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It's the end of August 2005, and a big hurricane is blowing in to New Orleans, Louisiana. Barry's family plans to evacuate the Ninth Ward with everyone else, but when Barry's little sister gets violently ill, they must return to their home and stick out the storm. At first, everything seems fine. But then the levees break, the water rises, Barry is swept out of his home, and everything changes. Stranded in the floodwaters with no idea where he is and only a stranded dog by his side, Barry must find the courage to survive the storm of the century.

ALL ABOARD THE TRAIN TO PARIS! It’s 1911, and the young detectives of TAYLOR & ROSE are turning their talents to ESPIONAGE. On a case for the mysterious SECRET SERVICE BUREAU, the daring MISS SOPHIE TAYLOR and MISS LILIAN ROSE must leave London for the boulevards and grand hotels of Paris. But...

Klaus W. Hoffmann erzählt die Geschichte des jungen Ritters Falk von Greifenstein, der zum ersten Mal an einem Turnier auf der stolzen Burg Hauenstein teilnimmt. Er ist ganz neu auf dem Kampfplatz und sein Gegner, Ritter Rambert, ist stark wie ein Bär. Doch warum lässt er plötzlich sein Schwert fallen und hüpft herum? Ein spannendes und lustiges Hörspiel mit echter mittelalterlicher Musik!

Dublin, 1937. A gang of movie-mad kids meet at the Grand Central Cinema on O'Connell Street and form a club to make their OWN films! Jem, Juno, Sylvie and friends are thrilled to meet world-famous child actress Dottie Bright. But they soon learn it's not always good to meet your heroes. Dottie is a spoiled brat. There's no way she is going to help them with their own film. But then danger strikes, and Dottie needs the gang to be her real-life heroes.

Life could be better for Conor Corcoran. Class bully Damian Deegan is always teasing him about being small and having no friends – when in fact Conor has the only friend he needs in Charlotte 'Charlie' Finch, the toughest girl in school. But when Conor and Charlie accidentally uncover a prehistoric man who was flash-frozen in a block of ice, life suddenly gets a bit too interesting! How long can Conor keep his huge, hairy (and rather smelly) new 'uncle' a secret from his mum, his teachers and a gang of ruthless scientists?

A wickedly entertaining supernatural story about three siblings finding their way in the world as ghosts from the bestselling author of the Ivy and Bean series, Annie Barrows. Everyone at the Ghost Guild knows how the afterlife is supposed to work. But something is amiss with the case of three...

When Stella and her younger brother, Tom, move to their new London home, they become mystified by the disappearances of Harry, their elderly neighbor's small dog. Where does he go? And why does he keep reappearing wet-through? Their quest to solve the riddle over the summer holidays leads to a boat buried under a grassy mound, and a tunnel that takes them to a secret lake.

A SUNDAY TIMES CHILDREN'S BOOK OF THE WEEK From the author of The Roman Mysteries comes a nail-biting time-travel adventure, set in Roman London - where past meets present. Billionaire Solomon Daisy is obsessed with the skeleton of a blue eyed African girl from Roman London. When his tech guys...

Since the opening of Glacier National Park in 1910, there were no reported fatal bear attacks until one summer night in 1967, when two grizzlies attacked campers and killed two young women. Inspired by the dramatic and tragic story of that night, and how it eventually influenced the fate of the grizzly bear in the continental United States, Lauren Tarshis has crafted yet another gripping novel in the I Survived series that is sure to shine a light on a terrifying and mostly unknown moment in US history.

D'Artagnan findet eine Karikatur von Rochefort und klebt sie ihm auf dem Markt an den Rücken. Rochefort hält den laut lachenden Alex für den Schuldigen und lässt ihn in den Kerker werfen. Die Beleidigung eines Hauptmanns des Königs gilt als Majestätsbeleidigung und wird schwer bestraft. Die drei Musketiere müssen schnell herausfinden, wer die Karikatur Rocheforts gezeichnet hat, um Alex' Unschuld zu beweisen und ihn vor der Verurteilung zu bewahren.

Die Geister des Louvre Ein Geist streift nachts durch den Louvre und versetzt die Wächter vor dem Zimmer des Königs in Angst. Die drei Musketiere und D'Artagnan gehen mit Unterstützung ihres Freundes Alex und seines Geisterpendels im Louvre auf Geistersuche. Richelieu wird entführt. Die Erpresser fordern hohes Lösegeld, das der König allein und ohne Bewachung überbringen soll. Der König ist alleine und langweilt sich im Louvre.

Milady verbündet sich mit dem König eines winzigen Königreichs, um endlich einen Adelstitel zu erhalten. Durch den Diebstahl einer geheimen Militärkarte will dieser König Frankreich einnehmen. D'Artagnan soll einen Dieb fangen, der in Paris sein Unwesen treibt. Richelieu ist genervt von König Louis XIII. Er will einen Ersatz finden, der ihm zu Diensten ist.

December 6, 1941: Best friends Frank and Stanley have it good. Their dads are Navy pilots stationed at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, and the boys get a front-row view of the huge battleships and the sparkling water. Yes, World War II is raging in Europe and in Asia, but the US isn't involved in the war, and the boys are free to dream about becoming comic book creators. They've even invented a superhero of their own, in the style of Batman, Superman, Captain America, and other stars of the Golden Age of Comics. December 7th, 1941: Everything explodes.

Bloomsbury presents Where The River Takes Us by Lesley Parr, read by Scott Arthur. From the author of The Valley of Lost Secrets comes a thrilling adventure about the power of friendship, set in a Welsh valley in the 1970s, for readers of 9+. Shortlisted for the 2024 Tir na n-Og Awards. Jason...

The #1 bestselling Magic Tree House series is ready to whisk you away across the world with Jack and Annie--this time to the African savanna! Jack and Annie are on the playground at recess when they feel the magic tree house calling them. They sneak away and are whisked off on an adventure in...

Join 11-year-old Josh as he leaves his affluent New Jersey home for the rural Northern California town where his mother was born and raised. Still reeling from the life-changing challenges that propelled him and his mother across the country, Josh struggles to adapt to a more rustic, down-to-earth lifestyle. Josh and his cousin Eleanor bond during an overnight camping trip. But they suddenly find themselves in the path of a fast-moving firestorm, a super-heated monster that will soon lay waste to millions of acres of wilderness.

The plot has been enacted, but there's been a problem. Now dire consequences await the would-be assassins.

The #1 bestselling Magic Tree House series is ready to whisk you away through time with Jack and Annie--this time to South America! When the magic tree house whisks Jack and Annie to a mountainside, they are surprised to find farmers nearby. Then they learn that the farmer's baby llama has been...

Get whisked away through time in the magic tree house with Jack and Annie in the #1 bestselling series--and meet famous Founding Father and inventor Ben Franklin! Jack and Annie know all about Ben Franklin. He was a Founding Father, a journalist, and a famous inventor! When the magic tree house...

You are cordially invited to Sinclair’s Midnight Peacock Ball! The festive season has come to Sinclair’s and Sophie and Lil are spending the holidays at snowy Winter Hall. But it turns out that this is no ordinary house party… As sinister secrets come to light, our intrepid heroines find...