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From its creepy town mascot to the story of its cursed waterfall, Burden Falls is a small town dripping with superstition. Ava Thorn knows this well - since the horrific accident she witnessed a year ago, she''s been plagued by nightmares.But when her school nemesis is brutally murdered and Ava is the primary suspect, she starts to wonder if the legends surrounding the town are more fact than fiction.Whatever secrets Burden Falls is hiding, there''s a killer on the loose, and they have a vendetta against the Thorns...

Una encantadora i sorprenent novel·la d'aventures, amor i viatges en el temps, que parla del destí i l'obsessió de l'esser humà per lluitar contra el temps i controlar el seu futur.William B. Huges,

Stephanie Perkins, una de les autores mes venudes de la literatura juvenil, ha creat una obra mestra del genere de terror.Hi ha res pitjor que perdre's al bosc?QUE T'HI TROBIN.Dues noies decideixen anar d'acampada al bosc, pero tot sortira malament. I llavors, el seu cami es creua amb el d'un assassi en serie...Un thriller ple de tensio que et mantindra enganxat al llibre, el company perfecte de Hi ha algu a casa teva, un dels best-sellers de laGaleraYoung."Els lectors dormiran amb un ull obert". Booklist"Perkins proporciona una falsa sensacio de seguretat al lector abans de retorçar el ganivet...". Publishers Weekly"Encen tots els llums abans de començar a llegir". Seventeen

1242. En una noche oscura, viajeros de toda Francia se encuentran en una posada y, al calor de la lumbre, escuchan con asombro la historia de tres niños William, al que su monasterio le ha encomendado una peligrosa mision; Jacob, un niño judio que se ha visto obligado a huir de su pueblo en llamas, y Jeanne, una campesina que oculta sus visiones profeticas por temor a lo que le pueda pasar. A los tres los acompaña Gwenforte, la leal galga de Jeanne, que ha regresado de entre los muertos. Los tres juntos deberan huir de las persecuciones, combatir los prejuicios y salvar de la hoguera preciosos textos sagrados que incomodan a la Inquisicion. Su emocionante viaje los llevara por toda Francia, y deberan combatiran tanto a caballeros como a un terrible dragon que se tira pedos. El querido autor de best sellers Adam Gidwitz regresa a las librerias despues del exito de su hilarante y aclamada serie Grimm, y lo hace acompañado por el ilustrador Hatem Aly, cuyas ilustraciones dan un aire medieval a la obra. El relato del inquisidor es uno de los libros infantiles mas celebrados del año 2017. Ganador del Premio NEWBERY HONOR BOOK en 2017 Ganador del Premio SYDNEY TAYLOR BOOK en 2017 Una emocionante e hilarante aventura medieval del autor del best seller A Tale Dark and Grimm.

Soon to be a Netflix series with the Obamas' Higher Ground Production Company **** Reese Witherspoon YA book club pick ** ** No. 1 New York Times Bestseller ** 'Raw and moving' Cosmopolitan 'A story that grips like a bulldog clip on your heart' Katherine Rundell, author of The Good Thieves 'Thrilling and heartwrenching' Aisha Bushby, author of A Pocketful of Stars 'This fat, satisfying novel ably conveys a sense of place and nuanced, complex feeling; it's both an interrogation of racist misogyny and a swift-paced, compelling thriller' Guardian Keep the Secret. Live the Lie.Earn your Truth. For fans of Angie Thomas and Tommy Orange comes a ground-breaking YA thriller about a Native American teen who must root out the corruption in her communityEighteen-year-old Daunis's mixed heritage has always made her feel like an outsider, both in her hometown and on the nearby Ojibwe reservation. When she witnesses a shocking murder, she reluctantly agrees to be part of a covert FBI operation into a series of drug-related deaths.But the deceptions - and deaths - keep piling up and soon the threat strikes too close to home. Now Daunis must decide what it means to be a strong Anishinaabe kwe (Ojibwe woman) and how far she'll go to protect her community, even if it tears apart the only world she's ever known.

In this action-packed thriller, twelve year old Max Mead is headed to Cairo, but there''ll be no time for fun. His grandfather, a famous antiquities expert, has gone missing and his father is frantically organizing a search party. When Max is given the key to his grandfather''s Cabinet of Curiosities, he hopes to locate clues to his grandfather''s disappearance. Instead he unlocks an old and powerful family secret and encounters people who will stop at nothing to get their hands on it.

