New Releases by Victoria Schwab

A new threat faces the world of Erdas in this continuation of the New York Times bestselling series. Something ancient and evil has awoken from beneath the world of Erdas. Shrouded in shadow and older than memory, just a sliver of its power can destroy with a touch. Even the spirit animal bond, the sacred link between humans and animals that keeps Erdas in balance, is under threat. Four young heroes, Conor, Abeke, Meilin, and Rollan, are determined to stop it. Together with their spirit animals, they embark on a desperate journey that takes them deep underground and to the far corners of the world. As friends and allies fall around them, the four have no choice but to push forward and confront this darkness. If they stop to look back, they''ll see the truth: Evil already has them surrounded.

Guardian angel Aria helps Mikayla, whose father has just lost his job, ease the stress her family has put upon her to win a dance scholarship.

Meet a guardian angel like no other, from a writer like no other. Bold, rising star Victoria Schwab returns with the third book in this whimsical, inspiring, and clever middle-grade series. At first glance, Aria seems like your average twelve-year-old girl. But there''s much more to her than meets the eye. Aria is a guardian angel, sent here to earn her wings. But to do that she''ll have to help three different girls. . . .This time, Aria must help Mikayla, whose whole life is about dance. Dance costumes, dance practice, dance contests. But now Mikayla''s life is also about money: her father has lost his job, and her once-wealthy family is consumed with stress. Suddenly, there''s all this extra pressure on Mikayla to win a dance scholarship -- but she doesn''t know if she''s up to the task.Aria wonders what it will take to ease the burden off Mikayla''s shoulders. But Mikayla is also Aria''s last mission, and as the two girls become good friends, Aria isn''t even sure if she wants to earn her wings anymore. Can Aria guide Mikayla toward the right answers while also figuring out her own path forward?

Meet a guardian angel like no other, from a writer like no other. Bold, rising star Victoria Schwab returns with the second book in this whimsical, inspiring, and clever middle-grade series. There''s more to Aria than meets the eye. She''s a guardian angel. And to earn her wings, she''ll have to help three different girls. . . .This time, Aria comes to Caroline Mason. At her all-girls'' prep school, Caroline is being bullied. She eats lunch alone and is picked on by her classmates every day. The ringleader of the mean girls is Lily Pierce. But Lily isn''t an ordinary bully: she used to be Caroline''s best friend.When Aria arrives, she can see Caroline is suffering. But, to Aria''s surprise, so is Lily. What is the story behind Lily''s cruel actions? And can Aria help guide Caroline out of the darkness . . . and into better, brighter future?

From a #1 New York Times–bestselling author, a guardian angel lends friendship, support and magic to a girl struggling with her brother’s illness. At a first glance, Aria seems like your average twelve-year-old girl. She has coppery hair, colored shoelaces, and a passion for cupcakes. But there’s more to Aria than meets the eye. She can dream things into existence, use her own shadow like a door, and change the world in small, important ways. Aria is a guardian angel. She’s been sent here to earn her wings. But to do that, she’ll have to help three different girls. Aria’s first mission is Gabby Torres. Gabby’s always been quiet, but ever since her brother got sick, she’s barely said a word. When a new school offers her a fresh start, Gabby wants badly to be someone new, but she quickly learns it’s hard to make friends while keeping half her life a secret. And then Aria shows up. Aria, who knows exactly what to say and do to make Gabby feel better. Will she be able to help Gabby find her voice? And will Gabby still trust Aria when she finds out exactly what she is?

Imagine a place where the dead rest on shelves like books. Each body has a story to tell, a life seen in pictures that only Librarians can read. The dead are called Histories, and the vast realm in which they rest is the Archive. Da first brought Mackenzie Bishop here four years ago, when she was twelve years old, frightened but determined to prove herself. Now Da is dead, and Mac has grown into what he once was: a ruthless Keeper, tasked with stopping often-violent Histories from waking up and getting out. Because of her job, she lies to the people she loves, and she knows fear for what it is: a useful tool for staying alive. Being a Keeper isn''t just dangerous-it''s a constant reminder of those Mac has lost. Da''s death was hard enough, but now that her little brother is gone too, Mac starts to wonder about the boundary between living and dying, sleeping and waking. In the Archive, the dead must never be disturbed. And yet, someone is deliberately altering Histories, erasing essential chapters. Unless Mac can piece together what remains, the Archive itself might crumble and fall. In this haunting, richly imagined novel, Victoria Schwab reveals the thin lines between past and present, love and pain, trust and deceit, unbearable loss and hardwon redemption.

