Ergebnis für "The Child" in Science Fiction

The energy coursing through them changed in form, as strong as it’d been, but different. It bound them together, driving him closer, until she could see the fine hairs dusting his chin. Dagger lowered his hands to his sides. “By the authority of the church and in accordance with the state, I pronounce you husband and wife.” No sooner had he spoken than, in a wave of color, he faded from view.

Jiden's parents barely scrape out a living on the dry, dusty world of Century. Jiden wants more for herself and she is ready to step into a bright future, one which may lead her far from the frontier world of her birth. She has no dreams of following in the footsteps of her military family's heritage, no desire to live a life of hardship.

In this breathtaking second book of The Scion Chronicles, 17-year-old Jacey vows to protect everyone at the Scion School from being overwritten. But when a VIP Progenitor arrives early to overwrite a 15-year-old Scion, Jacey faces an impossible choice - risk everything to save one girl or sacrifice her for the good of all.

Piper Pascal has spent her life on the Escape, a city-sized cruise liner holding all that's left of America. She does not remember the world before the Flood. All she knows is that she'll do anything to please the Godmother, the head of the Escape, the only parent Piper has ever really had.

A group of undocumented children with letters for names are stuck living in a refugee camp, with stories to tell but no papers to prove them. As they try to forge a new family amongst themselves, they also long to keep memories of their old identities alive. Will they be heard and believed? And what will happen to them if they aren't?

The Secret Cave is the third book in the Wolf Girl series, a thrilling middle grade series about a young girl, separated from her family, who has to learn to survive with only her new canine family by her side, from Australian bestselling author and stand-up comedian Anh Do. Gwen has been...

The Great Escape is the second book in the Wolf Girl series, a thrilling middle grade series about a young girl, separated from her family, who has to learn to survive with only her new canine family by her side, from Australian bestselling author and stand-up comedian Anh Do. At first, Gwen is...

The Earth is dying. Plants, animals and humans are being infected by spores from space and becoming part of a vast alien intelligence. When 16-year-old Callie discovers her little sister Gracie is Changing, she flees with Gracie to the Zone to escape termination by the ruthless officers of...

Listen to this tale of a crying child, an old ash tree, and only a witch with the ability to cure. This is a Bertram Bile time travel adventure set at Thames Head, the source of the River Thames, in Gloucestershire, England, and is based on a true story.

When five little men come to visit Earth from outer space, they don’t like what they see. Finding a planet that is spoiled and neglected, the little men fly away, one by one. Luckily, by the end of this much-loved counting song, the world becomes a better place to visit - and the five little men may even have had something to do with it!