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Ready Player One meets Heartstopper in this “fun, fast, and fabulous read” (M. K. England) as a myth-loving video game player competing in a tournament with his gamer friends and handsome crush discovers there isn't a cheat code to life—or love. In the real world, Keegan Thomas is a gay...

De retour au collège Sainte-Hubertine pour leur troisième année du secondaire, les orphelins de casier localisent enfin le portail menant au monde obscur. Mais en plus de chercher comment le fermer, Emerson, Jordan, Alexie, Véronika, Willem et Romy doivent repousser de nouvelles créatures qui s’introduisent dans l’école… Ce serait plus simple si Emerson maîtrisait l’art des potions, ou s’ils retrouvaient les livres disparus qui traitent du portail !

David est un accro de la mythologie grecque depuis qu'il est adolescent, qu'il en a commencé la lecture et découvert ce monde étrange et fantastique. A présent qu'il est professeur d'histoire, il décide de raconter cet univers à ses lycéens. Mais voilà, rien ne se passe tout à fait comme il l'avait prévu.

Sauver le monde, Percy Jackson maîtrise. Mais décrocher son diplôme ? Pas si simple, surtout quand il lui faut trois lettres de recommandation des dieux. Il a déjà obtenu la première… il en reste encore deux. Pour la suivante, Percy, Annabeth et Grover doivent garder l'animal de compagnie d'Hécate pendant Halloween. Une mission tranquille – jusqu'à ce que Grover commette une bourde monumentale. Résultat : des créatures magiques lâchées dans New York et un manoir en ruines. Ils ont 24 heures pour réparer les dégâts… ou faire face à la colère d'Hécate.

Deina est une Passeuse d’âmes au service du dieu Hadès sur Terre. Sa tâche est de guider les mourants hors du monde des mortels. Un jour, le tyran Orphée est en visite à Athènes. Il fait alors une dangereuse mais tentante proposition : il rendra sa liberté à celui qui pourra libérer Eurydice du monde souterrain et la ramener à lui...

The Bazaar has fallen, Zaire is gone, and Adelaide is alive. But Hazel Blackthorn has never felt more alone. With her sister sick from the lotus flower, and haunted by powers she doesn't understand, Hazel struggles to come to terms with who she is. When she and Cassian learn of strange, cataclysmic events across the world, it is clear their time has run out. The gods are rising.

Manuel Lauriño vuelve a sorprendernos con esta sarta de "historias y leyendas" extraídas del acervo cultural de Andalucía. Con un estilo muy peculiar de gran fabulador y gran divulgador al mismo tiempo, Lauriño hace desfilar personajes y lugares que todos tenemos en la cabeza aunque pocos podríamos verbalizar de manera tan concisa y bella. Algunas de estas piezas son auténticos descubrimientos y otras tienen un ceñido aparato histórico.

Jēkabs vive a Riga, ama disegnare mappe ed è affascinato da una leggenda sulla sua città: nessuno deve mai dire che "Riga è pronta" o il fiume la sommergerà e si dovrà ricostruire tutto da capo. Ma quando è proprio lui a pronunciare le parole fatidiche, ciò che accade è che viene spedito a passare l’estate dall’altra parte della città insieme alla scontrosa cugina Mimmi e allo zio Falco. Si prospettano giorni terribilmente noiosi! Quando però, nel degradato quartiere di Maskačka, Jēkabs incontra il Capo e il suo branco di cani, tutto cambia.

Unlike the other residents of St. Virgil, Selina DaSilva does not believe in magic. With a logical mind and a knack for botany, Selina used to dream of leaving the island to study Pharmacology—until a vicious, unsolved attack left her father dead and her mother in a coma. Now her guilt over her mother’s condition keeps her tethered to the island, relegated to conning gullible tourists with useless talismans and phony protection rituals. But when one of those tourists ends up at the center of a string of strange murders, the truth that Selina has been denying can no longer be avoided.

When Sailfish Trading and Shipping strikes back, the fragile alliance between young gods, demigods, and vampires shatters. Ships burn. Prisoners are discovered. And the Olympians themselves are divided over how far they’re willing to go to restore order. As sea battles erupt across the Mediterranean and Black Seas, former friends find themselves on opposite sides of a growing conflict. Some believe corruption can be controlled. Others believe it must be destroyed.

