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Jude tenía siete años cuando sus padres fueron asesinados y, junto con sus dos hermanas, fue trasladada a la traicionera Corte Suprema del Reino Feérico. Diez años más tarde, lo único que Jude desea, a pesar de ser una mera mortal, es sentir que pertenece a ese lugar. Pero muchos de los habitantes desprecian a los humanos. Especialmente el Príncipe Cardan, el hijo más joven y perverso del Alto Rey. Para hacerse un hueco en la Corte, Jude deberá enfrentarse a él. Y afrontar las consecuencias.

Students at the Magisterium are supposed to be safe. Under the watchful eyes of the mages, they are taught to use magic to bring order to a chaotic world. But now the chaos is fighting back. Call, Tamara, and Aaron should be worrying about things like pop quizzes and magic contests. Instead, after the shocking death of one of their classmates, they must track down a sinister killer...and risk their own lives in the process.

Callum Hunt's summer break isn't like other kids'. His closest companion is a Chaos-ridden wolf, Havoc. His father suspects him of being secretly evil. And, of course, most kids aren't heading back to the magical world of the Magisterium in the fall. It's not easy for Call...and it gets even harder after he checks out his basement and discovers that his dad might be trying to destroy both him and Havoc. Call escapes to the Magisterium - but things only intensify there.

The mystery and the magic intensifies in the fourth installment of the remarkable Magisterium series.

Charlie Hall has never found a lock she couldn’t pick, a book she couldn’t steal, or a bad decision she wouldn’t make. She's spent half her life working for gloamists, magicians who manipulate shadows to peer into locked rooms, strangle people in their beds, or worse. Gloamists guard their secrets greedily, creating an underground economy of grimoires. And to rob their fellow magicians, they need Charlie Hall.

Poisonous girls whose kisses will kill. A fateful eating contest with the devil. Faeries who return to Ironside, searching for love. A junior prom turned bacchanalia. In twelve short stories, eerie and brimming with suspense and unexpected humor, Holly Black twists the fantastical creatures you thought you knew in ways you’ll never expect.

Het afsluitende deel van de alom bejubelde Elfhame-trilogie. Verbannen, krachteloos en nog even sterfelijk als altijd probeert Jude Duarte haar leven weer op te pakken. Als het verraad van Cardan haar één ding heeft geleerd, is het wel dat macht makkelijker te verwerven is dan vast te houden. Maar Jude is allesbehalve van plan zich gewonnen te geven. Als haar tweelingzus Taryn onverwacht op de stoep staat – in levensgevaar en met een afschuwelijk geheim – vormt zich het eerste idee voor een meesterlijk plan om alles te herwinnen wat Cardan haar heeft afgenomen.

De opvolger van De wrede prins, dat werd bejubeld door bloggers, boekhandelaren en pers. Voor de fans van Sarah J. Maas en Leigh Bardugo. 'Verleidelijk, gevaarlijk en volkomen verslavend.' Leigh Bardugo, internationale bestsellerauteur van Het negende huis. Jude is erin geslaagd om Cardan, de koning van Elfhame, aan haar wil te onderwerpen. Voor een jaar en een dag is hij slechts een marionet, terwijl Jude over zijn koninkrijk heerst. Meer dan ooit moet ze het hoofd bieden aan hofintriges, wisselende bondgenootschappen en aan de slinkse Cardan, die tot alles in staat is om zijn macht terug te krijgen.

Ein widerstrebender Prinz. Eine geflohene Königin. Und eine Suche, die beide zerstören könnte. Oak Greenbriar, der 17-jährige Bruder von Jude, Königin von Elfenheim, ist ein enigmatischer und widerstrebender Thronfolger. Schon als Kind stand er im Mittelpunkt eines brutalen Machtkampfs um den Thron und kennt die Höhen und Tiefen seiner Position. Als er gemeinsam mit Suren, der wilden und unberechenbaren Königin des Hofs der Zähne, auf eine Quest geht, verbergen beide ihre wahren Motive voreinander.

An imprisoned prince. A vengeful queen. And a battle that will determine the future of Elfhame.

