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Charlie Wilde knew her life would change forever when her family moved from the city of Chicago to the suburbs of Arizona...and that was before she found the bracelet. After putting it on, she notices odd things start to happen. Suddenly Charlie seems to have the speed of a cheetah and the strength of an elephant - and that's just the beginning. She would be thrilled about her transformation if she had any idea how to use the device or control her amazing powers.

Charlie, Mac, and Maria managed to rescue the Project Chimera scientists from the devious Dr. Gray, but they couldn’t stop him. Now he’s closer than ever to enacting his dreadful master plan to transform all of humanity into a monstrous new species. And, even worse, Kelly has betrayed her friends and joined forces with him. To defeat their beastly foes, Charlie and the others are going to need help. Luckily, they just saved the creators of the bracelets that give them their unbelievable powers, and they’re about to get an upgrade.

Charlie Wilde’s dad has been abducted by masked figures who might not even be completely human. And it will take more than her incredible bracelet - which gives her powers from the animal kingdom - to rescue him. Luckily, Charlie’s friends now have bracelets of their own with all-new abilities…they just have to work through a few issues first. Maria’s device has hair-raising side effects. Mac can’t wait to hack into his. And their frenemy, Kelly, swears hers is a dud.

Spannung pur für junge Hörer*innen und Fantasyfans! Das magische Land Artimé ist verschwunden, und die Überlebenden stehen vor einem ungewissen Schicksal. Der junge Alex Stowe muss die Führung übernehmen und einen Weg finden, die verlorene Magie zurückzubringen und seine Freunde zu retten. Währenddessen schmiedet sein Zwillingsbruder Aaron in Quill weiter seine dunklen Pläne und verfolgt unerbittlich seinen eigenen Aufstieg zur Macht. Doch es gibt Hoffnung. Ein Rätsel, das der Magier Mr. Today hinterlassen hat, könnte der Schlüssel sein, um Artimé wiederherzustellen.

Der Konflikt zwischen den Zwillingsbrüdern Aaron und Alex spitzt sich dramatisch zu. Während Aaron in Quill als Hohepriester seine Macht ausbaut, kämpft Alex in Artimé um das Überleben seiner Freunde. Eine feindliche Flotte nähert sich den Ufern, angeführt von einer erbarmungslosen Herrscherin. Alex muss schnell handeln, um Artimé zu verteidigen. Und Aaron erkennt, dass Macht auch Verantwortung bedeutet.

Clarice is a young ship mouse grieving the loss of her mother when a mutiny forces her onto a small, leaky boat with a dangerous cat. Worse, she is separated from her younger brother, Charles Sebastian, who is trapped aboard the great ship. Clarice and Charles Sebastian were taught to always be careful—but they will need to grow bold if they are to survive...and find one another again.

After narrowly surviving two harrowing tragedies, Jules now fully understands the importance of the visions that she and people around her are experiencing. She's convinced that if the visions passed from her to Sawyer after she saved him, then they must now have passed from Sawyer to one of the people he saved. That means it's up to Jules to figure out which of the school shooting survivors is now suffering from visions of another crisis.

What Sawyer's seeing might mean murder. The second book in a series from the New York Times best-selling author of the Wake trilogy.

Jules should be happy. She saved a lot of people’s lives and she's finally with Sawyer, pretty much the guy of her dreams. But the nightmare's not over, because she somehow managed to pass the psycho vision stuff to Sawyer.

The Forgotten Five and their friends have been under increased scrutiny in Estero ever since Martim Palacio published his article revealing their identities and alleging they are armed and dangerous. Corrupt President Fuerte has been stoking anger against all supernaturals, in hopes of gaining public support for his reelection, and photos and videos have leaked of the kids from their most recent raid.

In Quill werden alle Dreizehnjährigen bei einem gefährlichen Ritual in "Gewollte" und "Ungewollte" eingeteilt. Die Ungewollten, die künstlerisch begabt sind, werden von der Gesellschaft ausgeschlossen. Als die Zwillinge Aaron und Alex bei der Zeremonie getrennt werden, stürzt ihr Leben in Chaos. Denn Alex ist ein Ungewollter... Doch ihn erwartet eine Überraschung: Er kommt nach Artimé, einen geheimen und magischen Ort. Hier werden die Ungewollten unterrichtet. Endlich findet Alex ein Zuhause und Freunde.

Jules lives with her family above their restaurant, which means she smells like pizza most of the time and drives their double-meatball-shaped food truck to school. It’s not a recipe for popularity, but she can handle that. What she can’t handle is the recurring vision that haunts her. Over and over, Jules sees a careening truck hit a building and explode...and nine body bags in the snow. The vision is everywhere - on billboards, television screens, windows - and she’s the only one who sees it. And the more she sees it, the more she sees.

In Quill werden alle Dreizehnjährigen bei einem gefährlichen Ritual in »Gewollte« und »Ungewollte« eingeteilt. Die Ungewollten, die künstlerisch begabt sind, werden von der Gesellschaft ausgeschlossen. Als die Zwillinge Aaron und Alex bei der Zeremonie getrennt werden, stürzt ihr Leben in Chaos. Seit Alex nach Artimé gekommen ist, hat sich sein Leben komplett verändert. In Artimé dürfen die künstlerisch begabten Jugendlichen ihre Fähigkeiten ausbilden. Alex hat seine wahre Bestimmung entdeckt. Doch Artimé ist in großer Gefahr. Die Obrigkeit von Quill möchte Artimé zerstören.