Magic School For Adults

Together with her friends, Nikki, the Space Mowgli, builds Greenwich College on the Moon and Greenwich City around it. The main personality in the new world is the artificial intellect, the Great Inca, who tries to help each and every one. Yet the outlawed King Ditbit turns his huge space cruiser on the domes of the city, to destroy it together with all the inhabitants… over and over again, the book’s protagonists survive against all odds, on Earth and on the Moon, amid the pools of melted serum on Io, and on the coast of the methane sea on Titan. “Here’s the new dawn, Nick ...

When Raine finds a hidden message in some old yearbooks that can't be ignored, she finds herself racing to solve a deadly puzzle before everyone at her school dies.

❤ A sexy and sparkling New Romance that will make your heart beat to the rhythm of gypsy drums ❤ A gypsy circus, an icy stare... What if love had the eyes of a lion tamer? After Italy, Morgane's adventure continues as she flies to the mysterious Eastern lands. In a Romanian traveling circus, she meets Maeva, an enchanting gypsy dancer with fiery eyes who invites her to join her troupe. But it's another performer who will turn her world upside down: Enzo, a wild and beautiful lion tamer... who seems to hate her from the very first magnetic, ice-cold glance. Between the glitter of ...

It's one thing to learn to curtsy properly. It's quite another to learn to curtsy and throw a knife at the same time. Welcome to finishing school. Fourteen-year-old Sophronia is a great trial to her poor mother. Sophronia is more interested in dismantling clocks and climbing trees than proper manners - and the family can only hope that company never sees her atrocious curtsy. Mrs. Temminnick is desperate for her daughter to become a proper lady. So she enrolls Sophronia in Mademoiselle Geraldine's Finishing Academy for Young Ladies of Quality. But Sophronia soon realizes the school is not quite what her mother might have hoped.

When Mr. Tipkins, a gift-giver from the Department of Wishes of Faerie, arrives to give a wish to a newborn baby in the village of Widdershins, he isn't in the best of moods. His uncharacteristic burst of bad temper begins a chain reaction that has consequences no one can foresee. The Truth About Magic is a story of mistakes and of deception, of wizards (good and bad), and of what happens when perfectly ordinary wishes go wrong.

Beck and Vivian never could stand each other, but they always tried their best for their mutual friend, Cassie. After the town moves on from Cassie’s murder too fast, Beck and Vivian finally find common ground: vengeance. They memorialize Cassie by secretly painting murals of her around town, a message to the world that Cassie won’t be forgotten. But Beck and Vivian are keeping secrets, like the third passenger riding in Beck’s VW bus with them - Cassie’s ghost.

When Twiggy had ripped open the box and dug through the protective material, his hand landed on a strange round object... 
Twiggy Rattlesnake would never have believed that a regular boy like himself could ever alter time! With the discovery of a surprise box on the doorstep on his thirteenth birthday, Twiggy doesn’t know that his future is about to change–sending him on an adventure in time travel starting with The School of Time and Space, and opening his eyes to the truth of who he really is.

*Winner of YA READ OF THE YEAR 2016 by Obsessed By Books, World Indie Awards* Fifteen year old Rosalind Ines Pastrano has lived her entire life neglected, tormented, and abused by her parents. However, all that changes one night when Roz’s mother is murdered and she escapes a vicious attempted assault, thanks to Jimmy. Jimmy is her protector, and he is also a spirit. For unknown reasons, Jimmy’s ghost has attached itself to Roz, and she is the only one who can see him. Time and again, Jimmy proves he is a gentle, loving protector. He is unfailingly there for Roz as she battles inner ...

Most teenagers have to deal with grades, school dances, and curfews. At the School of Necessary Magic, Alison and her crew have school elections, a musical to put on, a tournament in Louper to win while learning how to use their growing magical powers - and a sudden outbreak of werewolves. All before third period and a class on potions.

Every time violence erupts in the Middle East, Ida knows what's coming next. Some of her classmates treat her like it's all her fault—just for being Palestinian! In eighth grade, Ida is forced to move to a different school. But people still treat her like she'll never fit in. Ida wishes she could disappear. One day, dreading a final class project, Ida hunts for food. She discovers a jar of olives that came from a beloved aunt in her family's village near Jerusalem. Ida eats one and finds herself there—as if her parents had never left Palestine!