Prince Oak is paying for his betrayal. Imprisoned in the icy north and bound to the will of a monstrous new queen, he must rely on charm and calculation to survive...

Bruised and battered, Jared, Simon, and Mallory return home to find the mansion ransacked and learn that Mulgarath has made off with both the Guide and their mother! With only the help of Thimbletack, Hogsqueal, and Byron, the Grace kids must defeat Mulgarath and his goblin army. But before they can face Mulgarath, they’ll have to rescue Arthur Spiderwick from Lorengorm and the elves.

Thanks to the mysterious field guide left behind by their long-lost great-great-uncle, Arthur Spiderwick, life for the Grace kids—Jared, Simon, and Mallory—is beyond weird. When Simon goes missing, Jared is convinced creatures from the faerie world have something to do with it. Mallory is not convinced. That is, until she and Jared contend with a band of menacing, marauding goblins. Simon is clearly in danger, and it’s up to Mallory and Simon to save him before it’s too late.

As if being attacked by goblins and a bridge troll weren’t enough, Jared is now being targeted by Thimbletack. Simon is keeping an injured and very hungry griffin hidden in the carriage house. And Mallory is convinced the only way to get things back to normal is to get rid of the Guide. But that doesn’t seem to be an option. With more creatures from Arthur Spiderwick’s Field Guide to the Fantastical World Around You popping up, the Guide seems to be the only protection the Grace kids have. But why do the faeries want it so badly?

First a pack of vile, smelly goblins snatch Simon. Then a band of elves try to entrap Jared. Why is the entire faerie world so eager to get their hands on Arthur Spiderwick’s Guide? And will the Grace kids be left alone now that the Guide has mysteriously disappeared? Don’t count on it. At school, someone is running around pretending to be Jared. To make matters even worse, now Mallory has disappeared and something in the water is killing off the plants and animals. Clues point to the abandoned quarry just outside of town where the dwarves have taken over.

After moving into their elderly aunt’s old house, three siblings experience unexplainable events and discover a magical new world in this first book in the Spiderwick Chronicles. After finding a mysterious, handmade field guide in the attic of the ramshackle old mansion they’ve just moved...

It's a question as old as time itself: which is better, the zombie or the unicorn? In this anthology, edited by Holly Black and Justine Larbalestier (unicorn and zombie, respectively), strong arguments are made for both sides in the form of short stories. Half of the stories portray the strengths - for good and evil - of unicorns and half show the good (and really, really bad-ass) side of zombies.

Aiguise ta lame et endurcis ton cœur. Jude a installé le prince Cardan sur le trône de Terrafæ. À 17 ans, elle est désormais la sénéchale du roi, la personne la plus puissante de la Cour. Cependant, entre les intrigues politiques, les menaces de guerre et les sortilèges du Peuple, les pièges sont nombreux, même pour la sénéchale. Surtout pour la sénéchale. Mais le plus grand danger pourrait bien émaner de ses sentiments ambigus envers le jeune et irrésistible roi Cardan.

Aiguise ta lame et endurcis ton cœur. Le pouvoir est plus facile à conquérir qu'à conserver, Jude l'a appris à ses dépens. Après être devenue reine de Terrafæ, elle a été brutalement exilée dans le monde des mortels par le roi Cardan. Depuis, elle se morfond en attendant une occasion de regagner Domelfe. Quand l'opportunité se présente, Jude n'hésite pas. Mais à son arrivée, rien n'est plus comme avant : la guerre se prépare et Cardan est en danger. Jude va devoir choisir son camp.

In the final installment of Beyond the Spiderwick Chronicles, Nick and Laurie had thought they solved their giant problems when they drove all the giants into the sea. But now, the Grace kids have come back to tell them they may have more trouble coming their way!

Cassel comes from a family of curse workers people who have the power to change your emotions, your memories, your luck, by the slightest touch of their hands. And since curse work is illegal, they'e all criminals. Many become mobsters and con artists. But not Cassel. He hasn't got magic, so he's an outsider, the straight kid in a crooked family. You just have to ignore one small detail - he killed his best friend, Lila, three years ago