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Some lies can't be forgiven.... Don't miss this startling second book in a breath-taking new trilogy from Teri Terry, queen of the teen thriller and author of the best-selling Slated trilogy. An epidemic is sweeping the country. You are among the infected. There is no cure, and you cannot be permitted to infect others. You are now under quarantine. The 5% of the infected who survive are dangerous and will be taken into the custody of the army. As the epidemic spreads, survivors are being hunted like witches....

When a new principal called Crowstein takes over a school, he tells everyone that he wants to improve equality by getting pupils and teachers to wear a mask. He says that with everyone wearing a mask, the ugly pupils will feel better about themselves and have more confidence. The masks are only to be worn at school. But soon the pupils and teachers become addicted to their masks and never take them off. And furthermore, it comes to light that Crowstein can control people who wear the mask; that Crowstein can turn them into his own slaves. And so, with Crowstein getting his slaves to ...

Apocalypse – the complete and final destruction of the world…. The world as we know it is in turmoil. The virus continues to attack all humans, leaving a wake of devastation and destruction. There are those who have proven resistant to infection and those who have remained isolated to prevent it. Others that were once part of our civilization have not been so lucky. The governments of the world had worked together so far, but not at protecting society as we were led to believe. Instead, they worked in unison to preserve their power, at the cost of many millions of lives. But there is ...

Cyril Rush is the heir to a large American business fortune. He was pushed out of the family and is being hunted by his uncle to prevent him from inheriting what is rightfully his. Cyril has been in hiding and while doing so, has developed a number of skills that are neither socially, nor legally, acceptable. There are various killings ("Call me Connie"), a very funny counterfeiting operation and many other anti-social acts culminating in a very realistic assassination of both the predatory uncle and the President of the United States. Cyril and his band of merry pranksters cross the ...

When Timmy can no longer go to the playground or visit his friends because of a virus, he gets angry. When Timmy's toys and video games are taken away by the government because they might be contaminated by the virus, he gets angrier. When Timmy's father cannot get home from Canada for his birthday because of a virus quarantine, Timmy explodes. And when Timmy's father is still stranded in Canada over the Christmas period due to that virus quarantine, Timmy decides that he must formulate some sort of plan that will help to make everything right again.

A million years ago the world ended. Since then a group of five have kept the City running. Now, one of them has died. Every generation, the five most powerful people in the City transfer their consciousnesses into nubile, teenage hosts. This allows them to continue their important work of keeping the city functioning and protected from the nuclear wasteland beyond its borders. When one of the Five dies, though, the others decide that their bodies are too fragile and decide to find new hosts earlier than usual. This triggers a competition, where children from across the City travel to its ...

Embark on a journey through the wonders of the world with Supernature For Kids. This enchanting adaptation of the beloved Supernature book is a creative mix of illustrations and storytelling. Ignite your child's curiosity and imagination as they explore the mysteries of nature and supernature. Watch as they grow into young explorers of the Supernature realm. Let your child's imagination soar as they discover the magic of the natural world that's right in front of them.

Sel Archer and his friends just saved Tremorglade. Again. But Sel didn’t walk away completely unscathed this time. Now he has exciting but dangerous new Ripper abilities to keep on a leash, just as clamors for a cure to the Rippocalypse begin to grow louder by the day. But when the hunt for a cure takes a dangerous turn, suddenly the Frozen Fever isn’t just a myth. It’s real…and it’s spreading. Sel and his friends will have to act fast to stop it before it arrives in Tremorglade, and his new abilities just might be the answer.

The highly anticipated follow up to USA Today Bestselling author Liz Long’s The Blood King. "The Golden City is a riveting conclusion to an action-packed, gut-wrenching dystopian duology where blood is king and freedom is worth fighting for." -Casey L. Bond, award-winning author Down with the Blood King. Reina Torres and Princess Helena just barely managed to escape the city of Brighton, thanks to the rebels. They now find themselves at the heart of the revolution, planning missions and infiltrating Brighton’s network. An enraged King Magnus doesn’t just want Reina and the rebels to ...

We see a bright blue cloud-filled sky. Then we are zooming down, revealing what appears to be a swirling dust funnel in a clearing, surrounded by forest. Zooming farther down we see a young boy playing near it. Finally, we see him get swallowed up into a cosmic portal. We now zoom out, farther and farther until we see a large man dressed in regal garb, he is a wizard, searching desperately through a forest for his son. As he penetrates the trees he sees an ominous portal in the open field. A shoe lies on the ground near the swirling mass. He charges forward.

