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Alessia Jacobs is a typical sixteen-year-old, dying to get out of her small Maine town. Things look up when a new family comes to town. But as she begins to fall for the hot, mysterious son, Jonah, her life turns upside down.Weird visions of transforming into an otherworldly falcon are just the beginning. Soon she learns she’s part of the Benandanti, an ancient cult of warriors with the unique power to separate their souls from their bodies and take on the forms of magnificent animals.Alessia never would’ve suspected it, but her boring town is the site of an epic struggle between the Benandanti and the Malandanti to control powerful magic in the surrounding forest.As Alessia is drawn into the Benandanti’s mission, her relationship with Jonah intensifies. Suddenly forced to weigh choices a sixteen-year-old should never have to make, Alessia witnesses two worlds colliding with devastating consequences.

Take a journey into the unknown and discover over 150 extraordinary locations–from ice caves and haunted houses to glowing lakes–in this fully updated and revised guide to the world's most secret places.Climb a stairway to nowhere on top of a mountain, lose yourself in the world's largest maze, and descend into caves lit by glowworms. Whether deep underwater in a prehistoric grotto or swimming with pigs on a remote sandy beach, a new adventure awaits on every page of this fantastically curious book for incurably curious readers!Inside Hidden Wonders:Over 150 fascinating and surprising places around the worldPacked with tantalising facts and trivia to wow your friends and family withIncredible photography reveals the wonder of these wild and unusual placesSee the world in a unique way as destinations are arranged by longitude, starting at 180 degrees, and travelling right around the planetThe thrilling text of Nicole Maggi and Kate Baker reveals the mystery and wonder of each location in this updated compendium The perfect book for children–and grown ups–with an interest in the unusual, Hidden Wonders is the ultimate guide to the most amazing places you've (probably) never heard of…