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Twelve-year-old Kofi first spots the prehistoric human on a supermarket roundabout. He is small and dark and curled into a tight ball. His name is Rorty Thrutch, and he has zero memory of how he ended up in the unexceptional village of Bradborough or why he's being hunted.... Kofi soon finds out that Rorty can do amazing things. He can copy, paste and delete objects using only the power of his mind. This is the discovery of the century, and mad, greedy scientists will stop at nothing to track him down.

Max, Gerta, and their parents have abandoned their home and relocated to a safehouse in a different Berlin neighborhood. The Hoffmanns share the tight quarters with the daughter of a captured Becker Circle conspirator - Kat Vogel, who is Gerta's age. Though they have strict orders to stay inside unless absolutely necessary, the three kids sneak out regularly, all while concocting a plan to keep the spirit of their resistance alive. They're going to burn down the headquarters of the Hitler Youth.

Das neue Hörbuch der Bestsellerautorin R. J. Palacio (Wunder). Eine abgeschiedene Farm im Jahr 1860: Hier lebt der zwölfjährige Silas mit seinem Vater. Eines Nachts wird er von drei bedrohlichen Reitern geweckt, die seinen Vater mitnehmen. Silas bleibt erschüttert, verängstigt und allein zurück. Nur Mittenwool, ein Geist und Freund des Jungen, steht ihm zur Seite. Als ein Pony vor seiner Tür auftaucht, trifft Silas die mutige Entscheidung, sein Zuhause zu verlassen und sich auf eine gefährliche Reise zu begeben, um seinen Vater zu finden.

“A captivating…thrilling adventure story that shows the power of friendship, hope, and forgiveness.” —Lauren Tarshis, author of the I Survived series In the wake of Lifeboat 12 comes a “gripping, harrowing” (Publishers Weekly) World War II novel-in-verse by acclaimed author Susan...

Twelve-year-old Samuel Collier is a lowly commoner on the streets of London. So when he becomes the page of Captain John Smith and boards the Susan Constant, bound for the New World, he can’t believe his good fortune. He’s heard that gold washes ashore with every tide. But beginning with the...

“Just the sort of book that saves lives by igniting a passion for reading.” —James Patterson “Reminiscent of Huckleberry Finn.” —The Wall Street Journal A Michael L. Printz Honor Winner From the author of Newbery Medal winner Moon Over Manifest comes the odyssey-like adventure of two...

A rip-roaring, hilarious alternate-history adventure starring the world’s most famous inventors—and its most forgotten. From the author of the beloved Hero’s Guide series, Christopher Healy. It's 1883—the Age of Invention! A time when great men like Thomas Edison, Alexander Graham Bell...

Newbery Medalist Avi is back with a gripping exploration of the immigrant experience at the turn of the twentieth century. A must-read for fans of Moon over Manifest and Echo Mountain. When Santo’s father left their tiny town in Italy for America, he made Santo promise to keep their family...

Arabella Twigg is a very ordinary girl, living in an extremely peculiar family. She is the sort of girl that no-one notices but somehow strange things begin to happen to her.

Thirteen-year-old New Yorker Rory Hennessy can see things no one else can. When a magician's trick opens his eyes to Mannahatta, Rory finds an amazing spirit city coexisting alongside modern-day Manhattan. A place where Indian sachems, warrior cockroaches, and papier-mƒch‚ children live...

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.

It's the early 1800s, and Clover travels the impoverished borderlands of the Unified States with her father, a physician. See to the body before you, he teaches her, but Clover can't help becoming distracted by bigger things, including the coming war between the US and France, ignited by a failed Louisiana Purchase, and the terrifying vermin, cobbled together from dead animals and spare parts, who patrol the woods. Most of all, she is consumed with interest for Oddities, ordinary objects with extraordinary abilities.

Safety is downriver—but first there’s trouble ahead. As soon as Dewey Martin sees the Indian creeping toward the cabin—and toward his unsuspecting grandmother—he knows what to do: knock him down and take off before the rest of the raiding party arrives. The only means of escape is...

While everyone else is panicking about the so-called end of the Maya calendar, fourteen-year-old Max Murphy has his own problems. He owes a favor to the ancient Maya Lords of Death and now they’ve called it in. Max has just seven days to bring the long-lost Yellow Jaguar to Xibalba, the cold...

What happens when Joey and his sister, Mary Alice--two city slickers from Chicago--make their annual summer visits to Grandma Dowdel's seemingly sleepy Illinois town? August 1929: They see their first corpse, and he isn't resting easy. August 1930: The Cowgilll boys terrorize the town, and...

Following a series of murders, an apothecary’s apprentice must solve puzzles and decipher codes in pursuit of a secret that could destroy the world in this “spectacular debut” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review). “Tell no one what I’ve given you.” Until he got that cryptic warning...

Arabella’s life was boring until strange things began to happen to her. One day, she is out eating pizza and then suddenly she finds herself with her brother, Tom, in the middle of the Great Siege of Malta in 1565 when the Knights of St. John showed great courage and fortitude in fighting off an invasion from the Turkish Empire. Will they join Grandmaster Valette in battle?

A young girl bucks convention in fourteenth century Japan. When a crooked minister frames her father and steals her home, is Tokoyo prepared to sacrifice all to save him? Tokoyo’s samurai father trains her in martial arts. When he’s away, she escapes to the sea to dive with the Ama—a society of females who search the deep waters for food and treasure. With them, Tokoyo finds the friendship and adventure she craves. When her father is banished to a remote island, she undertakes a desperate journey, filled with thieves and monsters.

The #1 bestselling chapter book series of all time celebrates 25 years with new covers and a new, easy-to-use numbering system! Who wants to vacation next to a volcano? Jack and Annie are about to find out when the Magic Tree House whisks them back to the days of the Roman Empire. They arrive in...

Nico Vera embarca em uma aventura no Japão para descobrir quem foram os lendários samurais. Em vez de só aprender sobre espadas e armaduras, ele se vê no meio de um grande mistério: um guerreiro fantasma está assombrando a vila! Com a ajuda do professor Takeshi, Nico vai descobrir que os verdadeiros samurais seguiam o Bushidô — um caminho cheio de coragem, respeito e disciplina.