Showing results for "The Hand" in Literature & Fiction

National Book Award winner M. T. Anderson returns to future Earth in a sharply wrought satire of art and truth in the midst of colonization.

New York Times and USA Today bestseller! New York Times bestselling author Maureen Johnson delivers the witty and pulse-pounding conclusion to the Truly Devious series as Stevie Bell solves the mystery that has haunted Ellingham Academy for over 75 years. Ellingham Academy must be cursed...

For months Clara Gardner trained to face the fire from her visions, but she wasn't prepared for the choice she had to make that day. And in the aftermath, she discovered that nothing about being part angel is as straightforward as she thought. Now, torn between her love for Tucker and her...

A quirky and heartfelt coming-of-age story about a teen girl with bipolar II who signs her failed magician father up to perform his legendary but failed illusion on live TV in order to make enough money to pay for the medications they need—from the author of Symptoms of Being Human. Perfect...

When the first letter appears in Kay Anderson's locker, it carries one instruction: dye your hand blue. She definitely shouldn't follow it. Kay doesn't have time for secret societies: as a scholarship student at up-and-coming Manhattan prep school Davison High, she knows her job is to work hard...

Described as ""utterly captivating"" by Richelle Mead and as ""enchanting and exciting, romantic and believable"" by Melissa Marr, the New York Times bestselling Unearthly series has dazzled readers and critics alike. In this riveting finale, Cynthia Hand explores the timeless question of...

In the beginning, there's a boy standing in the trees . . . . Clara Gardner has recently learned that she's part angel. Having angel blood run through her veins not only makes her smarter, stronger, and faster than humans (a word, she realizes, that no longer applies to her), but it means she...

In the tradition of Thirteen Reasons Why and All the Bright Places, The Last Time We Say Goodbye is a deeply affecting novel that will change the way you look at life and death. From New York Times bestselling author Cynthia Hand comes a stunning, heart-wrenching novel of love and loss, which...

Before I Fall meets “bah, humbug” in this contemporary YA reimagining of A Christmas Carol from New York Times bestselling author Cynthia Hand. On Christmas Eve five years ago, seventeen-year-old Holly Chase was visited by three Ghosts who showed her how selfish and spoiled she’d become...

""Cynthia Hand is the master of pulling at your heartstrings. The How & the Why tells both sides of an adoption story with love, compassion, and care."" —Brigid Kemmerer, New York Times bestselling author of Letters to the Lost A poignant exploration of family and the ties that bind, from New...

Det är sjätte gången på bara några år Sara måste flytta och lämna både skola och kompisar, men hon vänjer sig aldrig. Precis när hon börjar känna sig hemma är det alltid dags att bryta upp. Den här gången går flytten dessutom till en liten by långt ute på landet. Men Sara kan ändå inte låta bli att fantisera om det nya stället. Kanske får hon ett rum i rosa och vitt ... Kanske en egen hundvalp ... Pia Sonefjord är född 1939 och driver en kennel i Dalarna. Hon har skrivit många böcker för barn och unga, bland annat serien om hundtokiga Sofia.

Dani was born with her heart on the wrong side of her body. In her 15 years of life, she’s had more doctor’s appointments, X-rays, and tests, and eaten more green hospital Jell-O than she cares to think about. Fourteen-year-old Amanda is a competitive gymnast, her body a small package of sleek muscles, in perfect health. The two girls don’t know each other, don’t go to the same school, don’t have any friends in common. But their lives are about to collide. Acclaimed author Jill Wolfson tackles this fascinating story with her trademark honesty and wit.

Young Anita Dittman's world crumbles as Hitler begins his rise to power in Germany, but because she's a Christian and only half-Jewish, Anita feels sure she and her family are safe from the "final solution". She couldn't have been more wrong. Shadow of His Hand is an inspirational young adult historical fiction book based on the real-life story of Anita Dittman, a Holocaust survivor. It follows her struggle against Nazi persecution and her growth in her relationship with God through the worst of times.

When a teen girl’s world is thrown into chaos, she must venture into the deadly Forest of Hands and Teeth in this post-apocalyptic New York Times bestseller perfect for fans of The Last of Us. In Mary's world there are simple truths. The Sisterhood always knows best. The Guardians will protect...

Anne får plats som föreståndarinna för mellanskolan i Summerside. Som så ofta blir Anne snart medelpunkten i den lilla staden. Hon är förlovad med Gilbert, som studerar medicin i Redmond. I långa, innehållsrika brev med mycket humor berättar Anne för honom om allt som hon får vara med om. Anne på egen hand är den fjärde boken i den klassiska serien om Anne på Grönkulla. Lucy Maud Montgomery (1874-1942) var en kanadensisk författare. Hon växte upp hos sina morföräldrar på Prince Edward Island i Kanada. Där arbetade hon som lärarinna i olika byskolor innan hon blev prästfru.

With their six-month anniversary coming up, Alek and Ethan want to do something special to celebrate. Like, really special. Like, the most special thing two people in love can do with one another. But Alek’s not sure he’s ready for that. And then he learns something about Ethan that may not just change their relationship but end it.

Bestselling author Cynthia Hand delivers a funny, awkward, and altogether honest coming-of-age story about one girl’s attempt to make the most of a summer in paradise—perfect for fans of Sarah Dessen and Jenny Han. Ada’s life is a mess. She just caught her boyfriend cheating on her after a...

The South Asian Province is split in two. Uplanders live in a luxurious, climate-controlled biodome. Outside, the poor and forgotten scrape by with black-market robotics, in slums threatened by rising sea levels, unbreathable air, and deadly superbugs. Ashiva works for the Red Hand, an underground network of revolutionaries fighting the government, which is run by a merciless computer algorithm. As a smuggler with the best robotic arm and cybernetic enhancements the slums can offer, her cargo includes the city’s most vulnerable abandoned children.

Deutschland 2052: Die Menschen leiden unter heißen, trockenen Sommern. Um die Wasserknappheit zu lindern, arbeitet Vega als Wettermacherin - sie beeinflusst die Wolken und lässt es regnen. Doch sie hütet ein Geheimnis: Anders als ihre Kollegen benutzt sie dazu keine Chemikalien und Drohnen. Denn Vega kann mit der Kraft ihrer Gedanken Wind und Regen rufen. Als bei einem rätselhaften Wetterunfall Kinder verletzt werden, wird Vega zur Zielscheibe.

A Kirkus Best Young Adult Book of 2024 My Lady Jane fixed Jane Grey’s tragic past—and now My Salty Mary will do the same for the infamous pirate Mary Read! Perfect for fans of The Princess Bride and A Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and Virtue, New York Times bestselling authors Cynthia Hand...