Heather Fawcett
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Drachenstarkes Fantasy-Plädoyer für den Frieden!
Die zwölfjährige Ember war ein Feuerdrache, bevor sie in ein Menschenkind verwandelt wurde. Geblieben sind ihre unsichtbaren Drachenflügel und das kleine Problem, bei Sonne ohne Vorwarnung in Flammen aufzugehen. In London kann sie deshalb nicht bleiben, also wird sie auf die Forschungsstation ihrer exzentrischen Tante mitten in der Antarktis geschickt. Hier leben auch die letzten wilden Eisdrachen....
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Die drei Geschwister Julian, Noa und Maite leben auf der wandernden Zauberinsel Astra. Nur knapp sind sie dem Mann entkommen, der ihre Familie vom Thron gestürzt hat. Nun sucht Julian einen Weg, seinen rechtmäßigen Platz zurückzuerobern—und stößt dabei auf eine vergessene Magie. Doch die dreizehnjährige Noa befürchtet, dass diese Julian böse werden lässt. Bereits jetzt wird er als dunkler Magier gefürchtet. Aber nicht er, sondern Noa...
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Ein herzerwärmendes Fantasy-Hörbuch für Fans von Mary Brennan und Holly Black
Die Cambridge-Professorin Emily Wilde ist in vielem gut: Sie ist die führende Expertin für Feen, eine geniale Gelehrte und akribische Forscherin, die die erste Enzyklopädie über Feenkunde verfasst. Allein mit Menschen kommt sie nicht zurecht und zieht die Gesellschaft ihrer Bücher, ihres Hundes Shadow und des Feenvolkes vor. Als sie für ihre Forschung in das verschneite...
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A perfect summer read about whale watching and friendship both lost and found, from the author of Emily Wilde’s Encyclopaedia of Faeries and The Islands of Elsewhere
When Fern hears about a photo contest with a big cash award, she decides she’ll enter and win! After all, photography is her passion (and was an interest she shared with her dad, who has recently died). She knows she can take a prize-worthy photo of...
When Fern hears about a photo contest with a big cash award, she decides she’ll enter and win! After all, photography is her passion (and was an interest she shared with her dad, who has recently died). She knows she can take a prize-worthy photo of...
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Emily Wilde volume 2
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"When mysterious faeries from other realms appear at her university, curmudgeonly professor Emily Wilde must uncover their secrets before it's too late in this second installment of the Emily Wilde series"--
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Emily Wilde volume 1
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"In the early 1900s, a curmudgeonly professor journeys to a small town to study faerie folklore, where she discovers dark fae magic, friendship, and love. Cambridge professor Emily Wilde is good at many things: She is the foremost expert on dryadology, the study of faeries. She is a genius scholar and a meticulous researcher who is writing the world's first encyclopedia of faerie lore. But Emily Wilde is not good at people. She could never make small...
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Twelve-year-old Autumn, the beastkeeper at Inglenook School for Magicians, befriends Cai Morrigan, the young magician prophesied to destroy the dragon suspected of devouring Autumn's twin brother, and together they uncover the dark truth that lies at the heart of Inglenook School.
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Even the darkest stars volume 2
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"Facing dark magic, a perilous journey, and a standoff against the witches, can Kamzin, Lusha, and Tem find the star and save their Empire?"--Provided by publisher.
After the terrifying events on Mount Raksha, the witches have returned-- and River has betrayed Kamzin to regain his dark powers. The witches' next step: march on the Three Cities and take over the Empire, led by River's brother, Esha. To prevent the fall of the Empire, Kamzin must find...
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Ember St. George is a dragon. At least she was before her adoptive father--a powerful but accident-prone Magician--turned her into a human girl to save her life. Unfortunately, Ember's growing tendency to burst into flames at certain temperatures--not to mention her invisible wings--is making it too dangerous for her to stay in London. The solution: ship Ember off to her aunt's research station in frigid Antarctica. Though eccentric Aunt Myra takes...
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Even the darkest stars volume 1
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Kamzin dreamed of becoming one of the Emperor's royal explorers, the elite climbers tasked with mapping the wintry, mountainous Empire and spying on its enemies. Then River Shara, the greatest explorer ever known, arrives and demands to hire Kamzin -- not her older sister Lusha, as everyone had expected -- for his next expedition. River's mission to retrieve a rare talisman for the emperor; it means climbing Raksha, the tallest and deadliest mountain...