secret societies

"At Archwell Academy, everyone knows that membership in the Lilies Society is the best way to secure your ticket to a successful future. But like many secret societies, there is a dark truth buried beenath the facade--sometimes Lilies disappear. When four Archwell students find themselves trapped in a mysterious time loop following a new pledge's disappearance, they discover that every one of them holds a clue that will unlock the secret of the Lilies. But they each have a secret of their own . . . something they would do anything to hide. Rory is an expert in the art of backstabbing. Blythe is not above getting the information she needs . . . by any means necessary. Veronica has seen a little too much for her own good. And Drew knows more about Charlotte's disappearance than they're letting on. There's no escaping the time loop until the truth is revealed: about Charlotte's disapperance, about each other . . . and about the Lilies"--.

"Toda nin?a suen?a con ir al Instituto Real de Bellas Artes para aprender a ser una princesa, pero Dalia y Dominga no podri?an estar menos encantadas. Ellas son diferentes... de la misma manera. Ninguna de las dos quiere ser la ma?s bella. Por el contrario, quieren unirse a una sociedad secreta de villanos en la Academia Embrujada, asi? que han ideado la trama perfecta para arruinar el primer di?a de clases. Sera? el plan ma?s macabro. Algo tan perfectamente terrible, tan fanta?sticamente horrible, tan maravillosamente perverso que seguramente recibira?n sus invitaciones a la Academia Embrujada." --.

Charlie Hall works for magicians who are basically criminals. She has never found a lock she couldn't pick, a book she couldn't steal, and that makes her very valuable for the magicians who want to rob their fellow magicians. But when Charlie tries to distance herself from that life, she gets caught up in a maelstrom of murder and lies. Up against a cast of doppelgangers, mercurial billionaires, magicians, and the people she loves the most, Charlie is determined to survive.

"Hidden beneath the regular Clarksville City Zoo, the Secret Zoo is an incredible world where animals and humans peacefully coexist as equals. But even in the Secret Zoo, there are dangers and forbidden places. When Noah and his friends discover tarantulas roaming around, they're sure the bad omen can only mean one thing: the Shadowist is nearby. Closing the portals is the only option to save all the animals at Clarksville City Zoo. . . . When Mr. Darby and the Descenders are unsuccessful in destroying the portals, Noah realizes that the Secret Zoo is going to war"--Provided by publisher.

"The art of Auntieology and Uncleology is a sacred craft, but ten-year-old Leo has an Uncle Mo--a clueless stationery supply salesman with good intentions--who just doesn't get it. Yet. The Secret Society of Aunts & Uncles is a madcap, magical adventure into the heart of what it means to have an aunt or uncle--how we learn to keep each other close and how we find love in the simplest things"--Provided by publisher.

"The shadows have risen, and the line is law. All Bree wanted was to uncover the truth behind her mother's death. So she infiltrated the Legendborn Order, a secret society descended from King Arthur's knights--only to discover her own ancestral power. Now, Bree has become someone new: A Medium. A Bloodcrafter. A Scion. But the ancient war between demons and the Order is rising to a deadly peak. And Nick, the Legendborn boy Bree fell in love with, has been kidnapped. Bree wants to fight, but the Regents who rule the Order won't let her. To them, she is an unknown girl with unheard-of power, and as the living anchor for the spell that preserves the Legendborn cycle, she must be protected. When the Regents reveal they will do whatever it takes to hide the war, Bree and her friends must go on the run to rescue Nick themselves. But enemies are everywhere, Bree's powers are unpredictable and dangerous, and she can't escape her growing attraction to Selwyn, the mage sworn to protect Nick until death. If Bree has any hope of saving herself and the people she loves, she must learn to control her powers from the ancestors who wielded them first--without losing herself in the process"--Provided by publisher.

Kay reluctantly joins the youth group at Stone Mission Church in Orange County California, but she's shocked when she walks in on her youth group leaders, Meg and Cortland, in the middle of a read-life exorcism. They reveal that they are a part of a secret organization of demon hunters in a war that's heating up, and Kay soon discovers she's a "Blight," a human who demons can't possess. Kay joins Meg, Cortland, and members of other interfaith groups fighting demons in Orange County, and they soon find themselves facing an even bigger threat.

"In the summer before college, eighteen-year-old Blake Brenner works to join the exclusive Serena Society with her girlfriend, and turns to alcohol to cope with the pressure of pledging, as her pursuit of success begins to strain her relationships"--Provided by publisher.

"When the leaders of the Order reveal that they will do everything in their power to keep the approaching demon war a secret, Bree and her friends go on the run so she can learn how to control her devastating new powers"--Provided by publisher.

At the elite Essex Academy Cal Ware, a poor, queer kid from Mississippi, is an outsider, but when he learns about a secret society on campus, he thinks that he may have found a way to reinvent himself--but as the initiation rituals grow riskier he must decide who to trust and how far he is willing to go to belong.