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What if Anna and Elsa never knew each other? As the future queen of Arendelle, Princess Elsa leads a life full of expectations and responsibilities - not to mention questions. What type of ruler will she be? When will she have to pick a suitor? And why has she always harbored the feeling that some critical piece of her is missing? Following the unexpected death of her parents, Elsa is forced to answer those questions sooner than she'd hoped, becoming the sole ruler of her kingdom and growing lonelier than ever.

Getting hit by a truck didn't Isekai Arthur Ward, but he did wake up in a world forever changed. When Earth evolves, passing a threshold few even knew existed, humanity is whisked away by the Grand System to engage in an educational Tutorial to bring them up to speed, the introduction of the new energy source that has been made available: Ether.

Late on a hot summer night in the tail end of 1965, Charlie Bucktin, a precocious and bookish boy of 13, is startled by an urgent knock on the window of his sleep-out. His visitor is Jasper Jones, an outcast in the regional mining town of Corrigan. Rebellious, mixed-race, and solitary, Jasper is a distant figure of danger and intrigue for Charlie. So when Jasper begs for his help, Charlie eagerly steals into the night by his side, terribly afraid but desperate to impress. Jasper takes him through town and to his secret glade in the bush, and it's here that Charlie bears witness to Jasper's horrible discovery....

After living through a dumpster fire of a Valentine’s Day, Emilie Hornby escapes to her grandmother’s house for some comfort and a consolation pint of Ben & Jerry’s. She passes out on the couch, but when she wakes up, she’s back home in her own bed—and it’s Valentine’s Day all over again. And the next day? Another horrendous V-Day.

Morgan, an elite track athlete, is forced to transfer high schools late in her senior year after it turns out being queer is against her private Catholic school's code of conduct. There, she meets Ruby, who has two hobbies: tinkering with her baby blue 1970 Ford Torino and competing in local beauty pageants, the latter to live out the dreams of her overbearing mother. The two are drawn to each other and can't deny their growing feelings.

Ellingham Academy is a famous private school in Vermont for the brightest thinkers, inventors, and artists. It was founded by Albert Ellingham, an early 20th century tycoon, who wanted to make a wonderful place full of riddles, twisting pathways, and gardens. "A place," he said, "where learning is a game." Shortly after the school opened, his wife and daughter were kidnapped. The only real clue was a mocking riddle listing methods of murder, signed with the frightening pseudonym "Truly, Devious".

When Izzy meets Jade on a cruise to Bermuda, her new daredevil friend turns Izzy’s boring family vacation into the trip of a lifetime. Until Jade goes missing. The investigators claim Jade fell overboard, but Izzy knows better. Her friend had secrets—secrets that might have gotten her killed. As Izzy digs deeper into Jade’s disappearance, she realizes that someone doesn’t want her to find the truth. And if she’s not careful, Izzy might not get off this ship alive.

Scarlett McCain and Albert Browne have outwitted their pursuers and escaped into the wilderness once more, and it's not long before they become famous for their audacious heists across the Seven Kingdoms. Yet neither is fully able to escape the shackles of the past—as they discover when a dangerous job turns sour. Soon old enemies and sinister new threats are pressing in on every side, and Scarlett and Browne must pull off an impossible mission and strike out against The Faith Houses and the Brothers of the Hand if they are to save the people they hold most dear.

The wait is over! John Green, the number one best-selling author of The Fault in Our Stars, is back. It all begins with a fugitive billionaire and the promise of a cash reward. Turtles All the Way Down is about lifelong friendship, the intimacy of an unexpected reunion, Star Wars fan fiction, and tuatara. But at its heart is Aza Holmes, a young woman navigating daily existence within the ever-tightening spiral of her own thoughts.

Quelques siècles après le grand zéro, les humanimaux dominent le monde. Devenue humaine de compagnie, Murphy découvre la cité de Valyrium où sa maîtresse, l'huma-louve Diamantine, réside. Mais elle veut à tout prix retrouver les amis qu'elle a laissés derrière elle, d'autant qu'ils sont plus que jamais menacés par les nouvelles lois antihumains. La révolte gronde.

