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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.

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...

“Nope, that little feller don’t look like he’ll amount to much.” That’s what almost everyone said about Little Bub. But young Joel Goss knew that Little Bub was a special colt, even though he was a runt. When schoolteacher Justin Morgan asked Joel to gentle the colt, Joel was thrilled...

In the era of Rembrandt, Rubens, and Van Dyke, Spain had its own great painter—Diego Vel├ísquez. His assistant is Juan, an African slave who helps his master in his studio by preparing paints and stretching canvasses. Soon, by spending time in the studio and watching his master's technique...

Ten-year-old Ada has never left her one-room apartment. Her mother is too humiliated by Ada’s twisted foot to let her outside. So when her little brother, Jamie, is shipped out of London to escape the war, Ada doesn’t waste a minute—sneaking out to join him. So begins a new adventure for Ada, and for Susan Smith, the woman who is forced to take the two kids in. As Ada teaches herself to ride a pony, learns to read and watches for German spies, she begins to trust Susan—and Susan begins to love Ada and Jamie.

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.

Harriet Walter and Beryl Reid star in this full-cast adaptation of the much-loved children's classic. When spoilt young orphan Mary Lennox is brought back from India to live in her uncle's house on the Yorkshire Moors, she finds the blunt ways of the staff at Misselthwaite Manor an unpleasant shock. Bored and miserable, it seems as though life in England will be awful. But Misselthwaite has hidden delights, and when Mary begins to discover them, nothing is the same again.

The Amazing Adventures of Barney The Bear follows a curious little bear who loves to travel and learn . In each story Barn Visits a different country, explores famous places and discovers fun and fascinating facts alone the way. Through his exciting adventures, young readers journey around the...

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.

København lige efter Befrielsen i maj 1945. Under krigen har Freja arbejdet som rengøringskone for tyskerne, og Toke har sladret om danske frihedskæmpere til Gestapo. Begge bliver tilbageholdt, men slipper fri ved et tilfælde. Toke er rædselsslagen for igen at blive fanget, og han beslutter...

Året er 1731, og Frejas far, er en stenrig skibsreder, som sælger sin forretning. Han flytter til den danske slaveø Sankt Jan i Caribien, hvor han vil tilbringe sin sidste tid. På Sankt Jan frelser en ældre slave Frejas liv. Som tak køber Freja slavens søn, Toka, for at sætte ham fri...

I den lille landsby Ravnholt samler Toke sten for at forsørge sin familie, mens hans far ligger syg. I Jelling arbejder den berømte Roahl Runemester på kong Haralds store sten, og da Roahls egen søn viser sig at være ”runeblind”, bliver Toke uventet udvalgt som lærling. Det vækker...

Året er 1363, og Danmarks konge, Valdemar Atterdag gider ikke regere sit kongerige. Han er knuget af sorg over sin døde elskerinde, den smukke Tovelil, som han ikke vil lade begrave. I stedet har hende med sig overalt i en blykiste. Den 10-årige prinsesse Margrethe overtaler Freja og Toke til...

Jason, Kass, Helen and Hector are off to participate in the Olympics! But when they get there, all is not as it seems. Can the demigods unravel the mystery before things take a dark turn? Mount Olympus Mysteries is a new series of Hi-Lo chapter audiobooks tailored for striving listeners aged...

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...

When Talibah and her younger brother, Adom, accompany their father, an academic, to his homeland of modern Egypt, they become involved in a mystery surrounding an ancient, lost pharaoh—a rare queen named Hatshepsut. Someone has tried to erase her from history, to make it appear as if she never existed! Now Hatshepsut is reaching out from beyond. She needs Talibah to help her and her high steward, Senenmut, reclaim their rightful place in history. Will Talibah and Adom succeed in setting history straight and, in turn, discover a link to their own mother, who died mysteriously?