Before he was a world-renowned children's book writer, RoaldDahl was a master of short stories for adults. The thirteen talescollected here were specially selected for their appeal to teens,and they represent his finest work. By turns shocking, ironic,humorous, and touching, these stories are filled with bizarretwists and unexpected delights. This collection proves Roald Dahl'sstanding as one of the world's foremost storytellers. "A baker's dozen of barbed, witty, obliquely macabre shortstories... This sampler of Dahl's writing conveys a sense of hisversatility." --Kirkus Reviews --This text refers to an alternatePaperback edition.
CHERUB exists for the simplest of reasons: even a mastercriminal doesn't suspect that the kid next door is a spy. WhenCHERUB uncovers a link between eco-terrorist group Help Earth and awealthy religious cult known as The Survivors, James Adams is sentto Australia on an infiltration mission. It's his toughest job sofar. The Survivors' outback headquarters are completely isolated,and the cult's brainwashing techniques mean James is under massivepressure to conform. This time he's not just fighting terrorists.He's got to battle to keep control of his own mind.
Join Thea Stilton and the Thea Sisters in this adventure packed with mystery and friendship! The Thea Sisters are in Hawaii to compete in an international hula festival. The mouselets are having a great time -- until they learn that the festival is located on the side of a volcano that is about to erupt! No one else seems know about the danger. The Thea Sisters don't have any time to lose!
In the fifth adventure in the How to Train Your Dragon series,someone has stolen the Fire-Stone. Now the volcano on VolcanoIsland has become active and the tremors are hatching the eggs ofthe Exterminator dragons! Can Hiccup return the Fire-Stone to theVolcano, stop the Volcano from erupting, and save the Tribes frombeing wiped out by the terrible sword-claws of theExterminators?
De*ion of this Book The wildly popular series by K.A. Applegate is back! The first six books of Animorphs return, with striking new lenticular covers that morph. It all started with the dreams. But Cassie didn't pay much attention to them. She and her friends have been having nightmares ever since they acquired the power to morph. But when Cassie discovers that Tobias has been having dreams too -- the exact same dreams -- about the ocean, and a voice that's calling to them for help, she decides it's time to start listening. Now she and the others have to figure out if the dreams are a message, or a trap.
Partly autobiographical, this is first of the internationallyacclaimed trilogy by Judith Kerr telling the unforgettable story ofa Jewish family fleeing from Germany at the start of the SecondWorld WarSuppose your country began to change. Suppose that withoutyour noticing, it became dangerous for some people to live inGermany any longer. Suppose you found, to your complete surprise,that your own father was one of those people.That is what happenedto Anna in 1933. She was nine years old when it began, too busywith her schoolwork and toboganning to take much notice ofpolitical posters, but out of them glared the face of Adolf Hitler,the man who would soon change the whole of Europe – starting withher own small life.Anna suddenly found things moving too fast forher to understand. One day, her father was unaccountably missing.Then she herself and her brother Max were being rushed by theirmother, in alarming secrecy, away from everything they knew – homeand schoolmates and well-loved toys – right out o
Holey cheese, it was strange! All across New Mouse City, rodents kept telling me I'd done things I had no memory of. Was I going crazy? Had the cheese finally slipped off my cracker? No, that wasn't it. I soon discovered the truth: There was a Geronimo look-alike going around, pretending to be me! He'd even fooled my sister Thea. Worst of all, he was trying to take over THE RODENT GAZETTE! I had to get that greedy imposter's paws off my newspaper -- but how??
Branded a traitor, betrayed by a friend, hunted by the vampireclan-Darren Shan, the Vampire's Assistant, faces certain death. CanDarren reverse the odds and outwit a Vampire Prince? Darren'sinitiation on Vampire Mountain draws to a stunning, bloodyconclusion-but the Saga continues ... "吸血侠达伦·山传奇"系列小说是英国青年作家达伦·山（原名达伦·奥肖内西）目前正在全心投入创作的一套大型儿童读物系列，计划共创作二十余部，读者对象为10岁以上青少年。小说以人称的手法，讲述了我--达伦·山如何由人变成吸血鬼，如何在人与鬼，在生与死，在正义与邪恶的抉择中所经历的传奇而恐怖的成长历程。
There is peace at last between the warrior Clans, and all fourare thriving. Then Firestar, legendary leader of ThunderClan,discovers a shocking secret: StarClan, the warrior ancestors whoguide his paw steps, have lied to him. Firestar must embark on a perilous quest to discover along-forgotten truth. Whatever he finds at the end of his journey,he's sure of one thing: Nothing will ever be the same again.
When you're with me, Geronimo Stilton, it's always a fabu-mouse adventure Sally Ratmousen broke some shocking news: "The Rodent's Gazette" was out of money and in danger of closing. Then Grandfather William broke even worse news to me: I needed to sell my comfy, cozy house in order to save our paper How terrible But could I sell it -- and find a new home -- in time to help
The trials: seventeen ways to die unless the luck of the vampireis with you. Darren Shan must pass five fearsome Trials to provehimself to the vampires clan - or face the stakes of the Hall ofDeath. But Vampire Mountain holds hidden threats. Sinister, potentforces are gathering in the darkness. In this nightmarish world ofbloodshed and betrayal, death may be a blessing... "吸血侠达伦·山传奇"系列小说是英国青年作家达伦·山（原名达伦·奥肖内西）目前正在全心投入创作的一套大型儿童读物系列，计划共创作二十余部，读者对象为10岁以上青少年。小说以人称的手法，讲述了我--达伦·山如何由人变成吸血鬼，如何在人与鬼，在生与死，在正义与邪恶的抉择中所经历的传奇而恐怖的成长历程。
There will be three, Kin of you kin.... Who hold the Power of the stars In their paws. A secret prophecy shapes the lives of Firestar's grandchildren, butonly one of the three knows about it. Jaypaw is captivated by thepower it promises, and he believes the key to that power may lieburied in the distant past -- with the ancient cats who once walkedthese woods and now prowl through his dreams. His search foranswers leads him toward the mountains -- the home of the Tribe ofRushing Water. Lionpaw and Hollypaw feel drawn to the mountainstoo, for different reasons. But the mountains hide secrets as well as answers, and if the threecats find a way to get there, they may discover more than they everexpected.
"Esio Trot" is Dahl's wonderful, warm-hearted story about MrHoppy, Mrs Silver and the tortoise who brings them together. In"The Minpins", Little Billy doesn't really believe there aremonsters in the wood, but the tiny minpins are real enough, andtheir miniature world is in danger.