Wallowing in self-pity, Merrik Niles finds himself at the bottom of a bottle of brandy, straining the patience of anyone who might care about him. Shamed into shaping up, Merrik decides his bystanding days are over. He's going to rejoin the war effort against the cruel hunchback currently vying for the throne of Greymond. That's easier said than done. Along the way, Merrik must rescue himself and his companions from shipwreck, form an alliance with a sorceress who previously tried to murder him, infiltrate a city under siege, and concoct an unlikely plan to bring the war to a quick conclusion.

Firstborn Academy - Der 2. Band der US Bestseller Serie Nach ihrer Verwandlung erwacht Nova mit ungeahnten Kräften. Die Kräfte des Feindes. Niemand weiß, ob Novas neue Fähigkeiten ein Fluch sind, oder das nötige Mittel, um die Welt zu retten. Und nicht jeder an der Akademie will Nova lange genug leben lassen, um das herauszufinden.

Born from Zeus’s own mind and forged in defiance, Athena quickly proves herself a warrior and strategist unmatched on Olympus. But when her path collides with Prometheus—the noble Titan who once defied the gods—wisdom gives way to something far more dangerous. Love. As Olympus rebuilds after war, Athena finds herself torn between loyalty to her father and her growing devotion to the one being bold enough to challenge him. Prometheus believes in a future where gods rule with compassion. Zeus believes in power secured at any cost. And Athena stands between them.

Frankenstein meets Indian mythology in this twisty, darkly atmospheric fantasy where the real horrors are not the monsters you face, but the ones you create. “One of the most unique and intelligent books I’ve read. . . Alluring, completely enthralling, and masterfully rendered.” —Axie Oh...

Eighteen-year-old Aihui Ying dreams of becoming an engineer just like her father - but her life is torn apart when she arrives too late to stop his murder and lets the killer slip out of reach. Left with only a journal containing his greatest engineering secrets and a jade pendant snatched from the assassin, Ying vows to take revenge into her own hands. Disguised as her brother, Ying heads to the capital city, and discovers that the answer to finding who killed her father lies behind the walls of the prestigious Engineers Guild - the home of a past her father never wanted to talk about.

The old queen is dead, a new queen is in play, and the realm has descended into darkness. For the first time in history, a queen has rejected the game. Eliza will start her reign with no alliances while Althea must fight to save her tenuous bond with the king who cannot love. Her relationship threatens to break, but Althea’s attention becomes divided after receiving a few harrowing clues connecting her past and the game at hand.

Ruby Chen has always played the part of the dutiful eldest daughter: excelling in school; excelling in piano lessons; excelling at keeping her younger sister, Tina, focused on extracurriculars meant to impress college admissions officers. But when a ghost from the spirit world attacks Ruby in the middle of Vancouver’s Chinatown neighborhood, her life is plunged into a darkness that no amount of duty can free her from. Overnight, Ruby’s sister seems to change.

Kiera Cass, autora best seller internacional, ha cautivado a millones de lectoras en todo el mundo desde que escribió la primera página de su serie "La Selección". Con "La sirena" te sumergirás en un océano de aventuras y emoción. Kahlen es una sirena, obligada a servir a Oceania...

Nachdem sie gerettet wurde, weiß Gwyn nun, warum sie auf dem Rasen der Wickmore Academy gelandet ist und wer sie geschickt hat. Doch jetzt wird alles noch komplizierter, denn sie soll aus diesem seltsamen Gefängnis ausbrechen, nicht nur, um sich selbst zu retten, sondern auch, um alle Bösewichte zu befreien. Hinter jeder Ecke lauert ein Feind, der sie mit allen Mitteln aufhalten will. Aber der wahre Feind lauert in den Bösewichten selbst. Sie bekämpfen sich untereinander und sind unfähig, aktuelle und vergangene Streitigkeiten beizulegen. Es liegt an Gwyn, sie zu vereinen.

Bloomsbury presents The Shadow Road by K. D. Kirchmeier, read by Erin Walther and Ryan Wilson For fans of Rick Yancey and Neal Shusterman, comes a thrilling tale of survival as dragon-like monsters invade, and two unlikely heroes must save humanity from annihilation. When the monsters came, the...