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BONUS FEATURE: Conversation between the author and the editor, David Fickling. Berlin 1942 When Bruno returns home from school one day, he discovers that his belongings are being packed in crates. His father has received a promotion and the family must move from their home to a new house far far...

DON’T MISS BRIDGE OF CLAY, MARKUS ZUSAK’S FIRST NOVEL SINCE THE BOOK THIEF. The extraordinary #1 New York Times bestseller that is now a major motion picture, Markus Zusak's unforgettable story is about the ability of books to feed the soul. Nominated as one of America's best-loved novels by...

Les Romains sont en train d'envahir la Gaulle. Teutagonos, un guerrier celte chevauchant un griffon est placé au service de Vercingétorix.

Bloomsbury presents A Beautiful Lie by Irfan Master, read by Neil Shah An extraordinarily rich debut novel, set in India in 1947 at the time of Partition, touching on the importance of tolerance, love and family. The main character is Bilal, a boy determined to protect his dying father from the...

High school seniors Ben Prescott, Porter Rockwell, and Latch McRae search for treasure that American history leaves behind. Ben masterminds the plan. Porter brings the guts and humor. Latch McRae supplies the gumption and tools. Now a many times great-grandson of American patriot Samuel Adams asks them to look into a new claim that the Boston Tea Party wasn’t about British tyranny and no taxation without representation, but was Sam Adams’ scheme to steal the tea and make himself rich. If Adams was a thief, America’s origin story cracks wide open.

The thrilling conclusion to the Lizzie & Darcy Mysteries duology, following Lizzie Bennet and Mr. Darcy from the Jane Austen Murder Mysteries series! A Bingley family curse looms over Lizzie's sister and Darcy's best friend—but are the dark forces at work supernatural or human? Lizzie...

To most people, Piper Sail looks like a rich girl with little potential, but she surprises everyone, including herself, when she starts investigating her best friend’s disappearance. Perfect for fans of Agatha Christie and Maureen Johnson, The Lost Girl of Astor Street combines the allure of...

A 2026 LIBRARIAN FAVORITE, Children’s Book Council After high school graduation, Piper Sail isn’t quite sure what her future holds—until a possible murder case lands in her lap. Filled with both the glitz and glamor of high society and the dark mafia underbelly of 1920s Chicago, The Secret...

In this brand new reimagining, Mary Jane—the red-headed spark from Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, who stole Huck's heart in just 30 pages—comes to life with her own story of adventuring down the Mississippi River in the 1840s. Meet Mary Jane Guild — she’s on a dangerous and...

Der Gnade einer wilden Wikingerbande ausgeliefert. Gegen meinen Willen gefangen gehalten. Bin ich dazu bestimmt, alles aufzugeben, auch mein Herz? Drei rivalisierende Krieger wollen mich besitzen. Um mir die Freiheit zu nehmen. Um mich zu ihrem Bauernopfer in einem Schachspiel um Rache und Genugtuung zu machen. Ich werde der dunklen Künste beschuldigt, meine einzige wahre Freundin vergiftet zu haben, und mein Leben steht auf dem Spiel. Ich muss mein Schicksal wählen.

Tony, dix ans, rêve de remporter le concours de siffleurs dans lequel s’affrontent les meilleurs imitateurs d’oiseaux de la baie de Somme. Vingt-cinq ans plus tard, alors qu’il est devenu Le Rossignol, une star internationale, il se voit contraint de revenir où tout a commencé, sans se douter que ces retrouvailles vont bouleverser sa vie.

Charlotte, Branwell, Emily, and Anne. The Brontë siblings find escape from their constrained lives via their rich imaginations. The glittering world of Verdopolis and the romantic and melancholy world of Gondal literally come to life under their pens, offering the sort of romance and intrigue missing from their isolated parsonage home. But at what price?

