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Jakkin risks everything--his freedom, his dragon, even his life--to rescue his beloved in this stirring sequel to Dragon's Blood.

Rough-and-tumble Saturday Woodcutter thinks she's the only one of her sisters without any magic - until the day she accidentally conjures an ocean in the backyard. With her sword in tow, Saturday sets sail on a pirate ship, only to find herself kidnapped and whisked off to the Top of the World. Is Saturday powerful enough to kill the demon witch who holds her captive and save the world from destruction? And, as she wonders grumpily, “Did romance have to be part of the adventure?”

In a dark future America where violence, terror, and grief touch everyone, young refugees Mahlia and Mouse have managed to leave behind the war-torn lands of the Drowned Cities by escaping into the jungle outskirts. But when they discover a wounded half-man - a bioengineered war beast named Tool - who is being hunted by a vengeful band of soldiers, their fragile existence quickly collapses.

Kitty Doe is a Blackcoat rebel and a former captive with a deadly connection to the most powerful and dangerous man in the country, Prime Minister Daxton Hart. Forced to masquerade as Daxton's niece, Lila Hart, Kitty has helped the Blackcoats take back the prison known as Elsewhere. But Daxton has no intention of ceding his position of privilege - or letting Kitty expose his own masquerade.

Dragons are trained to fight to the death, and two determined teens help free them in this spellbinding saga. Training a dragon to be a fighting champion is the only way to freedom for 15-year-old Jakkin.

Lex, a teenage Grim Reaper, has the power to damn souls - and it’s getting out of control. Her boyfriend, Driggs, is dead - sort of. She’s a fugitive, on the run from the maniacal new mayor of Croak and the townspeople who want to see her pay the price for her misdeeds. Uncle Mort rounds up the Junior Grims to flee Croak once again, but this time they’re joined by Grotton, the most powerful Grim of all time. Their new mission is clear: Fix his mistakes, or the Afterlife will cease to exist, along with all the souls in it.

Teens control the fate of America in the fourth and final book in the New York Times best-selling Unwind dystology by Neal Shusterman. Proactive Citizenry, the company that created Cam from the parts of unwound teens, has a plan: to mass produce rewound teens like Cam for military purposes. And below the surface of that horror lies another shocking level of intrigue: Proactive Citizenry has been suppressing technology that could make unwinding completely unnecessary.

How did Lev Calder move from an unwillingly escaped Tithe to a clapper? In this revealing short story, Neal Shusterman opens a window on Lev’s adventures between the time he left CyFi and showed up at the Graveyard. Pulling elements from Neal Shusterman’s critically acclaimed Unwind and giving hints about what is to come in the riveting sequel, UnWholly, this short story is not to be missed.

Prey on the old and you're a coward. Prey on the young and you're pathetic. Prey on the weak and you're even weaker. Prey on my friends...and you're history.

Jakkin risks everything--his freedom, his dragon, even his life--to rescue his beloved in this stirring sequel to Dragon's Blood.

Evaline Stoker and Mina Holmes never meant to get into the family business. But when you're the sister of Bram and the niece of Sherlock, vampire hunting and mystery solving are in your blood. And so, when two society girls go missing, there's no one more qualified to investigate. Now, the fierce Evaline and the logical Mina must resolve their rivalry, in order to navigate the advances of not just one, but three mysterious gentlemen, and solve a murder with only one clue: the strange Egyptian scarab.

Irene, una joven tímida y solitaria, sueña con Vâudïz, un mundo imaginario en el que la princesa Nannerl vive junto a un grupo de guerreras, sin saber que una amenaza de siglos se cierne sobre ella. Cuando aparece Erick, el chico nuevo de la clase, Irene y él se hacen amigos y ella y le revela los secretos de ese fantástico lugar. De pronto, la delgada línea que divide lo real de lo imaginario parece romperse y el mundo de Vâudïz se convierte en una presencia muy real, que puede poner en peligro a Irene y a su nuevo amigo Erick.

Dahlia 16 sees her face in every crowd. She's nothing special - just one of 5,000 girls created from a single genome to work for the greater good of the city. Meeting Trigger 17 changes everything. He thinks she's interesting. Beautiful. Unique. Which means he must be flawed. When Dahlia can't stop thinking about him - when she can't resist looking for him, even though that means breaking the rules - she realizes she's flawed, too. But if she's flawed, then so are all her identicals. And any genome found to be flawed will be recalled.

With a song, Lucy can control the wind and the water; she can bring castles and kingdoms to their feet. Since Lucy mastered her powers, King Henry has kept her close. And now he's called her to investigate attempted murder - by a mermaid. All Lucy can glean from the creature they’ve captured is a warning: The sea is coming. We are coming. And we will drown you all.

Jakkin and his girlfriend, Akki, discover a primitive cult that sacrifices dragons.

Nev has just joined the crew of the starship Kaitan Heritage as the cargo loader. His captain, Qole, is the youngest-ever person to command her own ship, but she brooks no argument from her crew of orphans, fugitives, and con men. Nev can't resist her, even if her ship is an antique. As for Nev, he's a prince, in hiding on the ship. He believes Qole holds the key to changing galactic civilization, and when her cooperation proves difficult to obtain, Nev resolves to get her to his home planet by any means necessary.

Seventeen-year-old Snow has spent the majority of her life within the walls of the Whittaker Institute, a high security mental hospital in upstate New York. Deep down, she knows she's not crazy and doesn't belong there. When she meets a mysterious, handsome new orderly and dreams about a strange twisted tree she realizes she must escape and figure out who she really is.

Oliver era un insignificante mago menor. Sólo conocía tres hechizos: uno de ellos no servía más que para controlar su alergia a la caspa de armadillo y otro para atar los cordones de los zapatos. Aunque sólo tenía 12 años, era el único mago de una aldea en la que hacía mucho tiempo que no llovía. Por eso, Oliver y su armadillo son enviados con la misión de traer de vuelta la lluvia. Armado con sus tres hechizos, nuestro héroe no tiene la menor idea de lo que le espera. Oliver era un insignificante mago menor. Por desgracia, era la única opción que tenían.

QUÈ ENS FA HUMANS?ÉS POSSIBLE QUE UNA INTEL·LIGÈNCIA ARTIFICIAL APRENGUI DE LES EMOCIONS HUMANES I SE LES APROPIÏ? Sis joves són convidats a participar en la prova experimental de VENARI, un misteriós videojoc de realitat mixta del qual ningú ha sentit a parlar. Aïllats en un poble abandonat que marca el recinte del joc, s’hauran d’enfrontar com caçadors a perilloses criatures virtuals concebudes per una IA. Ara bé, aviat VENARI mostrarà la seva part més fosca i ells descobriran, massa tard, que no són allà per competir, sinó per fer de preses.

¿QUÉ NOS HACE HUMANOS? ¿ES POSIBLE QUE UNA INTELIGENCIA ARTIFICIAL APRENDA DE LAS EMOCIONES HUMANAS Y SE LAS APROPIE? Seis jóvenes son invitados a participar en la prueba experimental de VENARI, un misterioso videojuego de realidad mixta del que nadie ha oído hablar. Aislados en un pueblo abandonado que marca su recinto de juego, deberán enfrentarse como cazadores a monstruosas criaturas virtuales concebidas poruna IA. Sin embargo, pronto VENARI mostrará su lado más oscuro y ellos descubrirán, demasiado tarde, que no están allí para competir, sino como presas.