Tomas ze všeho nejradši tráví čas s tátou kovárně. Právě teď společně pracují na drakobijných mečích, zakázce přímo z paláce od krále Lotharta. Ale draci se přeci v Rivenu neobjevili už přes tisíc let. Navíc když Tom jeden z mečů uchopí, zachvátí ho zvláštní odpor. Jako by mělsnad v ruce hada… A pak se mu v kovářské výhni zjeví podivná tvář. Začíná snad bláznit? Co se to s ním děje? Proč ho plameny děsí, ale zároveň tak přitahují? Tom velmi brzy zjistí, že svět okolo něj není zdaleka tak draků prostý, jak se doposud domníval.
ZAAK GESLOTEN Iedereen in Little Kilton kent het verhaal: de knappe en populaire eindexamenscholiere Andie Bell werd door haar vriendje Sal Singh vermoord, waarna hij zelfmoord pleegde. Zelfs vijf jaar later ziet Pippa Fitz-Amobi nog de impact die de zaak op het dorp heeft gehad. Pip heeft zich altijd afgevraagd wat er nu precies is gebeurd. Wanneer ze de zaak kiest als onderwerp voor haar profielwerkstuk, komen er al snel geheimen boven die iemand liever verborgen had willen houden. Het lijkt wel alsof diegene haar tegenwerkt – zou de echte moordenaar nog leven?
Najde Mysti odvahu změnit svůj život?
Dvanáctiletá Mysti by nejraději byla postavou z knížky, protože kdyby žila ve vymyšleném světě, třeba by věděla, jak se vyrovnat s tím, že ji opustil nejlepší kamarád, a dovedla by se o všecko postarat, protože táta je v nemocnici. Ale život není kniha, a tak si musí Mysti poradit sama. Pomůže jí v tom horkovzdušný balon, nový kamarád nebo zářivě oranžový kabát?
Naše planeta je plná pozoruhodných míst. Víte, kde se nachází nejvyšší strom? Největší ledová jeskyně? Nebo třeba nejdelší řeka a nejstudenější místo na Zemi? Vypravte se na zábavnou poznávací výpravu s kamarády Danielem a Šimonem, jejich labradorem Ludvíkem a prastarým kouzelným atlasem světa!
Medical examiner Faith McIntyre is called in on the case of an unconscious woman clinging to life after a hit and run. The woman is FBI agent Macy Crow is Faith's mirror image -- the twin sister she never knew she had. Faith knew that she was adopted, but now she and Texas Ranger Mitchell Hayden are following a trail of clues Macy left behind. They make a shocking discovery on an isolated country ranch: a burial ground for three women who disappeared thirty years before. Will Faith be able to save her sister and herself from the past? -- adapted from back cover.
Servant girl Milla witnesses a murder and discovers four strange eggs. Dragon eggs! Her world is turned completely upside down as she finds herself living a secret life in the palace caring for a dragon alongside her former masters. But with unrest and rioting in the town, Milla starts to wonder if keeping the dragons a secret is really the right idea and what role her unknown past might play in it all. Perhaps the dragons are the one thing that can bring all the warring factions together once and for all
In an Ireland doubly ravaged by war and disease, Nurse Julia Power works at an understaffed hospital in the city center, where expectant mothers who have fallen sick are quarantined into a separate ward to keep the plague at bay. Into Julia's regimented world step two outsiders, a woman doctor who is a rumored Rebel, and a teenage girl, Bridie, procured by the nuns from their orphanage as an extra set of hands. At first, this Bridie seems unschooled in life, she makes up a bed with only the rubber mat and savors the weak tea and barely edible porridge from the hospital kitchen. But in the intensity of this ward, over three brutal days, Julia and the women come together in unexpected ways.
AN INSTANT NUMBER 1 NYT BESTSELLER AND SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER! THE EXPLOSIVE NEW YA CRIME THRILLER FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF A GOOD GIRL'S GUIDE TO MURDER. AN INSTANT NUMBER 1 NYT BESTSELLER AND SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER! WINNER of the CrimeFest award for Best Crime Fiction Novel for Young Adults! 'A blisteringly good standalone thriller.' The Observer, YA Books of the Year, 4/12/2022 'A thrill ride.' The Guardian Eighteen year old Red and her friends are on a road trip in an RV, heading to the beach for Spring Break. It's a long drive but spirits are high. Until the RV breaks down in the middle of nowhere. And as the wheels are shot out, one by one, the friends realise that this is no accident. There's a sniper out there. He's watching them and he knows exactly who they are. One of the group has a secret that the sniper is willing to kill for. As a game of cat-and-mouse plays out, the group desperately tries to get help. Buried secrets are forced to light and tensions within the group reach deadly levels. Only one thing is for sure. Not everyone will survive the night . . . Five Survive reached number one in the New York Times Young Adult Hardcover Besteller list, week commencing 19/12/2022. Five Survive reached number four in the Sunday Times Children's and YA Fiction chart, week commencing 12/12/2022.
