Fagbøger for børn og unge: mysterier og det overnaturlige

My first winter at Crystal Wing Academybrings frigid weather,intense magical classes,and...a hunter. After defeating the nightlace vine eager to kill every outling on campus, I'm feeling cocky. But nothing ever goes smoothly for me, does it? The good news first. I've not only figured out how to ride an aldakor, I've convinced the naiad living in the moat I can be trusted. You might say I've got an in with magical creatures. And I've found a new best friend who's awesome, even if she's keeping secrets. The bad news? Donovan's bespelled. If I don't break his curse, we're doomed. And, in my class, Magical Horticulture of the Night: Adding the D to Deadly, I accidentally freed a beatleycarne, unleashing the deadliest prankster known to the fae world. Need to catch that baby and lock it up fast before the Academy collapses around me. Seems like I'm fighting one crisis after another. Then someone unexpected emerges from my past. And the person responsible for the nightlace murders? She wasn't working alone, and the wizard isn't finished with me yet. With the beatleycarne wreaking havoc on my life, Donovan bespelled, and someone determined to kill me, I need to harness every strand of power I can find. Because a battle's coming and only one wizard will emerge the victor.

The second book in the swoony and high-stakes fantasy rom-com series that began with Twin Crowns, about twin princesses separated at birth?from bestselling authors Catherine Doyle and Katherine Webber.Twin queens Wren and Rose have claimed their crowns...but not everyone is happy about witches sitting on Eana's throne.Coolheaded Rose plans a royal tour to establish goodwill throughout the kingdom. But Wren balks?how can they gallivant around Eana when their grandmother Banba is imprisoned in Gevra?Impatient Wren steals away on a ship to the icy north, where King Alarik offers a deadly magical bargain in exchange for Banba's freedom. Desperate, Wren agrees. But her spell has unexpected consequences....Meanwhile, when Rose's royal tour is interrupted by a mysterious stranger claiming to be from the long-lost Sunkissed Kingdom, the strands of destiny pull her south to the ancient Amarach Towers, where only the Seers of Eana know why the Restless Sands are erupting?and why Shen-Lo himself might hold the key.But back in Anadawn, rebellion is brewing. And if Eana is to stand a chance at peace, the sisters will need to reunite once more and convince their people to forsake old loyalties for new ones.

For fans of Lovecraft Country and Candyman comes a witchy story full of Black girl magic! One girl′s dark ability to summon the dead offers her a chance at a new life, while revealing to her an even darker future.“Practical Magic meets Black Girl Magic in this powerful addition to the YA canon. I couldn′t put it down.” —#1 New York Times Bestselling Author Victoria SchwabKatrell can talk to the dead. And she wishes it made more money. She’s been able to support her unemployed mother—and Mom’s deadbeat-boyfriend-of-the-week—so far, but it isn’t enough. Money’s still tight, and to complicate things, Katrell has started to draw attention. Not from this world—from beyond. And it comes with a warning: STOP, or there will be consequences. Katrell is willing to call the ghosts on their bluff; she has no choice. What do ghosts know of having sleep for dinner? But when her next summoning accidentally raises someone from the dead, Katrell realizes that a live body is worth a lot more than a dead apparition. And, warning or not, she has no intention of letting this lucrative new business go.Only, magic isn’t free, and dark forces are coming to collect. Now Katrell faces a choice: resign herself to poverty, or confront the darkness before it’s too late.

The worry monsters are back, and they're ready to help make your worries disappear!This sweet board book is a great way to encourage children to think positively about school. The simple rhyme is designed to reassure little worriers, and the friendly monster illustrations have touch-and-feel areas for children to explore.

Visit the Secret Kingdom and find the magical creatures in this sparkling board book with touch and feel door flaps. Read the enchanting rhyme and guess which magical creature is hiding behind the door. Then, open the touch-and-feel door to find out! With fairies, yetis and more, there's something for everyone to enjoy.Great for baby sensory and encouraging.For babies - 3-year-olds. Kids will be excited to receive this as a: -A birthday present, Valentine's Day gift, Easter basket goodie, or stocking stuffer-A road trip activity, boredom buster, or good behavior reward

Ms. Brown, an accomplished storyteller, has put together a superb collection of original modern-day scary stories. Short and creepy, they're perfect for reading aloud on crisp fall evenings. Or telling around a campfire. Or reading alone in an isolated old house on a rainy night. . . . Well, maybe not.