Der Legende nach stammen die Zwillingsschwestern Gemma und Mira von Hexen ab. Allerdings sind sie nicht in der Lage Magie anzuwenden. Bis zu ihrem siebzehnten Geburtstag. Denn an diesem Tag erhalten sie die Macht über die Elemente und werden gleich nach dem Erhalt ihrer Magie von einem uralten Monster aufgespürt und angegriffen. Sie wären gestorben, wenn nicht Miras Freund Ethan aufgetaucht wäre, um sie zu retten. Es stellt sich heraus, dass Ethan auch Magie besitzt. Er ist ein Drachenwandler aus einem dunklen Reich und hat geschworen, die Zwillinge vor dem zu schützen, der sie jagt.

Portugal, 1967. Sonia thinks she knows what her future holds. She'll become a poet, and together she and her artist boyfriend, Ze Miguel, will rise above the government restrictions that shape their lives. The restrictions on what Sonia can do and where she can go without a man's permission. The restrictions on what music she can enjoy, what books she can read, what questions she can ask.

Bloomsbury presents Where the Heart Should Be by Sarah Crossan, read by Sophie Jo Wasson. ‘A beautiful, perfect, moving read’ – Cecelia Ahern, author of PS, I Love You The outstanding novel from the Carnegie Medal-winning, former Laureate na nÓg Sarah Crossan; thought-provoking and moving...

Tanto tempo fa, nessuno ricorda più quando né perché, Alfred fu messo alla gogna per lesa maestà. Sopravvissuto a quaranta re, Alfred è sempre lì, bloccato nella gogna, e vive degli ortaggi ammuffiti che la gente si diverte a lanciargli. Alfred è ancora un giovane ragazzo, in preda a una rabbia incontenibile e col corpo tormentato dai dolori. È un campione nel gridare insulti a tutti i passanti e, soprattutto, ai re.

Lancinante storia di un uomo alla ricerca della propria identità e del proprio posto nel mondo, sullo sfondo di un’America ostile e inospitale. Nevada, USA. Horace Hopper è un giovane di origini per metà indiane Paiute e per metà irlandesi, con il sogno di diventare qualcuno. Ha trascorso la maggior parte della vita nel ranch dei suoi tutori, i Reese, lontano dalla civiltà, radunando pecore nelle montagne solitarie. I Reese lo trattano come un figlio, ma Horace non riesce a liberarsi dalla vergogna di essere stato abbandonato dai suoi veri genitori.

There are anxious words to describe being in unfathomable trouble. A feeling of pressure, an emotion of being in over-your-head, and a sense of being smothered. Legion Centurion Alerio Sisera was drowning in the sea and experiencing all of them. From black, to gray, to green water overhead, Alerio transitioned through the ocean layers as he swam upward. Lungs screaming for air, and his chest heaving, his body threatened to take in a breath. It became a competition between the urges of his lungs

Berlin 1961: Für Achim könnte es eigentlich nicht besser laufen – das Abitur hat er in der Tasche, einen Studienplatz sicher und Chris, das Mädchen, das er heimlich liebt, scheint auch ihn zu mögen. Doch über Nacht ändert sich alles. Mit dem Bau der Mauer schlägt das DDR-Regime einen härteren Ton an. Misstrauen, Verfolgung und Verhaftungen sind an der Tagesordnung. Als einer seiner Freunde im Gefängnis landet, fasst Achim einen schweren Entschluss: Er muss raus aus Ostberlin und alle, die er liebt, zurücklassen. Drüben angekommen, setzt er alles daran, Menschen aus der DDR bei ihrer Flucht zu unterstützen.

In seventeenth-century Paris, nineteen-year-old Catherine Monvoisin is a well-heeled jeweler’s wife with a peculiar taste for the arcane. She lives a comfortable life, far removed from a childhood of abject destitution—until her kind spendthrift of a husband lands them both in debt. Hell-bent on avoiding a return to poverty, Catherine must rely on her prophetic visions and the grimoire gifted to her by a talented diviner to reinvent herself as a sorceress. With the help of the grifter Marie Bosse, Catherine divines fortunes in the Île de la Cité—home to sorcerers and scoundrels.