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Genial sein ist auch keine Lösung. Sam hat keine allzu großen Ansprüche an sein Teenagerleben. Er hat kaum Follower auf Instagram, sein Freundeskreis ist überschaubar, er schreibt mittelmäßige Noten und das Wichtigste: Er ist mit seiner Durchschnittlichkeit voll und ganz zufrieden. Doch als seine Familie in ein schickes Londoner Viertel zieht, fangen für Sam die Probleme an: Seine Mutter meldet ihn an der "Nord-London-Akademie für Begabte und Talentierte" an, einer Elite-Schule für künstlerisch interessierte und hochbegabte Kinder, die allesamt damit beschäftigt zu sein scheinen, irgendwelche Elektro-Wave-Emo-Crossover-Bands zu gründen oder eines Tages Hollywood zu erobern.

Marisa and Lorenzo Conchito and their friends want to make an old-fashioned vampire movie. Luckily their friend Jeff knows just the place to film it. His uncle Felix was an actor in several old horror movies, and his creepy old mansion is the perfect location. Felix is happy to let them film their movie at his house. He has just one rule: “Don’t go in the basement!”

Dozens of kids sign up to compete in a citywide scavenger hunt. The winning team will receive a historic prize, the team's likeness sculpted into a statue for the local park. Unfortunately, most players quickly become bad sports, resorting to some not-so-nice trickery, sabotage, and booby-traps to gain the upper hand. Will the best team win or the worst? Find out in this side-splitting, rip-roaring chapter book, with an introduction by bestselling author Michael Dahl.

In search of some summertime spending money, a young boy and his friend agree to paint a neighbor's garage. The neighbor allows the boys to come into her house for drinks and bathroom breaks. There's just one rule: don't let her high-energy, low-obedience puppy, Yorgy, out of the house. Unfortunately, that's exactly what they do!

Zip wants to ride his bike in the big space race. But can he win if the others cheat? Join Zip on his wild adventures. For all brave boys and girls...

Space pirates raid Zip’s spaceship for candy. How will Zip get rid of them? Join Zip on his wild adventures. For all brave boys and girls...

Zip goes to a trash planet to hunt for monsters. But are all monsters bad? Join Zip on his wild adventures. For all brave boys and girls...

From leading breakfast radio star Christian O’Connell comes a brilliant and laugh-out-loud story of an ordinary boy with an extraordinary secret radio show. (Broadcast from his shed.) Meet Spike, aka Radio Boy: a new Adrian Mole on the radio for the internet generation. Spike’s your average...

Debut sensation Christian O’Connell is back with more hilarious adventures of Spike, super-star radio DJ… and trouble-prone ordinary kid. The World’s youngest DJ is still the talk of the town. A town that’s about to turn against him. Radio Boy and his team, Artie and Holly, are back and...

The arrival of a mysterious new neighbor inspires a kid to write her own poetry in this humorous and unforgettable new middle-grade novel by award-winning author Cary Fagan. Andie Gladman is your typical kid — she lives in a small town, doesn't have many friends and quietly puts up with taunts...

La nouvelle se propage dans le quartier à la vitesse d'un pigeon au galop : Chien Pourri a un fils et l'a trouvé dans une poubelle ! « Je ne suis qu'un chien d'égout et dégoûtant, pense Chien Pourri, mais je ferai tout pour mon petit poupou. » Chien Pourri saura-t-il aider ce chiot à sortir du caniveau ?

Da Herman endelig trillede ud på vejen og ned mod os, gloede vi med store øjne og åbne munde efter ham. Nana, som vi jo gik i klasse med, sad en dag foran ham på tanken - mellem hans ben og så vigtig ud. Hendes fletninger stod ud til siden på grund af farten. Herman havde hænderne på ryggen. Det var hende, Nana, der styrede motorcyklen - gashåndtag og det hele. Vi så på hinanden og mærkede en irritation over, at hun blandede sig i det, som vi havde sammen med Herman.

Vinny needs support from his agony-aunt mum, but she’s too busy helping other people to notice in this empathetic tale about family and mental health by bestseller Helen Rutter. Vinny’s got problems – lots of them. His family's falling apart, and his best mates have dumped him for some...

Havfruen Ariel lever i havet med sin familie og sine venner, men hun kan ikke lade være med at drømme om, hvordan det må være at leve på land. Da hun redder en flot prins fra at drukne, bliver hendes ønske endnu stærkere, og hun kontakter den eneste, der kan hjælpe hende: havheksen Ursula. I et kapløb med tiden må Ariel nu både vinde prinsens kærlighed og redde sin fars kongerige.

Zunächst sieht es nach einem geruhsamen Job aus: Dada und Welf sollen im Auftrag von Herrn Erdmann ein neuartiges Fortbewegungsmittel testen. Dieses von einem neuartigen System namens „Magical Intelligence" geschaffene Gefährt entpuppt sich allerdings als höchst eigenwillig und die Testfahrt droht zu einer gefährlichen Falle zu werden.

The adventures of our toys when they are free, while kids in school or doing sports. Do you think they just wait for you? No, they have their friends and meet at the stairwell of your house. And explore their own secret world of magic fantasy. Meet Benny the bear, Flat Jack and Henny Hopsi as they have fun in their free time. And maybe you learn more about your toys, and the world you leave them.

Two swindlers pose as tailors and offer to supply an emperor with beautiful clothes that are woven from fabric so fine, you can only see it if you're smart enough. The emperor hires them to create a magnificent new garment for him so they set about working... but the swindlers don't plan to make anything at all.

Erdmann ist alarmiert. Jemand will verhindern, dass Robin Hood in seiner berühmten Sage zum Bogenschießwettbewerb antritt, und nun droht die Geschichte vom „edlen Räuber" ihre Macht zu verlieren. Dada und Welf müssen schleunigst herausfinden, wo Robin steckt. Und wer könnte da besser helfen, als die letzte germanische Seherin Mara Lorbeer?

A sweetly humorous middle grade novel packed with action, basketball, and a dash of magical realism about friendship and family, first crushes, and belonging, from acclaimed author Gary Soto. Thirteen-year-old Jordan Mendoza has a huge crush on his classmate, Sierra, but he’s never going to...

Die Sensler sind Deutschfreiburger. Sie leben zwischen Deutsch- und Welschschweiz und gehen leicht vergessen. Ständig gibt es Grabenkämpfe und Missverständnisse mit Nachbarn jenseits von Saane und Sense. Doch Hilfe naht. Die neue "Sensler Hotline" mit Berater Toni Schöpfer soll den Einheimischen Selbstvertrauen und Auftrieb verleihen. Doch Toni ahnt zunächst nicht, dass einflussreiche Mächte im Hintergrund die Fäden ziehen. Er muss die Sensler vor der Verschwörung retten.