This is definitely not how Maya wanted to spend the summer—depressed at her once-beloved cabin in Spruce Lake, and unable to avoid seeing her lifelong best friend, Rashida, after confessing her woefully unrequited love to her last year. Maya can’t decide if she wants to escape, or convince Rashida they’re still meant to be. Gabe is sent to Spruce Lake by her mom in hopes she stays out of trouble. Gabe is NOT excited to be here. She does NOT like nature. She does NOT want to spend her summer in a tiny town with outdoorsy environmentalist types.

The snow is the only thing that has settled. The dead are exploding with rage and as blood thirsty as ever. Book 3 sits you in the front row of a non-stop rollercoaster ride that not all will survive. Check out Zombies Ate the Neighbors 3 Today!

Heksens hus er brændt ned til grunden, og heksen er død. Men da Lynns lillebror Stevie finder en grøn glaskugle og tager den med hjem, begynder der igen at ske uhyggelige og sære ting i Lynns familie … Heksens øje er fjerde bind i den populære gyserklassikerserie om Lynn og hendes veninde Mus. Gyldendal A/S www.gyldendal.dk gyldendal@gyldendal.dk

Noranto knows who he is. Or at least, he thinks he does. Footballer. Hustler. One of the boys. He's got the playground game on lock and big plans for his mum's birthday this weekend. But poetry? That's just something he does quietly - in his head, on the bus, between goals. Then his teacher spots his talent and urges him to enter a writing competition. Noranto laughs it off. The deadline's in three days and he's already got too much on. His mates agree - poetry doesn't win matches. But the rhymes won't stop coming. And a voice inside him keeps asking: What if this is his shot?

Lewis erfährt, dass er ein Stipendium an einem der renommiertesten amerikanischen Institute für Meeresbiologie erhalten hat. Er will mit Cleo darüber sprechen, kommt aber nicht dazu, weil Don verkündet, dass er und Sam übermorgen heiraten wollen.

An idealistic ecologist is thrown 65 million years into the past on a mission to save the Earth from a cosmic collision. With the best intentions, however, he ends up inadvertently destroying two, maybe three worlds. It will appeal to anyone interested in paleontology, the time travel dilemma, or camping in the tropics.

In the powerful sequel to My Brother, Danny, Joplin James Sell brings listeners back into the world of Harper Martinez—first introduced as Mateo, now a confident, creative, and quietly courageous trans girl navigating her final year of high school.

Fehlendes Wissen über GeldKaninchen Rosi hat die Schnauze voll: Das Geld ist immer knapp, und in der Schule wird sie für ihre abgetragenen Klamotten gehänselt. Dabei möchte sie nichts lieber als ein Haus am Strand und nie wieder Geldsorgen.

Kim schwebt auf Wolke sieben: Drei lange Küsse mit dem tollsten Jungen überhaupt treffen mit voller Wucht Kims Herz wie ein Elfmeter. Zudem darf sie mit ihrer besten Freundin Elli aus dem Internat zu Hause ihre Weihnachtsferien verbringen. Das Tolle dabei ist, Kim weiß, ihr Herzensbrecher Leon wohnt nicht weit entfernt in einer Nachbarstadt. Doch wo? Vergessen hatten sie, an dem besagten Abend vor der Heimfahrt, ihre Handynummern auszutauschen. Die Funkstille macht sie ganz verrückt. Kim kommen ernste Zweifel an der Frage, ob Leon sie tatsächlich auch als Freundin möchte.

Mari Cruz and her friends are bored to death with their town in the New Mexico desert. When an alien Arbitrator shows up to decide the fate of the Earth, things get a little more interesting. It's a good thing school's almost out, because the four girls have a wild summer in store for them. Mari and her gang of misfits innocently upload a photo of a funny-looking dog they find at the local Animal Shelter. Turns out they've blown the cover of an alien who's hiding from a race of bloodthirsty fiends. To complicate things, their dusty desert town is next to one of the fabled U.