Teen Art

Darkness falls so quickly in Howland that the people there have no word for evening. But for 13-year-old Annie, the dark is almost soothing compared to the misery of her cruel aunt and uncle's house. When Annie finally escapes, she finds herself on a journey that will take her deep into the forest - where fearsome creatures lurk - and to the glittering halls of a palace. Hints of the Brothers Grimm add magic to this spellbinding and beautifully told story.

Shape shifter Alec Graves has spent nearly a decade trying to keep his family from being drawn into open warfare with a larger pack. The new girl at school shouldn't matter, but the more he gets to know her, the more mysterious she becomes. Worse, she seems to know things she shouldn't about his shadowy world. Is she an unfortunate victim or bait designed to draw him into a fatal misstep? If she's a victim, then he's running out of time to save her. If she's bait.

Unable to avoid her destiny any longer, Emariya has become the leader her mother always envisioned. Before she can focus on embracing her gifts to unify her three lands, she must first stop her own land from dissolving into civil war. Spurred by her brother's devious policies and thirst for power, the people of the Uplands have surged into revolt. If Emariya cannot convince her own people to stand down and follow her, she will never convince her uncle she can lead all three lands. And he's only given her half a year to do it.

Come Find Me Two Years Ago... Six words that propel ice-hockey-playing tomboy Arizona into an alternate dimension. She suddenly finds herself living the life of a glamorous cheerleader. She finds herself transported from her happy life with her dad to living with the mother she hates. Everyone knows her as Arizona Darley, but she isn't. She is Arizona Stevens.

Lucia, an angst-plagued teenager, finds herself sent away from home when she and her mother get into a deadly fight. Shipped off to an hamlet in Germany she discovers the stories that her father told her about fairies are true. She winds up smack dab in the middle of an all-out war between Merlin's children and the fae. She will have to grow up and decide which side she's on or live with the choices others will make for her.

As if being a teenager wasn't tough enough, Exodus Magaba (Ex) must come to terms with the loss of his beloved older sister, the sudden disappearance of his father, and a move to another town in another state. On the night of his 13th birthday, Ex has an unexpected meeting with a mysterious man. This encounter reveals Ex's supernatural destiny as an "Era Key", the only one of his generation, who can move freely and mysteriously through time.

Seventeen-year-old Kali has always seen two sets of people: those living now, and those who lived before. But on her spring break in Hawaii, she is suddenly surrounded by more shadows than ever. Including one who, unlike the others, can see her too.

From her childhood in China to the moment she won her first National Book Award, literary icon Katherine Paterson shares the personal stories that inspired her children's books. Told with her trademark humor and heart, Paterson's tales reveal details about her life from her childhood with missionary parents, to living as a single woman in Japan, to raising four children in suburban Maryland with her minister husband.

Malique Laveaux is a 15-year-old misfit with multi-toned skin. He's an orphan and often spends time alone, until one day he runs into a flower shop. There, he meets the owner, Sokie Roberts and her 10-year-old niece, Lani. He feels connected to them somehow. As time progresses, Lani informs Malique she has dreams about him. One of the dreams includes him aboard a ship being manhandled by two burly men demanding he take his shirt off so they can see the map on his back. Then strange things start to happen....

Spannende Streifzüge durch die Weltgeschichte von der Vorzeit bis zur Gegenwart. Von großen Erfindungen, Entdeckungen und Eroberungen wird ebenso erzählt wie von stillen Momenten...

Life is a nightmare for Miranda Murphy. Without knowing when or why, blood oozes from her palms - an anomaly that makes her feel like a freak. But her abnormality is now the least of her worries. She's just enrolled at "Suicide High." Three deaths in three months - one occurring just days before her arrival. When she bumps into a cute boy named Jake, things don't appear so glum. Especially since Jake's a psychic who can predict the immediate future. But his gift of sight can't prepare her for the horrors that await.

