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Merrick Darling's life is better than most. As the daughter of a powerful lord, she wants for nothing - yet she will never inherit her family's Manor. Her only options are a smart marriage, or to live at the kindness of her practical and regimented elder sister, Essie. Until the day her father dies in mysterious circumstances, and Merrick is torn from her glamorous New London society life to Norland House, her family's mist-shrouded ancestral home.

Declan Taylor is furious at the world. After winning state as a freshman starting pitcher, he accidentally messes up his throwing arm. Despite painful surgery and brutal physical therapy, he might never pitch again. And instead of spending the summer with his friends, Declan is forced to get a job to help his family out. On top of that, it seems like his best friend, Jake Lehrer, is flirting with Declan’s crush and always ditching him to hang out with the team or his friends from synagogue. So Declan ends up playing a lot of Imperialist Empires online and making new friends.

Nathan Bird doesn’t believe in happy endings. Although he’s the ultimate film buff and an aspiring screenwriter, Nate’s seen the demise of too many relationships to believe happy endings exist in real life. Playing it safe to avoid a broken heart has been his MO ever since his father died and left his mom to unravel - but this strategy is not without fault. His best-friend-turned-girlfriend-turned-best-friend-again, Florence, is set on making sure Nate finds someone else. And in a twist that is rom-com-worthy, someone does come along: Oliver James Hernández.

Harry’s a singer in a rock band with a voice so beautiful, that I actually feel hypnotized. Doesn’t hurt that he’s hot either, and with the kind, flirty personality to match, it’s the perfect trifecta. And even better, he sees the me I want to be. He sees me as the girl who can break free of the life she’s trapped in, who can control her own future.

Zahru has long dreamed of leaving the kingdom of Orkena and having the kinds of adventures she's only ever heard about in stories. But as a lowly Whisperer, her power to commune with animals means that her place is serving in the royal stables until the day her magic runs dry. All that changes when the ailing ruler invokes the Crossing. A death-defying race across the desert, in which the first of his heirs to finish - and take the life of a human sacrifice at the journey's end - will ascend to the throne.

Felix Love has never been in love - and, yes, he's painfully aware of the irony. He desperately wants to know what it's like and why it seems so easy for everyone but him to find someone. What's worse is that, even though he is proud of his identity, Felix also secretly fears that he's one marginalisation too many - Black, queer and transgender - to ever get his own happily-ever-after. When an anonymous student begins sending him transphobic messages, Felix comes up with a plan for revenge. What he didn't count on: his catfish scenario landing him in a quasi-love triangle.

For hundreds of years, humans and animals have had special bonds with each other. We've lived side-by-side through thick and thin - these relationships are not just about raising pets and farm animals. In Animal Kind, Emma Lock of YouTube fame shares stories of the incredible ways that animals keep us healthy and happy, physically and mentally. You'll be inspired by the tales of remarkable recovery, from vision-impaired individuals who have gained independence with the help of seeing-eye dogs, to the woman who found new life as an equestrian champion after an arm amputation.

Im dritten Teil der Eddie-Dickens-Trilogie begibt sich Eddie auf die Reise nach Nordamerika.

Natalie Sterling wants to be in control. She wants her friends to be loyal. She wants her classmates to elect her student council president. She wants to find the right guy, not the usual jerk her school has to offer. She wants a good reputation, because she believes that will lead to good things. But life is messy, and it's very hard to be in control of it. Slut or saint? Winner or loser? Natalie is getting tired of these forced choices - and is now going to find a way to live life in the sometimes messy, sometimes wonderful in-between.

There's nothing worse than peaking in high school. Nobody knows that better than Josie Pie. She was kind of a big deal - she dropped out of high school to be a star! But the bigger you are, the harder you fall. And Josie fell. Hard. Ouch. Broadway dream: dead. Meanwhile, her life keeps imploding. Best friend: distant. Boyfriend: busy. Mom: not playing with a full deck? Desperate to escape, Josie gets into reading. Literally. She reads a book and suddenly she's inside it. And with each book, she’s a different character.

Molly Moon ist ein armes, von allen gehänseltes Waisenkind. Eines Tages entdeckt sie durch Zufall ein geheimnisvolles Hypnose-Lehrbuch. Schon bei der ersten Übung wird klar: Molly ist ein Naturtalent!

