Megan Shepherd Books

This historical fiction adventure follows a girl's bond with Laika, the famous dog cosmonaut of the Cold War-by a Carnegie Medal Nominee and New York Times bestselling author!

Inspired by The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, this tantalizing sequel to Megan Shepherd's gothic suspense novel The Madman's Daughter explores the hidden natures of those we love and how far we'll go to save them from themselves. Perfect for fans of Libba Bray. Back in London after her trip to Dr. Moreau's horrific island, Juliet is rebuilding the life she once knew and trying to forget her father's legacy. But soon it's clear that someone—or something—hasn't forgotten her, as people close to Juliet start falling victim to a murderer who leaves a macabre calling card of three clawlike slashes. Has one of her father's creations also escaped the island? As Juliet strives to stop a killer while searching for a serum to cure her own worsening illness, she finds herself once more in a world of scandal and danger. Her heart torn in two, her past bubbling to the surface, and her life threatened by an obsessive killer—Juliet will be lucky to escape alive.

Jack Skellington, the beloved Pumpkin King of Halloween Town, has grown tired of his home's annual scaring routines and longs for something new. So when he and his loyal dog, Zero, discover a series of doors in the Hinterlands leading to other holiday towns, he can't help but explore - and quickly becomes enamoured with Christmas Town, a place filled with jolly laughs, merry elves, and plenty of presents. Jack shares all of his findings with the rest of Halloween Town, and together, they devise a plan to run Christmas themselves. But not all tricks can be turned into holiday treats, and Jack's dream to organise the best Christmas ever may just turn into a nightmare. Alongside friends like the rag doll Sally, can Jack find his true purpose as a holiday king?

With inspiration from Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, this breathless conclusion to the Madman's Daughter trilogy explores the things we'll sacrifice to save those we love . . . even our own humanity.

Cora, Lucky, and Mali have left the Cage, but find themselves serving new Kindred masters in the safari-themed environment called the Hunt. Nok and Rolf are moved into an enormous dollhouse where Kindred scientists observe and study Nok's pregnancy. Separated and constantly watched, they struggle to survive long enough to face the testing of the Gauntlet, where they can prove the worthiness of humanity and earn their freedom

Book 2 in The Malice Compendium series by New York Times bestselling author Megan Shepherd, featuring dark magic and family secrets with a contemporary horror tone. Immediately following the events of Malice House (Book 1), Haven and her newly found sister are on the road, trying to discover the contours of her family's curse. But while they hunt, they are also hunted by the most vile creature from the previous book: a vile, aging salesman who can compel people to do anything with but a whisper and who wants to rewrite the entire world in his image.

The Maze Runner meets Scott Westerfeld in the final novel in the gripping and romantic Cage series, about teens abducted from Earth by an otherworldly race.Cora and her friends have escaped the Kindred station and landed at Armstrong—a supposed safe haven on a small moon—where they plan to regroup and figure out how to win the Gauntlet, the challenging competition to prove humanity’s intelligence and set them free. But Armstrong is no paradise; ruled by a power-hungry sheriff, it’s a violent world where the teens are enslaved and put to work in mines. As Nok’s due date grows closer, and Mali and Leon journey across space to rescue Cassian, the former inhabitants of the cage are up against impossible odds.With the whole universe at stake, Cora will do whatever it takes, including pushing her body and mind to the breaking point, to escape Armstrong and run the Gauntlet. But it isn’t just a deranged sheriff she has to overcome: the other intelligent species—the Axion, Kindred, Gatherers, and Mosca—all have their own reasons to stop her. Not knowing who to trust, Cora must rely on her own instincts to win the competition, which could change the world—though it might destroy her in the process.

A dark, breathless, beautifully-written gothic thriller of murder, madness and a mysterious island...

An exceptional and moving novel about the power of the imagination, illustrated by the winner of the Kate Greenaway medal.

The witches, beasties, goblins, and Royals return in this spellbindingconclusion to New York Times best-selling author Megan Shepherd's Grim Lovelies duology.

When Cora Mason wakes in a desert, she doesn’t know where she is or who put her there. As she explores, she finds an impossible mix of environments—tundra next to desert, farm next to jungle, and a strangely empty town cobbled together from different cultures, all watched over by eerie black windows. And she isn’t alone.Four other teenagers have also been taken: a beautiful model, a tattooed smuggler, a secretive genius, and an army brat who seems to know too much about Cora’s past. None of them have a clue as to what happened, and all of them have secrets. As the unlikely group struggles for leadership, they slowly start to trust each other. But when their mysterious jailer appears—a handsome young guard called Cassian—they realize that their captivity is more terrifying than they could ever imagine: their captors aren’t from Earth. And they have taken the five teenagers for an otherworldly zoo—where the exhibits are humans.

