Through the eyes of twelve-year-old Lorraine this haunting novel from the award-winning author of Hidden and Hush gives insight and understanding into a little known part of history-the Irish potato famine. It is the autumn of 1846 in Ireland. Lorraine and her brother are waiting for the time to pick the potato crop on their family farm leased from an English landowner. But this year is different-the spuds are mushy and ruined. What will Lorraine and her family do? Then Lorraine meets Miss Susannah, the daughter of the wealthy English landowner who owns Lorraine's family's farm, and the girls form an unlikely friendship that they must keep a secret from everyone. Two different cultures come together in a deserted Irish meadow. And Lorraine has one question: how can she help her family survive? A little known part of history, the Irish potato famine altered history forever and caused a great immigration in the later part of the 1800s. Lorraine's story is a heartbreaking and ultimately redemptive story of one girl's strength and resolve to save herself and her family against all odds.
Joel är elva år och bor med sin pappa Samuel som är skogshuggare i ett litet norrländskt samhälle.
Det finns några saker som Joel tycker är konstiga i livet: att inte veta varför och att inte kunna göra något åt det. Samuel var en gång en sjöman som reste på haven. Och en gång i tiden bodde Joels mamma fortfarande med dem. Samuel övergav havet. Och mamma övergav Samuel och Joel.
En kväll när Joel tittar ut genom fönstret upptäcker han en ensam hund. Varför springer den där ensam i vinternatten? Han börjar smyga ut på nätterna för att försöka hitta hunden.
Böckerna om Joel har belönats med Nils Holgerssonpriset samt Deutsche Jugendliteraturpris och översatts till 28 språk.
This richly imagined, funny novel from Australian author Flip Como will delight middle grade readers who enjoy mysteries, horses, and fantasy.
Humpty Doo… the enchanted city on rails where Nature has the upper hand and nothing stands still, not even the buildings. A place where toys are part of the population, storytellers can be summoned to amuse you, and flying jelly babies guide you through the ever-changing streets.
When the heart of the city, the Imperial Carousel, is damaged, Humpty Doo grinds to a halt and Nature starts to take over. Can Jinx and her new Humpty Dooish friends restore the Carousel before the bush rises up and consumes them?
A Carpathian, a mythical horse that runs at 200 km per hour, could be the key to Humpty Doo’s salvation. But how can the children find something thought to be extinct?
Hugo ist ein Junge mit viel Phantasie. Nun ist er tot, ermordet von einem schwarz gekleideten Mann, der auch Hugos Eltern auf dem Gewissen hat. Es fällt dem Jungen schwer, sich an den Gedanken zu gewöhnen, obwohl die liebenswerten Geister auf dem Friedhof eine nette Gesellschaft sind. Und da pure Lebensfreude und Hilfsbereitschaft mit dem Tod nicht enden, beschließen die illustren Freunde des Jenseits Hugo zu helfen, sein Schicksal vielleicht doch noch abzuwenden ...
Bertrand Santini, der für seine Erzählung Der Yark zahlreiche Auszeichnungen erhielt, mischt Elemente aus Schauerroman, Komödie und Fantasy zu einem spannenden und schrägen Geister-Krimi zusammen. Ein großer Gruselspaß für Klein UND Groß!
When a third train chugs onto the scene, Huff and Puff learn how to share their friends. Join the fun with these two sweet trains in an easy-to-read story that's perfect for beginning readers. Each book in the Huff and Puff series has simple verse and rhyme, designed by experts to help children learn to read in the easiest and most enjoyable way.
Author Tish Rabe has written over 120 children's books, including titles for Sesame Street, Blue's Clues, Clifford the Big Red Dog, and Curious George. In Huff and Puff, she and artist Gill Guile have created endearing train characters children will love.
Huff pulls the train. Puff pushes the train. Together they can haul a lot. Big stuff, small stuff, they've got it all! But what happens when the best friends realize that they're stuck with too much stuff? Farmer Fluff has just the solution!
Simple rhyme and easy-to-read verse will help beginning readers and train lovers build their vocabulary and strengthen reading skills.
Huff and Puff are a team who stay on track: Huff pulls the train. Puff pushes the train. But when a new speedy train challenges the pair to a race, the caboose and engine must find out if slow and steady can win the race. Ready, set, go! Simple rhyme and easy-to-read verse will help beginning readers and train lovers build their vocabulary and strengthen reading skills.
An adaptation in graphic novel format of Mark Twain’s classic story, Huckleberry Finn. Huck and runaway slave, Jim, are rafting down the Mississippi River. Huck uses his quick wit to protect Jim through a series of adventures.
A deliciously funny tale from Lauren Child - the superstar creator of Clarice Bean and Charlie and Lola - especially for World Book Day!
Hubert Horatio is quite possibly the most responsible and clever child you will ever meet.
This is the very fishy tale of how an ordinary day became the death-defying rescue of Hubert Horatio. And who did the rescuing? Why Hubert, of course...
