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Princesse d'Orovalle, Elisa est l'unique gardienne de la Pierre Sacrée. Bien qu'elle porte le joyau à son nombril, signe qu'elle a été choisie pour une destinée hors normes, Elisa a déçu les attentes de son peuple, qui ne voit en elle qu'une jeune fille paresseuse, inutile et enveloppée...

Le jour de ses seize ans, son père la marie à un souverain de vingt ans son aîné. Elisa commence alors une nouvelle existence loin des siens, dans un royaume de dunes menacé par un ennemi sanguinaire prêt à tout pour s'emparer de sa Pierre Sacrée.

Délaissée, humiliée, la princesse devra s'affirmer au milieu des intrigues de la cour, du grondement d'une guerre inévitable et des mirages de l'amour.

Il lui faudra puiser en elle le courage nécessaire à sa survie et à celle de son peuple. Accepter enfin d'être l’Élue de son propre destin...

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La Fédération du Commerce a osé envahir la planète Naboo, représentée au Sénat de la République. Ce geste a peut-être des inspirateurs secrets ; mais le Conseil des Jedi n'envoie sur place que le Maître Qui-Gon Jinn et son apprenti Obi-Wan Kenobi. Malgré leurs prouesses, ils ne parviennent qu'à arracher la jeune reine Amidala aux griffes de ses bourreaux.

Dans une ruelle de la planète Tatooine, balayée par le vent du désert, un enfant esclave peine et rêve. Un jour, il voudrait voyager au-delà des étoiles. Il ne sait pas qu'il va rencontrer Qui-Gon Jinn…

Once a century, one person is chosen for greatness. And it was not Alodia.

Alodia is the crown princess of the realm. The sister who knows how to rule, and the one who is constantly reminded that she has not been marked for a grand destiny. But Alodia has plans, and she will be the greatest queen her people have ever known. So she travels--with her hopeless, naïve, chosen sister--to a distant part of their land, to begin to secure her supporters. This region needs its princesses, for it is plagued with a curse. The crops don't grow, the spring doesn't arrive, and a fierce jaguar stalks the shadows, leaving only empty homes splashed with blood behind. If Alodia can save them, no one will be able to deny her strength and her sovereignty.

But what she discovers could change the fate of her kingdom, if not her world. And it will most certainly change her opinion of her younger sister.

"The Shadow Cats" is a prequel to the riveting Fire and Thorns trilogy: Book One, The Girl of Fire and Thorns; Book Two, The Crown of Embers; and Book Three, The Bitter Kingdom.

Star Wars experience that sheds new light on the original film.

On May 25, 1977, the world was introduced to Han Solo, Luke Skywalker, Princess Leia, C-3PO, R2-D2, Chewbacca, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Darth Vader, and a galaxy full of possibilities. In honor of the fortieth anniversary, more than forty contributors lend their vision to this retelling of Star Wars. Each of the forty short stories reimagines a moment from the original film, but through the eyes of a supporting character. From a Certain Point of View features contributions by bestselling authors, trendsetting artists, and treasured voices from theliterary history of Star Wars:

• Gary Whitta bridges the gap from Rogue One to A New Hope through the eyes of Captain Antilles.

• Aunt Beru finds her voice in an intimate character study by Meg Cabot.

• Nnedi Okorofor brings dignity and depth to a most unlikely character: the monster in the trash compactor.

• Pablo Hidalgo provides a chilling glimpse inside the mind of Grand Moff Tarkin.

• Pierce Brown chronicles Biggs Darklighter’s final flight during the Rebellion’s harrowing attack on the Death Star.

• Wil Wheaton spins a poignant tale of the rebels left behind on Yavin.

Plus thirty-four more hilarious, heartbreaking, and astonishing tales from:

Ben Acker • Renée Ahdieh • Tom Angleberger • Ben Blacker • Jeffrey Brown • Rae Carson • Adam Christopher • Zoraida Córdova • Delilah S. Dawson • Kelly Sue DeConnick • Paul Dini • Ian Doescher • Ashley Eckstein • Matt Fraction • Alexander Freed • Jason Fry • Kieron Gillen • Christie Golden • Claudia Gray • E. K. Johnston • Paul S. Kemp • Mur Lafferty • Ken Liu • Griffin McElroy • John Jackson Miller • Daniel José Older • Mallory Ortberg • Beth Revis • Madeleine Roux • Greg Rucka • Gary D. Schmidt • Cavan Scott • Charles Soule • Sabaa Tahir • Elizabeth Wein • Glen Weldon • Chuck Wendig

Gold is in my blood, in my breath, even in the flecks in my eyes.

