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Was für eine unglaubliche Geschichte! Nicht nur, dass Florian sich gegen zwei Rabauken zur Wehr setzen muss, die ihm sein Taschengeld abnehmen wollen, er wird plötzlich auch noch von einem Löwen verfolgt. In der Tat, der Schrecken könnte nicht größer sein. Erst nach und nach begreift der Junge, dass es sich bei dem Tier um einen Zauberlöwen handelt, der sprechen kann, aus einem Plastik-Ei stammt und auf Befehl wieder darin verschwindet. Dieses große Geheimnis kann Florian niemandem außer seiner Freundin Mareike anvertrauen.

A missing dad, a trail of riddles, and two kids on a mission to uncover the truth! Sebastian is an ordinary kid trying to fit in with everyone else. His world gets turned upside down when his famous detective dad disappears while working on a puzzling case. Determined to find him, Sebastian teams up with his little sister, Cassandra. Together, they embark on an adventure to solve the mystery their father was working on. As they investigate the case, using their skills and the knowledge taught by their father, they uncover a connection to a missing woman and a secret legacy.

Bayport, the home of the Hardy Boys, is suddenly experiencing numerous car thefts. When their friend, Jack Dodd, and his father are accused of stealing a car that mysteriously shows up parked behind their barn, Frank and Joe vow to clear Dodd's good name and track down the car theft ring. The challenge is that the police, state troopers, and even Frank and Joe's detective father, Fenton Hardy, have had no luck in figuring out how the cars disappear along the Shore Road without trace.

It's Halloween in Magic Tears' world! Discover the mystery, listening to tales full of spells, disappearances and ghosts along with the innocent Cry Babies.

Ungebetene Gäste. Ausgerechnet die Hütte von Törtel und Wendy wird von den Nachbarskindern zum Übernachten auserkoren. Aus ihrem geliebten Unterschlupf vertrieben, suchen die beiden eine neue Bleibe. Die Höhle von Dachs Palle bietet genügend Platz. Doch ein Missverständnis sorgt dafür, dass sich immer mehr Tiere bei Palle versammeln. Die Höhle ist voll, es regnet und Wasser dringt durch Ritzen. Törtel muss handeln.

Wilde Detektive. Einbrecher plündern die Häuser in Müggeldorf. Der alte Lüttkewitz vermutet aber keine Menschen, sondern die Wildtiere. Natürlich bedienen sich auch Tiere gelegentlich an Kühlschränken und gedeckten Tischen. Doch diesmal sind richtige Gangster am Werk. Törtel und seine Freunde müssen sich etwas einfallen lassen, um die Verbrecher dingfest zu machen. In der Patsche. Gerade als Ente Michelle verschwunden ist, schlüpfen ihre Jungen und sehen ausgerechnet Schwan Hokuspokus als ihren Ersatzpapa an. Der ist mit seiner neuen Aufgabe völlig überfordert.

Henry and Jessie have signed up to be in a robotics competition with a team from school. But someone from another team isn’t playing by the rules. Can the Aldens use their sleuthing skills and what they’ve learned about technology to find the culprit and save the day?

The New York Times bestselling author of the Peter and the Starcatcher and Kingdom Keepers series, Ridley Pearson, brings us the stirring digital prequel to the Lock and Key series, which reimagines the origins of the rivalry between Sherlock Holmes and James Moriarty. In The Gadwall Incident...

Theodosia Throckmorton is in a fix. Allowed to attend a reception given by one of the directors of her parents museum, she stumbles across Mr. Tetley of the British Museum in most unusual circumstances! Since Theo has last seen him in a showdown in an ancient Egyptian tomb, his reappearance could mean only one thing: the Serpents of Chaos are back.

Being able to detect black magic isnt all tea and crumpetsand for Theodosia Throckmorton, it can be a decidedly tricky business! When Sticky Will drags Theo to a magic show featuring the Great Awi Bubu, she quickly senses there is more to the magician than he lets on, setting in motion a chain of events she never could have bargained for.

There’s a killer on the loose on the Titanic  -  and the only people who know are four kids. Within both the luxury of the cabins and the dark underbelly of the engine rooms, Paddy, Sophie, Juliana, and Alfie have found themselves tangled in a maze of mysteries, each one deadlier than the next.

Chet and Biff, chums of Frank and Joe Hardy, intend to take a pleasure trip down the coast in Biff’s new boat. They start during an ominous storm and then disappear. Mr. Hardy leaves to capture a dangerous criminal he has been tracking. Frank and Joe set out to find Chet and Biff over the great objections of their visiting Aunt Gertrude. When Frank and Joe finally find them, they are all captured. The Hardy Boys use their investigation skills and lots of courage in dangerous situations to find and rescue Chet and Biff—the missing chums.

Emily and James's teacher Mr. Quisling is up to something mysterious. First, there's the news clipping with an unusual note that he drops at a book event. Then Emily and James discover their teacher has been receiving encrypted messages in a series of Mark Twain books hidden through Book Scavenger. When Emily and James decipher the messages, they begin to suspect Mr. Quisling is hunting a long-rumored treasure of buried gold.

Every fall at the Beckett farm, visitors come to buy pumpkins and go on hayrides. Best of all, Henry, Jessie, Violet, and Benny get to dress up in costumes and help with the fun. But something is haunting the farm...a mysterious ghost with a glowing pumpkin head!

The Aldens have promised Grandfather a vacation from mysteries during their island visit. But the promise proves hard to keep when things start to go missing. Then an old fisherman tells Benny of the island’s ghost horse, and late that very night Benny sees a mysterious stallion galloping down the beach. Could the ghost horse have something to do with the disappearances?

While staying at the Winding River Lodge, the Aldens hear an old legend about a zombie who lives in the forest! Everyone knows zombies aren’t real—but when Benny sees a strange figure lurching through the woods, the Boxcar Children begin to wonder if the old legend is true after all....

L. M. Boston's thrilling and chilling tales of Green Knowe, a haunted manor deep in an overgrown garden in the English countryside, have been entertaining readers for half a century. This is the sixth book in this classic series. While eagerly following each stage of the new stone manor house his father is building to replace their old wooden Saxon hall, a young boy, part Saxon and part Norman, becomes involved with ancient magic that carries him through time.

As Head of Ranch Security, Hank knows that it's his job to clear the ranch of all intruders - and that includes gophers. But when Hank's efforts to rid the yard of one such critter causes a stampede in the middle of the cattle roundup, Loper decides that he just can't take it any more. He wants Hank to learn some manners, so he's sending him to - gulp! - obedience school.

When twelve-year-old Liam finds an old map hidden in a dusty shoebox, he expects faded ink and torn corners. Instead, the map moves. Lines crawl across the page, arrows dance, and new paths appear as if the paper itself is thinking. Soon Liam’s friends join the mystery—Emma, the careful planner who loves riddles; Noah, practical and skeptical; and Sophia, bursting with excitement and fearless curiosity. Together, they discover the map isn’t broken or magical by accident—it responds to questions.

A mess of duct tape. A missing dress. Can Scout and Barnaby bring the dress destroyer to justice? Scout may be too young to be a Trailblazer camper, but she’s not too young to solve a mystery.