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It's 1965, Los Angeles. All 12-year-old Sophie wants to do is write her book, star in the community play, and hang out with her friend Jennifer. But she's the new black kid in a nearly all-white neighborhood; her beloved sister, Lily, is going away to college soon; and her parents' marriage is rocky. There's also her family's new, disapproving housekeeper to deal with. When riots erupt in nearby Watts and a friend is unfairly arrested, Sophie learns that life - and her own place in it - is even more complicated than she'd once thought. 

Ce la farà Paolo a sconfiggere un gruppo di malavita organizzata e a salvare Teresa dal tunnel della droga? Riuscirà Glauco, schiavo nella città di Pompei, a salvare Giulia da una spietata setta religiosa che immola giovani vittime al terribile dio Moloch? L’intreccio fra due avvincenti storie, separate da un arco temporale di duemila anni ma unite da uno stesso tema: la solidarietà, l’amore. Il filo che unisce le due storie, è una pietra preziosa di enorme valore.

Thirteen-year-old Dan Cahill and his older sister, Amy, thought they belonged to the world's most powerful family. They thought the hunt for 39 Clues leading to the source of that power was over. They even thought they'd won. But Amy and Dan were wrong.

La famille Ingalls quitte le Wisconsin en vue de s'installer dans l'Ouest américain, là où les colons sont peu nombreux et le gibier foisonnant. Le père, Charles, emmène avec lui sa femme Caroline et ses trois filles, Marie, Laura et Carrie, en chariot bâché. Après avoir traversé une rivière en crue, la famille s'installe sur une vaste plaine du Kansas, en plein milieu d'un territoire indien. Charles bâtit une maison en bois, seul puis à l'aide de différents colons venus s'installer à proximité : M. Edwards et M. et Mme Scott.

Chaya Lindner is a teenager living in Nazi-occupied Poland. Simply being Jewish places her in danger of being killed or sent to the camps. After her little sister is taken away, her younger brother disappears, and her parents all but give up hope, Chaya is determined to make a difference. Using forged papers and her fair features, Chaya becomes a courier and travels between the Jewish ghettos of Poland, smuggling food, papers, and even people. Soon Chaya joins a resistance cell that runs raids on the Nazis' supplies. But after a mission goes terribly wrong, Chaya's network shatters.

The only thing Lucas loves more than football is his Uncle Benny, his dad's best friend at the fire department where they both work. Benny taught Lucas everything about football. So when Lucas' parents decide the sport is too dangerous and he needs to quit, Lucas has to talk to his biggest fan. So the next morning, Lucas takes the train to the city instead of the bus to school. It's a bright, beautiful day in New York. But just as Lucas arrives at his uncle's firehouse, everything changes - and nothing will ever be the same again.

La vida en el pequeño pueblo de Avonlea cambiará rotundamente con la llegada de Ana Shirley, una niña huérfana que fue adoptada por Marilla y Matthew Cuthbert, dos hermanos solteros de mediana edad, para vivir en su casa familiar de Tejas Verdes. Con su carácter despierto y sociable, y su vivacidad, risas y lágrimas, Ana consigue formar parte de una familia y tener un lugar al que podrá llamar hogar para siempre. Aventúrate a descubrir el mundo a través de los ojos de la brillante y perspicaz Ana, quien con su imaginación te hará sentir el mundo como algo nuevo, lleno de alegrías, emociones y risas.

Originally written as a magazine serial, Railway Children tells the story of a family whose life is upturned when the father is accused of espionage and imprisoned. The man’s wife and three children move to a house near a railroad and befriend their new neighbors, who are able to help reunite the family and prove the father’s innocence.

When Roberta, Peter, and Phyllis' father is arrested for a crime he did not commit and they have to start a new life in the country, they fear the happy times are gone forever. Little do they expect the exciting adventures and the new friends that await them. By the end they have learned more about life and themselves than they had ever dreamed possible. This full-cast, dramatized version of E. Nesbit's children's classic delightfully brings to life the adventures of The Railway Children.

