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Alea ist endlich mit ihrer Zwillingsschwester Thea vereint. Aber die Freude währt nur kurz: Nixe Akira ist schwer erkrankt! Doktor Orion muss den Virus gegen Magische in Umlauf gebracht haben. Im Wasser sind sie in Lebensgefahr, doch wohin können sie fliehen? Wie viele Magische haben sich schon angesteckt? Ist auch Cassaras in Gefahr, da er halb Landgänger, halb Nixe ist? Gemeinsam mit Lennox und Thea macht Alea sich auf die Suche nach ihm.

Alea begegnet am Hamburger Hafen der geheimnisvollen Alpha Cru. Trotz ihrer gefährlichen Kaltwasserallergie zieht es sie zu der ungewöhnlichen Schiffscrew. Ein Sommer voller Abenteuer beginnt, und Alea kommt einem magischen Geheimnis auf die Spur: Sie ist anders, als sie bislang glaubte.

Diesmal machen sich Alea und Lennox über Land auf den Weg zum Loreley-Felsen. Dort vermuten die beiden Aleas Zwillingsschwester Anthea. Werden die Zwillinge sich tatsächlich endlich treffen? Und wird es dadurch gelingen, Aleas Meermädchen-Fähigkeiten zu reaktivieren?

Alea ist wieder ein Meermädchen – doch die Sorge um Thea ist groß. Wohin hat Doktor Orion sie verschleppt? Was plant er und welche besondere Rolle kommt Tess dabei zu, ihn aufzuhalten?

Treasure Island is a tale of pirates, treasure, and shipwreck. When young Jim Hawkins finds a packet in Captain Flint's sea chest, he could not know that the map inside it would lead him to unimaginable treasure. Shipping as cabin boy on the Hispaniola, he sails with Squire Trelawney, Captain Smollett, Dr. Livesey, the sinister Long John Silver and a frightening crew to Treasure Island. There, mutiny, murder and mayhem lead to a thrilling climax.

Generations of readers young and old, male and female, have fallen in love with the March sisters of this, Louisa May Alcott's most popular and enduring novel. Here are talented tomboy and author-to-be Jo, tragically frail Beth, beautiful Meg, and romantic, spoiled Amy - united in their devotion to each other and their struggles to survive in New England during the Civil War.

Nachdem die Alpha Cru Rom erreicht, kehrt sie nach Hause auf die Crucis zurück. Auf Alea und ihre Freunde warten größere Herausforderungen als je zuvor. Wie können sie die Gretzer aufhalten, die im Thyrrhenischen Meer giftige Industrieabfälle verklappen? Und welche Hilfe kommt aus dem Reich der Nixen? Die Zerstörung des Meeres nimmt nie gekannte Ausmaße an und das große Klimakonzert in Rom wird zur Bewährungsprobe für die Alpha Cru. Können die Freunde mit ihren Umwelt-Songs zum dringend notwendigen Umdenken beitragen?

Alpha ist der erste Buchstabe des griechischen Alphabets und ist eine Sammlung von 11 Geschichten für Kinder, welche Jens der Christ und Isa SonShine zusammen produziert haben. Es ist eine bunte Mischung aus lustigen Geschichten mit und ohne christlichem Inhalt. Teilweise werden alte Märchen modern interpretiert oder Tiere erzählen die Geschichten. Aber immer haben die Geschichten einen gewissen Tiefgang und vermitteln eine ernsthafte Botschaft.

The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane is considered one of the most influential works in American literature. The novel, a depiction of the cruelty of the American Civil War, features 18-year-old private Henry Fleming who deserts his battalion. He later learns that his battalion has won the battle, and returns to them. The next morning, Fleming goes into battle for the third time and becomes one of the best fighters, finally proving his courage as a man.

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is one of the first great American novels. The book is noted for its innocent young protagonist, its colorful description of people and places along the Mississippi River, and its sober and often scathing look at the entrenched attitudes, particularly racism, of the time. The journey of Huck and his friend Jim, a runaway slave, down the Mississippi River on their raft may be one of the most enduring images of escape and freedom in all of American literature.

#1 New York Times bestseller D. J. MacHale launches this part sci-fi, all action adventure, multiplatform series. Earth is about to go dark. Without a new power source, life as we know it will be toast. A global competition is under way to determine which four kids will join the secret mission...

J. M. Barrie's classic "Peter Pan" is about a mischievous boy who can fly and magically refuses to grow up. Peter Pan spends his never-ending childhood adventuring on the small island of Neverland as the leader of his gang the Lost Boys, interacting with mermaids, Indians, fairies and pirates, and from time to time meeting ordinary children from the world outside.

Mary Lennox is sent to Misselthwaite Manor in Yorkshire England after her parents die from Cholera. Also living in the manor house is her sickly cousin Colin, who is every bit as spoiled as she. Mary and Colin are like two peas in a pod, closed up in a gloomy old manor on the Yorkshire moors, until a secret garden captures their imaginations. As spring brings new life to the Earth, Mary and Colin's sour natures begin to change.

One of the world's best-loved stories of shipwreck and survival, The Swiss Family Robinson portrays a family's struggle to create a new life for themselves on a strange and fantastic tropical island. Blown off course by a raging storm, the family - a Swiss pastor, his wife, their four young sons, plus two dogs and a shipload of livestock - must rely on one another in order to adapt to their needs the natural wonders of their exotic new home.

Marilla and Matthew Cuthbert, middle-aged brother & sister, live together at Green Gables, their farm on Prince Edward Island. They decide to adopt a boy from an orphanage in Nova Scotia to help out on the farm. Through a series of mishaps, the child that arrives at their door is not a boy, but Anne Shirley, a precocious 11 year old girl!

Ebenezer Scrooge is a miser who lords over his poor employee, Bob Cratchit, and hates the joys that Christmas affords everyone but himself. After being exceptionally miserable at the office on the day of Christmas Eve, Scrooge returns home to be haunted by three spirits who attempt to motivate a change in the old man's demeanor - lest he continue on his current path and face almost certain eternal damnation.

An action-packed musical podcast from Noggin, celebrating the letters of the alphabet as unique characters with big personalities. Every week our host DJ Al B interacts with a different letter so we can get to know everything about it through unexpected adventures and awesome songs. In every episode of Meet the Alpha Beats, your child will learn letters and letter sounds, vocabulary, and listening skills. All while enjoying songs they will love to sing and dance to! Meet the Alpha Beats is an Original Noggin Production. Executive produced by Leo Gomez with lead series producer Lynn Kestin ...

After spending all the wealth left to him by his father, Sinbad goes to sea to repair his fortune. He sets ashore on what appears to be an island, but this island proves to be a gigantic sleeping whale on which trees have taken root ever since the world was young. Awakened by a fire kindled by the sailors, the whale dives into the depths, the ship departs without Sinbad, and Sinbad is saved by the grace of Allah.

Alice is bored while sitting with her older sister, who is reading a book that "had no pictures or conversations in it". Alice takes interest in a passing white rabbit that is dressed in a waistcoat and muttering, "Oh dear! Oh dear! I shall be too late!" She follows the rabbit down a rabbit hole, then finds herself falling down into a dreamlike world, where she has several adventures.

Classic Fairy Tales, Volume 3, features 10 of the best-loved fairy tales from the Brothers Grimm, Hans Christian Andersen, and other world-renowned storytellers.