A scarred teen with mysterious powers is the only barrier between a relentless enemy and the collapse of two worlds—but that enemy will stop at nothing to drain her magic first.Agnes Ann Cavanaugh has spent her life being stared at, avoided, and quietly underestimated. Her scars may be the first thing people notice, but they're not the strangest thing about her. She can read any language and feel danger before it strikes. Abilities she never asked for and doesn't understand.When an ancient tablet arrives for translation, Agnes hopes it might finally be her chance to prove she's more capable than people think. Instead, she accidentally unleashes a demon attack and is dragged through a portal into a world of magic, monsters, and a wizard who insists she's the key to saving his dying planet.But Agnes can tell he's hiding something. The villain hunting her across both worlds isn't what she seems — and she won't stop until she's claimed every drop of Agnes's power… a process Agnes won't survive.Trapped between shifting alliances, half-truths, and enemies who see her as a weapon, Agnes must decide whether she'll fight for a world that isn't her own… or walk away and watch it fall.Perfect for fans of Keeper of the Lost Cities, Aru Shah and the End of Time, and The Lunar Chronicles, and underdog heroes discovering their strength, First Earth launches the fast-paced Arch Mage series filled with danger, heart, and magic.YA portal fantasy with a female wizard protagonistComing-of-age magic and clean adventureIdeal for Kindle Unlimited readers who love clean YA fantasy? Winner of multiple international book awardsReaders' Favorite Bronze Medal • Feathered Quill Finalist • The Wishing Shelf Award FinalistDiscover the greatness within — dive into the Arch Mage Series today!

Antuna should have died the day she arrived in this barren land. Her heart stopped. A spider's venom brought her back. That spider, Spifry, becomes her first real friend. She then rescues a drowning termite named Dinomite. Together with two brave honeybees, Beegan and Beebie, they form a bond that defies every rule of nature. But their world soon changes. Termites are banished. Spiders are hunted. And the military is brainwashing soldiers to hate anyone different.When war erupts, Antuna must choose between loyalty to her colony and the friends who saved her life. Can love survive when society demands hate?Find out in Antuna's Story, a heartbreaking science fiction tale featuring found family, star-crossed friends, and the devastating cost of prejudice.Discover the power of friendship that transcends species today!TropesPolitical allegory, war is hell, science gone wrong, star-crossed friends, coming of age, found family, post-apocalyptic, loss of innocence, corrupting influence of power.MicrotropesUnlikely allies, military indoctrination, childhood friendships torn apart, runt with a big heart, friends become enemies.It's an award winner:** Readers' Favorite International Book Awards - Gold Medal: Young Adult Sci-Fi **** Firebird International Book Awards - First Prize: New Fiction **** Entrada Incipere Awards - First Prize: Young Adult Science Fiction (clean) **** The Wishing Shelf Book Awards - Finalist: Young Adult/Teen Fiction **** Chanticleer International Book Awards - Top YA Fiction Series & Finalist for Best Genre Fiction Series **** BookFest - Silver Medal for Young Adult Fiction Series **And a hit with reviewers:absolutely riveting, blew-me-away, keeps you on the edge of your seat, literary gem, one-of-a-kind-read, soon-to-be a bestseller, 10-stars, thorough page-turner, tugs at your heartstrings, will have you spellbound, and deserves to be on the shelf with Animal Farm.

Start the complete series that ended as an instant USA Today bestseller and has sold over 1 million copies worldwide.She was taught to fear magic. Then she saved the Crown Prince’s life with a power that shouldn’t exist.Vhalla Yarl is content as an apprentice in the imperial library — tucked safely away with her books from the feared Tower of Sorcerers and their dangerous magic. She wants nothing to do with sorcery, power, or war.Until the Crown Prince returns from the warfront on the verge of death.Desperate to save him, Vhalla draws upon air magic — a rare elemental power thought lost to time. A magic so dangerous it could turn the tide of a brutal war. A magic Vhalla never knew she possessed.Now the sorcerers want to train her. The empire wants to claim her. And the Crown Prince — brooding, brilliant, dangerous— has made her his obsession.Thrown into a world of power and intrigue, Vhalla must navigate forbidden desires, clandestine meetings, court politics, and a magic bond with the most dangerous man alive. The closer she grows to the last man she should want, the more impossible her choice becomes.Her power or her love. Her duty or her heart. The life she thought she thought she wanted... or the one she was destined for.If you love slow-burn enemies-to-lovers fantasy romance with elemental magic, a grumpy brooding hero, and a heroine who grows from unassuming apprentice to legendary sorceress — this series was made for you.Perfect for fans of Throne of Glass, Graceling, and Avatar: The Last Airbender.Air Awakens is Book 1 in a completed five-book romantasy series. All five books are available now — no waiting, no cliffhangers left unresolved!

Includes illustrations by the author in every chapter.Fourteen-year-old Layla was supposed to get her braces off in two days. Instead, the world ended.All Layla wants is to make comics with her best friend, avoid another fight with her mom, and see her older brother, Preston, come home from his grueling wilderness therapy camp. But when a mysterious virus sweeps across the country—turning people into violent, undead monsters—her mundane worries are replaced by a singular, desperate mission: get to Preston before the camp becomes his grave.As the power grid fails and society collapses, Layla and her anxious, untrusting mother are forced into a perilous roadtrip to Oregon. But the road is crawling with more than just the infected. From eerie Wild West tourist traps to desolate salt flats, Layla must navigate a landscape where human desperation and the ghosts of familial resentment are just as destructive as the virus itself.Told through the eyes of a girl witnessing the end of her childhood and the end of civilization alike, IT’S NOT THE END OF THE WORLD is an illustrated young adult book that explores the messy endurance of motherly love and how far a family will go to find their way back to each other—and be forgiven. When the world breaks down, loyalty is the only currency left. But will it be enough to keep them together?

Sixteen-year-old Issy loves the sea, preferring it to dry land. Determined to become a marine biologist, she's driven by the desire to fulfill her ambition to work in an aquatic environment.Seventeen-year-old Dan is under pressure to follow in his father’s footsteps and become a doctor. Dan harbours secret ambitions to work as an actor: he dreams of escaping his quarrelling family to flee to the bright lights of the theatre.When the two teenagers are thrown together on an unexpected holiday on the beautiful island of Crete, neither are impressed. Then an unexpected day trip out takes a dangerous turn, and the two get stranded on a seemingly deserted island.Exploring the island, they find a hidden building called The Star Institute. What they discover on the island will push the limits of their beliefs and understanding of the world... but will it bring them closer together?Julia Sutton's THE STAR CONSPIRACY is a compelling story of family drama, secrets and adventure.

After a year of fighting villains as the superhero Bolt, Kevin Jason must now deal with integrating his newly-rescued twin brother into the Young Neos, as well as think about his future career as a superhero. Things become more complicated, however, when Kevin's brother is kidnapped by a mysterious new team of supervillains whose motives are unknown but whose actions could spell the end of his brother's life if Kevin doesn't save him.

Despite being a member of the Young Neos for two months, White Lightning, Bolt's twin brother, still doesn't feel accepted by the rest of his teammates, who view him with a mixture of distrust and wariness thanks to his supervillain past. When White attempts to win their trust, he ends up getting kidnapped. Now he must break out of the facility that his kidnappers have put him in before they use him to further their own dangerous agenda.

But White's kidnapping is merely one part of a greater plan plotted out by the supervillains' true leader long ago, one that neither White nor Bolt may be able to stop.