Resultados para "The Rain" en Literatura y ficción

After reuniting with Cea on Mars, Ephesus realizes he finally has the freedom to pursue the woman he loves. He wastes no time in proposing, but Cea has reservations. But before she can give him an answer, mysterious malfunctions begin happening on base, and all the evidence points to sabotage.

Seventeen-year-old Philadelphia Smyrna lives two lives. To the government, she's Andromeda, the adopted daughter of an influential family. To the "unassimilated," she's Blue Fire, the figurehead of a revolution. Under her leadership, the movement is gaining steam—until the government retaliates by ordering the mass relocation of the unassimilated to Chinese work camps. Philadelphia realizes she must call for war before all her friends are lost.

The year is 2076. Earth is ruled by a one-world government. In order to maintain unity, all citizens must deny their national, racial, and religious identities—or suffer the consequences. Stranded on Earth and haunted by a powerful nemesis, Dr. Nic and his ward Philadelphia Smyrna flee onto the streets of Beijing. With the government calling for their executions, they have no way to buy food, let alone a ticket off the planet. Nic searches for a way to get them off the grid, but he soon discovers that other forces are hunting for Philadelphia.

Sie war Walküre Unruhs beste Freundin ... Sie ist cool, sexy und schlagfertig. In Band Fünf der Reihe um den zaubernden Skelett-Detektiv Skulduggery Pleasant hat sie die Seiten gewechselt und seither fragen Fans weltweit: Was macht eigentlich Tanith Low? Tanith ist natürlich nicht einfach verschwunden!

It has been two weeks, and now Ruby is totally alone. People weren’t prepared for the rain, got caught out in it, didn’t realise that you couldn’t drink water from the taps either. Even a drip of rain would infect your blood, and eat you from the inside out. Ruby sets off on a journey that...

In einer stürmischen Nacht taucht ein unheimlicher Gast bei Meggie und ihrem Vater Mo auf. Am nächsten Morgen reist Mo überstürzt mit Meggie zu ihrer Tante Elinor, die eine wertvolle Bibliothek besitzt. Dort macht Meggie eine überraschende Entdeckung. Und schon bald begreift sie, dass ihr Vater in großer Gefahr schwebt...

Revolution is coming, and eighteen-year-old Stanyard Dass has his hands full working for (and dating) the leader of the resistance. When Jayde, a former ally, threatens the integrity of the operation, Stanyard goes on the hunt, determined to stop the "Green Dragon" once and for all. But someone on the inside is helping Jayde. When Stanyard discovers that his sister has been working for (and dating) the Green Dragon, Stanyard realizes that the real enemy may be closer to home.

Eighteen-year-old Stanyard Dass is willing to die for his girlfriend. He just wasn’t planning on it happening so soon. Arrested for his involvement in the rebellion, Stanyard suffers through endless interrogation while the government uses him to threaten Philadelphia Smyrna, the leader of the revolution. Determined not to be used as blackmail, Stanyard looks for escape—and his opportunity comes in a most unlikely pair of allies.

After Eliza Brady’s home in Houston, Texas, is destroyed by Hurricane Harvey, she is forced to transfer to Southwest High School. Traumatized by the floods and anxious in her new surroundings, Eliza throws herself into environmental activism, even if it’s against the wishes of her Big Oil dad. But when she meets Javi—a boy who has experienced climate-related trauma of his own—she’s finally able to connect with someone over the devastating mental effects of ecological disaster.

Stripped of her rights for refusing to assimilate, sixteen-year-old Philadelphia Smyrna escapes Earth’s religious containment camps when her father is summoned to work on Mars. The remote research base seems like a haven of tolerance—until she discovers it’s the same base where her brother mysteriously died two years before.

