Résultats pour "Crow" dans Science-fiction et fantasy

Morrigane Crow est née le jour du Merveillon, ce qui signifie deux choses : 1. Elle est maudite. 2. Elle est condamnée à mourir à minuit le jour de ses onze ans. Son cercueil l'attend. Elle est sauvée "in extremis" par un homme étrange qui l'emmène dans le royaume magique de Nevermoor.

Da Morrigan Crow bliver inviteret til Nevermoors velhavende Sølvdistrikt, opdager hun en for hende ukendt verden af rigdom og overflod. Men livet er ikke let for Morrigan, mange nære mistro til hende, efter det blev afsløret, at hun er Wundersmed. Ukendte farer lurer, alligevel kaster Morrigan sig hovedkulds ud i en mordefterforskning, mens hun forsøger at holde sine stadigt voksende wunder-kræfter i skak.

The Crows of Ticklewick is an upbeat prelude to the Amelia Hart series. Told from a crow's prospective, it introduces a magical new world called Ticklewick.

Avery Flynn arrives for a visit at her Uncle Tam's, eager to rekindle her summertime romance with her crush-next-door, Daniel. But Daniel's not the sweet, neurotic guy she remembers, and she wonders if this is her Daniel at all. Or if someone - some thing - has taken his place. Her quest to find the real Daniel, and get him back, plunges Avery into a world of Fae and changelings, where creatures swap bodies like humans change their socks, and magic lives much closer to home than she ever imagined.

Sadie is upset when her mum uproots them from the city to move to the remote small town of Boort. But before long, she has discovered a powerful place and crows that speak to her, and she is drawn to two boys, Lachie and Walter. Then Sadie is thrown back in time to witness a dreadful crime in which her family is involved. Sadie, Walter, and Lachie must find a way to atone for past wrongs, or be doomed to repeat them.

What could be better than selling lemonade to stave off the summer doldrums? Try swashbuckling adventure on the high seas! Captain Gabriel has done both before, the lemonade and the adventures, so he's pretty good at it despite the fact that he still has no idea what a swash even is, nor how one would buckle it. Never mind that -- he's setting sail with his quirky crew to embrace the unknown, including a magical unicorn and her warrior-girl companion, a harrowing side quest in search of the elusive "macguffin flower," and a crow-girl haunted by a curse.

The Crow's Nest is a tale of high adventure, as seen through the eyes of Will Anchor and his sister, Sara, ages 11 and 13, as they set out by canoe on a dangerous mission to find help for their ailing mother. The year is 2049 and their home is in the drowned and abandoned city of New Orleans. Water levels, worldwide, have risen to unprecedented levels. Civilization, as we know it, has been brought to its knees, yet life struggles on, with promise for the future.

Morrigan es una niña ocurrente y carismática con unos horribles padres que no le hacen ningún caso. Aunque eso no es lo peor, porque arrastra una maldición que la condena a morir antes de cumplir los once años. Pero eso no va a ocurrir puesto que la vigilia de su décimo primer cumpleaños alguien la secuestra y se la lleva a Nevermoor (un Londres paralelo), donde deberá superar cuatro pruebas si quiere estar entre los elegidos. El problema es que ya no podrá regresar jamás ya que sólo escapa a la muerte si se queda en Nevermoor.

Morrigan Crow er forbandet. Fordi hun er født på den forkerte dag, får hun skylden for enhver ulykke i landet - lige fra hjerteanfald til haglvejr - og værst af alt betyder forbandelsen, at Morrigan vil dø ved midnat på sin 11-års fødselsdag. Men i stedet for sin hårde skæbne møder Morrigan en bemærkelsesværdig mand ved navn Jupiter North. Med skyggeagtigt mørke jagthunde og ryttere i hælene flygter de sammen til en hemmelig, magisk by ved navn Nevermoor.

