New Releases by Liz Kessler

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A rip-roaring adventure story of magic, myth and mermaids, featuring Liz Kessler's popular character Emily Windsnap.

Join the entire gang of mer-friends—and celebrate twenty years of Emily Windsnap—in this epic and masterfully crafted adventure by New York Times best-selling author Liz Kessler. Adventure always seems to find Emily Windsnap! So when she discovers a bangle with a unique crystal under Rainbow Rocks, she and her friends are soon unraveling a whole new mystery. After learning that the crystal originally came from a familiar place—Halflight Castle!—Shona and Emily reunite there with Aaron . . . and none other than Neptune, king of the oceans. The bangle leads the mermaids to a cave full of crystals, and, with Mandy's help, they discover the truth about the jewel’s origin—and what’s at stake if they don’t make things right. Unfortunately, the only solution involves getting the sea and sky’s most powerful (and notoriously selfish) rulers to put their own interests aside for the greater good. Will the quartet find a way to convince the imperious Neptune and the Viking god Thor to come together to prevent disaster?

Nach »Als die Welt uns gehörte« (Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis 2023) der zweite bewegende realistische Jugendroman über den Zweiten Weltkrieg von Bestsellerautorin Liz Kessler für Leser*innen ab 12 Jahren Holland, 1942: Die Welt befindet sich im Krieg, die Macht der Nazis wächst von Tag zu Tag, und jüdische Familien sind in großer Gefahr. Die zwölfjährige Mila und ihre ältere Schwester Hannie werden deshalb von ihren Eltern zu einer Familie in Amsterdam geschickt, mit neuen Identitäten und der strikten Anweisung, niemandem zu sagen, dass sie Juden sind. Aber Hannie will nicht einfach alles stumm ertragen. Sie ist entschlossen, sich zu wehren, und wird als Undercover-Agentin in den niederländischen Widerstand aufgenommen: Geheimname Eisvogel! Mila ahnt nichts von den verborgenen Aktivitäten ihrer Schwester. Doch eines Tages entdeckt sie etwas, das ihr ganzes Leben und das vieler anderer für immer verändern wird ... In zwei parallelen Handlungssträngen verwebt Bestsellerautorin Liz Kessler Themen wie Freundschaft, Mut, Familie, Verbundenheit, die Bedeutung der Geschichte und des Nicht-Vergessens zu einem emotionalen und mitreißenden Roman. Zwei Schwestern, ein tragisches Missverständnis und der Sieg der Hoffnung in düsteren Zeiten Ein fiktives, aber nicht weniger wahres Schicksal von jüdischen Kindern in den Niederlanden unter deutscher Besatzung Mitreißender Jugendroman, der zum Nachdenken anregt Mit kostenlosen Unterrichtsmaterialien zum Download Bei Antolin gelistet Nominiert für die Kalbacher Klapperschlange 2026!

The NEW YORK TIMES best-selling series -- now making a big splash as a boxed collection of all three enchanting mermaid adventures. What if you dove into a pool and came up a mermaid? For twelve-year-old Emily Windsnap -- girl on land, finned creature in the water -- it's a discovery that spurs not only breathtaking escapades and brushes with high suspense, but also issues of friendship and family that resonate with middle-grade fans everywhere. Now a beguiling boxed set allows readers to dive into all three Emily Windsnap tales: THE TAIL OF EMILY WINDSNAP EMILY WINDSNAP AND THE MONSTER FROM THE DEEP EMILY WINDSNAP AND THE CASTLE IN THE MIST

“A stirring story that will give any reader a boost of bravery in the face of adversity.” —Booklist A young girl learns of her grandmother and great-aunt’s involvement in the Dutch Resistance during World War II in this “intense story, gorgeously told” (School Library Journal, starred review) of family, history, resilience, and hope from acclaimed author Liz Kessler. Thirteen-year-old Liv’s beloved ninety-two-year-old grandmother, Bubbe, is moving into a home where she can be cared for as her dementia worsens. As Liv helps her father empty Bubbe’s house, she finds an old chest which opens up a whole world that Liv never knew about: the hidden world of Bubbe’s childhood. Through the letters and other mementos, Liv learns that her bubbe, given name Mila, had a sister, Hannie, that no one in Liv’s family ever knew about. In 1942, Mila and Hannie are sent away from their parents to a non-Jewish family so they will survive the war. Twelve-year-old Mila believes that they will soon be reunited with their parents and go back to their normal lives, but fourteen-year-old Hannie knows better, and soon gets involved in the Resistance. Hannie takes on more and more dangerous assignments until a betrayal forces her to decide between running away with her sister or fully committing to mission. Tragedy strikes, and Mila goes to England on her own to restart her life from scratch, vowing never to talk about her childhood again. In the present day, Liv reads how Mila builds something new from the shattered pieces of her childhood while giving beloved Bubbe all the support she can. Both Liv and Mila grapple with loyalty, family, and love as they discover what it means to be brave and go above and beyond to offer someone else a life of dignity, happiness, and freedom.

