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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...

On a camping trip, Mike and Otis get lost in the woods. Is it true, that there is a monster in these woods?...

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...

Mike and Otis are dragged into Otis’ new videogame. A giant ape is after them. Can they outsmart the beast and get home?...

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...

Mike and Otis have to bring bags of garbage to the shed. But there might be something hiding in there. They open the door carefully...

Based on the #1 New York Times bestselling picture book sensation The Good Egg, Jory John and Pete Oswald present: The Great Eggscape! The Great Eggscape is when the Good Egg and his pals escape their carton and drop into the store for a morning of fun, enjoyed by everybody. Well, almost...

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...

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.

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...