Resultados para "The Twenty" en Literatura y ficción

Neon ist verknallt. In Aria. Seit zwei Jahren sind die beiden ein glückliches Paar. Jetzt wollen sie miteinander schlafen. Aria will es. Neon will es. Und trotzdem ist Neon unheimlich nervös, denn er will alles richtig machen. Cut: 24 Stunden davor. 24 Tage davor. 24 Wochen davor. 24 Monate davor – da traf er Aria zum ersten Mal. Heute wird er mit ihr schlafen, ihr unendlich nah sein.

A Coretta Scott King Author Award Winner A New York Times Bestseller Seven starred reviews! “Jason Reynolds has done it again!...Fresh from start to finish…This is what it could be, should be, if only we were all as lucky as Aria. Girls (and everyone) wait for your Neon!” —Judy Blume...

I'm Em, your not-so-typical Dream Traveler. Power? What power? The universe played a cruel joke on me, leaving me as a Dream Traveler with none of the perks. But don't think for a second that I'm sitting around feeling sorry for myself. No way. I'm on a quest, and it's not for the faint-hearted. A world that's pristine on the surface but rotten underneath. That's my reality. Or at least, it was until the whole façade started crumbling.

People fight wars for power. But those who win are motivated by love. Austin Valley appears as it always has, but Em Fuller knows that appearances aren’t what they seem. She knows under the surface, cracks are starting to form in this seemingly well-manicured society. She’s responsible for creating these cracks. And for planting a slow dissension among many of the residents of this once happy city. Broken in a way Em never thought possible, she turns into a well-calculated, strategic leader.

Rarely does the truth set us free. Usually, it chains us to the earth like a ghost. Em returns to Austin Valley, but there are many things that don’t add up about her homecoming. She’s left Rogue behind and is adamant that Dr. Parker must leave the valley with her. Zack agrees to help her, but soon learns she’s not telling the whole truth when Rogue comes storming back. With the threesome reunited, they work on a plan to stop the Defect crisis. Their plan places all of them at risk, but Em knows they have no other choice.

The heart has the power to dream and destroy. So here's where things get really fun—my entire life has basically imploded, and nothing makes sense anymore. Joseph might be the reason the Lucidites' society is crumbling, Zhuang's back and scarier than ever, and Chase—this gorgeous psychopath—keeps demanding I pledge my undying love to him. Oh, and the Institute? It's basically a soap opera of lies, betrayals, and people losing their minds.

Every night, it's the same--I drown in my dreams. But hey, let's not get all gloomy. I'm Roya Stark, just your average sixteen-year-old from the backwoods of Texas, except I'm not so average. See, when I'm not busy burying my nose in classic literature to dodge my family's sneers, I'm grappling with premonitions. Yeah, you heard right. Visions, hunches, call them what you want--they're getting stronger.

Everyone thought the infamous exorcism was fiction. But when Summer learns the girl who was possessed was her mother, the evil returns… It was the infamous exorcism behind every book and movie. The secret they buried? Evil never dies — and it just found Summer’s family. Summer just wanted to finish senior year quietly — prom, graduation, one last summer at home. But when a trembling stranger confronts her on the front step — wild-eyed, reeking of fear — and seizes her arm with a single warning, “It’s coming. It’s coming for everyone,” her world cracks open.

I should have seen it coming. A long time before it came I should have known.I was six or seven years old and there was a girl living next door named Peggy. She was a year older than me and a lot stronger and we were wrestling and she held me down.... All of a sudden it seemed there was something about girls that wasn’t all bad. I didn’t know what it was but I should have known that this first feeling with Peggy Ollendorfer meant that down the road, later, I was in for a big surprise. Afterward, when I was a little older, if you’d asked me what the surprise was like, I’d have said it was about like getting hit by a train.

Stornshire, England-1890. Leighanna Pauley barely escaped consumption. Now, she's claimed by both Life and Death. Fascinated by justice and why she survived when so many others haven't, she has a new obsession: the murder of a fellow socialite. But the police have no leads. The investigation emboldens Leighanna to attend the first ball held at the Carmine Estate. When midnight strikes, the unimaginable takes place. Time stops for everyone but Leighanna. Before her stands the ghost of the dead girl, pleading with Leighanna to catch her killer before someone else is murdered.

When a threat like no other can only be stopped by a perfect assassin team, the organization recruits these two unlikely vigilantes with complementary skill sets. Too bad they can’t stand each other. He’s dangerous. She’s peaceful. He’s loud. She’s meditative. They don’t see eye to eye, but they’ll have to fight side by side. As their target hunts the innocent and threatens to destroy the delicate balance of magic, everything rests on the duo’s ability to work together.

Twelve-year-old Neon Blue Greene is queen of the cafeteria, co-captain of the cheerleading squad, and has the most amazing dog any seventh grader could ask for. Her only complaint in life is that her parents named her after the color of a sports energy drink—until the morning she overhears them whispering and learns that she has twenty-eight days left to live. Neon needs a miracle, but how can she get one in only twenty-eight days? Then it hits her. She'll do a good deed every day.