Author: Christopher Stanfield
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781644561898
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Seventeen-year old Genevieve Reidell loves to paint, and values her closest friends above all, but when a gunman terrorizes her high school, her near-reckless bravery sets her on a path that will change the entire course of her life. Her best friend is shot and dying but when Genevieve holds her, the bleeding stops and the wounds close. But when she tries to save another friend, she can't. Overcome with guilt Genevieve struggles to understand.But when a stranger arrives at her home with a mysterious book and an ominous warning, she learns about her destiny. Angels have protected her, but the time has come to unravel the mysteries that have haunted her for years. Genevieve must learn to harness and control her gifts and accept that whatever she does might not be enough. The Devil must be stopped, and Genevieve is ready to walk into the storm. She's cheated death before, but can she save herself again without losing those she loves? The Girl in the Storm by Christopher Stanfield | YA Supernatural Thriller | Lives were shattered the day a gunman came to Madison High. As Genevieve cradles her dying friend, the unimaginable happens. Death is cheated. Flashing back to her childhood and the mysterious visitor who gifted her a book and a promise of revelation, her world unravels. A storm is brewing and if Genevieve wants to survive, she will have to find the truth, but at what cost?
Girls of Storm and Shadow
Author: Natasha Ngan
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 0316528765
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 378
Book Description
In this mesmerizing sequel to the New York Times bestseller Girls of Paper and Fire, Lei and Wren have escaped the oppression of the Hidden Palace, but their freedom comes at a terrible cost. Lei, the naive country girl who became a royal courtesan, is now known as the Moonchosen, the commoner who managed to do what no one else could. But slaying the cruel monarch wasn't the culmination of her destiny -- it was just the beginning. Now Lei, with a massive bounty on her head, must travel the kingdom with her warrior love Wren to gain support from the far-flung rebel clans. Meanwhile, a plot to eliminate the rebel uprising is taking shape, fueled by dark magic and vengeance. Will Lei succeed in her quest to overthrow the monarchy, or will she succumb to the sinister magic that seeks to destroy her bond with Wren, and their very lives? The explosive Girls of Paper and Fire was named: A 10-week New York Times bestseller #1 on the Indie Kids Next List B&N's Most Anticipated LGBTQAP Books of 2018 Buzzfeed's Books You Need to Pick Up This Fall Goodread's Ultimate Fall YA Reading List Shondaland's Fantasy Novels You Need to Read Bookriot's Must Read Asian Releases Bookish's Most Anticipated YA SFF List
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 0316528765
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 378
Book Description
In this mesmerizing sequel to the New York Times bestseller Girls of Paper and Fire, Lei and Wren have escaped the oppression of the Hidden Palace, but their freedom comes at a terrible cost. Lei, the naive country girl who became a royal courtesan, is now known as the Moonchosen, the commoner who managed to do what no one else could. But slaying the cruel monarch wasn't the culmination of her destiny -- it was just the beginning. Now Lei, with a massive bounty on her head, must travel the kingdom with her warrior love Wren to gain support from the far-flung rebel clans. Meanwhile, a plot to eliminate the rebel uprising is taking shape, fueled by dark magic and vengeance. Will Lei succeed in her quest to overthrow the monarchy, or will she succumb to the sinister magic that seeks to destroy her bond with Wren, and their very lives? The explosive Girls of Paper and Fire was named: A 10-week New York Times bestseller #1 on the Indie Kids Next List B&N's Most Anticipated LGBTQAP Books of 2018 Buzzfeed's Books You Need to Pick Up This Fall Goodread's Ultimate Fall YA Reading List Shondaland's Fantasy Novels You Need to Read Bookriot's Must Read Asian Releases Bookish's Most Anticipated YA SFF List
The Girl in the Storm
Author: Christopher Stanfield
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781644561898
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Seventeen-year old Genevieve Reidell loves to paint, and values her closest friends above all, but when a gunman terrorizes her high school, her near-reckless bravery sets her on a path that will change the entire course of her life. Her best friend is shot and dying but when Genevieve holds her, the bleeding stops and the wounds close. But when she tries to save another friend, she can't. Overcome with guilt Genevieve struggles to understand.But when a stranger arrives at her home with a mysterious book and an ominous warning, she learns about her destiny. Angels have protected her, but the time has come to unravel the mysteries that have haunted her for years. Genevieve must learn to harness and control her gifts and accept that whatever she does might not be enough. The Devil must be stopped, and Genevieve is ready to walk into the storm. She's cheated death before, but can she save herself again without losing those she loves? The Girl in the Storm by Christopher Stanfield | YA Supernatural Thriller | Lives were shattered the day a gunman came to Madison High. As Genevieve cradles her dying friend, the unimaginable happens. Death is cheated. Flashing back to her childhood and the mysterious visitor who gifted her a book and a promise of revelation, her world unravels. A storm is brewing and if Genevieve wants to survive, she will have to find the truth, but at what cost?
