Karin De Havin

When eighteen-year-old Edmund receives an invitation to attend the 1890 class of The Academy of Arts and Science of London, AKA The Genie Academy, he is forced to make a monumental choice.

Edmund’s tutor tries to convince him that his many hidden magical talents will be revealed if he attends such a prestigious school, but Edmund has a hard time believing he could ever perform magic when he’s so shy and uncoordinated that he can’t even turn the pages of his sister’s sheet music at a recital without mucking it up.

If he attends the Genie Academy to discover his magical talents his father made it clear he will be disowned. Can he leave his beloved mother sister forever for a life of magic?… (mehr)

Eighteen-year-old Taylor knows two things for sure: ONE: She's dead. TWO: Heaven looks like a run-down version of the Las Vegas strip. The more she discovers about a heaven full of teens like her, the more mysterious it becomes-especially when her afterlife coach turns out to be her tyrannical fifth grade teacher. Plagued by questions her whole life, Taylor finds Heaven prompts even more. Why can't she remember her death? Why isn't Heaven the idyllic place she thought it would be? When she dares to ask, her teacher tells Taylor to keep her mouth shut. Everyone knows Heaven is perfect. That's a lie. What are they trying to hide? Taylor desperately wants to flee this strange place and return to her old life. She's shocked to find out there's a possibility her dream can come true. But that chance depends on passing a series of tests in the Afterlife for Idiots handbook and winning the Cloud Nine Contest. If she fails, will her teacher follow through on her threat and turn Taylor into pond scum? Taylor tries to solve the mysteries of Heaven as it slowly crumbles around her. While competing in the contest, she learns there are dark forces at work behind the celestial show...and they are after her. This leads to the biggest question of all: Is she the only one who can stop them?… (mehr)