Showing results for "Echoes" in Literature & Fiction

Find out what happens to the handsome Narcissus and the lovely Echo, the woman who fell deeply in love with him.

"A rush of romance will sweep you away in this hauntingly mystical read. I'm already as addicted to Daire and Dace as I was to Ever and Damen!" –Justine magazine She inherited a magical destiny—and a mission to stop a powerful family of dark sorcerers. She never expected to fall in love with...

Lost and alone in a forbidden forest, Otto meets three mysterious sisters and suddenly finds himself entwined in a puzzling quest involving a prophecy, a promise, and a harmonica. Decades later, Friedrich in Germany, Mike in Pennsylvania, and Ivy in California each, in turn, become interwoven when the very same harmonica lands in their lives. All the children face daunting challenges: rescuing a father, protecting a brother, holding a family together.

Eddie thinks nowhere could be more boring than his hometown of the Wellcome Valley. Unfortunately he is about to be proved spectacularly wrong. Eddie’s problems start with the arrival of Scarlett, who seems rather too confident and mysterious for your average schoolgirl. She attracts trouble, and she’s apparently interested in only two very strange things - protecting the town’s local crackpot scientist and telling Eddie absolutely nothing about what’s going on.

★ “Historical fiction at its finest.” –The Horn Book “There has never been a better time to read about healing, of both the body and the heart.” –The New York Times Book Review Echo Mountain is an acclaimed best book of 2020! An NPR Best Book of the Year...

New York Times bestselling author and illustrator Adam Rex has created a funny and timely conversation starter about how dull life might be if everyone always agreed Everyone always agrees with Junior, including the mysterious voice from across the valley. “Junior Junior is the greatest in the...

A flamboyantly fun tropical tale of love, fame, friendship from the creators of the international bestseller The Lion Inside. Goldy wants one thing, and one thing only - to be a STAR. On the sunny island this gecko calls home, it's always THE GOLDY SHOW, morning 'til night. But when you're...

A Newbery Honor Book - from the author of The White Stag Jancsi is overjoyed to hear that his cousin from Budapest is coming to spend the summer on his father’s ranch on the Hungarian plains. But their summer proves more adventurous than he had hoped when headstrong Kate arrives, as together...

From Justin Somper, award-winning author of the Vampirates series, comes the third book in this new swashbuckling fantasy adventure series. "All the rip-roaring adventure you would expect from a Justin Somper book. Pirates done right! I love this world." —Eoin Colfer, bestselling author of the...

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. **Călătoria către Ithaca – O poveste despre curaj, încredere în sine și descoperirea propriului drum** Ce-ar fi dacă cea mai importantă călătorie nu ar fi către un loc îndepărtat, ci către tine însuți? În **„Călătoria către...

Brought to you by Penguin. 'Harper Lee has a worthy successor. Wolk is a big new talent' - The Times An unforgettable novel from the award-winning author of Wolf Hollow and Beyond the Bright Sea. 1933. When Ellie and her family lose everything, they flee to Echo Mountain to build a new life...

When four recent high school graduates return home from a weekend of camping, they expect to go back to life as usual. Instead, the boys discover empty streets, abandoned cars, and utter silence—everyone has disappeared. As the friends attempt to solve the mystery, they stumble upon more...

Do YOU have what it takes to win the Race? ‘You’ll LOVE racing to Imagination Island!’ MAZ EVANS ‘Joyful!’ JENNY MCLACHLAN ‘Riotously fun!’ HANNAH GOLD Our hero Luca is back for the second leg of the Race to Imagination Island! This time, our plucky Racers create team mascots to...

In a southern Virginia coal-mining town in October 1942, Bone Phillips is learning to control her Gift: Bone can see the history of a significant object when she touches it. When her best friend, Will Kincaid, asks Bone to "read" the history of his daddy's jelly jar—the jelly jar that was buried alongside his father during the mine cave-in that killed him—Bone is afraid. Even before Bone touches it, she can feel that the jar has its own strange power. With her mother dead, her father gone to war, and Aunt Mattie's assault looming over Bone, she can't bear the idea of losing Will too.

"Es gibt noch eine Schülerin", knurrte Tigerstern. "Sie hat große Macht. Sie muss sich uns anschließen, damit der Kampf ausgeglichen ist. "Die Schülerin Taubenpfote hat eine besondere Gabe. Es scheint, als sei sie die Auserwählte mit der Macht der Sterne. Aber wozu sollen sie, Häherfeder und Löwenglut, diese Macht überhaupt verwenden? Taubenpfote trägt schwer an ihrem Geheimnis. Am liebsten würde sie ihrer Schwester Efeupfote alles erzählen. Efeupfote dagegen versteht nicht, was mit ihrer Schwester geschieht.

In this duology's finale, Kingston travels back in time and uses his growing magic to save the world. Kingston might have saved Echo City but the victory is bittersweet without his pops by his side. The holidays are approaching and if Kingston could have one wish, it would be to have his father...

Ann Hamilton's family has moved to the western frontier of Pennsylvania, and she misses her old home in Gettysburg. There are no girls her age on Hamilton Hill, and life is hard. But when the Hamiltons survive a terrible storm and receive a surprise visit from George Washington, Ann realizes...

Join Merry Hanson, a very modern 16-year-old living in Pennsylvania's Amish country, as she faces the true-to-life struggles and heartfelt triumphs of growing up to be the best she can be in God's eyes. A skating party on Zooks' pond has Merry on edge until a disastrous event forces her to look at things from a fresh perspective.

This is a story from the More Tales from the Greek Legends collection.

Nine-year-old best friends Danny, Nathan and Anna live with their families in Paradise House along with Old MacDonald the caretaker and a variety of eccentric characters in these stories by award-winning children's author Hilary McKay.