Ergebnis für "The Islanders" in Literatur & Belletristik

Der zwölfjährige Pierce und seine Freunde Bennie und Thomas verbringen ihre Ferien damit, den im Hafen ankommenden Fischern beim Sortieren ihres schwindenden Fangs zu helfen. Bis sie erfahren, dass ein Mädchen von der Insel vermisst wird: ausgerechnet Anna, die in geheimer Verbundenheit zu Pierce stand und als Einzige von seiner Angst vor dem offenen Wasser wusste, die ihn quält, seit sein Vater auf See verschwand. Zusammen mit Bennies New Yorker Cousine Emily setzen die Freunde alles daran, Anna zu finden.

Nai hat sich ihr ganzes Leben darauf vorbereitet, den Platz als Anführerin ihres Rudels einzunehmen. An der Alpha Academy, einer Eliteschule, soll sie nun die dafür nötige Elementar-Magie erlernen. Die vier Wächter, die sie dorthin eskortieren, entpuppen sich jedoch als jene Männer, die Nai vor langer Zeit zu ihren Erzfeinden erklärt hat. Als auf ihrer Haut plötzlich magische Runen erscheinen und ausgestoßene Gestaltwandler die Schule angreifen, scheint Nais Lage verzwickter denn je. Doch dann trifft sie auf einem Maskenball ihren Mate - ihre große Liebe, vom Schicksal vorherbestimmt.

With buried treasure, treacherous buccaneers, a young hero, and Long John Silver, the one-legged villain, Treasure Island remains one of the most popular of pirate adventures.

Nais erste Monate auf der Alpha Academy waren nicht gerade einfach: Ihr Schicksalsgefährte ist aus dem rivalisierenden Clan, Selkie-Angriffe halten die Schule in Atem, und sie entkommt nur knapp einem Mordanschlag. Eins ist klar: Das Leben auf Shifter Island ist schwieriger als gedacht. Als einer von Nais Freunden umgebracht wird, ist sie fest entschlossen, ihn zurückzuholen. Sie macht sich auf nach Dark Row, um den Wächter der Seelen aufzusuchen. Aber die Reise ins Totenreich verläuft ganz anders als geplant.

New adventures lie ahead as Anne Shirley packs her bags, waves good-bye to childhood, and heads for Redmond College. With her old friend Prissy Grant waiting in the bustling city of Kingsport and her frivolous new friend Philippa Gordon at her side, Anne tucks her memories of rural Avonlea away and discovers life on her own terms, filled with surprises.

Winner of the Southern Schools Book Award 2019 Link is a fish out of water. Newly arrived from America, he is finding it hard to settle into the venerable and prestigious Osney School. Who knew there could be so many strange traditions to understand? And what kind of school ranks its students by...

Get ready for another heart-racing, twist-filled thriller from the #1 NEW YORK TIMES bestselling author NATASHA PRESTON. HOW BADLY DO YOU WANT TO GO VIRAL? Jagged Island: a private amusement park for the very rich - or the very influential. Liam, James, Will, Ava, Harper, and Paisley - social...

Heroes Ralph, Jack and Peterkin set sail on the Arrow and are the only three survivors of a fearful shipwreck. They are washed ashore on a seemingly idyllic coral island.This tranquillity is violently disturbed, first by a tribe of bloodthirsty cannibals and then by the invasion of a vicious pirate and his gang of cut-throats. Will the boys thwart their enemies and live to see England again?

In The Island, the compelling conclusion of The Line trilogy, Rachel and Pathik continue their adventure. Will Indigo's firetales about the mysterious island called Salishan prove to be true? Are there inhabitants, and if so, are they friends or enemies? With no way back to where they came from, what price will Rachel and her loved ones have to pay in order to survive where they've landed? Are the risks they've taken, and the people they've lost forever, worth what they find on the island?

When his family packs up and moves from the city to a small town deep in the Wisconsin countryside, 15-year-old Wil Neuton makes an exhilarating discovery. He finds a small island on a nearby lake, a place where he can be alone and learn to know nature—and himself. On his island, he can write, paint, and watch the loons and fish in the lake. Wil can’t stay away from the outside world forever, though. Sooner or later, he must return and face the bully determined to fight him and his bickering parents, who worry when Wil decides to stay on the island indefinitely.

Welcome to The Island. Where your worst fears are about to come true. It was supposed to be the perfect holiday: a week-long trip for six teenage friends on a remote tropical island. But when their guide dies of a stroke leaving them stranded, the trip of a lifetime turns into a nightmare. Because someone on the island knows each of the group’s worst fears. And one by one, they’re becoming a reality.

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Six influencers, one private island amusement park, and zero chance of escape. From bestselling author Natasha Preston comes a thriller where a glamorous influencer getaway turns into a deadly trap. They said goodbye to their friends and family for the...

** WE WERE LIARS NOW A MAJOR TV SERIES ON AMAZON PRIME! ** "Compulsively readable to the very last page."- Jennifer Lynn Barnes, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Inheritance Games. The invitation arrives out of the blue. In it, Matilda discovers a father she's never met. Kingsley...

An instant New York Times bestseller! “Super-charged with electrifying action, mind-blowing twists, and timely commentary.” —Xiran Jay Zhao, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Iron Widow From #1 New York Times bestselling author Chloe Gong comes the first book in the dystopian...

Watch the movies, listen to the audiobooks! The Fear Street movies are coming to Netflix this summer! Generations of children and teens have grown up on R.L. Stine's bestselling and hugely popular horror series, Fear Street and Goosebumps. Now, the Fear Street series is back with a chilling new...

Gilmore Girls meets a reverse Parent Trap in this swoony and hilarious YA rom-com from popular adult romance author Lily Chu, following a teen who, while on a group tour to Japan, teams up with a fellow traveler to keep their parents from falling in love with each other. Ivy Yu is cursed. Her...

A hopeful and moving coming-of-age story set on the island of Lindisfarne, by David Almond, author of the bestselling Skellig and A Song for Ella Grey. Louise has travelled with her father to the island of Lindisfarne every year ever since she can remember - it's the place Louise's mother loved...

In this fast-paced survival story set in Hawaii, electronics fail worldwide, the islands become completely isolated, and a strange starscape fills the sky. Leilani and her father embark on a nightmare odyssey from Oahu to their home on the Big Island. Leilani's epilepsy holds a clue to the disaster, if only they can survive as the islands revert to earlier ways.

At a summer journalism course for teens in Tasmania, privileged Samira, from a conservative, political family, and over-achiever country girl Alex bang heads. While covering a news story together, their fiery clashes turn into first love. But when things fall apart, they're left hurting. A year later, they discover they're both interning for the same university student paper. Awkward isn't even the start of the tension between them. One thing that hasn't died is the attraction between them. 

“An exquisite jewel of a book.” —Ava Reid, #1 New York Times bestselling author of A Study in Drowning In this sweeping romantic fantasy, a dangerous deal binds a young jeweler's apprentice to the mysterious Serpent King in a marriage of convenience, thrusting her into a deadly game...