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A brand-new book from the bestselling author of A Series of Unfortunate Events - a cautionary tale about his own demise. For curious children and adults alike. 'Reading this little book feels like opening a window to let in air and light.It's filled with curious information and powerful feelings, and is humorous, sad, meditative and rapturous by turns.' Guardian'A strange, beguiling, beautiful book. No one else could have written it, or anything even a little like it. If Lemony Snicket didn't exist, we'd have to invent him.' Anthony McGowan, author of Lark For more than twenty years, Lemony Snicket has led millions of young readers through a mysterious world of bewildering questions and unfortunate events.With this latest book - a love letter to readers young and old about the vagaries of real life - long-time fans and new readers alike will experience Snicket's distinctive voice in a new way. This true story - as true as Lemony Snicket himself - begins with a puzzling note under his door: You had poison for breakfast. Following a winding trail of clues to solve the mystery of his own demise, Snicket takes us on a thought-provoking tour of his predilections...

Christine jamás ha estado tan convencida de sus sentimientos por Orión. En medio de una huida desesperada, debe enfrentarse a las fuerzas combinadas de Claude y Alexandra, mientras trata de acostumbrarse a su nueva condicion. Todo su mundo y todo lo que le importa se tambalea. La unica salida se encuentra en las arquetas restantes. El vinculo con el pasado ruge con la furia de la traicion, el resentimiento, el odio y la codicia. Porque su hermano se ha convertido en su peor enemigo, porque los secretos oscilan peligrosamente en su vida, porque a cada viaje esta mas cerca de comprender el secreto de Dionne. Sin embargo, las sombras vuelven a cernirse sobre ella y Orion,generando abismos insalvables entre ambos. ¿Es la amargura mas fuerte que la corriente que late entre ambos?¿Podra aceptar que en sus manos esta no solo su futuro sino tal vez el de todos a los que quiere? Cuando retumban los tambores de una guerra inevitable,Christine debera escoger. El odio y el amor han generado un conflicto irreparable en su corazon y la decision marcara su destino por toda la eternidad.

For as long as the pastoral village of Porthampton has existed, everyone has known his or her place. There's upstairs, downstairs, and then there are the villagers who tend the farms. But when a farmer is killed in a brutal and most unusual fashion, and then more deaths rapidly follow, it soon becomes apparent that all three groups will have to do the unthinkable: work together, side by side, if they want to survive the menace. Even the three teenage daughters of Lord Martin Clarke, who previously thought the greatest threat to their way of life was in the form of an entail, must do the unthinkable and work with the farmers to take down the zombie horde. Lady Kate, paired with the handsome stable boy Will Harvey, discovers that if they don't work together, their ancestral home of Porthampton Abbey just might turn into Zombie Abbey.

Do you dare to read the Tales of Terror? A stunning and commercial new paperback package for this chilling collection of short stories, illustrated throughout by David Roberts and featuring a gloriously creepy new cover.At the Old Inn, which clings precariously to a cliff top above a storm-lashed ocean, two sick children are left alone while their father fetches the doctor. Then a visitor comes begging for shelter, and so begins a long night of storytelling, in which young Ethan and Cathy, who have an unnatural appetite for stories of a macabre persuasion, sit out the last throes of the storm in the company of a sailor with more than enough grisly tales to satisfy them.But something about this sailor puts Ethan on edge, and he becomes increasingly agitated for his father's return. Only when the storm blows itself out can Ethan relax - but not for long, for the new dawn opens the children's eyes to a truth more shocking, more distressing than anything they heard the night before.Can't get enough spooky stories? Crack open the other thrilling titles in the Tales of Terror series: Uncle Montague's Tales of Terror and Tales of Terror from the Tunnel's Mouth!

Spin has always dwelled in the darkness. He was happy to lurk alone, until Elena, Matt and Tima came to disrupt his night-time world. Elena, Matt, and Tima are Night Speakers. They wake up at the same time, every night, and since the beginning of these wake-up calls they have all had the power to speak any language. And that doesn''t stop with humans. Something weird is going on at the hospital-children are going in, and not coming out. The Night Speakers are investigating, but even they, with their incredible powers of communication with the animal world, are struggling to find out the truth. But Spin''s got a ringside seat. Because Spin''s got a secret, and he''s about to come out of the shadows The third standalone book in the Night Speakers series - action adventures about contemporary children with extraordinary powers, told with award-winning author Ali Sparkes''s classic humour and energy.

