Ramona Quimby is thrilled to be starting kindergarten. She likes a little boy named Davy so much she wants to kiss him, and she loves Susan's beautiful curls so much she wants to pull them to see them boing. Her teacher even promises her a present just for sitting still! So how does Ramona get in trouble? Well, anyone who knows Ramona knows that she is never a pest on purpose.
That's what Ramona thought the fourth grade was going to be, but things aren't turning out as she hoped. Sure, she has a new best friend named Daisy. But how can she improve her spelling as her teacher insists, or be the role model for her baby sister, Roberta, that Mrs. Quimby expects? Fourth-grade life is full of adventure and challenges, and at the end of it all'a "zeroteenth" birthday to celebrate!
Forget everything you ever knew about unicorns. The fluffy, sparkly, friendly “horses” so popular the world over don’t exist. Real unicorns are killers.
Beasts the size of elephants, with cloven hooves that shake the earth, hides impervious to bullets, and horns that contain a deadly poison, unicorns can outrun a sports car and smell a human from a mile away.
And they can only be killed by virgin warriors descended from Alexander the Great.
Sixteen-year-old Astrid Llewelyn has grown up with her mom Lilith’s tall tales about unicorns and their exalted family heritage, but figures her mom’s crazy. But the scary stories her mom told her about the monsters in her formative years left her with a firm phobia about unicorns, even the cutesy kind popular with young girls.
But when one of the monsters attacks her boyfriend in the woods—thereby ruining any chance of him taking her to prom—Astrid finds herself headed to Rome to train as a unicorn hunter.
“As swift and sure-footed as a killer unicorn, Rampant weaves a vibrant new mythology from venerable threads.”—Scott Westerfeld, bestselling author of the Uglies series
Es gibt Schlimmeres, als in einem Schloss zu wohnen, behauptet Suris Mutter. Doch Suri und ihre Brüder Bjarne und Erik sehen das anders. Das Schloss steht auf dem platten Land und der Schlossverwalter ist der Freund der Mutter, mit dem sie dort zusammenleben sollen. Dass er eine Tochter hat, macht die Sache nicht einfacher, denn Amy ist ziemlich speziell. Sie ist die Einzige, die sich wie verrückt darauf freut, Teil einer großen Patchworkfamilie zu sein. Aber zunächst sieht es nicht so aus, als würde ihr Wunsch sich erfüllen ... Eine Geschichte über das Anderssein, erzählt aus der Sicht von Amy, einem Mädchen mit Down-Syndrom, und Suri, ihrer Stiefschwester.
Das Hörbuch 'Randvoll mit Glück' von der Bestsellerautorin Monika Feth ist eine lebensbejahende, kluge und berührende Geschichte zum Thema Down-Syndrom, Patchworkfamilien und Freundschaft und wird facettenreich von Katinka Kultscher gesprochen. Das Hörbuch wird für Kinder ab neun Jahren empfohlen.
I'm Rappy the Raptor and I'd like to say, I may not talk in the usual way.
Meet Rappy the Raptor, a velociraptor who speaks in rhymes all of the time, whether it's morning or noon, October or June. Now how did it happen that he started rappin'? Well, here's Rappy's story in all its glory!
With catchy rhymes and a dino-sized beat, Rappy the Raptor is sure to have you snapping your fingers and tapping your toes as you read along.
När man är en barnhemspojke med rakt hår som ingen vill ha, då kan man nästan lika gärna vara död, anser Rasmus. Men så får han en lysande idé. Man kan ge sig av från barnhemmet, rymma, gå ut i världen och ta reda på någon som vill ha en. Om de inte har någon annan att välja på, så måste de ju ta en, tror Rasmus. Precis så som Rasmus hade tänkt blir det inte. Han träffar i alla fall Paradis Oskar, som kallar sig Guds rätte gök och går på luffen han också. Och det går rätt bra ändå. Det händer så mycket när man går på luffen …
When Charles and Ramone are assigned to work together on a science project, they are quite upset. Even though the boys have never really spoken, they allow their preconceived notions about one another to overshadow their ability to get to know one another. As they spend more time together, Charles and Ramone learn an important lesson.
