Fantasy Magic School

Talente-Wirbel in der School of Talents! Alle Talente in der School of Talents sind vertauscht! Alva kann sich verwandeln, Mala schrumpft und Elwin fliegt auf einem Sofa umher ... Eigentlich ganz lustig, mal ein anderes Talent auszuprobieren. Doch, oh Schreck, ein Wal ist an der Steilküste gestrandet. Wie sollen Alva und ihre Freunde dem Tier zurück ins Wasser helfen, wenn sie ihre neuen Talente kaum beherrschen? Und wie bekommen sie ihre eigenen Fähigkeiten zurück? Ein Wettlauf gegen die Zeit beginnt, bis sie gemeinsam eine Lösung finden.

If Jack built a school, there would be hover desks and pop-up textbooks, skydiving wind tunnels and a trampoline basketball court in the gym, a robo-chef to serve lunch in the cafeteria, field trips to Mars, and a whole lot more. The inventive boy who described his ideal car and house in previous books is dreaming even bigger this time.

H.I.V.E. is a top-secret school of villainy, where children with a precocious talent for wrongdoing are sent to develop their talents and become criminal masterminds. After all, "Villains have the best lines and wear the best costumes."

An uplifting story that will delight younger listeners and help them to be themselves in their school uniform. By the best-selling mastermind Matt Haig. As well as being a number one bestselling writer for adults, Matt Haig has won the Blue Peter Book Award, the Smarties Book Prize and been nominated three times for the Carnegie Medal for his stories for children and young adults.

Gabe's decision to abandon Rampart and his friends has had consequences no one could have imagined. Five years have passed and the struggles Gabe has endured to stay alive have changed him, hardened him into a man unwilling to trust anyone. Gabe thought he’d found peace in solitude--until a familiar stranger shows up on his doorstep, pleading for Gabe's help. Is he is willing to risk his safety, hidden away as a recluse to help the people he walked away from so long ago? One failure on Gabe’s part could mark the beginning of the end for all mankind. A weight he’s reluctant to carry. ...

Royals, royals everywhere! Little Ipswich is an otherwise average, small town except for one thing. Set afloat in the Lux Sea that borders it is Emily, an enormous stone castle where magical and miraculous things are said to go on. After being scared out of her wits by a doomsday prophecy involving the castle and a strange place called Brumbletide, twelve-year-old Maggie Prewitt begs her mother to take her to Emily to find out what it's all about. Inside, Maggie finds a talking candle, magical creatures, and flying children called Snickerlings. And if that wasn't enough, the general public ...

Welcome to the Brooklyn School of Magic, where seeds of enchantment are planted and magic sprouts in every corner. And where each fall, fifth years must pass the Equinox Test if they want to move up to Middle Magic. Rose is worried. She's never been the best student. And if she doesn't pass with flying colors, Principal Ivy says she may have to transfer to a boring non-magical school. Amethyst knows she's got the skills to ace the test. But to really impress her mom, she's got her eye on the school's top prize. Lavender just wants to fit in.

Dreams can change the world—if they don't change her first. Anise has always lived half in dreams. But when she begins her training at the Academy—a hidden school where magic and dreams entwine—her quiet life in the village of Hero fades into memory. There, among scholars, mages, and strange gods, Anise discovers that her gift for channeling daemons is far greater—and far more dangerous—than she ever imagined. Whispers swirl through the Academy’s halls. Secrets glimmer behind friendly faces. And somewhere between sunlit classrooms and shadowed dreams, Anise must decide who she ...

In The Scepter of Fire, 12-year-old Oliver Blue is dispatched on an urgent mission to save the School for Seers. He must travel back in time, to Florence, 1592, to find the only artifact that can save them all. Yet the secret is guarded by none other than Galileo himself. As Oliver searches for one of the great scientists and inventors of all time, the man who invented the telescope and who discovered planets, Oliver must wonder: is a he a seer, too? And what other secrets is he holding?

(Formerly released as "Alone in the Dark". Only the title has changed.) Live the Magic Love the Adventure It's been a rough month for David. The water and electricity in his house is shut off, and his dad is missing. When Mrs. Huffity asks David to house sit, he jumps at the chance. Her only request is that David stay inside at night, which would be fine, except a boy is out there making strange sounds and staring into the window. David calls Carrie and Ivy for help, but not all is as it seems. What will happen in this next great adventure? This book will have a guest appearance with Sparky...

