Results for "William" in Teen & Young Adult

Reclus à Sara Laughs, sa maison de campagne, près d'un lac, Mike Noonan n'écrit plus. Depuis la mort brutale de sa femme Jo, enceinte, ce romancier à succès connaît l'angoisse de la page blanche. La rencontre de la petite Kyra, puis de sa mère Mattie, jeune veuve en butte à la malveillance de son richissime beau-père, amorce-t-elle pour Mike un nouveau départ ?

Part dark romance, part fairy tale, DISORDER marks the arrival of bestselling Italian author Rokia, available for the first time in English, in a vibrant translation by Beth Hickling-Moore. The production is voiced by an all-star cast: Diane Guerrero (Orange is the New Black), William Gao (Heartstopper), Freya Allan (The Witcher) and Connor Swindells (Sex Education.)

A second wonderful collection of Just William stories, selected and read by Martin Jarvis. Richmal Crompton’s stories featuring irrepressible schoolboy William Brown have been firm favourites with both young and old for decades. Perpetually scruffy, mud-stained and mischievous, he is a lovable scamp whose pranks usually end in disaster - for his harassed elders at least. With friends Ginger, Douglas and Henry (the Outlaws) and the angelic thorn in his side, the lisping Violet Elizabeth Bott, William has rightly joined the literary and radio immortals.

In Aramanth, exams are everything. When Kestrel rebels, her family are sentenced to the harshest punishment. To save them, Kestrel learns the secret of the wind singer and she sets out to discover the true source of the evil that grips Aramanth.

Raised amongst the rolling waves of a peaceful fishing village, Althalos had no idea of his legendary heritage. But when an unbearable tragedy tears through his home, he is forced into a journey full of strife and betrayal. The Observant Darkness series whisks listeners away on a gripping journey as Althalos battles enemies both old and new while unraveling what it truly means to be a hero in a merciless world.

Not many halflings dream of magic. But Epik isn’t like the rest. Adventure. Excitement. He craves those things. He would rather learn magic, not follow a wizard on some fool's adventure... or so he thinks. The problem: magic is outlawed. After setting out for the city, what Epik finds in Dune All-En isn’t at all what he’d hoped. No magic. And few wizards. Luck, or something more sinister, is on the halfling's side.

Anno 2052. Il giovane mago Geller irrompe nella vita della giovane umana Ada Luring, per metterla in guardia da un imminente pericolo. Geller è in fuga da suo padre Cavelos, capo di una setta di maghi intenzionata a uccidere Ada e sua madre Sara, ricercatrice in intelligenza artificiale. La donna è infatti l'artefice della creazione del primo robot, membro della categoria nemica giurata dei maghi che, tempo addietro, dopo aver subìto un terribile massacro per mano di un esercito di "meccanuomini", hanno scatenato la secolare rivalità tra le due fazioni.

In 1800, 13-year-old Pierre LaPage dreams of becoming a voyageur and paddling a fur trade canoe. But this is something that older, more experienced men do. However, when Pierre's father has an accident, Pierre signs on with the North West Company so that his family will have money to survive the winter.

Will dreams of an escape. Hesitant to return home to his cruel, abusive father, the lowly village boy encounters two youths walking his way and is delighted when they engage him in playful sword fighting. And when he joyfully accepts an offer to move to the castle and become a squire, he’s utterly unaware of the deadly perils he’s about to confront.\ Training as a knight-to-be, Will and his companions discover tunnels running beneath the castle and are viciously attacked by murderous exiles intent on toppling the monarchy.

Fourteen-year-old Will Burrows lives with his parents and younger sister Rebecca in London. He has little in common with any of them, except for a passion for digging, which he shares with his father, a museum curator and doctor of archaeology. When his father suddenly disappears after a row with his mother, the police believe he has just gone away for a while to cool down. But Will is unconvinced, and decides to investigate with his best friend, Chester.

1916. Returning to the Front after injury, nineteen-year-old Stephen wonders what he’s fighting for. Then he meets Private Danny McCormick, a smart, talented new recruit. From their first meeting, there’s something undeniable between them – something forbidden by both society and the army. Determined to protect Danny, Stephen must face down the ignorance of his superiors as well as the onslaught of German shells and sniper fire. As the summer ticks down to the Battle of the Somme, will Stephen and Danny’s love save them – or condemn them?

WILLIAM WENTON MÅ FINDE APOKALYPSEGENERATOREN, FØR DET ER FOR SENT! William og Iscia bliver sendt til Sahara for at hjælpe Afdeling for Umulig Arkæologi med en udgravning. En stor, mystisk kugle er landet midt i ørkenen, og kun William kan løse koden, der kan få den til at åbne sig. Men hvad sker der, hvis han klarer det? Og hvorfor er alle så interesserede i den kugle?

William Wenton fra Luridiumstyven er tilbage! William Wenton vender tilbage til Instituttet for Posthuman Forskning. Her er alt forandret: Der er udgangsforbud og vagter overalt - og der begynder pludselige at ske mystiske ting. Hvad er skyld i de voldsomme anfald William er begyndt at få? Og hvem er den mørke skikkelse der prøver at kontakte ham? Alt leder hen imod en kryptalportal.

William har aldrig forstået, hvorfor hans familie lever under et dæknavn. Eller hvorfor hans morfar forsvandt sporløst for otte år siden. Men da han på en skoleudflugt løser Umuligheden, verdens sværeste kode, går det op for ham, at han er i fare. Og at han må finde sin morfar - så hurtigt som muligt.

Eventyret om verdens bedste kodeknækker fortsætter... Først holder Big Ben op med at slå. Så dukker den mystiske Orbulatoragent op. Men hvad vil han med William? Og hvad er egentlig en orbulator? Mørke hemmeligheder og umulige koder sender William ud på endnu et farligt eventyr. Tredje bog i serien om William Wenton.

Jen Williams stuns in a heartrending sequel to The Sleepless that is as romantic as it is deadly. Will Lucian pursue chaos and power? Will Artair choose isolation, or will he choose to walk out into the wider world? And Elver, perhaps, has the hardest choice of all. After being sacrificed yet...

Unrestrained by the fractured Pact and its fragile peace, Titanea and her forces grow stronger each day. The Fae openly terrorize London while King James hides in the countryside, protected by the children of the Orisha. Seventeen-year-old Joan Sands must banish the Fae, just as her ancestor did nearly two thousand years ago, but first she’ll have to unravel the mystery behind the original pact.

Then come the gunshots in the distance. In the direction of Chloe and Daniel. Desperately hoping that they managed to escape with their lives – with Chip, Ellie and Lars by his side – Will must do all he can to get back to them. But with Will's injured ankle, and the guards closing in, the odds are stacked against them.

Two young friends are united in their grief for their lost mothers and increasingly begin to struggle with their own feelings for each other. They plan an idyllic holiday at the family's ancentral home in Norfolk during the summer of 1914, but their inner emotional battles are thrown into further turmoil as the Balkan Crisis turns to war. One has to remain in England with his father, the other is to also return home with his father — a German navy officer. Now separated for the duration of the war, will peace bring a happy reunion?

Will and Chloe thought they had escaped them. They thought that, finally, they were safe. But they were wrong. Now, two members of the Willow Hall community–the community which has already done so much to help the exiles–are captives of Project Beta. And one of the two is none other than Daniel’s biological father. Now, Will and the others must do everything within their power to save them. But little do they realise that there are further twists in store. That this is just the beginning of Mia Blackwood’s vindictive plan. A vindictive plan which Will and Chloe are very much at the heart of...