The second book in the hilarious Bab Sharkey and the Animal Mummies adventure series, from the bonkers brains of award-winning Australian comedian Andrew Hansen and Jessica Roberts. A wonderful audio production featuring sound effects and music. A dark river under the world. An Ibis Mummy with...

Myth meets history in a blockbuster retelling of the Persian Wars. “The Persians are coming…” Hearing these words, Gorgo of Sparta is plunged into a dangerous world of vengeful gods and invincible heroes. For a mighty empire threatens Athens, Sparta and all who stand in its path... Calling...

Od czego zaczyna się podróż w czasie? Wystarczy moment, chwila, mały bodziec. I nagle przenosimy się wstecz, do rzeczywistości, która żyje w cudzych wspomnieniach. Być może to właśnie przydarzyło się Mikołajowi. Pewnego dnia chłopak odwiedza Muzeum Powstania Warszawskiego. To nie była zwyczajna wizyta, bo nagle Mikołaj oglądając wystawę przenosi się w sam środek powstania warszawskiego. Wszystko jest takie prawdziwe i realne, w tym również niebezpieczeństwo i śmierć. Na ratunek Mikołajowi rusza jego starszy brat Wojtek.

The story is told by Coriander, daughter of a silk merchant in 1650s London. Her idyllic childhood ends when her mother dies and her father goes away, leaving Coriander with her stepmother, a widow who is in cahoots with a fundamentalist Puritan preacher. She is shut away in a chest and left to die, but emerges into the fairy world from which her mother came, and where time has no meaning. When she returns, charged with a task that will transform her life, she is seventeen.

Første del i fortællingen om prinsen Amled, der overværer mordet på sin far og i et desperat forsøg på at overleve bliver nødt til at spille sindssyg. Todelt historie om prinsen Amled, der overværer mordet på sin far og må spille sindssyg for at overleve, før han kan få hævn. Orla Klausen (f. 1946) er en dansk forfatter og tegneserietegner. Han er oprindeligt uddannet lærer, men i 1981 debuterede han med et tegneseriealbum i en serie om Jens Langkniv.

Una grabación completa por un elenco de artistas, en español, de la obra clásica de Charles Dickens Un Cuento de Navidad (A Christmas Carol). Se le da la oportunidad a un hombre llamado Scrooge de cambiar un destino maldito por ser tomado en un viaje a través del tiempo por los fantasmas de las Navidades pasadas, presentes, y futuras.

A young Indian boy from Nipigon country in the Canadian wilderness carves a twelve-inch canoe with a kneeling Indian figure and frees it to undertake a journey to the Atlantic Ocean in his place. He must stay home and help his father, but yearns to learn about the world beyond his life in the village.

When a rumor that her uncle is squandering away the family fortune surfaces, Katharine Tulman is sent to his estate to have him committed to an asylum. But instead of a lunatic, Katharine discovers a genius inventor with his own set of childlike rules, who is employing a village of nine hundred people rescued from the workhouses of London.

When Nic, a slave in the mines outside of Rome, is forced to enter a sealed cavern containing the lost treasures of Julius Caesar, he finds much more than gold and gemstones: He discovers an ancient bulla, an amulet that belonged to the great Caesar and is filled with a magic once reserved for the Gods -- magic some Romans would kill for.

The Amazing Adventures of Barney The Bear follows a curious little bear who loves to travel and learn . In each story Barn Visits a different country, explores famous places and discovers fun and fascinating facts alone the way. Through his exciting adventures, young readers journey around the...

I den lille landsby Ravnholt samler Toke sten for at forsørge sin familie, mens hans far ligger syg. I Jelling arbejder den berømte Roahl Runemester på kong Haralds store sten, og da Roahls egen søn viser sig at være ”runeblind”, bliver Toke uventet udvalgt som lærling. Det vækker...