Three kids have everything they need to solve the decades-old mystery of Idlewood Manor, in this middle grade novel full of real ciphers, puzzles, riddles, and codes that Kirkus Reviews calls 'a worthy call to unravel a mystery.”
Idlewood Manor has been uninhabited for decades, until now . . .
Math whiz Charlie won admission in a puzzle contest―and he’s intrigued by the strange numbers he finds on Idlewood’s walls. His restless sister Anna had to be dragged to the house―but then she discovers its hidden floor. Emily’s parents brought her to the mansion on a secret mission―and she’s determined to prove herself to them.
All three kids soon unlock clues to Idlewood’s mysterious past and the famous female explorer who’s connected to it―and the secret treasure she left behind. But the adults around them are also hunting for the treasure. Charlie, Anna, and Emily will have to overcome their differences and work as a team to solve Idlewood’s puzzles before it’s too late, in Allison K. Hymas's The Explorer's Code.
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Niklas, Linus und Melissa - Mitglieder der Pfadfindergruppe 'Pollution Police' - gehen in die Luft! Bei einem Rundflug über die Heimatstadt ihrer Freundin Sophie dürfen sie die Welt von oben entdecken. Doch nach der Landung erwartet die Freunde gleich das nächste Abenteuer: Sie sehen mit an, wie ein Flugzeug zur Notlandung gezwungen und ein Passagier entführt wird! Kann die 'Pollution Police' auch diesen Fall aufklären? Bei einem Rätsel um Energiekonzerne und Stromausfälle müssen die Kinder buchstäblich Licht ins Dunkel bringen.
Urlaubszeit! Niklas, Linus und Melissa - Mitglieder der Pfadfindergruppe 'Pollution Police' - verbringen die Ferien auf der Insel Wangerooge im niedersächsischen Wattenmeer. Bei einem morgendlichen Strandspaziergang finden sie zu ihrem Entsetzen zwei angespülte Pottwale. Nur eines der geschwächten Tiere kann gerettet werden. Im Maul des zweiten Pottwals macht Waschbär Einstein, das Maskottchen der Clique, eine überraschende Entdeckung: eine Flaschenpost mit einer Nachricht aus dem Jenseits!
Die große Pfadfinderprüfung steht an! Niklas, Linus und Melissa sollen als Team eine Reihe schwieriger Aufgaben meistern. Doch sie wären nicht die 'Pollution Police', wenn sie dabei nicht geradewegs in ein neues Abenteuer stolpern würden. Was hat es mit den geheimnisvollen Transportern auf sich, die nachts durch die Eifel fahren? Und warum geben die Fahrer sich so große Mühe, ihre Fahrtenschreiber zu fälschen? Unsere kleinen Hobby-Detektive kommen einem bösen Umweltverbrechen auf die Spur - denn irgendwas stinkt hier ganz gewaltig!
En la primera saga de sus aventuras, el detective Sam Numit se verá abocado a la investigación de las circunstancias que rodean la muerte de Frank Powell, el cantante que le ayudó a entrar en el mundo de la música, pues le cuesta creer que haya muerto por sobredosis, que se trate de un accidente, o incluso de un suicidio.
Con las aventuras de Sam Numit iremos descubriendo los secretos y las intimidades más sorprendentes del mundo del rock.
Este audiolibro está narrado en castellano.
Sam Numit es un rockero de éxito que ha compartido escenario con músicos de la talla de Sting, Jim Morrisson o Freddie Mercury. Pero además de músico, Sam Numit es un detective especializado en la investigación de robos, chantajes, asesinatos...
Nadie mejor que él conoce los entresijos del mundillo de la música y sus peculiaridades. Y es que aunque no lo parezca, no es todo fama y glamour en la industria musical...
Jordi Sierra i Fabra nació en Barcelona el 26 de julio de 1947.
Es conocido por su obra como escritor de literatura infantil y juvenil y su trabajo como periodista musical. Su vocación de escritor es clara y firme desde muy temprano: confiesa que dio sus primeros pasos con tan sólo ocho años de edad y a los doce años ya escribió su primera novela larga, de quinientas páginas.
Pese a su clara vocación no contaba con la aprobación o el entusiasmo de sus padres, quienes al acabar el bachillerato le obligaron a trabajar en una empresa de construcción durante el día y a estudiar para ser aparejador durante la noche.
De su infancia ha dicho que 'fui tres veces reprimido: por mi padre, por el régimen y por la escuela franquista'.
Aún así, su determinación y su tenacidad son más fuertes que cualquier obstáculo y sus insistentes cartas semanales a la cadena de radio Cadena Ser le llevaron a convertirse en uno de los fundadores de la revista 'El Gran Musical' en 1968.
