New Releases by Libba Bray

Zowel in het rijk als in Gemma''s eigen wereld lopen de gemoederen hoog op. Het rijk staat op de rand van een grote oproer. Gemma''s vriendinnen en familieleden worstelen met hun eigen problemen. De grens tussen de werelden vervaagt, met desastreuze gevolgen. Ondertussen staat Gemma voor vele dilemma''s en vragen. Om de juiste keuzes te kunnen maken zal ze moeten besluiten wie er te vertrouwen is en wie niet en zal ze de duistere kanten van haar eigen ziel onder ogen moeten zien... In dit laatste deel van de trilogie over het leven van de jonge Gemma Doyle wisselen zinderende spanning, schoonheid en duisternis zich in een razend tempo af, met een onvermijdelijke climax tot gevolg...

Der 16-jährige Cameron ist nicht gerade der Beliebteste. Seine Gedanken kreisen hauptsächlich um sich selbst, sein armseliges Dasein - und um die hübsche, aber unerreichbare Staci. Das ändert sich, als er unheilbar an Creutzfeldt-Jakob, auch bekannt als Rinderwahnsinn, erkrankt. Seine einzige Hoffnung ist Dulcie, ein Engel mit pinken Haaren und Springerstiefeln, die ihn auf eine Mission schickt: Zusammen mit seinem Krankenhaus-Bettnachbarn soll Cameron den Zeichen folgen, Dr. X finden und das Universum retten. Keine leichte Aufgabe, aber, wie es aussieht, die letzte Chance, geheilt zu werden. Alles nur ein Traum? Möglich. Trotzdem ist das, was Cameron in den folgenden zwei Wochen erlebt, mehr als in den ganzen 16 Jahren zuvor. Libba Bray ist die Autorin von mehreren Theaterstücken und einigen Kurzgeschichten. Mit ihrer Trilogie "Der geheime Zirkel" schaffte sie es auf Anhieb auf die Bestsellerliste der New York-Times und landete einen internationalen Erfolg. Für ihr Buch "Ohne. Ende. Leben." wurde sie mit dem Michael L. Printz Award ausgezeichnet. Heute lebt die in Texas aufgewachsene Autorin mit ihrem Mann und ihrem Sohn in Brooklyn, New York.

Un reencuentro. Una misión. Un mundo lleno de magia. Ha pasado ya un tiempo desde que Gemma estuvo por última vez en los reinos. Sin embargo, una visita inesperada a la Academia Spence la llevará de vuelta al mundo mágico: Kartik, el guapo y misterioso miembro de los Rakshana que acechaba a Gemma en el primer volumen, le ha pedido que regrese. Allí tendrá que evitar que la magia caiga en manos equivocadas... Antes de que sea demasiado tarde.

La apasionante conclusión de la trilogía «El círculo secreto». Gemma Doyle y sus amigas, Felicity y Ann, se preparan para su presentación en sociedad, que será en unos meses y ante la presencia de la mismísima reina Victoria. Pero impulsada por otros acontecimientos que no dejan de atormentarla, el destino al que Gemma se enfrenta amenaza con hundirse en el caos, no sólo en los reinos, sino también en la rígida sociedad dónde vive, cuyas reglas ha desafiado. A caballo entre dos mundos, Gemma intentará restablecer el equilibrio y devolver a la magia el lugar que ésta reclama.

Un retrato vívido de la era victoriana, un período de una moralidad muy estricta y una sensualidad apenas reprimida, cuando se educaba a las niñas para ser las esposas de hombres ricos... Ésta es la historia de una chica que quería otra cosa. Después de la muerte de su madre en extrañas circunstancias, Gemma empieza una nueva vida en Inglaterra, estudiando en la Academia Spence, un prestigioso internado para señoritas. Allí se verá inmersa en misteriosas situaciones, y casi sin quererlo, formará parte de La Orden, una antigua hermandad de mujeres con poderes mágicos, como el de cruzar una puerta hacia los reinos donde viven los espíritus de los muertos y seres maravillosos.

A brush with the supernatural? A rock concert? A reunion? A poolside revelation? The need to know what''s up? The confessions of a friend? The dream of escape? A sick pet? An English assignment? The rear-window view of a murder next door? The search for the mother you never met? What keeps you up all night?

