Píše se rok 1897 a Peggy Devonová má tajemství, které nehodlá světu jen tak prozradit, protože by to nejspíš všechny vyděsilo. Umí totiž mluvit s duchy. A co kdyby jí mrtví prozradili něco, co má zůstat navždy skryto? Vše se ale změní ve chvíli, kdy její nejlepší kamarádku Sally obviní z vraždy. Je jasné, že Peggy je její jediná naděje na záchranu. Pomohou jí duchové vypátrat pravdu? Čas se krátí a Sally je čím dál víc blíž oprátce…
Ivy, Mateo, and Cal used to be close. Now all they have in common is Carlton High and the beginning of a very bad day. Type A Ivy lost a student council election to the class clown, and now she has to face the school, humiliated. Heartthrob Mateo is burned out-he's been working two jobs since his family's business failed. And outsider Cal just got stood up . . . again. So when Cal pulls into campus late for class and runs into Ivy and Mateo, it seems like the perfect opportunity to turn a bad day around. They'll ditch and go into the city. Just the three of them, like old times. Except they've barely left the parking lot before they run out of things to say . . . . . . until they spot another Carlton High student skipping school-and follow him to the scene of his own murder. In one chance move, their day turns from dull to deadly. And it's about to get worse. It turns out Ivy, Mateo, and Cal still have some things in common. They all have a connection to the dead kid. And they're all hiding something. Now they're all wondering-could it be that their chance reconnection wasn't by chance after all?
A false king has seized Camelot's throne, sentencing the true king, Tedros, to death. While Tedros's queen, Agatha, narrowly escapes, her best friend, Sophie, is caught in King Rhian's trap. In the heart-pounding fifth adventure, Agatha and the students of the School for Good and Evil must battle against time, and find a way to restore Tedros tot eh throne before all their fairy tales come to a lethal end..
When fulfilling her duty as a shapeshifting guardian for her village means abandoning the young man she loves, the future she imagines with him, and her values, sixteen-year-old Adele must decide how far she is willing to go to keep her friends and neighbors safe
Fall in love, break the curse... It once seemed so easy to Prince Rhen, the heir to Emberfall. Cursed by a powerful enchantress to repeat the autumn of his eighteenth year over and over, he knew he could be saved if a girl fell for him. But that was before he learned that at the end of each autumn, he would turn into a vicious beast hell-bent on destruction. That was before he destroyed his castle, his family, and every last shred of hope... Nothing has ever been easy for Harper. With her father long gone, her mother dying, and her brother barely holding their family together while constantly underestimating her because of her cerebral palsy, she learned to be tough enough to survive. But when she tries to save someone else on the streets of Washington, DC, she's instead somehow sucked into Rhen's cursed world.
THE SCHOOL FOR GOOD AND EVIL is now a major motion picture from Netflix, starring Academy Award winner Charlize Theron, Kerry Washington, Laurence Fishburne, Michelle Yeoh, Cate Blanchett, and many more! Step into the dark and enchanting world of the School for Good and Evil with this stunning companion book. Soman Chainani's New York Times bestselling series comes to life in this handbook full of everything students at the School need to learn in order to survive their own fairy tale. With full-colour illustrations the handbook includes character interviews, diary excerpts, brand-new short stories and much, much more. A must-have for all super-fans of the School for Good and Evil.
THE SCHOOL FOR GOOD AND EVIL will soon be a major motion picture from Netflix - starring Academy Award winner Charlize Theron, Kerry Washington, Laurence Fishburne, Michelle Yeoh, Sofia Wylie, Sophie Anne Caruso, Jamie Flatters, Earl Cave, Kit Young and more! The battle between Good and Evil begins. Go back in time to the beginning of the School for Good and Evil and uncover the never-before-told events leading up to Sophie and Agatha's dramatic arrival and the beginning of their epic fairy tale. Two brothers. One Good. One Evil. Together, they watch over the Endless Woods. Together, they choose the students for the School for Good and Evil. Together they train them, teach them, prepare them for their fate. Then, something happens. Something that will change everything and everyone. Who will survive? Who will rule the School? The journey starts here. With magic, surprises and daring deeds at every turn, courage and loyalty will be put to the test, only to lead you to the very beginning of the adventures that are The School for Good and Evil.
Kdysi býval v sázce jen její život. První díl nové fantasy série Hledači Duší. Když Jelena bývala pouhou ochutnavačkou, byl její život jednodušší. Přežila a stala se klíčovou součástí rovnováhy sil mezi soupeřícími zeměmi Ixií a Sitií. Teď svou magii využívá k tomu, aby udržela mír a ochránila svůj vztah s Valekem. Najednou se však v obou zemích začíná ozývat odboj a Valekova práce i jeho život jsou v nebezpečí. Jelena se snaží odhalit své nepřátele a zároveň čelí nové výzvě: její magii cosi blokuje. A ona musí najít způsob, jak udržet naživu nejen sebe, ale i všechny a všechno, co je jí drahé.
From award-winning author Kacen Callender comes a revelatory YA novel about a transgender teen grappling with identity and self-discovery while falling in love for the first time.
This novel is inspired by the life of E.M. Forster and his relationship with his long-term companion Bob Buckingham and his wife - but transposed to late 1950s Brighton. The book tells a tragic tale of thwarted love.