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पर्सी जैक्सन अच्छा बच्चा है, लेकिन न तो वह अपनी पढ़ाई पर ध्यान दे पाता है न अपने गुस्से पर काबू कर पाता है। स्कूल से निकाले जाने के बाद उसकी जिंदगी और उलझती जाती है। पर्सी की टीचर उसे मारने की कोशिश करती है तो वह अपनी पेन से उसे भाप में बदल देता है। जब पर्सी की माँ को पता चला तो उन्हें लगा कि सच्चाई बताने का समय आ गया है कि वह कहाँ से आया है?

Riley Oh wasn't born into her family. Instead, as she recently discovered, she tumbled down to the earth many years ago as the last fallen star. Riley Oh also wasn't born to be a witch. Like, at all—even her status as a divine celestial being comes with zilch in the magical powers department. And Riley Oh definitely wasn't born to be a leader. But now the entire magical community thinks she and her soul-twin, Dahl, are meant to lead the world into the Age of the Final Eclipse (or whatever it is that the Haetae keeps saying they're "destined" to do).

After a lifetime of fighting creatures of black magic, twelve-year-old Serwa Boateng has just learned a devastating secret: she herself is half vampire! Now not only is she dealing with vampire puberty, she's on the run from the organization of Slayers she trained her whole life to join. Serwa's only ally is her aunt Boahinmaa, an obayifo who urges Serwa to embrace her vampire side. Boahinmaa and her underlings are on the hunt for the Midnight Drum, from which they hope to free Serwa's grandmother.

For most kids, catching fireflies is a fun summer activity. For twelve-year-old Serwa Boateng, it's a matter of life and death. That's because Serwa knows that some fireflies are really adze, shapeshifting vampires from the forests of Southeastern Ghana. Adze prey on the blood of innocents, possessing their minds and turning them into hulking monsters, and for generations, slayers like Serwa and her parents have protected an unknowing public from their threats.

Pahua Moua has a bit of a reputation for being a weirdo. A lonely 11-year-old Hmong girl with the unique ability to see spirits, she spends her summer days babysitting her little brother and playing with her best friend, a cat spirit no one else can see. One day Pahua accidentally untethers an angry spirit from the haunted bridge in her neighborhood - whoops. When her brother suddenly falls sick and can't be awoken, Pahua fears that the bridge spirit has stolen his soul.

Oregon Book Award–winning author Waka T. Brown hits a home run in this middle grade novel about a baseball-obsessed twelve-year-old who moves to Oregon to help his grandfather—an elusive old man with a shrouded past—but ends up learning unexpected truths about his family and how they...

An Bord ihres fantastischen U-Boots, der Nautilus, steuern Rick, Ava und Emilio ein Abenteuer nach dem nächsten an. Ob geheime Unterwasserkolonien, mysteriöse Geisterfrachter oder Delfine in Not: Die drei gehen jedem noch so tief versunkenem Geheimnis auf die Spur.

Shadow bruja Ren Santiago was relentlessly pursued by the evil Aztec Lords of Night, who claimed that she was destined to be their queen, a destiny she wasn’t willing to accept. So she chose death instead. Too bad death wasn’t the answer to her problems. Ren soon realizes she must return to the land of the living to make things right. Unfortunately, that means negotiating with Ixtab, queen of the underworld.

Fourteen-year-old Renata Santiago is the most powerful godborn of them all, a bruja with a unique combination of DNA. The Mexica blood from her dad's side gives her the ability to manipulate shadows. Her mom Pacific, a Maya goddess, gifted her a magical rope that controls time, and Ren recently used it to save a few gods from getting stuck forever in 1987. She brought them back to the present, but her BFF Ah Puch, the once fearsome god of death, darkness, and destruction, is now a teenager with no divine powers.

Secondo la mitologia nordica, quando un uomo muore valorosamente con le spada in mano diventa uno degli immortali guerrieri di Odino, il re degli dei. Magnus Chase, sedici anni e una vita di espedienti, non avrebbe mai immaginato di morire brandendo un'arma millenaria contro un gigante deciso a carbonizzare il Ponte di Boston e migliaia di innocenti. L'ascesa al Valhalla, l'Olimpo nordico, è solo l'inizio per il giovane eroe.

Le sort des dieux est entre les mains de Percy. Toute l'année, Percy et son armée de demi-dieux se sont préparés à affronter les Titans. L'heure est venue. Les troupes de Cronos avancent vers Manhattan où l'Olympe est en danger. Tandis que Percy et ses amis luttent, ils savent que le temps est compté. La prophétie va s'accomplir : Percy prendra une décision qui condamnera ou sauvera le monde... Le dernier tome d'une série inoubliable, riche en rebondissements et en émotions, porté par l'incroyable interprétation de Benjamin Bollen.

