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When Princess Reva seeks a trade alliance, she doesn't realize her hand in marriage may be required to save her people from starvation. With more than one suitor fighting for her hand, her plans are thrust into chaos when there's a fatal attack in the cove. After she is ripped away from negotiations against her will, loyalties are tested as rumors of a deadly magic pearl—and the constant meddling of a determined sea elf and a dastardly pirate captain—put Reva into an impossible position.

Moving to Hawthorne was something Tess and her mom never anticipated, but after Tess's mom loses her job, it's their only option. Tess's grandparents welcome them into their home, on the condition that Tess and her mom attend church, something Mom isn't too pleased about. But Tess enjoys the church community, finding a place in youth group and the church choir. Faith fills a void Tess didn't know she had. After a very personal decision goes public, Tess faces daily harassment and rejection by her former friends, and singing in the church choir is no longer an option.

As Earth is torn asunder by the arrival of mysterious and magical energy known as Qi, an extraordinary journey begins to unfold, the cataclysm birthing creatures of unimaginable power and abilities drawn from the ancient legends of humanity.

They were promised for marriage since birth, and raised to bring down kingdoms, but the true destiny of the triplet princesses of Bessemia has always been to die—and one of them already has. Since Sophronia’s murder, princesses Daphne and Beatriz have discovered the truth: they are pawns in their mother’s game, which will end with her as empress of not just Bessemia but the entire continent of Vesteria. Only the princesses have their own plans.

On April 29, 1992, following the acquittal of four police officers charged with the beating and arrest of Rodney King and the earlier killing of teenager Latasha Harlins, the city of Los Angeles erupted in violence. Many of these events were centered on the city’s Koreatown, where tensions between the Black and Korean American communities had simmered for years, fueled by economic challenges and redlining and enflamed by sensationalized and racist media.

Eighteen-year-old Aihui Ying dreams of becoming a world-class engineer like her father, but after his sudden murder, her life falls apart. Left with only a journal of her father’s engineering secrets and a jade pendant snatched from the assassin, a heartbroken Ying follows the trail to the capital and the prestigious Engineers Guild, determined to discover why anyone would threaten a man who ultimately chose a quiet life over fame and fortune. Disguised as her brother, Ying manages to infiltrate the guild’s male-only apprenticeship trial with the help of an unlikely ally.

Meghan Chase thought her time with the fey was over, that the sacrifices she had to make were done. But war is brewing as another Iron King rises to destroy the courts of Faery and corrupt the Nevernever forever. The age-old rivalry of the Summer and Winter courts must be put aside as the rulers prepare to face their mutual enemy…and Meghan must step up once more and finally claim her secret destiny. But first, she must make one final, heartbreaking sacrifice.

The city of Caraza sits poised on the edge of chaos—and cursebreaker Marlow Briggs is at the center of a deadly struggle for power. In the tragic aftermath of the Vale-Falcrest wedding, Marlow is spurned by Adrius, who refuses to speak to her and publicly vows to find a noble wife before the year is out. Despite her heartbreak, Marlow is still intent on breaking his compulsion curse. To do so, she’ll have to play loving daughter to the man who cast it—the man who’s hellbent on reshaping Caraza in his own image, no matter the cost.

Marlowe Meadows understands a lot of things. She understands that calculus isn’t overwhelmingly beautiful to everyone and that it typically kills the mood when you try to talk Python coding over beer pong. She understands that people were surprised when golden boy Josh asked her out and she went from weird math-obsessed Marlowe to half of their school’s couple goals. Unfortunately, Marlowe was the one surprised when Josh dumped her because he’d prefer a girlfriend who's more romantic. One with emotional depth. But Marlowe has never failed anything in her life, and she isn’t about to start now.

Introverted, slightly anxious Astoria “Story” Herriot knows everything about Rome—her mom’s an attorney here and the two of them are living la dolce vita… at least until Story’s off to college in the fall. But when Story is in the wrong gelato shop at the right time, she’s swept up in a fake dating scheme with Scottish heartthrob, Luca Kinnaird, to protect his relationship with a pop princess. There’s something in it for her, too—Luca promises to help fund a scholarship in her dad’s memory.

Evvie Chambers is doing her best to skate through the last month of high school to graduation. The only thing standing in her way is a biology report on foxes—and her teacher, Mrs. Audrey Dearborn. The same Mrs. Dearborn who’s been a thorn in Evvie’s side for years, refusing to acknowledge or accommodate her neurodiversity. Evvie would much rather be doing her report on Aretha, the octopus she cares for when she volunteers at the Minnesota Zoo but deviating from the exact assignment isn’t allowed—and Mrs. Dearborn isn’t going to make following the rules easy.

