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Wendy Mass

    22 april 1967

    Wendy Mass creëert fantasierijke romans voor jonge lezers, waarin thema's als zelfontdekking en ergens bij horen worden onderzocht. Haar schrijfstijl kenmerkt zich door een heerlijke mix van humor en emotionele diepgang, waardoor complexe tienerervaringen invoelbaar worden. Door haar verhalen duikt ze in de uitdagingen van het opgroeien en de diepgaande betekenis van vriendschap. Mass' unieke stem en boeiende aanpak bieden een werkelijk memorabele leeservaring.

    Wendy Mass
    Graceful: A Wish Novel (Willow Falls)
    A Mango-Shaped Space
    The Candymakers
    The Seventh Element
    The Past
    Jeremy Fink en de sleutel tot het bestaan
    • The Lost Library

      • 215bladzijden
      • 8 uur lezen

      When a mysterious Little Free Library guarded by a large orange cat appears overnight, eleven-year-old Evan plucks two weathered books from its shelves, never suspecting that his life is about to change.

      The Lost Library2025
      4,1
    • Stratená knižnica

      • 208bladzijden
      • 8 uur lezen

      Aj jediná knižka môže v správnych rukách znamenať dobrodružstvo. Vezmite si knihu, nechajte tu knihu. Alebo oboje. To si jedného dňa na tabuľke pri malej knižnici, ktorá sa cez noc nečakane zjavila v parku mestečka Martinville, prečíta piatak Evan. Keď si zo skrinky, na ktorú dozerá veľký ryšavý kocúr Mortimer, vytiahne dve polorozpadnuté knihy, ani netuší, ako sa mu život čoskoro obráti naruby. Spolu s kamarátom Rafem rýchlo objavia súvislosť medzi jednou zo starých kníh a dávnym požiarom, o ktorom nikto z dospelých nechce hovoriť. Najmä Evanov otec, ktorý sa začne správať mimoriadne zvláštne... Podarí sa chlapcom vypátrať, čo sa pred dvadsiatimi rokmi naozaj stalo?

      Stratená knižnica2024
      4,5
    • Lo and Behold

      • 224bladzijden
      • 8 uur lezen

      Can a virtual reality headset help change the way twelve-year-old Addie looks at things? Introducing an unforgettable graphic novel about connection, friendship, and the wonder all around us from New York Times bestselling author Wendy Mass and debut illustrator Gabi Mendez. When you’re named after a 250-year-old tortoise, you grow up believing life is full of possibilities and wonder. But ever since Addie’s family got turned upside down, those things have been harder for her to see. The last thing Addie wants to do is make a new friend, but when her dad’s summer job takes them across the country, she meets Mateo and finds herself caught up in an exciting project. With the help of a virtual reality headset, she’s suddenly scaling castle walls, dodging angry kittens, and seeing the world in whole new ways. Plus, she has an idea that could be bigger than anything she’s imagined before. But can she right some wrongs first . . . or is it too late?

      Lo and Behold2023
      4,1
    • Tidesong

      • 240bladzijden
      • 9 uur lezen

      Sophie is a young witch whose mother and grandmother pressure her to attend the Royal Magic Academy--the best magic school in the realm--even though her magic is shaky at best. To train for her entrance exams, Sophie is sent to relatives she's never met. Cousin Sage and Great-Aunt Lan seem more interested in giving Sophie chores than in teaching her magic. Frustrated, Sophie attempts magic on her own, but the spell goes wrong, and she accidentally entangles her magic with the magic of a young water dragon named Lir. Lir is trapped on land and can't remember where he came from. Even so, he's everything Sophie isn't--beloved by Sophie's family and skilled at magic. With his help, Sophie might just ace her entrance exams, but that means standing in the way of Lir's attempts to regain his memories. Sophie knows what she's doing is wrong, but without Lir's help, can she prove herself?

      Tidesong2021
      3,9
    • The Past

      • 104bladzijden
      • 4 uur lezen

      Elegiac and searching, poems written in the long shadow of immigration.

      The Past2021
      4,4
    • Angelina D'Angelo has left town to see the world. It's now Grace's turn to use her magic to protect the people of Willow Falls, and she is up to the challenge. This is her destiny, after all. But destiny is a funny thing - it doesn't always behave the way you'd expect it to.

      Graceful: A Wish Novel (Willow Falls)2017
      4,2
    • The Seventh Element

      • 208bladzijden
      • 8 uur lezen

      Set in a thrilling sci-fi universe, this multiplatform series promises nonstop action and adventure across six books released within a single year. Readers can expect an engaging narrative that transcends traditional storytelling, immersing them in an exhilarating experience both on the page and through digital platforms.

      The Seventh Element2016
      4,3
    • Children's birthdays are always strange in Willow Falls, but when Connor's little sister Grace falls into a frozen state on her tenth birthday, Amanda and Leo must travel back in time to find out what force prevented Angelina from casting the blessing that would have protected her.

      The Last Present: A Wish Novel2015
      4,2
    • Pi in the Sky

      • 272bladzijden
      • 10 uur lezen

      Joss is the seventh son of the Supreme Overlord of the Universe. His older brothers help his dad rule the cosmos, but all Joss gets to do is deliver pies. That's right: pies. Of course, these pies actually hold the secrets of the universe between their buttery crusts, but they're still pies. Joss is happy to let his older brothers shine. He has plenty to keep his hands full: attempting to improve his bowling score; listening to his best friend, Kal, try (and fail) to play the drums; and exploring his ever-changing home, The Realms. But when Earth suddenly disappears, Joss is tasked with the seemingly impossible job of bringing it back. With the help of Annika, an outspoken girl from Earth, he embarks on the adventure of a lifetime...and learns that the universe is an even stranger place than he'd imagined. From the New York Times bestselling author of The Candymakers comes a world-hopping tale that leads the reader deep into the heart of the mysteries of time and space. Plus, there's pie.

