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The star of her school’s running team, Sadako is lively and athletic…until the dizzy spells start. Then she must face the hardest race of her life—the race against time. Based on a true story, Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes celebrates the courage that makes one young woman a...

When 12-year-old Angela Kato arrives in LA, the last thing she wants to do is spend the entire summer with her grandparents. But in the Kato family, one is never permitted to complain. Grandma Michi and Aunt Janet put Angela to work in their flower shop, folding origami and creating 1,001 crane displays for newlyweds. At first, Angela learns the trade begrudgingly. But when her folding skills improve and her relationships with family and friends grow, Angela is able to cope with her troubles, especially her parents’ impending divorce.

Even a trip to Scotland hasn’t done the trick. Lucas is driving Kari crazy with her nonstop talk about her so-called boyfriend. If Edinburgh’s famous arts festival can’t distract Lucas, what will? The answer turns out to be Seneca Crane. Seneca is the reason they’re in Scotland in the...

Milo is trouble. He lives it, breathes it. He embraces anything that numbs and takes his mind somewhere else, a world where his mother is herself and not just a shell, and his brother didn't almost kill her, severing any relationship they had. But more importantly, Milo drowns out the guilt for leaving his mother and not being able to forgive his brother. He drowns his pride and moves on to another girl and another party, pretending that life isn't moving on around him and he's stuck in the same place. He's stuck in the past and doesn't know how to let go.

Hallo, du wundervolles Mädchen! Gibt es Dinge, die Dir Angst machen und Du bist auf der Suche nach Deinem persönlichem Mutmacher? Dann geht es Dir genauso wie vielen anderen Mädchen in Deinem Alter. Hier erwarten Dich 10 Mutmachgeschichten für Mädchen zwischen 6 und 9 Jahren. Sie eignen sich zum Selberlesen und zum Vorlesen. Du musst Dich nicht schämen, Angst zu haben, denn wichtig ist nur, sich seiner Angst zu stellen. Wie Dir das gelingt, erfährst Du in diesem Buch.

Hallo, du toller Junge! Vielleicht bist du auch manchmal ängstlich oder unsicher und auf der Suche nach Mutmachern. Wenn ja, geht es dir wie ganz vielen anderen Jungen. Für alle, die ein bisschen Mut brauchen, ist dieses inspirierende Kinderbuch genau das Richtige. Darin erwarten dich wundervolle Mutmachgeschichten für Jungs zwischen 5-9 Jahren. Bestimmt wirst du dich in der einen oder anderen Geschichte wiedererkennen, weil du die gleiche oder eine ähnliche Situation schon mal erlebt hast.