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"For junior conspiracy theorists everywhere." - Booklist Driftwood Harbor may seem like an ordinarily boring, small New England town, but there's something extremely strange and downright creepy happening within town limits. Twins Beacon and Everleigh McCullough are moving from their home in...

Something's brewing at the National Portrait Gallery Museum in Washington DC - 12-year-old Art is sure of it. But his only proof that a grand heist is about to take place is iced mocha, 42 steps, and a mysterious woman who appears like clockwork in the museum. When Art convinces his best friend, Camille, that the heist is real, the two begin a thrilling chase through DC to uncover a villainous scheme that could be the biggest heist since the Isabelle Stewart Gardner Museum theft in 1990.

This is the story of a tiger.Once a helpless ball of fur, Genghis emerges as a mighty predator, the king of the forest. But the jungle isn’t just his kingdom. Soon, Genghis finds himself fighting for his skin against equally powerful predators of a different kind–humans.The very same ones...

Su nombre es Yolimar (Yolanda Martínez) y sólo quiere ser famosa. Por una serie de confusiones en la escuela, es enviada al campamento del AM ORS (Área Militarizada Obligatoria para Rijosos y Sabandijas), donde reeducan niños rebeldes, pero en el camino una naveextraña la rescata. Ahí conoce a Dino y a Rina, quienes escaparon del misterioso campamento un año antes, y le revelan un impactante secreto que tiene que ver con el pueblo, su familia, el mundo entero. Refugios secretos, máquinas mortales, enredos adolescentes y una isla poblada de seres divertidos, pero aterradores.

Ein neues spannendes Abenteuer für Rubina Blackfield! Rubina hat gemeinsam mit ihrem Opa Basil das Bösewicht-Dasein an den Nagel gehängt. Um das gebührend zu feiern, machen Rubina, Jimmy und ihr Großvater Urlaub in Venedig. Doch dort geschieht etwas Merkwürdiges: Nach einem Konzertbesuch will Basil plötzlich die ganze Stadt unter Wasser setzen! Aber ihr Großvater ist doch gar kein Bösewicht mehr, oder? Sie ist sich sicher, dass ihn irgendjemand reingelegt hat. Die Spuren führen zu einer geheimen Organisation, die einen fiesen Plan verfolgt.

Superagenten gegen Superbösewichte. Rubina Blackfield liebt es, mit ihrem Großvater auf dessen Vulkaninsel böse Pläne zu schmieden. Ihr Opa ist nämlich ein Superbösewicht! Als er eines Tages beschließt, dass sie im "Camp der Spione" die Tricks der neuen Agentengeneration auskundschaften soll, kann Rubina es kaum erwarten. Die Spionage-Ausbildung verlangt Rubina jedoch alles ab. Nicht zuletzt, da Beatrice – eines der anderen Kinder im Camp – mehr als einmal versucht, ihr Steine in den Weg zu legen. Zum Glück ist da Jimmy, mit dem sie gemeinsam fast alle Prüfungen bestehen kann.

Zee went missing for a year. And when he came back, he was...different. Nobody knows what happened to him. At Zee's welcome home party, Justin and the neighborhood crew play Hide and Seek. But it goes wrong. Very wrong. One by one, everyone who plays the game disappears, pulled into a world of nightmares come to life. Justin and his friends realize this horrible place is where Zee had been trapped. All they can do now is hide from the Seeker.

This Newbery Honor Book and Coretta Scott King Award Winner from beloved author Patricia McKissack offers a “stellar collection” of “ten original stories, all with a foundation in African-American history or culture” (School Library Journal). In that special half-hour of twilight—the...

Step into a world where forgotten wishes, hidden bravery, and silent melodies drift like whispers in the wind. "The Keeper of Lost Dreams" is a enchanting collection of bedtime stories, where 20 unique human and animal duos embark on magical journeys to retrieve what's been lost. From Lily and her glimmering goldfish searching for an underwater castle, to Tom and his timid squirrel finding courage against a noisy woodpecker, each of the 20 chapters introduces a new, heartwarming adventure.

