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La familia Balbuena y sus vecinas nunca han vivido una aventura tan emocionante ni tan peligrosa. Acaban de aterrizar en el cretácico. La naturaleza está más salvaje que nunca. Los dinosaurios pueblan la Tierra. Y ellos solo pueden hacer una cosa... ¡huir! Incluye unas gafas de realidad virtual para que puedas viajar en el tiempo con los Balbuena.

Ein wahrer Schatz für alle "Land of Stories"-Fans und Märchen-Verliebte! Chris Colfer erzählt in eigenen Worten all die Märchen nach, die seiner Bestseller-Reihe "Land of Stories" zugrunde liegen: "Dornröschen", "Die Schöne und das Biest", "Rapunzel", "Die Schneekönigin", "Die Geschichte vom Pfefferkuchenmann", "Pinocchio" und viele weitere. Eine wahre Schatztruhe für Fans der Bestseller-Reihe, die hier die Figuren wiederfinden, die sie aus den Abenteuern kennen – Jack, Goldlöckchen, Rotkäppchen, Froggy, die gute Fee – und die Märchen nachhören können, aus denen sie stammen.

Paris, 1942. When thirteen-year-old Amelie Dreyfus goes into her mother's wardrobe to hide, it's a game. When she comes out, it's a matter of life and death. For Amelie is Jewish, and her parents and brother have been taken by the authorities. With her apartment too dangerous to remain in, Amelie must survive alone on the streets of Paris. Determined to avenge her family and defend her country, she joins the French Resistance. But Amelie will discover that in war, everyone becomes a new person, and some seem to shed their old skin entirely. Even your friends may betray you.

The second book in the hilarious Bab Sharkey and the Animal Mummies adventure series, from the bonkers brains of award-winning Australian comedian Andrew Hansen and Jessica Roberts. A wonderful audio production featuring sound effects and music. A dark river under the world. An Ibis Mummy with...

Travis, el hermano menor de Callie, sigue adoptando y llevando a casa innumerables perros callejeros así como un sinfin de improbables mascotas abandonadas. Y Callie continua haciéndose cargo de todos ellos, procurando no ser descubiertos por la mirada crítica de su madre. Cuando llega el doctor Pritker, un veterinario que revoluciona la ciudad Fentress, Callie descubre no solo una nueva vida, sino también su vocación, que quiere llevar a cabo desesperadamente. Sin embargo la sociedad espera otra cosa de ella.

The snow came down faster than train crews could clear the tracks, piling up in drifts 20 feet high. At the Wellington train depot in the Cascade Mountains, two trains sat stranded, blocked in by snow slides to the east and west. Some passengers braved the storm to hike off the mountain, but many had no choice but to wait out the storm.

Do Camelotu przybywa Galahad i ostatnie miejsce przy okrągłym stole nareszcie zostaje obsadzone. Gdy oczom zebranych ukazuje się podobizna Świętego Graala, wszyscy rycerze króla Artura wyruszają w drogę, by udowodnić, że są go warci. Nie mają pojęcia, że próbie nie zostaną poddane ich siły czy umiejętności, lecz dusze.

'A hugely entertaining mystery' – Fiona Noble, The Bookseller Children's Previews 'One to Watch' Greenwich, London, 15th February 1894. Luna thinks that an evening at her aunt's butterfly club sounds deathly boring. But it turns out that the meeting, held in the Butterfly Room at the Greenwich...

Would you risk the future to change the past? Greenwich, London, 1894. Luna, Konstantin and Aidan are time-travelling thieves, stealing artefacts from the future to bring progress forward. And they are about to venture on their most treacherous mission. For The Butterfly Club have their eyes on...

1786. Isolated from the rest of the world, thirteen-year-old Alma lives with her family in a lush African valley. She spends her days exploring their blissful homeland. But everything changes when her little brother finds a secret way out of the valley. Alma sets out to find him, but she soon...

From the bestselling and award-winning A.M. Howell, author of The Garden of Lost Secrets and The House of One Hundred Clocks, comes a brand-new thrilling historical mystery of stolen treasure, friendship and deep courage set in the immediate aftermath of the Second World War. February 1948. Ruth...

Appearances can be deceptive—this is a book like no other. It contains untold riches—every word a tiny particle of story from the universe of His Dark Materials, made alive for us by the writer's imagination. Every word will give you an exciting new glimpse into Lyra's world. Every word will give you an astonishing insight into the storytelling mind of Philip Pullman. So step into the imagination chamber.

Nothing ever happens in World's End Close. So when Stevie discovers a runaway girl in her coal shed, the first thing she does is fetch her best friend, Ray. Both are dying for a bit of adventure, and when the girl begs for help, they readily agree. Yet they soon realise they've taken on more than they bargained for. The girl, Anna, reveals she's on the run from people who are trying to poison her. Meanwhile, on the news, the Americans and Russians are arguing over missiles in Cuba. As the threat of war grows, Anna's behaviour becomes more mysterious.

In the last years of the nineteenth century, a caravan of traders sets off from the high hills of Kumaon, India, for Tibet. They traverse dangerous passes and brave blinding snowstorms, in order to carry on their traditional trade in the Tibetan markets. Among them is fourteen-year-old Debu’s...

A British spy plane crashes in Nazi-occupied France. Its pilot and passenger are best friends. But just one of the girls has a chance at survival. Arrested by the Gestapo, 'Verity' is given a choice: reveal her mission or face a grisly execution. They’ll get the truth out of her. Only, it won’t be what they expect.

The grand finale to the prize-winning adventure series that has changed the lives of millions of readers. Breathtaking world-building on an epic scale. Pure escapism at its best. It is early spring, a turbulent, perilous time of sudden storms, frozen river fractures and drifting ice. Fleeing...

When King Claudio sends Mangus the Magician and his faithful servant, Fabrizio, to Venice to steal a manuscript that explains a magical method of making money, they must succeed in their mission or risk death. The manuscript is key to obtaining great profits for the king-and a secure future for Mangus and Fabrizio.

1945. War has ended, but for sisters Isobel and Flora, the struggles still continue. They've lost their father, had their home destroyed in a bombing raid and now they must go to live with their aunt and her awful husband, Mr Godfrey, in their ancestral home of Splint Hall. From the moment of their arrival, it seems that this is a place shrouded in mysteries and secrets. Who are the strange men who arrive with packages at night? What is the source of the strange blue sparks coming from the ground? And why do the locals seem to hate their family so much?

Orinthia and Seafra Shalloo accept a summer job from the eccentric Grandy Brock, who has collected a menagerie of furry and feathered posties known as ANIMAILS. The children are especially fond of Geronimo, a homing pelican. But when the big bird fails to return from a delivery, their little brother, Taber, is devastated, so much so that he mails himself to New York, where Geronimo was sent. Orinthia and Seafra follow suit, stealing a precious stamp and hopping in a freight crate - and soon all are embarked on an extraordinarily daring first-class adventure.

Join brave little Nell and her beloved companion Cave Bear in this second delightful adventure from renowned illustrator Martin Brown (The Horrible Histories). Praise for NELL AND THE CAVE BEAR: "A charming and comforting read" The Scotsman "Ideal for newly independent readers" Booktrust Nell...