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The day Louisiana teenager Rory Deveaux arrives in London marks a memorable occasion. For Rory, it’s the start of a new life at a London boarding school. But for many, this will be remembered as the day a series of brutal murders broke out across the city - gruesome crimes mimicking the horrific work of Jack the Ripper in the autumn of 1888. Soon “Rippermania” takes hold of modern-day London, and the police are left with few leads and no witnesses. Except one. Rory spotted the man police believe to be the prime suspect.

Ein Superstar. Eine Geheimagentin. Die Mission ihres Lebens. Winter Young ist DIE neue internationale Sensation am Popmusikhimmel – mit einer Stimme wie Samt und einem Aussehen, für das andere morden würden. Seine Starpower bricht regelmäßig alle Rekorde und ausverkaufte Stadien sind für ihn an der Tagesordnung. Sydney Cossettes Leben hingegen könnte nicht unterschiedlicher sein. Denn sie ist Teil einer Elite-Undercovereinheit, der sie als jüngstes Mitglied aller Zeiten beigetreten ist. Doch als der Boss eines globalen Syndikats seiner Tochter ein Privatkonzert mit Winter schenkt, kreuzen sich ihre Wege.

OMG, Madison Parker is back for the deliciously mean follow up to The Fame Game. The claws are out in the race to become Hollywood’s brightest star…Madison Parker made a name for herself as best frenemy of nice-girl-next-door-turned-reality-celeb Jane Roberts in L. A. Candy. Now she’s ready for her turn in the spotlight and she’ll stop at nothing to get it. But with backstabbing friends and family, relentless paparazzi and tabloid scandals she can’t control, Madison is going to have her work cut out for her…

Welcome to the Arcadia. Once a luxurious cruise ship, it became a refugee camp after being driven from Europe by an apocalyptic war. Now it floats near the coastline of the Federated States—a leftover piece of a fractured USA. For 40 years, residents of the Arcadia have been prohibited from making landfall. It is a world of extreme haves and have-nots, gangs and make-shift shelters.

16-year-old Perry Firekeeper-Birch has every intention of quitting her internship. Being stuck in a museum was never part of her lazy summer plans, but her no-nonsense Aunt Daunis had other ideas. Everything changes when Perry meets ‘Warrior Girl', a Native American ancestor whose bones are locked away in the local university's archives. Perry's rebellious spark becomes a righteous blaze, and she will do whatever it takes to bring ‘Warrior Girl' home–where she belongs.

Eighteen-year-old Daunis Fontaine has never quite fit in, both in her hometown and on the nearby Ojibwe reservation. She dreams of a fresh start at college, but when family tragedy strikes, Daunis puts her future on hold to look after her fragile mother. The only bright spot is meeting Jamie, the charming new recruit on her brother Levi's hockey team. Yet even as Daunis falls for Jamie, she senses the dashing hockey star is hiding something. Everything comes to light when Daunis witnesses a shocking murder, thrusting her into an FBI investigation of a lethal new drug.

Meeting handsome actor Byron Slater after winning a contest, Miranda Peterson enjoys the attention of the media and the glamour of Byron's world, until she stumbles on the private actor's deadly secrets.

Seventh-grader Dawn Hibana has an aloof dad, one odd friend, and a generally unremarkable life. Dawn often feels like the little island town of Downbeat, cloaked in a fog that rises from the surrounding river, is all there is to the magical world of Aria. One day, on the walk to school with her depressed-yet-handsy best friend, they spot a shooting star. Although a skeptic, Dawn makes a private wish at her friend’s insistence. She gets much more than she asked for when a nine-foot-tall giantess on a flying motorcycle drops out of the sky and bashes her face in with a bass guitar.

When the paths of Zoe Asfah and Miles Blake accidentally cross one quiet, summer afternoon, they feel this inexplicable attraction. Is it fate? Maybe. But if so, they soon discover that fate also has its dark side. The way these two young souls confront what life throws at them defines the focus of this heart-wrenching novel filled with laughter, love, sorrow, and mystery. And a surprise ending that promises goosebumps.

Jedes Mädchen hat ein schmutziges Geheimnis. Jedes. Auch du. Doch was würdest du tun, wenn dein Geheimnis eigentlich meins wäre, und nur ich, nicht du, die Wahrheit kenne? Und was geschah mit Femke Star? Einst waren Femke und Anouk beste Freundinnen, bis ein Verrat die beiden entzweite. Was blieb, war die Hassliebe zweier Mädchen, die sich in unterschiedliche Richtungen entwickelt hatten. Doch als Femke eines Tages Anouk um Hilfe bittet, kommt es zu einem schrecklichen Unfall, der Anouks Leben für immer verändert.

يعدُّ الأدب الموجه لفئة الناشئين من أهمّ أنواع الأدب وأصعبها فالكاتب عادةً يكتب للكبار حيث يكون على معرفةٍ جيدة بقارئه وإن كانت هذه المعرفة يكتنفها بعض الغموض أغلب الوقت لكن من يكتب للأطفال والمراهقين فإنَّ عليه التغلغل في نفسياتهم وتحليلها ومعرفة ردود أفعالهم اتجاه ما يوجه إليهم، لذا فإنَّ هذا النوع من الأدب يكاد يكون مفقودًا ونادرًا في تراثنا القديم ولم يتم الاهتمام به إلّا حديثًا..

After discovering the shocking truth behind the Key Corporation, nurse Elodie and misfit Aiden have managed to escape in search of New Dawn—the stronghold for the Eos resistance movement. There, they can fight for a better world, one where everyone can make their own futures. But things aren’t always as they seem, and as they navigate the tricky paths between perception and reality, freedom and fighting for survival, the two young rebels must discover who they can trust, even as they learn more about who they really are....

Treehouse branches are a series of horror stories told by a witch to kids, whose lives are in great need of fun. A witch who is super beautiful to them all with a mole on her nose. Her true appearance only shows in the sunlight for which she looks like the town's old widow lady of anger and heartbreak. She finds joy in her little friends only. Her being a witch, she likes no one. At night, she barely shows herself, for it's storytelling hours for her. She is 2000 years old.