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Jonata lebt mit ihrer Familie in dem kleinen Dorf Licentia. Dort ist alles wie im Mittelalter. Die Bewohner tragen historische Gewänder und ernähren sich von dem, was sie anbauen oder die Natur ihnen bietet. Doch hinter der idyllischen Fassade verbirgt sich eine Lebenslüge. Denn Licentia ist kein gewöhnliches Dorf - es ist Teil einer Fernsehsendung. Smartphones, den Supermarkt um die Ecke, all das kennt Jonata nicht, ahnt noch nicht mal von deren Existenz. Und schon gar nicht weiß sie, dass die ganze Welt ihr und den anderen Bewohnern bei ihrem Leben zusieht – jeden Woche, schon seit Jahren.

Sel Archer and his friends just saved Tremorglade. Again. But Sel didn’t walk away completely unscathed this time. Now he has exciting but dangerous new Ripper abilities to keep on a leash, just as clamors for a cure to the Rippocalypse begin to grow louder by the day. But when the hunt for a cure takes a dangerous turn, suddenly the Frozen Fever isn’t just a myth. It’s real…and it’s spreading. Sel and his friends will have to act fast to stop it before it arrives in Tremorglade, and his new abilities just might be the answer.

The city of Ember was built as a last refuge for the human race. Two hundred years later, the great lamps that light the city are beginning to flicker. When Lina finds part of an ancient message, she's sure it holds a secret that will save the city. She and her friend Doon must decipher the message before the lights go out on Ember forever! This stunning debut novel offers refreshingly clear writing and fascinating, original characters.

The People of Sparks picks up where The City of Ember leaves off. Lina and Doon have emerged from the underground city to the exciting new world above, and it isn't long before they are followed by the other inhabitants of Ember. The Emberites soon come across a town where they are welcomed, fed, and given places to sleep. But the town's resources are limited and it isn't long before resentment begins to grow between the two groups.

50 Jahre Momo – das neue Hörspiel zum Jubiläum! "Momo", der weltberühmte Märchen-Roman von Michael Ende, wird 50 und Hörspiel-Regisseur Robert Schoen inszeniert ihn neu – mit hochkarätigen Sprechern wie Friedhelm Ptok als Erzähler, Andreas Fröhlich als Meister Hora und Paula Drescher als Momo. Eine Geschichte von heute für die ganze Familie über Freundschaft, Entschleunigung und den Mut, anders zu sein, atmosphärisch und vielschichtig inszeniert mit der Musik des mehrfach ausgezeichneten Komponisten Tobias Unterberg.

Six years earlier, Matty had come to Village as a scrappy and devious little boy. Back then, he liked to call himself "the Fiercest of the Fierce." But since that time, Matty has grown almost into a man under the care of Seer, a blind man whose special sight had earned him the name. Now Matty hopes that he will soon be given his true name, and he hopes it will be Messenger. But strange changes are taking place in Village.

In the future, robots have eliminated humans, and 12-year-old robot XR_935 is just fine with that. Without humans around, there is no war, no pollution, no crime. Every member of society has a purpose. Everything runs smoothly and efficiently. Until the day XR discovers something impossible: a human girl named Emma.

Fourteen-year-old Vega Jane lives in the village of Wormwood, where life is nasty, brutish, and short. Villagers have been told that there is nothing outside of Wormwood except for the Quag, a foul forest filled with terrifying beasts. No one comes, no one goes, and Wormwood has stayed this way for generations. Until Vega's friend Quentin Herms disappears. Quentin leaves Vega a secret message hinting that there's a way out of Wormwood and something extraordinary on the other side.

The downloadable audiobook edition of Meg Rosoff's charming coming-of-age novel, How I Live Now, set over a summer of love and destruction. Read by the actress Amber Sealey. American girl Daisy has had a troubled background, and is sent from New York to stay with her charmingly shambolic family of British cousins, who she has never met. They are Isaac, Edmond, Osbert, and Piper. And two dogs and a goat.