Von Millionen Fans sehnsüchtig erwartet: Cornelia Funkes Fortsetzung der Tintenwelt-Reihe. Fünf Jahre sind seit den Geschehnissen in „Tintentod“ vergangen. Fünf glückliche Jahre. Aber dann wird Eisenglanz gesichtet, der Glasmann von Orpheus, dem erbitterten, silberzüngigen Feind von Meggie, Mo und Staubfinger. Der Grund: Orpheus plant Rache an allen, die ihn zu Fall gebracht haben, doch vor allem an Staubfinger, und er nutzt einen furchtbaren Zauber. Sind Bilder mächtiger als Worte? Staubfinger zieht aus, die Antwort zu finden. Der Schwarze Prinz aber macht sich auf die Jagd nach Orpheus.

Rain has taken care of Ethan all their lives. Before she even knew what autism meant, she was her twin brother's connection to the world around him. Each day with Ethan is unvarying and predictable - until one night when her world is turned upside down by a mistake she can't take back. As her new romance with her longtime crush and her carefully constructed life begin to unravel, Rain discovers that the fragile brother she's always protected has grown into a young man who no longer needs her.

It’s 1976 in South Africa, and four young people are living in Johannesburg and its black township, Soweto: Zanele, a black female student organizer; Meena, a South Asian girl working at her father's shop; Jack, an Oxford-bound white student; and Thabo, a teen-gang member, or tsotsi. From each of their points of view, this book explores the roots of the Soweto Uprising and the edifice of apartheid in a South Africa about to explode.

After her rash decision leaves her father cryogenically frozen, 17-year-old Philadelphia Smyrna races to hack the machine and thaw him before the damage is permanent. Stranded on Earth and wanted by the government, she calls on her father’s old contacts and uncovers the truth she was never meant to find: Dr. Smyrna was an insurrectionist.

In einer kleinen Küstenstadt verbringt eine Gruppe von Teenagern lange Sommertage auf einem verlassenen Pier. Diesen ganz besonderen Sommer wird einer von ihnen auf einem Gemälde festhalten – und damit 25 Jahre später das Leben der jungen Louisa für immer verändern. Denn weil ein Detail auf dem inzwischen weltberühmten Bild sie selbst in den Tiefen ihrer Seele berührt, macht sie sich auf die Suche nach der Geschichte der vier Freunde. In der Stadt am Meer wird sie dabei ihr eigenes Abenteuer finden – und eine ganz neue Zukunft.

Hineingelesen in die Tintenwelt: Mit ihrer Tintenwelt ist Cornelia Funke zur bekanntesten deutschen Kinder- und Jugendbuchautorin geworden. "Tintenblut (Tintenwelt 2)" spielt nun zu großen Teilen im Buch Tintenherz und bringt den Hörern die faszinierende Welt näher. Rainer Strecker hat die ideale Lesestimme, um die Geschichte stimmungsvoll zu inszenieren.

Dr. Thomas Smyrna has never been afraid of the law. A stubborn Christian, he’s been racking up felonies since high school and organizing a black market for illegal Bibles. But when the government busts his operation—and his father-in-law takes the fall—Smyrna knows he must lie low and protect what family he has left. That is, until the government rounds up all the “unassimilated” and forces them into concentration camps. Desperate to free his wife and children, Smyrna agrees to one last mission—one designed to end the United’s cruelty forever.

After destroying the government’s superweapon, seventeen-year-old Philadelphia Smyrna leaps off a train in a desperate attempt to escape from prison. She survives, only to be kidnapped and held hostage by a politician from her past. He offers to set her free in exchange for a favor, but his terms seem too good to be true. Philadelphia soon realizes that her patronizing captor also has a deadly secret that puts them all at risk. With her former enemy Nic as her only ally, Philadelphia races to find out who’s really in charge—before her captor uses her to start a war.

After a video of her act of insurrection goes viral, seventeen-year-old Philadelphia Smyrna and her family become the government’s most wanted. When she intercepts a radio transmission from her father asking for help, she knows she must find him before the government does. Adopting a fake identity, Philadelphia leaves the safety of Mars and returns to Earth. But the government isn’t the only one looking for her.

Nic has always been too smart for his own good. The son of the scientist responsible for putting humans on Mars, Nic plans to follow in his father’s footsteps. But when his father is cruelly punished for being “unassimilated,” Nic vows to create an apocalyptic weapon and free the world from United control.