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The town of Franklin Falls is having its 100th birthday. And that means the town’s historic time capsule is about to be dug up and put on display by the proud citizens. Yeah, well, not if the crooked mayor has his way. Good thing all-around smart kid Leon Karakostas is one step ahead of him. Leon and his twin sister, Noel, and his crew - Pixie, Microscope, and Aardvark - find themselves in a mad dash to the dump, on a rooftop chase, and caught up in a showdown with a mysterious grandma.

A dark secret, a secluded island, and nowhere to run. When author Daisy Dawkins hits a wall of writer’s block, she seeks out a retreat at the infamous Coyote Island, home of the reclusive publishing guru Greg Bregoli. Upon her arrival at Bregoli Estate, strange things begin happening to Daisy, but none of the other writers seem to notice the estate’s odder qualities. Before long, Daisy is caught between two worlds, the living...and the dead. WInchester Mansion In the small town of Black Bay, a vacant, forgotten house sits atop an overlooking bluff.

En estas cinco historias entre la fantasía y la ciencia ficción, conoceremos las aventuras que viven unos atípicos viajeros espaciales que toman una píldora de la felicidad y la de unas criaturas que investigan un misterioso planeta primitivo. ¿Os imagináis qué pasaría si existiese una máquina del tiempo capaz de alterar la historia, o un aparato que hiciese posible vivir dentro de una película? A través de las páginas de este libro, Jordi Sierra i Fabra nos transportará a un universo mágico de fantasía y mucha diversión.

Los seis cuentos que constituyen "La claridad" -título que mereció el VI Premio Ribera del Duero- anuncian todo lo que deseamos y no alcanzamos, los miedos y los arrebatos, el amor y la traición y los pequeñísimos instantes de dicha. El brillo de la claridad es más brillo cuando se contempla desde la oscuridad.

En esta novela, publicada por entregas en internet, Víctor Conde nos vuelve a llevar al apasionante mundo de El tercer nombre del emperador, a su imperio de mil planetas y a la amenaza sin nombre que lo acecha. Naves, guerras intergalácticas, saltos en el hiperespacio y mucha, mucha acción es lo que nos ofrece esta nueva y trepidante space ópera de uno de los maestros del género.

Insatisfecho con su trabajo como ingeniero, el protagonista de "Basilisco" se traslada a California, donde conoce a dos personas que cambiarán su vida: Katharina, una joven que acabará siendo su mujer, y John Dunbar, un trampero, veterano de la guerra de Secesión y pistolero ocasional que lleva muerto más de un siglo. Dunbar encarna lo más genuino del Lejano Oeste. Huraño y temido, se ganó el sobrenombre de "Basilisco". Con él viajaremos a Virginia City, a Utah, con una expedición paleontológica, y en su huida de una banda de asesinos.

Una de las más escalofriantes novelas de Andreu Martín, un coqueteo con el terror dentro de su producción de novela negra y criminal que inspirará los más deliciosos malos sueños a quienes se acercan a ella. Ricardo Maristany, alias el Cardo, se traslada a un pueblo medio vacío para comenzar una plantación de marihuana. Pronto el llanto de un niño empezará a irrumpir en sus noches de sueño. Ricardo no tardará en descubrir que todos los habitantes del pueblo han muerto asesinados. La pesadilla acaba de compenzar.

Una historia con la mala leche y la ácida clarividencia necesaria para mantener la cordura en la época de las fake news, de la política desvergonzada y del neoliberalismo desatado. En ella seguimos las desventuras de un funcionario a quien se le encarga seleccionar mujeres para realizar un servicio patriótico en una isla asolada por guerras y enfermedades sin nombre. La locura, la ucronía, la distopía y la mentira más ultrajante se mezclan en esta sátira tan pegada a la realidad que casi resulta indistinguible.

La trastienda de la historia de España está llena de jugosos episodios, repletos de pasiones carnales, que alteraron el curso de los acontecimientos o los cambiaron por completo sin que oficialmente se reconozca. Marta Robles ha revisado nuestra historia en busca de todas esas aventuras amorosas y sexuales que protagonizaron reyes, reinas, mandatarios y otros poderosos: desde Rodrigo, el último rey visigodo, hasta Alfonso XIII, pasando por los demás representantes de las dinastías Astur, Borgoñona, Trastamara, Habsburgo y Borbón.

