Jennifer Donnelly Libros

Baba Vraja, la bruja del río, ha revelado a Serafina, Neela, Ling, Ava, Becca y Astrid una verdad difícil de aceptar: ellas son las elegidas. Directas descendientes de los Seis magos que gobernaron Atlántida, son las únicas capaces de encontrar los talismanes que sus antepasados han escondido en las aguas de todo el mundo y de usarlos para abrir el Carceron, donde está encerrado el monstruo Abbadon. Deben lograr matar al antiguo demonio, porque alguien está tratando de despertarlo y desatar toda su malvada potencia para convertirse en el señor de los mares. Este misterioso enemigo también necesita los talismanes para liberar al monstruo. En su intento de encontrarlos antes que las elegidas, no duda en sembrar muerte y destrucción en los abismos. En una desesperada carrera contra el tiempo, cada sirena parte en busca del objeto mágico perteneciente a su antepasado, dispuesta a arriesgar mil veces la vida. Mientras Serafina enfrenta el abrazo mortal de un fantasma y Neela desafía a los terribles dragones cabeza-de-serpiente, es Ling quien sufre la peor suerte. Cae prisionera del enemigo: la encarnación misma del mal.

En las profundidades del océano, en un mundo no tan diferente del nuestro, viven los habitantes de Mer. Sus comunidades están extendidas a través de los océanos, mares, y las aguas frescas de todo el globo terráqueo. Cuando Serafina, una sirena del Mar Mediterráneo, despierta la mañana de su compromiso, su más gran preocupación debería ser ganarse el amor del increíble Príncipe Mahdi. Y entonces Sera se encuentra perseguida por extraños sueños que predicen el regreso de un antiguo mal. Sus oscuras premoniciones son confirmadas cuando la flecha de un asesino envenena a la madre de Sera. Ahora, Serafina debe embarcarse en una misión para encontrar al asesino y prevenir la guerra entre las naciones Mer. Conducida solo por sus sombríos sueños, Sera busca a las otras cinco sirenas heroínas que están dispersas a través de los seis mares. Juntas, formarán un vínculo irrompible de hermandad y destaparán una conspiración que amenaza la gran existencia de sus mundos.

The spectacular finale of Disney's Waterfire Saga - for fans of Percy Jackson and The Girl of Ink & Stars.

In 1914, with World War I approaching, polar explorer Seamus Finnegan tries to forget Willa, a passionate mountain climber, as he marries a beautiful young woman back home in England.

Astrid struggles with a shameful secret, Ling discovers courage in a prison camp, and Serafina lines up allies to help fight the final battle for her underwater realm.

Set within the enchanting world of the Tea Rose saga, this novella-length story continues the Rose Petals series by bestselling author Jennifer Donnelly. It features beloved characters and explores themes of love, resilience, and family ties, providing fans with a deeper glimpse into the narrative universe they cherish.

Her family and dreams shattered by her father's untimely death at the hands of a ruthless tea baron, Fiona Finnegan flees East London and eventually establishes herself at the head of the tea trade in New York.

Set in the captivating world of early 20th-century London, this novel revisits the rich narrative established in The Tea Rose. It follows the journey of strong, resilient characters navigating love, loss, and ambition against a backdrop of social change. With intricate details and emotional depth, the story explores themes of perseverance and the pursuit of dreams, inviting readers to engage once more with a beloved setting and its unforgettable inhabitants.

Isabelle is one of Cinderella's ugly stepsisters, who cut off her toes in an attempt to fit into the glass slipper. But there is more to her story than a maimed foot, for the Marquis de la Chance is about to offer her a choice and the opportunity to change her fate -- there will be blood and danger, but also the possibility of redemption and triumph, and most of all the chance to find her true self.

