Questa autrice fonde magistralmente umorismo e temi profondi, impiegando spesso formati narrativi innovativi come messaggi di testo ed email. Le sue opere approfondiscono le complessità della crescita, dell'identità e della ricerca del proprio posto nel mondo. Cattura le esperienze dei suoi personaggi con arguzia ed empatia, guadagnandosi un vasto e devoto seguito di lettori.
Mia, quattordici anni, vive a New York in un loft disordinato con la mamma artista e un gatto sovrappeso ghiotto di calzini. È vegetariana e vorrebbe diventare un'attivista di Greenpeace. Ha un'amica del cuore, che la aiuta a sopravvivere a scuola, dove nessuno la considera e il ragazzo che le piace esce con un'altra, una bionda da urlo. Lei invece è così piatta! Ma quando il padre, che vive in Europa, le rivela di essere il Principe di Genovia, la sua vita si trasforma...
Questa collezione di racconti, scritti da cinque autrici celebri per le loro storie ricche di suspense e mistero - Meg Cabot, Kim Harrison, Michele Jaffe, Lauren Myracle e Stephenie Meyer autrice della saga di Twilight -, affronta il lato oscuro di una tradizione tra le più consolidate: il ballo della scuola. All'interno dell'antologia incontriamo così, in una girandola di storie horror, cacciatori di vampiri e venditori di amuleti magici, fantasmi sospesi fra due dimensioni e ragazzi dotati di poteri soprannaturali. Fino al racconto di Stephenie Meyer, in cui la sera del ballo diventa lo scenario di uno scontro tra i mortali e un antichissimo demone che, dietro le mentite spoglie di una fanciulla, creerà terrore e scompiglio. I lettori verranno così trascinati in un mondo arcano dove nulla è come appare e ogni elemento rivela un nuovo, inaspettato volto dell'orrore
Susannah Simon is a ghost-hunter. She must use her powers of persuasion, and sometimes brute force, to send spooks on the next world. Suze has always worked alone until she meets gorgeous but creepy Paul Slater and discovers he shares her secret gift. But then he gives a devilish ultimatum. Unless she dates Paul, he will send her hauntingly hot ghost boyfriend, Jesse, into the afterlife. For good. Suze is distraught - her lifer just got dead complicated. Again. -- BACK COVER.
Jess is a shadow of her former self, her powers gone, Lightning Girl no more. But Jess knows her powers aren't the only thing that's gone: she's lost herself, as well. This is the fifth book in the "Missing Series" from the best-selling author of "The Princess Diaries".
The third and fourth installments of Meg Cabot's The Mediator series combine supernatural elements with engaging character development. The protagonist navigates her unique abilities while facing new challenges and relationships, intertwining themes of love, friendship, and the afterlife. As she confronts mean spirits and otherworldly threats, the story deepens, offering readers a blend of humor, romance, and thrilling encounters. This bind-up promises to captivate fans with its continuation of the series' compelling narrative.
Ever since Jess was struck by lightning, she’s had the power to find missing people. And everyone wants a piece of her powers.... In Safe House, Jess and her psychic abilities are being blamed for the murder of Amber, a beloved cheerleader. But when more cheerleaders start disappearing, Jess may be able to save her reputation by finding the murderer—before it’s too late. In Sanctuary, the government has always been after Jess for her abilities, but working for the enemy becomes inevitable as Jess tries to track down a local boy who is linked to a militia group. Now with the FBI supposedly on her side, Jess isn’t sure whom to trust and whom to run from.... Originally published in 2001 as 1-800-Where-R-You, this series has sold more than 400,000 copies. With a new trim size and striking updated cover art, this bind-up will find new life with today's teens.
"Susannah Simon has an unearthly gift: she's a Mediator. She must help trapped and tortured souls move on to the next world. But not all spooks want her guidance or want to go quietly - that's when Suze has to get tough. Then she meets Jesse, a drop-dead-gorgeous ghsto who just happens to haunt her bedroom. It's hard to boot a guy into the afterlife when he makes your heart beat faster - even though he's been dead for 150 years..."--Cover.
This time it's life or death.Suze has gotten used to ghosts. She's a mediator, after all, and communicating with the dead is all in a day's work. So she certainly never expected to fall in love with one: Jesse, a nineteenth-century hottie. But when she discovers that she has the power to determine who becomes a ghost in the first place, Suze begins to freak. It means she can alter the course of history... and prevent Jesse's murder, keeping him from ever becoming a ghost - and from ever meeting Suze.Will Jesse choose to live without her, or die to love her?
While walking home from school, Jessica Mastriani and her best friend get caught in an Indiana thunderstorm and Jessica gets hit by lightning, which causes her to develop an amazing talent for locating missing children
That is, it usually means those things. But when you're Princess Mia, nothing happens the way it's supposed to. For one thing, Grandmère seems determined to prove that boy (or Michael, as he is commonly known) isn't the right one for the crown princess of Genovia. And Mia isn't having much luck proving otherwise, since Michael has a history of being decidedly against any kind of exploitative commercialization (Valentine's Day, as it is commonly known). Boris can declare his love openly to Lilly, and even Kenny comes through with a paltry Whitman's Sampler. So why can't Michael give in to Cupid and tell Mia he loves her—preferably with something wrapped in red or pink and accompanied by roses—in time to prove he's Mia's true prince?