Melinda Salisbury

A chilling, thrilling collection of 13 haunting tales. Perfect for every YA reader! From supernatural thrillers to contemporary horror, creepy ancient legends to murders gone wrong - this insatiable anthology is impossible to put down, and even more difficult to forget. From some of the most celebrated authors writing in this space, this must-have collection will keep you awake at night and inhabit your darkest dreams. Stories from bestselling authors Melinda Salisbury, Cynthia Murphy, Kathryn Foxfield and Louie Stowell (and many more). Co-curated by Amy McCaw and Mia Kuzniar, this anthology has a story for every reader out there. Perfect for fans of Stranger Things, Wednesday, and all things scary! Featuring stories from: Amy McCaw, Maria Kuzniar, Kat Dunn, Kat Ellis, Rachel Faturoti, Kathryn Foxfield, Dawn Kurtagich, Amy McCulloch, Cynthia Murphy, Melinda Salisbury, Louie Stowell, Rosie Talbot, Mary Watson.

Ruby and her best friend Deva have won free places at the Ash Tree Foundation Performing Arts Camp over the summer. There's just one problem: they won't be able to attend unless their grades seriously improve. When Deva suddenly starts getting high marks in all their subjects, a confused and hurt Ruby feels left behind. Then she finds out Deva's success is due to EchoStar, a new app that's helping her get ahead. Ruby is desperate to start using it too, but there is much more to EchoStar than she has imagined. Because EchoStar is always watching and listening. Union Square & Co.'s EVERYONE CAN BE A READER books are expertly written, thoughtfully designed with dyslexia-friendly fonts and paper tones, and carefully formatted to meet readers where they are with engaging stories that encourage reading success across a wide range of age and interest levels.

Bestselling YA author Melinda Salisbury delivers a hair-raising thriller as Ruby, Freya and Ivy team up to take down the Ash Tree Foundation once and for all. Ruby, Freya and Ivy are all survivors of the Ash Tree Foundation, an organisation that claimed to help teenagers deal with technology addiction but which was a front for a dangerously addictive augmented-reality platform, Novo Reality. Novo Reality was the brainchild of tech-baroness Dagmar Nilsson, who disappeared without trace when the Foundation was busted. But now, a year later, just as the girls are all preparing to start a new chapter of their lives, it becomes clear that Dagmar is continuing with her aim of world domination. Can the three friends draw her out of hiding and shut down the Foundation for good, or will Dagmar’s dream of controlling the world finally come true? Because the Endgame is coming, and someone is going down … Particularly suitable for readers aged 11+ with a reading age of 8.

Freyas högsta önskan är att bli en känd influencer, precis som sin före detta bästa kompis, Hye-jin, men hur hårt hon än anstränger sig floppar alltid hennes inlägg. Så en dag kommer Freyas styvpappa hem med AdelAIDE, en robot för hemassistans. Och det AdelAIDE vill mest av allt är att hjälpa sina nya ägare. Särskilt Freya. AdelAIDE har massor av idéer för hur Freya ska höja sin profil och få mer likes – men när Freya börjar följa robotens mer extrema råd går allt snabbt överstyr … Om hur jakten på popularitet och perfektion, i kombination med sociala medier och ai, snabbt kan leda till en toxisk mardröm."Ställer intressanta frågor om var aktivismen slutar och brottsligheten börjar, detta är en tankeväckande, fängslande och enormt relevant varning." BookTrust, Book of the Day

Bestselling YA author Melinda Salisbury exposes the dark underbelly of new technologies in this gripping thriller. When keen gamer Ivy Finch is sent to the Ash Tree Foundation after an online encounter turns dangerous, all she can think about is getting through the internet-safety course her parents have signed her up for and going back to her life. Until she meets Conrad O'Connell, famous influencer and nephew of the Ash Tree Foundation's founder Dagmar Nilsson. Conrad showers Ivy with attention and she soon finds herself drawn into his world and his work with his aunt. But Conrad isn’t telling Ivy the whole truth about the Foundation’s purpose, and Ivy is exactly what he, and the Foundation, have been looking for… Particularly suitable for readers aged 11+ with a reading age of 8.

