Young Adult Classics

Year of the Lepper, 746 - 3rd Cycle of the Dragon Every couple of thousand years the Dark Citadel rises in the East, within the Endless Ruins looking to bring darkness and evil to the world of Capris. Every couple of thousand years, the races of Capris are charged with fighting back the darkness or succumbing to its eternal death. In the year of the Lepper, it is no different. Four maybe heroes are called into service of the kingdom to ensure the Dark Citadel is once again vanquished. One, a human past his prime, but a great warrior in his day. One, an energy mage of the Engeli (humans who ...

Louison n'a que dix ans quand Molière la choisit pour jouer dans sa dernière pièce. Fille de comédiens, la fillette va enfin pouvoir réaliser son plus beau rêve : être actrice. Et pas n'importe où! À la Comédie-Française, devant la cour du Roi-Soleil, Louis XIV... "Quand tu seras grande, tu vas devenir une de ces actrices indispensables dont les directeurs ont toujours besoin. Ta voix est belle. Et tes yeux rayonnent." Avec tendresse et énergie, Élodie Huber anime un texte personnel et vivant, qui se prête magnifiquement à une adaptation audio.

Love is love... no matter what! Emily was born with a rare condition that has given her bunny ears. She's bullied at school and comes home most days in tears. However, her best friend, Amanda, is the light in the darkness for her. Receiving a ferret named Spring for her birthday is also a bright spot for Emily, until tragedy strikes. When Emily is attacked by a pack of vicious butterflies, more secrets are revealed, and Emily begins to fear for her life. The threats don't end there. A boy at school, Luke, vows to hurt Emily. When he finally acts on his promise, will Emily and Amanda ...

Penny’s father is a newspaper owner being sued for libel in his home base of New York. He sends her on a western ski vacation in order to avoid the legalities, but she manages to gain entrance to a room with a mysterious Green Door, an entrance to an illegal fur importation racket from Canada. The culprits turn out to be those pursuing the libel situation back east. She is threatened with possible death, but not only solves the fur racket but winds up scooping a rival reporter.

Nový humorný příběh od autora Babičky drsňačky a Pana Smraďocha! Jackův děda je už starý a zmatený: když jde do obchodu, zapomene si přezout papuče, jí jen konzervy, z kterých vytváří nepoživatelné míchanice, často si nemůže vzpomenout, jak se Jack jmenuje. Stále ale věří, že létá jako stíhač Královského letectva a bojuje proti Němcům v slavné bitvě o Anglii. Tak tomu před mnoha lety skutečně bylo... Jediný, kdo ho chápe, je právě jeho vnuk.

Kathryn Barker's Waking Romeo is a spectacularly genre-bending retelling of Romeo & Juliet asking the big questions about true love, fate, and time travel.

Accanto al mitico Ottavo Distretto di Budapest, tra le viuzze strette che lambiscono il vecchio quartiere ebraico, c'e ancora la piccola via Pàl che fu teatro, nella fantasia di Molnàr, della più memorabile battaglia tra ragazzini che la letteratura abbia mai raccontato. "I ragazzi di via Pàl" (1907) è infatti la lotta tra due gruppi di ragazzi per il predominio su un terreno libero per i giochi, attorno a una segheria. Due "eserciti" composti soltanto da generali e ufficiali.

Recently relocated to middle-of-nowhere Greenville and starting at a new school, Anne has a tendency to A) fall in love quickly, deeply, and effervescently and B) fly off the handle in the face of jerks. Both personality quirks quickly come into play when the soccer team boos the premiere of her disco performance, which—in a roundabout way—introduces her to her new BFF, Berry, and she soon after meets the girl of her dreams, Gilly.

A collection of horror/thriller stories with surprise endings to chill you and thrill you to the bone. The nightmares include: CARMEN: A horror novelist employs a man-eating plant to eliminate his most offensive critic. THE READING: After a reading by a fortuneteller, Emma believes her traveling companion is not who she says she is. HUMAN AFTER ALL THOSE YEARS: After four centuries, a vampire, who is bitten by a white dove is becoming human. THE CONNECTION: Marge is receiving calls from her daughter who drowned over a year ago and is buried in the Greenacre Cemetery. MR. CREEPY: Molly's ...

Available as a value box set amazon.com/dp/B0862F2BLM(copy and paste the link into your browser) Mail-order bride Belle Hardcourt loves to bake. It’s her most favorite thing in the world to make mouthwatering morsels. Newly engaged to Jonas Hardcourt, a cattle rancher she met through a marriage service, she finds Chapman’s Forge an easy market for her yummy offerings. Unfortunately, Belle doesn’t realize she’s stepping on some toes as she begins to win devoted fans for her cooking. And in the meantime, as trouble brews for Belle, Jonas’ cattle begin to sicken and die, poisoned by ...

A collection of horror/thriller stories with surprise endings to chill you and thrill you to the bone. The nightmares include: THE JOKER: An author plans to use the comedic M.O. of the way a real serial killer staged his victims in his next novel. FORTUNE COOKIES: Mr. Ryder receives two fortune cookies with his Chinese food this time. One says he'll be rich; the other says he'll be dead by midnight. WHITE RABBIT: No one believed a rabbit had disabled George's Lincoln Town car and blocked two lanes of traffic. CREEP: Homer only watched pretty girls when they didn't know he was there until he...

Après quelques premières expéditions, Robinson Crusoé, marin d'York, s'embarque pour la Guinée le 1er septembre 1659. Mais le bateau essuie une si forte tempête qu'il dérive pendant plusieurs jours et finalement fait naufrage au nord du Brésil.

New England is best known for its covered bridges, immaculate town greens, and Revolutionary War history. Yet an evil presence has hidden behind the 17th-century stone walls and clap-boarded homes of CT, Mass., and Rhode Island for centuries. New York Times best-selling author M. William Phelps takes a look at some of the most terrifyingly true stories in New England history.

Das Vermächtnis des Inka ist das Ziel des Rittes, zu dem "Vater Jaguar" und seine Gefährten in Buenos Aires aufbrechen. Sie folgen dem Stierkämpfer Antonio Perillo, der sich verbrecherisch in den Besitz des Geheimnisses gebracht hat, hinauf in die Anden. Wird in der finsteren "Mordschlucht" endlich die Gerechtigkeit siegen?

A collection of horror/thriller stories with surprise endings to chill you and thrill you to the bone. The nightmares include: THE PARTY: A man crashes a Halloween party mysteriously held in a dilapidated mansion unoccupied for decades. ABSOLUTELY NO FISHING: Two friends from the poor side of town trespass on a community of luxury estates to fish on a beautiful lake despite the posted warning forbidding fishing. THE CANNIBAL: Linda's cat, Bluetooth, and her cocker spaniel, Dinky, are missing. She suspects three juvenile delinquents may be responsible in a neighborhood terrorized by The ...

The enchantment continues...nine short stories from the beloved The Lunar Chronicles. The universe of The Lunar Chronicles holds stories - and secrets - that are wondrous, vicious and romantic. How did Cinder first arrive in New Beijing? How did the brooding soldier Wolf transform from young man to killer? When did Princess Winter and the palace guard Jacin realise their destinies? With nine stories to explore, Stars Above is essential for fans of the best-selling and beloved Lunar Chronicles.

Anne of Green Gables is a 1908 novel by Canadian author Lucy Maud Montgomery. Written for all ages, it has been considered a children's novel since the mid-twentieth century. It recounts the adventures of Anne Shirley, an 11-year-old orphan girl who is mistakenly sent to Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert, a middle-aged brother and sister who had intended to adopt a boy to help them on their farm in Prince Edward Island. The novel recounts how Anne makes her way with the Cuthberts, in school, and within the town.

Black Beauty, ein wunderschöner Rappe mit einem weißen Fuß und einem weißen Stern auf der Stirn, erzählt seine Lebensgeschichte...

Jules Verne, maître incontesté de la science-fiction, nous plonge dans le fantastique monde sous-marin du Capitaine Nemo...

A collection of horror/thriller stories with surprise endings to chill you and thrill you to the bone. The horrors include: CHARLEY: Mandy is the only one who can see her imaginary friend who lives in the swamp. THE BOY WHO CRIED BOOGEYMAN: John returns to the house where the boogeyman tried to eat him when he was ten years old. A SHORTCUT THROUGH THE WOODS: Mason hears a gun shot in the black woods while taking a shortcut home. YOU REMEMBER, I’LL FORGET: A serial killer, who killed thirteen children as a youth, is released after thirty years of rehab in an asylum. SOMETHING IN THE TOMB: ...