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Get shrunk! Humour and high-stakes combine in the action-packed Infinity Drake series. A BIG adventure with a tiny hero! Infinity Drake – Finn for short – is STILL only 9mm tall. But before his crazy scientist uncle can figure out a way to return him to his normal size, a new threat emerges...

Bernie Cholach's dad wants him to take over the family's rural Alberta feedlot, but Bernie has other ideas: he wants to be a biologist, an interest sparked by his experiences as a volunteer bird handler at a Canadian Wildlife Service facility that breeds and rears peregrine falcons for release into the wild. Sheik Nasur bin Mukhta, son of a Persian Gulf emir, studying petroleum engineering at the University of Alberta, dutifully accepts his life's course, laid out for him by his traditionalist culture.

Pearly Woe is a worrier. She worries about everything, especially that she'll never be brave enough to become a member of the top-secret group of stealth adventurers – The Adventurologists' Guild. Pearly also has a special talent – she can talk to animals. Her favourite animal to talk to is her pet pig, called Pig. But with her parents missing, Pig pig-napped and Pearly a stowaway on an icebreaker heading for Antarctica, Pearly's worries just got REAL.

Hastiado de vivir en un apartamento de una ciudad populosa, Sam Gribley se refugia en la soledad de las Montañas Catskill para comenzar una vida nueva. Con la ayuda de un cortaplumas, una pelota de corcho, cuarenta dólares y unas piezas de acero y pedernal, debe confiar para sobrevivir en su...

The highly anticipated 10th book in the #1 New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today bestselling series, with over ten million copies in print! Jack and Quint are trapped in the Monster Dimension! Their mission: prevent Rezzoch the Ancient, Destructor of Worlds, from reaching Earth and...

Santa has landed in a whole lot of trouble! Thanks to Twinklestar, that marzipan-loving but lightning-shy reindeer, Santa and his caravan have come crashing down in a storm just two weeks before Christmas. Luckily he’s (literally!) dropped into a nice neighborhood. But Santa’s not safe. The...

Safety is downriver—but first there’s trouble ahead. As soon as Dewey Martin sees the Indian creeping toward the cabin—and toward his unsuspecting grandmother—he knows what to do: knock him down and take off before the rest of the raiding party arrives. The only means of escape is...

Uncover the truth hidden at the heart of a wondrous city in this official Minecraft novel! Jeremy has never brewed a single potion, but he knows what it’s like to be invisible. He lives in the biggest city in the Overworld, surrounded by tall buildings, redstone wonders, and tons of people. So...

Die Jaguarkrieger haben sich gegen den König von Tikal erhoben. Jetzt droht ihnen der Opfertod. Xkik', die Tochter des Großen Jaguars, will das nicht hinnehmen und macht sich auf den Weg ihren Vater und dessen Männer zu befreien. Fred weiß von all dem nichts, als er zusammen mit Opa Alfred in der Morgendämmerung die steile Treppe zum Tempel der Masken hinaufsteigt, um den Sonnenaufgang zu bestaunen. Frühstück über den Baumwipfeln des dampfenden Regenwaldes - das Highlight ihrer Reise durch Mesoamerika.

What is this fairy-tale about? It’s about a dream, about kindness, about the strength of a child's spirit. Who is it aimed for? For children and adults who love to dream and to make their dreams come true. We want our children to grow up to be kind and strong and to find their own way in life, only sometimes we do not know how to help them achieve this. Listen to this book with a child; it will guide you and it will inspire and motivate them.

Героини этой книжки совсем не те бабушки, которые вяжут носки, пекут оладушки или сплетничают, сидя на лавочках. Одна из них — настоящий пират, она бороздит моря и океаны и посвятила жизнь поиску кладов. О ней вы узнаете из повести "Моя бабушка — пират!".

"Тайна бабушкиного сундука" - почти ничего неизвестно, но до Ромки и его друзей — героев повести — дошли отдаленные слухи. И теперь мальчишкам предстоит раскрыть тайну заброшенного дома и сундука, обнаруженного на старом чердаке. Им придется не раз рискнуть жизнью: побывать на дне моря, спрятаться в лабиринте от чудовища и сразиться с монстрами.

Første bind af to om en nutidig dansk 14-årig pige, Franciska, der vågner forvirret op på en strand ved lyden af en flok mørklødede og fjendtlige børn. De fører hende til deres boplads, og hun forstår, at hun på en eller anden måde er havnet i en helt anden tid og nu befinder sig i et primitivt jæger- og samlersamfund. Her lærer hun efterhånden, takket være sit gåpåmod og sin oprigtighed, at begå sig - først mellem slaverne og siden hos selve høvdingen.

Det hele starter som en leg.

En gammel bog fortæller om evigt liv.

Fire venner mødes i en kirke midt om natten.

Og legen bliver til et spil på liv og død …

En bog for drenge og piger, der kan lide et godt gys.

Det er svært at styre tømmerflåden i de høje bølger. Først nu lægger de mærke til, hvor meget det blæser. Pludselig slår et lyn ned bag træerne.
Et kort sekund bliver søen og skoven badet i lys. Nogle af dem skriger. Hvad hvis en af dem falder i vandet? Kan de egentlig svømme? Bølgerne er blevet meget højere. Alma har en klump i maven. Hvorfor fik hun også den dumme idé med at bygge en tømmerflåde? Hvis der sker en ulykke, er det hendes skyld.

En skæbnesvanger nat bliver alle de historier Mormor har fortalt August, siden han var lille, virkelige. Kaptajnen der sejlede på De Syv Have, Den fede dame der lokkede skibene på grund. Og spøgelsespigen Rikke, der altid har drømt om at få en legekammerat som August.

Men hvor er Augusts mormor? Hvad er det for en mærkelig billet, August tager imod? Og hvad sker der med folk når de dør? Sammen med Rikke begiver August sig ud på en rejse gennem natten og sneen med både nervepirrende spænding og morsomme optrin undervejs.

En selvstændig fortsættelse til August går i Glemmebogen.

Adams returns to the vivid and distinctive world he created in that enduring work, reacquainting listeners with the characters we know and love, including Fiver, Hazel, Bigwig, Dandelion and the legendary rabbit hero El-ahrairah. These compelling tales include all-new adventures, with the younger generation of rabbits eager to find out about the heroic age that existed before they were born.

Scampato alla morte e fuggito nel mondo reale con la sua compagna mutaforme Volpe, Jacob Reckless, cacciatore di tesori sepolti e oggetti incantati, è pronto a fare ritorno nel Mondo Oltre lo Specchio. Prima, però, deve nascondere la balestra di Guismund, affinché non cada in mani sbagliate. Il nemico, il Giocatore, è più vicino di quanto immagini. Ruba i volti delle persone e le tramuta in argento e, quel che è più terribile, pretende in cambio un prezzo impossibile.

A magical realistic middle grade debut about the origin story of the Iñupiaq Messenger Feast, a Native Alaskan tradition. As his family prepares for winter, a young, skilled hunter must travel up the mountain to collect obsidian for knapping―the same mountain where his two older brothers died...

Doggerland was the prosperous and powerful kingdom that connected Britain to Europe eight thousand years ago. But from great beginnings it now lies drowned, lost forever far below the cold waves of the North Sea. Who were the people who lived in Doggerland? And what happened to those who survived the tsunami that caused the kingdom’s disappearance?