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After trapping Mr. Anarchy, the evil master griefer who's been tormenting them, Lily, Simon, and Michael can finally concentrate on trying to escape the Overworld and getting to know their new friends on the server. So when one of their friends invites them along on a treasure hunt, they couldn't be more thrilled! But when the gang's absence from Lisimi Village gives Mr. Anarchy a chance to escape, their hunt for treasure is cut short and Lily, Simon, and Michael must make a hard decision.

Jed's not your typical middle school geek. He is, to use the politically correct term, cardiovascularly challenged. And while his parents have attempted to shield him from the implications of being different for as long as they could (Jed was eight and at a friend's sister's birthday party when he blew his lips off onto the cake in front of everyone, finally prompting the "big talk" from his parents and an emergency superglue repair by his dad), seventh grade at Pine Hollow Middle School as a target of Robbie the supreme school bully and his pack of moronic toadies is rapidly becoming unbearable.

The intergalactic adventure starts at home with Harriet, who discovers that her hearing-aid can do more than she ever bargained for when she finds an alien in her room. Discovering that her family secretly work for an intergalactic agency, Harriet becomes the Earth's first line of defence as the only one who can understand the invaders. Sure, her hearing aid helps her understand aliens from across the universe - if only she could understand her own feelings.

Purple and perplexed, Pleskit Meenom needs advice on how to deal with the challenges of his new life on Earth. Normally he would ask his best friend, Tim Tompkins, but the two boys have been tricked into a feud. So instead he turns to his Grandfatherly One - or, at least, the brain of that wise old man, which is all the family has left of him. But perhaps the Grandfatherly One is not as wise as they all would like to believe, since he convinces Pleskit to take him to school in the portable Brain Transport Device. And that's when things really start to go wrong.

Madame Isabelle est une enseignante un peu magicienne. Dans sa classe, chaque élève peut vivre une aventure dans la peau du personnage de son choix. Nathan, lui, rêve de devenir astronaute… Sa mission : trouver la petite-petite planète Verte. Avec l’aide de son ami William le copilote, Nathan affronte météorite, poissons voraces et panne de moteur. Il faut être prêt à surmonter les embûches pour réaliser ses rêves. Mais l’aventure en vaut la peine, surtout entouré de bons amis !

While exploring planet Buck, twin sisters Atari and Zaria don’t realize that they’re being watched by two alien natives. When the girls find the aliens hiding in their tent, all four are startled and chaos erupts as they chase each other through the forest. But things change when they all run into a giant, fire-breathing chicken! Will the aliens and humans learn to work together to defeat the monstrous chicken beast?

Most zombies are not very smart. However, Brian is different. He is a smart, book-loving zombie. When a zombie horde gathers, Brian knows nobody is safe. Can Brian stop the dangerous zombie horde? Better yet, can he stop them by using meatballs? Follow Brian through this crazy adventure in this funny early chapter book.

When the carnival comes to town, Tiger Moth and Kung Pow let their ninja guard down. But when this funfest turns out to be an evil trick, they must stop the show before the main attraction - the deadly Wing Kong!

Once upon a very badly behaved time, 511-year-old Ebenezer kept a beast in his attic. He would feed the beast all manner of objects and creatures, and in return, the beast would vomit him up expensive presents. But then The Bethany arrived. Now 10-year-old notorious prankster Bethany, along with her new feathery friend Claudette, is determined that she and Ebenezer are going to DE-BEAST their lives and do good. But Bethany finds that being a notorious prankster makes it hard to get taken on for voluntary work. And Ebenezer is secretly missing the beast's vomity gifts.

This is a tale of mice and magic. It is also a tale of great love (of cheese) and great danger. And learning the lesson that what matters most - when it comes to cheese and life - is not how strongly you smell but how strong you are on the inside.

In this fresh, funny new middle grade series, best-selling YA author Sarah Mlynowski writes for a younger audience for the first time! In each audiobook, Abby and her younger brother Jonah visit the magic mirror in their basement at night, and the mirror transports them inside a different fairy tale. In the first magical adventure, Abby and Jonah find themselves tangled in Snow White's story. Once there, they accidentally change key events in the tale! In order for Snow White to get her happy ending, it's up to Abby and Jonah to make things right.

