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When 12-year-old Adam and his Mom buy an old wardrobe at a local furniture store, an old woman begins to yell at them. She claims that the wardrobe belongs to her, and that they have no right to have it. The store owner shoos away the old woman and apologizes, explaining that "The Witch" has been causing problems and shouting curses at people in the neighborhood for years. Everything seems fine until later that day. When the movers are delivering the wardrobe to Adam's apartment, its door suddenly swings open and The Witch falls out of it—dead!

The kids in the third grade at Bailey Elementary are so hard to handle that all of their teachers have quit. But their new teacher, Mrs. Jeepers, is different, to say the least. She's just moved from the Transylvanian Alps, and she seems to have some strange powers that help her deal with these mischief-makers. Her methods may be a little unconventional, but, then again, Mrs. Jeepers may be just what the Bailey School kids need.

Abracadabra, the founder of the Hocus Pocus Hotel has vanished! Charlie Hitchcock and Tyler Yu team up again to solve this mystery and find their friend.

A field trip to Washington, D.C. turns into a middle-grade mystery! In this Field Trip Mysteries book, sixth-grader Edward "Egg" Garrison and his friends travel to the nation’s capital. But when they arrived at Union Station, people scream and flee the popular landmark. They’ve seen a ghost, the ghost of George Washington, the first U.S. president! The four friends find themselves smackdab in another mind-bending mystery. And if they don’t act fast, the United States Capitol will soon become a haunted house.

Tyler Yu asked Charlie Hitchcock to meet him after school, and Charlie assumed it was for a fight. But when it turns out Ty just needs help solving a magical mystery at the Abracadabra Hotel, an unlikely friendship is formed.

Goonies-meets-James-Bond-style hijinks continue with a group of unpopular fifth-graders who run a spy network right under their teachers’ noses. Their tech-loving, geeky ways may get them shunned by the “it” crowd, but with a little help from science, these kids’ most dweeby qualities become big-time weapons in the fight against super-villains.

There's a hot new pizza joint in Bailey City and Mrs. Jeepers brings the kids there for a special treat. The castle-shaped building and medieval-style costumes on the waiters are fun, but when a rumble from the kitchen shakes the restaurant's foundations, the kids get suspicious. George, the owner, says his cook is temperamental and the earth-shaking fits he has are nothing unusual, but the kids are pretty sure the owner is St. George the dragon slayer and that his cook is a captive dragon. Can the kids uncover the truth before the disgruntled cook becomes a real problem?

Daphne's lucky enough to get Snow White for a teacher - she loves little people - but poor Sabrina's stuck with Mr. Grumpner and a class of mildly psychotic sixth graders. When Mr. Grumpner is found hanging in a spider's web, it is up to the Grimms to find the Everafter who did it. If only Sabrina can get over her distrust of all fairy-tale folk. But how can she trust those who just might be responsible for the disappearance of her parents?

The Bailey School Kids need to do a report on England. Howie picks Camelot as his topic, which is how he knows the new assistant at the library, Mr. Merle, looks just like the ancient wizard Merlin! The kids discover a crystal ball in Mr. Merle's office and learn that he has a huge goldfish named Arthur, just like the ancient king. Then Mr. Merle transforms the library into a medieval castle and starts mesmerizing kids with the magic of reading! Something strange is definitely going on. Could Mr. Merle really be a wizard?

Wenn der frisch gebackene Hausmeister Vierfinger-Franz versucht, Rufus T. Feuerflieg etwas zu erklären, geht das eigentlich nie gut aus. Doch diesmal scheint es so, als hätte Franz dem Anwalt tatsächlich eine böse Überraschung erspart: Das geheimnisvolle Päckchen auf der Straße vor der Kanzlei kommt auch Kreszenzia höchst verdächtig vor. Die drei beschließen, das Paket in einen Steinbruch zu verfrachten, um es dort möglichst vorsichtig zu öffnen... Autor Tommy Krappweis ist wieder in seiner Paraderolle als "Vierfinger Franz" zu hören.

Nicht genug damit, dass Rufus T. Feuerfliegs Freundin Desiree von Dumont mit ihm Schluss macht, weil er Paul McCartney als Bandmitglied bei Modern Talking verortet. Direkt danach bekommt unser Anwalt auch noch Besuch von einem Poltergeist-Mädchen mit einem Anliegen, das den sonst nie um eine Antwort verlegenen Feuerflieg schwer ins Grübeln bringt. Eine brandneue Hörspielkurzgeschichte aus der Reihe der GHOSTSITTER STORIES mit Wigald Boning als Rufus T. Feuerflieg und Teresa Boning als Kreszenzia Freifrau von Himmelberg-Hasseloh, geschrieben und inszeniert von Tommy Krappweis.