Das große Fantasy-Epos geht weiter... "Es sind die Kinder, die verschwinden. Sie gehen fort und kommen nicht wieder - oder sie legen sich zum Schlaf nieder und sind nicht mehr da, wenn die Sonne aufgeht. Niemand weiß, was mit ihnen geschieht. Auf dir ruht nun all unsere Hoffnung. Hilf uns, Kim, wie du uns schon einmal geholfen hast." Als Kim Märchenmond betritt, fühlt er schon die tiefgreifende Veränderung, von der diese Welt hinter den Träumen erfasst ist. Auch seine Freunde sind davon betroffen. In jedem von ihnen scheinen die dunklen Seiten der Seele die Oberhand zu gewinnen.

After surviving the Crossing, Zahru has sworn off adventures. While Crown Prince Jet navigates the looming threat of war, she's content to simply figure out what the future holds for them. But they're dealt a devastating blow when prince Kasta returns with a shocking claim: He's the true winner of the Crossing and the rightful heir, and he bears the gods' mark as proof. Even more surprising - he's not the only one. Somehow, Zahru possesses the very same mark, giving her equal right to the throne.

It’s 1904 on an island just west of Norway, and Asta Hedstrom doesn’t want to marry her odious betrothed, Nils. But her mother believes she should be grateful for the possibility of any domestic future given her single-sided deafness, unconventional appearance, and even stranger notions.

"Ich habe Magie. Ich verstehe nur nicht, wie sie funktioniert." Summer erfährt nach einem überraschenden Angriff, dass sie eine Hexe ist, und wird in eine Welt katapultiert, die ihr fremd ist: die Elementals Academy. Diese Schule, gegründet von den Nachkommen griechischer Götter, wird ihr neues Zuhause. Doch Summers Magie ist unberechenbar, und ihre größte Herausforderung könnte ausgerechnet Zane Caldwell sein, ein Mitschüler, der sie fasziniert und zugleich verwirrt.

Wieder einmal verbringen die Fünf Freunde ihre Ferien im Felsenhaus bei Tante Fanny und Onkel Quentin. Als Georg am Strand den Fischerjungen Alf sieht, wie er kreidebleich anscheinend vor etwas davonläuft, kommt ihr das komisch vor. Als sie ihn zur Rede stellt, erzählt er eine unglaubliche Geschichte...

Starautor Brandon Sanderson schreibt "im Magic™: The Gathering"-Universum. Von klein auf hat Tacenda die Gabe, ihre Familie vor den Monstern aus den Wäldern zu schützen. Doch diese Macht ist zugleich ihr Fluch, denn Tacenda ist dazu verdammt, ein Leben in ewiger Finsternis zu führen: Sobald die Sonne aufgeht, verliert sie ihr Augenlicht, bis es wieder dunkel wird. Eines Nachts versagt der Schutzzauber, und Tacendas Familie wird von den Ungeheuern getötet. Tacenda glaubt, dass der neue Lord dafür verantwortlich ist. Angeblich steht er mit Dämonen im Bunde.

In der Geschichte "Mach die Augen zu und spring" steht Rolf im Mittelpunkt, ein Junge, der in der DDR aufwächst. Wir begleiten Rolf bei seiner Flucht aus der DDR und werden Zeugen seiner Entscheidung kurz vor der Grenze umzukehren und doch bei seiner Mutter zu bleiben. Im Verlauf der Handlung werden die Mentalität der DDR-Bürger, ihre Ängste und mit viel Liebe die kleinen Alltäglichkeiten beschrieben.

Eigentlich hatte sich Molly fest vorgenommen, ihre hypnotischen Fähigkeiten nicht mehr zu gebrauchen. Doch als sie von den Machenschaften des Medientycoons Primo Cell in Hollywood hört, wird ihr guter Vorsatz auf eine harte Probe gestellt.

All Renee Ward ever wanted out of life was two things: good friends to share her love of fantasy and fairy tales and for magic to be real. When her family moves to the quaint coastal town of Waterside, it seems as if her dreams have finally come true. But after a visit from the mysterious Blake Carter, Renee’s new utopian life suddenly turns into a never-ending nightmare. With the line between fantasy and reality blurred, the teens find themselves the unwilling pawns in a deadly game of cat and mouse.