Ergebnis für "Tin" in Literatur & Belletristik

In einer stürmischen Nacht taucht ein unheimlicher Gast bei Meggie und ihrem Vater Mo auf. Am nächsten Morgen reist Mo überstürzt mit Meggie zu ihrer Tante Elinor, die eine wertvolle Bibliothek besitzt. Dort macht Meggie eine überraschende Entdeckung. Und schon bald begreift sie, dass ihr Vater in großer Gefahr schwebt...

Brought to you by Penguin. The fourth book in the Sally Lockhart Quartet, narrated by Adjoa Andoh. Jim Taylor, Sally's oldest friend, is engaged as bodyguard to a princess. But Crown Princess Adelaide of Razkavia is not what you'd expect. She's the slum-girl Jim has been searching for ever since...

"Narrator Katherine Littrell wrests all the humor, angst, and anguish from this first-person account of Australian teen Marlowe Jensen's attempts to adjust to normal life after her heart transplant... Littrell's well-paced, well-modulated tones meld this coming-of-age story into a satisfying...

On their way to start a new life, Tula and her family travel on the Prairie Rose, a colony ship headed to a planet in the outer reaches of the galaxy. All is going well until the ship makes a stop at a remote space station, the Yertina Feray, and the colonist's leader, Brother Blue, beats Tula within an inch of her life. An alien, Heckleck, saves her and teaches her the ways of life on the space station.

After her parents die in a horrific car accident, Sydney Moomaw is thrust into running their guest ranch in eastern Washington. She soon discovers that her parents were keeping secrets. Why is the ranch in serious debt? Why did her parents allow the insurance to lapse? Why didn't they tell her about it? And where are their wills? Sydney needs to figure out a way to save the ranch she loves before her sister sells it.

Om den 16-årige Mira og hendes forhold til den lidt ældre musiker Ulrik - den første der trænger igennem hendes følelse af tomhed og ensomhed - og til den jævnaldrende Martin, der altid er på flugt fra voksne. Det gør ondt at miste. Men det giver erfaring. På hver sin måde er Ulrik og Martin vigtige for Miras udvikling igennem de to år, handlingen spænder over. En bog om unges venskab, kærlighed og solidaritet.

Den nu 16-årige Emily Byrd Starr laenges efter at få lov til at gå på Queens Academy for at få sin skolelaereruddannelse, men hendes traditionsbundne slaegtninge på Månegården naegter. I stedet bliver hun tilbudt at gå på Shrewsbury High School sammen med sine venner - dog på to betingelser. Den første betingelse er, at hun skal bo hos den skrappe tante Ruth. Men det er den anden betingelse, der forårsager Emilys hjertekvaler.