It should have been an easy task, for a skilled mercenary like Rybet Waise. Simply break into the royal palace, and rescue her friend from the executioner's block. But when Rybet accidentally qualifies for the Trials, she finds...
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- Author:James, TateSummary:
- Author:Gong, ChloeSummary:
A NEW YORK TIMES AND USA TODAY BESTSELLER Chloe Gong's adult epic fantasy debut, inspired by Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra, is a "smart, imaginative, and brutal" (Wesley Chu, New York Times bestselling author...
- Author:Grabenstein, Chris, Patterson, JamesSummary:
Middle schooler Jamie Grimm dreams of being the best stand-up comic in the world-despite being in a wheelchair. He's off to Boston to compete in the national semifinals of the Planet's Funniest Kid Comic Contest. But sudden...
- Author:Collins, SuzanneSummary:
Les Hunger Games ont commencé. Le vainqueur deviendra riche et célèbre. Les autres mourront... Dans un futur sombre, sur les ruines des États-Unis, un jeu télévisé est créé pour contrôler le peuple par la terreur. Douze...
- Author:Wallace, AdamSummary:
Can you catch a dinosaur and prove they're still around? Use your brain and set your traps to get that dino found!
- Author:White, KierstenSummary:
A high-stakes hide-and-seek competition turns deadly in this dark supernatural thriller from New York Times bestselling author Kiersten White. "The suspenseful plot combines elements of Thomas Tryon's classic Harvest Home,...
- Author:James, TateSummary:
Once upon a time, The Royal Trials were a sacred ritual designed for a queen to select her king. But nothing is as it was in the kingdom of Tiech. Not since the brutal murder of beloved Queen Ophelia. The town of Ironforge revealed...
- Author:ShirtaloonSummary:
The path from retail middle management to interdimensional wizard adventurer wasn't easy, but Jason Asano is settling into his new life. Now, a contest draws young elites to the city of Greenstone, competing for a grand prize....
- Author:Lapointe, Stéphanie, Rogé, RogéSummary:
Quand c’est sa candidature qui est retenue au Concours-de-qui-ira-sur-la-Lune, la jeune héroïne de cette histoire se réjouit de faire plaisir à son grand-père, qui souhaite la voir déployer son plein potentiel. Mais rien ne se passe...
- Author:Allison, JenniferSummary:
When ninth-grader Gilda travels to an international piano competition in Oxford, England, as page turner for her friend Wendy Choy, she finds adventure investigating why Wendy is being haunted and who is frightening the performers,...
- Author:Frey, JamesSummary:
A companion to the New York Times bestselling Endgame series, The Complete Zero Line Chronicles is a collection of prequel novellas that follows the Zero Line, an underground group of conspiracy theorists determined to put a stop to...
- Author:Frey, JamesSummary:
Before they were Players ... Before the Calling ... They trained to be selected as the one to save their ancient bloodline-and win Endgame. In this collection of Training Diaries novellas, follow Marcus, Chiyoko, Sarah, Alice, Aisling,...
- Author:Johnson-Shelton, Nils, Frey, JamesSummary:
Twelve ancient cultures were chosen millennia ago to represent humanity in Endgame, a global game that will decide the fate of humankind. And now it's starting. A Player from each culture has been trained for this moment and must play...
- Author:Jean, EmikoSummary:
Winter 2018-2019 Kids' Indie Next List In a palace of illusions, nothing is what it seems. Each generation, a competition is held to find the next empress of Honoku. The rules are simple. Survive the palace's enchanted...
- Author:Graff, LisaSummary:
When Kansas Bloom moves to California and joins the Media Club at school, he soon finds himself trying to outdo one of the other fourth-grade students in a "dare war" while vying for the job of on-air video homeroom announcer...
- Author:Coffindaffer, RebeccaSummary:
Alyssa Farshot has spent her whole life trying to outrun her family legacy, even leaving behind the Kingship and her uncle, the emperor, for a life of exploring. But when her dying uncle announces a crownchase--a search for the royal...
- Author:Elliott, KateSummary:
Jessamy's life is a balance between acting like an upper class patron and dreaming of the freedom of the commoners. Then Jes meets Kalliarkos, and their unlikely friendship causes heads to turn. When a scheming lord tears Jes's family...
- Author:Shan, DarrenSummary:
The trials: seventeen ways to die unless the luck of the vampire is with you. Darren Shan must pass five of these fearsome trials to prove himself to the vampire clan--or face the stakes of the Hall of Death. But Vampire Mountain holds...
- Author:Adjei-Brenyah, Nana KwameSummary:
Two top women gladiators fight for their freedom within a depraved private prison system not so far-removed from America's own in this explosive, hotly-anticipated debut novel from the New York Times bestselling author of Friday Black"...
- Author:Collins, SuzanneSummary:
By winning the annual Hunger Games, District 12 tributes Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark have secured a life of safety and plenty for themselves and their families, but because they won by defying the rules, they unwittingly become...