Tor is adjusting to life with the power of the Night Witch, especially with his best friends, Engle and Melda, by his side. But when a mysterious girl washes up on shore claiming a band of cursed pirates is on their way to Emblem Island, life changes fast. The girl, Gemma, is from an underwater city that was destroyed by the terrible Calavera pirates, and she warns Tor they are now on their way to his home. The trio of friends must come up with a plan to stop the pirates from getting an ancient relic that would give them the ability to control the high seas.

Our story begins with a challenge: The Trials of Hairy-Clees are only for the bravest and most awesome gods of all. Who among them will become the ultimate champion? The pets of Mount Olympus Pet Center are a true team: They conquer epic quests as easily as Ares the pug scarfs down mutt nuggets, and they vanquish enemies who are pricklier than the spines on Poseidon the pufferfish. But when a chicken named Hermes shows up one day, things take a turn, and before the team knows it, the Oracle has spoken and the mysterious Trials of Hairy-Clees begin!

Welcome to the town of Smellville, where 10 kids all live in a big tumbledown house and have as much fun as they possibly can. People may think that they’re gross and weird and slobby and strange, but they’re not bad kids - they just don’t know any better. In this hilarious series from best-selling author R. L. Stine, the Garbage Pail Kids - from Adam Bomb to Brainy Janey - get into mischief at their middle school. These all-new stories are guaranteed to amuse and entertain listeners of all ages.

Five and a half feet might seem pretty tall for a twelve-year-old, but it’s not when your parents are giants. Lena has kept the fact that she’s a tiny giant secret, using magic to grow when out in the giant village. But hiding who she is has always felt wrong, even though she knows the other giants might not accept her. Fortunately, Lena has friends down in the Cursed City who understand that looking different doesn’t make her less of a giant.

Jasmine Yap’s life is great. Well, it’s okay. She’s about to move in with her longtime boyfriend, Paul, before starting a nursing program at community college - all of which she mostly wants. But her stable world is turned upside down when she catches Paul cheating. To her giant, overprotective family, Paul’s loss is their golden ticket to showing Jasmine that she deserves much more. The only problem is, Jasmine refuses to meet anyone new. But...what if the family set up a situation where she wouldn’t have to know? A secret Jasmine Project.

Sure enough, the competitors are intimidating, and the monsters terrifying - though neither more so than blossoming friendships with two determined swordswomen. Spurred by pure-hearted altruism alone, Pavel joins their quest to find the Storm’s Breath: an artifact that bestows magic powers - and real-world riches - upon the first player to find it. And with a ruthless mage on their heels, he’ll find plenty of opportunities for bravery.

What’s the problem? Sixteen-year-old Filipino American Angelo Rivera will tell you flat out. Life sucks. He’s been uprooted from his San Diego home to a boring landlocked town in the middle of nowhere. Behind him, ocean waves, his girlfriend, and the biggest skateboarding competition on the California coast. Ahead, flipping burgers at his parents’ new diner and, as the only Asian in his all-white school, being trolled as “brown boy” by small-minded, thick-necked jocks. Resigned to being an outcast, Angelo isn’t alone.

Become your best self. Figuring out how to make friends, develop relationships, and be confident is a step-by-step process. Now help is available in Embracing the Awkward, written by the popular teen-advice YouTuber, The Josh Speaks. This isn't another dry instructional book written by a boring adult disconnected from the millennial reality; it's a guide, a workbook, an empowering step towards trying things out, discovering who you are, and becoming your best self.

Eleven-year-old Matt is struggling in school, and he has to set up his own business to save his failing math grade. But what is he even good at? The only thing he truly loves is his team of dogs, and so Matt's Sled Dog School is born. Teaching dogsledding should be easy, right? But people, just like dogs, can be unpredictable. And sometimes the bravest thing a person can do is admit they need help.

Sixteen-year-old Sierra has been so caught up in her own world of saving animal test subjects and her father's disappearance, she hasn't paid much attention. When she finally finds his location, she and her friend set off on a covert interplanetary mission to rescue him, and she begins to see the corruption firsthand. Discovering that her father has been on the front lines secretly trying to save human test subjects inspires her to join a revolution. But she is afraid of the collateral damage of hurting the people she loves.

Zach should’ve outgrown his imaginary friend by now. He knows this. He’s 11, long past the days when kids are supposed to go on epic make-believe adventures with their invisible friends. But after the death of his father five years ago, all Zach wanted was an escape from the real world. So his imaginary friend, Shovel, hasn’t faded away like the other kids’ have. Their imaginary friendship grew stronger. But now Zach’s in middle school, and things are getting awkward. His best friend ditched him for a cooler crowd.