      Pi in the Sky2014
      3,8
    • Twice Upon a Time: Beauty and the Beast

      The Only One Who Didn't Run Away

      • 288bladzijden
      • 11 uur lezen

      Wendy Mass tells the story of Beauty and the Beast, as never heard before! When you're stuck with the name Beauty, people expect a lot from you - like beauty and grace and courage and a sense of style. But what if you have none of these things? What if all you like to do is read books and search for odd objects that other people drop? Oh, and you have a perfect older sister who really should have had your name instead of you. And when you're a prince, you're supposed to be athletic and commanding and brave and tall. But what if you are none of those things? What if all you like to do is play the bagpipes (badly), study the stars, and try to figure out how to make worms live forever? Oh, and you also have a perfect older brother who is a lot more princely than you'll ever be.

      Twice Upon a Time: Beauty and the Beast2013
      3,8
    • 13 Gifts

      • 352bladzijden
      • 13 uur lezen

      Welcome back to Willow Falls, where anything is possible and nothing is as it seems!It doesn't take long for Tara Brennan to realize that breaking into school to steal a goat is not a good idea. As punishment for her crimes, Tara's parents send her to the sleepy town of Willow Falls to stay with relatives she hardly knows, including her strange younger cousin Emily. Tara quickly learns that Emily isn't even remotely the strangest person in town. There's a boy who sings at the bottom of an empty pool, two best friends who use blackboards to communicate, and a girl who may or may not be dating the world's hottest teen movie star. Due to another lapse in judgment, Tara finds herself beholden to perhaps the strangest person of all: Angelina D'Angelo. If Tara can't collect thirteen mysterious objects for the old woman in time for her thirteenth birthday, the consequences will be REALLY BAD. With a big dose of birthday magic, Tara's adventures take her and her new friends to places they never thought they'd find, some in the real world, and a lot deep inside themselves.

      13 Gifts2011
      4,1
    • Finally

      • 296bladzijden
      • 11 uur lezen

      After her twelfth birthday, Rory checks off a list of things she is finally allowed to do, but unexpected consequences interfere with her involvement in the movie being shot at her school, while a weird prediction starts to make sense.

      Finally2011
      4,0
    • The Candymakers

      • 480bladzijden
      • 17 uur lezen

      In the town of Spring Haven, four children have been selected to compete in the national candymaking contest of a lifetime. Who will make a candy more delicious than the Oozing Crunchorama or the Neon Yellow Lightning Chew? Logan, the candymaker's son, who can detect the color of chocolate by feel alone? Miles, the boy allergic to rowboats and the color pink? Daisy, the cheerful girl who can lift a fifty-pound lump of taffy as if it were a feather? Philip, the suit-and-tie-wearing boy who's always scribbling in a secret notebook? This sweet, charming, and cleverly crafted story, told from each contestant's perspective, is filled with mystery, friendship, and juicy revelations.

      The Candymakers2010
      4,3
    • Amanda and Leo, best friends with the same birthday, had a falling out on their tenth birthday and have not spoken since, but peculiar things begin to happen as the day of their eleventh birthday repeats itself again and again.

      11 Birthdays2009
      4,1
    • Ally, Bree, and Jack meet at the one place the Great Eclipse can be seen in totality, each carrying the burden of different personal problems, which become dim when compared to the task they embark upon and the friendship they find.

      Every soul a star2009
      4,1
    • 'Voor Jeremy Finks dertiende verjaardag. De sleutel tot het bestaan.' Als Jeremy Fink een paar maanden voor zijn dertiende verjaardag een bijzonder houten kistje met deze inscriptie in de post vindt, is hij verbijsterd: de bijgaande brief meldt dat het van zijn overleden vader komt. De sleutels voor de vier sloten blijken zoek te zijn. Geïntrigeerd door het opschrift en vanuit een groot verlangen naar zijn vader, verlegt huismus Jeremy Fink zijn grenzen. Vóór zijn verjaardag moet hij de sleutels vinden! Samen met zijn dappere buurmeisje en beste vriendin Lizzie reist hij met de metro en de bus door New York. Ze struinen de rommelmarkt af, bezoeken een waarzegster en breken zelfs in bij het verlaten advocatenbureau waar de doos lange tijd bewaard is geweest. Daar komt voorlopig een einde aan de zoektocht: ze worden opgepakt. Maar als ze bij wijze van taakstraf voor een rijke oude lommerdhouder spullen naar de oorspronkelijke eigenaars moeten retourneren, komen ze in sneltreinvaart meer te weten over de zin van het leven. Als op Jeremy's verjaardag blijkt dat het cadeau voor een minstens zo groot deel van zijn moeder afkomstig is, blijf je als lezer overdonderd achter en sla je het boek met een grote glimlach dicht. Over vriendschap, ontluikende verliefdheid en de grotere vragen van het leven.

      Jeremy Fink en de sleutel tot het bestaan2008
      4,1
    • A Mango-Shaped Space

      • 240bladzijden
      • 9 uur lezen

      Mia Winchell appears to be a typical kid, but she's keeping a big secret—sounds, numbers, and words have color for her. No one knows, and Mia wants to keep it that way. But when trouble at school finally forces Mia to reveal her secret, she must learn to accept herself and embrace her ability, called synesthesia, a mingling of the senses.

      A Mango-Shaped Space2005
      4,2