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Evaline Stoker and Mina Holmes never meant to get into the family business. But when you're the sister of Bram and the niece of Sherlock, vampire hunting and mystery solving are in your blood. And so, when two society girls go missing, there's no one more qualified to investigate. Now, the fierce Evaline and the logical Mina must resolve their rivalry, in order to navigate the advances of not just one, but three mysterious gentlemen, and solve a murder with only one clue: the strange Egyptian scarab.

“BEWARE THE SEVEN blessings . . . ” When she first utters these words, 16-year-old Sally Lockhart doesn’t know their meaning. But when an employee of her late father hears them, he dies of fear. Thus begins Sally’s terrifying journey into the seamy underworld of Victorian London, in...

When even angels fail, what hope do mortals have? After months of directionless mortality, David Garcia has no idea what he should be doing. A demonic terrorist organization is threatening the world, and somehow he’s still expected to do his homework. Juggling work, school, demon hunting, and mediating for dead people, David is torn between life and death. This constant tug-of-war can’t last forever, and not even David is sure which way he’d rather fall. With the fate of the world at stake, David is faced with a choice that will change everything.

Emma non esiste più. Ora si fa chiamare Undi, e da mesi non mette piede fuori casa. Dalla finestra della sua stanza, osserva la vita del condominio finché, un giorno, assiste a una scena inquietante che le ricorda La finestra sul cortile di Hitchcock: l'anziano professor Balbi, suo vicino di casa, discute animatamente con qualcuno. Undi decide di indagare insieme ai suoi inseparabili amici.

WELCOME TO WHO WANTS TO BE A PAINIAC?, the latest reality TV show on the hunt for the next big-hit serial killer. But don't worry—no one is actually going to murder anyone, as real as the fake gore and pretend murder may appear...uh, right? Seventeen-year-old Becca Martinello is about to find out. When her perfectly normal soccer mom dies in a car crash, a strange girl named Stef appears and lets Becca know that her deceased mom was none other than one of Alcatraz 2.0's most popular serial killers—Molly Mauler.

Alé Aragón isn’t like the other kids at school. He can’t fly, read minds, or turn invisible like the genetically accelerated majority. As a powerless Deficient, Alé’s reality is one of constant ridicule—tormented by bullies, scorned by his brothers, and barely tolerated by his father.

he horrific struggle for power continues as war gnaws on the fringes of the kingdom. As armies of two nations clash with endless waves of bodies against one another, and ravenous monsters haunt and skulk in the shadows to gorge on the cadavers of the endless dead, the youngest princess of the kingdom, Acacia Odofredus Krone, continues her journey to ascend to her proclaimed rightful throne as queen, before her terminal illness—the consumption—steals her last breath. Not having the power to do so alone, she continues her journey and friendship with the most horrifying monster of all.

A Venezia, tra oscuri canali e palazzi in rovina che offrono un rifugio perfetto a chi vuole sparire, Prosper e Bo, orfani in fuga da due zii malvagi che li vogliono separare, incontrano una banda di ragazzini che vivono in un cinema abbandonato. Fanno capo a Scipio: audace e misterioso, è lui il re dei ladri che garantisce la sopravvivenza dei compagni grazie ai suoi furti mirabolanti. Senza un attimo di esitazione Prosper e Bo entrano a far parte di questa "famiglia" e si trovano coinvolti in un'avventura che cambierà per sempre la loro vita.

That's what my life has been about. Abandoned by my parents and raised by the pack, I've learned their ways. Now, as a human, I'm fated to the Alpha. But he doesn't want me. In fact, he can't stand me. I can't bear the thought of not having him. But I can't watch him with her. It tortures my soul. I must leave the safety of the pack, but danger is everywhere. When malicious forces attack, it turns my world upside down and threatens everyone. But there is a spark of hope. Fate works in mysterious ways, and perhaps this conflict is just what I need to fulfill my destiny.

Jules Verne, Nathaniel und ihr neuer Begleiter Augusto schlagen sich immer tiefer in den Dschungel und scheinen den Inka auf der Spur zu sein. Auch durch Hernando erfährt Nathaniel von Pizarro und seiner Gefolgschaft. Dieser ist jedoch nicht friedlich gesinnt und plant Großes. Auch Jonathan lebt nicht allein im Rampenlicht. In seiner Praxis bekommt er überraschenden, jedoch nicht sehr freundlichen Besuch. Sein Wissen ist wertvoll, aber bei Weitem nicht ungefährlich.

