Patrick Ness
Author
Language
English
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Description
Every night, ever since Conor's mother fell ill and started the treatments that don't seem to be working, Conor has had the same dream. But tonight is different. Tonight there's a visitor at his window. It's ancient, elemental, a force of nature. And it wants the most dangerous thing of all from Conor, It wants the truth.
2) Release
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Adam Thorn doesn't know it yet, but today will change his life. Between his religious family, a deeply unpleasant ultimatum from his boss, and his own unrequited love for his sort-of ex, Enzo, it seems as though Adam's life is falling apart. At least he has two people to keep him sane: his new boyfriend (he does love Linus, doesn't he?) and his best friend, Angela. But all day long, old memories and new heartaches come crashing together, throwing...
Author
Language
English
Description
A boy named Seth drowns, losing his life as the pounding sea claims him. But then he wakes. He is naked, thirsty, starving. But alive. How is that possible? He remembers dying. So how is he here? And where is this place? It looks like the suburban English town where he lived as a child, before an unthinkable tragedy happened and his family moved to America. But the neighborhood around his old house is overgrown, covered in dust, and completely abandoned....
Author
Publisher
Penguin Press
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
" A magical novel, based on a Japanese folk tale, that imagines how the life of a broken-hearted man is transformed when he rescues an injured white crane that has landed in his backyard. George Duncan is an American living and working in London. At forty-eight, he owns a small print shop, is divorced, and lonelier than he realizes. All of the women with whom he has relationships eventually leave him for being too nice. But one night he is woken by...
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Conor, dealing with his mother's illness, a less-than-sympathetic grandmother, and bullying classmates, finds a most unlikely ally when a monster appears at his bedroom window. Ancient, wild, and relentless, the monster guides Conor on a journey of courage, faith, and truth.
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
In the not too distant future, Todd Hewitt discovers Viola, a mysterious girl who crash lands on his planet, where all the women have disappeared and the men are afflicted by 'the Noise,' a force that puts all their thoughts on display. In this dangerous landscape, Viola's life is threatened, and as Todd vows to protect her, he will have to discover his own inner power and unlock the planet's dark secrets.
Author
Publisher
Debolsillo
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
Español
Description
Thirteen-year-old Conor awakens one night to find a monster outside his bedroom window, but not the one from the recurring nightmare that began when his mother became ill--an ancient, wild creature that wants him to face truth and loss.
Author
Publisher
Nube de Tinta
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
Español
Description
The best friend of a boy with superhuman qualities endeavors to have a life of his own that is both normal and extraordinary in the face of constant world-shaking challenges, threats against his school, and an elusive pretty girl.
Author
Publisher
Nube de Tinta
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
Español
Description
Thirteen-year-old Conor awakens one night to find a monster outside his bedroom window, but not the one from the recurring nightmare that began when his mother became ill--an ancient, wild creature that wants him to face truth and loss.
10) Libre
Author
Publisher
Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial
Pub. Date
2017
Language
Español
Description
Es sábado, es verano y, aunque todavía no lo sabe, todo en la vida de Adam Thorn está a punto de desmoronarse. Quizá finalmente logre encontrar su liberación. Pero no tiene mucho tiempo, porque algo extraordinario y perturbador ha despertado en los confines del lago y se ha puesto en marcha.
11) Chaos walking
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
In the not-too-distant future, Todd Hewitt discovers Viola, a mysterious girl who crash lands on his planet where all the women have disappeared and the men are afflicted by "the Noise," a force that puts all their thoughts on display. In this dangerous landscape, Viola's life is threatened by the mayor of Todd's town, and as Todd vows to protect her, he will have to discover his own inner power and unlock the planet's dark secrets.
Author
Publisher
HarperTeen, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
When Tanya keeps having bad dreams about a girl, trapped in the old stone house around the corner, Tanya and her friends go to investigate the strange house covered in cobwebs and stumble onto their own worst nightmares come to life.
Author
Series
Class volume 3
Publisher
HarperTeen, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"One of three companion novels set in the universe of the new Doctor Who spin-off show, Class. Stories of impossible car accidents, random attacks, even cold-blooded murder make Miss Quill's class sit up and take notice"--
One of three thrilling companion novels set in the universe of the new Doctor Who spin-off show, Class, created by #1 New York Times bestselling James Goss. "There's no such thing as oversharing" right?. Everyone at Coal Hill...
14) Chaos walking
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
In the not-too-distant future, Todd Hewitt discovers Viola, a mysterious girl who crash lands on his planet, where all the women have disappeared and the men are afflicted by "the Noise," a force that puts all their thoughts on display. In this dangerous landscape, Viola's life is threatened, and as Todd vows to protect her, he will have to discover his own inner power and unlock the planet's dark secrets.
15) Class: Joyride
Author
Series
Class volume 3
Publisher
HarperTeen, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"One of three companion novels set in the universe of the new Doctor Who spin-off show, Class. Stories of impossible car accidents, random attacks, even cold-blooded murder make Miss Quill's class sit up and take notice"--
Publisher
BBC
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
It is scary, funny, and as painful and sharp as youth. Like all teenagers, the students at Coal Hill Academy have hidden secrets and desires. They are facing their own worst fears, navigating a life of friends, parents, school, sex, sorrow and possibly the end of existence. The very walls of space and time are starting to thin. Something is pressing on the other side: something waiting for its chance to kill everyone and everything, to bring us all...
Publisher
Binge Box
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
A monster calls: Lewis MacDougall, Sigourney Weaver, Felicity Jones, Toby Kebbell, and Liam Neeson.
My sister's keeper: Sara and Brian live an idyllic life with their young son and daughter. Suddenly, their baby girl falls ill, and her only hope for survival rests in her parents' ability to find a compatible bone marrow donator. Their desperate decision to conceive another child raises both ethical and moral questions and begins to erode their relationship....