I started my junior year of high school knowing three definite things: I believed in God. Good grades were the key to my future. And I wanted a boy to take me to prom. Then Liv happened. The way her eyes smiled when she watched me made my stomach do somersaults. Mysterious and flirty, she inspired me to question things about myself I took for granted. People seem to think certain traits are ingrained in you from the moment you're born. But what if some things aren't so black and white?

Das große Finale um Teslas Erfindungen. Nick ist jetzt Mitglied der Accelerati und wird von keinem anderen als dem großen Thomas Edison in die Geheimnisse der Gesellschaft eingeführt. Und plötzlich kann Nick nicht mehr eindeutig sagen, auf wessen Seite er steht. Schließlich ist die "normale" Menschheit nicht in der Lage, dem Energiechaos Herr zu werden, das von dem Beinahekometeneinschlag auf der Erde ausgelöst wurde.

Los Angeles im Jahr 2130: Der ehemalige Westen der USA ist mittlerweile Die Republik, die sich im ständigen Krieg mit ihren Nachbarn befindet...

Das Spiel um die Macht hat begonnen. June und Day - die ehemalige Elitesoldatin und der meistgesuchte Rebell der Republik - verbünden sich nach ihrer Flucht mit den Patrioten. Als Held, der den Schergen der Republik entkommen ist, wird Day vom Volk verehrt. Und als dieser Held gerät er zwischen die Fronten. Auf der einen Seite ist Anden, der inzwischen das Amt seines verstorbenen Vaters als neuer Elektor übernommen hat und der seine Macht festigen muss.

Die Jagd nach Teslas Vermächtnis geht weiter...Nick und seine Freunde versuchen, die Erfindungen von Nikola Tesla zurückzubekommen, um sie endlich zu einer einzigen Maschine zusammenzusetzen. Doch die Gegenstände üben immer mehr Macht auf ihre Besitzer aus und auch Nick wird immer stärker in ihren Bann gezogen. So langsam sind sich seine Freunde nicht mehr sicher, ob Tesla tatsächlich nur gute Absichten verfolgt hat.

Fifteen-year-old Indigo Hamlisch is an art prodigy looking forward to her last summer at the Silver Springs Academy for Fine and Performing Arts for Girls. But her BFF Lucy Serrano is a C.I.T. this year, and that means she doesn't have to hang out with Indigo and the other campers anymore: she can mingle with the counselors - including Indigo's scandalous and unrequited crush, paint-splattered art instructor Nick Estep. But it's not like anything is going to happen between Lucy and Nick... right?

When destinies collide, who will emerge victorious? Lann is hunting monsters. It’s his destiny as bearer of the Dreadblade. But Lann would rather hunt down Kelewulf, the young necromancer who released them into the world. Consumed by his aunt’s death, he can think of nothing but revenge. Across a dark sea, Kelewulf is mastering magic. He has persuaded the High Priestess of Hasz to tutor him. But he’s hiding a more dangerous goal: finding the heart of a god. With this terrible object in hand, he’ll return darkness to the world forever....

Die siebzehnjährige Jenna ist die Tochter eines angesehenen Clanführers und ihr Zuhause ist der Ewige Wald. Als ihr Vater von einer Reise nicht zurückkehrt und ihr Zwillingsbruder Jared sich auf die Suche nach ihm begibt, zerbricht ihre heile Welt. Sie folgt ihm nach Darkona, wo das Volk unter dem Regime eines grausamen Clanführers leidet. Lediglich eine Gruppe geflohener Straftäter leistet Widerstand.

Meet Simone, the bohemian transfer student from London, who is thrust into the strange new reality of an American high school; Mallory, the hypercompetitive queen bee; and Stephen, the first-generation genius who struggles with crippling self-doubt. Each one is shocked when a popular classmate takes his own life...except not too shocked. It's happened before. With so many students facing their own demons, can they find a way to save each other - as well as themselves?