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En el mundo de Yadriel, los nahualos liberan espíritus y las nahualas tienen la capacidad de sanar. Cuando su familia latina se muestra reticente a aceptar su identidad, Yadriel decide demostrarles que es un auténtico nahualo. Con la ayuda de su prima Maritza, realiza su ceremonia de quince años e invoca a su primer espíritu.

Kwen Phifer planned to spend the last few weeks of college chumming it up with the career counselor and winding down once finals were over, but, unfortunately for him, those plans fail to come to fruition. He's been approached by someone who explains how he had been chosen to halt an oncoming cataclysm. He lacks skill, experience, and grit.

In the kingdom of Paldron, everyone has a class and skills used to determine their place in life. Darren's are wholly unremarkable...with one exception. When Darren's unique skill catches the eye of royalty, he's thrust into a world he's completely unprepared for: a world of kings and queens, of intrigue and plots, and of powerful skills and classes.

Ivy Hawthorne has always felt like an outsider, but now, she is starting to wonder who - and what - she really is. She can see people’s auras. Animals watch her wherever she goes, and worst of all, sometimes, her dreams actually come true. But recently, things have gone from strange to downright bizarre. The animals have started following her. Strangers have started watching her. And when she gets angry or upset, inexplicable things are bound to happen.

Each year, eight beautiful girls are chosen as Paper Girls to serve the king. It's the highest honour they could hope for...and the most demeaning. This year, there's a ninth. Lei is a member of the Paper caste, the lowest and most persecuted class of people in Ikhara. Ten years ago, her mother was snatched by the royal guards, and her fate remains unknown. Now, the guards are back, and this time it's Lei they're after. There, Lei does the unthinkable - she falls in love. Her forbidden romance becomes enmeshed with an explosive plot that threatens her world's entire way of life.

Nesta Archeron war schon immer stolz, zornig und nachtragend. Seit sie gegen ihren Willen eine High Fae wurde, fällt es ihr schwer, ihren Platz am Hof der Nacht zu finden. Ausgerechnet Cassian soll Nesta dabei helfen, ihr Schicksal zu akzeptieren. Doch die Nähe zu ihm stellt sie vor eine beinahe unerträgliche Herausforderung, denn sie kann und will ihren Gefühlen für Cassian nicht nachgeben. Als erneut ein Krieg droht, liegt es an Nesta, drei Artefakte zu finden, um das Schlimmste zu verhindern.

Teenage criminal Dylan and her twin brother Devin are struggling to survive the streets. After an attempt to steal food goes horribly wrong, the twins are offered a deal. Their needs will be provided for if they join the ranks of the Rhodi. This elite group of supernatural warriors battle against the Hunter’s Guild, a dark force that is threatening to destroy their world.

Eliyana is used to the shadows. With a birthmark covering half her face, she just hopes to graduate high school unscathed. That is until Joshua hops a fence and changes her perspective. No one, aside from her mother, has ever treated her like he does: normal. Maybe even beautiful. Because of Joshua, Eliyana finally begins to believe she could be loved. But one night her mother doesn't come home, and that's when everything gets weird. Now Joshua is her new and rather reluctant legal guardian.

In einer Londoner Schule wird ein Computerspiel herumgereicht, und wer es spielt, kommt nicht mehr davon los...

At her new university hidden in the heart of London, she thought she would be accepted, not hunted. Growing up with an anxiety condition wasn’t easy for Alice Brickstone. Learning to fly helped. Meeting others with strange abilities like hers did too. Now, starting university in a different country feels like a new beginning. She even meets a cute guy who demands nothing of her. But Chancery Gate University is not the safe and welcoming place she hoped it would be.

The Seventh Order has been taken out...Things seem calm. But Alison and her team know better. Trouble’s always coming for a Brownstone. Good thing she has an answer for them. Brownstone Security’s reputation is spreading, which means more jobs for the growing team. But more money means more mayhem looking for them. Can the team dig deeper and pull out another win?

The day has finally arrived: Mitchell Wate and Lillian English are getting married. Everyone has come together - Ethan and Lena, John and Liv, even Link is back in town - and there's enough pie to make Amma proud. But despite the joyous occasion, Ethan can't help but worry that something feels...off. When Siren-turned-Hybrid Caster Ridley blows into town unannounced, Ethan's suspicions are confirmed.

Years ago, a tragic accident robbed me of my mother and emotions. Because I find beauty in darkness and thrive outside social norms, I’ve been labeled a “freak” at school. I know my continued apathy hurts my loved ones, but I’m not about to change. Nothing will ever hurt me again. Then I wake up in an alternate reality...and everything else has changed. Goth is in. I’m considered cool, and my archenemy is the freak. But my real friends won’t talk to me...and the new boy is getting under my skin. As my world spins out of control, I’m desperate to return to normal.

Percys siebtes Schuljahr verläuft einigermaßen ruhig. Wenn da nicht diese Albträume wären, in denen sein bester Freund in Gefahr schwebt. Und tatsächlich: Grover befindet sich in der Gewalt eines Zyklopen. Zu allem Übel ist Camp Half-Blood nicht mehr sicher: Jemand hat den Baum der Thalia vergiftet, der die Grenzen dieses magischen Ortes bisher geschützt hat. Nur das goldene Vlies kann noch helfen. Wird es Percy gelingen, Grover und das Camp zu retten?

Blanca Montes wants to make a difference in the world, to do more than her wealthy godfather and spoiled boyfriend think her capable of. So when Greg Chan shows up as a new student at her Nevada school, she is more than intrigued by this handsome, brilliant stranger. But Greg and Blanca are drawn to each other by something stronger--their fates entwined centuries ago. In his first life, Greg was Captain Popoca, and Blanca is the reincarnation of Princess Iztac, who took her own life after believing her beloved Popoca was sent to his death in battle.

In this sequel to Doon, Mackenna Reid realizes she made a horrible mistake in choosing to follow her dreams of Broadway instead of staying in the enchanted land of Doon. To make everything worse, she's received her Calling - proof she and Duncan are each other's one true love - and it's pure torment, especially when visions of the very alluring Scottish prince appear right before she goes on stage.

Maddie Morrow thought her problems were over. She saved the Inn at Havenfall - a sanctuary between magical worlds hidden deep in the mountains of Colorado - from the evil Silver Prince. Her uncle, the innkeeper, is slowly recovering from a mysterious spell that has left him not quite human. And there are still a few weeks of summer left to spend with her handsome, more-than-just-a-friend Brekken, even though she can’t stop thinking about Taya. But Maddie soon realizes there’s more work to be done to protect the place her family has run for centuries.

Lily Parker is new to St. Sophia's School for Girls, but she's already learned that magic can be your best friend - or your worst enemy. That's why Lily has to learn how to control her newly discovered paranormal abilities while fighting the good fight with her best friend Scout as they take on Chicago's nastiest nightlife - including the tainted magic users known as Reapers....

Ethan Wate is still grieving the loss of his beloved Amma when he receives an unexpected gift - the old, yellow Whitman's Sampler box that held Amma's most closely guarded secrets. "One day I might let you have a look under that lid, Ethan Wate," Amma used to say. "But today isn't the day." Now it's time for one of her greatest secrets to be revealed. In a long-lost letter, Amma tells Ethan the story of growing up as a young Seer with a remarkable gift for reading cards.

Ann wakes from a tragic accident changed, along with four of her classmates. Over the coming days, they notice strange powers, leading them to the city of St. Blaise, where they search for answers.