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Ashleigh and Aiden are thirteen-year-old twins who promise to always look out for each other. Aiden is more dedicated to the task than Ashleigh, but when it comes to matters of life and death, they both exhibit a fierce protectiveness that will change the course of their lives. 'We've been...

Be quiet. Be polite. Or be silenced. Alfie and Margot Hawthorne have grown up under the Ministry of Manners, where politeness isn't a choice - it's the law. And one wrong word can change your life. He knows how to stay out of trouble, but she has never been one for quiet obedience. When the...

Fourteen-year-old Vega Jane lives in the village of Wormwood, where life is nasty, brutish, and short. Villagers have been told that there is nothing outside of Wormwood except for the Quag, a foul forest filled with terrifying beasts. No one comes, no one goes, and Wormwood has stayed this way for generations. Until Vega's friend Quentin Herms disappears. Quentin leaves Vega a secret message hinting that there's a way out of Wormwood and something extraordinary on the other side.

In the post-apocalyptic, neo-medieval city of Ark, speech is constrained to 500 sanctioned words. If somewhere were to speak outside that approved lexicon, they'd face banishment. The only exceptions to this rule are the Wordsmith and his apprentice, Letta. Together, they are the keepers and archivists of all language. But when Letta's master dies, she is suddenly promoted to Wordsmith and finds the situation more complicated than she knew.

Vega Jane was always told no one could leave the town of Wormwood. She was told there was nothing outside but the Quag, a wilderness filled with danger and death. And she believed it - until the night she stumbled across a secret that proved that everything she knew was a lie. Now, just one thing stands between Vega Jane and freedom - the Quag. In order to leave Wormwood and discover the truth about her world, Vega and her best friend, Delph, must find a way to make it across a terrifying land of bloodthirsty creatures and sinister magic.

Set in a world where everyone’s future is determined by their Genetic Report Card, a girl who’s always believed she was at the top of society finds out her score was based off someone else’s DNA in this “compelling, thought-provoking” (Kirkus Reviews) middle grade dystopian novel. For...

Seit Sel zum Ripper mutiert ist, streift er in Vollmondnächten frei durch Tremorglade. Doch in letzter Zeit kehren einige Ripper mit schrecklichen Bisswunden aus dem Wald zurück. Gerüchte über ein gruseliges Monster, das nicht getötet werden kann, machen die Runde … Sind Sel und seine Freunde auch diesem Gegner gewachsen?

In a world where dreams and nightmares are monitored by the government, nothing seems sacred anymore. Each year, thousands of sixteen year olds are forced to face the worst of their recurring dreams. If they survive, they are promoted to adult status. Once you're an adult you get to get a job, get married and only have your dreams monitored on a rotation schedule. This year, I face my nightmares. I'm not sure what's scarier, the thought of my nightmares becoming real or that I might not survive.

Vi è un luogo, chiamato Reame delle Storie Incantate, che si distende tra i sogni dei bambini e i racconti degli anziani. È la terra del Piccolo Popolo: fate, folletti, gnomi e animali parlanti che popolano le nostre storie. Ebbene, anche questi personaggi uniscono, a volte, per avere delle diatribe tra di loro. Allora, nelle notti di plenilunio, ai piedi della Grande Quercia, si ascoltano i testimoni e si interrogano le parti, difese in giudizio dall'Avvogatto e dall'Avvofata, e solo alle prime luci dell'alba potremo leggere le sentenze dell'illustre Giudice di Pece.