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With the spectre of a Nazi invasion looming over Britain, three children are forced into an unlikely allyship in this gripping wartime tale from multi-award-winning author Tom Palmer. June 1940 – after the devastating defeat of the British forces at Dunkirk, the terrifying prospect of a Nazi...

De la colección Valentina, la princesa caballera , llega el audiolibro de Valentina. Un fantasma en el castillo . ¡En el castillo de Dondolot no dejan de desaparecer cosas! El pañuelo de seda de la condesa Cunegunda, la pluma de oca de la princesa Teresa, el babero de Martín, el calcetín azul del mago Merlón… ¿Hay un ladrón en el castillo o es el famoso fantasma Paliducho? ¡Un fantasma en el castillo! ¿Quién se atreverá a resolver este misterio? Valentina, la princesa caballera, y Sami, su mágico escudero, porque siempre están listos para la aventura. ¡Ánimo, Valentina!

They were never meant to be heroes. A boy who only knew the soil, a noble who lost his name, a survivor who trusted no one all brought together by misfortune and chained by the promise of the arena. In the shadow of the grandest amphitheater ever built, they are forged into weapons, their youth stripped away with every grueling day of training.

In the sweltering summer of 1874, the small town of Marshallville is a place where laughter echoes through sun-drenched fields, and the scent of blooming wildflowers fills the air. For three inseparable friends — an adventurous girl named Bobby, and her two friends, Jacob and Peter — summer represents freedom, exploration, and the thrill of childhood. But as the season approaches, an ominous shadow looms over their idyllic town.

Join Tom on an incredible treasure hunt through time and battle history’s mightiest warriors. The second book in a new time-travelling series – perfect for fans of Beast Quest. When ten-year-old Tom accidentally smashes a statue in a museum he releases Isis, a young Egyptian mummy who has...

Ross Bentley has supernatural gifts – he can move things with his mind – but this doesn’t stop him feeling alone and miserable when he’s cut off from family and friends in a remote farmhouse with Hunter, the taciturn but powerful Guild-member tasked with protecting and training him. But suddenly Hunter is summoned by the Guild. A gifted child has been kidnapped. Hunter needs to track her down, and he has no choice but to take Ross with him.

Jack can't wait for the school trip to the D-Day landing beaches. It's his chance to learn more about the war heroes he has always admired – brave men like his dad, who is a reserve soldier. But when his dad is called up to action and things at home spiral out of control, everything Jack believes about war is thrown into question. Finding comfort only in the presence of his loyal dog, Finn, Jack is drawn to the heart-wrenching true story of one particular D-Day paratrooper.

Multi-award-winning author Tom Palmer returns with a thrilling naval adventure inspired by the incredible history of the Second World War Arctic convoys. Multi-award-winning author Tom Palmer returns with a thrilling naval adventure inspired by the incredible history of the Second World War...

Multi-award-winning author Tom Palmer shines a light on life under wartime occupation, in a beautifully told story inspired by the childhood of Hollywood legend Audrey Hepburn. As the brutal Second World War stretches on with no end in sight, life for ordinary Dutch people in the Nazi-occupied...

Als Bo eine glänzende Silbermünze im Schlamm der Themse findet, glaubt sie, den Fluss sprechen zu hören. Doch er weiß von einer zweiten Münze, und gemeinsam machen sie sich auf die Jagd nach ihr, ehe der alte Muncaster ihnen zuvorkommt. Denn auch er hat es auf die magischen Münzen abgesehen. Werden Bo und Billy schneller sein und das Wertvollste zurückbekommen, was sie je verloren haben?

In the sleepy village of Atheria, where the scent of cinnamon hangs in the air and old tales are just that tales of a young girl named Keisha discovers a secret. The legendary unicorns of the Whispering Woods are no longer just a myth; they're in trouble. Something dark and ancient is stealing their magic, turning them into mere shadows of their former selves. To save them, Keisha must leave behind everything she knows and journey into a forgotten land filled with riddles, shimmering mists, and a powerful secret hidden in the heart of the forest.

Have you ever seen the sky dance with color? For young Kael, the Northern Lights are more than just a beautiful sight. they are the very heartbeat of his frozen world. But when the vibrant ribbons of green and gold begin to flicker and fade, replaced by a creeping, unnatural cold, Kael knows a terrible secret is unfolding. An ancient evil, Nocturne the Shadow Weaver, is stealing the light, threatening to plunge the land into an eternal, starless night. The fate of the North rests on the shoulders of one young boy who must journey into the heart of the storm. He won't be alone.

White House kids Clara and Marissa Suarez find themselves on the hunt for a stolen eagle sculpture and on the front lines of the labor movement in this noir-style mystery that takes them through the streets of Great Depression-era Washington, DC. Along with Roosevelt grandchildren Buzzie and Sistie, the chase takes Clara and Marissa from the factory floor to the skies with Amelia Earhart, through encounters with historical figures—and keeps listeners guessing up to its dramatic end on a river cruise with Franklin and Eleanor.

When Cora leaves her house in the early morning hours of April 18th, she expects trouble to find her, like it somehow always does. But as she makes her way to the San Francisco docks to look for her father, the earth begins to shake and suddenly, Cora realizes that she's not just in trouble--she's in danger. Soon after, the last thing Cora remembers seeing is a tall building swaying overhead, before everything goes dark.

Alfie and Kat’s school trip takes an unexpected turn when they’re whisked back to a Viking village in this exciting time-slip adventure from bestselling author Karen McCombie. Things take a weird turn for Alfie and Kat when they get separated from the rest of their group on a school trip to...

In book two, Baking Through Time, the girls experience their next adventure in 2200 B.C. where they learn things are very different from home where their Mom and Dad always encourages them to be whatever makes them happy when they grow up. Tasked with the challenge of convincing Abasi that his son, Babu, should be allowed to be a baker, because it makes him very happy, will Chloe and Nina be able to get the job done before Mom calls them back home for dinner?

One moment you’re on a school trip…the next, you’re racing cheetahs on the savanna, flying with Amelia Earhart, or helping a T-Rex learn to be kind! In these twelve fun stories, a simple school trip turns into the wildest dreams you can imagine. You’ll explore secret places, meet talking animals, and go on missions full of surprises, mysteries and courage.

One moment, you fall asleep on the school bus coming back from a trip. The next, you’re zooming through space, running from dinosaurs, or helping a pirate save their ship from being eaten by the Kraken! In these twelve exciting stories, nothing is normal and anything can happen. You’ll dive into secret worlds, meet talking animals, solve mysteries, and laugh a lot along the way.

London, 1851. Joshua, ein cleverer Zeitungsjunge, träumt von einem eigenen Pferd und einer Zukunft als königlicher Bote. Doch als er einen verletzten Hundewelpen aus der Themse rettet, ahnt er nicht, dass dies sein Leben für immer verändern wird. Zusammen mit seinen Freunden und seiner treuen Hündin Hazel stellt sich Josh den Schatten Londons: einer Welt aus Straßenbanden, Schurken und verborgenen Geheimnissen.

Amid the chilling rise of Hitler’s Germany, a twelve-year-old boy and his friends confront rising Nazi threats during a family trip to Austria in this third book in the action-packed middle grade series Web of the Spider for fans of I Survived and A Night Divided. It’s the summer of 1931 and...