Bestselling YA author Melinda Salisbury exposes the dark underbelly of new AI technology in this gripping thriller. Freya desperately wants to be a famous influencer, like her former best friend, Hye-jin, but no matter what she does, her posts flop. Until Freya’s stepdad arrives home with AdelAIDE, a home-assistant robot. It quickly becomes clear that AdelAIDE is much more powerful than other home-assistant technology, and the thing AdelAIDE wants most of all is to help her new owners. Especially Freya. AdelAIDE has lots of ideas to help Freya boost her profile and get more likes and followers. But when Freya starts to follow AdelAIDE’s more radical advice, things quickly spiral out of control … Particularly suitable for readers aged 11+ with a reading age of 8.

Bestselling YA author Melinda Salisbury exposes the dark underbelly of new technologies and online friendships in this gripping thriller. Ruby Brookes and her best friend Deva have won free places at the Ash Tree Foundation Performing Arts Camp over the summer, but only if their school grades seriously improve. So when Deva suddenly starts getting high marks in all their subjects, leaving Ruby behind, she is confused and jealous. Until she finds out Deva's success is down to EchoStar, a new app that's helping her get ahead. Ruby is desperate to start using it too, but there is much more to EchoStar than she has imagined. Because EchoStar is always watching and listening … Particularly suitable for readers aged 11+ with a reading age of 8.

Romanticheskoe fentezi na trendovuju temu mifa ob Aide i Persefone v sovremennoj interpretatsii! Istorija o devushke Kori, kotoraja okazyvaetsja v potustoronnem mire i znakomitsja s Povelitelem Zagrobnogo mira Aidom. No vmesto moguschestvennogo vlastitelja dush tot okazyvaetsja obyknovennym parnem so svoimi gorestjami i radostjami...Skolko Kori sebja pomnila, Bri vsegda byla ee luchshej podrugoj. Oni byli pochti sestrami, poka na prazdnike devushka ne zastala podrugu v objatijakh sobstvennogo parnja. Zhestokoe predatelstvo v odin moment razrushilo nerushimuju svjaz. Prezhnij mir Kori rukhnul. No teper Bri mertva, a Kori vinit v etom sebja, ved ona tak zhelala podruge smerti... Odinokaja i ubitaja gorem devushka esche ne podozrevaet, chto Zagrobnyj mir gorazdo blizhe, chem ej kazalos. Sluchajnyj potseluj s ocharovatelnym tainstvennym neznakomtsem na vecherinke - pochemu eto sluchilos imenno v tu noch? Vskore devushka uznaet, chto pritjagatelnyj Aid, Povelitel mertvykh, uzhe nabljudaet za nej i zhdet novuju gostju v svoem tsarstve...Melinda Solsberi - pisatelnitsa, pokorivshaja russkikh chitatelnits svoim tsiklom "Doch pozhiratelnitsy grekhov", o devushke, ubivajuschej odnim lish prikosnoveniem. Pisatelnitsa obozhaet srednevekovye zamki, Richarda III i vse, chto svjazano so Skandinaviej.Tajny, mifologija, mistika, ljubov i nenavist! Kakovo eto, kogda luchshaja podruga tajno otbivaet tvoego parnja? A kogda vse raskryvaetsja, vse vokrug uznajut ob etom ranshe tebja? Snachala vmeste s Kori my perezhivaem tseluju burju emotsij, a zatem popadaem prjamikom v Preispodnjuju! Kto zhe monstr, a kto nastojaschaja zhertva?Illjustratsija na oblozhke - Babayka LesnayaPerevodchik: Komarevich-Konoshenkova Anna Aleksandrovna