The Overworld is in trouble. On the ground, a rampaging army of armor-clad zombies is roving across the biomes. In the sky, a wicked Wither is leaving a path of destruction—and Wither roses—wherever it goes. And in Bobbie’s party, the tension is tighter than a skeleton’s bowstring . . . because, somehow, Logan just became its newest member. The same Logan who set zombies on Bobbie’s village and turned her little brother, Johnny, into one of the walking dead. Who bullied her friend Ben and wrecked his adventuring career. Who was mean to his minion, Other Ben (who prefers Benjamin, actually). But as the Wither skulls start flying, this not-so-merry band needs all the help it can get. Bobbie hasn’t forgotten her main mission: Find the zombified villagers who were once her friends and family and feed them the enchanted golden apples that will turn them back. But as long as the Wither exists, there’s danger. And if there’s danger, it’s a hero’s job to fix it. As much as Bobbie dislikes heroes, she and her friends (and also Logan) look like the closest thing the Overworld’s got.

The Haunting of Bly Manor meets House of Salt and Sorrows in award-winning author Kyrie McCauley's contemporary YA gothic romance about a dark family lineage, the ghosts of grief, and the lines we'll cross for love. The Sleeping House was very much awake . . .Days after a tragedy leaves Marin Blythe alone in the world, she receives a surprising invitation from Alice Lovelace?an acclaimed horror writer and childhood friend of Marin's mother. Alice offers her a nanny position at Lovelace House, the family's coastal Maine estate. Marin accepts and soon finds herself minding Alice's peculiar girls. Thea buries her dolls one by one, hosting a series of funerals, while Wren does everything in her power to drive Marin away. Then Alice's eldest daughter returns home unexpectedly. Evie Hallowell is every bit as strange as her younger sisters, and yet Marin is quickly drawn in by Evie's compelling behavior and ethereal grace. But as Marin settles in, she can't escape the anxiety that follows her like a shadow. Dead birds appear in Marin's room. The children's pranks escalate. Something dangerous lurks in the woods, leaving mutilated animals in its wake. All is not well at Lovelace House, and Marin must unravel its secrets before they consume her.

?Any Sign of Life is a heartbreaking story filled with courage, friendship, and personality. Paige Miller is the perfect team-up buddy in an apocalypse. I was with her when she lost everything, and stood right next to her when she took it all back.??Wesley Chu, #1 New York Times?bestselling author of the War Arts Saga?A timely update to classic postapocalyptic YA.??Publishers Weekly (starred review)?A smart, suspenseful thriller. Totally un-put-down-able.??Kirkus ReviewsWhen a teenage girl thinks she may be the only person left alive in her town?maybe in the whole world?she must rely on hope, trust, and her own resilience. A harrowing and pulse-pounding survival story from New York Times?bestselling author Rae Carson. Any Sign of Life is a must-have for readers of Rick Yancey's The 5th Wave and Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman's Dry.Paige Miller is determined to take her basketball team to the state championship, maybe even beyond. But as March Madness heats up, Paige falls deathly ill. Days later, she wakes up attached to an IV and learns that the whole world has perished. Everyone she loves, and all of her dreams for the future?they're gone.But Paige is a warrior. She pushes through her fear and her grief and gets through each day scrounging for food, for shelter, for safety. As she struggles with her new reality, Paige learns that the apocalypse did not happen by accident. And that there are worse things than being alone.New York Times?bestselling author Rae Carson tells a contemporary and all-too-realistic story about surviving against the odds in this near-future thriller. Any Sign of Life will electrify fans of Rory Power's Wilder Girls and Emily St. John Mandel's Station Eleven.

The next thrilling novel in the bestselling NIGHTSHADE series, perfect for fans of Lauren Kate, Holly Black, Cassandra Clare, Ally Condie, and Richelle Mead. Andrea Cremer is continuing the story she began in in her internationally bestselling Nightshade trilogy. In this new installment, Bosque Mar haunts the dreams of both Adne and Logan, trying to escape for the Nether, where Calla, Shay and the other Guardians trapped him in the final battle in the War of All Against All. Will he turn Adne to the dark side? Will Logan reclaim his birthright? And will darkness take over our world? In a novel filled with magic, romance and breakneck action, master storyteller Andrea Cremer's newest installment will not disappoint! What people are saying about the first three Nightshade novels: "A book for well-read hopeless romantics who like their heroines conflicted, their love interests smoldering, and thier passions triangulated and torrrid." --The Los Angeles Times "Sexy and intoxicating, filled with action, suspense and definitely romance." --Romantic Times Book Reviews "Will keep you reading intently." --Entertainment Weekly "Intensely romantic." --Justine Magazine

Danny Dragonbreath and his best friend, Wendell, have a carefully constructed trick-or-treating system designed to maximize their Halloween candy haul. But this year, despite Danny's awesome vampire costume, their plan is flopping. First, Danny's dad makes them trick-or-treat with Christiana Vanderpool, an annoying know-it-all (and girl) who doesn't even believe that dragons exist. And then the school bully dares them to go into a spooky old haunted house. Naturally, the house is inhabited by a creepy clown and a candy-crazed ghost of yore. It's going to take more than fire-breathing to get them out of this mess - they might even have to (horror of horrors!) perform a sacrificial candy offering.Perfect for fans of Wimpy Kid, Bad Kitty, and Big Nate, Ursula Vernon's hauntingly hilarious fifth book in the Dragonbreath series will make you check your closets and lock up your candy.

