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Brought to you by Penguin. Lennon Carter’s life is falling apart. Until she gets a mysterious phone call inviting her to sit the entrance exam for somewhere few have heard of – Drayton College, a school of magic hidden in a secret pocket of Savannah. Lennon doesn’t know it yet, but she is...

Born on the fringes of Bethel, Immanuelle does her best to obey the Church and follow Holy Protocol. For it was in Bethel that the first Prophet pursued and killed four powerful witches and so cleansed the land. And then a chance encounter lures her into the Darkwood that surrounds Bethel. It is a forbidden place, haunted by the spirits of the witches who bestow an extraordinary gift on Immanuelle. The diary of her dead mother....

Brought to you by Penguin. Final Destination meets House of Hollow in this haunting and lyrical speculative horror about a group of girls doing Death’s bidding in exchange for preserving their own lives. Roslyn Volk isn’t herself any more. It’s been almost a year since her older sister...

Marion Shaw has been raised in the slums, where want and deprivation are all she knows. Despite longing to leave the city and its miseries, she has no real hope of escape until the day she spots a strange advertisement in the newspaper, seeking a 'bloodmaid'. Though she knows little about the far north—where wealthy nobles live in luxury and drink the blood of those in their service—Marion applies to the position. In a matter of days, she finds herself at the notorious House of Hunger. There, Marion is swept into a world of dark debauchery.

Una novela de brujas, personaje fantástico que encarna el feminismo, con una protagonista negra marcada por sus orígenes y con ideales propios. En las tierras de Bethel, donde la palabra del Profeta es ley, la misma existencia de Immanuelle Moore es una blasfemia. La unión de su madre con un...

Für Fans von "The Handmaid's Tale"! In Bethel ist das Wort des Propheten Gesetz. Allein Immanuelles bloße Existenz durch die Liebe ihrer Mutter zu einem Fremden ist Gotteslästerung. So wie alle anderen Frauen in der Siedlung führt Immanuelle ein Leben der Unterwerfung und absoluten Hingabe. Doch dann betritt sie die verbotenen Dunklen Wälder, die Bethel umgeben. Sie werden von den Geistern von vier Hexen heimgesucht. Diese machen Immanuelle ein außergewöhnliches Geschenk: Das Tagebuch ihrer verstorbenen Mutter.

"This Young Adult book is a scream to listen to."—The Berkshire Eagle This program features multicast narration as well as an author's note and acknowledgements read by the author. 13 SCARY STORIES. 13 AUTHORS OF COLOR. 13 TIMES WE SURVIVED... THE FIRST KILL. The White Guy Dies First includes...