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781644561898
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Seventeen-year old Genevieve Reidell loves to paint, and values her closest friends above all, but when a gunman terrorizes her high school, her near-reckless bravery sets her on a path that will change the entire course of her life. Her best friend is shot and dying but when Genevieve holds her, the bleeding stops and the wounds close. But when she tries to save another friend, she can't. Overcome with guilt Genevieve struggles to understand.But when a stranger arrives at her home with a mysterious book and an ominous warning, she learns about her destiny. Angels have protected her, but the time has come to unravel the mysteries that have haunted her for years. Genevieve must learn to harness and control her gifts and accept that whatever she does might not be enough. The Devil must be stopped, and Genevieve is ready to walk into the storm. She's cheated death before, but can she save herself again without losing those she loves? The Girl in the Storm by Christopher Stanfield | YA Supernatural Thriller | Lives were shattered the day a gunman came to Madison High. As Genevieve cradles her dying friend, the unimaginable happens. Death is cheated. Flashing back to her childhood and the mysterious visitor who gifted her a book and a promise of revelation, her world unravels. A storm is brewing and if Genevieve wants to survive, she will have to find the truth, but at what cost?
What the Lady's Maid Knew
Author: E. E. Holmes
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781733935258
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 330
Book Description
London is a powder keg... and Eliza Braxton is the match. Imagine a London where magic is real... real, but feared. This is Eliza Braxton's London, and she has always accepted her place in it gladly. As one of the Riftborn, her magic has relegated her to the servant class, where she dutifully serves as the lady's maid in one of the most powerful households in the country. There, she uses her remarkable powers of persuasion to keep Elder Hallewell's rebellious daughter in the path to an arranged match of power and prosperity. Eliza has never questioned her loyalty... until now. Currents of discontent are roiling beneath the city's surface, and Eliza's comfortable existence is about to be caught up in the tide. A resistance is building, a resistance that covets Eliza's talents above all else. But can Eliza betray everything she's ever known for things she never dared to dream? What the Lady's Maid Knew is the first thrilling installment in E.E. Holmes' new series The Riftmagic Saga.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781733935258
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 330
Book Description
London is a powder keg... and Eliza Braxton is the match. Imagine a London where magic is real... real, but feared. This is Eliza Braxton's London, and she has always accepted her place in it gladly. As one of the Riftborn, her magic has relegated her to the servant class, where she dutifully serves as the lady's maid in one of the most powerful households in the country. There, she uses her remarkable powers of persuasion to keep Elder Hallewell's rebellious daughter in the path to an arranged match of power and prosperity. Eliza has never questioned her loyalty... until now. Currents of discontent are roiling beneath the city's surface, and Eliza's comfortable existence is about to be caught up in the tide. A resistance is building, a resistance that covets Eliza's talents above all else. But can Eliza betray everything she's ever known for things she never dared to dream? What the Lady's Maid Knew is the first thrilling installment in E.E. Holmes' new series The Riftmagic Saga.
Girl Talk
Author: Cassidy Storm
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781985852815
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
Autumn is stuck in a rut. She's been on many first dates but is beginning to wonder if she'll ever experience happiness -- or a second date, for that matter. When she gets a new phone, she receives a call from an "Unknown Number." The person's first words are, "So. You were going to tell me how wet you are." Autumn is stunned -- because the caller happens to be a woman. Over the next few months, the mysterious calls continue, and the "girl talk" gets more and more personal. But Autumn is straight . . . isn't she?
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781985852815
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
Autumn is stuck in a rut. She's been on many first dates but is beginning to wonder if she'll ever experience happiness -- or a second date, for that matter. When she gets a new phone, she receives a call from an "Unknown Number." The person's first words are, "So. You were going to tell me how wet you are." Autumn is stunned -- because the caller happens to be a woman. Over the next few months, the mysterious calls continue, and the "girl talk" gets more and more personal. But Autumn is straight . . . isn't she?
