Short For Teens

The Final Showdown. The threat to Wicked and to Palisor forces Briony into the inevitable, an alliance with Josh, the Werewolf King. As Josh's role becomes clearer in Palisor, and the people are demanding higher security, Briony is forced to make the most important decision in her life. The worlds of the Wicked and Palisor collide in this stunning conclusion to the Wicked Woods series.

Introduce your children to the magic of Shakespeare with these 20 favorite tales. Although simplified, these lively stories don't underestimate young readers; they keep the complexity, twists of plot, and turns of fate found in the originals.

In a tiny kingdom of special humans, beings known as “surfers”, who’ve figured out how to travel across the globe in a matter of seconds, distrust and division festers. The queen, having lost her daughter to a criminal faction of surfers, now struggles to offer her tiny citizenry the comfort and stability of times past. As member of the strike force, will Luga Milash succeed in saving her loved ones and avert a war where possible?

"I lace my LeBron’s up, secure my thumb brace then I run onto the court". After working hard for over 10 years, in pursuit of my purpose, one doctor’s visit changes everything. We all have dreams of fulfilling our life’s purpose. But what if life has a different plan for you? This audiobook is a story for anyone who has come to a point in life where you are forced to give everything up and start fresh. You are now forced to find a new purpose. What do you do?

Several children have put pen to paper and taken part in the very first Shenanigans’ Children’s Anthology: Aspiring Dreams. In this audiobook, you will find the brilliant imaginations of those children, who are aged between 10 and 15 years old. Topics range from a time traveler to dealing with bullying at school.

"Alt hvad der står i min magt" er fem realistiske noveller for unge om styrkeprøver og kærlige kræfter mellem mennesker - alt det gode og knap så gode, vi besidder magten til at gøre ved hinanden. Novellerne zoomer bl.a. ind på temaer som hævnporno, angst, gruppepres, familierelationer og alvorlig sygdom. Camilla Wandahl og Caroline Ørsum har tidligere skrevet den anmelderroste ungdomsroman "Venus Fluefanger" sammen.

This short story is one of those things that literally took a village to accomplish. From bouncing around ideas to coming up with the characters to listening to me ramble on and on and on about it. In itself, it is a fun little piece that the author fell in love with while trying to flesh out a few of the main characters of his fLUX Runners series.

All she wanted was a normal life, but what she got was something far more sinister than she could have imagined. High School Pop Star is the first book in the young adult horror series Scratch. Sky has been living life in the fast lane as a teenage pop star for the last two years, but something doesn't feel quite right. She realizes that she needs to make some changes to the pace of her life.

Operative Jena Morane is the kind of Justice Keeper who can't resist the urge to poke her nose where it doesn't belong. Bored with her current assignment, she flies off to investigate strange readings from a neighboring star system. But something is lurking in deep space, and what she finds there will haunt her until the day she dies.

Death awaits those left outside the domes, but within the darkness lies salvation. Raina McNay is dying. When a man offers the key to Raina's survival, she leaps into a world where danger and blood reign. Without the rules society demands, Raina discovers the monsters she fears may hide in the light. Before Nola walked in the open air, before Nightland ruled the city. Take the first steps of Raina's journey into the night.

The Dreaded Summons and Other Misplaced Bills investigates seven unfortunate accounts piled together to make you laugh. The collection opens with Tina Teatree, who has a compulsion for weeding that soon digs up the root of her problem. The title story is "The Dreaded Summons", about an introvert and his friendship with a lost manatee. Other stories reveal the Breakfast Hunter, J.J. Whitweather, Shirley Short, and Fig B. Willingsbee.

Near the ancient city of Hierapolis in Turkey, two paleontologists discover a box buried deep in a secret chamber. What does the box contain? The answer will take planet Earth to the brink of extinction. Born of Fire is the prelude to the acclaimed science fantasy series Prosperine. It takes place almost a century before the first book in the series The Alien Corps and deals with the cataclysmic events on planet Earth that ultimately lead to the formation of a world government and the creation of the Corps.

In this short story, which takes place directly before The Change: Life, you will meet Jacob and Mia and get a tiny glimpse into how their very lives are tied in to the fate of the world - to the Changed themselves - and to the enigmatic creature that appears out of nowhere to destroy all that it sees, both humans and Changed alike.

Enter the spell-binding worlds of best-selling author Robert Stanek and dream a new dream. Contains the stories "Absolutes", "Silence is Golden", and "August Rains".

When 10-year-old Lara Demming discovers her next-door neighbor is a witch, she is initially horrified by the discovery. And then, she becomes curious what she can learn from Old Widow Holcomb.

"It is the tale of a dragon. It is the tale of a kite. It is the tale of a healer and a storyteller...heroic in spite of themselves and because of the dragon. That's what dragons are for, after all, to call forth heroes." So begins "Dragonfield", by celebrated author Jane Yolen. Paired with Milbre Burch's "Metamorphosis" (James Tiptree Jr. Award Semi-Finalist), these two contemporary fairy tales of true love and high adventure will enchant and entertain you.

Something stirs beneath the ice-locked tundra of Snowdonia National Park. An ancient force of unspeakable evil scrabbles at the boundaries between worlds. Its servants creep from sunless caverns and crave the taste of warm human flesh. Ithaqua summons his children home. A new age approaches. Gibbering monsters and nameless horrors await, and a blend of man and beast is needed to show the Great Old Ones the way. Dwellers in the deep. Fields of quivering flesh.

Edgar Allan Poe, American poet and master of the horror tale, is also credited by many with inventing the American mystery story. "The Gold Bug" is one of his most famous stories. It was first published in the Philadelphia Dollar Newspaper in June 1843, after Poe had won a competition held by the paper and received a prize of $100.

Rebellious teenager Allyson has broken the rules one time too many, and her mother sends her to stay with her cousins in New Mexico. The LeFebres' highly religious, conservative, rural lifestyle is shocking to Allyson, and one of their strangest superstitions is a belief in a local boogeyman called the Bice. But it's only a superstition, right?

A phantom haunts The Pole-Star, a whaling ship stranded in the north Atlantic ice, as the ship's captain slips into madness....