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In this dystopian middle grade novel Digger: Dig or Die!, a climate change disaster forces humanity to search for safety as Earth's atmosphere escapes into space. Narrated by siblings Nick and Lily, the story follows their resourcefulness in aiding neighbors.

Was, wenn das System entscheidet, ob dein Leben zählt? Jenna hat es geschafft: Sie hat den Score für die »Eine Milliarde« geknackt und darf als eine von wenigen Privilegierten nach New Valley. Hier wurde EQUILON entwickelt, der Algorithmus, mit dem der von Armut und Klimawandel erschütterte Planet wieder bewohnbar gemacht werden soll. Als Rebellen eine Veranstaltung sprengen, erahnt sie erstmals die Schattenseite dieser glanzvollen Welt.

When the wizards return home from defeating Malice, Tristan discovers not everyone escaped unscathed. Someone close to him has been infected with the zombie virus. Time quickly becomes an enemy as Tristan searches for an impossible cure to save his friend, but he isn’t ready to give up. Rumor has it that the High Wizard, Ashley Blanchett, has an elixir. The problem is, no one has seen her since magic was outlawed.

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Master storyteller David Baldacci is back with Vega Jane, the heroine from his instant number-one global best-selling and award-winning fantasy series. Vega Jane discovered the truth about Wormwood. She made it through the Quag alive. She has come farther than anyone before her. But nothing can prepare her for the devastation that lies ahead. Global best-selling author David Baldacci hits hard and fast with Vega Jane and a world like nothing you've seen before.

El sobrecalentamiento, la contaminación y la insaciable ambición humana han creado un mundo desértico y hostil. Un día Blanca cambia su colegio virtual por un internado con compañeros de carne y hueso, en donde conoce el amor y descubre terribles secretos sobre los poderes que rigen a la humanidad.

Luego de La época de la neblina, continúa la historia. Esta vez Blanca, la protagonista, viaja al desierto con la única certeza de que sabe muy poco sobre el vulnerable, hipertecnológico y a veces terrible mundo que habita. En el escondite de la organización secreta a la que ahora pertenece deberá seguir indagando y descubriendo verdades, incluso sobre sí misma. Benjamín, Carter, Esperanza, sus papás, entre otros destacados personajes, la acompañarán en este camino, sembrado de posibilidades y dudas, que deberán recorrer antes de que se les acabe el tiempo.

The time has arrived for Max and her winged "Flock" to face their ultimate enemy and discover their original purpose: to defeat the takeover of "Re-evolution", a sinister experiment to re-engineer a select population into a scientifically superior master race...and to terminate the rest. Max, Fang, Iggy, Nudge, Gasman, and Angel have always worked together to defeat the forces working against them—but can they save the world when they are torn apart, living in hiding and captivity, halfway across the globe from one another?

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.

Née pour trahir et faite pour tuer... sera-t-elle à la hauteur ? Je m'appelle Ivy Westfall, et je n'ai qu'une seule mission : tuer le garçon qu'on me destine, Bishop, le fils du président. Je me prépare pour ce moment depuis toujours. Peu importent mes sentiments, mes désirs, mes doutes, car les espoirs de toute une communauté reposent sur moi. Le temps de la rébellion approche.

Shaken by the lies of his origin and fighting the darkness in his heart, Ambert is led by his biological mother’s journal and his violin, unsure if he has the Dreamer spirit. With his friends depending on him, he must interpret the journal’s words and sort through his insecurities to escape the Commander’s clutches.

Tammy and Mikie are half-human and half-alien siblings with immense capabilities and crystal weapons. Their powers are extraordinary alone, but together they are unstoppable. At 12, these two are already too powerful to ignore.

Zailey has never seen her own face. She's never seen her reflection, or a photo of herself, or even a drawing. In the special community of Gladder Hill, cameras and mirrors are forbidden: it's why everyone's happier here. Nobody talks about anyone else's appearance. You're not supposed to even think about what other people look like, or what you look like. But Zailey does. She knows her superficial thoughts are wrong, and her sketchbook, filled with secret portraits of her classmates and neighbors, could get her in trouble. Yet she can't help but think those thoughts.

Twelve-year-old Zola thinks she has the perfect life. She thinks everyone does, now that it’s 2193, and humanity has solved all its problems. Insta-Closets deliver new clothes every morning, Insta-Ovens deliver gourmet meals on demand, and virtual reality goggles let her have any adventure she wants, with friends from all over the world. Then one day Zola finds a handwritten note in her Insta-Closet: If you want to see things as they really are, come find me. What if Zola’s wrong about everything—even the year?

Forced to hide her new-found magic or risk imprisonment—or worse—Myra enrolls in an interplanetary academy exchange program to dig up more about the government's many conspiracies. Instead, she uproots even darker secrets that could drown everything she's grown to trust.

In City 47, uniformity is celebrated, individuality is stamped out, and the Elders who run the government demand strict obedience to an ancient writing called the Primary Code. It's been like this ever since the Incident. Fifteen-year-old Evan Miller has an increasingly disruptive secret—a powerful ability that has attracted the attention of the Elders. When disguising himself as ordinary is no longer an option, he's forced to flee to the place he fears the most. What will he discover about the true past of City 47, the Elders, and himself in the forbidden Old City?

Centuries ago, Earth's plants turned deadly, and humanity took to space to cultivate new homes. Myra Hodger is in her first year at an elite school on the Moon, and she's crumbling under the pressure. She doesn't fit in, and worse, the tattoos that signal her Number Whisperer magic aren't developing. In her heart, she knows she doesn't have a Creer, and soon everyone else will, too. Wandering the halls while cutting class, she discovers a secret lab hidden behind one of the unused classrooms and, beyond that, a secret garden overflowing with plants. Dangerous toxic plants.

For over 400 years, the world has been a barren wasteland. The few humans that survive scrape together an existence in the cruel city of Pocatel—or go it alone in the wilderness beyond, filled with wandering spirits and wyrms. They don’t last long. 13-year-old pickpocket Leandro and his sister Gabi do what they can to forge a life in Pocatel. The city does not take kindly to Cascabeles like them—the descendants of those who worked the San Joaquin Valley for generations.