When disaster separates Gwen from her family, she must fend for herself, all alone in the wilderness. Luckily, she’s not alone for long… After a wolf puppy, a Labrador, a Chihuahua, and a greyhound save her life, Gwen discovers talents she didn’t know she possessed. But it will take Gwen and her new friends all of their skills and strength just to survive. Will she follow her instincts and become the one and only…Wolf Girl?

An epic, thrilling, action-packed city-eat-city adventure starring brave fighter Tamzin Pook, who must travel from the spectator sport combat arena in Margate to the Thunder City, where a chilling, ruthless villain has seized power. She will face Revenants—animal/machine hybrids with ferocious appetites—dangerous mercenaries, and must learn to trust a group of oddballs whose eccentricities mask their huge hearts and steadfast courage.

The remote island of Pompolonia is so small that it’s not even on most maps. But what it lacks in size it makes up for in tradition. Each year, a Great Race is run, from the white sands of Octopus Bay, all the way up the mountain to Lake Pomp, a volcanic crater at the island’s summit. All islanders turning 12 are compelled to race. With no exceptions.

Das Unbekannte entdecken, das Unvorstellbare erleben - ein spannender Jugendroman voller Abenteuer und Geheimnisse. In einer Zukunft, gezeichnet von den Spuren weltumspannender Katastrophen, regiert Jarl der Reformer mit eiserner Hand. Rey Wood lebt mit ihrer Familie fernab der Metropolen in einem für das Regime unbedeutenden Ort. So hatten sie zumindest angenommen, denn nun erstrecken sich die nimmersatten Finger der Macht auch in diese Richtung und verschonen Reys Heimat nicht länger vor den freiheitsraubenden Plänen der Kontrollsüchtigen.

Jen and her father are making their way across a deserted world after a technological collapse brought civilization as people knew it to an end. The Flood took out all all technology, but also many people who were connected to a central information hive. Those who are left behind must find each other and build a new life. But Jen's father isn't related to her by blood – he is a human-appearing AI, a glitch in the system, and a secret that must be kept, even from those she wishes she could trust...

In this dystopian middle grade novel Digger: Dig or Die!, a climate change disaster forces humanity to search for safety as Earth's atmosphere escapes into space. Narrated by siblings Nick and Lily, the story follows their resourcefulness in aiding neighbors.

When the wizards return home from defeating Malice, Tristan discovers not everyone escaped unscathed. Someone close to him has been infected with the zombie virus. Time quickly becomes an enemy as Tristan searches for an impossible cure to save his friend, but he isn’t ready to give up. Rumor has it that the High Wizard, Ashley Blanchett, has an elixir. The problem is, no one has seen her since magic was outlawed.

Wolf Girl #2: The Great Escape has descriptive copy which is not yet available from the Publisher.

Master storyteller David Baldacci is back with Vega Jane, the heroine from his instant number-one global best-selling and award-winning fantasy series. Vega Jane discovered the truth about Wormwood. She made it through the Quag alive. She has come farther than anyone before her. But nothing can prepare her for the devastation that lies ahead. Global best-selling author David Baldacci hits hard and fast with Vega Jane and a world like nothing you've seen before.

Vega Jane was always told no one could leave the town of Wormwood. She was told there was nothing outside but the Quag, a wilderness filled with danger and death. And she believed it - until the night she stumbled across a secret that proved that everything she knew was a lie. Now, just one thing stands between Vega Jane and freedom - the Quag. In order to leave Wormwood and discover the truth about her world, Vega and her best friend, Delph, must find a way to make it across a terrifying land of bloodthirsty creatures and sinister magic.

Will’s extraordinarily mediocre life is just fine with him. But for his parents who work so hard to give him and his sister more, life couldn’t get better once they win the Purquility Lottery. Winning the coveted prize means a promise of a disease-free and charmed life in a brand-new home inside a perfectly manicured planned city. But it also means leaving everything and everyone from your old life behind. After the cleansing process, his family is whisked away in a luxurious limousine to start their new life. But for Will, none of this sits right with him.