Tuck Everlasting 内容简介 Doomed to or blessed with eternal life after drinking from a magic spring, the Tuck family wanders about trying to live as inconspicuously and comfortably as they can. When ten-year-old Winnie Foster stumbles on their secret, the Tucks take her home and explain why living forever at one age is less a blessing that it might seem. Complications arise when Winnie is followed by a stranger who wants to market the spring water for a fortune." 作者简介 A gifted artist and writer, Natalie Babbitt is the award-winning author of the modern classic "Tuck Everlasting," "The Eyes of the Amaryllis," "Kneeknock Rise" and many other brilliantly original books for young people. She began her career in 1966 as the illustrator of "The Forty-ninth Magician," a collaboration with her husband. When her husband became a college president and no longer had time to collaborate, Babbitt tried her hand at writing. Her first novel, "The Search for Delicious," establish
The solutions to 10 mysteries solved by Leroy "Encyclopedia" Brown are given in a separate section challenging the reader to match wits with the 10-year-old mastermind of Idaville's war on crime. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
It's Hiccup's birthday, but that's not going to keep him from getting into trouble. To save his dragon, Toothless, from being banished, Hiccup must sneak into the Meathead Public Library and steal the Viking's most sacred book. But the Vikings see books as a dangerous influence, and keep them locked up and under heavy guard. To save his friend, Hiccup must brave the Hairy Scary Librarian and his dreadful army of Meathead Warriors and face off against the formidable Driller-Dragons. Will he make it out and live to see his next birthday?
MISSION: To find the mastermind behind a possible attack atthe Big Air Games. LOCATION: Philadelphia, PA. POTENTIAL VICTIMS: Top extreme athletes in the country. Thousandsof spectators. SUSPECTS: There may be a group of extremists working together.There may be just one
Greg好的朋友Rowley Jefferson抛弃了他,而在中学里找到新的朋友无疑是一件困难的事情。为了改变自己的命运,Greg决定做出一次改变,让命运为自己做出决定。到底掷骰子能够改变事情发展的方向吗?也或者Greg的命运只是向着另一个倒霉的故事发展?
Paolini's phenomenal, runaway bestsellers that follow the adventures of the young farm boy Eragon, who learns of his destiny as a Dragon Rider, are now available in this beautifully packaged trade paperback box set.