New Releases by Samantha Van Leer

"Thirteen-year-old Ava helps run her family''s refuge for extraterrestrials, but a sudden attack on the zoo leads to her discovering a government conspiracy that upends everything"--

A middle grade debut by New York Times bestselling co-author of Between the Lines stars 13 year old Ava, who helps run her family’s refuge for extraterrestrials. But a sudden attack on the zoo leads to her discovering a government conspiracy that upends everything she believed to be true. When meteors suddenly dropped to earth containing eggs in which alien babies were growing, the government called in the experts. Ava’s parents hatched, cared for, raised, and researched these unique beings. When Ava was born, she became part of the team. So many extraterrestrial living beings (ELBs) came, that the government funded the Alien Zoo, where visitors could come and see the ELBs. It was a huge success in its day. But now Ava is 13, and so much has changed. A terrible car accident claimed her mother. And her father, in deep despair, left Ava and the Zoo in the care of his brother, who’s still healing emotional wounds from his wartime. Then the alien babies stopped coming, and so did the public. So when 15 year old Harley shows up as an intern for the Zoo, Ava feels blindsided. This is her show. And then a terrible storm changes everything. The once beloved ELBs are loose, and being hunted. Ava’s uncle, MIA. All she has is this strange new boy to help her save everything she loves.

"When Delilah is united with Oliver, a prince literally taken from the pages of a fairytale, the line between what is on the page and what is possible is blurred, and all must be resolved for the two to live happily ever after"--

Cosa succede se « ...e vissero felici e contenti» non si rivela affatto essere tale? Delilah è una ragazza piuttosto solitaria che preferisce passare i pomeriggi in biblioteca, persa nei libri. In uno in particolare: Incantesimo fra le righe che in teoria è un fantasy ma che sembra terribilmente reale, al punto che il principe Oliver, oltre a essere coraggioso, avventuroso e focoso, parla a Delilah. Cioè: le parla sul serio! E salta fuori che Oliver è ben più che un personaggio di carta: è un teenager che si sente intrappolato nella sua vita letteraria e che non sopporta l’idea che il suo destino sia segnato. Oliver è certo che il mondo là fuori possa offrirgli qualcosa di interessante e vede in Delilah la sua chiave di accesso alla libertà. I due si buttano a capofitto nell’impresa di tirare fuori Oliver dal libro, un compito difficile e che i spinge ad approfondire la loro percezione del destino, del mondo e del loro posto nel mondo. Contemporaneamente cresce l’attrazione reciproca, un sentimento forte e tutt’altro che letterario...

"Hilf mir" - Delilah kann es kaum fassen, als sie diese Nachricht in ihrem Lieblingsbuch findet. Offensichtlich hat Oliver, der umwerfend gut aussehende Prinz der Geschichte, die Bitte speziell für sie hinterlassen. Und tatsächlich: Schnell stellen die beiden fest, dass sie über die Grenzen der Buchseiten hinweg miteinander sprechen können. Doch das reicht ihnen schon bald nicht mehr aus. Oliver ist schon lange genervt von seinem Märchen, das er immer wieder durchspielen muss, sobald ein Leser das Buch aufschlägt. Und er findet Gefallen an Delilah, die so anders ist als die langweilige Prinzessin Seraphima, die er sonst immer küssen muss. Da ist es doch klar, dass er endlich zu ihr will! Und Delilah: Die hat sich längst Hals über Kopf in ihren Märchenprinzen verliebt. Und ist begeistert von der Idee, Oliver aus dem Buch herauszuholen. Doch wie können die beiden es schaffen, die Grenzen zwischen ihren so unterschiedlichen Welten zu überwinden? Zusammen mit ihrer Tochter Samantha hat die bekannte Bestseller-Autorin Jodi Picoult einen wunderschönen Liebesroman geschrieben - mitreißend, märchenhaft, unwiderstehlich!

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Told in their separate voices, sixteen-year-old Prince Oliver, who wants to break free of his fairy-tale existence, and fifteen-year-old Delilah, a loner obsessed with Prince Oliver and the book in which he exists, work together to seek his freedom.