The thrilling conclusion to #1 bestselling Shiver trilogy fromMaggie Stievater. then. When Sam met Grace, he was a wolf and she was a girl. Eventuallyhe found a way to become a boy, and their love transformed fromcurious distance to the intense closeness of shared lives. now. That should have been the end of their story. But Grace was notmeant to stay human. Now she is the wolf. And the wolves of MercyFalls are about to be hunted in one final, spectacular kill. forever. Sam would do anything for Grace. But can one boy and one lovereally change a hostile, predatory world? The past, the present,and the future will all collide in one pure moment - a moment ofdeath or life, farewell or forever.
Perfect for fans of Divergent and The Hunger Games, this special movie tie-in edition of the New York Times bestseller The Maze Runner features an eight-page full-color insert with photos from the film and an exclusive fan sticker. The Maze Runner movie, featuring the star of MTV’s Teen Wolf, Dylan O’Brien, as Thomas; Kaya Scodelario as Teresa; Aml Ameen as Alby; Will Poulter as Gally; and Thomas Brodie-Sangster as Newt and the second book, The Scorch Trials, will soon be a movie, hitting theaters September 18, 2015! And look for James Dashner’s newest novels, The Eye of Minds and The Rule of Thoughts, the first two books in the Mortality Doctrine series. Nice to meet ya, shank. Welcome to the Glade. Outside the towering stone walls that surround the Glade is a limitless, ever-changing maze. It’s the only way out—and no one’s ever made it through alive. Everything is going to change. Then a girl arrives. The first girl ever. And the message she delivers is terrify
“Engle writes her new book in clear, short lines of stirringfree verse. Caught by the compelling narrative voices, many readerswill want to find out more.”—Booklist, Starred Review “A powerful narrative in free verse . . . haunting.”—The HornBook “Hauntingly beautiful, revealing pieces of Cuba’s troubled pastthrough the poetry of hidden moments.”—School Library Journal “Young readers will come away inspired by these portraits ofcourageous ordinary people.” —Kirkus Reviews “The poems are short but incredibly evocative.”—Voice of YouthAdvocates
这是一个不凡的世界,人的灵魂是一个以动物形式存在的精灵,且人与精灵密不可分,不然,生命将不复存在。 13岁的莱拉,长在这世界的牛津大学,没有家庭之爱,不识富有、强大但已成故的父母,更不知自己身负震撼世界的诅咒;她终日与玩伴及他们的精灵自由自在地嬉闹,长成了一个诡计多端、恣意妄为且谎话连篇的野女孩。然而,可怕的预言无法抗拒,莱拉注定要承担起救世主之责,扮演人类之母夏娃角色;人人畏惧的“尘埃”出现了,饕餮游荡在城市各个角落,玩伴接连莫名失踪,快乐时光彻底完结于密友罗杰的失去,巨大的阴谋正在酝酿之中…… 于是,在这个唯她可懂、能预知未来的黄金罗盘——真理仪的帮助下,浑然不觉险恶的莱拉决定去寻找被邪恶科学家掠走的孩子们,从此开始了拯救世界的艰难之旅;她朝着未知的北极而去;等待她的,有披
宇宙由无数平行的世界组成、借助奇妙的魔法神刀的切割可以彼此穿行。 生活在另一个牛津的少年威尔,遭遇着莫名追杀;在一只神秘的猫的指引下,他跨过一个秘密的窗口,来到另一个横行着吞噬成人精灵的妖怪的世界…… 出于对母亲深沉的爱,威尔决定去寻找失踪多年的探险父亲。殊不知这对父子的命运早已与关系宇宙生死的巨大阴谋密不可分了…… 亡命天涯的威尔遇到了继续在朝自己使命的莱拉,并偶然得到那把可以切开宇宙从而在不同世界穿梭的魔法神刀; 其实,这并非偶然,许多世纪前,就有了关于他和莱拉的神秘预言:他们即是亚当与夏娃,必须联合女巫和天使,以及所有正义的力量,帮助阿斯里尔勋爵,才能对抗强大的宗教和政治势力,揭开“尘埃”的秘密,拯救宇宙;而伊甸园那条引诱他们的蛇,则是女科学家马隆博士…… 如同所有伟大的故
杰克、瑞秋、托比亚、卡西和马可偶然遇到一艘失事飞船和一个垂死的飞行员。 因为这次偶遇,他们被赋予了一种神奇的力量——他们可以变成任何他们碰到的动物。 也因为这个神奇的力量,他们变成了动物变形人,在这个隐蔽的战争中保护我们美丽的星球。 同时,敌人也非常强大。敌人可以变成任何一个他们想要变成的人,甚至是杰克他们亲密的人。 拥有超能力但不意味着你可以无限制的使用它。杰克他们的变形能力也是一样,每一次变形不可以超过2小时。 但是,这一次托比亚却打破了时间限制,他在里面呆了超过两个小时,而这意味着他将被永远陷在鹰的身体中! 当托比亚发现了外星人的重要秘密时,托比亚知道他必须尽全力去破坏它。 但是,这样做的话就意味着他必须控制他的身体,毕竟他现
De*ion of this Book The wildly popular series by K.A. Applegate is back! The first six books of Animorphs return, with striking new lenticular covers that morph. It all started with the dreams. But Cassie didn't pay much attention to them. She and her friends have been having nightmares ever since they acquired the power to morph. But when Cassie discovers that Tobias has been having dreams too -- the exact same dreams -- about the ocean, and a voice that's calling to them for help, she decides it's time to start listening. Now she and the others have to figure out if the dreams are a message, or a trap.
