8/28/2014

Du liebst mich nicht von Edeet Ravel

Titel: Du liebst mich nicht
Autor: Edeet Ravel
Reihe: keine
Seiten: 320 Seiten
Verlag: CBT
Genre: Young Adult, Contemporary

Während eines Sommeraufenthaltes in Griechenland wird die Amerikanerin Chloe gekidnappt. Tag für Tag steht das einst selbstbewusste, lebensfrohe Mädchen nun Todesängste aus. Ihre Hilflosigkeit, die körperlichen Qualen durch einen der Entführer und die Einsamkeit treiben sie an den Rand des Wahnsinns. Zu Hause kämpft man für ihre Freilassung, doch hier gibt es nur einen, auf den sie sich verlassen kann. Nur einen, der ihr Überleben sichert. Einen, den sie wirklich liebt ... ihr Peiniger. (goodreads.com)

8/27/2014

Wo immer du bist von Cylin Busby

Titel: Wo immer du bist
Autor: Cylin Busby
Reihe: keine
Seiten: 240 Seiten
Verlag: Boje
Genre: Young Adult, Paranormal, Mystery

Nach einem Mountainbike-Unfall landet der 17-jährige West im Krankenhaus – er kann nicht sprechen, sich nicht bewegen und muss befürchten, für immer gelähmt zu bleiben. Ans Bett gefesselt bekommt er nachts Besuch von Olivia, die im Zimmer nebenan liegt. Das Mädchen fasziniert und verunsichert ihn gleichermaßen, Nacht für Nacht wartet er auf sie. Als es West besser geht, zeigt Olivia ihm im Internet, wer sie früher war: eine leichtfüßig tanzende Ballerina. Warum sie nun schon so lange im Krankenhaus ist, will sie ihm allerdings nicht erzählen. Schließlich hat West die Chance, nach einer riskanten Operation wieder ganz der Alte zu werden. Olivia hat Angst, dass West sie danach vergessen wird. Doch er verspricht ihr, sich um sie zu kümmern. Als West sein Versprechen nach der erfolgreichen Operation einlösen will, muss er jedoch eine grausame Wahrheit erkennen. Das Mädchen Olivia liegt seit drei Jahren im Koma und die Begegnungen mit ihr hat West in einem Zwischenreich erlebt. Doch es gibt einen letzten Liebesbeweis, den West für sie erbringen kann... (goodreads.com)

Englische Neuerscheinungen: September 2014


CARAGH M. O'BRIEN: THE VAULT OF DREAMERS

"From the author of the Birthmarked trilogy comes a fast-paced, psychologically thrilling novel about what happens when your dreams are not your own."
The Forge School is the most prestigious arts school in the country. The secret to its success:  every moment of the students' lives is televised as part of the insanely popular Forge Show, and the students' schedule includes twelve hours of induced sleep meant to enhance creativity. But when first year student Rosie Sinclair skips her sleeping pill, she discovers there is something off about Forge. In fact, she suspects that there are sinister things going on deep below the reaches of the cameras in the school. What's worse is, she starts to notice that the edges of her consciousness do not feel quite right. And soon, she unearths the ghastly secret that the Forge School is hiding—and what it truly means to dream there. (goodreads.com)

KATE A. BOORMAN: WINTERKILL

Emmeline knows she’s not supposed to explore the woods outside her settlement. The enemy that wiped out half her people lurks there, attacking at night and keeping them isolated in an unfamiliar land with merciless winters. Living with the shame of her grandmother’s insubordination, Emmeline has learned to keep her head down and her quick tongue silent. When the settlement leader asks for her hand in marriage, it’s an opportunity for Emmeline to wash the family slate clean—even if she has eyes for another. But before she’s forced into an impossible decision, her dreams urge her into the woods, where she uncovers a path she can’t help but follow. The trail leads to a secret that someone in the village will kill to protect. Her grandmother followed the same path and paid the price. If Emmeline isn’t careful, she will be next. (goodreads.com)

SCOTT WESTERFELD: AFTERWORLDS

 "Told in alternating chapters is Darcy's novel, a suspenseful thriller about Lizzie, a teen who slips into the 'Afterworld' to survive a terrorist attack."
Darcy Patel has put college and everything else on hold to publish her teen novel, Afterworlds. Arriving in New York with no apartment or friends she wonders whether she's made the right decision until she falls in with a crowd of other seasoned and fledgling writers who take her under their wings… But the Afterworld is a place between the living and the dead and as Lizzie drifts between our world and that of the Afterworld, she discovers that many unsolved - and terrifying - stories need to be reconciled. And when a new threat resurfaces, Lizzie learns her special gifts may not be enough to protect those she loves and cares about most. (goodreads.com)



