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Ernestine Montgomery is the kind of kid who gets things done. She's smart, prepared, and always knows just what to do. But there's big trouble brewing inside the walls of the rambling old mansion where she lives... and only Ernestine can decipher the clues that point in one direction - murder! Can Ernestine solve the mystery before catastrophe strikes?

Queen of Sky Island reveals a young girl, Tara, who, in her determined search for her military father, becomes trapped on an actual island in the sky where she leads one otherworldly army against another. Tara's faithful companions on this perilous adventure are Bobo, a brave young boy who possesses a flying umbrella; and Sgt. Rik, a resourceful disabled veteran who looks after Tara and her mother at their seacliff cottage on earth.

Wahrlich wache Wachsfiguren. Annemie muss in ein Panoptikum ziehen. Okay, das Museum gehört ihrer Familie und ihre Oma brauchte Hilfe, aber geht es noch verstaubter? Doch dann passieren mehrere Dinge gleichzeitig: Annemie trifft den nervigen, aber auch interessanten Leo und die Wachsfigur der Queen ist spurlos verschwunden. Aber Wachsfiguren können doch nicht weglaufen, oder? Annemie und Leo stoßen auf ein Familiengeheimnis und machen sich auf die Suche nach einer königlichen Wachsskulptur auf Abwegen.

In this children's story, a young queen purchases an enchanted item that will allow her to see either the past or the future - but not both. She chooses a direction, and discovers that her obsession with the item leads to her kingdom's downfall when she fails to heed the salesman's warnings. A terrific story for the "tween" crowd.