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Fourteen-year-old Kit Bridges is slowly growing accustomed to her new equestrian school, the illustrious Covington Academy, and life as an American teen in England. But it's not easy finding a new normal since her mother's death, especially when it seems like her dad, Covington's riding instructor, might be starting to move on.

Alvie Fitz doesn't fit in, and she doesn't care. She's spent years swallowing meds and bad advice from doctors and social workers. Adjust, adapt. Pretend to be normal. It sounds so easy. If she can make it to her 18th birthday without any major mishaps, she'll be legally emancipated. Free. But if she fails, she'll become a ward of the state and be sent back to the group home. All she wants is to be left alone to spend time with her friend, Chance, the one-winged hawk at the zoo where she works.

En vedkommende ungdomsbog om heste og identitetsproblemer i de vanskelige tweenår... Rose har altid været en ægte hestepige, og hun bruger al sin fritid sammen med Lótus og de to andre islændere, som står på hendes farfars gård. Hestene er hendes liv, men det er ved at gå op for hende, at hun ikke har så meget andet, og hun begynder at føle sig ensom. En dag overhører hun sin farfar sige, at hestene skal sælges. Roses verden styrter sammen om ørerne på hende, for hvad har hun tilbage, hvis de er væk?

Forty years have passed since Jaevid Broadfeather brought peace to Maldobar and Luntharda. But that fragile truce will be tested as darkness gathers on the horizon. The vicious armies of the Tibran Empire have crossed the far seas and are threatening to destroy Maldobar completely. Not even the dragonriders can match the Tibran war machines. And after an attempt to awaken Jaevid from his divine sleep fails, the fate of Maldobar is looking grim.

Majas kat, Kisser, får killinger, og Anemone er solgt ved første blik. Hun vil frygtelig gerne have en af killingerne, nemlig den nuttede grå. Kan hun overtale mor, som slet ikke er vild med katte? Anemone og veninderne skal sove hos Maja og hjælpe til i Majas mors nye gårdbutik. Oliver, Majas fætter, kommer også - og Oliver er ret sød...

The first in a new YA fantasy trilogy combines urban fantasy with magical realism mythology, featuring ancient animal totems - American Gods meets Princess Mononoke. Roan Harken considers herself a typical high school student - dead parents, an infected eyeball, and living in the house of her estranged, currently comatose grandmother (well, maybe not so typical) - but she's uncovering the depth of the secrets her family left behind. Saved from the grasp of Death itself by a powerful fox spirit named Sil, Roan must harness mysterious ancient power.

Elena und ihre beste Freundin Melike retten bei einem Ausritt ein verletztes Reh. Vom Förster erfahren sie, dass es in letzter Zeit mehrere Übergriffe auf Wildtiere gegeben hat. Elena bekommt Angst um ihr neugeborenes Fohlen. Und sie ist schockiert: Ein Wolf soll in den Wäldern rings um den Amselhof sein Unwesen treiben! Zum Glück sind Farid und ihre Freunde an ihrer Seite. Gemeinsam kommen sie einem gefährlichen Geheimnis auf die Spur.

The sorcerer Alder fears sleep. The dead are pulling him to them at night. Through him they may free themselves and invade Earthsea. Alder seeks advice from Ged, once Archmage. Ged tells him to go to Tenar, Tehanu, and the young king at Havnor. They are joined by amber-eyed Irian, a fierce dragon able to assume the shape of a woman. The threat can be confronted only in the Immanent Grove on Roke, the holiest place in the world, and there the king, hero, sage, wizard, and dragon make a last stand.

Britta får erbjudande om drömjobbet efter skolavslutningen, hon ska bli hästskötare på en gård och hon packar med sig både ponny och sadelväska. Britta hoppas att hon och Silver kommer trivas ute på landet, men samtidigt funderar hon på om det inte är dags att att hon byter till en stor häst nu när hon blivit för gammal för att tävla i ponnyklasser. Men bara tanken på att sälja Silver skär i hjärtat. Britta lägger pannan i djupa veck, och så helt plötsligt dyker det upp en möjlighet.

