Showing titles in Literature & Fiction

Far from home, having failed in her quest to kill Old Man Winter, Sienna Nealon finds herself in the city of London, working with Omega, her oldest enemies. Surrounded by people she doesn't trust, thrust into events that could mean the extinction of her race, Sienna will discover that the line between friend and foe is thinner than she ever could have believed - and that her greatest enemies may lie within.

Being the crown princess of Genovia has never been easy for Mia. And if ruling a tiny country wasn't enough, she also has to deal with a broken heart after her true love Michael breaks up with her. So her parents send her to a therapist to at least get her out of bed. And just when she thinks things couldn't get any worse, she discovers a long buried secret that could affect her family forever.

His academy razed to the ground, Arik barely survives a deathly fall out of a cliffside window and a vicious attack by winged wolves. Imprisoned by slave traders, battered and bruised, Arik decides to fight back or die trying. He escapes and joins forces with an irritable water spirit, one who can guide him through new lands. Together, they head to the realm of the enemy in search of answers and revenge. But Arik will need more than a powerful companion to stop the advance of the nefarious Crimson Realm.

The long-awaited fifth installment in Garth Nix’s New York Times bestselling Old Kingdom series, for readers who enjoy series by Rae Carson, Kristin Cashore, Scott Westerfeld, and Cassandra Clare. Goldenhand takes place six months after the events of Abhorsen and follows the novella Nicholas...

Office worker Leon is reincarnated into a dating sim video game, where women reign supreme and only beautiful men have a seat at the table. But Leon has a secret weapon: he remembers everything from his past life, which includes a complete playthrough of the very game in which he is now trapped. Can Leon spark a revolution to change this new world order?

Against the backdrop of the high-stakes and intensely competitive equestrian sport of show jumping, Finny, a fifteen-year-old girl in California, adopts an emaciated, untrained horse without her parents' knowledge. Soon after adopting Sky, Finny meets Joe, a sixteen-year-old, who has run away from his cruel uncle in Montana.

Spring, 1941.German submarines are prowling the North Atlantic, sinking ships filled with the food, fuel and weapons that Britain needs to survive. With the Royal Navy losing the war at sea, six young agents must sneak into Nazi-occupied Europe and sabotage a submarine base on France's western coast. If the submarines aren't stopped, the British people will starve.

WHAT MAKES A MONSTER?“Come find me.”Legion developer Zelene Birkenbaum, a figure shrouded in mystery, has left the Eighty-Sixth Strike Package a trail of bread crumbs leading all the way to the frozen north. But as Shin and the Eighty-Six acquaint themselves with the United Kingdom of Roa...

At last, Fate reachers Babylon, the border town on the edge of Galia where Roxy is stationed. But the moment Fate arrives, a mysterious woman calling herself Eris intercepts him to deliver an ominous message: "Roxy Hart must die." If Fate wants to rescue the girl who saved him, he must journey into the heart of vast, monster-ridden Galia and face whatever darkness lies within.

Fleeing before a relentless army, Todd has carried a desperately wounded Viola right into the hands of their worst enemy, Mayor Prentiss. Immediately separated from Viola and imprisoned, Todd is forced to learn the ways of the Mayor's new order. But what secrets are hiding just outside of town? And where is Viola? Is she even still alive? And who are the mysterious Answer? And then, one day, the bombs begin to explode....

My parents forgot something when they ran…me. After scamming most of our town out of their life savings, my folks disappeared in the middle of the night. Forced to take me in, my estranged aunt and uncle shipped me off to Raven River Academy the first chance they got. In my town, the line between the haves and the have-nots is actually a 12-foot gate that keeps the unwanted where they belong. Nothing could unite the two factions until I set foot on campus. For the first time in our history, they all agree on one thing: I must pay for my father’s sins.

After taking and defending Vuzgal, Erik and Rugrat have a new task to complete: build a city. They have been racing through the realms at this point, but Vuzgal is a prize that they can't simply give up on. Alva is mobilized, as are their allies, to build out the new city. It is time that they solidify their gains, working on their crafts, their fighting ability, and cultivation. As they expand their personal power, their gaze turns toward Vermire, to the dungeon. It's time they started to exert the strength they've built up.