The must-read new middle-grade novel from the author of the super-spooky Dread Wood series. Perfect for 9+ fans of R.L.Stine’s Goosebumps and Stranger Things. "Jennifer Killick has become the go-to horror writer for readers aged nine and over … readers are as likely to howl with laughter as...

For a small squirrel named Pip, life was a simple rhythm of scampering, leaping, and burying nuts. But when a mysterious whisper on the wind leads him to a talking tree with a desperate plea, his ordinary world is turned upside down. The ancient forest is dying, its magic fading into silence and dust, and its only hope is the legendary Golden Acorn, an artifact of immense power lost long ago. With only a cynical raven, Corvus, for a companion, Pip must embark on a perilous quest into the unknown.

Keenan is a track star, but he's never been on the run like this before. He and his mother have left his abusive father to start a new life in the town where his mother grew up. But this new place has monsters of its own. When all the other kids in town have fallen under a hypnosis powered by an app on their phones, Keenan is the only kid who is not affected. It's time to stop running and figure out who is powering the game, and how to stop them. He cannot let the monsters win.

내가 보고 듣고 기억하는 것이 항상 진실일까? 진짜 도둑을 찾기 위한 아이들의 진실 게임! 내가 보고 듣고 기억한다고 해서 그게 진실일까요? 보고 듣고 기억하는 모든 건 상황과 감정에 따라 조금씩 다른 모습으로...

In a city of shimmering pearl that floats on the endless sea of the sky, ten-year-old Elara has only ever known a life of light, music, and gentle breezes. Aethel is a marvel, held aloft by a power forgotten to time. But the magic is fading. When the city’s great Sky-Lamps begin to dim and terrifying tremors threaten to send her home plummeting into the unknown Groundlands below, Elara discovers a secret that the city Elders have long kept hidden.

Twelve-year-old Tuva couldn’t imagine living anywhere other than the Stockholm archipelago and her island home of Harö. Even if she mostly keeps to herself at her small school. Even if she sometimes gets kind of lonely. But when a classmate goes missing, Tuva finds herself at the center of the mystery, along with Rasmus, the new boy at school. Neither one of them can understand what they saw that day in the woods near the water: Is something magical at work? Something evil?

Seit Sel zum Ripper mutiert ist, streift er in Vollmondnächten frei durch Tremorglade. Doch in letzter Zeit kehren einige Ripper mit schrecklichen Bisswunden aus dem Wald zurück. Gerüchte über ein gruseliges Monster, das nicht getötet werden kann, machen die Runde … Sind Sel und seine Freunde auch diesem Gegner gewachsen?

Partis alerter Mamie Hyda que l'Affreux Jojo rôde dans la région, Billy et Jean-Claude font la connaissance de sa petite-fille, Suzie la fouine. Attention, trio de choc! Le bandit n'a qu'à bien se tenir !

Margot, Wesley and Josephine have got an awesome weekend mapped out for the end of the holidays before they start high school – and they don't want anything to stand in the way of their BIG plans in London. Join the kids as they follow the case across wild West London, following the trail of a super creative murderer as well as some epic street art.

Matthieu « Pot-au-feu » pensait prendre un peu de repos après une enquête particulièrement périlleuse, mais sa cheffe Brocoli le rappelle en urgence : l'agent Bouillabaisse est portée disparue alors qu'elle était en mission d'infiltration dans un camp de vacances d'été en Australie. Afin de retrouver leur agente manquante, Brocoli décide de reformer le binôme explosif Matthieu Pot-au-feu et Juliette Tartiflette. Force est de reconnaître qu'en dépit de leurs différences de caractère, ces deux agents forment un duo… d'enfer !

Au début, Matthieu croyait qu'il s'agissait d'une mission comme les autres. Mais les deux agents de la Cellule 24 sont envoyés par leur cheffe Brocoli dans un collège sélect', exclusivement réservé aux enfants de personnalités influentes. Dans ce monde doré, une menace plane : entre soirées VIP, conflits et jalousies, les fraternités et sororités des élèves cachent un lourd secret, bien loin du quotidien des collégiens normaux… Le duo explosif Matthieu Pot-au-feu et Juliette Tartiflette est reformé. Les fils et filles à papa n'ont qu'à bien se tenir !