Francesca Zappia

Her story is a phenomenon. Her life is a disaster. In the real world, Eliza Mirk is shy, weird, and friendless. Online, she’s LadyConstellation, the anonymous creator of the wildly popular webcomic Monstrous Sea. Eliza can’t imagine enjoying the real world as much as she loves the online one, and she has no desire to try. Then Wallace Warland, Monstrous Sea’s biggest fanfiction writer, transfers to her school. Wallace thinks Eliza is just another fan, and as he draws her out of her shell, she begins to wonder if a life offline might be worthwhile. But when Eliza’s secret is accidentally shared with the world, everything she’s built—her story, her relationship with Wallace, and even her sanity—begins to fall apart.

«Desenhou tantos monstros que se tornou ela própria um monstro.» Eliza é uma rapariga ansiosa, estranha e invisível. Mas ninguém sabe que online ela é LadyConstellation, a famosa criadora de O Mar Monstruoso, o webcomic mais popular do momento. É no mundo virtual que Eliza deixa os seus demónios pessoais tomarem a forma dos monstros que desenha. É ali que pode ser ela mesma. A vida offline não lhe diz nada até conhecer Wallace, o mais famoso escritor de fanfiction do seu webcomic. Sem saberem a verdadeira identidade um do outro, começam lentamente a aproximar-se, unidos pelo mesmo fandom. Pela primeira vez, Eliza sente que o mundo real pode valer a pena… A magia do fandom e das comunidades online, numa história que reflete sobre a descoberta da identidade, as questões de saúde mental e o enorme poder da imaginação para enfrentarmos os nossos demónios pessoais. «As pessoas destroçadas não se escondem dos seus monstros. As pessoas destroçadas deixam-se ser devoradas.»

»En fängslande roman om fantasins labyrinter och om hur fans kan kväva objekten för sin beundran.« | Shelf Awareness I verkligheten är artonåriga Eliza Mirk blyg, knepig, smart och helt utan vänner.  På nätet är hon däremot en supersuccé: Under sitt alias LadyConstellation skriver och ritar hon den otroligt populära serien Monsterhavet som har miljoner fans.   Eliza kan inte ens föreställa sig att hennes riktiga tillvaro ska kunna mäta sig med den hon lever i på nätet - åtminstone inte förrän Wallace Warland börjar på hennes skola och Eliza inser att den verkliga världen kanske inte måste vara så hemsk ändå.   Men så råkar Elizas alter ego bli avslöjat, och allt ställs på spel: hennes serie, hennes relation till Wallace och hela hennes tillvaro. 

The people of Greymist Fair know that the woods are a dangerous and magical place, and that they should never set foot off the road. But when a young tailor discovers a body on the road, her search for the culprit reveals even more strange and dark happenings around her town. From acclaimed author Francesca Zappia, Greymist Fair is a suspenseful and inventive murder-mystery inspired by the lesser-known fairytales of the Brothers Grimm. Greymist Fair will bewitch readers of Rachel Vincent’s Red Wolf, Liz Braswell’s A Twisted Tale series, and fans of Into the Woods. Features chapter decorations by the author throughout, as well as a map. Two roads lead into a dark forest. They meet at Greymist Fair, the village hidden in the trees, a place kept alive by the families that never leave. The people of Greymist Fair know the woods are a dangerous and magical place, and to set foot off the road is to invite trouble. When Heike, the village’s young tailor, discovers a body on the road, she goes looking for who is responsible. But her quest only leads to more strange happenings around Greymist Fair. Inspired by the original, bloody, lesser-known fairytales of the Brothers Grimm, acclaimed author Francesca Zappia crafts an enthralling murder-mystery that will keep readers turning the pages. Told from multiple points of view, with each narrative building on the crime discovered by Heike, Greymist Fair examines the themes of childhood fears, growing into adult responsibilities, and finding a place to call home amid the trials of life and death.

La folie est son quotidien, rien ne la préparait à être « normale ». - On joue au jeu des vingt questions ? - OK , mais c'est moi qui les pose cette fois. - Ça marche. - Si je devine en moins de cinq questions, je serai vraiment déçue. Il esquisse un sourire et répond : - Ne m'insulte pas. - Est-ce que tu es vivant ? - Oui. - Tu habites ici ? - Oui. - Je te connais ? - Oui. - Est-ce que je t'ai rêvé ? Un premier roman bouleversant par la jeune prodige de vingt-deux ans qui a conquis John Green (Nos étoiles contraires).

