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Talented good girl Jewel Jacobs surveys the shoes on the other kids who tried to kill themselves, all slumped in the support group circle that Red Nikes mockingly calls “the Unalive Failures Club.” How did they each get here? How did she get here? A week ago, her biggest worry was making it into the coveted Teen Arts Show. Then she woke in a hospital bed with pain shooting up her arms and absolutely no memory of hurting herself.

After surviving the Purging Trials, Ordinary-born Paedyn Gray has killed the King, and kickstarted a Resistance throughout the land. Now she’s running from the one person she had wanted to run to. Kai Azer is now Ilya’s Enforcer, loyal to his brother Kitt, the new King. He has vowed to find Paedyn and bring her to justice. Across the deadly Scorches, and deep into the hostile city of Dor, Kai pursues the one person he wishes he didn’t have to. But in a city without Elites, the balance between the hunter and hunted shifts – and the battle between duty and desire is deadly.

Theo Briggs is a rule follower. He's a decent student in his junior year, an appeasing son, and a lifelong Christian, just trying to make it through high school unscathed. Caleb Raynard is a romantic. One of the few out-and-proud kids at Specter High School, Caleb's dating life has been hellish, to say the least—fraught with misread social cues and embarrassing situations—and Caleb is about ready to call the whole thing off. When Theo and Caleb meet in the basement of an old Catholic church that's rumored to be haunted, an instant and electric connection forms between them.

The creatures arrived on June 6th, 2026, by the hundreds of thousands, silently drifting down out of the sky, hovering at a geostationary orbit for three months all over the planet, taking up positions. No one knew what they wanted...why they came...or why they wouldn't just go away. And then, three months later, the unthinkable happened. They suddenly came to life, hunting us down. We called them gorgons—after the mythical creature Medusa—because their eyes had the power to paralyze us with just one look.

Darius Logan is far from a hero. Since his parents were killed, he has spent most of his life navigating foster homes and shelters, abandoned neighborhoods, and decaying buildings. All Darius knows is survival. Life was hard enough, but now he finds himself being hunted by the police after a drug deal he never should have been involved in goes bad. And when they catch him, Darius is positive he will spend the rest of his life behind bars. But in place of a long prison sentence, Darius is handed an opportunity almost too good to be true.

The story he knew is basically over, and new unscripted chapters are the future. With the original plot of the book left behind, Samson now faces a world filled with endless possibilities and dangers. The question of returning to his old life has become a distant thought as Samson embraces his role in this new world. He's built deeper connections more real than anything he's ever experienced. But nothing is without a cost. Sampson soon finds that his actions have consequences that ripple across the world of My Royal Academia.

Adriana knows that if she can manage to keep her head down for the next seven months, she might be able to get through her sentence in the Compass juvenile detention center. Thankfully, she’s allowed to keep her journal, where she writes down her most private thoughts when her feelings get too big. Until the day she opens her journal and discovers that her thoughts are no longer so private. Someone has read her writings—and has written back. A boy who lives on the other side of the gender-divided detention center. A boy who sparks a fire in her to write back.

he horrific struggle for power continues as war gnaws on the fringes of the kingdom. As armies of two nations clash with endless waves of bodies against one another, and ravenous monsters haunt and skulk in the shadows to gorge on the cadavers of the endless dead, the youngest princess of the kingdom, Acacia Odofredus Krone, continues her journey to ascend to her proclaimed rightful throne as queen, before her terminal illness—the consumption—steals her last breath. Not having the power to do so alone, she continues her journey and friendship with the most horrifying monster of all.

Ellie’s Deaf boarding school just shut down, forcing her to leave the place she considered home and return to her hearing family. But being mainstreamed into public school isn't exactly easy. So her guidance counselor pairs her with Jackson, a student who’s supposed to help her adjust. Can the boy who tries to say the right things, and gets it all wrong, be the lifeline Ellie needs?

Amélie Cœur has never known what it truly means to be happy. She thought she’d found happiness once, in a love that ended in tragedy and nearly sent her over the edge. Now, at seventeen, Mel is beginning to piece her life back together. Under the supervision of Laurelle Child Services, the exclusive foster care agency that raised her, Mel is sober and living with a new family among Manhattan’s elite. It’s her last chance at adoption before she ages out of the system, and she promised, this time, she’ll try.

