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Toe Mitch daardie oggend met ’n knop op sy maag wakker geword het, het hy geen idee gehad dat aliens sy tuisdorp sou binneval en sy gesin saam met so baie ander sou ontvoer nie. Nog minder sou hy kon raai dat hy en sy beste vriend Lionel daardie aand die ruimte sou invaar saam met Imke en haar Zenkioniet-vriende. Maar hier is hulle nou, iewers in die ruimte op Akaï-hulle se astrotuig, en Mitch se lewe is op pad om nog méér uitmekaar te val.

Amy ist ein 13jähriges Mädchen und schon immer eine Leseratte. Es vergeht kein Tag, an dem sie ihre Nase nicht in die Seiten ihrer geliebten Abenteuerromane steckt. Aber damit ist sie nicht allein. Auch ihre Freundinnen Stephanie und Nancy lieben es, in ihrer Fantasie Abenteuer zu erleben. Kurz nach dem Beginn der Sommerferien erhält Amy von ihrer besten Freundin Stephanie einen aufgeregten Anruf. Eine Frau sei spurlos verschwunden und nicht mehr aufgetaucht.

Else Marianne er ked af at gå i skole. Hestedræberen, klassens nye lærer, gør hende så nervøs, at hun ikke længere kan finde ud af noget som helst. Det siges, at han både har dræbt og ædt sin eget hest! Og efter at Jette er blevet slyngveninde med en fra fjerde, er der ikke rigtig nogen, Else Marianne kan finde ud af at være sammen med. Else Marianne er trist, men hun er også stædig: Det må da være muligt at få nye venner! Og der må da være måder at tackle sådan en hesteæder på!

Viveca North has always done her best to be perfect. She runs three miles every morning before arriving early to school where she volunteers as a peer tutor. After school, she prioritizes studying. On weekend mornings, she reads classic literature and the newspaper—a habit she developed to help prep for the SATs and then never dropped. Her classmates consider her a bit of a know it all. So it’s no surprise doesn’t have many friends, but she feels she’s earned her spot as valedictorian. Too bad Jamison Clifton is trying to take it from her. . .Jamison doesn’t need to try to be perfect.

Un vertiginoso thriller pegado a la actualidad que nos lleva a conocer a Marco, joven genio de la informática que decide enfrentarse al sistema. Pronto acabará envuelto en una trama de mafias internacionales, persecuciones y peligros de la que solo puede salvarle Nadia, una enigmática joven rusa.

Un día pasó algo inesperado que se convirtió en todo un misterio: Rut Fábregas había desaparecido. Tras asistir a clase como de costumbre, por la tarde ya no se presentó a su ensayo de teatro. Algo raro sucedió. Después de interrogatorios y conmoción, nadie sabía nada de ella, salvo Lucas Bilbo, su compañero de teatro, que guardaba un secreto respecto a Rut. ¿Por qué quedó con Lucas el día antes de la desaparición? ¿Qué fue lo último que le contó? ¿Y qué misterio se esconde en su desaparición?

Brought to you by Penguin. The New Cut Gang is a group of urchins ranging from six-year-old Sharky Bob to thirteen-year-old Bridie Malone. They inhabit the streets around Lambeth Walk and the New Cut, in 1892. In this second adventure, £10,000 worth of silver is stolen from the Gas-Fitters'...

Brought to you by Penguin. The second book in the Sally Lockhart Quartet, narrated by Adjoa Andoh. An elderly lady loses her money on an investment; a conjuror is pursued by thugs; and a clairvoyant mentions the name of the richest man in Europe and his mysterious company. Seemingly unconnected...

Brought to you by Penguin. Lambeth, South London, 1894. Meet the New Cut Gang - Sharky Bob, Benny, Thunderbolt, Bridie and the Peretti twins: the greatest detectives since Sexton Blake. They inhabit the streets around Lambeth Walk and the New Cut in 1894, a place bristling with gangsters...

