Showing results for "Strange" in Literature & Fiction

Leatherback is a hundred and something years old and finds Queenie the cat and Loro the parrot too rowdy! But she likes Sara, who once was the girl with no confidence. How Sara turned her weakness into strength is a story to tell.

From the award-winning, New York Times bestselling author of A Rover's Story and Other Words for Home comes an extraordinary story about two friends, a ghost, a missing painting, and a turtle named Agatha. The perfect next read for fans of The Swifts, Kate DiCamillo, and Erin Entrada Kelly. A...

Alex and her grandfather traverse their backyard trails to discover the source of a strange sound.

After Quentin's bike breaks down in a strange town, he and his friend become surrounded by feral cats.

Henry is a little creeped out by his new apartment. For one thing, the previous tenants died a few weeks before he moved in. For another, there's a gas leak somewhere in the building and the smell is starting to seep into his clothes. Just when Henry thinks things couldn't get much worse, one of the former tenants pays him a midnight visit.

From the acclaimed author of Manatee Summer comes a poignant story about a girl who learns to lay down roots as she’s drawn into a fight over a local grove of trees that’s in danger of being torn down. Perfect for fans of Hoot and Operation Redwood. Holly Foster knows that nothing...

Emily is . . . 1. A mad scientist 2. A cat lover 3. A mural painter 4. A golem builder 5. A virtuo-spastic guitarist 6. A wicked skater 7. A wily troublemaker 8. A poltergeist tamer 9. A mystery solver 10. A master prankster 11. An eXtreme procrastinator 12. A happy loner 13. A unique individual...

Ga mee op expeditie met de legendarische Clades, een familie van ontdekkingsreizigers, door een mysterieus land waar gevaar op de loer ligt en fantastische wezens huizen. Tijdens dit avontuur stuit de familie Clade op allerlei gevaarlijke planten, monsters en landschappen. Zullen ze in staat zijn om, ondanks hun verschillen, hun krachten te bundelen en de wereld te redden, voordat het te laat is?

Witty, offbeat, and lavishly illustrated in black-and-red, in this irresistible and markedly singular diary, Emily the Strange grapples with a wicked case of amnesia while on a mysterious mission with her black cat posse. A collectable and gifty paper-over-board treat perfect for fans of...

Das originelle und überaus humorvolle Action-Abenteuer taucht tief in ein unerforschtes und tückisches Land ein, in dem fantastische Kreaturen auf die legendären Clades warten. Die Clades sind eine Familie von Entdeckern, deren Differenzen ihre letzte – und bei Weitem wichtigste – Mission zu gefährden drohen.

Inspired by the characters from her own imagination, Anne decides to dye her red hair raven-black. Although it doesn't quite go to plan, Anne soon bounces back. But her next attempt to turn a story into reality goes even more badly wrong ...

The audio edition of Nathan W. Pyle’s first picture book in his New York Times bestselling Strange Planet series! Based on his popular Instagram comics, Nathan W. Pyle presents a delightful, heartfelt, and clever book that young and old beings alike will enjoy reading together. When the...

From the award-winning author of The First Rule of Punk comes the story of four kids who form an alternative Scout troop that shakes up their sleepy Florida town. * "Writing with wry restraint that's reminiscent of Kate DiCamillo... a beautiful tale." —Kirkus Reviews, starred review When three...

In a slightly futuristic, polluted world, 14-year-old Bryn watches an ancient egg hatch, and her life changes forever. Like her family before her, Bryn can "ken" with birds, so at first she doesn't understand why she relates to what appears to be a lizard. Then she realizes that the critter in her care is really a baby dragon. When the dracling becomes an Internet phenomenon, she must flee to protect him from poachers and others who wish him harm. But will Bryn be able to protect him, or will she lose the dracling just as she comes to love him?

Vi presentiamo i Clade, una famiglia di esploratori! Seguitela in una spedizione negli abissi di un mondo misterioso e ostile, popolato da creature fantastiche. In quest’avventura i Clade si troveranno esposti a ogni genere di piante, mostri e luoghi letali. Saranno capaci – nonostante le loro differenze – di salvare il mondo prima che sia troppo tardi?© Disney. All rights reserved.© Disney. All rights reserved.Preparati a essere incantato dal fantastico universo sonoro Disney. Parti per l’avventura e vivi la magia in compagnia di tutti i tuoi personaggi preferiti.

Arachne is good at weaving—so good, in fact, that jealous goddess Athena decides to teach her a lesson! The five twisted tales in this book show what happens when mortal creatures cross paths with the gods ... and come away entirely changed.

Eto volshebnaja istorija o zhizni i prikljuchenijah detej barona fon Brakelja i prelestnogo rebenka iz skazochnoj strany - simvole beskonechnoj fantazii detstva i samoj prirody. Sam avtor otmechal, chto sozdal jetu allegoricheskuju romanticheskuju istoriju, kak i skazku «Shhelkunchik», v rezul'tate prijatnogo obshhenija s det'mi Juliusa Jeduarda Gitciga.

A little girl's gone missing in Lenton. Just disappeared from right outside the school. And everyone's blaming Ragger Bill, the homeless man who lives in the school boiler room. But The Outfit are sure Ragger Bill's innocent - and if the only way to prove it is to find the missing girl, then that's what they'll have to do...

When Skeleton Keys discovers newly unimagined Lucky all alone, he’s determined to reunite the little creature with the boy who imagined him. But Stanley is nowhere to be found. The search leads them to the Kingdom - a hidden world for unimaginaries. As they scour the streets for any sign of Stanley, the Kingdom comes under attack from a rampaging gorilla. Lucky is convinced it’s the work of Stanley’s wild imaginings. But what is Stanley up to, and can Skeleton Keys track him down before the entire place is reduced to rubble?

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