I'm spending the day with my best friends, Frankie and Robin, and - ugh - snobby Penny. I'm not expecting anything magical to happen, until Frankie falls into a mysterious hole behind Penny's house...and we all wind up in the story of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland! I've visited fairytales before. But, in Wonderland, everything is topsy-turvy. There are potions that make you grow, cakes that make you shrink, bossy caterpillars, and a horrible Queen of Hearts who wants to put us on trial.

Willkommen zurück im Land der Märchen! Das magische Land der Geschichten wird von einer düsteren Bedrohung heimgesucht: Die böse Zauberin ist zurück, und sie hat Alex‘ und Conners Mutter entführt, um deren Großmutter zu erpressen. Die Zwillinge müssen erneut über ein Portal in das magische Land reisen, sonst sehen sie ihre Mutter womöglich nie wieder! Bald schon sind sie auf der Suche nach einem seltenen Artefakt, dem sogenannten Stab des Staunens.

Samantha Byrd is a klutz. An accident waiting to happen. And that makes her the least popular member of the girls' basketball team. But all of that is about to change. Sam's met someone who can grant her three wishes. Too bad Sam wasn't more careful when she asked for. Because her wishes are coming true. And they're turning her life into a living nightmare!

At Lily's annual Christmas costume party, a variety of strange events take place that lead Jo and Lily out of California forever - and into the mysterious, strange, fantastical world of Eldritch City. There, Jo learns the scandalous truth about who she is, and she and Lily join the Order of Odd-Fish, a collection of knights who research useless information.

Falcon Quinn survived the first term at the Academy for Monsters along with his monstrous friends Max, Pearl, Mortia, and the rest. He has finally discovered his monster nature and is working hard to embrace it. But what does it mean to be an Angel, exactly?

Tom hat eine Geisterbahn mit quicklebendigen Geistern geerbt! Und die im Zaum und geheim zu halten, ist gar nicht so einfach: Vampir Vlarad mutiert dummerweise bei Blutkonsum zum jeweiligen Spenderwesen, meistens zu Meerschweinchen. Mit Zombie Wombie ist nicht zu spaßen, wenn man seinem Plüschhäschen zu nahe kommt, und Hop-Tep, die Mumie, kann aufgrund der Bandagen um den Kopf nur telepathisch kommunizieren.

In Tobys Leben kehrt einfach keine Ruhe ein. Nachdem die Verbrecherin La Primera aus Bonfire Bay verschwunden ist, muss Toby sich mit dem Brief der mysteriösen Gilde auseinandersetzen. Wer steckt hinter der Maske der Gilde und was wollen sie von ihm? Die Antworten sucht Toby gemeinsam mit seinem Drachen Lou und seinen Freunden Ellie und Mango. Dabei stoßen sie auf eine antike Drachenstatue und kommen den Familiengeheimnissen, die sich um Tobys Großvater ranken auf die Spur.

When Tom is invited to the reading of a will of a great-uncle he’s never heard of, there’s no way to know what to expect. But on the long list of possible things to inherit, a travelling carnival ghost train is the very last on the list. To get his full $10 million inheritance, all Tom has to do is run the antique ride until his 18th birthday. Easy. Except for a strange caped-creep he’s never met, who’s trying to con him out of the money...and the actual ghosts and ghouls who call the ride home.

Das Märchenland wird von allen Seiten bedroht, seit der Maskierte Mann hier die Herrschaft übernommen hat. Um ihn zu besiegen, stellen Conner und Alex eine Armee mit den Figuren aus Conners Geschichten zusammen. Doch auch starke Piraten, mächtige Cyborgs und fürchterliche Zombies können den Zwillingen kaum helfen, das große Unheil zu verhindern, das nicht nur das magische Land, sondern die gesamte Anderswelt heimzusuchen droht.