American Horror Story meets the dark comedy of Kafka's The Metamorphosis as Cat searches for a way to escape her high school. A tale of family, love, tragedy, and masks--the ones others make for us, and the ones we make for ourselves. Katzenjammer will haunt fans of Chelsea Pitcher's This Lie Will Kill You and E. Lockhart's We Were Liars. Cat lives in her high school. She never leaves, and for a long time her school has provided her with everything she needs. But now things are changing. The hallways contract and expand along with the school's breathing, and the showers in the bathroom run a bloody red. Cat's best friend is slowly turning into cardboard, and instead of a face, Cat has a cat mask made of her own hardened flesh. Cat doesn't remember why she is trapped in her school or why half of them--Cat included--are slowly transforming. Escaping has always been the one impossibility in her school's upside-down world. But to save herself from the eventual self-destruction all the students face, Cat must find the way out. And to do that, she'll have to remember what put her there in the first place. Using chapters alternating between the past and the present, acclaimed author Francesca Zappia weaves a spine-tingling, suspenseful, and haunting story about tragedy and the power of memories. Fans of Marieke Nijkamp's This Is Where It Ends and Karen McManus's One of Us Is Lying will lose themselves in the pages of this novel--or maybe in the treacherous hallways of the school.

Su webcomic es un fenómeno en internet. ¿Su vida? Un desastre. Eliza Mirk es tímida, un tanto peculiar y no tiene amigos. Lo que nadie sabe es que ella es Lady Constelación, la autora anónima del famoso cómic El mar monstruoso. Eliza no puede ni siquiera imaginarse disfrutando del mundo real tanto como del virtual y tampoco tiene ningún interés en hacerlo... Hasta que Wallace Warland, el escritor de fanfiction de El mar monstruoso más reconocido, se traslada a su instituto. Con el tiempo, él consigue hacerla salir de su caparazón y ella empieza a preguntarse si una vida más allá de internet merece la pena. Pero cuando el secreto de Eliza sale accidentalmente a la luz, todo lo que ha construido comienza a desmoronarse: su historia, su relación con Wallace... e incluso su salud mental.

Reality, it turns out, is often not what you perceive it to be—sometimes, there really is someone out to get you. Made You Up tells the story of Alex, a high school senior unable to tell the difference between real life and delusion. Alex fights a daily battle to figure out the difference between reality and delusion. Armed with a take-no-prisoners attitude, her camera, a Magic 8-Ball, and her only ally (her little sister), Alex wages a war against her schizophrenia, determined to stay sane long enough to get into college. She’s pretty optimistic about her chances until classes begin, and she runs into Miles. Didn't she imagine him? Before she knows it, Alex is making friends, going to parties, falling in love, and experiencing all the usual rites of passage for teenagers. But Alex is used to being crazy. She’s not prepared for normal.

American Horror Story meets the dark comedy of Kafka's The Metamorphosis as Cat searches for a way to escape her high school. A tale of family, love, tragedy, and masks--the ones others make for us, and the ones we make for ourselves. Katzenjammer will haunt fans of Chelsea Pitcher's This Lie Will Kill You and E. Lockhart's We Were Liars. Cat lives in her high school. She never leaves, and for a long time her school has provided her with everything she needs. But now things are changing. The hallways contract and expand along with the school's breathing, and the showers in the bathroom run a bloody red. Cat's best friend is slowly turning into cardboard, and instead of a face, Cat has a cat mask made of her own hardened flesh. Cat doesn't remember why she is trapped in her school or why half of them--Cat included--are slowly transforming. Escaping has always been the one impossibility in her school's upside-down world. But to save herself from the eventual self-destruction all the students face, Cat must find the way out. And to do that, she'll have to remember what put her there in the first place. Using chapters alternating between the past and the present, acclaimed author Francesca Zappia weaves a spine-tingling, suspenseful, and haunting story about tragedy and the power of memories. Fans of Marieke Nijkamp's This Is Where It Ends and Karen McManus's One of Us Is Lying will lose themselves in the pages of this novel--or maybe in the treacherous hallways of the school.

WELCOME TO THE PLANET ORCUS. Here, monsters fill the seas, humans travel the skies, and an ancient energy seeps from fissures in the earth. Because of this energy, some of the planet's inhabitants have evolved particular abilities: some instinctually read the stars; some live extraordinarily long lives; some control the very elements of the planet itself. But there are stranger beings that lurk on Orcus. They were born in the chaotic formation of the planet, and they will live until the planet's death. They allow their hosts to move and sense as no one else can, and give them the ability to regenerate their bodies indefinitely. All they ask in return is to feed-to feed to their heart's content, to feed on the purest power source the planet has to offer. To feed on human souls.

