Karolina Medková Ordine dei libri (cronologico)

Tomas ze všeho nejradši tráví čas s tátou kovárně. Právě teď společně pracují na drakobijných mečích, zakázce přímo z paláce od krále Lotharta. Ale draci se přeci v Rivenu neobjevili už přes tisíc let. Navíc když Tom jeden z mečů uchopí, zachvátí ho zvláštní odpor. Jako by mělsnad v ruce hada… A pak se mu v kovářské výhni zjeví podivná tvář. Začíná snad bláznit? Co se to s ním děje? Proč ho plameny děsí, ale zároveň tak přitahují? Tom velmi brzy zjistí, že svět okolo něj není zdaleka tak draků prostý, jak se doposud domníval.

'The queen of YA crime Holly Jackson returns with a blisteringly good standalone thriller' - Observer 'An instantly gripping, corkscrew-twisty thriller' - The Guardian 'Holly Jackson has smashed it again.' - The Nerd Daily A stunning new thriller from the bestselling author of A Good Girl's Guide to Murder! 18-year-old Bel has lived her whole life in the shadow of her mom's mysterious disappearance. Sixteen years ago, Rachel Price vanished and young Bel was the only witness. Rachel is gone, presumed dead. The case is dragged up from the past when the Price family agree to a true crime documentary. Bel can't wait for filming to end, for life to go back to normal. But then Rachel Price reappears, and life will never be normal again ... Holly Jackson was 'BookTok Author of the Year' at the 2023 TikTok Book Awards. The Reappearance of Rachel Price was No 1 in the Sunday Times Children's bestseller listings on Sunday 14/4/2024 and in the New York Times Young Adult Hardcover listings on Wednesday 10/4/2024

Medical examiner Faith McIntyre is called in on the case of an unconscious woman clinging to life after a hit and run. The woman is FBI agent Macy Crow is Faith's mirror image -- the twin sister she never knew she had. Faith knew that she was adopted, but now she and Texas Ranger Mitchell Hayden are following a trail of clues Macy left behind. They make a shocking discovery on an isolated country ranch: a burial ground for three women who disappeared thirty years before. Will Faith be able to save her sister and herself from the past? -- adapted from back cover.

Three novellas explore the theme of revenge and the actions to which people resort when they feel threatened.

Un tempo, i draghi e i loro cavalieri dominavano i cieli dell'isola di Arcosi. Ora non sono che leggende, tramandate nelle storie della buonanotte, negli splendidi dipinti murali e in antichi gioielli. Tutto cambia quando Milla, una giovane domestica orfana, assiste a un omicidio e si ritrova a prendersi cura delle ultime quattro uova di drago. Costretta a tenerle nascoste tra le tensioni crescenti della città, Milla comincia a temere che il governatore, il duca Olvar, non sia quello che sembra. Ma come potranno lei e i suoi amici tenere le uova al sicuro, se questo vuol dire mettere in pericolo tutto quello che hanno sempre amato? Grandi amicizie, una famiglia dimenticata e la lotta per il potere si scontrano, mentre la determinazione di Milla di salvare i draghi la condurrà a scoprire le proprie origini... Età di lettura: da 9 anni.

In Dublin, 1918, a maternity ward at the height of the Great Flu is a small world of work, risk, death, and unlooked-for love, in "Donoghue's best novel since Room" (Kirkus Reviews) In an Ireland doubly ravaged by war and disease, Nurse Julia Power works at an understaffed hospital in the city center, where expectant mothers who have come down with the terrible new Flu are quarantined together. Into Julia's regimented world step two outsiders -- Doctor Kathleen Lynn, a rumoured Rebel on the run from the police, and a young volunteer helper, Bridie Sweeney. In the darkness and intensity of this tiny ward, over three days, these women change each other's lives in unexpected ways. They lose patients to this baffling pandemic, but they also shepherd new life into a fearful world. With tireless tenderness and humanity, carers and mothers alike somehow do their impossible work. In The Pull of the Stars, Emma Donoghue once again finds the light in the darkness in this new classic of hope and survival against all odds.