Codenaam IJsvogel van prijswinnend auteur Liz Kessler is een meeslepende jeugdroman voor lezers vanaf 12 jaar over het oorlogsverleden van de familie van Liv. Wanneer Liv voor een schoolproject op zoek gaat naar haar familiegeschiedenis, doet ze een bijzondere ontdekking die haar leven voorgoed verandert. Oma Mila en haar zus Hannie waren tijdens de Tweede Wereldoorlog betrokken bij het verzet. De Joodse zusjes uit Amersfoort werden naar Amsterdam gestuurd om onder te duiken. Daar raakten ze betrokken bij een verzetsgroep, met dramatische gevolgen. Stukje bij beetje – en met de hulp van een oude bekende van haar oma – ontrafelt Liv het verleden van haar familie. Een buitengewoon indrukwekkend verhaal over familie en vriendschap, verraad en verzet, moed en hoop.

From the New York Times bestselling author of the Emily Windsnap series, Liz Kessler, comes a “brutally honest and totally believable” (Booklist, starred review) story of three young friends whose fates are intertwined during the devastation of the Holocaust—based on a true story. Three friends. One memory. Vienna. 1936. Three young friends—Leo, Elsa, and Max—spend a perfect day together, unaware that around them Europe is descending into a growing darkness and that they will soon be cruelly ripped apart from one another. With their lives taking them across Europe—to Germany, England, Prague, and Poland—will they ever find their way back to one another? Will they want to? Inspired by a true story, When the World Was Ours is an extraordinary novel that is as powerful as it is heartbreaking and that shows how the bonds of love, family, and friendship allow glimmers of hope to flourish, even in the most hopeless of times.

Emily Windsnap must travel through time in order to save the people of her hometowns — both human andmerfolk — in the exciting ninth book of the New York Times best-selling series. When Emily makes a wish on a magic stone, she gets a glimpse of what the future holds — and it’s a disaster! She tries to make things right, but each trip through time takes Emily to a future where things turn out badly for either the humans of Brightport or the merpeople of Shiprock. Plastic pollutes the ocean, garbage overflows the landfills, and the two towns are no longer getting along. Emily realizes she can't save her hometown and the ocean alone, but with help from her best friends, Shona and Mandy, she’ll have to find a way to get humans and merpeople to work together. Will Emily be able to create a better future for everyone, including herself? This new adventure gives readers a glimpse at what Emily and her friends could be like as grown-ups, with a fresh story that explores how uniting communities can make a future that’s bright for everyone.

Emily Windsnap ends up surrounded by pirates — and on a life-changing adventure — in the eighth installment of the New York Times best-selling series. Traveling home by cruise ship should be a relaxing break after Emily’s latest adventure, but things take a turn when the ship is overtaken by a pirate king and his crew. After the pirates collect everyone’s riches, they steal something even more valuable: Aaron. The pirate king’s eldest son takes Aaron captive, forcing him to help guide the pirates to the mythical Trident’s Treasure. So Emily dives into action and joins the younger son’s crew in hopes of saving Aaron. But while experiencing life on the waves, Emily is surprised to find herself not only enjoying the pirate life, but actually bonding with the crew — especially Sam, the pirate king’s son. Between helping Sam unravel riddles to beat his brother to the treasure and making sure that her friends are safe, Emily realizes that she needs to be true to herself. Will she cast aside her mermaid life to join her new friends, or will she find a way to follow her own path?

Emily peut enfin profiter de son nouveau chez elle, une île paradisiaque où elle a le droit de se transformer en sirène ou en humaine à sa guise. Que la vie est belle... Jusqu’à ce que Neptune débarque dans son école et ordonne à tous de fouiller les océans pour retrouver un trésor ! Emily, accompagnée de son amie Shona, relève le défi. Au cours de son expédition, elle découvre une vieille bague en diamant... Mais comment pouvait-elle deviner qu’en la passant à son doigt, elle réactiverait une très ancienne malédiction ? Incapable de la retirer, Emily s’attire les foudres de Neptune et subit sa sanction : dans quelques jours, elle devra cesser d’être mi-humaine, mi-sirène, et dire adieu à l’un de ses parents. Il n’y a qu’un moyen de briser le sort : retrouver la bague jumelle de celle qu’elle détient. Quelqu’un pourra-t-il l’aider avant qu’il ne soit trop tard ?