For the first time, Teddy is actually excited for the school year to start. His new neighbors, Lila and Caleb, are transferring to his school, which means he'll finally have real friends! But Teddy has a secret he's desperate to protect—one that explains why none of his classmates have spoken to him in years....

The Newbery Honor author of Ella Enchanted, Gail Carson Levine, weaves a thrilling tale of mystery in this companion to A Tale of Two Castles. Elodie, the dragon detective Meenore, and the kindly ogre Count Jonty Um are all on their way to Elodie’s home island of Lahnt. Elodie has barely set...

Agentin im Auftrag der Magie: Die zweite Mission für Elia Evander. Elia Evander kann es nicht glauben: Als in der Zentrale des magischen Geheimdiensts ein Notruf eingeht, bekommt ausgerechnet sie den mysteriösen Auftrag zugeteilt. Der Fall erfordert ihre sofortige Abreise nach Prag, wo sie eine Geisterprinzessin befreien soll. Gelingt es ihr nicht, droht der Stadt der Untergang... Elia stößt schnell auf eine erste Spur, die sie jedoch bald an ihre Grenzen bringt – denn sie kann weder durch Wände gehen, noch hat sie alle magischen Wesen auf ihrer Seite.

The New York Times bestselling series returns! Zander and Natasha must reverse an evil spell threatening the Number Nine Plaza’s very existence in this puzzle-bending mystery—for fans of The Swifts. Summer is in full swing at The Number Nine Plaza, the world's largest and most fabulous...

Half-siren Elvira Vance doesn’t trust outsiders. Especially not the human detective who’s been hired to investigate the disappearances of a chupacabra and the crown for the Marfa Monster Festival. While humans are convinced the monster skipped town with the crown, Elvira knows there’s more...

Nadia's school is choosing a new mascot, and her idea is totally going to win! She’s also going to kick butt writing for the school newspaper this term.... Maybe. A couple of weeks in, the newspaper is a big mess. The mascot contest is mayhem, too. (Who knew choosing a costumed character could cause such controversy?) Then Nadia and Titi discover that the hippo amulet holds a second secret, one that’s super powerful - and super scary. Too bad they have no idea how to stop it. But Nadia is on the case!

It's supposed to be a happy day at the Magic Kingdom—the return of the teenaged holographic hosts. But things go very wrong when a sudden lightning storm disrupts the celebration, and Amanda's mysterious sister, Jez, disappears. The only clue is the sighting of a wild monkey in the Magic Kingdom during the storm. The mystery deepens as Finn is contacted by Wayne, an old man he hasn't heard from in months....

Wer von beiden ist findiger: Elizabeth oder ihr Freund Freddy? Kaum zu sagen. Übermagische Kräfte verfügt jedenfalls nur Elizabeth. Das ist eine Versuchung für sie, aber auch die Gabe, die es braucht, um Winterhaus zu retten. Jetzt rumpelt die Erde und es gibt Hinweise auf ein machtvolles Ritual. Der Countdown läuft. Noch scheint Gracella mit ihrer dunklen Magie nicht am Ende zu sein. – Das glänzende, packende Finale der erfolgreichen Winterhaus-Trilogie. Während es noch kräftig schneit, freut sich Elizabeth auf ein unbeschwertes Wiedersehen mit Freddy in den bevorstehenden Osterferien.

Elizabeth ist unglaublich gut im Spielen mit Wörtern und Rätsellösen. Aber wird das ausreichen, die codierten Botschaften zu entschlüsseln, die sie im Hotel Winterhaus erwarten? Und warum wurde sie überhaupt dorthin geschickt? Immerhin hat sie in letzter Zeit ungewöhnliche Kräfte an sich entdeckt … Diese Geschichte hat alle Zutaten, die man sich für ein besonderes Buch mit viel Winteratmosphäre wünscht: ein zwielichtiges Paar (gefährlich?), einen netten Hotelbesitzer (nur manchmal verdächtig) mit langem Stammbaum, Riesenpuzzles und codierte Botschaften.