Girls of Paper and Fire
Author: Natasha Ngan
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 031656138X
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 374
Book Description
Uncover a riveting story of palace intrigue set in a sumptuous Asian-inspired fantasy world in the breakout YA novel that Publisher's Weekly calls "elegant and adrenaline-soaked." In this richly developed fantasy, Lei is a member of the Paper caste, the lowest and most persecuted class of people in Ikhara. She lives in a remote village with her father, where the decade-old trauma of watching her mother snatched by royal guards for an unknown fate still haunts her. Now, the guards are back and this time it's Lei they're after -- the girl with the golden eyes whose rumored beauty has piqued the king's interest. Over weeks of training in the opulent but oppressive palace, Lei and eight other girls learns the skills and charm that befit a king's consort. There, she does the unthinkable: she falls in love. Her forbidden romance becomes enmeshed with an explosive plot that threatens her world's entire way of life. Lei, still the wide-eyed country girl at heart, must decide how far she's willing to go for justice and revenge.
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 031656138X
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 374
Book Description
Uncover a riveting story of palace intrigue set in a sumptuous Asian-inspired fantasy world in the breakout YA novel that Publisher's Weekly calls "elegant and adrenaline-soaked." In this richly developed fantasy, Lei is a member of the Paper caste, the lowest and most persecuted class of people in Ikhara. She lives in a remote village with her father, where the decade-old trauma of watching her mother snatched by royal guards for an unknown fate still haunts her. Now, the guards are back and this time it's Lei they're after -- the girl with the golden eyes whose rumored beauty has piqued the king's interest. Over weeks of training in the opulent but oppressive palace, Lei and eight other girls learns the skills and charm that befit a king's consort. There, she does the unthinkable: she falls in love. Her forbidden romance becomes enmeshed with an explosive plot that threatens her world's entire way of life. Lei, still the wide-eyed country girl at heart, must decide how far she's willing to go for justice and revenge.
The Silent Storm
Author: Sherry Garland
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780152000165
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
Thirteen-year-old Alyssa has not spoken since seeing her parents die in a hurricane, and now, three years later, another storm threatens the home she shares with her grandfather on Galveston Island.
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780152000165
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
Thirteen-year-old Alyssa has not spoken since seeing her parents die in a hurricane, and now, three years later, another storm threatens the home she shares with her grandfather on Galveston Island.
Eye of the Storm
Author: Kate Messner
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 0802723136
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 302
Book Description
Jaden's summer visit with her meteorologist father, who has just returned from spending four years in Russia conducting weather experiments not permitted in the United States, fills her with apprehension and fear as she discovers that living at her father's planned community, Placid Meadows, is anything but placid.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 0802723136
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 302
Book Description
Jaden's summer visit with her meteorologist father, who has just returned from spending four years in Russia conducting weather experiments not permitted in the United States, fills her with apprehension and fear as she discovers that living at her father's planned community, Placid Meadows, is anything but placid.
Pop Girl
Author: Tallia Storm
Publisher: Scholastic
ISBN: 9781338160246
Category : Family vacations
Languages : en
Pages : 314
Book Description
Fourteen-year-old Storm Hall lives to sing. Forget parties. Forget boys. When Storm is told she's going to miss a national competition, to go on a once-in-a-lifetime holiday to Hawaii, her life is OVER. What could be worse than having to give up singing to visit an island paradise? What if her (former) best friend is taking her place? A family trip to Hawaii is just the beginning. Storm meets a Hawaiian band who need a singer last minute. When the song is on local radio the next day all of Storm's dreams are coming true until the band introduce their singer on air. It's NOT her.
Publisher: Scholastic
ISBN: 9781338160246
Category : Family vacations
Languages : en
Pages : 314
Book Description
Fourteen-year-old Storm Hall lives to sing. Forget parties. Forget boys. When Storm is told she's going to miss a national competition, to go on a once-in-a-lifetime holiday to Hawaii, her life is OVER. What could be worse than having to give up singing to visit an island paradise? What if her (former) best friend is taking her place? A family trip to Hawaii is just the beginning. Storm meets a Hawaiian band who need a singer last minute. When the song is on local radio the next day all of Storm's dreams are coming true until the band introduce their singer on air. It's NOT her.
Storm Girl
Author: Linda Nicklin
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781912053278
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 364
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781912053278
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 364
Book Description
Waiting Out the Storm
Author: JoAnn Early Macken
Publisher: Candlewick Press
ISBN: 076363378X
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 33
Book Description
A mother reassures her child about the wind, lightning, and thunder when a storm passes through.
Publisher: Candlewick Press
ISBN: 076363378X
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 33
Book Description
A mother reassures her child about the wind, lightning, and thunder when a storm passes through.