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Shaman by name and shaman by nature – Billy just hasn't found his magic...yet. His selfish globetrotting parents abandon him for yet another summer in Charles Darwin's strange museum-like house, where Billy stumbles across a 200-year-old giant talking tortoise named Charles Darwin, by the famous man himself. Charles D, the tortoise, knows every inch of the house and every artefact in it, and he's keen to help Billy realise his powers and set him on the path to adventure.

In 1822, William Epps Cormack sought the expertise of a guide who could lead him across Newfoundland in search of the last remaining Beothuk camps on the island. In his journals, Cormack refers to his guide only as “My Indian.” Now, almost two hundred years later, Mi’sel Joe and Sheila O’Neill reclaim the story of Sylvester Joe, the Mi’kmaw guide engaged by Cormack. In a remarkable feat of historical fiction, My Indian follows Sylvester Joe from his birth (in what is now known as Miawpukek First Nation) and early life in his community to his journey across the island with Cormack.

Terezín si trova nella Repubblica Ceca. Nata a fine Settecento come città-fortezza, durante la Seconda guerra mondiale diventò un campo di raccolta degli ebrei destinati allo sterminio. Vi furono rinchiuse 155 mila persone. Solo 3807 tornarono a casa dai campi di Treblinka, Auschwitz-Birkenau e dagli altri lager dove furono deportate. Nel ghetto vissero circa 15 mila tra bambini e ragazzi: alla fine della guerra ne erano rimasti in vita 142. A Terezín c’era tutto: case, strade, musica, teatro. Peccato che non ci fosse la libertà.

When four orphaned siblings must flee their town in the middle of the night to avoid being split up, a boxcar in the woods becomes their new home. Thanks to their practical skills, a helpful stray dog, and the kindness of strangers, the brothers and sisters are able to build a new life together. Acclaimed voice actor Jim Weiss reads Gertrude Chandler Warner's 1924 novel with warmth and humor.

In a southern Virginia coal-mining town in December 1942, Bone Phillips is learning to control her Gift: seeing the history of a significant object when she touches it. But one object is off limits: Uncle Ash's World War I dog tags, which hold memories of terror. When a body identified as Uncle Ash turns up inside the mines, Bone will need every ounce of courage she can summon to not only find her beloved uncle through the dog tags but prove that he isn't the thief the mine supervisor claims he is.

Dagfrid n'a aucune envie de préparer le banquet des chefs. C'est peut-être un honneur, mais c'est aussi très injuste. Parce que chez les Vikings, les filles doivent cuisiner le poisson qui pue, pendant que les garçons se préparent à leur avenir de guerriers ou de navigateurs. Et le frère de Dagfrid, lui, a plutôt l'air de se préparer à ne rien faire du tout. En attendant, ce banquet ne va pas se faire tout seul.

It's 1718. Pirate ships sail the oceans and brutal slave masters control the plantations. Eleven-year-old Abigail Buckler lives with her father in the Caribbean. Her clothes are made of finest muslin, so she can't play in them - not that there's anyone to play with anyway. She isn't even allowed to go out alone. But when pirates attack, Abigail's life will change forever. Suddenly her old certainties about right and wrong, good and bad, start to unravel. And maybe she doesn't have to be so ladylike after all.

Tag along with the Timekeepers in these history-themed adventure stories to discover amazing people and events that shaped our world. Meet the Timekeepers, a secret organization of kids who keep the course of history on track – and history needs them! A villain called DeLay is set on causing...

"Payne's measured performance is enhanced by well-placed sound effects and a superb musical soundtrack with repeating motifs that signal danger, sorrow, and the togetherness of family life."—AudioFile This audiobook features sound design and special effects to enhance your enjoyment of Threads...

Die Schwarzen Ritter versetzen das Land Colorania in Angst und Schrecken. Als Emith erfährt, dass sie ihm nach dem Leben trachten, muss er fliehen. Gemeinsam mit seiner Freundin Cynthia begibt er sich auf eine gefährliche Reise. Wird es ihm gelingen, sich in Sicherheit zu bringen? Und was hat es mit dem seltsamen Traum auf sich, den er und viele seiner Freunde hatten? Ein Kampf um Leben und Tod beginnt, in dem es nicht mehr nur darum geht, Emiths Leben zu retten, sondern auch Colorania vor dem Untergang zu bewahren.

