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Clarice is a young ship mouse grieving the loss of her mother when a mutiny forces her onto a small, leaky boat with a dangerous cat. Worse, she is separated from her younger brother, Charles Sebastian, who is trapped aboard the great ship. Clarice and Charles Sebastian were taught to always be careful—but they will need to grow bold if they are to survive...and find one another again.

The Forgotten Five and their friends are reeling in the aftermath of the raid on Magdalia Palacio's campaign rally—an attack masterminded by her corrupt opponent President Fuerte and his henchmen. Birdie is in the hospital with a head injury, and under arrest for stealing a police horse in her attempt to evade capture. Separated from her friends—and not even allowed to see her mother—how can Birdie escape when she is utterly alone?

Only weeks remain before the election that will decide the fate of supernaturals in Estero, with presidential challenger Magdalia Palacio in the lead. Desperate to maintain his grip on power, corrupt President Fuerte has leaked photos of the forgotten five to the press, making the kids public enemy number one. And now the location of their safe house has been discovered, and the five and their friends are on the run.

Estero City is in an uproar following the exposure of President Fuerte as a supernatural, as well as the surprise announcement by Magdalia Palacio—Seven’s mother—that she will oppose Fuerte in the upcoming election. The forgotten five and their allies know the president is corrupt to the core. But no one knows if Magdalia can be trusted.

Charlie Wilde’s dad has been abducted by masked figures who might not even be completely human. And it will take more than her incredible bracelet - which gives her powers from the animal kingdom - to rescue him. Luckily, Charlie’s friends now have bracelets of their own with all-new abilities…they just have to work through a few issues first. Maria’s device has hair-raising side effects. Mac can’t wait to hack into his. And their frenemy, Kelly, swears hers is a dud.

After narrowly surviving two harrowing tragedies, Jules now fully understands the importance of the visions that she and people around her are experiencing. She's convinced that if the visions passed from her to Sawyer after she saved him, then they must now have passed from Sawyer to one of the people he saved. That means it's up to Jules to figure out which of the school shooting survivors is now suffering from visions of another crisis.

What Sawyer's seeing might mean murder. The second book in a series from the New York Times best-selling author of the Wake trilogy.

Jules should be happy. She saved a lot of people’s lives and she's finally with Sawyer, pretty much the guy of her dreams. But the nightmare's not over, because she somehow managed to pass the psycho vision stuff to Sawyer.

X-Men meets Spy Kids in the seventh and final installment of The Forgotten Five middle-grade fantasy/adventure series by the New York Times bestselling author of The Unwanteds. Estero is in an uproar following corrupt President Fuerte's most brazen move yet in his quest to stay in power: his...

Jules lives with her family above their restaurant, which means she smells like pizza most of the time and drives their double-meatball-shaped food truck to school. It’s not a recipe for popularity, but she can handle that. What she can’t handle is the recurring vision that haunts her. Over and over, Jules sees a careening truck hit a building and explode...and nine body bags in the snow. The vision is everywhere - on billboards, television screens, windows - and she’s the only one who sees it. And the more she sees it, the more she sees.

Spannung pur für junge Hörer*innen und Fantasyfans! Das magische Land Artimé ist verschwunden, und die Überlebenden stehen vor einem ungewissen Schicksal. Der junge Alex Stowe muss die Führung übernehmen und einen Weg finden, die verlorene Magie zurückzubringen und seine Freunde zu retten. Währenddessen schmiedet sein Zwillingsbruder Aaron in Quill weiter seine dunklen Pläne und verfolgt unerbittlich seinen eigenen Aufstieg zur Macht. Doch es gibt Hoffnung. Ein Rätsel, das der Magier Mr. Today hinterlassen hat, könnte der Schlüssel sein, um Artimé wiederherzustellen.

Zwei Brüder, zwei Welten und eine bedrohliche Prophezeiung. Der Konflikt zwischen den Zwillingsbrüdern Aaron und Alex spitzt sich dramatisch zu. Während Aaron in Quill als Hohepriester seine Macht ausbaut, kämpft Alex in Artimé um das Überleben seiner Freunde. Eine feindliche Flotte nähert sich den Ufern, angeführt von einer erbarmungslosen Herrscherin. Alex muss schnell handeln, um Artimé zu verteidigen.

In Quill werden alle Dreizehnjährigen bei einem gefährlichen Ritual in »Gewollte« und »Ungewollte« eingeteilt. Die Ungewollten, die künstlerisch begabt sind, werden von der Gesellschaft ausgeschlossen. Als die Zwillinge Aaron und Alex bei der Zeremonie getrennt werden, stürzt ihr Leben in Chaos. Seit Alex nach Artimé gekommen ist, hat sich sein Leben komplett verändert. In Artimé dürfen die künstlerisch begabten Jugendlichen ihre Fähigkeiten ausbilden. Alex hat seine wahre Bestimmung entdeckt. Doch Artimé ist in großer Gefahr. Die Obrigkeit von Quill möchte Artimé zerstören.

In Quill werden alle Dreizehnjährigen bei einem gefährlichen Ritual in "Gewollte" und "Ungewollte" eingeteilt. Die Ungewollten, die künstlerisch begabt sind, werden von der Gesellschaft ausgeschlossen. Als die Zwillinge Aaron und Alex bei der Zeremonie getrennt werden, stürzt ihr Leben in Chaos. Denn Alex ist ein Ungewollter... Doch ihn erwartet eine Überraschung: Er kommt nach Artimé, einen geheimen und magischen Ort. Hier werden die Ungewollten unterrichtet. Endlich findet Alex ein Zuhause und Freunde.