Fairy Folk Magic

“This daughter of Mary Shelley delights and excites the border between story and science.”―Samantha Hunt “A novel about what we want and also what we can’t escape.”―Allegra Hyde “A haunting chord of a novel that will hang in the air long after you turn the final page...

Marikit is used to wearing recycled clothes. Her mother, the best seamstress in the barrio, has become an expert at making do ever since Marikit’s father and brother were lost at sea. But for her tenth birthday, all Marikit wants is something new. So when her mother gifts her a patchwork dress stitched together with leftover scraps from her workshop, Marikit vows to never wear it. That is, until the eve of her birthday, when shadow creatures creep into their home and upend the only life she’s ever known.

Something dark and devious lurks in the moors around Roisin Dubh’s home, and it’s her duty to stamp it out before it gets its claws into the humans she’s vowed to protect.…even though those humans would kill her on sight if they knew she was Fae. As a member of the Raven Court of Neverknoll, Roisin is bound by a vow to protect the humans of Gwenlyre from dark Fae at all costs. For her entire life, she’s done her best to blend in with the humans by day and protect them by night. But now, something sinister has entered Gwenlyre.

Silverthorne is a place of secrets. A forest of twisting paths and tangled thorns. A castle with locked towers and whispers of tragedy. A village trapped between terrors known and unknown. But something is stirring in the leaves. Wild Rose, raised by wolves, refuses to live hidden within the confines of the forest any longer. Aurelia, locked in the castle tower, dreams of escaping the fate she's told awaits her. Together, they will change life in Silverthorne forever.

Twins Willow and Jake Grimm are not prepared for the bizarre gadgets and scary changes in their new home of New Marburg, the location of the top-secret Think Tank where their parents now have jobs as scientists. In this town, people jetpack to work, robots direct traffic, and senior citizens duel with laser swords. Yet nothing compares to what happens the day after lightning strikes the twins’ house. Their school building transforms around them, becoming a medieval castle—complete with moat, drawbridge, and a dangerous giant who looks strangely like the school’s overly aggressive hall monitor.

Mei and Yun Wu have always been different from the other kids in the village. They’ve learned not to talk about why. But now, as this year’s Mid-Autumn Festival approaches, the twelve-year-olds find that they are exactly like everyone else: bursting with excitement. That’s because word of their grandfather’s incredible mooncakes has reached the Emperor of China himself. And on festival night, the emperor’s son will arrive to sample Grandpa’s mooncakes and report back to His Majesty.

When best friends, TJ, Andréa, and Cora are caught in a herculean hurricane, they find themselves transported to a secret dragon realm knows as Alpha. And if they ever want to return to their old lives, they'll have to fulfill an secret prophecy...or remain stranded in this realm! Reluctant but willing, they attend a mystical academy where humans are considered a myth. There, they must hide their true nature, as they learn to live in harmony with the animal, elemental, and plant kingdoms. And they discover that to return to Earth, they must accept a sacred duty to help both realms.

Kaosslangen Adolphis har vist sig at være den værste fjende af alle de gamle guder, som Sadie og Carter skal bekæmpe. Søskendeparret kan ikke stole på deres magiske kræfter alene, for Adolphis er uovervindelig. Eller er den? Der er måske en måde at stoppe undergangen på. De skal bare lige have hjælp fra en ældgammel, ondskabsfuld og psykopatisk ånd, der skal vækkes fra de døde og være SØD at hjælpe! Med livet som indsats (og nogle ret specielle venner på sidelinjen) må Sadie og Carter kaste sig ud i den ultimative kamp om verdensherredømmet.

Sadie og Carter har magiske evner! Det er evner, der kan redde dem selv og verden fra den flok sindssyge, egyptiske guder, der har rejst sig fra graven for at overtage verdensherredømmet. De skal bare lige finder ud af at bruge dem uden at dø af det. Og rygterne siger, at den gamle egyptiske solgud, Ra, måske kan hjælpe (hvis han da ikke er blevet for gammel og senil). Men hvor er Ra? Svaret kan findes i nogle gamle papyrusruller, der er spredt ud over verden. Og de er bestemt ikke nemme at få fingrene i!

De to søskende Sadie og Carter ser ikke meget til hinanden, efter deres mor døde. Deres far er egyptolog og rejser rundt i verden, så ham ser de kun, hvis de rejser med ham. Da deres far forsvinder sporløs på et af sine sjældne besøg i London, bliver de to søskende kastet ud i en livsfarlig eftersøgning af ham. Snart finder de ud af, at de er vigtige brikker i en oldgammel egyptisk guds onde planer om at rejse sig fra de døde og overtage verdensherredømmet.

