Laufen neuerdings die Hunde im Hyde Park weg, oder werden sie gestohlen? Betty, Benny und Buck spüren bei Nacht und Nebel den unheimlichen Vorgängen nach, die die Hundebesitzer verschrecken. Dabei kommen sie einem unglaublichen Verbrechen auf die Spur. Einem Verbrechen, das sie in ein Forschungslabor führt, wo Grausamkeiten 'normal' zu sein scheinen.
Miss Tindales Bio-Unterricht im Zoo stößt auf gemischtes Interesse. Doch dann ist der Uhu verschwunden! Sind kurzsichtige Tierbefreier am Werk, oder ...? In einer Nacht-und-Nebel-Aktion versuchen Betty, Benny und Buck die geheimnisvollen Unbekannten zu stellen. Schließlich führt sie die Spur zu einem Laden in der Tottenham Court Road, in dem sie die entscheidende Entdeckung machen.
Professor van Dusen verschlägt es in das niederländische Seebad Zandvoort. Dort will er Ahnenforschung betreiben, jedoch verlaufen seine Recherchen alles andere als glücklich. Noch dazu geschehen im Hotel Zee Paleis seltsame Dinge und nicht jeder ist, wer er vorgibt zu sein. Als kurz darauf am Strand ein Mord geschieht, muss der Professor nicht nur einen kühlen Kopf bewahren, sondern sich zudem einem altbekannten Gegner stellen. Dieser hat nichts von seiner Gefährlichkeit eingebüßt.
Wie vom Erdboden verschwunden sind Betty, Benny und Buck, als sie mit der Klasse in Northwood wandern. Was ist passiert? Was haben die unterirdischen Schüsse zu bedeuten? Und wer ist der 'Mann mit der Melone', dem die Drillinge quer durch London folgen? Die Spuren führen zu einer feudalen Villa am Kennington Park. Zu einer Villa, die für die drei zur lebensbedrohlichen Falle wird.
Ein gefährlicher Gangster bricht direkt nach seinem spektakulären Prozess aus und hält die Polizei in Atem. Oder ist er vielleicht doch - wie er immer behauptet hat - unschuldig? Wieder einmal Arbeit für die 'Buff'-Geschwister.
The audio edition of the bestselling middle grade novel about a spunky girl born without arms and a boy with Tourette syndrome navigating the challenges of middle school, disability, and friendship-all while solving a mystery in a western theme park.
Aven Green loves to tell people that she lost her arms in an alligator wrestling match, or a wildfire in Tanzania, but the truth is that she was born without them. And when her parents take a job running Stagecoach Pass, a rundown western theme park in Arizona, Aven moves with them across the country knowing that she'll have to answer the question over and over again.
Her new life takes an unexpected turn when she bonds with Connor, a classmate who also feels isolated because of his own disability, and they discover a room at Stagecoach Pass that holds bigger secrets than Aven ever could have imagined. It's hard to solve a mystery, help a friend, and face your worst fears. But Aven's about to discover she can do it all . . . even without arms.
Camping in the north woods, fishing, boating and hiking all suddenly become commonplace experiences to the members of the Sugar Creek Gang as they learn about the rites of Chippewa burial ceremonies from a real live Indian. But that is not all that happens as they visit the Indian cemetery. The mysterious white man wandering among the Indian grave-houses, his hiding behind the medicine man's grave-house and sudden departure in a motorboat, the sound of a hammer and saw as the boys pass the graveyard after dark, the open grave, all make Poetry and Bill collins terrifically suspicious that the big kidnapper mystery is about to be solved. The followers of the Sugar Creek Gang in their north woods adventures will be thrilled by the way the boys tackle and capture their 'fish' - hook, line and sinker.
A mysterious note in invisible ink leads the Sugar Creek Gang on a hunt for buried treasure. Is the key to the treasure in the weathered log house, or is it in the icehouse? Will the Gang have a run-in with the accomplice to the Ostberg kidnapping? Find out with the boys the terrible effects sin has on families when it has a hold on the father.
The Sugar Creek Gang series chronicles the faith-building adventures of a group of fun-loving, courageous Christian boys. These classic stories have been inspiring children to grow in their faith for more than five decades. More than three million copies later, children continue to grow up relating to members of the gang as they struggle with the application of their Christian faith to the adventure of life.
Now that these stories have been updated for a new generation, you and your child can join in the Sugar Creek excitement.
Fourteen-year-old Ronan Boyle is the youngest and lowliest recruit to the secret Garda, an Irish police force that handles the misdeeds of numerous magical creatures. Ronan's parents are in jail, but Ronan is convinced that they were framed by the wee people. So, despite his small size, poor eyesight, and social awkwardness, he's determined to learn all he can in the Garda in order to prove his parents' innocence. To show he's got what it takes, he'll have to confront a fiery leprechaun, a sinister harpy, and a whole world of monsters hidden in plain sight next to real-life Ireland. Fast paced, action packed, and completely hilarious, this is the start to an exciting new middle-grade series by actor and writer Thomas Lennon.
In this series opener, Koko Dodo the cookie chef has a big problem. Today is the day of the royal cookie contest, and someone has stolen his top-secret fudge sauce! Luckily, a spy enters the scene just in time (or rather, crashes in on her roller skates): Didi Dodo! This might be Didi's first case ever, but she has a daring plan to help Koko. Koko would prefer a safe, simple, sure-to-work plan, but without another option, he and the amateur sleuth take off on a wacky caper full of high-speed chases and big belly laughs that could only come from the mind of the inimitable Tom Angleberger. Each book in the series will focus on a food-related mystery.
It's an adventure of a lifetime when Cruz Coronado sets sail for the shores of Iceland and Norway aboard the Explorer Academy ship to continue his studies at sea. But, things take a turn while exploring the icy north, when he embarks on a dangerous mission to uncover the first piece of an important puzzle his mother left behind. In the exciting follow-up to The Nebula Secret in the 7-book Explorer Academy series, Cruz, Sailor, and Emmett, along with their new ally Bryndis, embark on their first globe-trotting mission aboard the ship Orion. Cruz jumps right back into school and starts using the latest technology in submersible underwater dives, but is soon reminded of the dangers of exploration when his equipment fails and he almost drowns. Determined to keep his eyes on the prize, Cruz sneaks away to try to find answers, but unknowingly lures his friends into bigger trouble. When a friend of Cruz's mom meets an untimely end, Cruz's luck really seems about to run out and the questions multiply. What does the message mean? Where will it lead? Who is following him? And why? This captivating book is the sequel every Explorer Academy fan is waiting to read!
Kids can be such monsters. Literally. From the award-winning author of Hidden Talents, two remarkable short story collections - Kidzilla and The Witch's Monkey - together for the first time. Plus several brand new stories. Each hilarious and harrowing. A substitute teacher finds out she has some monsters for students. A group of kids attempt a levitation trick with hair-raising results. A neighborhood is so boring the grown ups are turning into...well...you know. And dozens more. So don't be a weenie! Read these stories!