From the author of the Gemma Doyle trilogy and The Diviners series, this groundbreaking New York Times bestseller and winner of the Michael L. Printz Award for literary excellence is "smart, funny, and layered," raves Entertainment Weekly. All 16-year-old Cameron wants is to get through high school—and life in general—with a minimum of effort. It’s not a lot to ask. But that’s before he’s given some bad news: he’s sick and he’s going to die. Which totally sucks. Hope arrives in the winged form of Dulcie, a loopy punk angel/possible hallucination with a bad sugar habit. She tells Cam there is a cure—if he’s willing to go in search of it. With the help of a death-obsessed, video-gaming dwarf and a yard gnome, Cam sets off on the mother of all road trips through a twisted America . . . into the heart of what matters most. From acclaimed author Libba Bray comes a dark comedic journey that poses the questions: Why are we here? What is real? What makes microwave popcorn so good? Why must we die? And how do we really learn to live? "A hilarious and hallucinatory quest."—The New York Times "Sublimely surreal."—People "Libba Bray''s fabulous new book will, with any justice, be a cult classic. The kind of book you take with you to college, in the hopes that your roommate will turn out to have packed their own copy, too. Reading it is like discovering an alternate version of The Phantom Tollbooth, where Holden Caulfield has hit Milo over the head and stolen his car, his token, and his tollbooth. There''s adventure and tragedy here, a sprinkling of romance, musical interludes, a battle-ready yard gnome who''s also a Norse God, and practically a chorus line of physicists. Which reminds me: will someone, someday, take Going Bovine and turn it into a musical, preferably a rock opera? I want the sound track, the program, the T-shirt, and front row tickets."—Kelly Link, author of Get in Trouble, finalist for the Pulitzer Prize

De zestienjarige Gemma groeit op in India aan het eind van de negentiende eeuw. Wanneer haar moeder overlijdt, krijgt ze een angstaanjagend visioen, waarover ze niemand durft te vertellen. Na haar moeders dood wordt Gemma naar Spence gestuurd, een strenge kostschool voor welgestelde meisjes in Engeland. Maar ook in Engeland wordt Gemma geplaagd door visioenen, en blijkt dat ze vanuit India gevolgd is door een mysterieuze jongen, Kartik, die haar raadselachtige waarschuwingen geeft. Dankzij haar scherpe tong en intelligentie, weet Gemma de vriendschap te winnen van de brutale Felicity, de mooie Pippa en de verlegen Ann. Ze ontdekt een oud dagboek waarin gesproken wordt over een andere wereld. Samen met haar nieuwe vriendinnen sluit Gemma zich aan bij de Orde, een geheim genootschap van vrouwen die macht hebben over die andere wereld. Maar dan roepen ze krachten op die ze niet meer kunnen controleren, en verandert het leven van Gemma en haar vriendinnen voorgoed.

From the author of The Diviners comes the second spellbinding installment of the engrossing Gemma Doyle Trilogy. In this thrilling sequel, Gemma Doyle continues to pursue her destiny to bind the magic of the Realms and restore it to the Order. Gemma and her friends from Spence use magical power to transport themselves on visits from their corseted world of Victorian London (at the height of the Christmas season), to the visionary country of the Realms, with its strange beauty and menace. There they search for the lost Temple, the key to Gemma''s mission, and comfort Pippa, their friend who has been left behind in the Realms. After these visits they bring back magical power for a short time to use in their own world. Meanwhile, Gemma is torn between her attraction to Kartik, the messenger from the opposing forces of the Rakshana, and the handsome but clueless Simon, a young man of good family who is courting her.

Life begins at 16 ... Driving. Dating. A real social life. And the one night where it all comes together ... the Sweet Sixteen is the ultimate party. Whether a total blast or a total bust, it''s a memory to last a lifetime. Now you''re invited to six Sweet Sixteens, in six locations across the country. The party is just getting started ... Kari has one night to make a big impression on the guy she''s secretly loved since seventh grade - and a Sweet Sixteen bash featuring the coolest swing band in South Carolina seems the perfect place to do it. But when things go haywire thanks to her embarrassing family, the impression she makes isn''t quite the one she had planned.

Life''s a beach . . . and then you''re undead? in this must-have collection, five of today''s hottest writers—Libba Bray (A Great and Terrible Beauty), Cassandra Clare (City of Bones), Claudia Gray (Evernight), Maureen Johnson (13 Little Blue Envelopes), and Sarah Mlynowski (Bras & Broomsticks)—tell supernatural tales of vacations gone awry. Lost luggage is only mildly unpleasant compared to bunking with a witch who holds a grudge. And a sunburn might be embarrassing and painful, but it doesn''t last as long as a curse. Of course, even in the most hellish of situations, love can thrive. . . . From light and funny to dark and creepy, these stories have something for everyone. You definitely won''t want to leave this collection at home!

The gripping conclusion to the critically acclaimed New York Times bestselling Gemma Doyle trilogy, an exhilarating and haunting saga from the author of The Diviners series and Under the Same Stars. "A rare treat . . . beautifully crafted."--People It has been a year of change since Gemma Doyle arrived at the foreboding Spence Academy. Her mother murdered, her father alaudanum addict, Gemma has relied on an unsuspected strength and has discovered an ability to travel to an enchanted world called the realms, where dark magic runs wild. Despite certain peril, Gemma has bound the magic to herself and forged unlikely new alliances. Now, as Gemma approaches her London debut, the time has come to test these bonds. The Order—the mysterious group her mother was once part of—is grappling for control of the realms, as is the Rakshana. Spence''s burned East Wing is being rebuilt, but why now? Gemma and her friends see Pippa, but she is not the same. And their friendship faces its gravest trial as Gemma must decide once and for all what role she is meant for. "A huge work of massive ambition.” —Publishers Weekly, Starred Review A Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year A #1 Book Sense Bestseller A New York Times Bestseller A Publishers Weekly Bestseller A USA Today Bestseller A 2008 New York Public Library Book for the Teen Age CCBC Choice (Cooperative Children’s Book Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison)