GRETCHEN McNEIL: GET EVEN

"The Breakfast Club meets Pretty Little Liars in Gretchen McNeil’s witty and suspenseful novel about four disparate girls who join forces to take revenge on high school bullies and create dangerous enemies for themselves in the process."
Bree, Olivia, Kitty, and Margot have nothing in common—at least that’s what they’d like the students and administrators of their elite private school to think. The girls have different goals, different friends, and different lives, but they share one very big secret: They’re all members of Don’t Get Mad, a secret society that anonymously takes revenge on the school’s bullies, mean girls, and tyrannical teachers. When their latest target ends up dead with a blood-soaked “DGM” card in his hands, the girls realize that they’re not as anonymous as they thought—and that someone now wants revenge on them. Soon the clues are piling up, the police are closing in . . . and everyone has something to lose. (goodreads.com)

ANDREA PORTES: ANATOMY OF A MISFIT

"This emotional, hilarious, devastating, and ultimately triumphant YA debut, based on actual events, recounts one girl’s rejection of her high school’s hierarchy—and her discovery of her true self in the face of tragedy."
Outside, Anika Dragomir is all lip gloss and blond hair—the third most popular girl in school. Inside, she’s a freak: a mix of dark thoughts, diabolical plots, and, if local chatter is to be believed, vampire DNA (after all, her father is Romanian). But she keeps it under wraps to maintain her social position. One step out of line and Becky Vilhauer, first most popular girl in school, will make her life hell. So when former loner Logan McDonough shows up one September hotter, smarter, and more mysterious than ever, Anika knows she can’t get involved. It would be insane to throw away her social safety for a nerd. So what if that nerd is now a black-leather-jacket-wearing dreamboat, and his loner status is clearly the result of his troubled home life? Who cares if the right girl could help him with all that, maybe even save him from it? Who needs him when Jared Kline, the bad boy every girl dreams of, is asking her on dates? Who? (goodreads.com)

ANDREW SMITH: 100 SIDEWAYS MILES 

Finn Easton sees the world through miles instead of minutes. It’s how he makes sense of the world, and how he tries to convince himself that he’s a real boy and not just a character in his father’s bestselling cult-classic book. Finn has two things going for him: his best friend, the possibly-insane-but-definitely-excellent Cade Hernandez, and Julia Bishop, the first girl he’s ever loved. Then Julia moves away, and Finn is heartbroken. Feeling restless and trapped in the book, Finn embarks on a road trip with Cade to visit their college of choice in Oklahoma. When an unexpected accident happens and the boys become unlikely heroes, they take an eye-opening detour away from everything they thought they had planned—and learn how to write their own destiny. (goodreads.com)


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RICK YANCEY: THE INFINITE SEA

"The riveting follow-up to the New York Times bestselling The 5th Wave, hailed by Justin Cronin as 'wildly entertaining.' "
How do you rid the Earth of seven billion humans? Rid the humans of their humanity. Surviving the first four waves was nearly impossible. Now Cassie Sullivan finds herself in a new world, a world in which the fundamental trust that binds us together is gone. As the 5th Wave rolls across the landscape, Cassie, Ben, and Ringer are forced to confront the Others’ ultimate goal: the extermination of the human race. Cassie and her friends haven’t seen the depths to which the Others will sink, nor have the Others seen the heights to which humanity will rise, in the ultimate battle between life and death, hope and despair, love and hate. (goodreads.com)

MINDY McGINNIS: IN A HANDFUL OF DUST

"In this companion to Not a Drop to Drink, Mindy McGinnis thrillingly combines the heart-swelling hope of a journey, the challenges of establishing your own place in the world, and the gripping physical danger of nature in a futuristic frontier."
The only thing bigger than the world is fear. Lucy’s life by the pond has always been full. She has water and friends, laughter and the love of her adoptive mother, Lynn, who has made sure that Lucy’s childhood was very different from her own. Yet it seems Lucy’s future is settled already—a house, a man, children, and a water source—and anything beyond their life by the pond is beyond reach. When disease burns through their community, the once life-saving water of the pond might be the source of what’s killing them now. Rumors of desalinization plants in California have lingered in Lynn’s mind, and the prospect of a “normal” life for Lucy sets the two of them on an epic journey west to face new dangers: hunger, mountains, deserts, betrayal, and the perils of a world so vast that Lucy fears she could be lost forever, only to disappear in a handful of dust. (goodreads.com)

KAT ZHANG: ECHOES OF US

To change the world, I may lose everything All Eva ever wanted was the chance to be herself. But in the Americas, to be hybrid—to share your body with a second soul—is not tolerated past childhood. Now Eva and Addie, her sister soul, are constantly on the move, hiding from the officials who seek to capture them. But the tide is changing. A revolution is brewing, and people are starting to question the hybrids' mistreatment. Then Marion, an ambitious reporter, offers Eva and Addie a daring proposal: If they go undercover and film the wretched conditions of a hybrid institution, she will not only rescue them, she'll find a way to free Jackson, the boy Addie loves. It's risky, and Eva will have to leave Ryan and her friends behind, but if she succeeds, it could also tip the scales forever and lead to hybrid freedom. As Eva and Addie walk into danger, they cling to each other and the hope of a better future. But the price they might pay is higher than they ever could have imagined. (goodreads.com)