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Emily's witch grannies have whisked her away in the night, to the
village of Castleconnell in the west of Ireland. The River Shannon
is home to a banshee and she's collecting souls, including Emily's
witch sister, Edna. The witches must race against time to find the
banshee's lair and free the trapped souls. But there is an even
bigger threat to the river and all her inhabitants. Can the Salmon
of Knowledge guide the witches to the nasty trio who plan to use
deadly poison in their search for gold? Can they save the river?
WITCH GRANNIES A STORY FOR ALL AGES
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The Cousins
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Karen M. McManus
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The next action-packed FIREBORN adventure ‘The best kind of
children’s fantasy story: thrilling and imaginative’ B. B.
Alston, author of Amari and the Night Brothers ‘The perfect
balance of high adventure, breathless action and eerie wonder’
Jonathan Stroud, author of the Bartimaeus trilogy HOPE GROWS FROM
THE ASHES . . . Twelve has chosen a Hunter name to reflect her new
elemental powers: Phoenix. When she and her friends learn that the
witch-palace of Icegaard is in grave danger, they must battle
frightening new monsters and find a way to defeat the evil force.
But as Phoenix learns to control her new powers, the faceless Croke
begins to haunt her dreams and she will have to fight with
everything she’s got to save Icegaard and all of Ember.
Now a Netflix original movie starring Millie Bobby Brown, Henry
Cavill, and Helena Bonham Carter! Meet Enola Holmes, teenaged girl
turned detective and the younger sister to Sherlock Holmes. When
Enola Holmes, sister to the detective Sherlock Holmes, discovers
her mother has disappeared, she quickly embarks on a journey to
London in search of her. But nothing can prepare her for what
awaits. Because when she arrives, she finds herself involved in the
kidnapping of a young marquess, fleeing murderous villains, and
trying to elude her shrewd older brothers-all while attempting to
piece together clues to her mother's strange disappearance. Amid
all the mayhem, will Enola be able to decode the necessary clues
and find her mother?
They Both Die at the End meets The Loneliest Girl in the Universe
in this mind-bending sci-fi mystery and tender love story about two
boys aboard a spaceship sent on a rescue mission, from two-time
National Book Award finalist Eliot Schrefer. Stonewall Honor Award
winner! Two boys, alone in space. Sworn enemies sent on the same
rescue mission. Ambrose wakes up on the Coordinated Endeavor with
no memory of a launch. There's more that doesn't add up: evidence
indicates strangers have been on board, the ship's operating system
is voiced by his mother, and his handsome, brooding shipmate has
barricaded himself away. But nothing will stop Ambrose from making
his mission succeed-not when he's rescuing his own sister. In order
to survive the ship's secrets, Ambrose and Kodiak will need to work
together and learn to trust each other . . . especially once they
discover what they are truly up against. Love might be the only way
to survive. * Chicago Public Library's Best of the Best Books of
the Year * A Booklist Editor's Choice of the Year * A BCCB Blue
Ribbon Book of the Year * A YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults
& Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults Book of the Year *
EVERY ACT OF TRANSLATION REQUIRES SACRIFICE
Welcome to Bletchley Park… with dragons.
London, 1923. Dragons soar through the skies and protests erupt on the
streets, but Vivien Featherswallow isn’t worried. She’s going to follow
the rules, get an internship studying dragon languages, and make sure
her little sister never has to risk growing up Third Class. By
midnight, Viv has started a civil war.
With her parents arrested and her sister missing, all the safety Viv
has worked for is collapsing around her. So when a lifeline is offered
in the form of a mysterious ‘job’, she grabs it. Arriving at Bletchley
Park, Viv discovers that she has been recruited as a codebreaker
helping the war effort – if she succeeds, she and her family can all go
home again. If she doesn’t, they’ll all die.
At first Viv believes that her challenge, of discovering the secrets of
a hidden dragon language, is doable. But the more she learns, the more
she realises that the bubble she’s grown up in isn’t as safe as she
thought, and eventually Viv must decide: What war is she really
fighting?
An epic, sweeping fantasy with an incredible Dark Academia setting, a
clandestine, slow-burn enemies-to-lovers romance, and an unputdownable
story, filled with twists and turns, betrayals and secret identities, A
Language of Dragons is the unmissable debut of 2025, from an
extraordinary new voice.
A thrilling, unputdownable debut, with extraordinary twists and
incredible action, from an incredible new voice in children's
fiction. I can steal time. The most I can take at the moment is
fifteen seconds, which is not a lot. Grandmother took almost three
minutes once and she told me she's done more, but I never saw it.
She says there are stories of someone who can take all the time in
the world, but how can that be right? When Alex and his father are
forced to flee their home to escape a brutal government, they begin
a life-threatening journey across Europe. But when they are
separated before they can reach Britain, Alex finds himself alone,
with only his extraordinary gift to keep him alive.Perfect for fans
of Alex Rider, Artemis Fowl, and Inception, Running out of Time is
an ingenious, high-concept thriller with a twist that you won't
believe.
This deliciously spooky, yearningly romantic ghost story from a
brilliant debut author will thrill fans of Kalynn Bayron and Wilder
Girls by Rory Power. Jade Nguyen has always lied to fit in. She's
straight enough, Vietnamese enough, American enough - at least for
this summer with her estranged father in Vietnam. Just five weeks
of ignoring the quietly decaying French colonial house he's fixing
up, then college and freedom are hers. But soon Jade begins waking
up every morning certain that something has clawed down her throat
... from the inside. Then the ghost of a beautiful bride visits her
with a cryptic warning: DON'T EAT. When her father and little
sister don't believe her, Jade decides to scare them into leaving
by staging some haunting events of her own. She recruits Florence,
the daughter of her dad's business associate (and more of a
distraction than Jade bargained for) to help. But the house has
other plans. It's hungry. A home, after all, is only as powerful as
those who breathe new life into its bones. And this one is
determined never to be abandoned again ...
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Neal Shusterman, Jarrod Shusterman
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When the California drought escalates to catastrophic proportions, one teen is forced to make life and death decisions in this harrowing story of survival from New York Times bestselling author Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman.
The drought – or the Tap-Out, as everyone calls it – has been going on for a while now. Everyone’s lives have become an endless list of don’ts: don’t water the lawn, don’t fill up your pool, don’t take long showers.
Until the taps run dry.
Suddenly, Alyssa’s quiet suburban street spirals into a warzone of desperation; neighbours and families turned against each other on the hunt for water. And when her parents don’t return and her life – and the life of her brother – is threatened, Alyssa has to make impossible choices if she’s going to survive.
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