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Aaron Fortin is new in town. He drives a brand-new Acura—a gift from his parents for uprooting him in the middle of senior year. Showing up on his first day at the local public school in that nice of a car? He knows he’ll never blend in, and he doesn’t care to try. The car, the new-kid mystique, he can use all that.... Crystal Giordano carpools to the same school in her friend Trevor’s beat-up van. In the van along with Crystal and Trevor are Paul, Harmony, and Gayle. Crystal’s technically part of their misfit group, but most of the time, she feels like she’s the only one who doesn’t fit.

If you are tired or bored with routine — or simply want to relax after a busy work schedule, this audiobook will prove the best companion. In fact, thrillers have always fascinated the young and old alike. There is no clear-cut demarcation line between myth and history, or between appearance and reality.

Teenie-Detektive auf gefährlichen Spuren: Mit dem ungleichen Duo Basti und Sabse schickt Hörspiel- und Comicautorin Frauke Schmickl zwei übersinnlich begabte Kids auf geheime Missionen, um neben Schule, Fußball und Serienmarathon mal eben schnell die Welt zu retten. Besuch? Ist nicht immer willkommen. Vor allem, wenn er aus einem Paralleluniversum anklopft und gleich ganz Schafsbüttel übernehmen will. Wie gut, dass es "Weltenwächter" gibt, die unschöne Überraschungen abwehren – ohne, dass wir Normalos etwas davon mitbekommen.

After Raine discovers that she has magic, she attends a school to help her develop it. But when evil forces threaten her, she must take on the danger to restore balance.

Seventeen-year-old RJ always gets what she wants. So when her soul is accidentally collected by a distracted Grim Reaper, somebody in the afterlife better figure out a way to send her back from the dead, or heads will roll. But in her quest for mortality, she becomes a pawn in a power struggle between an overzealous archangel and Death Himself. The tribunal presents her with two options.

Brought to you by Penguin. An explosive YA thriller from international bestselling author of One of Us is Lying. The Storys are the envy of their neighbours: owners of the largest property on their East Coast island, they are rich, beautiful, and close. Until it all falls apart. The four...

Brought to you by Penguin. Karen M. McManus, the internationally bestselling YA thriller author of One of Us Is Lying, is back with Nothing More to Tell - you won't be able to put it down! True crime can leave a false trail. Four years ago, Brynn left Saint Ambrose School following the shocking...

En el último año, Carmen se ha acostumbrado al silencio. Al silencio de sus padres, que la observan y callan; al de sus amigos, que parecen haberse rendido con ella. Y al silencio en su propia mente, que por fin ha dejado de gritar. Hasta que una noche se le aparece un fantasma que no soporta el silencio; que insiste, una y otra vez, en que Carmen lo mire. En que lo escuche. Carmen busca ayuda en su antigua pandilla: en Fito, el creyente; en Gabriel, el escéptico, y en Agatha, la médium.

Meet Nora. Also known as Rebecca, Samantha, Hayley, Katie and Ashley - the girls she's been. Nora didn't choose a life of deception - she was born into it. As the daughter of a con artist who targeted criminal men, Nora always had to play a part. But when her mother fell for one of the men instead of conning him, Nora pulled the ultimate con herself: escape.

Lia Setiawan has never really fit in. And when she wins a full ride to the prestigious Draycott Academy on a track scholarship, she's determined to make it work even though she's never felt more out of place. But on her first day there she witnesses a girl being forcefully carried away by campus security. Her new schoolmates and teachers seem unphased, but it leaves her unsure of what she's gotten herself into.

Edinburgh, 1844. Beautiful Aileana Kameron only looks the part of an aristocratic young lady. In fact, she's spent the year since her mother died developing her ability to sense the presence of Sithichean, a faery race bent on slaughtering humans. She has a secret mission: to destroy the faery who murdered her mother. But when she learns she's a Falconer, the last in a line of female warriors and the sole hope of preventing a powerful faery population from massacring all of humanity, her quest for revenge gets a whole lot more complicated.

