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
Grim Batol: its dark legacy stretches back into the mists ofAzeroth's past. But most know it as the site of a terrible tragedy-- where the vile orcs corrupted the hatchlings of the nobleDragonqueen, Alexstrasza, and used them as weapons of war. Though aband of heroes, led by the enigmatic mage, Krasus, defeated theorcs and freed the captive dragons, the cursed mountain stands asanother ravaged landmark within the...WORLD OF WARCRAFTBut nowKrasus -- known to some as the red dragon Korialstrasz -- sensesthe malice of Grim Batol rising once more to threaten those heholds dear. Determined this time to confront this evil by himself,he is unaware of the quests that will draw others to Grim Batol andreveal the monstrous truth that could not only herald their deaths,but usher in a terrible new age of darkness and destruction.
Hardcover Publisher: Bloomsbury Juvenile UK (2014) Language: English Product Dimensions: 13.71 x2.79 x 19.81厘米 Shipping Weight: 379.88克
Ever since their mother’s death, siblings Carter and Sadiehave been near strangers. While Sadie’s lived with her grandparentsin London, Carter has traveled the world with their father, thebrilliant Egyptologist, Dr. Julius Kane. Then one night, they are reunited when their father takes them tothe British Museum, hoping at last to set things right. Instead, heunleashes the Egyptian god Set, who banishes him to oblivion andforces the children to flee for their lives. Soon, Carter and Sadie discover that the gods of Ancient Egyptare waking, and the worst of them—Set—is after the Kanes. To stophim, the siblings must embark on a dangerous journey across theglobe—a quest leading them ever closer to the truth about theirfamily, and their links to a secret order that has existed sincethe time of the pharaohs.