And This Is Laura is the hilarious story of an average girl in a family of overachievers who learns she's not so average. Laura's oldest brother composes his own music and is a debate team champion; her sister is a star actress and bowler; her youngest brother is in the process of counting to a million. Laura? She's just an ordinary twelve-year old—that is, until she discovers that she can see the future. Suddenly, she ...
We expect to be able to build off of Diana's success as an adult writer to push this, her first YA novel.Should have strong regional appeal on the west coast, particularly in the LA-area, where Diana lives and the novel is set.There is a large genre of fairy-based YA, which this book will appeal to. (And the trolls as well.) ...
Nele Moost Molli Mogel – Kleine Zauberin ganz gro? gelesen von Dana Geissler Da Molli schon alle Zauberspruche fur ihr Alter auswendig kann, benutzt sie heimlich das Gro?e Zauberbuch fur Zauberer und Zauberinnen ab 100 Jahre. Prompt wird sie erwischt und erhalt ein Jahr lang Zauberverbot! An ihren 77. Geburtstag darf Molli endlich wieder zaubern! Alle gratulieren ihr, sogar Trude Tauschung. Doch die fuhrt wenig Zauberhaftes im Schilde … ...
This compilation of twenty-one favorite fairy tales introduces the rich world of Japanese fantasy, a world of ghouls, goblins, and ogres; sea serpents and sea kings; kindly animals and magic birds; demons and dragons; princes and princesses. In «My Lord Bag of Rice» goldfish dancers and carp musicians delight the brave warrior Hidesato; in «The Mirror of Matsuyama» a lonely daughter endures her fate with the help of a «shining disc» given by her ...
Fifteen-year-old math prodigy Seth Gordon knows exactly what he wants to do with his life—play video games. Every spare minute is devoted to honing his skills at Starfare, the world's most popular computer game. His goal: South Korea, where the top pros are rich and famous. But the best players train all day, while Seth has school and a job and divorced parents who agree on only one thing: «Get off that damn computer.» Plus there& ...
**Winner of the 2013-2014 Asian/Pacific American Award for Young Adult Literature****2015 Sakura Medal Nominee****Shortlisted for the 2014 SCBWI Crystal Kite Award****Nominated for the Cybils Young Adult Bloggers Literary Award** Seventeen-year-old Jet Black is a ninja. There's only one problem—she doesn't know it. Jet has never lived a so-called normal life. Raised by her single Japanese mother on a Navajo reservation in t ...
It's time for Revenge. Benjamin Martin, author of the 2011 Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award semi-finalist Samurai Awakening , returns with another masterpiece of young adult fiction and the next installment in his riveting shapeshifter saga.American teenager David Matthews has more to deal with than the average exchange student living in Japan—a lot more. In Samurai Awakening , David woke one morning to discover that he'd ...
