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At the start of her fourth audiobook, our blue-haired heroine is selling soup with her Sparrow Scout friends at the Winter Festival fayre. Soon, however, she's tackling mischievous Yule Lads, battling mechanical bell-ringers, taking on a hungry ogre and trying to reunite a couple across the decades.

The town of Franklin Falls is having its 100th birthday. And that means the town’s historic time capsule is about to be dug up and put on display by the proud citizens. Yeah, well, not if the crooked mayor has his way. Good thing all-around smart kid Leon Karakostas is one step ahead of him. Leon and his twin sister, Noel, and his crew - Pixie, Microscope, and Aardvark - find themselves in a mad dash to the dump, on a rooftop chase, and caught up in a showdown with a mysterious grandma.

When best friends Dak Smyth and Sera Froste stumble upon the secret of time travel - a hand-held device known as the Infinity Ring - they're swept up in a centuries-long secret war for the fate of mankind. Recruited by the Hystorians, a secret society that dates back to Aristotle, the kids learn that history has gone disastrously off course. Now it's up to Dak, Sera, and teenage Hystorian-in-training Riq to travel back in time to fix the Great Breaks . . . and to save Dak's missing parents while they're at it.

Clear the decks for one of the greatest swashbuckling stories ever told. Masterfully crafted, Treasure Island is a stunning yarn of piracy on the fiery tropic seas, an unforgettable tale of treachery that embroils a host of legendary swashbucklers, from honest young Jim Hawkins to sinister, two-timing Israel Hands, to evil incarnate, blind Pew.

A statue; a coin; an old book. They look as dusty as everything else in the Faulkner Antiquarian Bookstore. But when Sam Saulkner slips the coin into the statue, he's swept back to Scotland in 900 A.D. - the age of the Vikings!--where he must find both the statue and another coin in order to escape. It's the first journey in an adventure that will take him to ancient Egypt, World War I, even Dracula's castle...and a mystery that will end only if Sam can find his father in time - literally.

Finnja muss von der Schule aus ein Praktikum machen, doch sie vergisst, sich rechtzeitig zu bewerben, und der einzige freie Praktikumsplatz, den es in der Kleinstadt Burgsteinwald noch gibt, ist beim Reisebüro Jederzeit. Der Bürojob erscheint Finnja zuerst schrecklich langweilig, bis sie herausfindet, dass es sich nicht um ein normales Reisebüro handelt, sondern um das erste Reisebüro der Welt für Zeitreisen.

Cleo, Rikki und Bella sind verzweifelt, seit sie wissen, dass ein Komet auf Mako zurast und ein Werk der Zerstörung anrichten wird. Bella entdeckt eine alte irische Fabel, die von einem geheimnisvollen Mädchen namens Eva handelt.

Ava et Tim plongent dans un monde enchanté où les dragons et les elfes règnent en maîtres. Leur quête pour apprendre à voler à dos de dragon les entraîne dans une aventure où le bonheur côtoie les ténèbres. Alors qu'une bataille décisive se profile à l'horizon, les Coulapics et les elfes doivent unir leurs forces pour rétablir l'équilibre entre la lumière et l'obscurité. Parviendront-ils à obtenir l'aide nécessaire pour cet ultime combat ? Accompagne Ava et Tim dans cette épopée fantastique et découvre si la paix peut triompher des ombres. Envole-toi avec eux pour un voyage inoubliable.

In Vol. 7, Valiant now enters the 1950s: The Thule winter is hard and bleak, and a prince who has designs on Aleta must be dealt with. Then it's another epic-length story, "The Missionaries," in which Val and several of his fellow knights and crew travel to Rome on a quest for teachers who might bring Christianity to Thule.

Today, Yao is boating with his family to hunt for and gather eggs from the Farallon Islands off the coast of San Francisco, California for the first time. Yao wishes to finally see a whale, but his family are afraid of pirates who steal from fishermen. If pirates steal the eggs they gather, his family will not be able to provide for themselves. Will Yao be able to save their eggs?

In questo libro per bambini, il cagnolino Pongo e il suo amico Tim vi sveleranno la storia del pirata Henry Every con tutte le sue avventure. E' anche una ricca biografia della vita di un vero pirata. Cosa mangiavano? Come si vestivano i piu' temibili pirati? Scopritelo con Pongo e Tim.

Jawbreaker wählt endlich einen Alt-Modus, aber anstatt sich in diesen zu verwandeln, verwandelt der Alt-Modus ihn. Jawbreaker wählt endlich einen Alt-Modus, aber anstatt sich in diesen zu verwandeln, verwandelt der Alt-Modus ihn.

A wave of motion rippled through the cattle as they broke into a run. The cows directly behind Sarah and me looked back anxiously. The entire herd would be upon us in no time. Sarah cupped a hand to her mouth. "Clear out of the way! Stampede!"

The Hardy brothers and Frank’s new girlfriend, Jones, are attending a local comic book convention on the shore. They meet up with Jones’ friend Harper, a fellow comics super fan, outside the convention. The four of them spend hours running from booth to booth and end the perfect day with pizza at Harper’s short-term rental apartment. Things don’t stay so perfect, though. On the way home, Jones realizes she switched phones with Harper by accident and she's getting some really scary texts. They show up at the apartment the next day to find it totally destroyed and Harper missing.

Brother detectives Frank and Joe search a hidden castle for clues to help them find a missing comic book in the 19th book in the thrilling Hardy Boys Adventures series.

The Hardy Boys are visiting Paris! Joe is excited to check out all the street art he's heard about. And Frank can't wait to go to all the museums he's researched. On their very first day in the city, the brothers are woken up early in the morning by fireworks. But these are no ordinary fireworks. They are a part of elaborate cover for the heist of a priceless artifact.

Frank and Joe are on a history club trip to New York City, and their first stop is the Prohibition Museum where they’ll hear about how smugglers building getaway vehicles led to the rise of modern stock car racing. During a tour of damp escape tunnels beneath the museum, Frank slips and breaks a wall panel with his elbow, revealing a hidden compartment containing documents from the 1920s!

One of the Hardys’ favorite writers, Nathan Foxwood, has recently died in a tragic car accident. Now, the press is swarming his house in Bayport to get the scoop on the novel he completed just before his untimely death. When Joe hears that Nathan’s wife is having a giant estate sale, he drags Frank with him. Who could pass up the opportunity to see inside their favorite author’s home? Nathan’s wife says she wants to get away as quickly as possible. She’s sure the house is haunted. But Nathan’s assistant, Adam, is not so willing to blame it all on the supernatural.

Oh-oh, Straußenalarm! Stella fällt ein Zettel aus der Tortuga, auf dem „eine geheime Formel" notiert ist, und landet ausgerechnet in einem Gelege von Straußeneiern. Da Strauße ihren Feinden aber sehr heftige Tritte versetzen können, ist es für die Kratt-Brüder nicht so leicht, den Zettel zurückzuholen. Aber sie werden dafür mit einem köstlichen Dessert belohnt, denn die geheime Formel war ein Pudding-Rezept.

"JOE!" Frank suddenly yelled behind me, but it was too late. A dark shape advanced on us from inside the doorway, and a bag was thrown over my head again. I could hear them doing the same to Frank too. Arms reached out and roughly pulled me inside....