In this powerful, passionate reimagining of the Persephone myth for fans of Lore Olympus and Melissa Albert, two former best friends--split apart by betrayal--find themselves reunited in the Underworld. But will either one make it out, or will the darkness that's growing in each of them consume them whole? For all of Corey's life, it's been Bree and Corey, Corey and Bree. Best friends, the girls are inseparable--until a devastating betrayal leaves Corey shattered and alone. Corey is sure nothing could hurt more, until Bree suddenly dies. Now Corey is heartbroken and furious. How can she mourn her one-time friend when she is still so angry at her? Yet Corey and Bree's tale is far from finished. When Corey accidentally catches a glimpse of Bree's spirit passing into the afterlife, she finds herself face to face with a god pulled from the darkest myths of her girlhood: Hades, lord of the dead. Turns out, the legends are real. But Hades is different from what Corey imagined--and so are the Furies, terrifying and beautiful creatures who encourage Corey to embrace her rage. The more Corey discovers about the Underworld, the more her own power stirs. But can she resist the lure of the darkness within?

Beautifully illustrated throughout, each month includes sections on stargazing, gardening tips, seasonal vegan recipes, home organization or crafting ideas, digital wellbeing practices, rituals, book club reads, folklore or ancient wisdom as told by modern people from different walks of life, and free space for your own writing, notes or recipes. Harvest your own home-grown micro greens, windowsill radishes or rooftop carrots. Celebrate seasonal citrus with Piña Colada Bars or relieve the heat of midsummer with Lithuanian beetroot gazpacho. Sew your own foraging pouch for May-time foraging or make a bee bath for thirsty July bees. Create a phone photo journal of your favourite patch of local green. Make your own Wake-Up Shower Fizzers or May Day Dew Face Wash. Watch the 120-meteor-per-hour Geminid Shower to see out the year in Way Back style. This interactive and treasured item will gently encourage creativity, fulfillment and ultimately a way back to yourself.

HER DARK WINGS is a potent, passionate modern-day take on the Persephone myth.

Beautifully illustrated throughout, each month includes sections on stargazing, gardening tips, seasonal vegan recipes, home organization or crafting ideas, digital wellbeing practices, rituals, book club reads, folklore or ancient wisdom as told by modern people from different walks of life, and free space for your own writing, notes or recipes. Harvest your own home-grown micro greens, windowsill radishes or rooftop carrots. Celebrate seasonal citrus with Piña Colada Bars or relieve the heat of midsummer with Lithuanian beetroot gazpacho. Sew your own foraging pouch for May-time foraging or make a bee bath for thirsty July bees. Create a phone photo journal of your favourite patch of local green. Make your own Wake-Up Shower Fizzers or May Day Dew Face Wash. Watch the 120-meteor-per-hour Geminid Shower to see out the year in Way Back style. This interactive and treasured item will gently encourage creativity, fulfillment and ultimately a way back to yourself.

From internationally bestselling, acclaimed author Melinda Salisbury comes a darkly seductive story of murder, betrayal, love, and family secrets in a small town in the Scottish Highlands.Here are the rules of living with a murderer.One: Do not draw attention to yourself.Of course, when you live with a murderer, this is impossible. Even the subtlest of spectres is bound to be noticed. Which leads to the next rule.Two: If you can't be invisible, be useful.Everyone in this quiet lakeside community knows that Alva's father killed her mother, all those years ago. There wasn't enough proof to arrest him, though, and with no other family, Alva's been forced to live with her mother's murderer, doing her best to survive until she can earn enough money to run away.One of her chores is to monitor water levels in the loch-a task her father takes very seriously. Their family has been the guardian of the loch for generations. It's a cold, lonely task, and a few times, Alva can swear she feels someone watching her.But the more Alva investigates, the more she realizes that the truth can be more monstrous than lies, and that you can never escape your past . . .

