Charlotte Nowak will die Sache am liebsten abbrechen: diese Fahrt auf einem Containerschiff nach Marokko. Niemand soll wissen, wo sie und ihre Freundinnen sich aufhalten; die vier sind so verschieden, wie man mit sechzehn nur sein kann, sodass es auch mal kracht; und dann haben sie noch Antonia als blinden Passagier an Bord geschmuggelt. Aber Bea, die sie finden müssen, steckt in Schwierigkeiten und braucht Hilfe. Als das Schiff ablegt, wird Charlotte klar: Sie kann nicht mehr zurück und ist nun Teil dieses Schiffes, auf dem einiges nicht stimmt. Der unsympathische Kapitän und der wenig zimperliche Erste Offizier sind viel härter, als es im ohnehin robusten Seemannsleben üblich ist; beim Landgang in Le Havre wird Charlotte in seltsame Transaktionen verwickelt, und dann kommt eine Kiste auf das Schiff, für die die Freundinnen unerwartet Verantwortung übernehmen müssen. Vielleicht geht es hier um illegalen Handel und moderne Sklaverei, vielleicht auch um alte Mythen des Meeres. Auf jeden Fall müssen die fünf sich dem stellen... Ein Abenteuer, das die grandiose Erzählerin Kirsten Fuchs mit umwerfendem Sprachwitz schildert. Ein Roman über Freundschaft, die Freiheit und wer für sie den Preis zahlt.
In order to provide English learners with extensive reading pleasure, it consists of jewels that span the East and West, from literary works of famous writers such as Aesop's fables, Andersen, Shakespeare, and picture brothers to traditional fairy tales from all over the world.
The Queen of England calls on her trusty spy, Mac B., once again. This time, Mac must navigate secret tunnels beneath the Berlin Wall in order to retrieve cheat codes from a Soviet scientist. Floppy disk in hand, our hero finds himself trapped in East Germany, stuck between the wall and the Stasi. How will he escape? Well, it is 1989, and walls do fall down.
Mac must crack a secret code that has been recovered from a double agent. A series of clues leads Mac to France and then to Japan, where he comes face-to-face with his arch-nemesis, the KGB man...and the world headquarters of Nintendo! Is the KGB Man secretly behind all of this? And are Mac's video-game skills good enough to face down his enemy at the Video Game World Championships?Featuring historical facts woven throughout-and, of course, intrigue and hilarity-the fourth entry in the totally smart, wholly original, side-splittingly funny series from the wildly talented Mac Barnett shouldn't be missed!
A funny fantasy-adventure series for fans of LEMONY SNICKET, NEIL GAIMAN, and CRESSIDA COWELL
What do you do when you survive a pirate kidnapping, a milk-drinking contest with a giant grizzly bear, and a stint inside the belly of a whale? If youre Mabel Jones, you do everything you can to avoid another UNLIKELY ADVENTURE!
But when Mabel's baby sister is plucked from her crib by an EVIL witch, Mabel has no choice but to follow both to the jungles of the Forbidden City.
Joining a brand-new cast of characters - and a few familiar faces from The Unlikely Adventures of Mabel Jones - Mabel races an arrogant fox, slays a ferocious millipede, and battles the diabolical witch. But is she prepared to make the ULTIMATE SACRIFICE to save her sister?
From the Hardcover edition.
Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable, audiobook edition of Mabel Jones and the Forbidden City by Will Mabbit, read by Mark Heap.
Mabel Jones is ready for her second unlikely adventure - another hilarious story by Will Mabbitt.
What would you do if hungry vines emerged from your wardrobe and stole your baby sister?
If you're Mabel Jones and afraid of nothing, you'd follow!
Between Mabel and her goal is a dangerous jungle, filled with deadly monsters and poisoned jelly babies.
Can she defeat the Witch Queen and rescue her sister, or is this the last we'll see of Mabel Jones . . .?
