Showing results for "Journeys" in Literature & Fiction

An Amazon adventure set in the wilderness of Brazil, Journey to the River Sea is filled with mystery and memorable characters, read by actress Imelda Staunton. It is 1910 and Maia, tragically orphaned at thirteen, has been sent from England to start a new life with distant relatives in Manaus...

Leyla McQueen has finally reunited with her father after breaking him out of Broadmoor - the illegal government prison - but his freedom comes at a terrible cost. As Leyla celebrates his return, she must grapple with the pain of losing Ari. Now separated from the boy who has her heart and labeled the nation’s number one enemy, Leyla must risk illegal travel through unchartered waters in her quest for the truth behind her father's arrest.

Award-winning Rachel Hartman's newest YA is a tour de force and an exquisite fantasy for the #metoo movement. "Tess of the Road is astonishing and perfect. It's the most compassionate book I've read since George Eliot's Middlemarch." --NPR In the medieval kingdom of Goredd, women are expected to...

Toe Mitch daardie oggend met ’n knop op sy maag wakker geword het, het hy geen idee gehad dat aliens sy tuisdorp sou binneval en sy gesin saam met so baie ander sou ontvoer nie. Nog minder sou hy kon raai dat hy en sy beste vriend Lionel daardie aand die ruimte sou invaar saam met Imke en haar Zenkioniet-vriende. Maar hier is hulle nou, iewers in die ruimte op Akaï-hulle se astrotuig, en Mitch se lewe is op pad om nog méér uitmekaar te val.

Reapers collect the souls of the dead, including wayward ghosts who wander the city streets, and transport them to the eternal Gateway, believing they are going to a better place. But are they? Phoenix and Shanghai find a holographic recording left behind by a fellow Reaper who was recently executed. The message leads them on a journey to learn the answer to a crucial question: Does the Gatekeeper, the tyrannical ruler of the world, consume energy from souls in order to maintain power and live for centuries?