Brought to you by Penguin. The fourth book in the Sally Lockhart Quartet, narrated by Adjoa Andoh. Jim Taylor, Sally's oldest friend, is engaged as bodyguard to a princess. But Crown Princess Adelaide of Razkavia is not what you'd expect. She's the slum-girl Jim has been searching for ever since...

On her 18th birthday, Cleo receives a mysterious invitation to a scavenger hunt. She's sure her best friend, Hope, or her brother, Connor, is behind it, but no one confesses. And as Cleo and Hope embark on the hunt, the seemingly random locations and clues begin to feel familiar. In fact, all of the clues seem to be about Cleo's dead boyfriend, Declan, who drowned on a group rafting trip exactly a year ago: a bracelet she bought him, a song he loved, a photo of the rafting group, taken just before Declan drowned.

High-school senior Riley Ozment is desperate to change her reality after making a fool of herself on social media. She needs to do something drastic to repair her social standing - like trying out for a Survivor-style reality TV show. Suddenly, Riley's dropped onto a deserted tropical island with 19 other teens competing for a million dollars and a rumored treasure lost on the island. But that treasure has a history: A local curse says that seven people need to die before the treasure can be found.

From the author of Some Kind of Animal comes a wildly unique story about an invisible girl struggling to see herself in a world obsessed with appearances. Pie is the ghost in your house. She is not dead, she is invisible. The way she looks changes depending on what is behind her. A girl of glass...

Wieder einmal verbringen die Fünf Freunde ihre Ferien im Felsenhaus bei Tante Fanny und Onkel Quentin. Als Georg am Strand den Fischerjungen Alf sieht, wie er kreidebleich anscheinend vor etwas davonläuft, kommt ihr das komisch vor. Als sie ihn zur Rede stellt, erzählt er eine unglaubliche Geschichte...

Im dritten Band der erfolgreichen Kinderkrimiserie "Taco und Kaninchen" müssen die zwei Detektive einen äußerst verwickelten Fall lösen: Plötzlich verschwindet der Held der Fernsehserie "Vier Pfoten für Paul" und Taco und Kaninchen machen sich auf die Suche nach dem artistisch begabten Mischlingshund Bonscho. Ein Abenteuer mit vielen Tricks und Tücken nimmt seinen Lauf.

It wasn't the kidnapping that ruined Cass Adams' life. It was the letters that came after. The pink envelopes that appear in her car, her locker, her bedroom. Notes from the man she escaped, telling her that he's always there, always watching. And that someday, he'll be back for her. The police say there's nothing they can do, and Cass resigns herself to live in fear until she reconnects with three old friends - three girls ready to exact vengeance on those who wronged them.

Poppy doesn’t know why her family has been running her whole life, but she does know that there are dire consequences if they’re ever caught. Still, her curiosity grows each year, as does her desire for real friends and the chance to build on something, instead of leaving behind school projects, teams, and crushes at a moment’s notice.

When a boy finds a girl's body in the ditch on prom night...he becomes the primary suspect in her murder. Prom dreams. Prom Screams. Mario Woods is looking forward to one normal night before he graduates. He's spent most of high school riding solo. But when fate lands him a date for prom, he...

A group of famous TikTokers begin turning on each other when one member is found dead at their beachfront Malibu mansion in this twisty thriller. The six teenagers who make up the Lit Lair have it made. A beachfront mansion, millions of followers, stunning good looks, and sponsorship deals...

Der Bestseller ALEX RIDER - die Vorlage zur actiongeladenen TV-Serie! Der MI6 schleust Alex Rider in ein Schweizer Eliteinternat ein - eine Schule für die missratenen Söhne superreicher Eltern. Das Internat ist abgeschottet wie ein Gefängnis für Schwerverbrecher. Doch noch mehr alarmiert Alex, dass die Schüler gar nicht rebellisch, sondern schrecklich brav sind. Bei seinen Nachforschungen macht Alex eine grauenhafte Entdeckung.