"Two years ago bulldozers had come to make a cut at the top of Sarah's Mountain. They began uprooting trees and pushing subsoil in a huge pile to get at the coal. As the pile grew enormous, so had M.C.'s fear of it. He had nightmares in which the heap came tumbling down. Over and over again, it buried his family on the side of the mountain."-from M.C. Higgins, the Great When M.C. Higgins climbed the 40-foot steel pole near his house, he could see over the spiky treetops and far across the rolling emerald hills.
There, on Sarah's Mountain, with his face turned toward the sun and his arms spread wide, M.C. welcomed in the morning of a brand new day. How he would have liked to stay there forever! But M.C. knew-better than his family-that strip mining had reduced the outcropping upon which their cabin was built to rubble, and soon the spoilage would come raining down, burying their home forever. When two strangers come to the mountain, M.C. thinks he's found a solution to his problem, only to discover that the real answer, like the playful voices inside his head, lies in himself.
Billy is a young boy who lives in a house in England. One day, he is given a computer-generated emu, which is invisible to everyone but certain members of his family. Billy has a cousin named Colin, a librarian who finds a magical phoenix bookmark that sees him drawn into the stories that he reads.
This short story - M Behaving Badly - is taken from much-loved author Merv Lambert's first collection featuring Billy and his friends: Beware of the Emu.
Children will love M Behaving Badly, which is the perfect length for a bedtime story, or can simply be used to entertain at any time of the day.
Look out for more of Merv's wonderful tales, available as eBooks, audiobooks and in print.
L'aventure enchantée de trois enfants intrépides, lancés dans un voyage incroyable dans un monde rempli de merveilles et de la magie de Noël.
Depuis des siècles, un livre magique protège les Étoiles de Noël qui veillent à ce que Noël soit la plus belle fête au monde. La fête de la joie, de la générosité, de l’harmonie et de l’espoir.
Mais lorsque Juliette, Klelia et Théo détruisent le livre, Noël perd sa magie et le monde se retrouve soudain désenchanté. Pour qu'elle redevienne une fête merveilleuse, Ginnie, la Fée de Noël, décide d'envoyer les enfants dans la région de l’Est à la recherche de l’Étoile de la Joie.
Arriveront-ils à la découvrir avant minuit pour rendre à Noël son enchantement ?
L'aventure enchantée de trois enfants intrépides, lancés dans un voyage incroyable dans un monde rempli de merveilles et de la magie de Noël.
Depuis des siècles, un livre magique protège les Étoiles de Noël qui veillent à ce que Noël soit la plus belle fête au monde. La fête de générosité, de l'harmonie, de l'espoir et de la joie.
Mais lorsque Juliette, Klelia et Théo détruisent le livre, Noël perd sa magie et le monde se retrouve soudain désenchanté. Pour qu'elle redevienne une fête merveilleuse, Ginnie, la Fée de Noël, décide d'envoyer les enfants dans la région du Nord à la recherche de l’Étoile de la Générosité.
Arriveront-ils à la découvrir avant minuit pour rendre à Noël son enchantement ?
L'aventure enchantée de trois enfants intrépides, lancés dans un voyage incroyable dans un monde rempli de merveilles et de la magie de Noël.
Depuis des siècles, un livre magique protège les Étoiles de Noël qui veillent à ce que Noël soit la plus belle fête au monde. La fête de l'espoir, de la joie, de la générosité et de l'harmonie.
Mais lorsque Juliette, Klelia et Théo détruisent le livre, Noël perd sa magie et le monde se retrouve soudain désenchanté. Pour qu'elle redevienne une fête merveilleuse, Ginnie, la Fée de Noël, décide d'envoyer les enfants dans la région de l'Ouest à la recherche de l'Étoile de l'Espoir.
Arriveront-ils à la découvrir avant minuit pour rendre à Noël son enchantement ?
An exciting new tale set in the world of Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials saga. This collectible hardcover volume includes a short story by Mr. Pullman, plus a fold-out map of Oxford and various "souvenirs" from the past. The book is illustrated throughout with woodcut illustrations by John Lawrence.
