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Folk say the fog plays tricks – that it shapes itself into little hands and frightened faces that press at people’s doors and windows, desperate to come inside. But Hugo is convinced the ghost he has seen at the window is no trick of the fog. The boy’s hollow eyes are haunting him. What would happen if Hugo were to open the door, and let him in? Brace yourselves for a chilling, wintery ghost story …

Share the classic novel by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in a chapter storybook made for young readers! Perfectly thrilling, beginner readers will find the irresistible mystery of Kid Classics Sherlock Holmes: The Hound of the Baskervilles just the right amount of detective work! Sir Arthur Conan Doyle...

Sein Deckname: WHITE KNIGHT. Seine Ausbildung: TOPSECRET. Sein Ziel: die Operation DEEP SLEEP auffliegen lassen. John kommt einer gefährlichen Verschwörung auf die Schliche: Mithilfe von GOOD MOTHER, einer allmächtigen KI mit unbegrenzten Ressourcen, wollen die Drahtzieher hinter DEEP SLEEP ein Zeitalter von Ordnung und Disziplin einläuten und selbst daraus Profit schlagen. Gemeinsam mit dem geheimnisvollen WHISPERER und der Hackerin SNOW WHITE muss John alles daransetzen, den Launch der KI zu verhindern.

Erin loves her new home in the country. She has a big bedroom that overlooks a beautiful garden, and there's even a tree house in the backyard. Everything is perfect . . . except for the ghost. At first, the ghost is nothing more than a nuisance, pulling Erin's hair, coloring on the walls, and getting Erin into heaps of trouble with her parents. But things become even stranger when Erin starts losing her memory. Sometimes it's only for a few minutes, and other times it's for a few days. It's almost as if she's fallen asleep!

In 1977, the Alpine Heights tower block where Kyle Dempsey and his sister Lauren live with their mum and stepdad becomes the site of a horrific infestation. Believing their stepdad, Connor, to have been killed in action in Northern Ireland, Kyle and Lauren are shocked to find him at home in their flat. But Connor is changed. Following a secret military experiment, he has been infected with some kind of alien life form, which is using him as a host to infect the other residents of the tower block with gruesome results.

No te asomes a estas páginas si quieres evitar una taquicardia o un mal sueño. Los personajes de estos cuentos lucen inocuos (una niña que invita a un amigo a jugar a su casa, unos dependientes de feria, un joven que huye de su padrastro, una familia disfuncional, un escritor, un viejo que no...

Gus is a morose and insular youngster. When he is pressed into service in the garden by his mother, he is reluctant to spend time with the twee sun, birds, and grass. But once he grabs his watering can, he enters a world more grim and interesting than he'd ever imagined. He quickly discovers the dark side of the "circle of life" and is thrilled to learn that gardening also includes grime, death, and decay.

Being blind definitely has its downsides, but for Denise, life was always more on the sunny side. With a rich family, lots of friends, always dressed in the latest fashion, and living in a beautiful home, to Vanessa’s jealous eyes it would seem Denise had it all. Until one afternoon, when Denise finds herself lost, scared and all alone. Will Denise be found before danger snatches her away from her happy life?

Valeria es víctima de un secuestro y en su cautiverio conoce a Mercedes quien desde ese momento es su mejor amiga y colaboradora. Las chicas logran escapar de sus captores y gracias a sus habilidades como investigadoras poco a poco van descubriendo que sus secuestradores están involucrados en...

Ya nos imaginábamos que la misión sería peligrosa cuando Lord Thomsing nos avisó de que los hombres de Irma Dagon estaban en movimiento y acercándose a un peligrosísimo espíritu, escondido en medio de la jungla y protegido por dos tribus ancestrales muy poderosas. Sin embargo, fue la advertencia de Benson, que tenía un mal presentimiento si nos separábamos, la que más nos preocupó a mi mejor amigo y a mí. Y con buena razón. En aquellos instantes, todavía no sabíamos que ninguno de nuestros planes iba a salir bien.

Suspense organique en milieu contrôléVictor pose un geste terrible qui l’oblige à fuir loin de chez lui. Il trouve refuge en forêt dans une curieuse communauté composée d’adolescents dysfonctionnels, souvent cruels. Mais qui sont ces jeunes? Qu’est-ce qui les unit? Et surtout, pourquoi Victor fait-il ces rêves étranges et si réels depuis qu’il est arrivé? Petit à petit, l’adolescent obtient des réponses… et souhaite aussitôt ne jamais avoir posé de questions.

After stowing away on the ship Freedom, Finn gets a taste of what it's like to be a sailor … among pirates.