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George and his family are celebrating Christmas by the sea. But when a body washes up on the beach, George can't stop thinking about the strange lights he saw on the cliff top... Neither can his cousin, Isla. Together, they follow the clues, and as they draw nearer to the truth, they step further into danger. On land, or at sea, someone is desperate to stop them, whatever it takes. And that someone may be closer to home than they realise...

One hot summer morning, Davie steps boldly out of his front door. The world he enters is very familiar - the little Tyneside town that has always been his home - but as the day passes, it becomes ever more mysterious. A boy has been killed, and Davie thinks he might know who is responsible. He turns away from the gossip and excitement and sets off roaming towards the sunlit hills above the town. As the day goes on, the real and the imaginary start to merge, and Davie knows that neither he nor his world will ever be the same again.

Willkommen im Midwatch-Institut für Waisen, Ausreißerinnen und unerwünschte Mädchen! ODER. Unterschätze niemals ein Mädchen! Maggie Fishbone wird auf das Midwatch-Institut für unerwünschte Mädchen geschickt. Doch Maggie stellt bald fest, dass das Institut nicht der schreckliche Ort ist, für den ihn alle halten. Im Gegenteil: The Midwatch heißt die verstoßenen Mädchen willkommen und ermutigt sie, ihre Talente einzusetzen und weitere nützliche Fähigkeiten wie Schlösserknacken und Morsen zu erlernen.

యుక్తవయస్కుల ఆలోచనలపై ఈ పుస్తకం వెలుగునిస్తుంది. ప్రస్తుత కాలంలో యుక్తవయస్కుల మనస్తత్వం ఎంత సున్నితంగా ఉందో ఇది చూపిస్తుంది. ఎరీనాలో ఇద్దరు అతి శక్తి వంతులైన 'గ్లాడియేటర్స్' ఢీకొంటే ఎంత థ్రిల్ ఉంటుందో కోర్ట్ రూమ్ డ్రామా కూడా అంత థ్రిలింగ్ గా ఉంటుంది. ఒకరు ఓటమి తెలియని గురువు.. ఒకరు గెలిచి తీరాలి అనుకునే శిష్యుడు ... కోర్ట్ అనే ఎరీనాలో ఇద్దరూ కసిగా యుద్ధం మొదలు పెట్టారు .... ఈ మేటర్ చాలదూ పుస్తకం చివరివరకు ఆపకుండా చదివించటానికి... హ్యాపీ అండ్ థ్రిల్లింగ్ రీడింగ్.. పి. సత్యానంద్.

Asha has spent her life on an island community built on the principle of truth. But she discovers she has been lied to about something huge – a secret sister called Willow. Willow has always believed her twin sister died years ago. So when she receives a message in the middle of the night from a girl claiming to be Asha, she doesn’t know what to think. Can they piece together the truth about their pasts and find their way back to each other?

Welcome to the bone chilling, pulse-pounding world of PIGGY, the survival-horror game that will keep you up at night. With the Infected hot on their heels and growing in number, a small band of survivors must come together and try to stop their island from being overrun. But is there really a cure for whatever is turning people into mindless monsters? Or are they too late to save anyone at all?

What happens when a talking fish, a runaway dog, and a herd of hog-like creatures descend on the woods behind Cody Brachman's house? An absolute nightmare! His friend Sam wanted to stay inside and play video games all day, but Cody insisted they go wading in the creek. What starts as a fun morning in the water quickly turns into the scariest day the two friends have ever experienced.

The Good Necromancer was often misunderstood. But he only wanted to do good. The Good Necromancer was friends with dead things. And did good things with them. Some of the dead animals were very good friends. Some of the dead people were good friends too. All of the dead had a lot to do. The Good Necromancer was very friendly. The Good Necromancer had good friends.

There's a fire in a seventh grader's locker! Is it arson? A prank gone wrong? An accident? Eva, Dani, Liam, and Gabe are determined to figure out who started the fire, and why. And they each have their own reasons for wanting to be the first ones to figure out what really happened.

