Anne Ursu Knihy

Napínavá fantasy o království sužovaném příšerami, tajemné škole a dívce, která se ocitla mezi nimi. Maria to vůbec nemá snadné. Zemi ohrožuje Děs, zabijácký oblak, který se pomalu šíří a pohlcuje vše, co mu přijde do cesty, a její rodiče navíc ve všem upřednostňují jejího bratra Luku. Na ni se dívají jako na prostořekou potížistku. Když pak Maria omylem naruší důležitou návštěvu, a znemožní tak bratrovi připojit se k čarodějům, kteří proti Děsu bojují, její osud je zpečetěn. Musí odjet do Dragomirovy akademie pro problémové dívky, kde se má naučit "slušnému chování". V okamžiku, kdy ale některé dívky z Akademie začnou propadat podivné chorobě, o které vedení školy nechce mluvit, začne mít Maria podezření, že s magií i Děsem je možná vše trochu jinak, než jim jejich učitelé tvrdí. Nakladatelská anotace.

Marya Lupu's parents has always believed that her older brother Luka is destined to be a sorcerer and make the family's fortune, so when the day he is tested turns into a disaster, and the Guild declares that he has no magical talent, they find it easier to blame Marya for upsetting the test than admit the truth, and she is sent to the Dragomir Academy, a school for wayward girls--but a school where she finds friendship and ultimately discovers her own talents

Set in a mystical island, the story follows Oscar, a shop boy working for a powerful magician, as he grinds herbs in a dark cellar. While he appreciates the comfort of his small world, he is captivated by the legends of wizards who once roamed the forests. Struggling to find his place in a vast and unpredictable reality, Oscar's journey reflects themes of belonging and the allure of magic that contrasts with his mundane existence.

When they are separated for the first time since birth, Iris and Lark struggle with insecurities over their individual identities at the same time things begin to go missing around town.

From the award-winning author of The Troubled Girls of Dragomir Academy comes an unforgettable and deeply personal story of the ghosts that surround us--and the ones we carry inside. The house seemed to sit apart from the others on Katydid Street, silent and alone, like it didn't fit among them. For Violet Hart--whose family is about to move into the house on Katydid Street--very little felt like it fit anymore. Like their old home, suddenly too small since her mother remarried and the new baby arrived. Or Violet's group of friends, which, since they started middle school, isn't enough for Violet's best friend, Paige. Everything seemed to be changing at once. But sometimes, Violet tells herself, change is okay. That is, until Violet sees her new room. The attic bedroom in their new house is shadowy, creaky, and wrapped in old yellow wallpaper covered with a faded tangle of twisting vines and sickly flowers. And then, after moving in, Violet falls ill--and does not get better. As days turn into weeks without any improvement, her family growing more confused and her friends wondering if she's really sick at all, she finds herself spending more time alone in the room with the yellow wallpaper, the shadows moving in the corners, wrapping themselves around her at night. And soon, Violet starts to suspect that she might not be alone in the room at all.

The winner of numerous awards and recipient of four starred reviews, Anne Ursu's Breadcrumbs is a stunning and heartbreaking story of growing up, wrapped in a modern-day fairy tale. Once upon a time, Hazel and Jack were best friends. But that was before he stopped talking to her and disappeared into a forest with a mysterious woman made of ice. Now it's up to Hazel to go in after him. Inspired by Hans Christian Andersen's The Snow Queen, Breadcrumbs is a stunningly original fairy tale of modern-day America, a dazzling ode to the power of fantasy, and a heartbreaking meditation on how growing up is as much a choice as it is something that happens to us. In Breadcrumbs, Anne Ursu tells, in her one-of-a-kind voice, a story that brings together fifty years of children's literature in a tale as modern as it is timeless. Hazel's journey to come to terms with her evolving friendship with Jack will deeply resonate with young readers. Supports the Common Core State Standards