Leo må se Kiki's hvalpe. Han kan ikke vente. "Hvor er den blød" siger Leo. "Jeg vil gerne have sådan én!" Irma Lauridsen, født 1948, forfatter, foredragsholder og brevkasseredaktør. Hun startede ud som børne- og ungdomsforfatter til bl.a. børnekrimier, letlæsningsbøger og billedbøger, men efterhånden blev forfatterskabet mere alsidigt og tæller nu både romaner og noveller, interviewbøger og bøger om sundhed og livsstil. Flere af bøgerne er tillige udkommet i udlandet.

Leo tør ikke tænke på, hvad han har gjort. Han klapper hunden. Den hopper op og slikker ham. "Man kan ikke bare tage en hund!" siger mor. Irma Lauridsen, født 1948, forfatter, foredragsholder og brevkasseredaktør. Hun startede ud som børne- og ungdomsforfatter til bl.a. børnekrimier, letlæsningsbøger og billedbøger, men efterhånden blev forfatterskabet mere alsidigt og tæller nu både romaner og noveller, interviewbøger og bøger om sundhed og livsstil.

Agathea Flamma and Sebastian Smith face an unstoppable force as the Darkening sweeps across the land, threatening to consume everything. With their families fractured by war and betrayal lurking in every shadow, one wrong move could doom the kingdom.

Baby is a teenager in trouble, and her last chance is a foster home with a husband and wife whose idea of fun is dogsledding. Still, it beats going to the juvenile detention center. Baby comes to love the dogs and takes naturally to sledding, but when her old boyfriend, Bobby, shows up, she can't stop herself from running off with him. Life with Bobby goes bad, and Baby has to make some hard decisions.

What began as one boy's adventure will now end in blood. With Jaevid Broadfeather forever lost to the depths of Luntharda, Felix Farrow struggles to stand on his own. He begins a violent downward spiral which causes him to abandon his post as a dragonrider, hiding in the halls of his family estate. His one hope for redemption lies within the heart of someone from his past - and the very last person he ever wanted to see again. And now the time has finally come.

When he was a boy, Luc's mother would warn him about the mock men living in the trees by their home - chimpanzees whose cries would fill the night. Luc is older now, his mother gone. He lives in a house of mistreated orphans, barely getting by. Then a man calling himself Prof comes to town with a mysterious mission. When Luc tries to rob him, the man isn't mad. Instead, he offers Luc a job. Together, Luc and Prof head into the rough, dangerous jungle in order to study the elusive chimpanzees.

An accomplished healer of both cats and humans, Nadine finds herself whiskers to fangs with a demon while making what should have been a routine house call. Defeated, the demon soars away, but not before warning her that the world is about to be ripped from existence. Nadine casts the idea aside as the rantings of evil until she returns to her temple home to discover it in flames and her mentor vanished.

The people of Carrick Island have been whispering behind Neen's back ever since her father drowned and her mother disappeared. The townspeople say her mother was a merrow and has returned to the ocean. Neen, caught in her hazy new in-between self - not a child, but not quite grown up - can't help but wonder if the villagers are right. But if her mother was a merrow, then what does that make Neen?

No matter what, Lauren’s keeping her horse. But she didn’t intend for it to go this far. She was never supposed to kill anyone. Chase was the last human in Agalrae until she showed up - the young woman called Lauren. But the Alicorns have lied to him. And now, his certain death weighs in the balance. Will Lauren and Chase give in to their impending destinies, or will they team up and fight back against the evil forces controlling Agalrae?

Der Frühling kommt nach Kaltenbach und Ostwinds Fohlen erobert alle Herzen im Sturm. Mika und Ora sind unzertrennlich. Doch in Maria Kaltenbach erwacht der alte Ehrgeiz. Sie sieht vor allem das große Potenzial der jungen Stute und begeht einen folgenschweren Fehler: Gegen Herrn Kaans Willen überredet sie Mika, das Fohlen auf einer Schau zu präsentieren - und am Morgen danach ist Ora spurlos verschwunden. Als die Suche nach ihr im Sand verläuft, ist Mika am Boden zerstört und kurz davor, die Hoffnung aufzugeben.

When Sophie has to visit her mother at her sanctuary for bonobos, she's not thrilled to be there. Then Otto, an infant bonobo, comes into her life, and for the first time, she feels responsible for another creature. But peace does not last long for Sophie and Otto. When an armed revolution breaks out in the country, the sanctuary is attacked, and the two of them must escape unprepared into the jungle. Caught in the crosshairs of a lethal conflict, they must struggle to keep safe.