Young Power

Magic is only for the worthy. The clerics. Join them, or your magic is forfeit. Rinnen doesn't give the shadowy clerics much thought. At least not until his sister, Kessandra, turns out to have the rare gift. Kessandra wants to keep her magic, but they won't let her. When the magic-removal ceremony takes more from his sister than just her special powers, Rinnen is devastated. But he's just a fighter in training. What good is a sword against magic?

Evil has been unleashed on the world and only five children - with special powers - can save it. Matt and the other three desperately need to find Scar, the final gatekeeper, who has been trapped in Hong Kong, where puddles of water turn into puddles of blood, where ghosts, demons and hideous creatures stalk the streets. Matt has no choice but to follow her. Now, both imprisoned, their only hope of survival is to reach a secret door in the Man Ho temple. But even if Scar can find her psychic power, it may already be too late.

No matter who you are or what you aim to achieve, power determines whether you succeed or fail. But while power dynamics permeate every interaction in the workplace, the concept is very poorly understood or managed in practice. Everyone has influence over some people and is under the influence of others, and must choose how to deal with these realities in daily interactions. This book offers a comprehensive and applied understanding of power in a professional scenario: where it comes from, how it moves, and what that means in practice for how professionals work together.

Join Penelope, Wickham, Kaia, and Herja on their journey of self-discovery and adventure in a magical kingdom where teens are sent to the stream to discover their destiny. These four children, with diverse backgrounds and unique skills, embark on a journey filled with challenges, teamwork, and bravery to rescue the captured witches and dragons. With their combined abilities and quick thinking, they become heroes in their own right, saving the day and leaving a lasting impact on the kingdom.

The fate of the world is in the hands of three teenagers. Evil doesn’t stand a chance. New York City. Moira Mackenzie needs a break. Left in charge of her late father’s company and still trying to master mystical ninjutsu, the fifteen-year-old freshman just wants to be a normal high school girl. But when she and her sisters come face-to-face with a sinister band of martial artists, the tenacious teen fears the return of an old enemy. Teaming up with her siblings to track the mystery men, Moira’s life turns upside-down when she learns her dad may not be dead. And with fiendish foes ...

Young Jennifer is forced to put all of her extraordinary gifts to the test when the land of Rhadaz faces its final battle against the forces of a mad emperor and the influences of death-worshiping outer worlds.

Paige wanted to go home, but not as a puppet to a power-hungry king’s will…a king determined to use her to conquer the world. As he forces her to lead the invasion against everything she knows and loves, Paige’s Powers becomes stronger and more unwieldy.

It's dangerous to go alone. Even for superheroes. Laleh Ashe has found her first real friends at Camp Sable, a refuge for at-risk superpowered teens, but her politically ambitious mother has other plans. Mrs. Ashe is determined to send Laleh to a fancy, overseas boarding school—far from her friends and the life she's come to love. To drown her sorrows, Laleh agrees to a table top role playing game with her friends, Marco and Jake, as well as the new girl at camp—shy, withdrawn Rian. Too bad no one warned her about Rian's reality bending superpowers.

In the vast expanse of space, Jason Alexander Xavis emerges from the shadows of time, a lone traveler adrift in the cosmos. Discovered by the intrepid crew of the Orion's Belt, Jason's presence aboard the colony ship stirs whispers of mystery and intrigue. As the crew extends a welcoming hand, Jason grapples with the enigma of his own existence. He is the sole survivor of a long-forgotten expedition launched from Earth centuries ago, with no memory of what befell his fellow travelers or his own past.

Michael Jordan, one of the best basketball players to ever have lived, once said: "Obstacles don't have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it." But if your mind is not as strong as your body, how can you possibly figure out how to get over or through that wall? How can you be your best self if your brain muscles aren’t as strong as your other muscles?

Thanks to the power of repetition and suggestion, you can rewire your subconscious mind with life-altering new beliefs and values to replace old, destructive patterns. When you get this audio program, you’ll unlock powerful, paradigm-shifting affirmations to help you make positive thoughts your most natural state, build extremely high self-esteem, rewire your beliefs about your ability to succeed, release any negative programming that hinders your happiness, and more.

Izzy believes she can read minds. In a near-future army-controlled state, that should be a handy superpower, but it is always getting Izzy into trouble. Tons of Trouble. Mick the Mountain, newly released from a twenty-year stint of hard labour returns to Ostere looking for the girl, Dolorez, and the money he left behind. Times have changed. The army is in control. Dolorez hasn’t waited and the man holding the key to his deposit box had to sell it to satisfy his drug habit. When the first obstacle in Mick’s path ends up dead, Izzy knows she must find Dolorez and warn her of Mick’s ...

WORLDS COLLIDE, AND I’M SMACK IN THE MIDDLE I never imagined I would meet my grandparents. But here I am in a strange town full of Magicals. It’s as if stepping through a portal to another world. What starts as a family reunion turns out to be a nightmare. Figures. The townspeople pray to Nimue, and when they celebrate Summer Solstice, it’s not the kind of celebration I expect. The truth makes my blood boil. Lucky I brought friends, right? Problem is, humans are not welcome in this town. In the middle of it all, my grandmother is ill, and my granddad has an insane plan to save her ...

Paige and Gavin Powers are unique. It's in their very DNA–a gift from their legendary father, the current Minister and Hero of Elpis. But the two are nothing alike.

Rachael Townsend is the first artist ever to leave Earth and journey out into the galaxy—but after an encounter with an alien artifact, she can't make art at all. Elza Monteiro is determined to be the first human to venture inside the Palace of Scented Tears and compete for the chance to become a princess—except that inside the palace, she finds the last person she ever wanted to see again.

In these hilarious stories by some of the top authors of middle grade fiction today, each young character is coping with a minor superpower—while also discovering their power to change themselves and their community, find their voice, and celebrate what makes them unique.

From one of the co-founders of the Black Lives Matter movement comes a poetic memoir and reflection on humanity. Necessary and timely, Patrisse Cullors’ story asks us to remember that protest in the interest of the most vulnerable comes from love. Leaders of the Black Lives Matter movement have been called terrorists, a threat to America. But in truth, they are loving women whose life experiences have led them to seek justice for those victimized by the powerful.

Saving Honor is the first book in its series, followed by "Death and I". Honor was just a regular teenager until everything changed in a few swift moments of truth. Honor discovers that she has abilities beyond what she could have imagined; abilities that she never thought could have existed outside of her little brother's comic books. What is also discovered are tales of her dark origins; origins deep and unlike most others.Although she tries to deny her strange new life, she soon realizes that she must face what she has become. Will she be able to keep her unique identity a secret from ...

Death and I is the intense and hilarious sequel of "Saving Honor". Honor comes home to her family's lifeless bodies soaking in their own blood. The trauma consumes her, but with her fantastic super-human abilities she finds a way to go back and change what happened. Despite their lives being saved, Honor still remembers their lifeless corpses and cant come to see past it. In this sequel, Honor races to save her family, while trying to survive her emotions of horror from her recent trauma. In order to deal with the racing situation, Honor begins to see an enemy that isn't there. Honor sees ...

January 1978. A serial killer has terrorized women across the Pacific Northwest, but his existence couldn’t be further from the minds of the young women at the top sorority on Florida State University’s campus in Tallahassee. Tonight is a night of promise, excitement, and desire, but Pamela Schumacher, president of the sorority, makes the unpopular decision to stay home, a decision that unwittingly saves her life. Startled awake at 3 a.m. by a strange sound, she makes the fateful decision to investigate. What she finds behind the door is a scene of implausible violence.