Assisting Caroline, who is being bullied at an all-girls'' prep school, guardian angel Aria works to uncover the hidden pain that afflicts both Caroline and her former best friend, who has become the bullies'' ringleader.

Na cidade de Near não existem estranhos e a velha história da Bruxa é contada apenas para assustar as crianças. Estas são as verdades que Lexi Harris ouviu durante toda a vida. Mas quando um estranho, um garoto que parece desaparecer como fumaça, surge em uma noite do lado de fora de sua casa, ela sabe que algo não está correto. Na noite seguinte, crianças começam a desaparecer de suas camas sem deixar qualquer vestígio e o estranho é o principal suspeito. Mas quando o garoto se oferece para ajudar na busca, algo no coração de Lexi diz que ele esconde outros segredos e não é o culpado. Ela estaria imaginando ou o vento parecia sussurrar através das paredes? Quando a busca pelas crianças se intensifica, o mesmo acontece com a necessidade de Lexi de saber sobre a Bruxa que talvez não seja só uma história para dormir.

Schau der Hexe nicht in die Augen! Das Moor, das gleich hinter ihrem Haus anfängt, hat die 16- jährige Lexi schon immer als Bedrohung empfunden. Ebenso die Geschichten von der Hexe, die dort seit Urzeiten leben soll ... Als ein fremder Junge im nächtlichen Nebel vor ihrem Fenster auftaucht, ahnt Lexi, dass etwas Unheimliches geschehen wird. Und tatsächlich: Etliche Kinder aus dem Dorf verschwinden spurlos. Ihre Eltern verdächtigen schon bald den fremden Jungen, der wie ein Spuk mal hier, mal da erscheint. Doch Lexi weiss, dass etwas anderes dahintersteckt - etwas, das aus dem Moor kommt ... Victoria Schwab lebt in Nashville, Tennessee, und arbeitete nach dem Studium in den verschiedensten Jobs, ehe sie ihre Leidenschaft professionalisierte und Autorin wurde. Bücher hat sie schon immer über alles geliebt - und Geschichten, in denen die Realität aufbricht und etwas Dunkles, Geheimnisvolles, Anderes durchscheint. Verflucht ist ihr Debütroman.

The Near Witch is only an old story told to frighten children. If the wind calls at night, you must not listen. The wind is lonely, and always looking for company. And there are no strangers in the town of Near. These are the truths that Lexi has heard all her life. But when an actual stranger—a boy who seems to fade like smoke—appears outside her home on the moor at night, she knows that at least one of these sayings is no longer true. The next night, the children of Near start disappearing from their beds, and the mysterious boy falls under suspicion. Still, he insists on helping Lexi search for them. Something tells her she can trust him. As the hunt for the children intensifies, so does Lexi’s need to know—about the witch that just might be more than a bedtime story, about the wind that seems to speak through the walls at night, and about the history of this nameless boy. Part fairy tale, part love story, Victoria Schwab’s debut novel is entirely original yet achingly familiar: a song you heard long ago, a whisper carried by the wind, and a dream you won’t soon forget.

The fleet of the Red Army, led by Anatari magician Rowan, has swept across the coastal towns of the Blood Coast like a tsunami, putting to the sword all who refuse to swear allegiance and join his army. Now the only town that stands in his way is the garrison town of Verose, led by the Prince Regent, Maxim Maresh. Together with its people, Maxim and his men unite to defend the honor of the Maxim Empire against the threat of Rowan and his Red Army. Valiantly, they fight in bloody hand-to-hand combat as the streets burn and Prince Maxim is wounded in battle. Maxim discovers that three ships remain at the rear of the fleet conducting the attack and deduces that he will find Rowan on-board his flagship. Despite protestations from Isra, Maxim sets off alone to confront his nemesis there…