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Nachdem der junge Ritter Tiuri den Brief an König Unauwen überbracht hat, zieht es ihn in den unheimlichen Wilden Wald, um den sich dunkle Gerüchte ranken: Wegelagerer und Ritter mit roten Schildern, Waldgeister und gefährliche grüne Wesen sollen dort hausen. Mutig macht Tiuri sich auf, diese Geheimnisse zu lüften. Nach dem "Der Brief für den König" das zweite spannende Abenteuer um den mutigen Ritter Tiuri!

A breathtaking story of bravery, friendship and fighting for what you believe in, Umbrella Mouse to the Rescue is the eagerly anticipated sequel to Anna Fargher's bestselling and award-winning The Umbrella Mouse, based on the true stories of the heroic animals caught in the conflict of WWII...

Ausgerechnet in der Nacht, bevor Tiuri zum Ritter geschlagen werden soll, ereilt ihn der Hilferuf eines Fremden: Tiuri muss sofort aufbrechen, um eine geheime Botschaft in das sagenhafte Königreich Unauwen zu bringen. Kaum hat Tiuri auf dem Pferd die Stadt verlassen, heften sich Spione und feindliche Ritter an seine Fersen. Tiuris Mut wird gefordert und er gerät in große Gefahr. Wem kann er jetzt noch trauen? Der Klassiker unter den fantastischen Abenteuerromanen - jetzt als Netflix-Serie!

A timeless tale of courage, resistance and friendship, The Umbrella Mouse is a heart-stopping adventure drawing on the true stories of animals caught in the conflict of WWII, winner of the 2019 Sainsbury's Book Prize for Fiction and selected for Waterstones Book of the Month. 1944, and London is...

A riveting debut novel about a family escaping Czechoslovakia after the 1948 Communist takeover--based on the author's own family history. Anna's father disappeared months ago. He had to flee the country because the cruel new Communist government wanted to arrest him. The Communists may have...

Hilfe, Spione! Das magische Baumhaus bringt Anne und Philipp ins alte Rom. Ein geheimnisvoller Reiter verrät den Geschwistern, wie sie in ein Militärlager kommen. Dort probieren sie Rüstungen an und werden prompt für echte Soldaten gehalten. Als das Missverständnis auffliegt, erzählen Anne und Philipp von dem Reiter. Schnell scheint klar: Er muss ein Spion sein! Anne und Philipp werden vor Kaiser Marcus Aurelius geführt - und entdecken, dass der vermeintliche Spion niemand anderes als der Kaiser selbst ist.

This title features one of Hal Foster's patented epics, "The Long Voyage to Thule", which chronicles Valiant's return to his birthplace and reunion with his father. Also included are a series of shorter adventures including "The Seductress", "The Call of the Sea", and "The Jealous Cripple", as well as the fan favorite "The Winning of Aleta", in which Val finally sets out to find his long-lost love.

One minute the guys are wrestling around in Joe's room. The next minute The Book has transported them back to ancient Rome—and face-to-face with one big ol' gladiator. Luckily, Joe, Sam, and Fred, the Time Warp Trio, have seen enough professional wrestling to make it through gladiator...

The Time Warp Trio is back, and up to hieroglyphic high-jinks in the land of pyramids and Pharaohs! When Joe's sister Anna accidentally opens The Book, Joe, Sam, and Fred suddenly find themselves in ancient Egypt. Soon the Time Warpers are dodging crocodiles on the Nile, outwitting the evil...

You probably know that Leonardo da Vinci painted the Mona Lisa. Did you know that he also invented an early version of a helicopter and a tank, and that he planned to execute the Time Warp Trio for spying on his inventions? Sam's bright idea to look for the inventor of the Book takes the guys to...

Thirteen-year-old New Yorker Rory Hennessy can see things no one else can. When a magician's trick opens his eyes to Mannahatta, Rory finds an amazing spirit city coexisting alongside modern-day Manhattan. A place where Indian sachems, warrior cockroaches, and papier-mƒch‚ children live...

In commemoration of the 75th anniversary of D-Day, author Lauren Tarshis shines a spotlight on the story of the Normandy landings, the largest seaborne invasion in history and foundation for the Allied victory in World War II.

Eleven-year-old twins Oliver and Celia Navel could care less about adventure and they really do not like excitement. They’d rather be watching television. Unfortunately for them, their thrill-seeking parents have dragged them from continent to continent their entire lives. But when their...

When the Germans march into Poland in 1941, the Balickis’ happy family life is shattered. With their parents taken away by Nazis, Ruth, Edek and Bronia are forced to fend for themselves in the dangerous, war-ravaged city of Warsaw. When Edek is captured too, the girls are desperate. Then they meet orphaned street urchin Jan, who carries with him a talisman of hope: a silver sword paperknife that they recognise as having belonged to their mother. Realising that their parents may still be alive, Ruth and Bronia set off on an epic journey to Switzerland to search for them.

Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson, read by Kevin McNally. Following the demise of bloodthirsty buccaneer Captain Flint, young Jim Hawkins finds himself with the key to a fortune. For he has discovered a map that will lead him to the fabled...

Travel back in time in the magic tree house with Jack and Annie in this #1 bestselling series and meet the greatest warriors of all--the Romans! We are warriors! Jack and Annie have met knights, pirates, ninjas, and Vikings, but they have never met the most fearsome warriors of all: Roman...

Nick Hodges had always been a troublesome boy. Growing up an orphan in his Uncle Jack’s care in a small New England town wasn’t easy. Everyone was a little wary, a little watchful - a little too watchful. One day, while Nick is walking in the woods, a neighbor thinks she sees him miles from where he actually is. Soon a series of events reinforcing Nick’s hotheaded reputation unfold. The incidents become increasingly serious until, finally, Nick is the scapegoat for a much more sinister crime, one that he wouldn’t even think of committing.

Welcome to Humbug Mountain. Little did Wiley, the son of a traveling newspaperman, imagine that the search for his grandfather would lead him into the hands of those nasty villains of the West - Shagnasty John and the Fool Killer. Using their newspaper, The Humbug Mountain Hoorah, Wiley and his sister and mother go about outwitting the outlaws in their scheme to ambush Grandfather's new boat and its cargo of gold.

Convicted of thievery and transported from England to America, Oliver Cromwell Pitts, shackled to his fellow prisoners, endures inedible food, filthy conditions, and deadly storms on his voyage across the Atlantic. But the hazardous shipboard journey is nothing compared to the peril that waits for him on the colonial shores.

When Roberta, Peter, and Phyllis' father is arrested for a crime he did not commit and they have to start a new life in the country, they fear the happy times are gone forever. Little do they expect the exciting adventures and the new friends that await them. By the end they have learned more about life and themselves than they had ever dreamed possible. This full-cast, dramatized version of E. Nesbit's children's classic delightfully brings to life the adventures of The Railway Children.