Diese Autorin, deren Ursprünge in Sambia und ihre Erziehung in Edinburgh und Yorkshire ihr einen ausgeprägten Akzent verliehen haben, verfasst nun fesselnde YA-Romane. Ihre früheren Sachbucharbeiten befassten sich mit faszinierenden Themen wie Cowboys, Haien und Piraten, was auf ein Interesse an abenteuerlichen und ungewöhnlichen Erzählungen hindeutet. Mit ihren aktuellen Werken taucht sie in die Welt der heranwachsenden Jugend ein und erforscht Themen, die bei jüngeren Lesern Anklang finden. Ihr Schreibstil zeichnet sich durch lebendiges Erzählen und die Fähigkeit aus, den Leser in die Geschichte einzutauchen.
The travelling school arrives in New York, and Libby and her friends find themselves organising a charity auction alongside Hollywood star Eloise Fitzwilliam. But why is Eloise's friend Count Alvarez acting so strangely And can a face from the past really have followed the school to New York?
The finish of school life should have gifted Lucy Claybourne an uncomplicated summer, that is, until she makes the decision to revisit Hobswyke Hall - a sprawling, derelict manor house that was once her childhood home.
Unbeknownst to him, a chance discovery of something unimaginable will steer Detective Patrick Gutteridge's life down a path littered with memories of his past, memories he's spent a decade trying to forget.
After a tumultuous term in Paris, Libby and Connie are looking forward to a quiet holiday at Connie's family home. But before long they find themselves caught up in another mystery, this time set against the dramatic backdrop of the Scottish Highlands and Edinburgh.
“Sharp and exciting, always vivacious and sensory . . . All I want is more—more of these sweet vicious girls and their helplessly loving leader, changing themselves, one another and the world.” —Amal El-Mohtar, The New York Times Book Review The Craft for Gen Z: The Scratch Daughters, indie bestselling author H. A. Clarke crafts a brilliant, award-nominated sequel to The Scapegracers: a raw and roiling tribute to queer lineage, to finding oneself, and to the deep love of chosen family. Sideways Pike is desperate. It turns out that Madeline Kline didn’t want to make out with her; infinitely worse, she was only flirting to get access to Sideways’ specter. Madeline has ripped the magical soul out of Sideways’ throat, and with it, everything that makes a witch feel whole. Madeline would know: the Chantry boys took hers, and she’s going to use Sideways’ specter to hunt them down and get it back. Sideways Pike, lesbian witch extraordinaire, isn’t going to let little things like a treacherous crush or a brutal family of creepy witch hunters stop her, even if it means tracking down Madeline without the Scapegracers—her best friends, her coven, the girls she’s come to love ferociously above all else. But Sideways and her trusty bike are in for a bumpy ride . . .
In the near future, Earth is falling to a catastrophic alien giant beetle-like creatures emerge without warning from spatio-temporal rifts, wipe out resistant in a certain zone, then seal it behind a completely impenetrable barrier. Entire sections of the planet have already been lost forever. With conventional weaponry powerless, the USA authorize a program that will turn five teenagers into pure geniuses. Will the test subjects find a defense, though … or will they become out of control themselves?
To save humanity from a mortal threat, an unscrupulous scientist conducts a dangerous experiment on five teenagers, hoping to turn them into weapons. Second and last volume.
Mystery-lover Libby is excited but nervous when she's sent to live with her Aunt Agatha, headmistress of an extraordinary travelling school. But in her first term, in Paris, her aunt is arrested, accused of a daring jewel robbery. Can Libby and her new best friend Connie find the real thief? Illustrated by Becka Moor.
Since Trevor's mum died his dad can barely look at him without yelling. Home is awful, school is worse. People just let you down, and Trevor only talks to Mrs. Bingo-Wings, his mum's cat. But then he meets Midge, a peregrine falcon in danger, and finds out he has a gift that could change his life forever.
Als Agnes ihrer Freundin Ellie ein Versprechen gibt, denkt sie noch, sie würden für immer zusammen sein. Ein Jahr später findet sie sich auf einer Bergtour bei miserabelstem Wetter wieder – zusammen mit Ellie und Ellies neuem Freund Steve. Doch das Versprechen zu brechen, kommt für Agnes nicht infrage. Als Regen und Wind zu einer echten Bedrohung werden und sich die Situation immer weiter zuspitzt, ist es Agnes, die plötzlich ungeahnte Stärken an sich entdeckt.