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As far back as anyone can remember, the women of the Strand family have been magical. Their gifts manifest when they each turn fifteen, always in different ways. But Nell Strand knows that her family's magic is a curse. Her mother’s age changes every day; she's often too young to be the mother Nell needs. Her older sister bleeds music and will do anything to release the songs inside her. Nell sees the way magic rips her family apart again and again. When Nell’s own magic arrives in the form of ladybugs alighting on the keys of her beloved piano, the first thing she feels is joy.

Discover a world of drama, magic, mystery, and the enduring power of friendship. When a home invasion takes the life of a beloved neighbor, Tommy Harris’s world is shattered. At only twelve years old, he’s already witnessed more danger and trauma than most. Awoken by gunshots and discovering his neighbor has been killed, Tommy’s anger consumes him, leading him to reject his calling and separate from his beloved pet and companion, Snowy. As Tommy’s guardian cat insists on following their rules, Tommy remains apart, uncovering secrets from his father’s past, which reveal the origins...

Teenage singer Oakley Marsden is having a rough week. Pop-star Hudson’s rough week is twenty-three years long. Sixteen-year-old Oakley just wants to win a spot on TV’s The Next Radio Star. But when her bad audition goes viral, going back to school is a nightmare. Even more humiliating, she discovers her own mother was a boy band groupie. Cringe. And Mom still has a thing for a nineties boy band killed in the tragic plane crash twenty years ago. When things can’t get worse, a strange beggar guy ends up carrying Oakley home—and Oakley’s mom loses her mind. She’s convinced he’s ...

When the new girl in town, Arden Roth, witnesses a classmate, Benji Jones, vanish in thin air at the claws of two terrifying fairies, she isn't quite certain what to do. As she begins to investigate his mysterious disappearance, she discovers Benji is the grandson of Peter Pan and has been taken to a place called Ever Island, or more commonly referred to as Neverland.

Rachel hates her life. So when her boyfriend David goes to a music festival in England she decides to surprise him - but she gets a nasty shock of her own. Hurt and angry, Rachel makes a wish- and finds herself in someone else's shoes! Can she keep the swap a secret? And will she ever be herself again? Over the course of a very weird weekend, Rachel puts herself in someone else's shoes and finds that her own maybe weren't as uncomfortable as she'd always thought. But can she ever be herself again?

La historia del Escuadrón 20.20 comienza en la pirámide de Chichén Itzá, en donde Maceo se encuentra explorando en busca de unas reliquias mayas. En el proceso de búsqueda, repentinamente un extraño portal secreto se abre justo debajo de nuestro protagonista, tele transportándolo instantáneamente a un mundo paralelo donde los mayas habitan y monitorean las actividades de la gente en la tierra. Al llegar a este lugar, los mayas informan al explorador que ha sido elegido por todos para crear un equipo especial para ayudar a los animales en peligro de extinción.

Sprout says she’s there to help him, to guide him. Theo, an introverted, teenage boy form a large family, is not so sure about that. He’s not sure about much of anything at the moment. You see, Theo is thrown into absolute uncertainty one morning after he has showered for school when Sprout suddenly manifests herself physically in his body.

Londres, año 2015. Hiro Nagako, un joven japonés de 17 años, es un chico sano, quinto Dan en aikido, de mente equilibrada, que tiene unos padres amorosos, un amigo del alma y el amor correspondido de una chica fantástica. Sin embargo, noche tras noche sufre unas horribles y repetitivas pesadillas. En estos insólitos sueños el maestro de ceremonias es el Hombre Sin Rostro, un ser terrorífico que lo tortura con espantosas pruebas. Hiro hará lo posible para descubrir la verdad tras sus pesadillas y las pistas lo llevarán de Londres a la Barcelona de Gaudí y, finalmente, a Tokio.

Im Dschungelkönigreich Elámon werden Gestaltwandler wie Gottheiten verehrt. Eine von ihnen ist die junge Jaguar-Wandlerin Kitana, die mit ihrer Familie ein sorgloses Leben im Tempel führt. Bis zu dem Tag, als eine Intrige des Ersten Priesters Kitanas heile Welt zerstört und sie zwingt, in den undurchdringlichen Urwald zu fliehen. Dort sucht sie Hilfe bei einem Clan von Panther-Wandlern, der zurückgezogen im Dschungel lebt und sowohl den Jaguargöttern als auch den Menschen misstrauisch gegenübersteht.

On the eve of her twelfth birthday, Beatrice Crosse runs away from her adoptive home only to encounter the ghost of England's most famous prophetess. The witch offers her treasure, but can she be trusted? Bea must wrestle her past to discover the witch's secret and find her way home.

Elías es un pequeño que está por cumplir 5 años cuando un inesperado accidente termina con su vida. Se niega a cruzar la puerta a su descanso eterno al ser atraído por un canto y un aroma que le resultan muy familiares para luego caer en el mundo de los sueños donde queda atrapado. Ahora, debe buscar la forma de regresar a la realidad mientras huye de su destino y se enfrenta a una mujer que quiere vivir a como dé lugar.

The circle of life can sometimes be cruel and misunderstood. The cycle of life, spell casting, death, and marriage in one script.

Winning a national high-school geography competition should be the high point of Jomon's life. So why does he find himself running through the streets of Georgetown, Guyana, later that same night - so angry and desperate? Why does he heave his hard-won medal through the front window of a liquor store? Why does a teenaged boy decide life is not worth living? Arrested by police and detained in a jail cell, Jomon is jolted out of his suicidal thoughts by the sudden appearance of another teenaged boy - who claims to be his great-great-grandfather....

Everyone knows the legends about the cursed girl, Isabel. They say she has green skin and she feeds on the poisonous plants that fill her family's Caribbean island garden. Some say she can grant wishes; some say her touch can kill. Seventeen-year-old Lucas has grown up hearing stories about the cursed girl. But time is running out for the girl filled with poison, and the more entangled Lucas becomes with Isabel, the less certain he is of escaping with his own life.

Geillis Ramsey är en ensam flicka. Hela hennes uppväxt präglades av en mystisk kusin till hennes mor, någon som sas ägna sig åt häxeri. Geillis blir äldre, och står nu på tur att ärva huset. Frågan är bara hur hon ska förhålla sig till allt märkligt som fortfarande pågår i trakten. Till råga på allt dyker den ack så charmerande Christopher Dryden upp. Vad han har i kikaren är oklart.

Blood-red lights have appeared in the sky over the frozen island of Skane, causing a cloak of fear and suspicion to fall over the village like a blanket of snow. In a desperate attempt to keep out the plague, the village elders barricade its borders - no-one, no matter how in need of help, will be permitted to enter in case they bring infection with them. Teenager Janna refuses to turn her back on people seeking refuge and is banished to the swirling snow and lurking darkness beyond the village. Can she survive?

Hawaiian Shapeshifters, or Kupua, were demigods that lived among the Hawaiians. They had families and children who carried the shapeshifting abilities in their genes. Some of these traits have disappeared over the generations, but a new Kupua is occasionally born. Our story is of a Kupua born to a family unprepared to receive him. Abandoned at birth, a family of shapeshifters adopts him. Can love and patience teach the young Kupua to overcome his craving for human flesh?

Betrayed by her ex-lover and falsely imprisoned for a crime she didn’t commit, Dania counts down the days until she can exact her revenge—if only she didn’t have a life sentence to serve with no hope of release. But when a fellow prisoner lands in the middle of her cell with a proposition and the keys to a dangerous Jinn treasure, Dania takes the chance to escape and pursue her path of vengeance. Armed with all the power she could want and a brand-new identity, Dania enacts a plan to bring down those who betrayed her and her family.

What if I told you witches lived among us? In this ninth and final book of the Brittany Meyer Novellas, Brittany finds herself inducted as the Witch Queen of Florida. Overwhelmed by her obligations, she secretly creates a doppelganger to share her royal duties with hilarious results. All the while, Darcella, the murderous sorceress from the Chord, is hunting her with a dagger in her hand and revenge in her heart. Can Brittany fit her into her schedule? Or will Darcella jump the line?

Joseph Colafranceschi is a fifteen-year-old, self-described geek, living in the Bronx. The second youngest of twelve sons of the former U.S. ambassador to Italy, Joey discovers that a small Egyptian statuette, given to him by his father, endows him with power to control his dreams.