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The fire wasn’t Marlowe Wexler’s fault. Dates should be hot, but not hot enough to warrant literal firefighters. Akilah, the girl Marlowe has been in love with for years, will never go out with her again. No one dates an accidental arsonist. With her house-sitting career up in flames, it seems the universe owes Marlowe a new summer job, and that’s how she ends up at Morning House, a mansion built on an island in the 1920s and abandoned shortly thereafter. It’s easy enough, giving tours. Low risk of fire. High chance of getting bored talking about stained glass and nut cutlets and Prohibition.

An ill-timed storm on Christmas Eve buries the residents of Gracetown under multiple feet of snow and causes quite a bit of chaos. One brave soul ventures out into the storm from her stranded train, setting off a chain of events that will change quite a few lives. Over the next three days, one girl takes a risky shortcut with an adorable stranger, three friends set out to win a race to the Waffle House (and the hash brown spoils), and the fate of a teacup pig falls into the hands of a lovesick barista.

Fifty years after the Jazz Age rise of the Hotel Dumort, immortal warlock Magnus Bane knows the Manhattan landmark is on the decline. The once-beautiful Hotel Dumort has fallen into a decayed thing, a ruin, as dead as a place can be. But the vampires don’t mind…

Jack the Ripper stalks through London, and only the Shadowhunters can stop him. One of 10 adventures in Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy. Simon learns the truth behind the Jack the Ripper murders - "Jack" was stopped by Will Herondale and his institute of Victorian Shadowhunters.

In 1920s Manhattan, Magnus Bane hobnobs with the elite at a glamorous Jazz Age hotspot. One of ten adventures in The Bane Chronicles. The immortal Magnus Bane is making the most of his time in the Roaring Twenties: He’s settled into New York society and is thriving among the fashionable jazz set. And there is nowhere better to see and be seen than the glamorous Hotel Dumort, a glittering new addition to the Manhattan landscape. But a different type of glamour may be at play…

Ginny Blackstone thought that the biggest adventure of her life was behind her. She spent last summer traveling around Europe, following the tasks her aunt Peg laid out in a series of letters before she died. When someone stole Ginny's backpack - and the last little blue envelope inside - she resigned herself to never knowing how it was supposed to end. Months later, a mysterious boy contacts Ginny from London, saying he's found her bag. Finally, Ginny can finish what she started. But instead of ending her journey, the last letter starts a new adventure....

Tre romantiske noveller om seks unge midt i århundredets snestorm, skrevet af tre stærke YA-forfattere: John Green, Maureen Johnsson og Lauren Myracle. Humoristiske og hjertevarme fortællinger om venskab, forelskelse og skelsættende hændelser i og omkring Gracetown og samlingspunktet The Waffle House. Masser af sne, kys og vafler. "Feel good" - læsning til indendørs vinterhygge. Bogen bag filmen "Let It Snow".

Drei Todesfälle in der Gegenwart, drei Morde in der Vergangenheit und bei allen besteht eine Verbindung zu Milliardär Albert Ellingham und seiner exklusiven Schule. Als sich die Beweise verdichten, ist es für Stevie Bell an der Zeit, endlich das zu tun, wofür sie an die Ellingham Academy gekommen ist: den größten Kriminalfall des Jahrhunderts aufklären - und einen Mörder überführen. Stevie hat den Entführer von Alice gefunden. Doch noch sind nicht alle Fragen beantwortet. Lebt Alice Ellingham noch?

In 2016, two friends—and author and a journalist--sat down to ride through the final weeks of the Presidential election by talking to the journalists covering it. They thought they were doing eight episodes. They were wrong. What started as a short trip has become a long and strange journey. They’ve gotten weird. They’ve made friends along the way. Mostly, the weird part, though. Join #1 New York Times bestselling author Maureen Johnson, and legendary publisher of Punk Planet Magazine Dan Sinker as they digest the news each week. Says Who: it’s not a podcast—it’s a coping strategy.

Some cases are ready to come out of the cold. All that’s needed is that one final clue.

Willkommen zurück an der Ellingham Academy! Endlich hat Stevie einen entscheidenden Hinweis auf den Schreiber des Erpresserbriefes gefunden, der sich hinter dem Namen Wahrhaftiger Lügner verbirgt. Aber nach dem tragischen Unfall eines Mitschülers nehmen ihre Eltern sie von der Schule. Stevie würde alles dafür tun, zur Ellingham Academy zurückzukehren und den Entführer von Alice zu finden. Selbst einen Deal mit dem Teufel eingehen - oder Davids Vater Edward King ... Ein toter Star. Ein entführtes Mädchen. Eine verschwundene Mitschülerin.

Versteckt in den Bergen Vermonts ist die Privatschule der ideale Ort für die begabtesten Schüler des Landes – Bestsellerautoren, YouTube-Stars, Künstler, Erfinder. Doch das Internat umgibt eine tragische Geschichte. Vor mehr als 80 Jahren wurden Frau und Tochter des Schulgründers entführt. Genau deshalb wird Stevie Bell an der Akademie aufgenommen: Sie soll die bisher ungeklärte Ellingham-Affäre lösen. Und schon bald erhält sie eine mysteriöse Botschaft, die einen Mord ankündigt.

The day after an epically hideous and embarrassing disaster, Allison comes to school transformed. Suddenly she's sporting a cute new hairstyle, and she has all the right answers in class. With the help of a strangely wise freshman boy, Jane discovers the unbelievable truth behind the drastic change: Allison has sold her soul to the devil. Now it's up to Jane to put it all on the line to save her friend - without losing her own soul in the process.

It is the summer before their senior year in Saratoga Springs, NY. At first, organized, serious Nina has trouble adjusting to her leadership workshop at Stanford University. Although she desperately misses Avery and Mel, who are waitresses at a restaurant back home, she quickly falls head over heels for eco-warrior Steve, who has grown up in a commune on the West Coast - so different from Nina's secure middle-class experience. When she returns to New York, she immediately senses Mel and Avery are keeping secrets and soon discovers they have become lovers.

Now, more than ever, young people are motivated to make a difference in a world they're bound to inherit. They're ready to stand up and be heard - but with much to shout about, where they do they begin? What can I do? How can I help? How I Resist is the response, and a way to start the conversation. To show listeners that they are not helpless, and that anyone can be the change. A collection of essays, songs, and interviews about activism and hope, How I Resist features an all-star group of contributors.

Swinging London, Summer 1967. Sixteen-year-old Estella, gifted with talent, ingenuity, and ambition, dreams of becoming a renowned fashion designer. But life seems intent on making sure her dreams never come true. Having arrived in London as a young girl, Estella now runs wild through the city streets with Jasper and Horace, amateur thieves who double as Estella's makeshift family and partners-in-(petty)-crime. How can Estella dedicate herself to joining the ranks of the London design elite when she's sewing endless costumes and disguises for the trio's heists?

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