"Three timelines converge to unveil the mysterious disappearance of two girls during World War II"--
Libba Bray Orden de los libros (cronológico)
Esta autora se adentra en las rarezas humanas y los detalles únicos de la vida, evitando los datos biográficos secos en favor de los aspectos más ricos y extraños de la existencia. Su escritura está impregnada de un humor irónico y un agudo estilo de observación, lo que permite a los lectores vislumbrar el mundo a través de su perspectiva distintiva. Utiliza anécdotas inesperadas y experiencias personales para crear un retrato vívido y cautivador de su vida interior y sus procesos de pensamiento. Su enfoque revela una fascinación por palabras como 'redención' y una aversión a 'tal vez', insinuando temas más profundos de esperanza y certeza en su obra.







Aller Anfang ist böse / The Diviners Bd.1
- 656 páginas
- 23 horas de lectura
In diesem fantastischen Romantikthriller von 1926 folgt die 17-jährige Evie O'Neill dem aufregenden Partyleben in New York, bis Ritualmorde die Stadt erschüttern. Mit ihren übernatürlichen Fähigkeiten und der Hilfe ihres Onkels sowie zwei Männern versucht sie, den Mörder zu stoppen und ihr Herz zu finden.
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From We Need Diverse Books, the organization behind Flying Lessons & Other Stories , comes a young adult fantasy short story collection featuring some of the best own-voices children’s authors, including New York Times bestselling authors Libba Bray ( The Diviners ), Victoria Schwab ( A Darker Shade of Magic ), Natalie C. Parker ( Seafire ), and many more. Edited by Dhonielle Clayton ( The Belles ). In the fourth collaboration with We Need Diverse Books, fifteen award-winning and celebrated diverse authors deliver stories about a princess without need of a prince, a monster long misunderstood, memories that vanish with a spell, and voices that refuse to stay silent in the face of injustice. This powerful and inclusive collection contains a universe of wishes for a braver and more beautiful world. AUTHORS INCLUDE: Samira Ahmed, Libba Bray, Dhonielle Clayton, Zoraida Córdova, Tessa Gratton, Kwame Mbalia, Anna-Marie McLemore, Tochi Onyebuchi, Mark Oshiro, Natalie C. Parker, Rebecca Roanhorse, Victoria Schwab, Tara Sim, Nic Stone, and a to-be-announced debut author/short-story contest winner
The King of Crows
- 384 páginas
- 14 horas de lectura
After the horrifying explosion that claimed one of their own, the Diviners find themselves wanted by the US government, and on the brink of war with the King of Crows
Before the Devil Breaks You
- 560 páginas
- 20 horas de lectura
The Diviners are back in this thrilling and eerie third installment by number one New York Times bestselling author Libba Bray.
Lair of Dreams
- 592 páginas
- 21 horas de lectura
"After a supernatural showdown with a serial killer, Evie O'Neill has outed herself as a Diviner and has become a media darling. In the meantime, a mysterious sleeping sickness has hit New York City, and the Diviners must band together to find the cause and cure"--
Er is een hoop veranderd sinds Gemma een jaar geleden vanuit India op de strenge, Engelse kostschool Spence terechtkwam. Nu haar moeder is vermoord en haar vader verslaafd is geraakt, rekent zij op haar krachten waarmee ze naar een andere wereld kan reizen. Het Rijk is een betoverende wereld waar zwarte magie nauwelijks grenzen kent.
Een verschrikkelijke schoonheid / druk 1
- 384 páginas
- 14 horas de lectura
The Diviners
- 592 páginas
- 21 horas de lectura
Evie O'Neill has been exiled from her boring old hometown and shipped off to the bustling streets of New York City-and she is pos-i-tute-ly ecstatic. It's 1926, and New York is filled with speakeasies, Ziegfeld girls and rakish pickpockets. The only catch is that she has to live with her uncle Will and his unhealthy obsession with the occult. Evie worries he'll discover her darkest secret: a supernatural power that has only brought her trouble so far. But when the police find a murdered girl branded with a cryptic symbol and Will is called to the scene, Evie realizes her gift could help catch a serial killer. As Evie jumps headlong into a dance with a murderer, other stories unfold in the city that never sleeps. A young man named Memphis is caught between two worlds. A chorus girl named Theta is running from her past. A student named Jericho hides a shocking secret. And unknown to all, something dark and evil has awakened...
