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The thrilling second book in the internationally bestselling Divergent series that inspired a series of major motion pictures starring Shailene Woodley. This special 10th anniversary edition features exclusive content from Veronica Roth and a beautiful reimagined cover art from award-winning illustrator Victo Ngai.
As war surges in the factions of dystopian Chicago all around her, Tris attempts to save those she loves – and herself – while grappling with haunting questions of grief and forgiveness, identity and loyalty, politics and love.
In times of war sides must be chosen, secrets will emerge, and choices will become ever more irrevocable. Radical new discoveries and shifting relationships mean that Tris must fully embrace her Divergence – even though she cannot know what might be lost in doing so.
Bestselling author Veronica Roth's second book continues the dystopian thrill ride that began in Divergent trilogy.
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.
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Uglies
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Scott Westerfeld
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The first book in Scott Westerfeld's international bestselling series,
Uglies!
Tally lives in a world where your sixteenth birthday brings aesthetic
perfection: an operation which erases all your flaws, transforming you
from an 'Ugly' into a 'Pretty'. She is on the eve of this important
event, and cannot wait for her life to change. As well as guaranteeing
supermodel looks, life as a Pretty seems to revolve around having a
good time. But then she meets Shay, who is also fifteen - but with a
very different outlook on life. Shay isn't sure she wants to be Pretty
and plans to escape to a community in the forest - the Rusty Ruins -
where Uglies go to escape ' turning'. Tally won't be persuaded to join
her, as this would involve sacrificing everything she's ever wanted for
a lot of uncertainty.
When she is taken in for questioning on her birthday, however, Tally
gets sent to the Ruins anyway - against her will. The authorities offer
Tally the worst choice she could ever imagine: find her friend Shay and
turn her in, or never turn Pretty at all. What she discovers in the
Ruins reveals that there is nothing 'pretty' about the
transformations... And the choice Tally makes will change her world
forever.
The book that all SHATTER ME fans have been waiting for is finally here. The fourth incredible instalment of Tahereh Mafi's New York Times bestselling YA fantasy series perfect for fans of Sarah J. Maas, Victoria Aveyard's The Red Queen, Stranger Things and Leigh Bardugo's Six of Crows
The girl with the power to kill with a single touch now has the world in the palm of her hand.
Juliette Ferrars thought she'd won. She took over Sector 45, was named Supreme Commander, and now has Warner by her side. But when tragedy strikes, she must confront the darkness that dwells both around and inside her.
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 *
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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Forbidden
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Eve Bunting
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R224
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In early-nineteenth century Scotland, sixteen-year-old Josie, an
orphan, is sent to live with an aunt and uncle on the rocky, stormy
northwest coast. Everything and everyone in her new surroundings,
including her relatives, is sinister, threatening, and mysterious.
She's told that Eli, the young man she's attracted to, is forbidden
to her, but not why. Spirited, curious, and determined, Josie sets
out to learn the village's secrets and discovers evil, fueled by
heartless greed, as well as a ghostly presence eager for revenge.
An author's note gives the historical inspiration for this story.
Die tingerige Wian is baie opgewonde wanneer hy uiteindelik in pleegsorg geplaas word en van die weeshuis kan ontsnap. Net jammer dat die oorgewig boelie, Pierre, saam met hom by dieselfde gesin gaan woon. Maar Wian se nuwe ouers is glad nie gaaf en ordentlik soos hy hom voorgestel het nie. Inteendeel, hulle maak hom doodbenoud.
Veral toe hulle hom voorstel aan sy nuwe "suster", Cornelia - 'n massiewe, mak krokodil wat in die agterplaas woon.
Book one in the new OFFICIAL Minecraft fiction series for readers
age 7+ - the Stonesword Saga Join Morgan, Ash, Harper, Po, Jodi and
Theo as they return for another adventure in the world of
Minecraft. Someone - or something - has turned the Evoker King to
stone. Do the gang have what it takes to solve the mystery and
return the Evoker King to normal? Theo's coding skills might just
be what the gang need, but does he have what it takes to be a part
of the team or will his meddling put a crack in the code that none
of them will survive? For fans of the Minecraft game, Jumanji and
Wreck it Ralph.
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