Resultados para "Spin" en Adolescentes

"Un paio di occhi dorati brillavano nella boscaglia accanto a me. La foresta era silenziosa. Il vento non soffiava più. Persino la neve aveva smesso di scendere. Quel lupo era enorme. Il petto mi si strinse fino a farmi male. E in quell'istante mi resi conto che la mia vita dipendeva da una sola domanda: era solo? Afferrai l'arco e tirai indietro la corda. Non potevo permettermi di mancarlo. Non quando avevo una sola freccia con me."

Project Runway meets Mulan in this sweeping fantasy about a teenage girl who poses as a boy to compete for the role of imperial tailor and embarks on an impossible journey to sew three magic dresses, from the sun, the moon, and the stars. And don’t miss Elizabeth Lim’s new novel, the instant...

C'era e non c'era una volta - così cominciano sempre le fiabe - una principessa destinata ad avvelenare chiunque la toccasse. Ma per Soraya, tenuta nascosta fin dalla nascita, cresciuta lontana dalla sua famiglia, al sicuro solo nel suo giardino, questa non è soltanto una fiaba. All'approssimarsi delle nozze del suo gemello, Soraya deve decidere se uscire allo scoperto per la prima volta. Nelle segrete del palazzo una div, una demone, potrebbe avere le risposte che sta cercando, la chiave per ottenere la libertà.

First responders with any real time on the job believe in ghosts. They’ve experienced events they can’t otherwise explain. Same with other professions that deal with injuries, accidents, or death. Police officers, firemen, and 911 operators, they’ve seen the worst that people can do to one another, and they’ve all had brushes with the unexplained. Don’t believe in ghosts? This audiobook might change your mind and steal any hope of sleep.

From humble beginnings, a heroine will be forged in fire. After a devastating retreat from the Army of the Dead, Lila fears her people will remain nothing more than a ragtag band of Raiders and their dragons. Even with the legendary Crown of Roskilde in her possession, uniting the Raiders seems impossible—it appears she isn't the one to fulfill Danu's cherished prophecy.

I was 16 when I first met him. There were two types of kids in our school—those who had after-school jobs and those rich jerks who didn’t. I was neither. Technically, I fell into the second category since my parents had money for days, but they made me work. It didn’t matter to me, though.

The University of Heart’s Eye barely survived the conflict between magical and mundane students–a conflict fanned by an undercover sorcerer hiding in the last place anyone suspected, a conflict that came within moments of destroying the university or delivering the student body into inescapable servitude. But the fight for academic independence is far from over. Chaos is spreading across the Allied Lands and the university is being sucked into a vortex that may still destroy Emily’s dreams of a better future for the entire world.

Adam of Beneficence wanted to be a magician, and even undertook a magical apprenticeship, but there isn’t a single spark of magic in his entire body. In desperation, his master arranged for him to study at Heart’s Eye University, a former school of magic that has become a university, a place where magicians and mundanes can work to combine their talents and forge the future together. But all is not well at Heart’s Eye. The magical and mundane apprentices resent and fear each other, and outside, powerful forces are gathering to snuff out the future before it can take shape.

Bloomsbury presents Spin Me Right Round by David Valdes, read by Anthony Rodriguez. Meet Luis. He's out, he's proud ... and, although he doesn't know it yet, he's about to travel back in time to save a closeted student called Chaz from a tragic end. All Luis Gonzalez really wants is to go to...

Sixteen-year-old Jasmine Richardson has a love for music. When she gets on the turntables, her gift for spinning and rhyming earn her admiration and respect. She's also talented academically, but her parents disapprove of their daughter's hobby, hoping it's a phase she's going through. Still, Jasmine finds it hard to deny the joy and freedom she feels when she's playing music that makes people smile and dance. After a local contest, Jasmine attracts the interest of some music-industry honchos.

A tailor in disguise. Three legendary dresses. The competition of a lifetime. 'An amazing creation!' Tamora Pierce, #1 New York Times bestselling author Project Runway meets Mulan in this sweeping fantasy about a young girl who poses as a boy to compete for the role of imperial tailor and...

In a world inspired by karma, three teens encounter magnificent beasts, unforgiving magic, and epic battles in this propulsive and wholly original young adult fantasy. “Evocative of Sanderson, Pullman, and Fullmetal Alchemist, yet at the same time shockingly original.” —Rosaria Munda...

Carolina, sedici anni, preda di una storia d'amore che non è andata proprio secondo i suoi desideri, non aveva mai pensato a sé stessa come a una drogata. È la sua mamma a insinuare il sospetto, anzi, la certezza: ma sì, è proprio così. La sua mamma, preoccupata per lei a tal punto da mostrarle una sorta di inquietante decalogo di anomalie, un ritaglio di giornale in cui si elencano gli effetti della droga sui ragazzi. Cambio delle abitudini, sbalzi d'umore, isolamento, insofferenza, cambi di orari, scomparsa di oggetti da casa, disturbi del sonno...

Sie können nur gewinnen, wenn sie zusammenarbeiten. Doch können sie einander vertrauen? Rosabelle, einst loyale Kämpferin des Reestablishment, sinnt auf Rache. Um ihre Schwester zu retten, muss sie alles ablegen, was sie zu wissen glaubte, und sich gegen das Reestablishment stellen. Das...

Die Welt kurz vorm Krieg – und zwei Jugendliche, die auf verfeindeten Seiten stehen Vor zehn Jahren versank die Welt im Krieg: Rebellen stürzten das grausame Reestablishment und gründeten die Neue Republik voller Hoffnung auf eine bessere Zukunft. Doch die Macht der Republik ist fragil, ihre...

Von Millionen Fans weltweit atemlos erwartet: Die Fortsetzung der Bestsellersensation »The Inheritance Games« als Hörbuch Nachdem Avery Grambs das milliardenschwere Erbe der Familie Hawthorne angetreten hat, ruft sie einen jährlichen Wettbewerb der besonderen Art auf. Jeder der geladenen...

Die junge Tempeldienerin Cassia weiß genau, wer hinter dem Tod ihrer Freundinnen steckt, aber der skrupellose Dämon Ianus wird in ganz Rom als Gott verehrt und scheint unantastbar. Als dem Mädchen, das immun gegenüber dämonischen Kräften ist, eines Tages in Aussicht gestellt wird, Ianus zu...

Bloomsbury presents Small Steps by Louis Sachar, read by Curtis McClarin. A sequel to international bestseller Holes, in which favourite character Armpit tries to turn his life around in a brilliantly plotted and masterfully told adventure story Armpit is living in Austin, Texas. It is three...