Maria Postema is an author and translator who has long been captivated by books and stories. After studying English and Film and Television Studies, she quickly became one of the Netherlands' most well-known YA translators. Her work focuses on literary style and themes that resonate with young readers, and her selections reflect a deep understanding of the genre. Postema also writes, emphasizing suspenseful narratives and compelling characters in her own literary endeavors.
Sixteen-year-old Katniss Everdeen regards it as a death sentence when she is forced to represent her district in the annual Hunger Games, a fight to the death on live TV. But Katniss has been close to death before-and survival, for her, is second nature. The Hunger Games is a searing novel set in a future with unsettling parallels to our present. Welcome to the deadliest reality TV show ever...
After winning the brutal Hunger Games, Katniss and Peeta return to their district, hoping for a peaceful future. But their victory has caused rebellion to break out ... and the Capitol has decidd that someone must pay. As Katniss and Peeta are forced to visit the districts on the Capitol's Victory Tour, the stakes are higher than ever...
As the young residents of Perdido Beach begin to better comprehend the truths of who they are and their relationships to one another, the Darkness finds a new way to be born, bringing their understanding of fear to a new level.
Age range 14+ Raised to be a warrior, seventeen-year-old Eelyn fights alongside her Aska clansmen in an ancient, god-decreed rivalry against the Riki clan. Her life is brutal but simple: train to fight and fight to survive. Until the day she sees the impossible on the battlefield -- her brother, fighting with the enemy -- the brother she watched die five years ago. Eelyn loses her focus and is captured. Now, she must survive the winter in the mountains with the Riki, in a village where every neighbour is an enemy, every battle scar possibly one she delivered. But when the Riki village is raided by a ruthless clan settling in the valley, Eelyn is even more desperate to get back to her beloved Aska clan, which is rumoured to have been decimated by the same horde. She is given no choice but to trust Fiske, her brother's friend who tried to kill her the day she was captured. They must do the impossible: unite the clans to fight together, or risk being slaughtered one by one. Driven by a love for her clan and her growing love for Fiske, Eelyn must confront her own definition of loyalty and find a way to forgive her brother while daring to put her faith in the people she's spent her life killing.
'One minute, the teacher was there, the next, he was gone. There. Gone.' In the blink of an eye all the adults disappear in a small town in southern California and no one knows why. First a car crash; a house up in flames; then a complete communication meltdownaSuddenly cut off from the outside world, those that are left are trapped, and there's no help on the way. They must do all they can to survive. Chaos rules the streets. Gangs begin to form. Sides are chosen - strong or weak. Cruel or humane. A new world order is rising, and, even scarier, some survivors have power - power that no one has ever seen beforea
Bella?' Edward's soft voice came from behind me. I turned to see him spring lightly up the porch steps, his hair windblown from running. He pulled me into his arms at once, and kissed me again. His kiss frightened me. There was too much tension, too strong an edge to the way his lips crushed mine - like he was afraid we had only so much time left to us. As Seattle is ravaged by a string of mysterious killings and a malicious vampire continues her quest for revenge, Bella once again finds herself surrounded by danger. In the midst of it all, she is forced to choose between her love for Edward and her friendship with Jacob - knowing that her decision has the potential to ignite the ageless struggle between vampire and werewolf. With her graduation approaching, Bella has one more decision to make: life or death. But which is which? Following the international bestsellers Twilight and New Moon, Eclipse is the much-anticipated third book in Stephenie Meyer's captivating saga of vampire romance.
When Isabella Swan moves to the gloomy town of Forks and meets the mysterious, alluring Edward Cullen, her life takes a thrilling and terrifying turn. With his porcelain skin, golden eyes, mesmerizing voice, and supernatural gifts, Edward is both irresistible and impenetrable. Up until now, he has managed to keep his true identity hidden, but Bella is determined to uncover his dark secret. What Bella doesn't realize is that the closer she gets to him, the more she is putting herself and those around her at risk. And it might be too late to turn back ... --back cover
With Eve and Adam, authors Katherine Applegate and Michael Grant team up to create a thrilling story. In the beginning, there was an apple? And then there was a car crash, a horrible injury, and a hospital. But before Evening Spiker's head clears a strange boy named Solo is rushing her to her mother's research facility. There, under the best care available, Eve is left alone to heal. Just when Eve thinks she will die?not from her injuries, but from boredom—her mother gives her a special project: Create the perfect boy. Using an amazingly detailed simulation, Eve starts building a boy from the ground up. Eve is creating Adam. And he will be just perfect . . . won't he?
In het vierde deel van de Gladiator-serie arriveert Marcus samen met zijn vrienden in Griekenland, vastbesloten om zijn moeder te vinden. Marcus is uitzinnig van vreugde als hij ontdekt waar ze vastgehouden wordt. Maar voordat hij haar in zijn armen kan sluiten, moet hij nog heel wat gevaarlijke situaties trotseren. Het wordt hem letterlijk en figuurlijk heet onder de voeten. Zal hij zijn grote geheim verborgen weten te houden?
Wat doe je als alle volwassenen spoorloos verdwenen zijn? Het ene moment stond de leraar nog over de Burgeroorlog te praten. En het volgende moment was hij weg. Leraar aanwezig. Leraar weg. Geen 'poef'. Geen lichtflits. Geen knal. Tijdens een doodgewone schooldag ziet de veertienjarige Sam tot zijn verbijstering zijn leraar pal voor zijn ogen verdwijnen. Zomaar ineens… weg! Algauw blijkt dat iedereen die ouder is dan vijftien jaar op hetzelfde moment is verdwenen. Bovendien is er een ondoordringbare barrière rond de stad opgetrokken, waardoor internet, televisie en mobieltjes geen enkel signaal meer ontvangen. Een enorme chaos breekt uit. Er zijn geen artsen en politieagenten meer. En wie zorgt er voor de achtergebleven baby's? Net buiten de stad neemt Caine de leiding over zijn internaat en daarna ook over het stadje. In het begin weet hij enige orde te scheppen, maar gaandeweg voert hij met een aantal volgelingen een waar schrikbewind. Hoewel Sam helemaal geen leidende rol wíl, besluit hij ten slotte toch dat hij de kwaadaardige Caine en zijn terreurbende moet tegenhouden. En dat kan alleen als hij Caine uitschakelt. Maar intussen komt de dag dat hij zelf vijftien jaar zal worden steeds dichterbij…
