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August 1611. Jack Fletcher is shipwrecked off the coast of Japan - his beloved father and the crew lie slaughtered by ninja pirates. Rescued by the legendary sword master Masamoto Takeshi, Jack's only hope is to become a samurai warrior. And so his training begins. But life at the samurai school is a constant fight for survival. With courage in his heart and his sword held high, can Jack prove himself and face his deadliest rival yet?

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. Long, long ago, before the snow, music was waiting to be discovered… Little Gina lives in a cave beside a misty waterfall, where owls hoot, wolves howl, and woolly mammoths stomp. While her parents hunt for food, Gina listens closely to the world...

מה עושה אדם שמתעורר ומתברר לו שהוא אינו זוכר דבר? לא את שמו ולא את הוריו, לא את מקום הולדתו וגם לא איך הגיע לחוף הים שבו הוא נמצא על ידי שני דייגים. מה עושה אדם שמגלה...

שבוע לפני יום ההולדת שלה מוזמנת עדי לפגישה מסתורית. בפגישה מתגלה לעדי סיפור משפחתי מרתק ומרגש המתחיל בחוץ-לארץ לפני יותר ממאה וארבעים שנה, ונמשך אל תוך חייה של עדי...

Middle grade historical fiction novel, Death By Molasses, follows Luca Ciotti, a child survivor of the 1919 Great Boston Molasses Flood, who dares to speak out against greedy powerhouses to avenge his sister’s death. His testimony becomes a spark that ultimately contributes to the creation of...

It’s a cold night on the Atlantic Ocean. An exciting journey on the grandest ship in the world turns into chaos when the ship hits an iceberg. How will Agnes survive the ship’s plunge under the icy waves? And will she be able to save her younger brother and sister, too? This audiobook is...

“Fast-paced and exciting adventure that will enthrall every reader.” —Erin Hunter, author of the New York Times bestselling Warriors series In the fifth book in Michelle Paver’s bestselling fantasy series, a struggling hero descends down a dark path. A thrilling read for fans of Brandon...

The first book in an exciting new time-travel adventure series from New York Times bestselling author Krystal Sutherland, writing with Martin Seneviratne. Twelve-year-old twins Pearl and Patrick are definitely not ordinary children. Pearl, the engineering whizz, has invented a time machine, and...

The thrilling conclusion to Christopher Healy's funny, action-packed, acclaimed alt-history adventure! It is 1884, and Molly and Cassandra Pepper, Emmett Lee, and Emmett’s long-lost father are sailing back to New York following their death-defying adventure in Antarctica. Having discovered a...

A stunning and moving novel from Michael Morpurgo, the nation’s favourite storyteller – featuring the bravest dog in all the world… This is the story of Aman, as told in his own words – a boy from Afghanistan fleeing the horror of the Afghan war. When a western dog shows up outside the...

Brought to you by Puffin. ‘It’s hard to know where to start. There’s so much to say – about the murders, and the codes, and the spy, that I’m getting tangled up in the story already...' It's December 1941, and almost Christmas, when a bomb falls on Deepdean School for Girls. May and...

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...

It’s a cold night on the Atlantic Ocean. An exciting journey on the grandest ship in the world turns into chaos when the ship hits an iceberg. How will Agnes survive the ship’s plunge under the icy waves? And will she be able to save her younger brother and sister, too? This audiobook is...

A brilliant debut brimming with secrets, mystery and friendship, set against a back drop of the First World War in the walled gardens of Ickworth estate. ?October, 1916. Clara is sent to stay with her formidable aunt and uncle in the grounds of a country estate. Clara soon discovers that her new...

It features coming of age stories on the theme of closeness to home, deftly interwoven with illuminating autobiographical pieces on the inspirations behind the fiction. Stories include: "The Missing Link", "Joe Quinn's Poltergeist", "Harry Miller's Run", "Slog's Dad", "Klaus Vogel and the Bad Lads", "Mary Malone", "Half a Creature from the Sea", and, "When God Came to Kathleen's Garden".

2011 NEWBERY MEDAL WINNER The movement of the train rocked me like a lullaby. I closed my eyes to the dusty countryside and imagined the sign I’d seen only in Gideon’s stories: Manifest—A Town with a rich past and a bright future. Abilene Tucker feels abandoned. Her father has put her on a...

When Eddie wakes up in his neighbor the judge's yard after a particularly vivid dream and no recollection of how he got there, the trouble begins. Someone or something has caused mischief in the judge's chicken coop, harming his prized rooster. No matter what Eddie says, the judge is convinced...