Resultados para "M M Kaye" en Adolescentes

Luckily for humanity, scientist Marie Curie applied her brilliant mind and indomitable spirit to expanding the frontiers of science, but what if she had instead drifted toward the darkness? At the cusp of between child- and adulthood, at the crossroads between science and superstition, a teen Marie Curie faces the factual and the fantastic in this fabulous collection of stories that inspire, delight, and ask the question: What if she had used her talents for diabolical purposes?

Sirscha Ashwyn comes from nothing, but she's intent on becoming something. After years of training to become the queen's next royal spy, her plans are derailed when shamans attack and kill her best friend, Saengo. And then Sirscha, somehow, restores Saengo to life. Unveiled as the first soulguide in living memory, Sirscha is summoned to the domain of the Spider King. For centuries, he has used his influence over the Dead Wood - an ancient forest possessed by souls - to enforce peace between the kingdoms.

Sirscha has returned to Evewyn, only to discover that everyone believes she killed the queen and that she’s the new king’s Shadow. These rumors have made people fear her, but it’s not the rumors that concern her—it’s finding out what the Soulless is going to do next so she can finally destroy him. Everyone might believe she’s a monster, but Sirscha knows who the real evil is, and she refuses to let him destroy their world.

Die Sechstklässlerin Krümel ist ein umgekehrter Don Quijote: Sie kämpft gegen Riesen und sieht doch nur Windmühlen. Als der Nichtraucher an einem Freitagvormittag im April 2008 Amok läuft, weil er seine Abiturzulassung vermasselt hat, glauben zunächst alle an einen geschmacklosen Abistreich. Bald schließen sich die Kinder und Jugendlichen zu Stämmen und Gangs zusammen. Den verängstigten Lehrkräften bleibt die Wahl, sich der meuternden, rotzbesoffenen Stufe Dreizehn oder dem Widerstand anzuschließen.

Copper James makes not one, but two deals that could save her from standing trial for a crime she didn’t commit. Unfortunately, the young smuggler finds herself caught and branded a thief by the Oddity Shop she was trying to steal from. Raleigh Danger is a reformed smuggler turned supernatural detective, but when Copper James comes back into his life desperate for help, he uses his connections to gain entrance into an infamous game of enchantment and mystery.

For best friends Miliani, Inez, Natalie, and Jasmine, Providence, Rhode Island has a magic of its own. From the bodegas and late-night food trucks on Broad Street to The Hill that watches over the city, every corner of Providence glows with memories of them practicing spells, mixing up potions and doing séances with the help of the magic Miliani’s Filipino grandfather taught her.

September 20, 1663, gulls circle and dive overhead as the sails unfurl propelling the ship carrying twelve-year-old Etienne Gayneau and ten-year-old Abraham Dayton toward Boston and new business opportunities that promise them everything they want. Unknown to them, these ventures also carry the power to destroy. Each boy must choose - take the easy road of promise that leads to destruction, or follow the harder path to self-discovery. Both choices will cost them everything.

Now wanted in the Five Kingdoms for being a void mage, Star arrives in the country of Rollada. Her plan? Figuring out just what is in the magical contract that binds her to her new familiar. A plan that swiftly goes up in smoke when Star and her friends accidentally stumble upon a royal assassination plot. Contracted to prevent the assassination, Star must find and capture the conspirators as well as deal with an unruly familiar, the mystery of her friend’s past, and a stalker who just won’t go away. The Princess in Chains is the second book in the The Void Mage Grimoires.