Since the world fell sick with fantastical illnesses, sisters Payton and Ani have grown up in King Jude's Hospital. Payton wants to be a methic like her father, working on a cure for her mother's sleeping fever. Ani, however, thinks the remedy for all illness might be found in the green wilderness beyond the hospital walls. When Ani stumbles upon an imprisoned boy who turns everything he touches to gold, her world is turned upside-down. The girls find themselves outside the hospital for the first time, a dark mystery unraveling...

Episode #2. Where were you when the machine apocalypse began? In the ruins of our world, a new order arose, an order controlled by the very machines humankind created. The end for us came not from a massive global war but from something unthinkable, incomprehensible. The machines simply replaced us and we let them, and so, in the end, humanity went out not with a bang, but with a whimper. No shots fired. No bombs dropped. No cities destroyed. We ended and the machines began—or at least that is what the few human survivors of the machine apocalypse believe. ### To the machines, we became ...

Our world isn't ours any more. It's theirs. The human survivors lead a hardscrabble life, scavenging what they can from the dead city, waiting and watching. Cedes isn't like Matthew and his regulars. She dreams. She talks. She questions. She wonders why Luke disappeared, where Luke disappeared to. She wants to know what we are to the machines. This is her story. This is our story. This is the story of us, the humans who survive. In the ruins of our world, a new order arose, an order controlled by the very machines humankind created. The end for us came not from a massive global war but from...

Adventure Seekers, Young and Old, Join Toby, Small, but Bold ... He was born underground, at the edge of the world’s destruction. Twelve years old, Toby has never seen the sun. Created by six scientists who accidentally gave him cat ears (and a tail), Toby decides to leave the safety of his cavern world to seek answers. Did anyone survive the Great Destruction? Why has he been hearing a mysterious Voice? And, most important of all, does he have a soul? Grade level 3rd-7th Ages 9 and up. “It has a strong message about God and how no matter how you look God loves you anyway.” S. ...

The remote island of Pompolonia is so small that it’s not even on most maps. But what it lacks in size it makes up for in tradition. Each year, a Great Race is run, from the white sands of Octopus Bay, all the way up the mountain to Lake Pomp, a volcanic crater at the island’s summit. All islanders turning 12 are compelled to race. With no exceptions.

Das Unbekannte entdecken, das Unvorstellbare erleben - ein spannender Jugendroman voller Abenteuer und Geheimnisse. In einer Zukunft, gezeichnet von den Spuren weltumspannender Katastrophen, regiert Jarl der Reformer mit eiserner Hand. Rey Wood lebt mit ihrer Familie fernab der Metropolen in einem für das Regime unbedeutenden Ort. So hatten sie zumindest angenommen, denn nun erstrecken sich die nimmersatten Finger der Macht auch in diese Richtung und verschonen Reys Heimat nicht länger vor den freiheitsraubenden Plänen der Kontrollsüchtigen.

Jen and her father are making their way across a deserted world after a technological collapse brought civilization as people knew it to an end. The Flood took out all all technology, but also many people who were connected to a central information hive. Those who are left behind must find each other and build a new life. But Jen's father isn't related to her by blood – he is a human-appearing AI, a glitch in the system, and a secret that must be kept, even from those she wishes she could trust...

Wie fast alle Städte im Reich Lunis wurde Mias Heimat Nubis vom sagenumwobenen König der Finsternis in ewige Nacht gestürzt. Doch mithilfe der Umbras, gestaltwandelnden Fabelwesen, können die Bewohner die Dunkelheit unter Kontrolle halten und ihre Stadt schützen. Aber dann wird Nubis erneut von den Schergen des Königs angegriffen und Mia muss lernen, ihren eigenen Umbra zu zähmen. Nur so hat sie eine Chance, ihr Zuhause nicht für immer an die Dunkelheit zu verlieren.

Will’s extraordinarily mediocre life is just fine with him. But for his parents who work so hard to give him and his sister more, life couldn’t get better once they win the Purquility Lottery. Winning the coveted prize means a promise of a disease-free and charmed life in a brand-new home inside a perfectly manicured planned city. But it also means leaving everything and everyone from your old life behind. After the cleansing process, his family is whisked away in a luxurious limousine to start their new life. But for Will, none of this sits right with him.

"Einer wird die Worte des Ozeans sprechen und vier danach für immer verbunden sein." Jacob, Tristan, Hali und ihre Freunde sind fest entschlossen, die wertvollen Ozeandiamanten von Sato zurückzuerobern. Doch die Zeit ist knapp: Drei der vier machtvollen Steine befinden sich bereits in seinem Besitz. Und dann gelingt es ihm auch noch, Hali in seine Gewalt zu bringen.