Tras detener el último plan de Mordred, los Herederos por fin comienzan a aventajarlo... O eso parece, hasta que una llamada de Morgan los avisa del siguiente movimiento del hechicero oscuro. Los Herederos deberán viajar hasta China, la tierra de Yun, si quieren evitar que se haga con un poderoso espejo que multiplicaría su poder para dominar el mundo.

These friends will face new challenges that test their skills, ingenuity, and resolve. How they deal with the danger posed by an illness may surprise you. They will take chances to help and protect one another, which gets them into and out of trouble. Because of their actions, you will gain insight into their depth of friendship, bravery, and inclusion. As you will learn, nothing stays the same, so come be part of the adventure. This story is best shared and discussed. You may also gain understanding of character growth. Talk about what you would do under these circumstances.

Twelve-year-old Atlas Wade has been trying to forget the memory of his mother by climbing mountains ever since she died when he was nine years old. When his father signs them up for an expedition group hoping to be the first to ever summit the unconquerable Mount Everest, Atlas can't wait for the chance to prove himself to his father, and maybe finally he can leave his mother behind him on the mountain. But this time, Atlas is the one left behind, as well as a young American girl named Maddie and their sturdy yet injured Sherpa, Chodak.

Things in Southwold get off to a bad start! Max has to do extra lessons while Charlie has been roped into helping with the decorating. Meanwhile Lucy loses an important race to a new girl in her school, Miranda Fitchwitherington, who seems to enjoy being as mean as possible to Lucy and the rest of the gang. And there is more bad news–when the gang meet Captain Tom, walking his own dog, Pugly, he tells them about an outbreak of pet thefts in the area.

Piper Pascal has spent her life on the Escape, a city-sized cruise liner holding all that's left of America. She does not remember the world before the Flood. All she knows is that she'll do anything to please the Godmother, the head of the Escape, the only parent Piper has ever really had.

London, 1951: Clem Fatale, the youngest crook in the city, is on a mission to find her dad. Jimmy Fatale, notorious jewel thief and leader of the Spider Gang, has gone missing and with him the greatest prize in London: the Fool’s Canary. Nothing, and nobody, will stop Clem from finding them.

Imagine a world where laughter no longer exists, where it has been gone for so long that no one even remembers it. Then one day, as a random ray of sunlight finds its way past the somber, gray clouds and through the window of a delivery room in the Elmer Memorial Hospital, a strange sound is heard reverberating through the hallways. It’s coming from Baby Nula, who is making her first appearance in this very serious world. Now imagine what happens next…

Young listeners are invited into a world where shadows dance and whispers echo through the night. This spine-tingling collection features ten chilling stories, each crafted to thrill and delight. From the mysterious figure lurking in the attic to the ghostly giggles heard in the woods, every tale is designed to send shivers down your spine while igniting your imagination.

Every year, six local schools compete to win the Christmas Cup. Last year, the rival school to Brooke Parkin’s school won for the most crackers pulled in a minute! This year, the cup will be judged and awarded to the school with the perfect mince pie. But when a series of murders seemed to be linked to the very mince pies (each with a clue from a letter from the alphabet imprinted in the pastry) the five neurodivergent children must turn detective and combine their skill sets to find the killer.

S.O.S. steht sowohl für Seraina, Olivio und Simon als auch für ihr Motto: Die drei Detektive aus Weesen und Amden springen in allen möglichen Notfällen ein. Oft handelt es sich um gewöhnliche Nachbarschaftshilfe wie Gartenarbeit, Einkaufen, Babysitting usw. Doch am liebsten sind ihnen natürlich richtige Detektivaufträge. Ihr Büro haben die drei auf dem Segelschiff Svalbard. In ihrem ersten Fall kommen sie dem "Badi-Dieb" auf die Spur, der sein Unwesen in den Strandbädern am Walensee treibt.

Zenith and her friends may be dead—but lucky for them, even getting ghosted wasn’t enough to tear them apart. The four of them were thick as thieves long before an unfortunate lab accident sent them careening into the afterlife. So when they hear about a machine that could return them to the land of the living, they are determined to steal it. Unfortunately, the magical device belongs to a dangerous necromancer who’s out for their ectoplasm.