The ratings are real. One number, 0 to 100, determines your place in society. Earn a high rating, and the world is yours for the
taking. But fall to zero, and you may as well cease to exist.
Societies thrive on order, and the Rating System is the ultimate symbol of organized social mobility. The higher it soars, the more valued you are. The lower it plummets, the harder you must work to improve yourself. For the
students at the prestigious Maplethorpe Academy, every single thing they do is reflected in their ratings, updated daily and
available for all to see.
But when an act of vandalism sullies the front doors of the school, it sets off a chain reaction that will shake the lives of six special
students -- and the world beyond.
By his senior year, Steve York has come through the worst two years of his life. His parents have divorced, and his girlfriend has betrayed him. Worse yet, after running away to live with his mother in San Diego, forays into the drug culture have turned his A-average into a thing of the past. Steve's only hope to graduate on time and avoid summer school is to write a 100-page paper for his guidance counselor. Unfortunately, he has to write about something he knows, and all he knows well are the last two years of his life. Will his assignment help Steve pull his life back together-or cast him adrift for good? In Rats Saw God, Rob Thomas makes a remarkable debut into the young adult fiction world. With stunning insight and biting humor, he examines the pain and awkwardness of growing up. Johnny Heller's impassioned reading brilliantly illuminates this story of one teenager's search for identity.
The brand new novel from the critically-acclaimed author of Snow Foal and Otters' Moon.
Perfect for fans of Jacqueline Wilson and Gill Lewis.
‘A mesmerising voice’ – Joanna Nadin
A brand new novel from Susanna Bailey – the bestselling author of Snow Foal and a new star of middle grade contemporary fiction.
Ever since Billie’s kind and nature-loving dad went to prison, her life has lost its shine. And now, Mum’s new boyfriend has moved in and home is full of sharp-glass silences. Billie’s never felt more alone.
Until one day she discovers an injured young raven and in nursing him back to life, Billie finds friendship, hope and a letter that might bring her one step closer to reuniting with Dad.
Raven Winter is the story of friendship, family and the belief in a very special relationship with a young raven set against the beautiful and the wintery backdrop of the Yorkshire Dales.
'Beautifully written and spectacularly spooky, Ravenous Things is an instant new favorite!' —Claribel Ortega, New York Times best-selling author of Witchlings Climb aboard the midnight train! Things wondrous and terrible await you... Twelve-year-old Reggie Wong has a quick temper that's always getting him into trouble at school, while at home his mom struggles to get out of bed--let alone leave their apartment. That's why Reggie desperately needs his dad back. One problem: His dad is dead. Enter the Conductor, a peculiar man who promises to make Reggie's wish to see his father just one more time come true. All he must do is climb aboard the man's subway train, which leaves St. Patrick Station promptly at midnight. Desperate to have his dad and happy family back, Reggie takes him up on the offer, only to discover the train is filled with other children who have lost a loved one, just like him. As he speeds through the wild, uncharted tunnels beneath the city, Reggie meets Chantal, an annoyingly peppy girl obsessed with lists and psychiatry, and Gareth, his arch-nemesis and bully since the fourth grade. As each kid steps off the train and into the arms of their lost family member, Reggie can't believe his impossible wish is about to come true. But when Reggie comes to the end of the line and sees his father waiting for him, he soon discovers all is not as it seems. He and his unlikely new friends have been ensnared in a deadly trap. Together, the three must find a way to foil the Conductor's diabolical plot and find their way out of the underground subway where horrors worse than they have ever imagined lurk around every corner. The rats of St. Patrick Station have taken over and they're absolutely ravenous. In this stunning debut, author Derrick Chow reenvisions the tale of the Pied Piper. Both terrifying and hauntingly beautiful, Chow masterfully uses literal and figurative monsters to explore the themes of grief and how we handle loss.
It is raining the morning of Ray's birthday and when he finds that no one else is awake, he thinks everyone forgot his big day. He tells himself that maybe when you turn eight, you are no longer a kid, and you don't need your family. His cat, Zipper, doesn't believe this and goes inside to wake up Ray's family. Ray realizes no one forgot his birthday, they just couldn't hear their alarm clocks during the rain.