From award-winning YA author Alison Gervais comes a mystery about a teen writer determined to discover what happened to a missing classmate, who finds herself caught up with a pair of very familiar detectives named Watson and Holmes. All her awakening powers of observation will be put to the test as she finds that the thing she thought was holding her back just might be her greatest strength.

17-year-old Enore Adesuwa doesn’t dive into things, she walks in carefully. So when she, her mother, and her sister move from Nigeria to America shortly after her father’s death, she wants to be extremely prepared before attending an American high school. Her cousin, Adrian, doesn’t have time to explain the ins and outs to her but, luckily, he recommends the perfect research tool: teen movies. Still dealing with grief but armed with a set of rules of survival gathered from these movies (including the crucial rule of keeping a low profile), Enore is ready for her senior year.

Liv Whitlock knows she doesn’t belong there. But after years of stumbling between foster homes, often due to her own self-destructive tendencies, Liv desperately needs to change the trajectory of her life . . . so she steals her perfect sister’s identity.

Penny’s father is a newspaper owner being sued for libel in his home base of New York. He sends her on a western ski vacation in order to avoid the legalities, but she manages to gain entrance to a room with a mysterious Green Door, an entrance to an illegal fur importation racket from Canada. The culprits turn out to be those pursuing the libel situation back east. She is threatened with possible death, but not only solves the fur racket but winds up scooping a rival reporter.

Im VW-Bus durch das sonnige Kalifornien - die Fortsetzung des stimmungsvollen Jugendromans von Bestsellerautorin Manuela Inusa. Fast ein Jahr ist vergangen, seit die 18-jährige Alice bei der Suche nach ihrer Mutter ihrer ersten großen Liebe Cody begegnet ist. Auch in diesem Sommer wollen die beiden zusammen auf Reisen gehen: In Codys altem VW-Bus wollen sie von Kanada die Küste runter bis nach Südkalifornien fahren. Doch neben neuen Abenteuern und romantischen Stunden hat Alice noch etwas anderes im Sinn: Sie will Codys verschollenen Bruder Doug finden.

Since Sophronia's murder, princesses Daphne and Beatriz have discovered the truth: they are pawns in their mother's bid for the throne of Vesteria. Separated with enemies on all sides, Beatriz and Daphne's only hope are the few allies who stretch across the borders of Vesteria: Sophronia's husband, the deposed King Leopold; Violie, a former spy for Empress Margaraux; and Beatriz's missing husband, Pasquale, and his lover, Ambrose. But whispers of an ancient prophecy and secrets from their past follow every move they make.

Nachdem er das Portal in andere Welten versiegelt hat, wird Eric zum Magister des Ordens der Mobjäger ernannt. Als Oberhaupt der einst so mächtigen Organisation kann er nun über alle Reichtümer des Ordens verfügen. Aber Eric weiß sehr wohl, dass er den Kampf gegen den Stahlkönig allein nicht gewinnen kann. Es wird auch nicht ausreichen, den „toten Orden” wieder zum Leben zu erwecken – Eric muss das Existenzrecht des Ordens sicherstellen, denn sein Feind ist immer wachsam.

Gefallene Maschen und gefasste Mörder! Als ein älterer Herr bei Scones und Tee im Elderflower Tea Shop in Oxford als Opfer einer Vergiftung tot umfällt, gehen Lucy Swift und ihre Bande untoter Amateurdetektive der Sache auf den Grund: Der Elderflower Tea Shop befindet sich neben dem Cardinal Woolsey's - dem Wollgeschäft, das Lucy führt und in dem sich spät am Abend die Strickrunde der Vampire trifft. Bei den Teestubenbesitzerinnen handelt es sich um zwei achtzigjährige Junggesellinnen, die alte Bekannte der Familie sind, also möchte Lucy dabei helfen, das Rätsel, das zur Schließung des Tea Shops geführt hat, zu lösen.

Gegensätze ziehen sich an! Fake-Date oder große Liebe – wer weiß das schon so genau? Jamie Westenberg und Bea Wilmot haben rein gar nichts gemeinsam außer den traumatischen Erinnerungen an ihre erste Begegnung. Doch als die Menschen, die ihnen am nächsten stehen, versuchen Amor zu spielen und sie zu einem Date überreden, wird den beiden klar, dass sie noch eine Gemeinsamkeit haben: ein unbestreitbares Bedürfnis nach Rache. Bald steht ihr Plan fest: Sie wollen ein falsches Date vortäuschen und ihre Freunde davon überzeugen, dass sie total verliebt sind.