Withoutthe evil vampire Bishop ruling over the town of Morganville,the resident vampires have made major concessions to the human population. With their newfound freedoms, Claire Danvers and her friends are almost starting to feel comfortable again… Now Claire can actually concentrate on her studies, and her friend Eve joins the localtheatrecompany. But when one of Eve's castmates goes missingafter starting work on a shortdocumentary, Eve suspects the worst. Claire and Eve soon realize that this film project, whose subjectis the vampires themselves, is a wholelot bigger-andway more dangerous-than anyone suspected.

In the college town of Morganville, vampires and humans coexist in (relatively) bloodless harmony. Then comes Bishop, the master vampire who threatens to abolish all order, revive the forces of the evil dead, and let chaos rule. But Bishop isn't the only threat. Violent black cyclone clouds hover, promising a storm of devastating proportions as student Claire Danvers and her friends prepare to defend Morganville against elements both natural and unnatural.Watch a Windows Media trailer for this book.

It was just another day hunting in the woods right? Wrong.Kaleb had always been a longer until he met her. She was just a girl he met in the woods, only she knew his secret. Would her knowing put him and his family in danger? Should he trust someone he just met? Should he follow his instincts or follow his heart? Only time will tell.

Discover a fierce and fun story of one boy versus six gods, from a magical new voice in children's fiction...Kayode dreams of eating the forbidden fruit of the Orishas, so he can gain their power and stop those merciless beings who terrorise his people. So when a fruit mysteriously appears in his path after the Orishas snatch his sister, he leaps on it.Surging with new and difficult-to-control powers, he joins forces with a shapeshifting trickster god and a vengeful princess to save his sister and put an end to the mighty Orishas. But each has more fearful powers than the last - and Kayode's stolen half-god strength won't last for ever...

Two aspiring witches, one special teacher, a magical living house and a talking dragon-butler fight for what's right, in this major new series from the bestselling author of Starfell.Eglantine Bury is desperate. Her family and their magical house are being threatened by a terrifyingly powerful Whistlewitch. Eglantine must learn to use magic to save them, but she can't seem to find her spark.Across the land, Princess Victoria faces her own danger, as her secret magical powers start to spiral out of control and cause chaos in the palace. Eglantine and Victoria both turn to the disgraced Miss Hegotty's Correspondence Course for help. Miss Hegotty's lessons are powerful, but are they a match for the dangers these two aspiring witches must face...

Nessa has been destined for great power since the day she was born and not just because she is the daughter of the High Priestess. There has long been a prophecy of a witch or warlock who would have power over all the elements, one who would defeat an old enemy and save their kind from doom. Nessa is that witch--the prophecy's daughter. Now if only she could get control over her massive powers.As if trying to master all the elements and preparing for every possible disastrous event that could happen, a certain bad-boy warlock takes an interest in her and not in a good way. Valcon is the last thing that Nessa needs, but as the bad boy facade starts to fade away, something else starts to develop. Is it possible that Nessa could find love in the midst of what could be the end of her world?The demonic world, which hasn't attacked in years, is back again. This time it appears that they are planning to stick around until they have destroyed every last witch and warlock still living. The prophecy predicted something devastating like this. It also predicted that the prophecy's daughter would save them. But as Nessa learns as the attacks start, the prophecy also foretold that she might be the one to send her world into ruin.Does the prophecy's daughter have what it takes to master her abilities and save her world from destruction? Or will the demons destroy everything she has ever known?

During the Sportapalooza tournament, Aria and Liam are swept into an ancient, mystical forest, where they meet the enigmatic druid Merlin and the determined young Arthur. Charged with recovering the sword Excalibur, they uncover the Circle of Druids' scheme to sabotage Arthur's fate in Lancelot's favor. In a forest brimming with deadly enchantments and enigmatic riddles, the duo must outwit the druids, decode a cryptic map, and face the extraordinary to rewrite history. But is the quest really as it seems?Embark with Aria and Liam on a gripping middle-grade journey in "The Druids' Secret," where legends meet reality. Tailored for readers aged 9 to 12, this tale blends adventure, laughter, and the spark of fantasy.