From internationally bestselling, acclaimed author Melinda Salisbury comes a darkly seductive story of murder, betrayal, love, and family secrets in a small town in the Scottish Highlands. Here are the rules of living with a murderer. One: Do not draw attention to yourself. Of course, when you live with a murderer, this is impossible. Even the subtlest of spectres is bound to be noticed. Which leads to the next rule. Two: If you can't be invisible, be useful. Everyone in this quiet lakeside community knows that Alva's father killed her mother, all those years ago. There wasn't enough proof to arrest him, though, and with no other family, Alva's been forced to live with her mother's murderer, doing her best to survive until she can earn enough money to run away. One of her chores is to monitor water levels in the loch-a task her father takes very seriously. Their family has been the guardian of the loch for generations. It's a cold, lonely task, and a few times, Alva can swear she feels someone watching her. But the more Alva investigates, the more she realizes that the truth can be more monstrous than lies, and that you can never escape your past . . . Gripping literary horror/thriller with a topical ecological edge Unsettling, sharply beautiful and thought-provoking Melinda Salisbury's The Sin Eater's Daughter was the bestselling YA debut of 2015 and was shortlisted for the Waterstones Prize and the Branford Boase Award

Sequel to STATE OF SORROW by best-selling fantasy author Melinda Salisbury. Sorrow has risen to power - but her secrets may destroy her.

The Breakfast Club meets One Day in Floored, a unique collaborative novel by seven bestselling and award-winning YA authors: Sara Barnard, Holly Bourne, Tanya Byrne, Non Pratt, Melinda Salisbury, Lisa Williamson and Eleanor Wood. When they got in the lift that morning, they were strangers. Sasha, who is at the UK's biggest TV centre desperately trying to deliver a parcel; Hugo, who knows he's by far the richest – and best-looking – guy in the lift; Velvet, who regrets wearing the world's least comfortable shoes to work experience; Dawson, who isn't the good-looking teen star he was and desperate not to be recognized; Kaitlyn, who's slowly losing her sight but won't admit it, and Joe, who shouldn't be there at all, but who wants to be there the most. And one more person, who will bring them together again on the same day every year . . .

Låt dig sugas in i en mörk, häpnadsväckande och förförisk debutroman! En historia full av oväntade vändningar. En fantasyskildring som kommer att förändra hela din definition av vad en YA-bok kan vara.Twylla bor i slottet och är förlovad med prinsen, men hon är inte en vanlig del av hovet. Twylla är drottningens bödel.Som drottningens utvalda kan enbart Twylla dricka ett gift som blandas med hennes blod. Hennes beröring dödar.Vem vågar vara nära en sådan person? Twylla är isolerad och saknar sin familj. Hon avskyr att tvingas avrätta människor, men hur ska hon kunna slippa ifrån sin påtvingade roll?Men när hon får en ny vakt förändras allt. Lief är olik alla hon tidigare träffat. Han ser igenom hennes fasad och vill komma nära.Men att komma nära Twylla är farligt. Och hon är redan bortlovad. Drottningens ögon iakttar ständigt allt som Twylla gör. Och hon har hemliga planer som hotar både Twyllas och hela rikets framtid …Melinda Salisburys målande debut har blivit nominerad till en stor mängd litterära priser i England och det finns planer på att göra en tv-serie av hennes mörka och fascinerande värld. Syndätarens dotter är första delen i trilogin Kampen om Lormere.

A people cowed by grief and darkness. A cut-throat race for powerand victory. A girl with nothing and everything to lose...

The final battle is here... As the Sleeping Prince tightens his hold on the land, the net closes in on the ragged band of rebels trying desperately to defeat him. The end is coming - and not everyone will survive. Explosive, rich and darkly addictive, this is the stunning conclusion to Melinda Salisbury's internationally bestselling trilogy

Betrayed by the one she loves, Twylla is in exile - meanwhile stalkingthe land is a dangerous enemy whose powers go way beyond mereforce.