Showing results for "Ransom" in Literature & Fiction

The Vespers have ordered Amy and Dan to find a legendary map that belonged to Marco Polo, and the hunt takes them to Eastern Europe where they make a terrifying discovery about one of their supposed “allies.”

The race is on for the Gamer! Villain Cynthia Cyber has captured two victims in her video game Space Racers. The helpless players cannot escape their speeding cars. Even worse, a monster racer is threatening to destroy them.

Using his father's watch as a key, Jake intends to return to Calypsos. Instead he's thrust into a strange desert land where he's joined by his friends Marika, Pindor, and Bach'uuk and his sister, Kady. As they try to figure out what to do next, a surprise attack by the beautiful young Princess...

When a mysterious envelope arrives for Jake Ransom, he and his older sister, Kady, are plunged into a gripping chain of events. An artifact found by their parents—on the expedition from which they never returned—leads Jake and Kady to a strange world inhabited by a peculiar mix of long-lost...

It’s the 22nd century and, thanks to climate change, much of the former British Empire rests under the sea. While out fishing one day, young Lilly Melkun witnesses a brazen band of pirates kidnapping the Prime Minister’s daughter. With her village blamed for the tragedy, Lilly takes it upon herself to set sail and rescue the young girl, with only her wits and considerable seamanship skills to help her.

Henry and Jessie have signed up to be in a robotics competition with a team from school. But someone from another team isn’t playing by the rules. Can the Aldens use their sleuthing skills and what they’ve learned about technology to find the culprit and save the day?

Действие разворачивается в небольшом американском городке, где двое мошенников, Билл и Сэм, задумывают похитить сына богатого местного жителя ради выкупа. Однако их планы переворачиваются с ног на голову, когда выясняется, что их маленький пленник, называющий себя Вождём Краснокожих, принимает их действия за увлекательную игру.

Young mouse Edda dreams of becoming a race car driver. When the 50th European GRAND PRIX race is about to take place, she seizes the opportunity to meet her idol Ed and save her father's struggling business. Suddenly, she finds herself in the cockpit and, together with Ed, embarks on a fast-paced adventure across Europe.

Anton landet auf einem Segelschiff zwischen Himmel und Erde. Dort lernt er die seltsame Crew und ihre Mission "Das Wissen der Menschheit zu retten" kennen. Anton wird Teil der Mission und kann es gar nicht erwarten weitere Abenteuer zu erleben.

Anton ist sich sicher, dass er eine Feder von Argos, dem Papagei mit in die "reale" Welt genommen hat. Um herauszufinden, ob er Gegenstände von der einen in die andere Welt transportieren kann und sich damit beweisen könnte, dass seine Abenteuer auch wirklich wirklich sind, heckt er einen Plan aus.

Anton entdeckt den Schriftzug Sokrates auf dem Bild. Sicher, dass der Schriftzug am Tag zuvor noch nicht auf dem Bild war, will er herausfinden, was Sokrates eigentlich bedeutet. Keiner kann ihm seine Frage beantworten. Erst in der Welt zwischen Himmel und Erde findet er die richtige Antwort.