Ist Anastasia, die Tochter des russischen Zaren, wirklich im Jahr 1918 erschossen worden oder hat sie überlebt? Keiner weiß es genau, als plötzlich in Berlin eine junge Frau auftaucht, die behauptet, die verschwundene Anastasia zu sein. Sie sieht ihr sehr ähnlich und sie weiß Dinge, die eigentlich nur die echte Zarentochter wissen kann. In Wirklichkeit ist sie aber nur die Fabrikarbeiterin Franziska Schanzkowski, die sich ihre Ähnlichkeit und die herrschende Unsicherheit zunutze macht, um in die Rolle einer anderen Frau zu schlüpfen und dadurch vielleicht unermesslich reich zu werden.

Köln im Jahre des Herrn 1212. Eine Schar von Kindern bricht in das Gelobte Land auf, um die Heilige Stadt Jerusalem von den Ungläubigen zu befreien - ohne Waffen, nur mit Gottes Hilfe. Ihr Anführer: Nikolaus, ein selbst noch jugendlicher Prediger aus Köln. Wird die waghalsige Mission gelingen? Autor Andreas Galk bettet eine fiktive Romanhandlung in die inzwischen historisch belegten Ereignisse ein und schildert so ebenso plastisch wie drastisch die Geschehnisse dieser dunklen Episode aus dem Mittelalter.

Im Jahr 150 nach Christus erscheint in der kleinen Stadt Abonuteichos ein heiliger Mann. Er nennt sich Alexander und vollbringt Wunder, die die Menschen in Ehrfurcht und Erstaunen versetzen: Eine Schlange, die aus einem Gänseei schlüpft! Eine Schlange mit Menschenkopf, die sprechen kann und die Zukunft voraussagt! Alexander wird zu einem mächtigen Propheten, dem die Menschen zu Füßen liegen. Dabei ist er nichts weiter als ein trickreicher Betrüger.

It’s 1915, and Victorine Berryman (now reluctantly in disguise) is struggling to figure out who she most truly is: An orphaned heiress to one of the country’s largest fortunes? An extra in other people’s films? Or does she perhaps want to be a different sort of person entirely? When an ominous advertisement appears, offering a big reward for information leading to the “lost” Miss Berryman, Victorine decides it’s time to leave the old film town of Fort Lee with her best friend, photoplay star Darleen Darling, and look for work in Hollywood, California.

In a southern Virginia coal-mining town in October 1942, Bone Phillips is learning to control her Gift: Bone can see the history of a significant object when she touches it. When her best friend, Will Kincaid, asks Bone to "read" the history of his daddy's jelly jar—the jelly jar that was buried alongside his father during the mine cave-in that killed him—Bone is afraid. Even before Bone touches it, she can feel that the jar has its own strange power. With her mother dead, her father gone to war, and Aunt Mattie's assault looming over Bone, she can't bear the idea of losing Will too.

Starring Sally J. Freedman as Herself, is an insightful, historical story about imagination, dreams and starting somewhere new. From Judy Blume, the bestselling author of Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. Sally J. Freedman loves making up stories – stories in which she is always the star...

This bundle includes The Mystery of the Grinning Gargoyle, The Mystery of the Missing Pop Idol, and The Mystery of the Stolen Dinosaur Bones.

Eventyrlige ekspeditioner og opdagelsesrejser indeholder 32 sjove, vilde, dramatiske og tankevækkende beretninger fra børn, kvinder og mænd, der alle mere eller mindre frivilligt rejste ud i verden for at opdage eller opleve det ukendte og uvisse.

David, Jonas und Emma sind in ihrem Zauberbuch gefangen und wissen nicht, wie sie in die wirkliche Welt der Gegenwart zurückkehren können. Das Buch hat sie in die Zeit des Wilden Westens katapultiert, wo sie Bekanntschaft mit der gefürchteten Belle Starr machen. Die Banditenkönigin raubt Banken aus, überfällt Postkutschen und schießt schneller als ihr Schatten. Aber stimmt das alles wirklich oder ist Belle Starr in Wirklichkeit eine ganz normale Frau? Und wenn man die Wahl hat zwischen Wahrheit und Legende, wofür entscheidet man sich dann?

In My Indian, Sylvester was hired by William Cormack in 1822 to guide him across Newfoundland in search of Beothuk encampments. In fact, he followed the advice of his Elders and guided Cormack away from the Beothuk. In this sequel, having parted ways with Cormack at St. George’s Bay, Sylvester decides to go out on his own, in search of the winter camp of the last of the remaining Beothuk.