New Releases by Franny Billingsley

"The Robber Girl has a good dagger. Its voice in her head is as sharp as its two edges that taper down to a point. Today, the Robber Girl and her dagger will ride with Gentleman Jack into the Indigo Heart to claim the gold that''s rightfully his. But instead of gold, the Robber Girl finds a dollhouse cottage with doorknobs the size of apple seeds. She finds two dolls who give her three tasks, even though she knows that three is too many tasks. The right number of tasks is two, like Grandmother gave to Gentleman Jack: Fetch unto me the mountain''s gold, to build our city fair. Fetch unto me the wingless bird, and I shall make you my heir" -- Jacket flap

"Robber Girl doesn''t have a name. Or a home. But she does have a dagger. And she has Gentleman Jack. Together, they are wild. Gentleman Jack has two tasks and he needs Robber Girl with him to complete them. But when a heist to steal back Gentleman Jack''s gold goes wrong, Robber Girl is trapped. Instead of sleeping out in the ravine with cliffs and caves and a river, she must stay in a cottage with keys and doorknobs and a dollhouse. A cottage that threatens to tame her. Robber Girl waits for the right moment to start her new task: she will break Gentleman Jack out of jail. But the longer Robber Girl waits, the more the cottage starts to feel like home. Torn between loyalty to Gentleman Jack and the family who have taken her in, between fighting and trusting, between being wild and being tame, Robber Girl must unravel who she was and who she is now. But when you''re a mystery even to yourself, discovering who you are might be the hardest task of them all"--Publisher''s description.

Há anos, a jovem Briony Larkin esconde alguns segredos... Segredos que comprometeram para sempre a saúde mental de sua irmã gêmea, Rose, e que mataram sua madrasta. Mistérios que a impedem de sair de Swampsea. Consumida pela culpa, Briony só encontra alívio nas profundezas do pântano, cercada pela presença dos Antigos os espíritos que assombram o lugar. O problema é que só as bruxas podem vê-los, e na sua aldeia elas são condenadas à morte. Por isso, ela vive com medo de que seu segredo seja descoberto, mesmo que ela acredite merecer as piores punições por todo o mal que já fez às pessoas que ama. A chegada de Eldric faz sua vida mudar, pois ele representa o que ela sempre desejou ser, tudo aquilo que ela teme sentir. Prender-se à magia ou libertar-se para o amor? Caberá a Briony fazer a decisão mais importante.

A unique gothic romance with an enticing undercurrent of fairytale and darkness. Perfect for teen girls

Briony Larkin a 17 ans et elle a un secret. Un secret qui serait à l’origine de la mort de sa belle-mère, un secret qui aurait rendu sa soeur jumelle, Rose, simple d’esprit, un secret qui est une menace pour tous les habitants du Swampsea. Briony a le don de seconde vue, qui la relie au monde des Esprits, et en tant que telle elle risque d’être pendue, car c’est là le sort que l’on réserve aux sorcières. Alors Briony se tait et étouffe sa nature profonde...C’est sans compter sur l’arrivée du XXe siècle, incarné par l’ingénieur Clayborne et son fils, Eldric, dans cette région sauvage du sud de l’Angleterre... Avec eux vient le progrès et l’assèchement du marais, qui déchaînera la fureur du seigneur des marécages. Si elle veut sauver sa soeur d’une mort certaine, Briony va devoir faire face à ses anciens démons ainsi qu’à l’indéniable attraction qu’elle ressent pour Eldric...

At home, in the Mouse House, Baby Boo-Boo gets no respect. Just look at her name: Baby Boo-Boo. She''s no baby! The word drives her wild in a big, bad way. And here''s Mama Mouse calling, always calling after her, "Baby! Where are you, Baby?" It''s humiliating. Mice (and other small persons) will understand what Big Bad Boo-Boo does. It''s quite naughty.

À l''orphelinat de Rhysbridge, Corinna Stonewall est le Gardien des Créatures. Dans le monde reclus de la cave, elle nourrit et apaise les monstres invisibles afin de protéger récoltes et bétail. Mais pourquoi les cheveux de Corinna poussent-ils de cinq centimètres chaque nuit ? Comment expliquer son incorrigible maladresse ? Et qu''en est-il de cette inexplicable horloge interne qui rythme ses jours et ses nuits ? Lorsqu''elle rejoint Cliffsend et son gigantesque domaine pour veiller sur la cave et ses Créatures déchaînées, la jeune fille ignore encore qu''elle entame une longue quête souterraine de la vérité...

"A coin for passage to your heart''s desire," says Agnes, Guardian of the Wishing Well in the village of Bishop Mayne. "That is the first rule." But Nuria doesn''t think she needs a wish. Wishing on the Well is dangerous. Wishes often go wrong. That''s why there are no other children around. A wish-gone-wrong took them all away. But now, because her grandfather, the Avy, has wished for them to come back, Nuria is sure that the one thing she wants -- a friend her own age -- will soon be there. "One wish each lifetime," says Agnes. "One cycle of the moon to repent and call it back. That is the second rule." Only a fool would make a wish that needs to be called back, Nuria thinks. But that''s before she meets Catty Winter, who cannot walk, whose legs are mysteriously crippled. "Make a wish for me," Catty pleads. And Nuria is tempted. But what if the wish goes wrong? "And for that cycle of the moon your lips are locked in this: To no one may you speak of your wish. To no one but to me, for your wish is my wish too. That is the third rule." Nuria has given little thought to the third rule. But there come moments when she wishes it did not exist. The Wishing Well, she is trickier than anyone has known. The Wishing Well in Bishop Mayne has a mind of its own and creates problems for all who try to use its power. Few have gotten anything but misery from it. Knowing this, however, does not keep Nuria, in a time of dire need, from trying to accomplish what few others have managed. Beauty and greed, warmth and cold, walk hand in hand in this unusual fantasy to create an adventure filled with friendship, challenge, and the magic of love.

"Here in the Cellar," Corinna says, "I control the Folk. Here, I''m queen of the world." As Folk Keeper at the Rhysbridge Home, she feeds the fierce, dark-dwelling cave Folk; keeps them from souring the milk, killing the chickens, and venting their anger on the neighborhood; and writes it all down in her Folk Record. Since only boys are Folk Keepers, she has disguised herself as a boy, Corin, and it is a boy and a Folk Keeper she intends to stay. Yet there comes a moment when someone else knows the truth. Old, dying Lord Merton not only knows she is a girl, but knows some of her other secrets as well. It is at his bidding that she, as Corin, leaves Rhysbridge to become Folk Keeper and a member of the family on Cliffsend, an isle where the Folk are fiercer than ever they were at Rhysbridge. It is on Cliffsend that Corinna comes face to face with herself, with the powers she does have (some quite unexpected) and those she does not have (even if she lies and says she does). Who really is she? Why does her hair grow two inches a night? Why does the sea draw her? What does she really want? And what future can and will she choose?