Лучшие книги Алекс Флинн

Роман Алекс Флинн - современный вариант старой как мир сказки "Красавица и Чудовище" - произвел настоящий фурор в литературном мире Америки. Успех книги подкрепил ее кинематографический вариант - фильм американского режиссера Дэниэла Барнса с Алексом Петтифером в роли Кайла Кингсбери, богатого нью-йоркского юноши, которого превратила в монстра оскорбленная Кайлом ведьма, скрывавшаяся в обличье школьницы. Но - помните? - чтобы расколдовать Чудовище, нужен пустяк. Всего лишь поцелуй девушки, которая разглядит за уродливой маской юноши его настоящее лицо.

Первый роман Алекс Флинн, "Чудовище", произвел настоящий фурор в литературном мире Америки. Готовящийся кинематографический вариант книги в постановке американского режиссера Дэниэла Барнса с Алексом Петтифером в главной роли наверняка закрепит успех дебютного произведения писательницы. В новой книге Алекс Флинн, оригинальной современной интерпретации классического сказочного сюжета, Талию, проспавшую триста лет принцессу из королевства Эфразия, будит поцелуем обычный американский юноша. Свободолюбивая Талия не желает пребывать в замке, где родители держали ее взаперти, опасаясь нового проклятия злой волшебницы. Принцесса отправляется…

Он вовсе не герой, а простой паренек, который подрабатывает после школы, помогая матери свести концы с концами. Но однажды в его жизнь вторгается самая настоящая магия, и это меняет все. Теперь приходится ежеминутно рисковать, разрушая ведьмины чары, разговаривая с животными на их языке, сражаясь с великанами и мгновенно переносясь в пространстве. Но чего не сделаешь ради красавицы-принцессы, пообещавшей в награду выйти за тебя замуж? Пусть даже нет твердой уверенности в том, что она сдержит слово... и что твое чувство к ней — действительно любовь.

Kendra Hilferty, the witch who curses Kyle Kingsbury in Beastly, tells about her immortal existence how she discovered she was a witch and the various ways she has used her powers to help people throughout the centuries. (Unfortunately her attempts have often backfired.) As it turns out, Kendra has actually had a hand in "Hansel and Gretel," "The Princess and the Pea," and "The Little Mermaid" but these are not the fairy tales you think you know! Kendra s reminiscences are wrapped around a real-time version of "Cinderella," except the ugly stepsister is the good guy. With dark twists, hilarious turns, and unexpected endings, Bewitching is a contemporary read for fairy-tale lovers, fantasy fans, and anyone looking for more Alex Flinn. Praise for the #1 New York Times bestselling Beastly: Teens will LOL. They will also find their preoccupations with looks, status and pride explored thoroughly. Kirkus Reviews Praise for A Kiss in Time: Charming. ALA Booklist Praise for Cloaked: Flinn cleverly plays on some lesser-known fairy tales to make this book a fun, romantic adventure with likable characters. Rapid action and amusing situations make it a quick read that will easily entice even reluctant readers. School Library Journal

For most people, the word "diva" means brilliant, talented, over-the-top, and glamorous. I, however, seemed to be trapped in the not-very-glamorous life of a cheerleader wannabe with serious ex-boyfriend issues and a permanent yo-yo diet. At least until the day I auditioned for Miami High School of the Arts—and got in! All I had to do was convince my mother, the cosmetics salesperson with epically bad taste in clothes and men, that going downtown to hang with the music geeks was a good idea. I had to blackmail her to be able to do it, but I'm here—a diva-in-training—and I'm not so sure I can cut it. Now what?

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Alex Flinn comes a tale of taking a chance on love and letting your inner voice soar. Jacaranda Abbott has always tried to keep her mouth shut. As a foster kid, she’s learned the hard way that the less she talks about her mother and why she’s in jail, the better. But when a video of Jacaranda singing goes viral, a mysterious benefactor offers her a life-changing opportunity—a scholarship to a prestigious boarding school to study musical theater. Eager to start over somewhere new, Jacaranda leaps at the chance. She pours her heart out in emails to the benefactor she’s never met. Suddenly she’s…

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Beastly comes a contemporary novel about four completely different girls and the life-changing summer they spend in the beautiful Adirondacks.

Four girls. One unforgettable July.

Britta is the bubbly drama queen. She needs to get away—and a peaceful cabin in the woods sounds like the perfect escape.

Meredith is the overachiever. She’s spent her entire life preparing for college, but at what cost? Now she’s wondering if that’s all there is.

Kate is the reluctant socialite. She’s searching for a reason to begin again after fleeing her small Georgia town—and a shameful family secret.

Spider is the quiet intellectual. She’s struggling with pain that has isolated her from her peers for much of her life.

When these four very different young women stay together for a month in the mountains, they discover that sometimes getting away from it all can only bring you back to who you really are.

Two small towns in Colorado: Hope and Despair. Between them, nothing but twelve miles of empty road. Jack Reacher can't find a ride, so he walks. All he wants is a cup of coffee. What he gets are four redneck deputies who want to run him out of town. Mistake. They're picking on the wrong guy. Jack Reacher is a big man, and he's in shape. No job, no address, no baggage. Nothing, except bloody-minded curiosity. What is the secret the locals seem so keen to hide? A hard man is good to find. Ex-military cop Reacher is today's most addictive hero. Now he pulls on a tiny loose thread, to unravel conspiracies that expose the most shocking truths. Because, after all, Jack Reacher has nothing to lose.

High in my tower I sit. I watch the birds fly below, the clouds float above, and the tall, green forest stretch to places I might never see.
Mama, who isn’t my mother, has kept me hidden away for eight long years. My only companions, besides Mama, are my books – great adventures, mysteries, and romances, that I long to make my reality. But I know that no one will come to save me—my life is not a fairy tale after all.
Well, at least no one has come so far. Recently, my hair has started to grow rapidly and it is now long enough to reach the bottom of the tower from my window. I’ve also had the strangest dreams of a beautiful green-eyed boy.
When Mama isn’t around, I plan my escape, even if it’s just for a little while. There’s something— maybe someone—waiting for me out there and it won’t find me if I’m trapped here TOWERING above it all.

Three perspectives -- one truth

The victim: After his windshield was shattered with a baseball bat, HIV-positive Alex Crusan ducked under the steering wheel. But he knows what he saw. Now he must decide what he wants to tell.

The witness: Daria Bickell never lies. So if she told the police she saw Clinton Cole do it, she must have. But did she really?

The suspect: Clinton was seen in the vicinity of the crime that morning. And sure, he has problems with Alex. But he'd never do something like this. Would he?

How far would you go to fit in?

Paul is new to Gate, a school whose rich students make life miserable for anyone not like them. And Paul is definitely not like them. Then, something incredible happens. Charlie Good, a star student and athlete, invites Paul to join his elite inner circle. All Charlie wants is a few things in return - small things that Paul does willingly. Until one day Charlie wants something big - really big.

Now Paul has to decide how far he′ll go to be one of the gang.

The electrifying follow-up to Alex Flinn′s critically acclaimed debut novel, Breathing Underwater, Breaking Point is a tale of school violence that explores why and how a good kid can go ′bad′.

Like father, like son.

Intelligent, popular, handsome, and wealthy, sixteen-year-old Nick Andreas is pretty much perfect — on the outside, at least. What no one knows — not even his best friend — is the terror that Nick faces every time he is alone with his father. Then he and Caitlin fall in love, and Nick thinks his problems are over. Caitlin is the one person who he can confide in. But when things start to spiral out of control, Nick must face the fact that he's gotten more from his father than green eyes and money.