworth erobern. Leichter gesagt als getan, denn ihre Gegenspieler und ein mysteriöser Geheimbund der Menschen, der sich der Jagd auf Linewalker verschrieben hat, scheinen ihr immer einen Schritt voraus zu sein.

A fresh and darkly funny 90s murder mystery about one high school's net of lies that begin to unravel when a star lacrosse player winds up dead. The night before graduation, all of Hancock High celebrates at their school’s annual lock-in. But what starts out as a fun night turns horribly...

Everyone says 14-year-old Billie is nothing but trouble. A fighter. A danger to her family and friends. But her care worker sees someone different. Her classmate Rob is big, strong; he can take care of himself and his brother. But his violent stepdad sees someone to humiliate. And Chris is struggling at school; he just doesn't want to be there. But his dad sees a useless no-hoper. Billie, Rob and Chris each have a story to tell. But there are two sides to every story, and the question is... who do you believe?