Seventeen-year-old Maya knows everything. When she looks at someone, she instantly knows their history, their private thoughts, their secret desires, their most tragic failures. Combine these private miseries with the general state of the world, and it's easy to see why Maya's power starts to get her down… Which is why she was sent to the Whispering Pines Psychiatric Facility, and also why starting at a new school is going to be such a challenge. Now, faced with Tyler, a cute guy she actually wants to know everything about, Maya realizes that maybe her power isn't so horrible after all.

When Zack McGee crashes his bike, he's stuck at home with his arm in a sling and his baseball season on the line. What's worse, his bike crashed because his four-inch-tall houseguest, Amp, experimented on the brakes! Now Zack is easy prey for his little brother, Taylor, who's determined to find out once and for all what mysteries Zack has hidden in his pocket.

Runt Higgins needs answers, fast. Someone cursed him to die on his 16th birthday - but no one seems to know who cursed him or why. He decides he must find the Great Library, where all true knowledge is stored. Unfortunately, the only people who know the location of the Great Library are a covert network of librarian-spies who have sworn to protect the Library’s secrets. And when one of Runt’s professors is attacked, it soon becomes clear that others are also out to find the Library at any cost. Meanwhile, Runt’s not the only one whose days are numbered.

All Kat wants is to be normal, or at least to look that way to students at her new school. But her mother is a medium, and not the kind that fits in between small and large; Kat's mom is the kind of medium who sees spirits and communicates with them. And, even worse, Kat has just discovered that she can see spirits too. In fact, she seems to be the only one capable of helping a spirit at her school cross over successfully. The question is can she do it without needing to switch schools herself?

The fourth and final book in a steampunk YA adventure series from Orbit's New York Times best-selling author of the Parasol Protectorate series.When a dastardly Pickleman plot comes to fruition, only Sophronia can save her friends, her school and all of London...but at what cost? Our proper young heroine puts her training and skills to the test in this highly anticipated conclusion of the rousing, intriguing and always polished New York Times best-selling Finishing School series!

Eleven-year-old Oliver Blue once again finds himself in the race of his life. His beloved friend, Esther, is dying of time-travel sickness, and the only chance of saving her is to risk his life and travel back in time once more. This time, it is to the Italy of the 1400s to visit two very important people: Leonardo da Vinci and his rival, Michelangelo. Only Leonardo’s inventions hold the answer, and only Michelangelo’s paintings hold the key.

After defeating the necromancers and bringing alchemy back to the Alexandria Academy, Shad Hadid is ready for an exciting second term at school. It doesn’t hurt that he’s being called a hero, but the new lessons are harder than he expected and his mentor, Kahem, is nowhere to be found. When Shad intercepts a letter from an informant with a possible clue for thwarting the necromancers’ evil plans once and for all, he's determined to help. Joined by his friends, Shad embarks on a perilous journey across Lebanon to track down this secretive stranger.

A new middle school has just opened in Horsemouth, New Hampshire: Kaboom Academy. It’s a place where cannons go off in the middle of school assemblies, pills contain actual information, and multiplication is made, er, real. (Read: You ever wonder what it would be like if there were two of you? How about four? How about eight? Well, you’re about to find out!). The school’s new students - and the Journalism 1A class in particular - can’t believe all the shenanigans that go on.

Live the Magic. Love the Adventure. Shannon just moved to Fisher's Cove with her mom and new step-dad. She's glad to get out of Dusky Hollows and closer to the ocean, but something is wrong at school. All of the kids are acting strange. When the teacher gives her an anklet that Shannon is supposed to wear all the time, Shannon gets a weird feeling from it. She decides not to wear it. Shannon discovers that the teachers in Fisher's Cove are not exactly human. And the anklets are not good. She must find a way to save her classmates...before it's too late. If your kids like The Chronicles of ...

Does one need four fully-grown foxgloves for decorating a dinner table for six guests? Or is it six foxgloves to kill four fully-grown guests? Sophronia's first year at school has certainly been rousing. First, her finishing school is training her to be a spy. (Won't Mumsy be surprised!) Secondly, she gets mixed up in an intrigue over a stolen device and has a cheese pie thrown at her.