Dianne K. Salerni schreibt historische Romane für junge Erwachsene, die in geheimnisvolle Vergangenheiten und alternative Realitäten eintauchen. Ihre Werke erforschen oft verborgene Welten und ungewöhnliche Konzepte wie geheime Wochentage oder die reale Existenz von Geistern und reichern die Geschichte mit fantastischen Elementen an. Angetrieben von einer Faszination für antike Stätten und einem investigativen Geist, schafft Salerni Geschichten, die die Fantasie und Neugier wecken.
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Die Fortsetzung von "Der Achte Tag" bietet ein spannendes Fantasy-Abenteuer voller Action und Entdeckungen. Jax, Riley und Evangeline sind auf der Flucht vor Feinden, während Jax' Zweifel an einem mysteriösen Onkel wachsen. Auf seiner Reise nach New York City konfrontiert er unerwartete Wahrheiten. Ideal für Fans von Percy Jackson und Harry Potter.
temporeich und spannend - die Artussage verschmilzt mit der Gegenwart
Tauche ein in die fesselnde Jugendbuchserie 'Der Achte Tag' und entdecke eine geheimnisvolle Welt voller Magie, Abenteuer und unerwarteter Wendungen. Mit ihrem mitreißenden Schreibstil entführt Dianne K. Salerni die Leser auf eine packende Reise voller Spannung, Freundschaft und Selbstfindung. Diese mitreißende Fantasy-Trilogie wird sowohl Jugendliche als auch erwachsene Fans des Genres gleichermaßen begeistern. In 'Der Achte Tag' liegt ein gut gehütetes Geheimnis inmitten unserer realen Welt verborgen. Begleite Jax, einen dreizehnjährigen Protagonisten, und seine mutige Freundin Evangeline auf ihrem atemberaubenden Abenteuer, um das Rätsel des achten Tages zu entschlüsseln und die Welt vor einer dunklen Bedrohung zu retten. Mit einer fesselnden Mischung aus Fantasy und Coming-of-Age erzählt Dianne K. Salerni eine Geschichte voller Magie, Freundschaft und der Überwindung von Ängsten. 'Der Achte Tag' ist der Auftakt einer packenden Trilogie, die im Oktober 2023 als deutsche Erstveröffentlichung im foliant Verlag erscheint. Tauche ein in eine Welt voller Geheimnisse, Abenteuer und faszinierender Charaktere, die dich von der ersten bis zur letzten Seite in den Bann ziehen wird.
The Addams Family meets The Westing Game in this exhilarating mystery about a modern magical dynasty trapped in the ruins of their once-grand, now-crumbling ancestral home.Twelve-year-old Garnet regrets that she doesn’t know her family. Her mother has done her best to keep it that way, living far from the rest of the magical Carrefour clan and their dark, dangerous mansion known as Crossroad House.But when Garnet finally gets summoned to the estate, it isn’t quite what she hoped for. Her relatives are strange and quarrelsome, each room in Crossroad House is more dilapidated than the last, and she can’t keep straight which dusty hallways and cobwebbed corners are forbidden. Then Garnet learns the family secret: their dying patriarch fights to retain his life by stealing power from others. Every accident that isn’t an accident, every unexpected illness and unexplained disappearance grants Jasper Carrefour a little more time. While the Carrefours squabbles over who will inherit his role when (if) he dies, Garnet encounters evidence of an even deeper curse. Was she brought to Crossroad House as part of the curse . . . or is she meant to break it?Written with loads of creepy atmosphere and an edge-of-your-seat magical mystery, this thrilling story reads like The Haunting of Hill House for preteens. Perfect for late-night reading under the covers.
Returning to her hometown of Catawissa, Pennsylvania in 1867 to marry a man she has never met, Verity Boone gets caught up in the mystery surrounding the graves of her mother and aunt and a hunt for Revolutionary-era gold.
Murderous ghosts and buried family secrets threaten young Eleanor and Alice Roosevelt in this thrilling middle-grade novel that puts a supernatural spin on alternate history. It's 1898 in New York City and ghosts exist among humans. When an unusual spirit takes up residence at the Roosevelt house, thirteen-year-old Eleanor and fourteen-year-old Alice are suspicious. The cousins don't get along, but they know something is not right. This ghost is more than a pesky nuisance. The authorities claim he's safe to be around, even as his mischievous behavior grows stranger and more menacing. It's almost like he wants to scare the Roosevelts out of their home - and no one seems to care! Meanwhile, Eleanor and Alice discover a dangerous ghost in the house where Alice was born and her mother died. Is someone else haunting the family? Introverted Eleanor and unruly Alice develop an unlikely friendship as they explore the family's dark, complicated history. It's up to them to destroy both ghosts and come to terms with their family's losses. Told from alternating perspectives, thrills and chills abound in Dianne K. Salerni's imaginative novel about a legendary family and the ghosts that haunt their secrets. A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection
A thirteen-year-old girl seeks answers about her past in the fourth dimension—and beyond—in this think-outside-the-box adventure. What do you do when it turns out your whole life has been a lie? Jadie Martin was always told she was abandoned by her parents. Creatures from the 4th dimension rescued her and placed her with a loving adoptive family. Now, Jadie acts as an agent for the beings, also known as Seers. She uses the 4th dimension as a short-cut to travel anywhere on Earth, performing missions calculated to guide the world toward a brighter future. But then Jadie discovers that her origin story is fake. In reality, her birth family has suffered multiple tragedies and disasters engineered from 4-space, including the devastating loss of their baby girl. Her! Doubting the Seers, Jadie starts anonymously observing her long-lost family. Why are they so important? What are the true intentions of the Seers? And what will all-powerful four-dimensional beings do to a rebellious human girl when they realize she's interfering with their plans? A Wrinkle in Time meets Flatland in this thrilling journey that challenges the meaning of family, loyalty, and our universe at large. A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection