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It is 1863 and Emily Blue Hatchett has been told by her father that, come spring, their family will leave their farm, family and friends in Quincy, Illinois, and travel the Overland Trail to a new home in Golden, Colorado. Emmy and her mom have mixed feelings about the trip and are saddened by all they must leave behind. The journey by wagon train is long and full of hardships, and Emmy s experiences along the way bring the period of westward expansion, as well as issues facing women, to life for young listners.

A castle is destroyed in 597 AD and 40 survivors flee to an isolated village in the forest of southwest Wessex. They hide under threat of death for seven years until a girl, affectionately nicknamed Princess, rescues a boy left to die on the side of a road and their lives change forever. 

Wickie ist ein 10-jähriger Junge, der im Wikingerdorf Flake lebt. Alle Wikinger sind groß und stark, nur ausgerechnet Wickie, der Sohn von Halvar, dem mächtigen Wikinger-Chef, ist klein und zart. Was Wickie an Muskelkraft fehlt, gleicht er allerdings mit Intelligenz und Einfallsreichtum aus. Wickie reibt sich die Nase, denkt nach und hat die Lösung. Immer wieder rettet der clevere Wickie seinen Vater und dessen wilde Wikingertruppe mit seinen ungewöhnlichen Einfällen aus scheinbar ausweglosen Situationen.

Wickie ist ein 10-jähriger Junge, der im Wikingerdorf Flake lebt. Alle Wikinger sind groß und stark, nur ausgerechnet Wickie, der Sohn von Halvar, dem mächtigen Wikinger-Chef, ist klein und zart. Was Wickie an Muskelkraft fehlt, gleicht er allerdings mit Intelligenz und Einfallsreichtum aus. Wickie reibt sich die Nase, denkt nach und hat die Lösung. Immer wieder rettet der clevere Wickie seinen Vater und dessen wilde Wikingertruppe mit seinen ungewöhnlichen Einfällen aus scheinbar ausweglosen Situationen.

There were dozens of us on the ship, all ages, boys and girls, and we were all up on deck for the leaving of Liverpool, gulls wheeling and crying over our heads, calling good-bye, I thought they were waving good-bye. None of us spoke. It was a grey day with drizzle in the air, the great sad cranes bowing to the ship from the docks as we steamed past. That is all I remember of England…

The magic tree house has returned, and it's taking Jack and Annie back in time to Alaska, 1925. There they meet Balto, a jet-black Siberian husky destined to save victims of the diphtheria epidemic. But the trail isn't easy, and Balto is going to need Jack and Annie's help!

It's 1953, and the Cold War is on. Communism threatens all that the United States stands for, and America needs every patriot to do their part. So when a Russian boarder moves into the home of 12-year-old Jake McCauley, he's on high alert. What does the mysterious Mr. Shubin do with all that photography equipment? And why did he choose to live so close to the Air Force base? Jake's mother says that Mr. Shubin knew Jake's dad, who went missing in action during World War II. But Jake is skeptical and determined to discover the truth - no matter what he risks.

A stunning new classic from master storyteller Michael Morpurgo in the vein of Private Peaceful and The Butterfly Lion. This is a landmark new novel from the nation's favourite storyteller, set in the unique landscape of the Camargue in the South of France during WW2. There, a young autistic boy lives on his parents' farm among the salt flats and the flamingos that live there. There are lots of things he doesn't understand, but he does know how to heal animals.

In der Phantasie der Griechen war Orpheus aus dem fernen, rauen Thrakien mit übernatürlichen Kräften begabt. Ihm war die göttliche Kraft des schönen Gesangs und des Leierspiels gegeben...

After pulling some spectacular heists, Amy and Dan have become two of Interpol's most wanted criminals. So when Vesper One orders them to steal the world's largest diamond, they know they're facing life in prison...or worse. But with the Cahill hostages still in peril, Amy and Dan have no choice but to launch a mission that leads them to an ancient city full of dangerous secrets. With a Vesper mole sabotaging the Madrigals from inside, Amy and Dan have to fulfill their enemy's request before it's too late. Vesper One has developed a taste for killing Cahills, and Amy and Dan aren't going to wait to see who's next.

1242. On a dark night, travelers from across France cross paths at an inn and begin to tell stories of three children: William, an oblate on a mission from his monastery; Jacob, a Jewish boy who has fled his burning village; and Jeanne, a peasant girl who hides her prophetic visions. They are accompanied by Jeanne’s loyal greyhound, Gwenforte...recently brought back from the dead. As the narrator collects their tales, the story of these three unlikely allies begins to come together.

Theodosia Throckmorton is in a fix. Allowed to attend a reception given by one of the directors of her parents museum, she stumbles across Mr. Tetley of the British Museum in most unusual circumstances! Since Theo has last seen him in a showdown in an ancient Egyptian tomb, his reappearance could mean only one thing: the Serpents of Chaos are back.

Was nimmt man, wenn man keinen Fußball zur Hand hat? Im Mittelalter waren es Totenköpfe oder Kuhblasen - toller Roman über die Entstehung des beliebtesten Mannschaftssport der Welt. England, 13. Jahrhundert. Harold, kaum älter als elf, fiebert seinem ersten Fußballmatch entgegen, dem Spiel gegen das Nachbardorf. Sieger soll das Dorf sein, dessen Bewohner es schaffen, die mit Luft gefüllte Kuhblase in die Mitte des anderen Dorfes zu treiben - nur mit den Füßen.

A heart-warming novel about Kaspar the Savoy cat, from the award-winning author of Born to Run and The Amazing Story of Adolphus Tips. Everything changes with a cat like Kaspar around. After all, he's Prince Kaspar Kandinsky, Prince of Cats, a Muscovite, a Londoner and a New Yorker, and as far as anyone knows, the only cat to survive the sinking of the Titanic….

Fresh from Miss Hepplewhite's Young Ladies' Academy, 16-year-old Jane Peck has come to the unknown wilds of the Northwest to be wedded to her true love, William Baldt, her idol from childhood. But her socially correct upbringing in straitlaced Philadelphia is hardly preparation for the colorful characters and crude life that await her in Shoal Water Bay in the Washington Territory.

Es war kalt geworden im Sherwood Wald. Robin und seine Gefährten sehnen den Frühling herbei. Aber der eisige Wind aus dem Norden lässt keine Hoffnung aufkommen. Lady Miriam und ihre Magd Thelma leben mit den Getreuen im Lager. Prinz John, der erbarmungslose Despot hat nach Robins Burg auch jene von Miriams Vater niederbrennen lassen. Die Menschen sehnen König Richards Wiederkehr herbei, aber haben kaum noch Hoffnung, denn der sitzt immer noch im Kerker im fernen Österreich und sein nichtswürdiger Bruder hat das Land mit einem Leichentuch überzogen.

May, 1910. As the blazing Halley's comet draws close to the Earth, Nancy is uprooted to start a new life in Suffolk with a grandfather she has never met. With every curtain drawn shut, Nancy is forbidden from leaving her grandfather's house: no one must know that she or her mother are there. Yet, when Nancy discovers the house's secret observatory, she watches her mother and grandfather creep out every night.... Where are they going? And why mustn't any of them be seen? As the mysteries pile up, Nancy has to bring dark secrets from the past to light.

“Spooky und das Geheimnis der eisernen Pforte” ist eine spannende und abenteuerliche Geschichte über Freundschaft, Mut, Stärke, Zusammenhalt und Verständnis für diejenigen, die anders sind. Spooky ist ein kleines Gespenst, das jede Nacht mit seinen Freunden Vroni, der Eule und Bratze, der Maus das Schloss Schabi unsicher macht. Obwohl es sich manchmal Ärger mit Mama Rosi einhandelt, kann es nicht anders, als andere zu erschrecken und für Spannung zu sorgen.

There's a new afterschool club at Ironville Middle School. Ms. Peterson is starting a video game club where the students will playing The Good War, a new game based on World War II. They are divided into two teams: Axis and Allies, and they will be simulating a war they know nothing about yet. Only one team will win. But what starts out as friendly competition takes an unexpected turn for the worse when an one player takes the game too far.

Ever since Cordelia discovered the hidden map in her father's precious telescope, she's been searching the streets of London by starlight and trying to uncover its secrets. She's sure that her missing father is out there somewhere and that if she follows his map, she'll finally discover the truth about his disappearance. She never expects to stumble upon a secret society of mapmakers - or to learn that magic isn't limited to the few maker families, but is instead is all around, if you just know where to look.