Nadat hij de wereld een paar keer heeft gered, hoopt Percy Jackson eindelijk eens een normaal schooljaar tegemoet te gaan – zijn examenjaar! Maar helaas blijken de goden nog niet bepaald klaar met hem te zijn... Percy zal drie opdrachten moeten vervullen om aan de drie aanbevelingsbrieven van de Goden van de Olympus te komen die hij nodig heeft om toegelaten te worden op de universiteit.

Als de boom van Thalia vergiftigd raakt, vervagen de magische grenzen die Kamp Halfbloed beschermen tegen woeste monsters. Percy onderneemt samen met zijn vrienden een gevaarlijke reis over de Zee van Monsters op zoek naar het tegengif, maar de klok tikt en Percy heeft maar enkele dagen de tijd.

Juhu! In der Schule der magischen Tiere heißt es: Endlich Ferien! Die magischen Tiere packen ihre Koffer – und das Abenteuer beginnt! Band 1: Rabbat und Ida: Sommer, Strand, Meer! Ida und ihr magischer Fuchs Rabbat freuen sich auf den Urlaub. Doch dann kommt so einiges anders als erwartet. Ein übereifriger Junior-Detektiv, geheimnisvolle Hotel-Diebstähle und ein rotes Gemüse-Rätsel halten Ida und Rabbat auf Trab. Gute Spürnasen sind gefragt – oder ein magischer Fuchs. Band 2: Silas und Rick: Auf ins Zeltlager! Silas und sein magisches Krokodil Rick packen ihre Taschen, denn es sind Ferien.

Apophis, il serpente del Caos, minaccia di sprofondare il mondo intero nella tenebra eterna. Carter e Sadie Kane si trovano ad affrontare un compito impossibile: distruggerlo una volta per tutte. Da soli, perché i maghi della Casa della Vita sono impegnati in una terribile guerra intestina e nessuno degli dei può aiutarli a combattere contro le forze del Caos. L'unica speranza è un antico incantesimo che potrebbe trasformare la stessa ombra del serpente in una potente arma contro di lui, ma la formula è andata persa da oltre un millennio.

La terribile battaglia del Campo Giove è stata vinta, e grazie all'aiuto dei semidei Apollo è sopravvissuto a Tarquinio e al suo esercito di non morti, e ha sconfitto gli imperatori Commodo e Caligola. La guerra però non è ancora finita, e per il dio del sole, intrappolato nella forma mortale del patetico adolescente Lester Papadopoulos, è tempo di affrontare l'ultima sfida.

Domare le fiamme di un labirinto infuocato dovrebbe essere un gioco da ragazzi per il dio del sole se soltanto Zeus non l'avesse trasformato in un adolescente imbranato e senza poteri! Armato di ukulele e di una logorroica freccia parlante, Lester Papadopoulos, in arte Apollo, non sembra avere molte speranze di riuscire nell'impresa, eppure è l'unico che può tentarla: dovrà attraversare l'abisso più rovente del globo per liberare la Sibilla Eritrea, l'Oracolo che vi è incatenato.

Percy Jackson staat op het punt om van school getrapt te worden. Alweer... Een dat is nog maar zijn kleinste zorg, want hij ontdekt dat hij de nakomeling is van een Griekse god.

Juhu! In der Schule der magischen Tiere heißt es: Endlich Ferien! Die magischen Tiere packen ihre Koffer - und das Abenteuer beginnt! Auf ins Zeltlager! Silas und sein magisches Krokodil Rick packen ihre Taschen, denn es sind Ferien. Kaum im Camp angekommen, warten schon die ersten Herausforderungen auf Silas. Sein Ziel ist es, den Waldmeisterpokal zu erobern. Doch auch sein großer Bruder ist hinter dem Pokal her. Schließlich erwartet ihr Vater die Verteidigung der Familienehre.

Percy har tilbragt et fint, men alt andet lige temmeligt begivenhedsløst år, på sin skole i New York, og han glæder sig nu til sommeren, som skal tilbringes i Halvblodslejren med alle de andre halvguder. Roen og freden slutter dog noget uventet, da en helt almindelig omgang dødbold udvikler sig til et spil på netop liv og død i kamp med et hold grimme kannibalgiganter. Aldrig så snart er denne kamp overstået, før Percys veninde, halvguden Annabeth, dukker op med foruroligende nyheder fra Halvblodslejren.