Join Hal and Uncle Nat as they plunge straight into an exciting mystery – this time while on Safari!
All-aboard for the third amazing journey in the bestselling Adventures on Trains series from M. G. Leonard and Sam Sedgman.
Harrison Beck and his Uncle Nat are on the journey of a lifetime aboard the Safari Star – a luxurious steam train that will take them from Pretoria to the stunning Victoria Falls. Close encounters with the amazing animals and landscape of Southern Africa are adventure enough, but things get mysterious when a passenger is found dead inside a locked compartment. Is it just a terrible accident or is something more suspicious afoot? It’s up to train detective Hal and his new friend Winston to find out.
'Like Murder on the Orient Express but better!' Frank Cottrell-Boyce on The Highland Falcon Thief
'A chuffing triumph' The Times on The Highland Falcon Thief
'A first class choo-choo-dunnit!' David Solomons on Kidnap on the California Comet
With the heart-shaped herb thriving, a group of Wakanda's finest engineers working on expanding her dome technology, and the
borders more fortified than ever, Princess Shuri can finally focus on what matters most: her training.
Soon, a bigger problem rears its head. The princess hears whispers of exceptionally talented young girls across the world going
missing. A young environmental scientist in Kenya, a French physics prodigy -- the list of the missing keeps growing and growing.
And when this mystery hits home in a way the princess would've never expected, there's no more time for hesitation: There are
lost girls out there somewhere, and Shuri is determined not to let them be forgotten.
When Sam rescues an abused mare from outlaw horse rustlers, she knows she's done the right thing. But the ranch already has a full corral, and a long drought means the cattle are running out of grass. Of course her dad refuses to allow her to adopt another mustang. The frightened and dangerous mare is just beginning to trust Sam when the rustlers learn Sam is the one who told the authorities about their illegal wild horse trap. Now, it's up to Sam to keep the mare - and herself - safe.
A rollicking fairy-tale adventure from the makers of The Adventures of Alfie Onion, Tom & Tallulah and the Witches' Feast and The Dragon's Breakfast.
'French is a skilled storyteller ... she reminds us how fresh a fairy tale can feel in the right hands.' - The New York Times
Prince Max is on a mission. The royal family are down to their very last penny, so the king and queen have sent him away to the valley of the giants - with only a grumpy old donkey for company. According to legend, the giants are rich beyond all imagining: they live in gold palaces, drink from gold goblets and brush their teeth with gold toothpaste. But are the legends true and, even if they are, will the giants be willing to share their treasure? With the help of his donkey companion and Caromel, the talking cat, Max is about to find out. And he must keep his wits about him ... there are worse dangers than giants, lurking in the shadows!
'French is a writer of tremendous charm, her world at once comedic and believable.' - Literary Review
Nnedi Okorafor's acclaimed first novel for middle grade children introduces a boy who can access super powers with the help of the magical Ikenga.
Nnamdi's father was a good chief of police, perhaps the best Kalaria had ever had. He was determined to root out the criminals that had invaded the town. But then he was murdered, and most people believed the Chief of Chiefs, most powerful of the criminals, was responsible. Nnamdi has vowed to avenge his father, but he wonders what a twelve-year-old boy can do. Until a mysterious nighttime meeting, the gift of a magical object that enables super powers, and a charge to use those powers for good changes his life forever. How can he fulfill his mission? How will he learn to control his newfound powers?
Award-winning Nnedi Okorafor, acclaimed for her Akata novels, introduces a new and engaging hero in her first novel for middle grade readers set against a richly textured background of contemporary Nigeria.
Darius, son of an escaped Iranian scientist, is a pupil at an exclusive Swiss school, but his father's former bosses want him back and have no regard for the boy's LIFE or his FREEDOM.
The Special Forces Cadets are sent to PROTECT Darius. When the assassins launch a DEADLY ATTACK, their only escape is into the mountains. Pursued by their enemies, can the cadets triumph and SURVIVE the deadly natural HAZARDS of the alpine winter?
«Amanda Black» es la nueva serie para niños de Juan Gómez-Jurado y Bárbara Montes. Aventuras repletas de misterio, acción trepidante y con un ritmo frenético.
«Tengo trece años, y un examen de Sociales mañana del que no tengo ni idea. Pero esa no es la mayor de mis preocupaciones.
Antes del fin de semana, el banco nos echará a la tía Paula y a mí de la Mansión Black. Esa era la mayor de mis preocupaciones hasta hace tres segundos.
La cuerda con la que estaba descendiendo desde el piso 180 de la Torre Dagon Corp. ha sido cortada.
Ahora mismo caigo desde cuatrocientos setenta y siete metros de altura, a una velocidad de aproximadamente cincuenta y cinco por segundo.
Calculo que en algo menos de nueve segundos me estamparé contra el suelo.
Tampoco es ésa la mayor de mis preocupaciones.
La mayor de mis preocupaciones es que el que ha cortado la cuerda es mi mejor amigo.
O al menos yo creía que lo era.»
Así arranca la primera novela de la nueva serie middle grade de Juan Gómez-Jurado y Bárbara Montes, que narra las aventuras de Amanda Black, una niña que el día de su trigésimo cumpleaños recibe una carta misteriosa que cambiará su vida. Y de qué manera.
As heard by kids everywhere on the Echo Dot Kids Edition, the Classroom 13 books are a hilarious new chapter book series-perfect for reluctant readers and fans of Roald Dahl, Captain Underpants, and Sideways Stories from Wayside School.
The Super Awful Superheroes of Classroom 13 is the fourth title in a series about the students of a very unlucky classroom. The easy-to-read chapters are full of humor, action, secret codes, and fun-and will prompt hours of conversation among friends, families, and classmates. The final chapter encourages young readers to write their own chapter and send it in to the author, Honest Lee.
When the 13th Classroom is struck by purple lightning, something strange happens-all of the students get SUPERPOWERS!
You might think this was superb, but it was not. (It was sorta silly.) With great gifts comes wild weather, giant roaches, atomic farts, and other tricky troubles. As the students of Classroom 13 are about to learn, getting superpowers is not always super.
When an ambitious rodeo contractor comes to town, Sam's worried. The contractor wants to buy tamed mustangs from local ranchers, including Sam's dad, and doesn't seem to like taking no for an answer.
Then Sam spots the Phantom's herd-without him. She's sure he's been captured by the rodeo, but how will she find him? And even if she does, how can she set him free?
A great collection of tales of myths is presented here: The Trojan War and the tales of brave Ulysses, The adventures of King Arthur and Merlin and the Holy Grail, Tales from 1,001 night with Aladdin, Ali Baba, and others, Gulliver's travels to Lilliput, and many other tales and stories like The wild swans, The snow queen, The bronze ring, The history of Jack the giant-killer, and many more! Included: A pdf document with track list!