Zora Novak has been framed. When someone burns down the home of the school janitor and he dies in the blaze, everyone in Addamsville, Indiana, points a finger at Zora. Never mind that Zora has been on the straight and narrow since her father was thrown in jail. With everyone looking for evidence against her, her only choice is to uncover the identity of the real killer. There’s one big problem—Zora has no leads. No one does. Addamsville has a history of tragedy, and thirty years ago a similar string of fires left several townspeople dead. The arsonist was never caught. Now, Zora must team up with her cousin Artemis—an annoying self-proclaimed Addamsville historian—to clear her name. But with a popular ghost-hunting television show riling up the townspeople, almost no support from her family and friends, and rumors spinning out of control, things aren’t looking good. Zora will have to read between the lines of Addamsville’s ghost stories before she becomes one herself.

Nem sempre é possível confiar no que se vê. «Às vezes, acho que as pessoas tomam a realidade por garantida. Quer dizer, como é que se percebe a diferença entre sonho e vida real?» A Alex enfrenta uma luta diária: distinguir entre realidade e alucinação. Munida de uma atitude destemida, uma bola mágica e uma máquina fotográfica que lhe permite captar o mundo exterior, ela trava uma batalha contra a esquizofrenia, enfrentando tudo e todos para não se deixar definir nem limitar pela sua doença. O seu plano parece correr-lhe de feição ao iniciar uma nova vida numa nova escola. Mas, um dia, a Alex conhece o Miles e, de um momento para o outro, começa a viver os ritos de passagem próprios da juventude: faz amizades, vai a festas, apaixona-se... Porém, o mundo da Alex está repleto de cores, objetos, pessoas e sons que podem ou não ser reais. A memória e os sentidos mentem-lhe constantemente, semeando a dúvida: será que o Miles existe mesmo? E estará ela preparada para ter uma vida normal? Um livro provocador e intrigante sobre a doença mental e o significado de ser adulto.

Emery Ashworth is a dreamhunter. She spends her time fighting the nightmares of mankind with her partner, Wes, the lowest-ranking boy in her class and the biggest pain in Emery's neck. When Emery and Wes are sent to gather intelligence on a rogue dreamhunter, their bickering lands them in the midst of the Dream-humanity's collective subconscious, where real matter warps until it can no longer return to the waking world-pursued by one of the most dangerous dreamhunters on Earth. Traversing the darkest parts of the human mind and hunted by an unbeatable foe, the two must work together to return to their families, their friends, and their lives before the Dream unravels them both.[COMPLETE]

Nel mondo reale, Eliza Mirk è una ragazza timida, poco socievole e solitaria. Online, è Lady Constellation, autrice anonima di «Monstrous Sea», un webcomics adorato da milioni di followers in tutto il mondo. Eliza non si sente mai sola, la sua comunità digitale la fa sentire amata e parte di qualcosa di importante. Poi a scuola conosce Wallace, un ragazzo che non parla con nessuno ma decide di aprirsi proprio con lei, ed Eliza comprende che anche la vita offline vale la pena di essere vissuta. Ma quando accidentalmente la sua identità segreta di Lady Constellation viene svelata al mondo, tutte le sue certezze e i suoi punti fermi - online e offline - vanno in frantumi...

„Jeśli nawet miłość nie zawsze zwycięża, dzięki niej łatwiej znieść wszystkie bitwy. ” Rzeczywistość, jak się okazuje, często nie jest tym, czym się wydaje. Oto Alex, maturzystka i absolutnie niewiarygodna narratorka, która czasami nie potrafi odróżnić prawdziwego życia od złudzenia. Codziennie walczy, by rozpoznać, co jest prawdą, a co nie. Uzbrojona w swój aparat fotograficzny, z młodszą siostrą u boku, Alex prowadzi codzienną wojnę ze swoją chorobą – schizofrenią – starając się pozostać przy zdrowych zmysłach na tyle długo, by dostać się do college'u. I nieźle jej idzie: poznaje nowych ludzi, chodzi na imprezy i... zakochuje się. Tylko co z tego jest prawdą? Alex przywykła do tego, że jest, jaka jest. Nikt nie przygotował jej na normalność...

¿Y si todo lo que amas solo existiera en tu cabeza?Ella está acostumbrada a la locura, Pero quiere ser normal. Anhela con toda el alma saber si lo que ve es o no real… Alex emprende una guerra contra la esquizofrenia. Decide afrontar la batalla diaria de buscar la diferencia entre la verdad y los inventos de su mente. Tiene un plan: entrar a la universidad, estar alerta, usar una cámara de fotos, su “bola 8 mágica”, y la ayuda de su hermana menor. Todo parece ir bien hasta que inician las clases, conoce nuevos amigos y se enamora de Miles. Pero ¿realmente existen, o son otra trampa de su imaginación?Yo te inventé, hará que te cuestiones todo lo que crees saber. Una novela inquietante y divertida, donde la amistad, la razón y el amor son puestos a prueba. Ha sido traducida a 15 idiomas.