In the Clandoms, everyone is born with wings, though not all the clans are treated equally. Ellie Meadows longed to become a Goldwing—the knights who protect the people -- but because she came from the humble Sparrow Clan, her dream faced almost insurmountable resistance. Nox Hatcher has it even worse. Nox is a Crow, a shattered clan. They can't own businesses or run organizations, all due to a mistake made hundreds of years ago. Nox has had to steal and scrape just to survive, but a single goal has kept him going, even when it felt like all the Clandoms were against him.

Twelve-year-old Valentine Crow has lived his entire life at the Foundling Hospital. Now, he and his best friend Philomena are leaving to begin their new lives as apprentices—but Valentine has been assigned to Death himself. Valentine finds himself in an impossible situation when his best friend’s name appears on the list of souls to take. Can he fight Death to save her soul, or does fate have other ideas?

"Dér på den anden side af siloerne, lå sygebåden, lastet til randen med lig. Erkendelserne pulserede gennem Nina. Hun kunne ikke fornemme hjerteslag eller varmt blod i kroppene, men hun kunne fornemme noget andet, noget mere..." Kaz og hans hold har gennemført århundredets mest dristige kup - og er kommet ud af det med livet i behold. Men i stedet for at læne sig tilbage og nyde frugten af deres hårde arbejde, finder de ud af, at de må kæmpe for deres liv. De er blevet snydt og svækket, og holdets gejst og ressourcer er ved at nå et nulpunkt.

Seks forbrydere - én umulig opgave! "Hvis han var usikker på, hvad de var i færd med, viste han det ikke, og Inej ville ønske, hun havde samme sikkerhed. Isfortet var blevet bygget, sådan at det kunne modstå angreb fra hære, snigmordere, grishaer og spioner. Da hun nævnte det for Kaz, sagde han blot: "Men det er ikke bygget til at hos os ude." Hans selvsikkerhed foruroligede hende. "Hvad får dig til at tro, at vi kan klare det her? Der er andre hold derude, trænede soldater og spioner, folk der har mange års erfaring." "Det er ikke en opgave for trænede soldater eller spioner.

“Storytelling at its most brilliant—and whimsical.” —Kirkus Reviews (starred review) Everything is on the line for crabby, cranky Crow. But why, exactly, is Crow so moody? The reason will delight readers in three-time Geisel Medal and Caldecott Honor winner Corey R. Tabor’s funny and...

The dark October night is bitter cold as Jake Shillingsworth, serving boy in London's most notorious inn, The Tattered Crow, discovers a terrible truth. That the hidden eyes he’s felt watching from hidden rooms are real. As is the blood curdling scratching coming from the attic during the dead of night.

Grandpa, a master storyteller, tells Nagora, his granddaughter, how Eagle, Crow, and Turtle got their colors. On the surface, that’s what children will learn in this captivating animal story. Under the surface are the fable’s unspoken lessons about life-changing events, character qualities, the value of friendship, tolerance, and promises kept. On another level, this fable is a masterful demonstration of the art of storytelling.

When a crow finds a piece of cheese on the road, she flies to a nearby tree and prepares to eat the tasty treat. Who will eat what (or whom) is up for grabs however, when an overly friendly fox appears below and begins to chat. This beloved fable is retold by popular children's storyteller, Rand Whipple with his trademark humor and wit.

The sequel to FloodWorld, this equally cinematic book tells the story of Kara and Joe’s adventures in the US, as they travel with a band of ideological outlaws, hell-bent on destroying the Mariners and stealing their world. Can the kids come up with a plan to stop the seemingly inevitable destruction?

Imagine having the perfect friend, one who never steals, lies or bullies. Now you can, with the TrooFriend 560, the latest in artificial intelligence! What can go wrong with a robot buddy? Especially one that’s developing human characteristics and feelings, and who has just run away with her human?

Child of Air, Water, Earth or Fire: now that she is 13, Storm must undertake The Choosing and be claimed by one of the Elementals, which will determine her whole life’s work. But for Storm, daughter of a father murdered by Water and a warrior mother claimed by Earth, there will be no easy destiny. The Elementals bestow her with a great and terrible gift. Storm-bringer. Storm-rider. Storm-queller. Storm has powers that no one, not even the island Elders, can understand.