Engelska
-
No big deal (2019)
Författare: Bethany Rutter ”Emily knows she’s smart. Emily knows she’s funny. Emily knows she’s awesome. Emily knows she’s fat. She doesn’t need anyone to tell her any of these things – she likes herself and she likes her body. She just thinks it’s time everyone else caught up. With a newly-slim bestie, a mum knee-deep in fad diets and increasing pressure to change, Emily faces a constant battle to be her true self. But when she meets gorgeous Joe, things start to change. Somehow, she’s going to have to convince everyone, including herself, that it’s no big deal.” Du kan köpa boken HÄR eller HÄR Recension: Att ha Emilys självförtroende…
-
The unbeatable squirrel girl – Squrriel meets world (2018)
Författare: Shannon Hale & Dean Hale ”Having moved from California to the New Jersey suburbs, 14-year-old Doreen Green must start at a new school, make new friends, and continue to hide her tail. Yep, Doreen has the powers of a squirrel! When Doreen uses her extraordinary powers to stop a group of troublemakers in the neighborhood, and her whole life changes.” Du kan köpa boken HÄR eller HÄR Recension: Historien och allt runt omkring denna boken är bra men jag känner mig hemsk för att jag inte gillar en söt fjortonåring. Doreen och jag går inte ihop. Jag upplever henne väldigt naiv och barnslig. Det är inget fel med barnslighet…
-
Fairy tale reform school 3 – Tricked (2018)
Författare: Jen Calonita ”Things are changing at Fairy Tale Reform School. At least, that’s what Gilly’s heard through the Enchantasia rumor mill. Word is, notorious trickster Rumpelstiltskin has taken over management from Headmistress Flora, and he’s locked down the school tighter than the Pied Piper’s pants. Not that this news concerns Gilly. She’s been released from FTRS and is now suffering through attending Jack of All Trades School, where she gets to learn about different kinds of shoe leather and ways to measure feet. Truly riveting stuff. But when Gilly’s little sister Anna gets whisked off to FTRS thanks to her troublemaking new friends, Hansel and Gretel, Gilly knows she’s got to…
-
Her silhouette, drawn in water (2019)
Författare: Vylar Kaftan ”All Bee has ever known is darkness. She doesn’t remember the crime she committed that landed her in the cold, twisting caverns of the prison planet Colel-Cab with only fellow prisoner Chela for company. Chela says that they’re telepaths and mass-murderers; that they belong here, too dangerous to ever be free. Bee has no reason to doubt her–until she hears the voice of another telepath, one who has answers, and can open her eyes to an entirely different truth.” Du kan köpa boken HÄR eller HÄR Recension: Den här historien är annorlunda jämfört med annat jag läser och jag gillar det. Jag älskar när en bok talar…
-
Wizards of Once – Knock three times (2019)
Författare: Cressida Cowell ”Enter a land of wizards, warriors, mythical creatures and powerful magic in an exciting new fantasy adventure. The Witchstain is spreading … As Encanzo and Sychorax dance, Xar and Wish have to find the ingredients of the spell to overthrow Witches, and Wish must learn to control her magic.” Du kan köpa boken HÄR eller HÄR Recension: Tredje boken i serien och Cressida fortsätter att leverera. Jag trodde det här var avslutande delen men har insett att jag inte vet hur många böcker det ska bli. Spänningen i berättelsen tätnar och det känns som de närmar sig upplösningen. Även knock three times, precis som övriga serien, är…
-
Through the looking glass (2010/1871)
Författare: Lewis Carroll ” ’It’s a poor sort of memory that only works backward.’ In Carroll’s sequel to Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, Alice once again finds herself in a bizarre and nonsensical place when she passes through a mirror and enters a looking-glass world where nothing is quite as it seems. From her guest appearance as a pawn in a chess match to her meeting with Humpty Dumpty, Through the Looking Glass follows Alice on her curious adventure and shows Carroll’s great skill at creating an imaginary world full of the fantastical and extraordinary.” Du kan köpa boken HÄR eller HÄR Recension: Jag gillar första boken, Alice i Underlandet. Jag…
-
Scars like wings (2019)
Författare: Erin Stewart ”Before, I was a million things. Now I’m only one. The Burned Girl. Ava Lee has lost everything there is to lose: Her parents. Her best friend. Her home. Even her face. She doesn’t need a mirror to know what she looks like–she can see her reflection in the eyes of everyone around her. A year after the fire that destroyed her world, her aunt and uncle have decided she should go back to high school. Be ”normal” again. Whatever that is. Ava knows better. There is no normal for someone like her. And forget making friends–no one wants to be seen with the Burned Girl, now…
-
Fairy tale reform school 2 – Charmed (2017)
Författare: Jen Calonita ”It takes a (mostly) reformed thief to catch a spy. Which is why Gilly Cobbler, Enchantasia’s most notorious pickpocket, volunteers to stay locked up at Fairy Tale Reform School…indefinitely. Gilly and her friends may have defeated the Evil Queen and become reluctant heroes, but the battle for Enchantasia has just begun. Alva, aka The Wicked One who cursed Sleeping Beauty, has declared war on the Princesses, and she wants the students of Fairy Tale Reform School to join her. As her criminal classmates give in to temptation, Gilly goes undercover as a Royal Lady in Waiting (don’t laugh) to unmask a spy…before the mole can hand Alva…
-
Fairytale reform school 1 – Flunked (2015)
Författare: Jen Calonita ”Gilly wouldn’t call herself wicked, exactly…but when you have five little brothers and sisters and live in a run-down boot, you have to get creative to make ends meet. Gilly’s a pretty good thief (if she does say so herself). Until she gets caught. Gilly’s sentenced to three months at Fairy Tale Reform School where all of the teachers are former (super-scary) villains like the Big Bad Wolf, the Evil Queen, and Cinderella’s Wicked Stepmother. Harsh. But when she meets fellow students Jax and Kayla, she learns there’s more to this school than its heroic mission. There’s a battle brewing and Gilly has to wonder just how…
-
The magic misfits 2 – The second story (2019)
Författare: Neil Patrick Harris ”Carter, Leila, Theo, Ridley, Izzy and Ollie all felt like outsiders, until they found each other and a shared love of magic and became… THE MAGIC MISFITS! Leila didn’t have the easiest start, growing up in an orphanage and getting bullied for being different. But she has a super-cool secret skill… Leila is an escape artist! And it comes in pretty handy when belonging to a group of magical best friends. When a famous psychic comes to town Leila and her pals realise they won’t be able to escape the big mystery coming their way. They soon find themselves chasing mad monkeys and banishing ghosts from…