The race to return from the virtual world has never been more real. Bryce was so close to getting home. Now he’s back on the run, hiding from Rangers inside Final Kingdom waiting for the bridge to reopen. But time is running out. Mysterious glitches are tearing at the virtual world’s fabric...

Charlie West was an ordinary high school kid who went to bed one night and woke up in the clutches of terrorists and wanted by the police for murder. He also woke up with no memory of the events of the last year. His memory is returning now and has brought the terrible realization that he knows when the terrorists are going to strike next.

To say eighteen-year-old Farrah Higgins—or Digit—is good at math is a laughable understatement. She’s been cracking codes since childhood, and is finally at home with “her people” at MIT in Cambridge. Her talents are so off the charts that her laptop is under surveillance by both the CIA and an ecoterrorist named Jonas Furnis. So when she thoughtlessly hacks into the Department of Defense’s database, she lands in serious hot water inside and outside the law.

En esta entrega, Enola Holmes se ve obligada a garantizar la seguridad de Lady Cecily, y también su libertad. El detestable Sir Eustace Alistair ha encerrado a su hija zurda en su dormitorio. Enola llevará a cabo una arriesgada pero exitosa maniobra de fuga a altas horas de la noche, y acogerá a Cecily en su propio alojamiento secreto. Sin embargo, alguien le pisa los talones: ¡Sherlock! Así da comienzo una emocionante aventura. ¿Cómo podrá Enola proteger a Lady Cecily de su padre? ¿Y qué hará Lady Cecily, plantarle cara o regresar a su personalidad diestra y obediente?

Meet Ed Kennedy - cab driving prodigy, pathetic card player, and useless at sex. He lives in the suburbs; he shares coffee with his dog, the Doorman; and he's in nervous love with Audrey. His life is one of peaceful routine and incompetence - until he inadvertently stops a bank robbery. That's when the first Ace turns up. That's when Ed becomes the messenger. Chosen to care, he makes his way through town, helping and hurting (where necessary) until only one question remains: Who's behind Ed's mission?

When the teen-age samurai apprentice, Seikei, is sent on a mission by the shogun, he believes it to be a simple one. The 14-year-old Emperor has refused to carry out his ceremonial duties, and Seikei must persuade him to resume his proper place. But when the emperor is kidnapped in an elaborate plot to overthrow the shogun, Seikei’s mission becomes much more dangerous. With the help of a mysterious warrior, he must rescue the Emperor before the sacred sword falls into the wrong hands.

In a small hospital town, a trio of teens rebel against their fatal diagnosis of XP (an allergy to sunlight) with late night Parkour, an extreme sport of daredevil risks. On a random summer night, while scaling a building like any other, the three happen to peer into an empty apartment and glimpse an older man with what looks like a dead girl. A game of cat-and-mouse ensues that escalates through the underground world of hospital confinement, off-the-grid sports, and forbidden love. Allie, who can never see the light of day, discovers she's the lone key to stopping a human monster.

Meadowbrook Middle School's Queen of Mean, 13-year-old Amanda Beeson, awakens in the body of her favourite target: Tracey Devon. Forced to experience the neglect she once inflicted, Amanda soon uncovers Tracey's startling secret—the ability to turn invisible. Trapped in Tracey's life, Amanda finds herself in a bizarre "gifted" class, and it becomes clear that at Meadowbrook, the definition of "gifted" has a whole other meaning. Can Amanda rescue her one-time target from obscurity and get her own life back on track?

Fourteen-year-old reporter Devon MacDonald has a right to be paranoid. His last case nearly got him killed. But his reckless best friend, Zack, is addicted to the thrill, dragging a terrified Devon to Birchwood Cemetery at midnight. They don't find a story. They find a freshly dug grave—and the men who are digging it. When a body surfaces by the local loch, the police arrest the new kid in town and his wealthy father, thanks to a perfectly planted shovel. Devon and Zack know the real killers are still free, but going to the cops is impossible.

High school seniors Ben Prescott, Porter Rockwell, and Latch McRae search for treasure that American history leaves behind. Ben masterminds the plan. Porter brings the guts and humor. Latch McRae supplies the gumption and tools. Now a many times great-grandson of American patriot Samuel Adams asks them to look into a new claim that the Boston Tea Party wasn’t about British tyranny and no taxation without representation, but was Sam Adams’ scheme to steal the tea and make himself rich. If Adams was a thief, America’s origin story cracks wide open.