Showing results for "Wild Fictions" in Science Fiction & Fantasy

Roz is no ordinary robot. After being washed up on the shore of a remote and wild island, she learned to adapt and make it her home, befriend its animal inhabitants and even adopt a small orphaned gosling, Brightbill. But a new life is now beginning for Roz - she has been taken away, far away from her island, back to civilisation. Where she must pretend that she is a robot like any other - there to follow orders and to carry out tasks on the farm where she now works.

When robot Roz opens her eyes for the first time, she discovers that she is alone on a remote, wild island. She has no idea how she got there or what her purpose is - but she knows she needs to survive. After battling a fierce storm and escaping a vicious bear attack, she realises that her only hope for survival is to adapt to her surroundings and learn from the island's unwelcoming animal inhabitants. As Roz slowly befriends the animals, the island starts to feel like home - until, one day, her mysterious past comes back to haunt her.

Un grande classico di Oscar Wilde racconta come l'amore compie i suoi miracoli, sciogliendo il cuore ghiacciato di un gigante egoista.

Roz the robot has made an unlikely home for herself on an idyllic island dense with forests, wildflowers and friendly animal inhabitants - including her own young son Brightbill the gosling. Life on the island is perfect, until a dying seal washes ashore and warns of dangerous, cloudy waters that are flowing towards the island, bringing new dangers for the animals. Forced inland they will have to fight over fewer resources - and Roz realises that she must march into the waves and undertake an incredible undersea adventure to find a way to protect her beloved island and all who live on it.

Das erste Hörbuch von Bibi Blocksberg passend zum gleichnamigen Kinderbuch mit extralanger Spielzeit. Ein phantastisches Hörerlebnis für Groß und Klein...

Join Nickelodeon’s Rusty Rivets on a winter adventure! Rusty and his friends hit the road for a ski trip—only to be blocked by a massive pile of boulders on their way to the mountain. Can Rusty and his bots find a way past their rocky dilemma?

In book two of the House of Robots series, it's 'bot brains versus 'bot brawn in an all-out war! Sammy Hayes-Rodriguez and his 'bro-bot' E are making new friends every day as E works as his bedridden sister Maddie's school proxy. But disaster strikes when E malfunctions just in time to be...

Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable, audiobook edition of Half Wild, the stunning sequel to Half Bad by Sally Green, read by Carl Prekopp. After finally meeting his elusive father, Marcus, and receiving the three gifts that confirm him as a full adult witch, Nathan is still on the run...

Four children separated by vast distances all undergo the same ritual, watched by cloaked strangers. Four flashes of light erupt, and from them emerge the unmistakable shapes of incredible beasts - a wolf, a leopard, a panda, a falcon. Suddenly the paths of these children - and the world - have been changed forever.

Eden's visit to The Escape sees her dropped into a world of puzzles and peril with no way out. She must find the keys, climb the levels and meet her fate. But what if she's not playing the game? Maybe the game is playing her...

Being different can be dangerous. Wilde is afraid strange things are happening around her. Are the birds following her? Is she flying in her sleep? Moving to live with her aunt seems to make it all worse. Wilde is desperate to fit in at her new school, but things keep getting stranger. In a fierce heatwave, during rehearsals for a school play telling the old local legend of a witch called Winter, 'The Witch' starts leaving pupils frightening letters cursing them. Can Wilde find out what's happening before everyone blames her? Or will she always be the outcast?

Als sich das Meermädchen Elli die Hand verstaucht, ist sie sehr traurig: Jetzt kann sie nicht mehr mit ihrer Wasserball-Mannschaft trainieren. Elli gelingt es, mit Stormi Freundschaft zu schließen. Noch nie hat sie sich so glücklich gefühlt wie auf dem Rücken des süßen Seepferdchens.

Wiska Wildflower is relieved when she makes friends with Cleobelle and Primrose on her first day at Inkcap's Academy. They love Wiska's drawings and ask her to help them design matching outfits for a special fashion show in Spellbrooke City. But the more Wiska gets to know her new friends, the more she feels she must hide her true self and follow their rules. Can Wiska find the bravery she needs to get her creative spark back and discover true friendship?

Red is thrilled when he discovers that he can do magic! But is he really magic, or is something even more incredible going on? Noodle is an arty twig, and today, she's decorating the Big Tree. But her friends joined in – and now the Big Tree is a mess! Can she find a way to make art she loves and share the fun with her friends?

Kamaria loves nature but can a thirteen-year-old dreamer really make a difference? This summer, her life will change forever when she discovers extraordinary mythical creatures who need her help ... A story of family, secrets and nature in peril for readers who love to be inspired. 'A heartfelt...

Das magische Wilde Volk schwebt in großer Gefahr. Seit die Stadtbewohner herausgefunden haben, wie viel kostbares Sternengold in Farallone zu finden ist, dringen sie in das Land ein - ohne Rücksicht auf die Natur und ihre Geschöpfe. Comfrey und Tin sind die einzigen Menschen, denen das Wilde Volk traut. Und nach der alten Prophezeiung sind sie auch die Einzigen, die Farallone vor der Verwüstung retten können.

Thirteen-year-old Juan’s summer is off to a terrible start. First, his parents separate. Then, almost as bad, Juan is sent away to his strange Uncle Tito’s house for the entire break! Who wants to live with an oddball recluse who has zigzag eyebrows, drinks 15 cups of smoky tea a day, and lives inside a huge, mysterious library? As Juan adjusts to his new life among teetering, dusty shelves, he notices something odd: the books move on their own! He rushes to tell Uncle Tito, who lets his nephew in on a secret: Juan is a Princeps Reader, which means books respond magically to him.

In a thrilling follow-up to Tasting Light, ten bestselling and award-winning masters of the form use the possible—and the premise of hope—to explore how science and technology can reshape our world and defy assumptions.

When Charlie’s longed-for brother is born with a serious heart condition, Charlie’s world is turned upside down. Upset and afraid, Charlie flees the hospital and makes for the ancient forest on the edge of town. There Charlie finds a boy floating face-down in the stream, injured, but alive. But when Charlie sets off back to the hospital to fetch help, it seems the forest has changed. It’s become a place as strange and wild as the boy dressed in deerskins.

Als das Robotermädchen Roz zum ersten Mal die Augen aufschlägt, findet sie sich auf einer wilden, einsamen Insel wieder. Wie sie dorthin gekommen ist, weiß sie nicht. Für sie gilt nur eines: überleben. Mit unerschütterlicher Geduld beobachtet sie die tierischen Inselbewohner, erlernt ihre Sprache und entdeckt, dass sie mit Freundlichkeit und Hilfsbereitschaft am weitesten kommt. Obwohl die Tiere das "Blechmonster" fürchten, gibt Roz nicht auf und kann schließlich ihr Vertrauen gewinnen.