Wer sich mit den Göttern anlegt, der hat sie echt nicht mehr alle... Seit ich erfahren habe, dass die Mythen des alten Mesopotamien wahr sind, steht mein Leben kopf! Ich musste mich mit reimenden Dämonen herumschlagen. Ich bin dem mächtigsten Superhelden aller Zeiten begegnet. Und ich habe den Zorn von Nergal, dem Gott der Seuchen, auf mich gezogen. Nicht cool! Zum Glück gibt es noch Belet. Belet ist der Wahnsinn: Sie befehligt eine Schar geflügelter Schutzgeister und schwingt ein sagenumwobenes Schwert. Mit ihrer Hilfe kann eigentlich nichts schiefgehen. Oder?!

La terribile battaglia del Campo Giove è stata vinta, e grazie all'aiuto dei semidei Apollo è sopravvissuto a Tarquinio e al suo esercito di non morti, e ha sconfitto gli imperatori Commodo e Caligola. La guerra però non è ancora finita, e per il dio del sole, intrappolato nella forma mortale del patetico adolescente Lester Papadopoulos, è tempo di affrontare l'ultima sfida.

After their daring escape from Atlantis, Lewis, Hanna, and their resourceful Atlantean friend, Kaya, find themselves pulled between two worlds. Trapped on the surface under the watchful eyes of government officials, the three adventurers receive an urgent call to return their stolen warship to Atlantis—or risk starting an all-out war.

Alexandra is having a hard enough time being human, dealing with the unexpected death of her father, and a family that's slowly unraveling in the wake of that death. So she really, really didn't need a werewolf attempting to kill her on top of everything else. But life just sucks sometimes, apparently. Because that's what happens: a vicious werewolf attack leaves Alex infected, confused, and suddenly surrounded by strangers who all claim they want to help her. Now, all she has to do is decide who to trust.

When Astrid Xu stumbles upon a magic Chinese scroll, she can't help but wonder if it holds the key to helping her mom's depression. What Astrid doesn't expect is to be transported along with her little sister, Marilla, to Zhen -- a realm where the Chinese legends of old are real! But all is not well in Zhen. An ancient evil known as Chaos is wreaking havoc throughout the land, and Astrid is the only one who can stop it.

Omega Morales’s family has been practicing magic for centuries in Noche Buena. But over the years, the town's reputation for the supernatural is no longer one the people carry with pride. So Omega’s family keeps to themselves, and in private, they’re Empaths—diviners who can read and manipulate the emotions of people and objects around them. But Omega’s powers don’t quite work, and it leaves her feeling like an outsider in her own family.

Als de boom van Thalia vergiftigd raakt, vervagen de magische grenzen die Kamp Halfbloed beschermen tegen woeste monsters. Percy onderneemt samen met zijn vrienden een gevaarlijke reis over de Zee van Monsters op zoek naar het tegengif, maar de klok tikt en Percy heeft maar enkele dagen de tijd.

While she is mourning her mother on an empty beach, Serena Reynolds falls in the dangerous ocean. Her demise is cut short by a mysterious guy named Morten. But he won't leave the mystery of the water which hides him. Forgetting him isn't easy, but when she meets the silent Ridley, who is almost as mysterious as Morten, somehow her sad life seems to get better. That is, until both mysteries threaten to destroy her.

After his first adventure as the Descendant, Cameron can't sit through seventh grade classes. Especially when his mother is still trapped in Chidani and his father is still missing. But he encounters a particularly nasty bully in his new school, and it doesn't take long for Cameron and his trusty friends Zion and Aliyah to realize that the troubles of Chidani won't stay away for long. With the Book to guide them, Cameron and his crew end up transported to Chidani sooner than anticipated-and the gods and goddesses they encounter don't intend to make Cameron's journey easy.

A dazzling feminist reinterpretation of a classic fairy tale, from the best-selling author of The Miniaturist and The Muse. For her 12 daughters, Queen Laurelia's death in a motor car accident is a disaster beyond losing a mother. Their father, King Alberto, cannot bear the idea of the princesses ever being in danger and decides his daughters must be kept safe at all costs. Those costs include their lessons, their possessions and, most importantly, their freedom. But the eldest, Princess Frida, will not bend to his will without a fight.