Lee Westfall has a strong, loving family. She has a home she loves and a loyal steed. She has a best friend—who might want to be something more.

She also has a secret.

Lee can sense gold in the world around her. Veins deep in the earth. Small nuggets in a stream. Even gold dust caught underneath a fingernail. She has kept her family safe and able to buy provisions, even through the harshest winters. But what would someone do to control a girl with that kind of power? A person might murder for it.

When everything Lee holds dear is ripped away, she flees west to California—where gold has just been discovered. Perhaps this will be the one place a magical girl can be herself. If she survives the journey.

The acclaimed Rae Carson begins a sweeping new trilogy set in Gold Rush-era America, about a young woman with a powerful and dangerous gift.

Source : Goodreads https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17564519-walk-on-earth-a-stranger

You may think you know the love triangle, but you've never seen love triangles like these.

These top YA authors tackle the much-debated trope of the love triangle, and the result is sixteen fresh, diverse, and romantic stories you don’t want to miss.

This collection, edited by Natalie C. Parker, contains stories written by Renee Ahdieh, Rae Carson, Brandy Colbert, Katie Cotugno, Lamar Giles, Tessa Gratton, Bethany Hagan, Justina Ireland, Alaya Dawn Johnson, EK Johnston, Julie Murphy, Garth Nix, Natalie C. Parker, Veronica Roth, Sabaa Tahir, and Brenna Yovanoff.

A teen girl who offers kissing lessons. Zombies in the Civil War South. The girl next door, the boy who loves her, and the girl who loves them both. Vampires at a boarding school. Three teens fighting monsters in an abandoned video rental store. Literally the last three people on the planet.

What do all these stories have in common?

The love triangle.

(Source Goodread.com)

Canto Bight est un recueil de quatre nouvelles présentant quatre histoires sur les personnages de la ville éponyme visible dans le futur Star Wars épisode VIII :

"Rules of the Game"

"Hear Nothing, See Nothing, Say Nothing"

"The Wine in Dreams"

"The Ride"

Han et Qi'ra n'ont pas grand-chose en commun, si ce n'est le fait de posséder peu. Ce ne sont que deux Souillards parmi tant d'autres au sein du gang des Vers Blancs de la planète industrielle Corellia. Mais l'un comme l'autre rêve d'une vie meilleure. Aussi sautent-ils sur l'occasion lorsque la matriarche, Lady Proxima, leur offre une chance de prouver leur valeur et d'obtenir une belle promotion. Ils ignorent toutefois qu'ils ont accepté une seule et même mission... Lorsque celle-ci tourne mal, toute la pègre de Corellia se lance à leurs trousses. Les deux Souillards devront apprendre à se faire confiance s'ils veulent survivre.

Even though Red Sparkle Stone is a foundling orphan with an odd name and a veiled past, she's about to be adopted into the royal family—by Empress Elisa herself. Sixteen-year-old Red can hardly believe her luck. Then, in a stunning political masterstroke, the empress's greatest rival blocks the adoption, and Red is left with no family and no future.

Grieving and lost, but determined to find her place, Red hatches a daring plan: she will prove herself as a recruit for the world's most elite fighting force, the legendary Royal Guard—something no woman has done before. But it's no coincidence that someone wanted her to fail as a princess, someone whose shadowy agenda puts everything she loves at risk. As danger closes in, it will be up to Red and her new friends—and maybe some new enemies—to save the empire. If they can survive recruitment year.

Paige Miller is determined to take her basketball team to the state championship, maybe even beyond. But as March Madness heats up, Paige falls deathly ill. Days later, she wakes up attached to an IV and learns that the whole world has perished. Everyone she loves, and all of her dreams for the future—they’re gone.

But Paige is a warrior. She pushes through her fear and her grief and gets through each day scrounging for food, for shelter, for safety. As she struggles with her new reality, Paige learns that the apocalypse did not happen by accident. And that there are worse things than being alone.