While on vacation, Emily Windsnap finds herself swept up in an ancient prophecy as the New York Times best-selling series continues. Emily is headed to a tropical island for a relaxing vacation with friends and family. And this time, Emily promises her best friend, Shona, there will be absolutely no adventure — just plenty of fun. But somehow excitement always seems to find Emily, and before she knows it, she ends up on the other side of a powerful waterfall on a forgotten island no one else can get to. Well, no one that isn’t a half-mer like Emily and her boyfriend, Aaron. The people who live on the island believe in a prophecy that foretells how they can be saved from an imminent, devastating earthquake — and this prophecy seems to revolve around Emily and Aaron, as well as a mysterious, mythic giant. Will they be able to find the giant — and fulfill the prophecy — before it’s too late?

Haunting and intensely romantic, Liz Kessler’s latest novel features a teen girl for whom falling in love could mean losing her heart — and maybe her life. When her family moves after a rough year, Erin feels instantly at home in her new bedroom — even after she realizes that she’s not the only one occupying it. As Erin becomes accustomed to Joe, the spirit of the teenage boy who lived in the room before her, she starts to sense an inexplicable connection between them. Meanwhile, Joe’s brother, Olly, is trying to find a new normal since his brother passed away. Before Joe died, Olly was king of the school — and it’s not until Olly meets a new girl that he realizes just how many ways he’s changed . . . including the type of girl he could fall for. And when Erin finds herself caught between two brothers, and two choices, will her decision destroy her completely, or can she save herself before she’s lost forever? From Liz Kessler, the best-selling author of Read Me Like a Book, comes a young adult novel about how love can overcome the ultimate divide.

UN TEXTE FIN ET BOULEVERSANT SUR LA RECHERCHE DE LA SEXUALITÉVENU D'ANGLETERRE DÉJÀ UN COUP DE COEUR DE JODI PICOULT ! Ashleigh Walker est amoureuse. Au sens le plus intense et bouleversant du terme. Un amour inconditionnel qui la consume. De quoi oublier de s'inquiéter pour ses mauvais résultats scolaires. De quoi lui faire oublier le mariage de ses parents qui s'effondre. Il y a juste une chose qui la perturbe... Pourquoi n'est-ce pas Dylan, son petit ami qui la met dans cet état, mais plutôt Mademoiselle Murray, sa prof d'anglais ?

Emily Windsnap finds herself caught between worlds in a dramatic new episode of the New York Times best-selling series. A field trip to a mysterious island quickly turns into an adventure when Emily Windsnap and Aaron discover a secret lookout point from which they spot a ghostly ship that no one else seems to be able to see. The ship appears and disappears only at certain times of day—growing fainter each time. Searching for answers only leads to more questions until Emily and her friends confront the island’s keeper, uncovering the incredible story of a ship caught between land and sea, day and night . . . life and death. Only Emily, with her ability to transform from mermaid to human, can enter Atlantis to try to bring the ship’s passengers back before the portal is closed forever. Emily knows that if she fails, not only will the passengers never see their loved ones again, but Emily won’t be able to return either. Will she be able to resist the allure of Atlantis and return home before it’s too late?

From New York Times best-selling author Liz Kessler comes the magical tale of a (sometimes invisible) teen—and her truly super friends. Jessica Jenkins has always been a perfectly ordinary girl—until one day part of her arm vanishes in the middle of geography class! Jessica’s friends Izzy and Tom are determined to help her develop her newfound invisibility, though Jessica is more concerned with discovering where the ability came from. When it becomes apparent that there may be other kids developing strange powers of their own, Jessica marshals them into a slapdash band of “slightly superheroes.” But when an unscrupulous adult discovers the origin of their powers and kidnaps one of the team, the rest must put their heads—and all of their skills—together to avert disaster.

From the New York Times bestselling author of the Emily Windsnap series comes a captivating adventure about family, friendship, and the bonds that bridge time. The sleepy seaside village of Porthaven hides a mystery: Mia’s grandad has vanished, and nobody knows why. When Mia and her mom rush to Porthaven to help her grandmother, Mia imagines long dreary days with no one to talk to except for the old-time fisherman at her grandparents’ pub. But that’s before Mia finds a diary on an empty, docked fishing boat and starts exchanging notes with a local girl named Dee, a girl who seems much like her. Mia is excited about having a new friend, but why do their plans to meet each other never materialize? And why does Dee claim to be stuck at home due to violent storms when Mia sees only sunny skies? Will Mia be able to solve the mystery of where — and when — her grandfather and friend might be before time and tide forever wash away their futures?