Robert macht sich Sorgen um die Gemeinschaft der äWinzlingeä, denen ein eiskalter todbringender Winter in ihrer unterirdischen Höhle bevorsteht. Ob er sie zusammen mit seiner Schwester und seinem Freund Tom, der ihm erst kein Wort glaubt, retten kann? Ab 11.
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. They tried to convince her to mend her ways. She didn’t. And then she died. Now she’s stuck working for the top-secret company Project Scrooge—as their latest Ghost of Christmas Past. So far, Holly’s afterlife has been miserable. But this year’s Scrooge is different. This year’s Scrooge might change everything… The Afterlife of Holly Chase is a witty, poignant, and insightful novel about life, love, and seizing second (or third) chances, perfect for readers who loved Before I Fall or Dash & Lily’s Book of Dares.
Iedereen kent wel een echtpaar als Jack en Grace: hij is knap en rijk, zij is charmant en elegant. Mensen om jaloers op te zijn, als je ze niet aardig zou vinden. Je zou Grace beter willen leren kennen. Maar dat is moeilijk, want Grace en Jack zijn altijd samen. Sommigen zouden dit ware liefde noemen. Anderen zouden zich misschien afvragen waarom Grace nooit de telefoon opneemt. En waarom ze nooit op visite komt, ook al werkt ze niet. En waarom een slaapkamer van hun huis tralies voor het raam heeft.
Het begon op die avond in het bos. Cass Anderson stopte niet om een vrouw te helpen, en nu is die vrouw dood. Vermoord. Sindsdien vergeet ze steeds meer: waar ze haar auto heeft geparkeerd, of ze haar medicijnen heeft ingenomen, waarom ze een kinderwagen bestelde ook al heeft ze geen baby. Wat ze niet kan vergeten is de vrouw die ze misschien had kunnen redden en het verschrikkelijke schuldgevoel. En de telefoontjes van iemand die zwijgt. Er is iemand die haar in de gaten houdt…
When Travis returns home from Afghanistan, he finds that his parents are splitting up, his brother has stolen his girlfriend and car, and he's haunted by nightmares of his best friend's death, so when he runs into Harper, a girl who has despised him since middle school, life actually starts looking up.
Víte, jak se slaví Vánoce v Německu, Mexiku nebo Austrálii? Že ne? Ukažte dětem svět Vánoc a tradic v originální hledací knížce. Malý Šimon vás provede po celém světě a stačí mu k tomu jen kouzelná skleněná koule s velkým hradem. Když s ní zatřese, nejen že začne sněžit, ale přenese vás do kouzelného vánočního času kamkoliv na světě.
"Alice and Leo have just moved in together to The Circle, a gorgeous gated community in London. But when Alice tries to get to know their new neighbors, she discovers a devastating, grisly secret about her new home-and begins to feel a strong connection with Nina, the therapist who lived there before. Alice becomes obsessed with trying to piece together what happened, but none of her new neighbors want to talk about it. Soon it becomes clear to Alice that things are not at all as they seem." --Page 4 of cover.
She went missing. He moved on. A whole world of secrets remained, until now. Finn and Layla are young, in love, and on vacation. They're driving along the highway when Finn decides to stop at a service station to use the restroom. He hops out of the car, locks the doors behind him, and goes inside. When he returns Layla is gone, never to be seen again. That is the story Finn told to the police. But it is not the whole story. Ten years later Finn is engaged to Layla's sister, Ellen. Their shared grief over what happened to Layla drew them close and now they intend to remain together. Still, there's something about Ellen that Finn has never fully understood. His heart wants to believe that she is the one for him, even though a sixth sense tells him not to trust her. Then, not long before he and Ellen are to be married, Finn gets a phone call. Someone from his past has seen Layla, hiding in plain sight. There are other odd occurrences: Long-lost items from Layla's past that keep turning up around Finn and Ellen's house. Emails from strangers who seem to know too much. Secret messages, clues, warnings. If Layla is alive, and on Finn's trail, what does she want? And how much does she know? A tour de force of psychological suspense, Bring Me Back will have you questioning everything and everyone until its stunning climax.
V království Aragoa je magie zločinem, za který se platí životem, a této hrozby nejsou ušetřeni ani studenti Vanderberghovy akademie. Viola Sinclairová svou magii stínů odmalička skrývá, protože dobře ví, že ji to může stát všechno. Královna však její tajemství odhalí a pověří svého nejchladnokrevnějšího zabijáka, aby ji během sedmi dní zabil. Pokud to neudělá, zemře on sám. Jenže i zabijáci mají svá tajemství. A kvůli nim jsou ochotni porušit všechna pravidla – i kdyby měl svět lehnout popelem.