When a group of six strangers who have only ever spoken on a creepy Deddit thread decide to meet IRL, they have one plan in mind: they are going to play The Midnight Game and summon the Midnight Man. Rules of the game are simple: Do not turn on the lights. Do not go to sleep. Do not leave the building. And once you start the game, you must finish it—there's no other way out.

One fight will change the world. Rose Beaufont knows it must involve her. The leader of the Shadow Walker coven does too. Neither woman can run from this fight any longer. Only one woman can survive it.

Die Initiation hat Leg überstanden, doch nun muss er beweisen, dass er den Vertrauensvorschuss des Totems verdient hat. Vor dem jungen Mann liegt eine beschwerliche Reise in ein gefährliches Land. Und diejenigen, die über das Nördliche Imperium herrschen wollen, schlafen nicht. Leg muss sich entscheiden, was ihm wichtiger ist: sein persönliches Fortkommen oder der Fortbestand des riesigen Reiches. Allerdings könnte sich auch herausstellen, dass das eine eng mit dem anderen verknüpft ist, jetzt, wo ein wahrer Magier in der Welt erschienen ist.

Quando bebê, James Bartholomew caiu de seu carrinho de passeio e foi levado à Terra do Nunca. James é recuperado por seus pais sete dias depois–e, após esse período, ele já teria se tornado oficialmente um Garoto Perdido. Assim que volta a Londres, ele não para de pensar sobre a Terra do Nunca. À medida que cresce, ele odeia sua vida em Londres e tudo aquilo que esteja relacionado a crescer e a se tornar um cavalheiro. Por isso, segue em busca de uma vaga no navio do infame pirata Barba Negra.

Two teenagers find a frozen corpse in the middle of the woods and decide to bring it back to town. They have no idea they just sparked the zombie apocalypse. In the morgue below the hospital, the dead begin waking up and attacking the living. The infection spreads rapidly, turning the place into a slaughterhouse as those inside fight to survive against the undead. As the situation escalates, authorities are forced to seal off the building in an attempt to contain the spread of the virus. But it may already be too late ...

Welcome to "Grandpa's Campfire Stories” a collection of scary and not-so-scary tales for all ages designed to captivate the imaginations of children, teenagers, and adults who are still young at heart. Whether you're gathered around a crackling campfire in the woods or simply enjoying a cozy evening at home, these stories are sure to entertain, thrill, and sometimes send a shiver down your spine. From spooky legends that will make you check over your shoulder to heartwarming tales that will leave you smiling, there's something here for everyone.

The price of a crown is high. It may even cost his life... Though peace has settled over Alamore, dangers are far from gone. The arrival of a messenger brings with it the promise of war as Shadow Dale calls for help. Will and his friends finds themselves riding for battle. But Will is certain that things are not all that they appear.

Civilized society has fallen. Those who were lucky enough to survive are scattered across the ravaged world. Outside of those who reside in the four great wastelands, massive corporate entities endure by waging war and creating megafacilities deep inside the earth. In this tale, we follow three special friends, Leo, Lily, and Locke, who were born and raised in such a facility under the banner of the most powerful organization on the planet, Tessera.

Orson Lewis isn’t good at anything. His grades are average, he's bad at sports, and he doesn't really like his friends anymore. Compared to his older sister Emerson, he’s a total failure. And it doesn't help he's set to attend the same high school as her in the fall. This summer is his last chance to figure himself out. When Liam Beaulieu moves across the street, it feels like a sign. Liam is outgoing, encouraging, and unafraid—everything Orson struggles to be. Through Liam's friendship, Orson dreams this could be the key to unlocking who he truly is.

Jump into a world where the stakes are higher, the dangers are deadlier, and the bonds of sisterhood are unbreakable. In "Sisters of Fangs Book 3: Murder Planet," the electrifying saga continues as Emily and Luna, the fierce and fearless sisters, fight for survival against all odds. Trapped on a hostile prison planet under the iron fist of the Dread Warden, Emily, Luna, and their eclectic group of allies face a relentless struggle. The Warden, a sinister figure with cybernetic enhancements and a thirst for control, has placed a bounty on their heads. With genetically engineered monsters ...