The New York Times best-selling series continues with the half-mermaid embarking on an icy and perilous journey to the Land of the Midnight Sun. Strange storms are blowing up from the ocean, caused by the nightmares of Neptune, King of the Sea. Convinced that his dreams herald an approaching threat, Neptune enlists half-mermaids Emily Windsnap and Aaron for a top-secret mission to find and eliminate the source of the trouble. But Emily and Aaron quickly get in over their heads in the frigid waters of the frozen north. Deep within an alpine lake where magical reflections show what could be rather than what is, the two discover a trove of stolen memories and Neptune’s darkest secret. Double-crosses and double-takes abound in Liz Kessler’s fifth magical mermaid adventure.

Darf man Seekraken wecken? Emily ist überglücklich: Endlich kann sie zusammen mit ihrer Mutter und ihrem Meermann-Vater unentdeckt auf einer kleinen geheimen Insel mitten im Bermudadreieck leben. Und hier ist es vollkommen okay, wenn sie sich mit einem Sprung ins Wasser in eine Meerjungfrau mit glitzerndem Fischschwanz verwandelt. Aber Emily wäre nicht Emily, wenn sie nicht neugierig mit ihrer Freundin Shona ihre neue Heimat unter dem Meer erkundete. Wie sollte sie denn ahnen, dass sie dabei in verbotene Höhlen geraten und einen riesigen Kraken aus seinem hundertjährigen Schlaf wecken würde? Das entfesselte Ungeheuer bedroht die Insel, und sogar Neptun ist machtlos. Jetzt muss Emily beweisen, wie mutig sie wirklich ist – denn nur, wer den Kraken geweckt hat, kann ihm auch wieder Einhalt gebieten ... ›Emilys Abenteuer ist der zweite Band der ›Emily‹-Reihe

Für Juli würde Jenny alles tun. Doch als sie mit einem uralten Fahrstuhl zum verabredeten Treffpunkt kommt, ist alles anders. Jenny versteht die Welt nicht mehr, ist sie etwa in die Zukunft gereist? Und warum ist Juli nicht mehr ihre beste Freundin? Jetzt muss Jenny Mut beweisen ... Ab 11.

The author of the best-selling Emily Windsnap series spins a gripping tale about a girl who stumbles into the future--and must change its course to save a friendship. Jenni Green’s family vacation has finally arrived! Even though she has to deal with her annoying little brother, her slightly overbearing dad, and her very pregnant mom, she gets to spend a week with her bestest friend in the world, Autumn. But twelve-year-old Jenni’s world turns upside down when she takes an old elevator to visit Autumn and discovers that everything has changed: not only is her friend in a different condo, but tragedy has struck Autumn’s family, Jenni’s mother has had her baby, and everyone is a year older. When Jenni realizes that the elevator caused her to skip a whole year, she tries to go back, but soon finds that fixing things won’t be as easy as pressing a button. How can she alter the past and keep her family and Autumn’s from falling apart? With honesty and insight, Liz Kessler explores how the bonds of family and friendship can endure through time.

Can Philippa and her fairy godsister keep the link between worlds from closing forever? A thrilling third tale about a magical friendship. (Ages 8-12) Philippa is excited to spend her vacation with her friend Robyn, but she has no idea just how much excitement awaits. When a magic spell carved on a mysterious circle of rocks transports Philippa to fairy godmother headquarters, she learns that her own mother is in danger. To protect her mom from a serious accident, Philippa must pretend to be a fairy, while Daisy, her fairy godsister, returns to Earth as Philippa! And that’s just the beginning of their adventure. After passing a harrowing test of their loyalty to each other, Philippa and Daisy undergo a fantastic journey to rescue a lost fairy who has devoted her powers to maintaining the portal of the stone circle. With time running out, and the worlds of humans and fairies at risk of being severed, Daisy finds herself facing an extraordinary choice that has the power to change her life forever.

Liz Kessler’s sparkling series about Philippa Fisher and her spunky fairy godsister takes on new magic with fresh new covers — and a whole new look. Philippa Fisher would like nothing more than to summon a fairy. Still, she is taken aback when Daisy, the new girl at school, announces that she is Philippa's fairy godsister—and is reluctantly obliged to grant her human charge the customary three wishes. Now, if only Philippa would wish for something that makes her life better, not worse! With warmth and whimsy, the creator of Emily Windsnap tells a story of friendship, luck, and how we decide what we really want.