Kat Finn y su madre vampiro apenas llegan a fin de mes, sobreviviendo con Hema, un sustituto artificial de la sangre, en un mundo donde la humanidad está infectada y su sangre es fatal para los vampiros. La única esperanza de Kat es ser admitida en Harcote, el elitista instituto para jóvenes vampiros, un futuro que parece asegurado gracias a un misterioso benefactor. Cuando un cadáver aparece y Kat hace un descubrimiento impactante en los archivos, ambas desvelan secretos profundos en Harcote que las vinculan con las figuras más poderosas del círculo vampírico.

Ich liebe dich. Obwohl es verboten ist. Ich liebe dich. Fairy ist schrecklich verliebt in einen Kerl, der nicht mal von ihrer Existenz weiß. Okay. Theoretisch kennt er sie schon - wenn man denn einen versehentlichen Mordversuch als Kennenlernen bezeichnen kann.

Six months ago, season four of the hugely popular reality TV show The Escape Game ended in horror when contestant Alicia Angelos was found murdered in the escape room on set. Now season five is underway, and new contestants are ready to put their skills to the test solving the show's trickiest escape rooms. There's Adi, the cryptographer; Carter, the math whiz influencer; Beck, the escape room enthusiast and wannabe game master, and... Sierra Angelos, the girl who got away with her sister's murder. Or so everyone believes. But Sierra's not just here to win. She's here for justice...

A queer, feminist spin on Stephen King’s The Mist, this ode to female-rage is a perfect pick for fans of She Is a Haunting, and a reminder that if "boys will be boys", girls will fight back. For high school senior Nell and her friends, a vacation house on a private Florida island sounds like...

Il primo romanzo della saga di The Raven Cycle. Agli studenti della Aglionby Academy, conosciuti come Ragazzi Corvo, non manca nulla: soldi, bellezza, macchine costose. Gansey, però, è in cerca di qualcosa di più: Owen Glendower, un antico re gallese che, secondo le leggende, giace addormentato sotto una montagna. Nella sua ricerca è affiancato da Adam, che frequenta la scuola con una borsa di studio ed è pieno di risentimento verso l'ambiente privilegiato che lo circonda; da Ronan, un'anima selvaggia divisa tra rabbia e disperazione; e da Noah, tanto attento a cogliere i dettagli quanto taciturno.

Schweißgebadet wacht Elaine auf. Jede Nacht verfolgt sie der gleiche Traum – lange, blonde Haare, die im Wasser des Pools treiben, eine eiskalte Hand, die Elaines Schulter berührt und dann der Blick … in Lauras tote Augen. Nach der letzten Party in Elaines Villa ist nichts mehr wie es war. Wie konnte all das in ihrem perfekten Leben passieren? Warum scheinen ihre besten Freunde seit Lauras Tod Geheimnisse zu haben? Und wer schickt ihnen plötzlich diese abartigen neongrünen Post-its?

From New York Times bestselling author and Wattpad sensation Mercedes Ron comes the English translation of the third in the Tell Me series, where Kamila Hamilton is caught between the two Di Bianco brothers after they burst back into her life. Kamila Hamilton must decide between the two Di...

Fallon Bane ist verflucht. Bei jeder Berührung erleidet sie unerträgliche Schmerzen, und selbst ihren Vater wird sie niemals umarmen können. Doch als dieser erkrankt, will Fallon alles dafür tun, um ihn zu retten. Sie reist in die goldene Stadt und trifft auf Heiler Ariyon Madden, der einwilligt, ihr zu helfen. Doch als er sie versehentlich berührt, ändert sich für Fallon alles: Der erwartete Schmerz bleibt aus.

Fallon Bane ist verflucht. Bei jeder Berührung erleidet sie unerträgliche Schmerzen, und selbst ihren Vater wird sie niemals umarmen können. Doch als dieser erkrankt, will Fallon alles dafür tun, um ihn zu retten. Sie reist in die goldene Stadt und trifft auf Heiler Ariyon Madden, der einwilligt, ihr zu helfen. Doch als er sie versehentlich berührt, ändert sich für Fallon alles: Der erwartete Schmerz bleibt aus.