BROOKLYN: Andi Alpers is on the edge. She’s angry at her father for leaving, angry at her mother for not being able to cope, and heartbroken by the loss of her younger brother, Truman. Rage and grief are destroying her. And she’s about to be expelled from Brooklyn Heights’ most prestigious private school when her father intervenes. Now Andi must accompany him to Paris for winter break.PARIS: Alexandrine Paradis lived over two centuries ago. She dreamed of making her mark on the Paris stage, but a fateful encounter with a doomed prince of France cast her in a tragic role she didn’t want—and couldn’t escape. Two girls, two centuries apart. One never knowing the other. But when Andi finds Alexandrine’s diary, she recognizes something in her words and is moved to the point of obsession. There’s comfort and distraction for Andi in the journal’s antique pages—until, on a midnight journey through the catacombs of Paris, Alexandrine’s words transcend paper and time, and the past becomes suddenly, terrifyingly present.

Jo Montfort is beautiful and rich, and soon—like all the girls in her class—she’ll graduate from finishing school and be married off to a wealthy bachelor. Which is the last thing she wants. Jo secretly dreams of becoming a writer—a newspaper reporter like the trailblazing Nellie Bly. Wild aspirations aside, Jo’s life seems perfect until tragedy strikes: her father is found dead. Charles Montfort accidentally shot himself while cleaning his revolver. One of New York City’s wealthiest men, he owned a newspaper and was partner in a massive shipping firm, and Jo knows he was far too smart to clean a loaded gun. The more Jo uncovers about her father’s death, the more her suspicions grow. There are too many secrets. And they all seem to be buried in plain sight. Then she meets Eddie—a young, brash, infuriatingly handsome reporter at her father’s newspaper—and it becomes all too clear how much she stands to lose if she keeps searching for the truth. Only now it might be too late to stop. The past never stays buried forever. Life is dirtier than Jo Montfort could ever have imagined, and the truth is the dirtiest part of all.

Snow White's stepmother wanted to get rid of the beautiful stepdaughter who was challenging her title of 'most beautiful' - by any means necessary. What happens to the poisoned, and the poisoner?Jennifer Donnelly turns her feminist eye to this most delicious of fairy tales and shows Snow White as she's never been seen before.

In 1906, sixteen-year-old Mattie, determined to attend college and be a writer against the wishes of her father and fiance, takes a job at a summer inn where she discovers the truth about the death of a guest. Based on a true story

When Belle comes across a mysterious book in the beast's library, she finds herself transported to a fantasy world of her dreams, and she must uncover the secrets about the book before she is lost inside forever.

From New York Times bestselling, carnegie-award-winning author JenniferDonnelly comes a revolutionary, gender-swapped retelling ofBeauty and the Beast that will forever change how you think aboutbeauty, power, and what it really means to follow your heart.

Svazek obsahuje zkrácené verze čtyř úspěšných románů světových autorů různých žánrů. Jednotlivé tituly jsou doplněny stručnými medailony autorů.

Für Prinzessin Serafina und ihre Freundinnen steht alles auf dem Spiel: Die Mädchen müssen sechs wertvolle Talismane finden, die quer über alle Weltmeere verstreut liegen. Nur so können die Meerjungfrauen verhindern, dass die Unterwasserwelt von einem Ungeheuer aus uralten Zeiten zerstört wird. Doch die Suche nach dem letzten Talisman erweist sich als lebensgefährlich: Die wunderschöne schwarze Perle befindet sich nämlich ausgerechnet im Besitz von Orfeo, dem mächtigsten Zauberer der Geschichte. Werden die Mädchen es schaffen, dem finsteren Magier die Perle zu entreißen und die Unterwasserwelt zu retten?

Rozbijte očarované zrcadlo! Feministický retelling pohádky o Sněhurce. Krásná princezna Sophie jela na projížďku lesem, když tu lovčí vytáhl nůž a… vzal si její srdce. Nemělo ji to tak překvapit. Zaslechla přece pomluvy. Říkali o ní, že je moc laskavá a naivní na to, aby vládla. Zbytečná princezna. Příšerná budoucí královna. A Sophie jim věřila. Každému otrávenému slovu. S pomocí sedmi lesních mužíků se jí povede přežít, dokáže však také posbírat síly a postavit se skutečnému zlu, nebezpečnému nepříteli, který za vším stojí?