The thrilling conclusion to Janet Edward’s sensational debut YA sci-fi trilogy.Jarra never wanted to be a celebrity. All she ever wanted was to gain some respect for the people left on Earth: the unlucky few whose immune system prevents them from portalling to other planets.Except now she’s the most famous Earth girl in the universe – but not everyone in the universe is happy about it, nor the fac…
From the chaos of Dissolution rises a secret order, a Brotherhood formed to protect the world of the living from the world of the dead.Growing up on the streets of London, Adam knows nothing of the dark and precarious world that exists just beyond his reality – until he dies, cold and alone, aged 14. Now, after years of abandonment, Adam discovers he is important: an Order that was formed many cen…
Евгений Андреевич Пермяк, настоящая фамилия Виссов (1902–1982), – русский писатель, автор очерков, рассказов, сказок, пьес, повестей, романов. Свой творческий псевдоним писатель выбрал в честь родного города Перми. Ещё в юности он овладел профессиями столяра, слесаря, сапожника, токаря и кузнеца. Поэтому большинство рассказов и сказок посвящены труду: «Как Маша стала большой», «Золотой гвоздь», «Т…
Как прекрасно, если твои желания сразу исполняются! Именно так думали Жози, Куки, Зефирка и другие собачки, когда гном Базиль пообещал им, что добрая правительница Страны Чудес непременно исполнит все, о чем ее только ни попросят. Надо лишь отправиться вместе с Базилем в увлекательное путешествие. Гном не обманул: собачки оказались в Стране Чудес и каждый получил то, о чем мечтал. Но… теперь друзь…
Vee Bell is certain of one unshakeable truth. Sophie was murdered. But how can she prove it?Everyone thinks Vee is narcoleptic, but her secret condition is far more terrifying. When Vee passes out she slides into other people’s minds and can see the world through their eyes. It’s been happening for long enough that she thinks she’s gotten a handle on it. But nothing prepares her for sliding into s…
Compelling drama in which 17-year-old Ellis comes to terms with the meaning of death…Ellis is an ordinary 17-year-old; someone who’s planning to finish school and go to university like any other teenager. The difference is that four months ago, his best friend Simon killed himself. Still – that was four months ago. Ellis has now ‘got over it’.Except, of course, he hasn’t. Returning to his home tow…
EVERYONE KNOWS THAT CHELSEA KNOT CAN'T KEEP A SECRETUntil now. Because the last secret she shared turned her into a social outcast–and nearly got someone killed. Now Chelsea has taken a vow of silence–to learn to keep her mouth shut, and to stop hurting anyone else. And if she thinks keeping secrets is hard, not speaking up when she's ignored, ridiculed, and even attacked is worse.But there's stre…
A magical romance blossoms in the follow-up to WINGS, the bestselling novel described by Stephenie Meyer as «a remarkable debut»."I can't just storm in and proclaim my intentions. I can't 'steal' you away. I just have to wait, and hope that someday you'll ask," Tamani said."And if I don't?" Laurel asked, her voice barely above a whisper."Then I guess I'll be waiting forever."It's been almost a yea…
OMG, Madison Parker is back for the deliciously mean follow up to The Fame Game. The claws are out in the race to become Hollywood’s brightest star…Madison Parker made a name for herself as best frenemy of nice-girl-next-door-turned-reality-celeb Jane Roberts in L. A. Candy. Now she’s ready for her turn in the spotlight and she’ll stop at nothing to get it.But with backstabbing friends and family,…
Can Kate Morgan stand up for herself—without being labeled a snitch? Kate is just as confused as her best friend, Lan, when she arrives at Cleary High to find the building's been «tagged» with a life-size graffiti mural. Could the culprit be one of their friends or classmates? And is the kind-of-amazing creation really vandalism, or a work of art? She's tempted to stay out of it—mostly because, as…
A brilliant supernatural thriller with a modern twist, and a triumphant return from one of Britain’s best-loved writers.At the end of a track, on the outskirts of an ordinary coastal town, lies a dilapidated house. Once, a group of amateur ghost hunters spent the night there. Two of them don’t like to speak about the experience. The third can’t speak about it. He went into the basement, you see, a…
The twelfth Lost Diary about this famous entertainer. Set from 1885 the year in which Annie joined Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show to 1893 when Annie reached the high point of her career at the Chicago World’s Fair.Annie Oakley ‘s rags-to-riches story is engaging and exciting. She began shooting to provide for the family pot and was soon selling her surplus game to hotels in Cincinnati. Within two y…
Эта история началась с того, что мальчик Миша поймал большую муху и решил ее воспитывать, кормить и дрессировать. Подумаешь муха, ничего необычного, скажет кто-нибудь. А вот и нет. Эта удивительная муха, по имени Маня, помогла семье Миши совершить невероятное путешествие в Австралию.
У всех есть бабушки. Они не только любят и балуют своих внучат, но и воспитывают их. Некоторые бабушки учат своих внуков правильному поведению наставлениями, а некоторые - сказками. И сказки, как правило, служат лучшими примерами, так как запоминаются надолго.
Наташа вполне разделяет мнение матери. Действительно, приятно видеть все нарядное, чистое и корректное перед глазами. И белый чепчик на русой Анютиной головке, и ее стройную, с тонкой талией, фигурку Наташа очень любит. Но сегодня почему-то и белый чепчик, и тонкая талия, и сама Анюта раздражают Наташу. Что-то смутное, неприязненное поднимается со дна души…