Deciding to illustrate a disturbing, secret handwritten manuscript from her late Pulitzer Prize-winning father, aspiring artist Haven Marbury is plunged into a nightmarish world when a monstrous creature appears, forcing her to uncover dark, otherworldly family secrets to rewrite everything she thought she knew about herself

Seventeen-year-old Anouk envies the human world, where people known as Pretties lavish themselves in fast cars, high fashion, and have the freedom to fall in love. But Anouk can never have those things, because she is not really human. Enchanted from animal to human girl and forbidden to venture beyond her familiar Parisian prison, Anouk is a Beastie: destined for a life surrounded by dust bunnies and cinders serving Mada Vittora, the evil witch who spelled her into existence. That is, until one day she finds her mistress murdered in a pool of blood—and Anouk is accused of the crime. Now, the world she always dreamed of is rife with danger. Pursued through Paris by the underground magical society known as the Haute, Anouk and her fellow Beasties only have three days to find the real killer before the spell keeping them human fades away. If they fail, they will lose the only lives they’ve ever known…but if they succeed, they could be more powerful than anyone ever bargained for. From New York Times bestselling author Megan Shepherd, Grim Lovelies is an epic and glittering YA fantasy. Prepare to be spellbound by the world of Grim Lovelies, where secrets have been long buried, friends can become enemies, and everything—especially humanity—comes at a price.

Woher kommt das weiße geflügelte Pferd, das Emmaline plötzlich im Spiegel an der Wand entdeckt? Ist es echt? Ist es Phantasie? Emmaline lebt im Krankenhaus Briar Hill, einem alten Herrenhaus, an dessen Fensterläden der Wind zerrt, zusammen mit vielen anderen Kindern. Um herauszufinden, was es mit der Erscheinung aus dem Spiegel auf sich hat, klettert Emmaline eines Abends heimlich über die Mauer in den verwilderten Garten von Briar Hill – und begegnet hier dem weißen Pferd. Sein Name ist Foxfire und es wird von einer dunklen Macht verfolgt. Und niemand außer Emmaline kann es retten, bevor es zu spät ist ... Megan Shepherd beschreibt Angst und Hoffnung von Kindern in einem vom Krieg gebeutelten Großbritannien und arrangiert diese großen Themen kunstvoll in einer ergreifenden Geschichte, die sich auf der Grenze zwischen Realität und Phantasie bewegt. „Ein bemerkenswertes Buch. Erstaunlich!“ Michael Morpurgo, Autor von ›Die Gefährten‹

Sie sind dem Käfig entkommen - aber lang noch nicht frei Cora und ihre Gefährten dachten eigentlich, sie hätten das Schlimmste überstanden. Doch sie haben ihren einstigen Käfig nur gegen einen Safaripark eingetauscht. Inmitten von Raubtieren müssen sie sich nun in einer gefährlichen Wildnis behaupten. Immer beobachtet von den geheimnisvollen Kindred. Und auch dem Pärchen Nok und Rolf geht es nicht besser: In einer Art von gigantischem Puppenhaus werden sie Tag und Nacht von ihren Entführern überwacht. Während Leon, der einzige, dem die Flucht gelungen ist, verzweifelt nach Verbündeten sucht, muss Cora sich entscheiden: Kann sie ihrem unwirklich schönen Wächter Cassian, der sie verraten hat, noch einmal trauen? Die packende Fortsetzung des großen Abenteuers.

PIEKIELNIE ŚWIĄTECZNA OPOWIEŚĆ TIMA BURTONA Wybierzecie się do Gwiazdkowego Miasteczka uroczej krainy skąpanej w białym puchu, pełnej kolorowych prezentów, radosnych elfów i migoczących światełek? A może do koszmarnego Miasteczka Halloween, w którym przywódcą jest szkielet, a wszelkiej maści straszydła pomagają mu zorganizować upiorne święta. Cukierek czy psikus? Zabawa czy przerażenie? Niech zdecyduje Jack Szkieleton!

Skutečný příběh Lajky Dojemný příběh založený na skutečném životě Lajky, fenky, která změnila svět Lajka je toulavé štěně, které v ulicích Moskvy bojuje o přežití. Jedné zimní noci je odvlečena ze svého úkrytu v průchodu, aby se stala hvězdným letcem – psem vycvičeným pro let do vesmíru. Lajka nemá důvěru k lidem, a tak se všemožně snaží utéct. Dokud však nepotká Ninu. Nina je osamělé děvče s hlavou plnou otázek. Její nejlepší kamarádka se náhle odstěhovala do Ameriky, a Nina tak musí čelit šikaně ze strany spolužáků úplně sama. Její tatínek navíc pracuje jako vědec v sovětském kosmickém programu a jeho práci postupně opřádá čím dál víc tajností. Když se v tatínkově laboratoři Lajka s Ninou setkají, začne mezi nimi vznikat pouto, které pomalu rozehřívá chlad, jež jim oběma sídlil v srdcích. Zatímco boj o dobytí vesmíru mezi Spojenými státy a Sovětským svazem nabývá na síle, Lajka s Ninou odkrývají šokující tajemství a nepříjemné pravdy, které prověří sílu jejich přátelství. Budou natolik statečné, aby se odvážily následovat své sny až daleko ke hvězdám?

Čas klopýtá, čas běží. Druhá kniha ze série o Dýňové královně inspirovaná kultovním filmem Tima Burtona. Uplynul rok od svatby Sally a Jacka Skellingtona, a Sally je královnou města Halloween. Královské povinnosti ji vyčerpávají, a k tomu se nepěkně zvrtne zahajovací halloweenská výstava. Sally a její učednice, panenka Luna, propadnou tajemným portálem do Města času, kde někdo poškodil hodiny. Teď musí obnovit chod času, aby se mohly vrátit domů. Vteřiny zběsile utíkají, a zatímco Sally bojuje za záchranu Jacka a svého rodného města, přemýšlí, jakou budoucnost si vlastně přeje – a co pro ni musí obětovat.