Nevada, USA. Fourteen-year-old twins Jamie and Scott Tyler are performing a mind-reading act in a dingy theatre. But when a sinister multinational corporation, Nightrise, kidnaps Scott, Jamie is left alone – and wanted for murder. He becomes embroiled in a corrupt presidential campaign and breaks into the American prison system before being propelled 10,000 years into the past, where he encounters the other Gatekeepers and witnesses the creation of Raven's Gate – and the first fateful battle against the Old Ones. 

When Miranda first hears the warnings that a meteor is headed on a collision path with the moon, they just sound like an excuse for extra homework assignments. But her disbelief turns to fear in a split second as the entire world witnesses a lunar impact that knocks the moon closer in orbit...

The enemies-to-lovers heist with an ending everyone's talking about, shortlisted for the Waterstones Children's Book Prize. Soon to be a major movie and picked for Zoe Ball's Radio 2 Book Club, for fans of Jennifer Lynn Barnes and Suzanne Collins. 'Strap in for the ride with this twisty...

The grueling summer vacation special tests are finally at an end. As the clock ticks down on the last glorious days of summer, the students of the Tokyo Metropolitan Advanced Nurturing High School frantically try to squeeze in all the things they've left undone and unsaid. Get a glimpse into the secret lives of supporting characters and watch romantic confessions and poolside drama unfold in this volume of short stories that bridges crucial gaps between the end of first semester--and the start of the second.

Issa besucht ein Gymnasium voller Rich Kids, während zu Hause jeder Euro zählt. Halt gibt ihr nur Grace: forsch und überzeugt davon, dass Geld vor allem ein lösbares Problem ist. Als Issas Familie in eine existenzielle Notlage gerät, beschließen die beiden Freundinnen, selbst aktiv zu werden. Gleichzeitig hat auch Grace ein Problem, wenngleich ein medizinisches: Ihre Brüste sind zu groß, sie hat Schmerzen und schämt sich. Doch die Krankenkasse will nicht zahlen.

Im Kaiserpalast führt Prinzessin Mai ein feudales, aber einsames Leben. Wegen ihrer unheimlichen Gabe, die Zukunft vorherzusehen, wurde sie von ihrer Familie in einen abgelegenen Turm verbannt. Zum Glück findet sie in dem Pagen Johannes einen Freund und Verbündeten. Als sie erfährt, dass die Hexenjäger des Landes es auf sie abgesehen haben, flieht sie mit ihm in den Wald. Johannes jedoch wird gefangen genommen und Mai bangt von nun an nicht nur um ihr eigenes Leben. Um ihn zu retten, muss sie sich bis in die finsteren Kerker des Palastes vorwagen.

Zeit ist Leben – Wie Momo die Welt sieht nimmt Jugendliche und Erwachsene mit in eine moderne Auseinandersetzung mit Gemeinschaft, Empathie und Selbstfürsorge. Ausgehend von Michael Endes Klassiker zeigt das Buch, warum Beziehungen, Solidarität und innere Ruhe heute wichtiger sind denn je – und wie die grauen Herren in unserem Alltag noch immer Macht gewinnen. Eine Einladung, Perspektiven zu wechseln, das eigene Bewusstsein zu schärfen und herauszufinden, was Orientierung und echtes Flow-Erleben wirklich bedeuten.

Der junge Moss ist als Sklave in Parnass an einen grausamen Herrn verkauft worden. Doch beim Versuch, sich vor ihm zu retten, entdeckt er ungeahnte magische Kräfte! Er hat Glück und findet eine Lehrmeisterin – doch nun holt ihn seine Vergangenheit als Taschendieb ein: Sein Bruder ist noch Teil der Diebesgilde und wird als Faustpfand benutzt. Moss wird mit ihm erpresst und soll magische Unterstützung bei Diebeszügen leisten. Bei dem Versuch, seinen Bruder zu retten, gerät er in einen gefährlichen Konflikt zwischen Magiern und Dieben.