Manuel Jesús Roldán, conocido como experto en Arte, también es un reconocido educador en su ejercicio como profesor de secundaria. Ha reunido aquí 50 relatos de terror y suspense que acontecen en el aula o en un imaginario centro educativo que, no por ficticio deja de parecerse menos a la mas tierna y cruda realidad. Contrastado en centros escolares, mediante actividades transversales, este libro esta llamado a convertirse en un libro de referencia para trabajar con escolares adolescentes.

La Nora s’acaba de traslladar amb la seva família a un barri nou, on encara no té amics. De tant en tant puja al terrat de l'edifici on viu per desconnectar de la universitat i de la feina. Allà cone

Este libro lo componen 15 relatos que podrían considerarse de suspense o de terror, según quien los lea. Personajes grises con vidas grises y a veces tristes. Algunos reales y otros de acción componen argumentos que bien podrian ser considerados de pesadilla. Provienen de la imaginacion y de la memoria de cuentos e historias del pasado que alguna vez me quitaron el sueño, y que cuando no ...

For months, a gruesome killer has been plaguing the Midwest. The murderer's calling card? The bodies they leave behind are completely drained of blood. Aspiring journalist Michael Jensen, desperate to escape his small-town life, can hardly believe it when the Bloodless Murders come to sleepy Black Deer Falls, Minnesota.Or that his father, the sheriff, located the only suspect: fifteen-year-old Marie Catherine Hale. Tiny Marie doesn't look capable of committing the grisly, inhumane attacks that are gripping the nation. At least, not on her own.With Marie refusing to talk to anyone but Michael, he agrees to tell her side of the story. But how can Michael trust Marie's confession when it calls into question everything he's ever known . .. when falling for her lies, may cost him his life?All These Bodies by Kendare Blake is the bone-chilling supernatural thriller for older readers, perfect for fans of Rory Powers.

Secrets and lies are everywhere in this compulsive page-turner, perfect for fans of TikTok favourites One of Us is Lying, We Were Liars and This Lie Will Kill You. Five friends. One secret.In Gap Mountain, California, everyone knows about fire season. And no one is more vigilant than 18-year-old Hannah Warner, the sheriff's daughter. That is until Hannah and her best friends accidentally spark a deadly wildfire that destroys their hometown.Desperate to hide the truth, the group makes a pact of silence. But their twisted secret begins to spin out of control and when one of the friends disappears they all become suspects. We know how it starts but where does it end?

Stranger Things meets Point Horror in the first of a brilliant new series for readers aged 11+ from Yvette Fielding, British television's first lady of the paranormal and presenter of Most Haunted. When Clovis, Eve and Tom decide to play with a ouija board in an old abandoned house on Halloween, none of them foresees the horrors they're about to unleash. What starts out as a bit of fun, soon transcends into something far more terrifying when a distressed and determined spirit follows them home.Before long the friends are caught up in a series of events beyond their wildest imaginings and their journey as ghost hunters begins . . .'When I grow up I wanna be a ghost hunter!' Keith Lemon'If you're reading this scary book in bed then it might be wise to leave the landing light on' Paul O'Grady'I'm too scared to read this!' Matt Lucas

An explosive new YA thriller, from the author of Last One To Die. The students at Morton Academy are high-achievers, selected based on academic excellence. So when a series of murders target the school's brightest and best, the pressure is on.Someone is determined to stop at nothing to clear their path to the top. But who is it? And can they be stopped? A high-school slasher with a lethal twist Perfect for fans of Karen McManus, Holly Jackson and Gossip Girl. Have you read Cynthia Murphy's thrilling debut Last One to Die?

Tiempo muerto es una curiosa e interesante obra de ficción que destaca, entre otros aspectos, por el dominio de la prosa, que, sin ser vulgar, es cercana, amable y fácil; por la capacidad del autor para crear dialogos creibles y realistas, por la descripcion tanto de los distintos espacios por los que se desarrollan las tramas descritos con un gran grado de detalle y precision como de los personajes, principales y secundarios estos, ademas, estan bien construidos y estan dotados de una complejidad importante, lo que les hace bastante poliedricos, y con altas dosis de contenido subjetivo y psicologico. Ademas, cuenta una historia que engancha, por su capacidad para generar intriga, rapidamente al lector. Muy recomendable y original.