Nine of us came here. We look like you. We talk like you. We live among you. But we are not you. We can do things you dream of doing. We have powers you dream of having. We are stronger and faster than anything you have ever seen. We are the superheroes you worship in movies and comic books—but we are real. Our plan was to grow, and train, and become strong, and become one, and fight them. But they found us and started hunting us first. Now all of us are running. Spending our lives in shadows, in places where no one would look, blending in. we have lived among you without you knowing. But they know. They caught Number One in Malaysia. Number Two in England. And Number Three in Kenya. They killed them all. I am Number Four. I am next.
Film tie-in edition of the bestselling classic work of fantasy of Bilbo Baggins’ adventures in Middle-earth, featuring the complete story as shown in the film trilogy, with a striking cover image from Peter Jackson’s film adaptation and drawings and maps by J.R.R. Tolkien. Bilbo Baggins is a hobbit who enjoys a comfortable, unambitious life, rarely travelling further than the pantry of his hobbit-hole in Bag End. But his contentment is disturbed when the wizard, Gandalf, and a company of thirteen dwarves arrive on his doorstep one day to whisk him away on an unexpected journey ‘there and back again’. They have a plot to raid the treasure hoard of Smaug the Magnificent, a large and very dangerous dragon… The prelude to The Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit has sold many millions of copies since its publication in 1937, establishing itself as one of the most beloved and influential books of the twentieth century.
Grubbs Grady has stiff red hair and is a little big for his age,which means he can get into R-rated movies. He hates history andloves bacon, rats, and playing tricks on his squeamish oldersister. When he opts out of a family weekend trip, he never guessesthat he is about to take a terrifying journey into darkness. Hungrydemons and howling werewolves haunt his waking nightmares... andthreaten his life.
Before Cirque Du Freak...Before the war with the vampaneze...Before he was a vampire... Larten Crepsley was a boy. As a child laborer many centuries ago, Larten Crepsley did his jobwell and without complaint, until the day the foreman killed hiscousin as an example to the other children. In that moment, young Larten flew into a rage that the foremanwouldn't survive. Forced to live on the run, Larten now sleeps incrypts and eats cobwebs to get by. And when a vampire named Sebaoffers him protection and training as a vampire's assistant, Lartenagrees. This is his story.
Lights. Camera. Slawter! Grubbs Grady and his half-brother Bill-Eare thrilled to join their uncle Dervish as onset consultants forthe newest movie by cult horror producer David A Hayms. Shot in adeserted town renamed Slawter, the demon-themed movie is to beHayms's masterpiece. But as strange incidents disrupt the set,Grubbs begins to wonder whether more than filming is afoot.
Kernel Fleck has always known he's weird. He sees lights.Strange, multi-colored patches of light, swirling through the air.But it's not until a window opens into a demon world, with horrificconsequences, that Kernel discovers his powers. As a Disciple, hismission is to hunt vicious, powerful demons to the death...
Things used to be normal in Casper, Alabama. Charity Pittmanwas a regular fourteen-year-old, the perfect daughter, following inher preacher father's footsteps. But then Adrienne arrived, withher big-city ways and artsy ideas. Reverend Pittman thinks she'sthe devil incarnate. Charity thinks she's amazing.But no one knowswhat to think of Adrienne when she claims she's seen Jesus.In theheartening and humorous book that made the National Book Awardshortlist, Han Nolan visits a small town that's praying for amiracle but heading for disaster.Reader's guide and an interviewwith the author included.
