Showing results for "Media War" in Science Fiction & Fantasy

Having discovered the monstrous secret of his origins, Archie Dent is no longer certain that he is worthy to be a member of the League of Seven. But with new enemies to face, he realizes that he may not have the luxury of questioning his destiny. Wielding the Dragon Lantern, the maniacal Philomena Moffett has turned her back on the Septemberist Society, creating her own Shadow League and unleashing a monster army on the American continent.

Portland has a coven problem. Sixteen-year-old Sophie Harris wishes magic could solve all her problems. It created them, after all. It made her a disappointment, a pathetic waste of space in her mom’s coven. Every time they pat her on the head for being a good little girl, they push her down a little more. She can’t protect herself or help with anything that matters, or so they tell her again and again. Armed with new friends who care more than her family ever has, Sophie plunges into a quest to prove herself worthy to a mother who can’t see her as anything but a weak child.

Kann ein Spiel Leben verändern? Gemeinsam mit seiner Lehrerin hat Caleb eine E-Sport-AG an der Ironville Middle School gegründet. Interessierte Schülerinnen und Schüler sind schnell gefunden. Genauso wie das Spiel, das sie für die nächsten Wochen spielen werden. "The Good War" basiert auf dem Zweiten Weltkrieg, über den die Siebtklässler kaum etwas wissen. Noch nicht. Sie teilen sich in Alliierte und die Achsenmächte auf, und zwischen Mobbing, Freundschaft und Siegeslust verhärten sich die Fronten.

In a southern Virginia coal-mining town in December 1942, Bone Phillips is learning to control her Gift: seeing the history of a significant object when she touches it. But one object is off limits: Uncle Ash's World War I dog tags, which hold memories of terror. When a body identified as Uncle Ash turns up inside the mines, Bone will need every ounce of courage she can summon to not only find her beloved uncle through the dog tags but prove that he isn't the thief the mine supervisor claims he is.