Duft und Pflege

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For a limited time, Starcrossed, the first book in Josephine Angelini's breathtaking trilogy, is available as a special promo ebook. The ebook includes an excerpt from the sequel, Dreamless, along with an exclusive personal essay from Josephine.

How do you defy destiny?

Helen Hamilton has spent her entire sixteen years trying to hide how different she is?no easy task on an island as small and sheltered as Nantucket. And it's getting harder. Nightmares of a desperate desert journey have Helen waking parched, only to find her sheets damaged by dirt and dust. At school she's haunted by hallucinations of three women weeping tears of blood . . . and when Helen first crosses paths with Lucas Delos, she has no way of knowing they're destined to play the leading roles in a tragedy the Fates insist on repeating throughout history.

As Helen unlocks the secrets of her ancestry, she realizes that some myths are more than just legend. But even demigod powers might not be enough to defy the forces that are both drawing her and Lucas together?and trying to tear them apart.

Produktbeschreibung

Erscheinungsjahr: 2009
Ages 12 and up
Gewicht: 207 gr / Abmessung: 20 cm
Von Asher, Jay

Als Clay Jensen von der Schule nach Hause kommt, findet er auf der Türschwelle ein mysteriöses Paket mit seinem Namen. Als er es öffnet, findet er eine Reihe von Kassetten, aufgenommen von Hannah Baker, seiner Klassenkameradin und heimlichen Liebe. Hannah hat vor zwei Wochen Selbstmord begangen. Und auf den Bändern erfährt Clay dreizehn Gründe, warum sie es tat. Er selbst ist einer von ihnen ... "Thirteen reasons why" ist das brillante Erstlingswerk von Jay Asher.

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The Awakening; The Struggle. Two books in one volume
Erscheinungsjahr: 2009
Ages 14 and up; All Ages
Gewicht: 268 gr / Abmessung: 20 cm
Von Smith, Lisa J.

The Awakening: Elena Gilbert is used to getting what she wants and she wants mysterious new boy, Stefan. But Stefan is hiding a deadly secret - a secret that will change Elena''s life for ever ...The Struggle: Elena is torn between her boyfriend, Stefan, and his brother, Damon. But these brothers hide dark secrets and a tragic past that threatens them all.
Damon wants to lead Elena astray - and he''d rather kill Stefan than let him possess her ...

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Kurzbeschreibung

Margo Ford just became an heiress. Not the Paris Hilton kind. Her billions came after her father died and her insanely wealthy, insanely absent mother officially claimed her. Unfortunately, some terrorists noticed, and they hatched a plot to kidnap her. After a news report goes awry, reporting that Margo *has* been kidnapped, and her mother offers the humiliating sum of $500,000 for her return, Margo doesn't want anything to do with her *#$!@ of an egg donor. Then she is sentenced to a summer of "protection" on her mother's private island. Not the Oprah Winfrey kind. This one has an astronomical observatory filled with scientists, including Logan Greer, a super hot, super infuriating planet-hunter. Hiding out from kidnappers has never been so boring... until suddenly it isn't anymore.

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"[Before You Go] is well-written and the characters are well defined, so that the
reader doesn't have to spend time trying to figure out who is doing what
and why. There is a definite focus on Logan and Margo's relationship
without sacrificing the importance of other players to the drama as a
whole and individuals within the work are written in such a way that
they are instantly relateable to readers. This is a joy to read
and will bring a smile to the heart of anyone who still believes in true
love, chemistry, white knights, princesses, and following one's own
star." -WTFareyoureading.blogspot.com review blog

Produktbeschreibung

Complete and unabridged
Erscheinungsjahr: 1995
w. ill.
Ages 8 and up
Gewicht: 81 gr / Abmessung: 20 cm
Von Saint-Exupéry, Antoine de

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"If you take a bad boy and make him dig a hole every day in the hot sun, it will turn him into a good boy." Such is the reigning philosophy at Camp Green Lake, a juvenile detention facility where there is no lake, and there are no happy campers. In place of what used to be "the largest lake in Texas" is now a dry, flat, sunburned wasteland, pocked with countless identical holes dug by boys improving their character. Stanley Yelnats, of palindromic name and ill-fated pedigree, has landed at Camp Green Lake because it seemed a better option than jail. No matter that his conviction was all a case of mistaken identity, the Yelnats family has become accustomed to a long history of bad luck, thanks to their "no-good-dirty-rotten-pig-stealing-great-great-grandfather!" Despite his innocence, Stanley is quickly enmeshed in the Camp Green Lake routine: rising before dawn to dig a hole five feet deep and five feet in diameter; learning how to get along with the Lord of the Flies-styled pack of boys in Group D; and fearing the warden, who paints her fingernails with rattlesnake venom. But when Stanley realizes that the boys may not just be digging to build character--that in fact the warden is seeking something specific--the plot gets as thick as the irony.

It's a strange story, but strangely compelling and lovely too. Louis Sachar uses poker-faced understatement to create a bizarre but believable landscape--a place where Major Major Major Major of Catch-22 would feel right at home. But while there is humor and absurdity here, there is also a deep understanding of friendship and a searing compassion for society's underdogs. As Stanley unknowingly begins to fulfill his destiny--the dual plots coming together to reveal that fate has big plans in store--we can't help but cheer for the good guys, and all the Yelnats everywhere. (Ages 10 and older) --Brangien Davis

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There's always room for another fantasy quest trilogy--as long as it has distinction, originality and a cracking plot. This has. Eragon, Paolini's first book in his Inheritance Trilogy, which he began writing when aged only 15, is an amazing debut that demonstrates a written maturity beyond its creators' years. Any rough edges borne through inexperience are quickly forgiven as his story takes the reader on an imaginative journey by way of a host of likable and interesting characters and several breathtaking and dramatic sequences of high fantasy.

Eragon's adventure begins when he is out hunting one day in the mountainous region of his world known as the Spine. While eyeing up a tasty deer with his bow, his aim is disturbed by a polished blue stone that explodes from the sky and narrowly misses him. The oval shaped object, cool and frictionless to his touch, weighs several pounds and it turns out to be his only reward from his days' hunting session. Returning to his home town Carvahall, Eragon's unsuccessful attempts to exchange the stone for meat for his family begins a run of bad luck that will eventually force him to flee his place of birth. This heralds the beginning of a new destiny for him.

The stone is in fact a dragon's egg, and it chooses to hatch in Eragon's company--making him the first new Dragon Rider for many, many years. Suddenly, the fate of the Empire rests in his hands and he must navigate a dark and dangerous terrain, and some formidable enemies, to challenge the might of a king whose evil is limitless.

Despite its classic quest format there are enough new ideas and twists and turns to make it stand out among its legion of competitors in the genre. Eragon begins a bigger story that continues with the follow-up Eldest.

(Age 12 and over)--John McLay