In the ancient kingdom of Menyamar, Raidia, the 19-year-old Royal Daughter, grapples with her identity as a weakly Talented mage amidst the looming threat of the Goluk, relentless invaders who have besieged her people for over four centuries. As the magical ward protecting Menyamar weakens, Raidia's mother, the formidable Matriarch, seeks to forge an alliance by arranging Raidia's marriage to a foreign prince in hopes of securing aid against their enemy. Refusing to be a pawn in her mother's political machinations, Raidia makes a daring choice: she escapes her gilded cage, determined to ...

You might have read many fantasy books but this epic fantasy book will blow your mind with the amazing descriptive writing style. Author Wendy Zheng is determined to write more enticing and compelling fiction books in the future. About the Book: Skullduggery Nightmares When Renata walks into the school, she gets a strange feeling. It's a sensation she's never felt before, but she dismisses it because she's too excited for her first day. Her face is adorned with a constant smile, and despite the students' denials of her politeness, she continues to walk around with a smile on her face. She ...

Nikki, the Space Mowgli, has spent her early years on an uninhabited asteroid. Back in the human world, she’s being manhunted by some powerful enemies. Not only does she survive and get into an elite Lunar College, she also becomes a Queen! The only problem is that queens have even more enemies. On a trip to Mars, Nikki and her friend Jerry learn the truth about the death of Nikki’s parents, and narrowly escape death in a polar ice cave. “The Space Mowgli is extremely intelligent (she had enough time, resources and motivation for her development), and completely free of all the ...

Drow Princess Alison Brownstone begins her senior year ready to finally graduate and start her new life, fully trained and ready to kick ass. But still reeling from the attack last semester and the absence of her best friend, Alison is desperate for some kind of distraction to make the days pass quicker. And trouble in paradise with boyfriend Tanner makes it even more vital. When books start disappearing, she can’t resist digging deeper. But going down the rabbit hole leads to truths far more dangerous than petty theft.

Alison, the Drow princess, can’t even make it back to the School of Necessary Magic for her junior year without tripping across trouble hunting for her. Underground bullet trains, battles with dark magic, growing dragons, Louper tournaments, school dances, and job fairs. Growing up magical can be tough on a social life. Thank goodness she’s got her friends beside her.

Gabe's decision to abandon Rampart and his friends has had consequences no one could have imagined. Five years have passed and the struggles Gabe has endured to stay alive have changed him, hardened him into a man unwilling to trust anyone. Gabe thought he’d found peace in solitude--until a familiar stranger shows up on his doorstep, pleading for Gabe's help. Is he is willing to risk his safety, hidden away as a recluse to help the people he walked away from so long ago? One failure on Gabe’s part could mark the beginning of the end for all mankind. A weight he’s reluctant to carry. ...

Twiggy Rattlesnake can’t believe how much his life has changed. While hoping for a peaceful year ahead at The School of Time and Space, it doesn’t take long for strange things to begin happening. People left floating, students discovering new skills to shield themselves, and Twiggy must learn to handle a real danger inside his own Corridor. With a mysterious gang on the move, Twiggy and his friends are searching for answers. The Echoes Of Greatness once again spreading fear and chaos. Students going missing. Yet most frightening of all, is Twiggy finally about to be exposed?

The fourth and final book in a steampunk YA adventure series from Orbit's New York Times best-selling author of the Parasol Protectorate series.When a dastardly Pickleman plot comes to fruition, only Sophronia can save her friends, her school and all of London...but at what cost? Our proper young heroine puts her training and skills to the test in this highly anticipated conclusion of the rousing, intriguing and always polished New York Times best-selling Finishing School series!

Seventeen-year-old Maya knows everything. When she looks at someone, she instantly knows their history, their private thoughts, their secret desires, their most tragic failures. Combine these private miseries with the general state of the world, and it's easy to see why Maya's power starts to get her down… Which is why she was sent to the Whispering Pines Psychiatric Facility, and also why starting at a new school is going to be such a challenge. Now, faced with Tyler, a cute guy she actually wants to know everything about, Maya realizes that maybe her power isn't so horrible after all.

H.I.V.E. is a top-secret school of villainy, where children with a precocious talent for wrongdoing are sent to develop their talents and become criminal masterminds. After all, "Villains have the best lines and wear the best costumes."