Gothic-Roman: Die 16-jährige Gemma gelangt unter tragischen Umständen an die Spence-Akademie, um zu einer heiratsfähigen jungen Dame erzogen zu werden. Mit drei anderen Mädchen trifft sich Gemma bald nachts in einer Höhle. Sie trinken Alkohol und halten spiritistische Sitzungen ab. Als Gemma ein altes Tagebuch findet, lesen sich die Mädchen durch ein Portal in eine andere Welt. Gemma lernt, die Grenze zu überschreiten und nimmt ihre Freundinnnen mit. Alle vier erliegen der Macht grenzenloser Freiheit und wollen ihre kühnsten Träume realisieren. Das Reich der Magie wird zu einer zunehmenden Bedrohung und kostet schliesslich das Leben einer Schülerin. Der etwas zu langsam erzählte Roman, zeigt wenig neue Ideen und kann deshalb nicht fesseln. Ab 14 Jahren, gut, Klemens Dossinger.

Der 2. Teil der Trilogie um die spiritistisch begabte Gemma und ihre Freundinnen spielt in London, wo die Mädchen ihre Weihnachtsferien verbringen. Sie genießen rauschende Bälle und erste Liebschaften - und trotz all der Ablenkungen gerät Gemma immer wieder in der Strudel ihrer unheilvollen Visionen. Fortsetzung von "Gemmas Visionen". Ab 13.

Gemma und ihre Freundinnen gründen einen magischen Zirkel und gelangen in spiritistischen Sitzungen in ein Traumland. Bald wird ihnen klar: Das Traumland ist bedroht! Ab 13.

Qu''est-ce qui te fait peur ? Qu''est-ce qui fait se dresser les poils de tes bras, transpirer la paume de tes mains, qu''est-ce qui emprisonne ton souffle dans ta poitrine comme un animal sauvage ? Est-ce l''obscurité ? la mémoire furtive d''une histoire du soir, de fantômes, de lutins et de sorcières se cachant dans l''ombre ? Est-ce la façon dont le vent se lève avant une tempête ? Ou est-ce quelque chose de plus profond, quelque chose de plus effrayant, un monstre très loin ? Si tu veux bien écouter, je vais te raconter une histoire. Je vais te raconter l''histoire de comment nous nous sommes retrouvés dans un royaume où les rêves se forment, où la destinée est choisie, où la magie est aussi réelle que tes empreintes dans la neige. Je vais te raconter comment nous avons ouvert la boîte de Pandore, goûté la liberté, entaché nos âmes par le choix et le sang, et déchaîné une telle horreur sur le monde qu''elle a détruit son ordre le plus cher. Ces pages sont une confession de tout ce qui a conduit à cette aube grise et froide. Ce qui va arriver désormais, je ne peux le dire.

The first book in the critically acclaimed New York Times, USA Today, and Publishers Weekly bestselling Gemma Doyle trilogy, the exhilarating and haunting saga from the author of The Diviners series and Going Bovine. It’s 1895, and after the suicide of her mother, 16-year-old Gemma Doyle is shipped off from the life she knows in India to Spence, a proper boarding school in England. Lonely, guilt-ridden, and prone to visions of the future that have an uncomfortable habit of coming true, Gemma’s reception there is a chilly one. To make things worse, she’s been followed by a mysterious young Indian man, a man sent to watch her. But why? What is her destiny? And what will her entanglement with Spence’s most powerful girls—and their foray into the spiritual world—lead to? “A delicious, elegant gothic.”—PW, Starred “Shivery with both passion and terror.”—Kirkus Reviews "Compulsively readable." --VOYA A New York Times Bestseller A Publishers Weekly Bestseller A Book Sense Bestseller BBYA (ALA/YALSA Best Book for Young Adults) Iowa High School Book Award Garden State Teen Book Award Pennsylvania Young Reader’s Choice Award

The eccentric Miss Tizzy, a beloved friend to all the children in her neighborhood, needs their help in remaining happy when she is sick in bed.

Ela não tem os mesmos modos impecáveis de outras moças. Muito menos a graça e a desfaçatez para mentir em nome da Inglaterra. Gemma Doyle é tão-somente a herdeira de um dom sobrenatural - visões do futuro que têm o desconfortável hábito de se tornarem realidade. Em ''Belezas perigosas'', os leitores são apresentados a esta jovem protagonista, mandada para a Academia Spence, uma tradicional escola para moças, depois da tragédia que se abateu sobre sua família. Gemma vive sob o signo da culpa e da solidão, mas procura ouvir seus desejos e não se curva ante à repressão de uma época em que as moças eram treinadas apenas para conseguir um ''bom'' casamento. Mas é justamente em Spence que os poderes sobrenaturais de Gemma se revelarão, envolvendo as garotas mais poderosas da escola e levando-a a descobrir a ligação de sua mãe com um grupo muito antigo e misterioso conhecido como a Ordem.