Teen Magical Realism

Peter King was an ordinary high school boy, tall and thin with long, flowing brown hair hanging over his protruding ears. I could see his family's mansion from my park bench seat. Built with the enormous profits from the coal mine, the house was like one of those celebrity homes you see in Beverly Hills. Peter was an exceptional boy from an uncommon family. However, I later found that he and I had some similar qualities though we both came from different sides of the track. We could re-experience the past and see the future.

Bonnie’s life is fairly conventional until a nasty bout of writer’s block threatens to derail the cushy life she’s built for herself. She’s convinced she’ll never write again—until she meets an unusual typewriter with a talent for romance novels. Once she publishes the best novel of her career—thanks entirely to the typewriter’s efforts—a suspicious book critic’s curiosity launches a chain of events that gets the author arrested for a murder she would have been happy to commit, but didn’t.

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.

Klappe – die Dritte! Ein neues Leinwand-Abenteuer mit den magischen Tieren! Margit Auer erzählt die Geschichte des dritten Films: Helene ist aufgeregt – denn ihr großes Idol, die Modedesignerin Maja Malakara, kommt in die Stadt! Wie gern würde Helene mit ihrer Klasse bei Majas Modenschau auftreten! Doch zeitgleich findet der Waldtag statt und Ida plant dort einen großen Auftritt. Ob Helene das magische Tier helfen kann, das Mr. Morrison aus Paris mitgebracht hat?

Twelve-year-old Arianna learns an asteroid threatens to wipe out Earth, she's terrified. But the impending disaster vanishes as mysteriously as it appeared, leaving her to wonder if it was nothing more than a strange dream. What's more mysterious is discovering her eleven new best friends shared a similar experience.

Ya puedes escuchar esta novela insólita e inclasificable, mezcla de relato de formación y retablo de maravillas, escrita con una prosa prodigiosa, de originalísima imaginería, y dotada del encanto intemporal de las viejas narraciones, para la que se han buscado todo tipo de linajes. Elegía de un mundo antiguo, de la infancia perdida, las Industrias y andanzas de Alfanhuí no han dejado de suscitar todo tipo de interpretaciones, sobre las que «revolotea», ingrávida, su peripecia llena de gracia y de ligereza.

Though everyone in the village of  Tres Montes thinks Sonia Ocampo is blessed, she knows she is nothing but a fraud. She’s spent her life listening to the hopes and wishes of her neighbors and family, but when a classmate dies despite her prayers, she is forced to realize that she has no special powers - no way to prevent bad things from happening.

Maddy yearns for her life to be mystifying, to be as magical as a fairy story. And then one day, on the beach, she meets the strangest young man she has ever seen.

Anna didn't even know she had an aunt. Aunt Moira had appeared the day after Anna's parents died in a car crash: a tall grey figure through the screen door, silhouetted against the bright sun. The neighbors welcomed her - they were relieved to get Anna off their hands and into the custody of a relative. But Anna hadn't warmed to her aunt or her pug, whose eyes eerily tracked Anna's every move.

"Hvis bare det var en drøm" er en filosofisk gyser om at miste kontrollen over sit eget liv, men også om at finde tilbage til sig selv og sin egen historie. Og så er det en hyldest til fiktionen og læsningens. Olga er en helt almindelig pige, som lever et helt almindeligt liv. I hvert fald lige indtil ulykken. Da en fremmed pige pludselig dukker op hjemme hos Olga og påstår, at hun ikke aner, hvordan hun er havnet dér, eller hvordan hun kommer hjem igen, ved Olga ikke, hvad hun skal tro. Samtidig lader pigen til at vide alt om Olgas tanker, familie og venner.

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.

I need answers only my father can provide. Separated from birth, we’ve only recently connected. Still, I have no one else to turn to. The Deltites are hunting me and they’re close now. We’ll fight our final battle soon. Needing more information, I force him to tell me a story about the beginning, my beginning. He sheds new light on my mom, on my grandfather Sicheii, and on how I started down this path. He spins a tale about love, a recent murder, and mysterious strangers who come to town looking for a medicine man, my grandfather.

Mere mortal. Fae hunter. Oh, and the apocalypse? Yeah, that happened! She's an unstoppable human. He's an immovable beast. But the fae have scorched the earth and humans are next.... Chloe Etain, stumbled into an ancient war between the light and dark that has culminated in her world being thrown into darkness and pre-industrial chaos. Vampire-like creatures roam free, feeding on unsuspecting humans. Chloe knows the truth though and, possibly, how to stop it. But as a mere mortal, what can she do? That's when the fates step in.

Makenna Grace Gold is just your average 12-year-old girl. That is, until she is told that she must protect her newborn brother and sister to safeguard the future of the world. Armed with a mysterious weapon, three Fairy mentors, and a wisecracking earthworm named Fluffy, Makenna must battle the forces of evil and became a defender for hope. Can Makenna truly be "The Virago"?

Set in the early 1900s, a young boy comes across a life altering machine - and creatures - that may change the course of London's history. Oliver finds himself struggling with understanding the means of the system and where he fits in among creatures that aren't necessarily human. Can he beat the clock and save humanity before it's too late?

Sin saberlo, Miranda es la heredera de este asombroso naranjo que habita desde hace varias generaciones en la isla, sin embargo sus jugosos frutos desatarán la codicia de sus habitantes, llevándolos en ocasiones al borde los más grandes disparates. Mónica Rodríguez retrata un lugar onírico, narrado a la manera de los grandes escritores del realismo mágico en Latinoamérica.

I’m Kai Watson, and I’ve known my whole life my spirit leaves my body while I sleep. For years, I’ve used my ability to travel the world. Now I’m determined to learn more about what I can do. While searching for answers, I meet a teen psychic named Crystal Frost. She’s easy to open up to, but I still have to tell my family and friends about my gift. If I don’t tell them now, I may never work up the courage, and I’ll spend the rest of my life regretting it.

Sophie Seymour has been shielded her whole life from a world of magic and wonder. A traumatic event in 16-year-old Sophie’s life leaves her devastated, her nightmares and grief only increasing her turmoil. All that is about to change when twins, Joshua and Ethan Walker, come into her life along with a mysterious and mischievous cat.

Maximus never thought his life would change so dramatically. Orphaned from a horrible accident caused by unicorns, the youngster is adopted by the Royal family who just lost their own son the same night. The love Maximus receives from the ruler of Forestrial, King Drummond, is exactly what he needs the most. Queen Zelebeth, on the other hand, has a closed heart and wants nothing to do with Maximus. She despises him.

The Last Elephant in New York City is the story of Maxwell, a Ghanaian wildlife ranger, Jessie, an American researcher, and the elephant that united them. On a decades-long mission of compassion, this is a journey of heartbreak, hope, and redemption, laid out in snapshots, like memory itself. Illustrating the worst and best of humanity, it's a glimpse of parallel worlds - the ongoing sorrows of African elephant poaching and the struggles of life for elephants in zoos. Listen to it with someone you love.