IN THE OLD DAYS THERE WERE SONGS Something is bothering Russel Susskit. He hates waking up to the sound of his father's coughing, the smell of diesel oil, the noise of snow machines starting up. Only Oogruk, the shaman who owns the last team of dogs in the village, understands Russel's longing for the old ways and the songs that celebrated them. But Oogruk cannot give Russel the answers he seeks; the old man can only prepare him for what he must do alone. Driven by a strange, powerful dream of a long-ago self and by a burning desire to find his own song, Russel takes Oogruk's dogs on an epic journey of self-discovery that will change his life forever. A Newbery Honor Book An ALA Best Book for Young Adults An ALA Notable Book A School Library Journal Best Book
The classic bestseller behind this year’s biggest movie, this definitive paperback edition features nine illustrations and two maps drawn by J.R.R. Tolkien, and a preface by Christopher Tolkien. Bilbo Baggins is a hobbit who enjoys a comfortable, unambitious life, rarely travelling further than the pantry of his hobbit-hole in Bag End. But his contentment is disturbed when the wizard, Gandalf, and a company of thirteen dwarves arrive on his doorstep one day to whisk him away on an unexpected journey ‘there and back again’. They have a plot to raid the treasure hoard of Smaug the Magnificent, a large and very dangerous dragon… The prelude to The Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit has sold many millions of copies since its publication in 1937, establishing itself as one of the most beloved and influential books of the
Beranabus and Dervish are gone. Bec has formed an unholyalliance with Lord Loss. Kernel is blind, held on Earth against hiswill. Grubbs is mad with grief and spinning out of control. The demons are crossing. The Disciples are falling. The Shadow is waiting. Welcome to the end. Steel your stomachs and grit your teeth--the tenthbook in the saga of the battle between Earth and the hoardes of theDemonata waiting to destroy our world will be blood-curdling,bone-rending, and truly terrible. Bec, Kernel, and Grubbs areprepared for the fight of their lives. Are you?
The aging orc shaman Ner'zhul has seized control of the Hordeand reopened the Dark Portal. His brutal warriors once againencroach upon Azeroth, laying siege to the newly constructedstronghold of Nethergarde Keep. There, the archmage Khadgar and theAlliance commander, Turalyon, lead humanity and its elven anddwarven allies in fighting this new invasion. Even so, disturbing questions arise. Khadgar learns of orcishincursions farther abroad: small groups of orcs who seem to pursuea goal other than simple conquest. Worse yet, black dragons havebeen sighted as well, and they appear to be aiding the orcs. Tocounter Ner'zhul's dark schemes, the Alliance must now invade theorcs' ruined homeworld of Draenor. Can Khadgar and his companionsstop the nefarious shaman in time to stave off the destruction oftwo worlds?
In the mist-shrouded haze of the past, long before the beginningof recorded time, there stood the world of Azeroth. Every kind ofmagical being strode the countryside among the tribes of man, andall was at peace -- until the arrival of the demons and horrors ofthe Burning Legion and their baneful Lord Sargeras, dark god ofchaotic magic. Now Dragons, Dwarves, Elves, Goblins, Humans, andOrcs all vie for supremacy across the scattered kingdoms -- part ofa grand, malevolent scheme that will determine the fate of theworld of
Film tie-in edition of the best-selling classic work offantasy of Bilbo Baggins' adventures in Middle-earth, featuring thecomplete story told in both films, with a striking cover image fromPeter Jackson's THE HOBBIT: AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY and drawings andmaps by J.R.R. Tolkien. Bilbo Baggins is a hobbit who enjoys acomfortable, unambitious life, rarely travelling further than thepantry of his hobbit-hole in Bag End. But his contentment isdisturbed when the wizard, Gandalf, and a company of thirteendwarves arrive on his doorstep one day to whisk him away on anunexpected journey 'there and back again'. They have a plot to raidthe treasure hoard of Smaug the Magnificent, a large and verydangerous dragon...The prelude to The Lord of the Rings, The Hobbithas sold many millions of copies since its publication in 1937,establishing itself as one of the most beloved and influentialbooks of the twentieth century.
The valiant night elves have been shattered by the loss of theirbeloved general. The black dragon, Neltharion, has claimed theDemon Soul and scattered the mighty dragonflights to the winds.Above all, the demonlord, Archimonde, has led the Burning Legion tothe very brink of victory over Kalimdor. As the land and itsdenizens reel from this unstoppable evil, a terror beyond allreckoning draws ever nearer from the Well of Eternity'sdepths... In the final, apocalyptic chapter of this epic trilogy, thedragon-mage Krasus and the young druid Malfurion must riskeverything to save Azeroth from utter destruction. Banding togetherthe dwarves, tauren and furbolg races, the heroes hope to spark analliance to stand against the might of the Burning Legion. For ifthe Demon Soul should fall into the Legion's hands, all hope forthe world will be lost. This then, is the hour...where past andfuture collide!
The wildly popular series by K.A. Applegate is back! The first six books of Animorphs return, with striking new lenticular covers that morph. It was bad when Jake found out his brother was one of them. A Human-Controller. A slave. But that was nothing compared to this. When the Animorphs decide to visit the Yeerks' new base, it seems simple. But then they get caught and Jake falls -- just for a moment -- into the Yeerk pool. Now they're out, and his friends can't see it. To them he's just like normal. But Jake is screaming for help. His worst fear has finally come true. He's become the enemy.