From bestselling, Printz Award-winning author Bray comes the story of a planeof beauty pageant contestants that crashes on a desert island.
Going Bovine
- 570 páginas
- 20 horas de lectura
Cameron Smith, a disaffected sixteen-year-old diagnosed with mad cow disease, sets off on a road trip with a death-obsessed, video-gaming dwarf he meets in the hospital in an attempt to find a cure.
A brush with the supernatural? A rock concert? A reunion? A poolside revelation? The need to know what's up? The confessions of a friend? The dream of escape? A sick pet? An English assignment? The rear-window view of a murder next door? The search for the mother you never met? What keeps you up all night?This remarkable collection of award-winning and bestselling authors is thought provoking, insightful, heartfelt, and powerful.
Der geheime Zirkel
- 864 páginas
- 31 horas de lectura
Der fulminante Abschluss der Erfolgs-Trilogie. Obwohl Gemma die Magie an sich gebunden hat, gelingt es ihr nicht mehr, das Tor aus Licht erscheinen zu lassen, welches ins Magische Reich führt. Nur dort könnte sie die Magie in sich wieder zum Leben erwecken. Die bräuchten sie und ihre Freundinnen gerade nötiger denn je. Ann soll ihren Dienst als Gouvernante antreten und Felicity den Langweiler Horace heiraten. Als sich die Mädchen schon fast in ihr Schicksal gefügt haben, legen Bauarbeiter einen merkwürdigen Stein am niedergebrannten Ostflügel der Schule frei. Darauf ist der Umriss des Mondauges zu sehen. Und wirklich: Der Stein ist ein Zugang zum Magischen Reich, wo die Magie in Gemma endlich wieder aufflammt - stärker denn je. Aber das sorgt für neue Schwierigkeiten. Denn nun wollen alle die Magie - um jeden Preis ...
Impulsada por los acontecimientos que no dejan de sacudir su existencia, el destino al que Gemma se enfrenta amenaza con hundirse en el caos, no sólo en los reinos, sino también en la rígida sociedad victoriana cuyas reglas la joven ha desafiado. A caballo entre dos mundo, Gemma intentará restablecer el equilibrio y devolver a la magia el lugar que ésta reclama.
21 Proms
- 289 páginas
- 11 horas de lectura
Prom. It's a near-universal high school experience. And here at least 21 of today's bestselling and up-and-coming YA authors riff on it.Authors Libba Bray, Jacqueline Woodson, Ned Vizzini, John Green, Sarah Mylnowski, Melissa de la Cruz, Holly Black, Brent Hartinger, Lisa Sandell, Will Leitch, Leslie Margolis, Cecily von Ziegessar, E. Lockhart, Jodi Anderson, David Levithan, Dan Ehrenhaft, Liz Craft, Aimee Friedman, and Adrienne Vrettos
Se acerca la Navidad y las chicas del internado Spence esperan las vacaciones. Gemma está deseando volver a Londres, asistir a bailes con preciosos vestidos, alternar con el guapo Simon Middleton ... Pero sus visiones no dejan de perturbarla: tres chicas vestidas de blanco a las que les ha sucedido algo horrible. Pronto averigua que los secretos que desenterró con sus amigas no desaparecerán tan fácilmente
La Orden de la Academia Spence
- 378 páginas
- 14 horas de lectura
La primera impresión que Gemma tuvo de la Academia Spence no podía ser peor. Quizá la joven estuviera afectada por la tristeza y su característico mal humor, pero había algo especialmente siniestro en aquel enorme edificio que lo asemejaba más a una mansión de fantasmas que a la selecta institución británica para señoritas que debía representar. Una curiosa percepción que no tardaría en revelarse como el primer paso hacia un extraño mundo sobrenatural.
Kari 3
- 154 páginas
- 6 horas de lectura
Kari möchte endlich die Aufmerksamkeit des Jungen, in den sie schon seit der siebten Klasse verliebt ist, auf sich lenken … und was bietet sich da besser an als die große Feier zu ihrem sechzehnten Geburtstag? Die coolste Swing Band von ganz South Carolina wird auftreten; ein perfekter Rahmen für ein perfektes Date! Doch dank ihrer peinlichen und chaotischen Familie läuft alles anders als geplant …













