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From New York Times bestselling and Newbery Medal winning YA author Renée Watson comes a heartbreaking and tender winter romance about falling in love and finding who you are at the same time. Bliss knows there’s more to life than her small town. Working in her family’s funeral home, she...

Enemy sorcerers destroyed the gold that powers white magic on Rados, leaving the Kingdom of Eldor defenseless. A prophecy said the only hope of restoring the gold was for 16-year-old Pran to travel to the mythical world called Earth with three companions: Jelal, a spy whose accident with an eternal youth spell at age 12 cursed him to remain that age forever; Pran’s classmate Samir, who nearly killed Pran last week (but that was before they discovered they’re cousins); and Vitina, the enchantress Pran fell in love with at first sight. They arrive on Earth in New Jersey....

Brought to you by Penguin. Can she be herself in a one-size-fits-all world? Lori Palmer is the new girl at Bay Water High, where students prize glossy hair, "beach" bodies, and thigh gaps above all else, which is so not her. She misses her old school, where her artistic talent was more important...

Bloomsbury presents Strange Nature by Mary Watson, read by Breffni Holahan Jasmin has always known that monsters are real. And they wear ordinary faces. When she was a child, she witnessed her famous, adored grandfather attempt to kill her grandmother. Now Jasmin is eighteen, watchful and...

Twenty years ago a man made a child he never intended to love. Ten years ago the world ended, and Emma turned her back on the man she believed was her father in an attempt to survive. Eight weeks ago she discovered the truth about her family, including the sister she never knew she had. Last week she had her heart broken by the one man she never imagined giving it to. Yesterday she turned her back on those she cared for in an attempt to help them survive.

Twenty years ago scientists made some remarkable discoveries with genetics and the ability to perfect the babies we gave birth to. Ten years ago the governments of the world made a hard choice: Earth or people. Nine weeks ago the choices they made came full circle. Fourteen days ago the truth of their mutations leaked out into the borderlands and other areas.

When a pod of mermaids flees their enemy, they must travel uncharted waters, risking their lives to discover the golden reef promised to them by the spirits of their ancestors through the shaman.

Magic Teacher's Son is a story of betrayal, forgiveness, trust, and treason in a magical world at war. While armies clash in distant battles pitting Magicians against Sorcerers, the actions of an ordinary boy, his classmates, and his friends threaten the loss of their kingdom, but are also its only true hope for survival.

Sixteen-year-old cupid-in-training Kali is in an Olympus-sized mountain of trouble. Rule number-one in arrow-toting matchmaking: Don't stick yourself. But accidents happen, and Kali instantly falls hard for her indie rock, bass-playing target, Benicio.

London um 1900: Die amerikanische Entfesselungskünstlerin Eliza Houdini und die ehrgeizige Nachwuchs-Reporterin Millie Watson teilen sich nicht nur eine Wohnung im aufstrebenden London – sondern auch eine Schwäche für Rätsel. Vermittelt von Mister Biggs schickt die Krone sie auf geheime Missionen. Ob zwischen nebligen Gassen, in königlichen Pferdeställen oder hoch oben in einer Zirkuskuppel – die beiden Freundinnen bewegen sich mit Witz, Mut und Verstand durch die Schatten der Stadt.

When her village is threatened by the evil Takano Rynn, leader of the Ruling Order, Rita defeats him in battle and believes him to be dead. She leaves her temple life behind to join the masses of Central City, where she befriends members of the Opposition including Parrin, Star and the little robot Beeps. But is Takano Rynn really dead?

One night behind a mask. One prince from her past. One dance that changes everything. After bidding farewell to the prince eight years ago, Ellie never thought their paths would cross again. After all, they lived in separate worlds: he was a prince, and she was a humble servant. Surely it was better to leave their old friendship in the past and accept her dreary fate. But when she impulsively dons a mask to catch a better glimpse of the ball, their worlds collide, and a mystery at the palace soon pulls them even closer together.

Bloomsbury presents Love Is a Revolution written and read by Renée Watson. From New York Times bestselling and award-winning author Renée Watson comes a love story about not only a romantic relationship but how a girl finds herself and falls in love with who she really is. When Nala Robertson...

Before Hercules found his might and Odysseus went on his Odyssey, there was Icarus, the hero that time forgot. All roads lead to the Labyrinth. That's what 12-year-old Icarus realizes when he learns that King Minos plans to sacrifice his father, Daedalus, and all the mythical creatures in Ancient Greece to the Minotaur. It's up to Icarus and some unlikely heroes to save the world.

Despite sharing a womb, Alex and Sam have never had much in common. That is until attractive new boy Elliott shows up at school one day, setting the stage for unforeseen emotions and rivalries that will test the bonds of blood and friendship.

Some guy named Ethan Davis has been texting Cassie. He seems to know all about her - but she can't place him. He's not in Bridgewater High's yearbook either. Cassie thinks one of her friends is punking her. But she can't ignore the strange coincidences - like how Ethan looks just like the guy in her nightmares. Cassie's search for Ethan leads her to a shocking discovery - and a struggle for her life. Will Cassie be able to break free from her mysterious stalker?

Sixteen-year-old Jayden Sutton is looking forward to time off from school for spring break. Lots of time to sleep in and take it easy. When a last-minute chance trip to Cancun presents itself, Jayden and his family are all excited to go. The idea of a week at the beach sounds like heaven, and he can’t wait to see what else there is to do at the tropical paradise.

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