En 1970 pudo abandonar los estudios para convertirse en comentarista musical, lo que le permitió viajar por todo el mundo con grupos y artistas del momento mientras cubría sus actuaciones y escribir reportajes.
Members of three tribes are drawn by fate into the menacing Rift Valley. They come from opposing tribes yet follow individual paths that lead to love and friendship. The story opens with a tough-minded, take-action woman fleeing the brute who replaced her father as leader of the Mila Tanari tribe. She chooses to jump into the Rift rather than be the pawn of the tribe's new leader. A cute and brilliant inventor descends into the valley via ropes and pulleys with his lover, Kareel, to escape the persecution of his Geneer tribe. Together they make a home and are happy until Kareel's untimely death. A handsome and sensitive healer, a member of the MeTech tribe, is so troubled by the greed of his new stepmother that he trips while gathering plants and tumbles into the Rift Valley. These three are as different as their tribes. Chased by the beasts that patrol the valley floor, the unlikely allies must forge a path toward friendship to survive. Curiosity lures them down a dangerous path in a quest to understand the ruins long protected by the carnivores. The secret they discover changes everything they thought they knew about their tribes and their world. Forbidden Paths is Book One of an exciting trilogy by Rod Mortin. Filled with non-stop action, powerful relationships, and a quest for truth, the Paths Trilogy will inspire you to examine your own beliefs about those outside your tribe.
Alon, Shanra, and Oen pursue the secrets of a project known only as the Zeta mission. Assisted by the heir of a notorious space pirate, their probing brings them to the attention of The Order, men who will stop at nothing to prevent the secrets of Zeta from being known. Acolyte Jarred arrives to seek and destroy these friends and any evidence of the existence of Zeta. But to everyone's surprise, he has a mission of his own. Hidden Paths is Book Two of the exciting Paths Trilogy by Rod Mortin. This action-packed and thoughtful novel asks you to challenge the preconceptions of your own tribe and dare to walk previously hidden paths toward discovery and truth.
When Diah sees her mother mourn the father Diah never knew, she decides to travel back in time to stop her father from dying while fighting a war. However, this action creates a new timeline, where Diah's parents die in a traffic accident instead. Will Diah and her friend, Finkerbelle the Mother Fairy, set everything right, or will Diah create a new reality where she is no longer the greatest chef in the solar system?
Diah Lubis is an ambitious chef working for the Princess Irulan on the Malaysian space colony on the Europa Moon.
When Princess Irulan tasks Diah with cooking a certain type of Polish sausage, Diah has a crazy idea: She travels back in time to meet with inventor of the sausage to learn the best way of making it. But time travel has its drawbacks. How does one communcate with the locals? What negative consequences can steam if one changes the space/time continium. What are the consequence of giving the Aztecs smallpox-curing chilli?
There is only one way to find out. Listen to this short story!
När Diah ser sin mamma sörja fadern som Diah aldrig kände, bestämmer hon sig för att resa tillbaka i tiden för att hindra sin far från att dö. Men den här åtgärden skapar en ny tidslinje, där Diahs föräldrar dör i en trafikolycka istället. Kommer Diah och hennes vän, Finkerbelle moderfeen, ställa allt till rätta, eller kommer Diah att skapa en ny verklighet där hon inte längre är den främsta kocken i solsystemet?
“A full-on delight: funny, gripping, warm-hearted, and beautifully written—it made me cheer. Read it!” —Madeline Miller, award-winning author of Circe
'Tender and fierce, witty and wise, this is a tale of the route we take when we grow up and into the love we deserve.' —Judy Blundell, National Book Award-winning author of What I Saw and How I Lied
'There's magic in this novel's quirky, sweet world. I want to live in its gardens and cheer Lucy on while she finds her heart’s loves!' —Kristin Cashore, New York Times bestselling author of Graceling
“A delightfully offbeat mystery that is also about the mystery of becoming yourself.” —Rebecca Stead, New York Times bestselling author
In this witty and whimsical story by award-winning author Margo Rabb, a sixteen-year-old girl is suspended from boarding school and sent to New York City, where she must take care of an unconventional woman entangled in a mystery.
Lucy Clark has had it. After being bullied one too many times, Lucy retaliates. But when the fallout is far worse than she meant it to be, she gets sent to Manhattan to serve as a full-time companion to the eccentric Edith Fox.
Edith is glamorous and mysterious—nothing like Lucy expected. Though Edith’s world of hidden gardens and afternoon teas is beguiling, there’s one other thing about her that makes her unlike anyone Lucy has ever met...she thinks someone is trying to kill her.
And it’s up to Lucy to find out who it is.
