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With his very first sneer, Draco Malfoy is established as the school bully of the Harry Potter series. But how did Draco become so detestable? What was inherited from his parents, and what is unique to him among the Malfoy clan? And what was he thinking all those times when he picked fights with Harry, Ron, or Hermione?

The mighty engines of Anchorage have been rusted and dead for years. The derelict city no longer roams the Ice Wastes, but has settled on the edge of the land that was once America. Tom Natsworthy and Hester Shaw are happy in the safety of a static settlement, but their daughter, Wren, is desperate for adventure. When a dangerously charming submarine pirate offers her a chance to escape, Wren doesn't think twice about leaving her home and her parents behind. But the pirate wants something in return - Wren must steal the mysterious Tin Book.

Beginning with a novella by Spider-Man's co-creator Stan Lee and veteran Marvel writer Peter David retelling the wall-crawler's origin, this exciting anthology has original stories featuring one of the world's most enduring heroes.

When Isabel Williams moves to Liverpool, she criticises seemingly everything in Eloise Byrne’s life – her city, her accent, her trademark boldness – so if, when she catches Isabel staring, Eloise feels her pulse race, it must be because they hate each other. It surely couldn’t be for any other reason, could it?

From an award-winning storyteller comes a sweeping historical tale of honor, star-crossed lovers, and loyalty, set during the violent Viking invasion of York, England. Tor is the youngest son of the mighty king of Norway, whose prowess is the stuff of legend and whose hundreds of ships and...

She's a puppy. She's a girl. And she's going to evolve. Waking up one day in a litter of puppies, her human life a fading memory, she quickly falls into the flow of things. Playing and hunting with her pack, taking naps at all hours of the day, and most importantly, leveling up and evolving! With five brothers and sisters who all have their own unique powers, a protective Dog Mom and Cerberus Dad with three heads, she was sure nothing could ever go wrong in her new life.

La vida de Cat da un vuelco brutal: su padre ha muerto. Pero no es una muerte cualquiera. Su padre era un ángel, y ahora Cat se encuentra en el epicentro de una batalla ancestral y eterna entre ángeles y demonios. Destrozada y movida por una sed inquebrantable de justicia, jura encontrar al asesino. Sabe que solo alguien con un poder inimaginable pudo derrotar a su padre, y Cat está dispuesta a hacer lo impensable: pactar con los mismos demonios para descubrir la verdad.

Gripping and poignant, It Begins with the End is a profound novel-in-verse about memory, resistance, and hope during WWII—from New York Times bestselling author Samira Ahmed. It begins with an execution. April 1944. Khursheed Khan, a young spy for the British Armed Forces, has been captured by...

When a Black teen decides to run for prom queen at her predominantly white high school, the competition takes a deadly turn when the fight for the crown becomes a matter of life or death. A gripping YA thriller for readers of Jumata Emill’s The Black Queen and Tiffany D. Jackson’s The Weight...

Delve into the underbelly of the celebrity world in this darkly glamorous YA thriller as superfan Matilda goes to extraordinary lengths to prove her idol Mack Parker’s innocence. How well do you know your favourite celebrity? How far would you go to defend them? Mackenzie Parker is thriving as...

La Division Plume d'Argent (D.P.A) est une organisation militaire secrète chargée de repérer et neutraliser les menaces magiques. Un beau jour, un groupe d'intervention ramène à la base une étrange créature semblable à un petit Yéti. Alias, le directeur général, décide de faire appel à son ami Andrew Bennett, un mage capable d'invoquer des portes, afin que celui-ci l'aide à comprendre de quoi il en retourne.

Casey McQuiston meets Heartstopper in this sapphic young adult romance. Cami is a 15-year-old lesbian, one of the few out queer students at her conservative boarding school for international students in Italy. She just wants to focus on getting her paintings in a student gallery and kickstarting...

"Azalea" is an epic action-adventure that explores a complex yet healthy relationship dynamic among its main characters, incorporating themes of personal choice and navigating difficult emotions, such as anger, desire, and heartache. Dragons—ravenous beasts of immense elemental power—have risen from their millennium-long slumber to devour the world's magic. Their rise threatens to exterminate all life on the planet… as they have done countless times. Azalea, a daughter of the Sylva, born of a giant, sentient tree, awakens into this world at war.

Welcome to Venom and Vows, where vampires don’t fall in love… they negotiate. In the frostbitten land of Heedmoor, vampires don’t mingle with humans —they contract them. Each year, vampires bind themselves to a single human sanctum, trading vampire venom for blood in a perfectly polite, deeply unsettling arrangement. Elite young women compete in a week-long spectacle called Venom and Vows —a contest of charm, etiquette, and entertainment. It’s a tidy arrangement. Civil. Proper. And absolutely not meant for romance.

Barbara è costretta a trasferirsi a Milano a causa del secondo matrimonio di sua madre, che per di più è incinta... Come se non bastasse, da qualche mese, lo specchio le rimanda l'immagine di un'adolescente goffa e in sovrappeso. Barbara è sempre più inquieta e ribelle, e la situazione peggiora quando nasce Laurentina, una rivale coccolata e vezzeggiata da tutti come una piccola principessa. Poi, all'improvviso, una tragedia più grande di lei la porterà a uscire dall'isolamento e a considerare anche il dolore degli altri.

A dark, captivating YA tale of deception and survival, set in the same faery world as Nettle. Long ago, kings and queens of the faery realms exchanged talismans with one another to maintain harmony in their world. The Stag King gave up a shard of antler, the Owl King a feather, and the Minnow...

Top Gun meets The Grace Year in this sexy, feminist dystopian adventure from the co-author of Once and Future, featuring Nyx, an elite fighter pilot who must put everything on the line to save her country, including her pride. And her heart. Chase Harcourt, call sign"Nyx", isn't one to play it...

From Allie Esiri, editor of the bestselling A Poem for Every Day of the Year and A Poem for Every Night of the Year, comes this beautiful audio anthology of William Shakespeare's works. Shakespeare for Every Day of the Year is a collection of 365 plays, sonnets and poems, and Esiri’s...

Shortlisted for Waterstones Book of the Year 2017. 'A Skinful of Shadows confirms Hardinge's status as one of our finest storytellers. It's rare to find a book which is every bit as intelligent and stylish as it is riveting - I was enthralled' - Sarah Perry, author of The Essex Serpent. Frances...

A compellingly beautiful tale of magic, intrigue and deception, set against the backdrop of eighteenth-century Paris on the cusp of revolution. Paris in 1789 is a labyrinth of twisted streets, filled with beggars, thieves, revolutionaries – and magicians . . . When seventeen-year-old Camille...