Miracle McCloy comes from an unusual family: Her father, Daneis a prodigy who published his first book at age thirteen; hergrandmother, Gigi, is clairvoyant; and her mother was dead when her"miracle" daughter was pulled from her womb. Having been raisedaccording to a set of mystical rules and beliefs, Miracle is unableto cope in the real world. Lost in a desperate dance among litcandles, she sets herself afire and comes to in a hospital. There,a young psychiatrist helps her navigate her painful struggle totake charge of her life. "Includes a reader's guide and aninterview with the author."
Product De*ion Billy and his sister, Sheena, unwittingly dive into a terrifying mystery when they accept a surprise invitation to HorrorLand--the amusement park that always lives up to its name. But first Billy and Sheena must sink or swim aboard a doomed ship that happens to be underwater--with a captain who happens to be dead. At least, he used to be!
ThunderClan's darkest hour is upon them, as Tigerstar's questfor power plunges all the Clans into the most terrible danger anycat has ever faced. In order to save his Clan and his friends,Fireheart must uncover the meaning of an ominous proclamation fromStarClan: "Four will become two. Lion and tiger will meet in battle, andblood will rule the forest." The time has come for prophecies to unfold, and for heroes torise ...
For an athlete like Matt Daniels, breakfast is the most important meal of the day. It's also the most dangerous. That's because somebody is about to pull a mean prank. The recipe is simple: Just add gooey, green Monster Blood. As if Matt's problems weren't big and slimy enough, an invitation to HorrorLand is also on its way. Can Matt survive inside a terrifying scream park where trouble lurks behind every turnstile? Can YOU?
Welcome to Centerburg! Where you can win a hundred dollars byeating all the doughnuts you want; where houses are built in a day;and where a boy named Homer Price can foil four slick bandits usingnothing but his wits and a pet skunk. The comic genius of RobertMcCloskey and his wry look at small-town America has kept readersin stitches for generations!
Leroy Brown, aka Encyclopedia Brown, is Idavilleneighborhood’s ten-year-old star detective. With an uncanny knackfor trivia, he solves mysteries for the neighborhood kids throughhis own detective agency. But his dad also happens to be the chiefof the Idaville police department, and every night around thedinner table, Encyclopedia helps him solve his most bafflingcrimes. And with ten confounding mysteries in each book, not onlydoes Encyclopedia have a chance to solve them, but the reader isgiven all the clues as well. Interactive and chock full ofinteresting bits of information—it’s classic EncyclopediaBrown!
Once there was a tree that stood in a field away from theother trees. It longed to be part of the forest—or part of anythingat all. After many lonely years, its dream came true. And thelittle fir tree's life changed forever! They put golden tinsel on his branches And golden bells And green icicles And silver stars. And soon—o shining wonder—the little fir tree was . . . A Christmas tree Celebrate the true spirit of Christmas with heartwarming text bythe author of Goodnight Moon and exquisite, glowing paintings byaward-winning artist Jim LaMarche.
Further adventures of Homer Price, including those in which a juke box sets the whole town singing against its will and in which a mad scientist develops weeds that overrun the town.
This is the wonderful warm-hearted story of Mr Hoppy, MrsSilver and the tortoise who brings them together. This edition hasa great new Quentin Blake cover as well as some new biographicalfacts about Roald Dahl.
Book De*ion Goosebumps is a series of children's horror fiction novellas created and authored by R. L. Stine. Sixty-two books were published under the Goosebumps umbrella title from 1992 to 1997, the last one being Monster Blood IV. Synopsis: Right brain. Wrong body. Gary Lutz needs a vacation . . . from himself. Bullies are constantly beating him up. His only friend is his computer. Even his little sister doesn't like him. But now Gary's dream is about to come true. He's going to exchange bodies with another kid for a whole week. Gary can't wait to get a new body. Until something horrible happens. And Gary finds out his new body isn't exactly human . . . . Book Dimension : length: (cm)19.5
"A rollicking story of Pippi who lives without any grownups in a little house at the edge of the village. The matter-of-fact way in which her absurd adventures are related is one of the chief charms of this story."--The Horn Book.
Shirley Temple sails from China to America with a heartfull of dreams.Her new home is Brooklyn, New York. America isindeed a land full of wonders, but Shirley doesn't know anyEnglish, so it's hard to make friends. Then amiracle-baseball-happens. It is 1947, and Jackie Robinson, star ofthe Brooklyn Dodgers, is everyone's hero. Jackie Robinson isproving that a black man, the grandson of a slave, can make adifference in America and for Shirley as well, on the ball fieldand off, America becomes the land of opportunity.
Blaze Werla is having a routine summer. He spends his daysalone, wandering around the hill next door, and his nights awake,avoiding the dreams that haunt him. Then a message appears on theside of the hill and Blaze's predictable summer suddenly takes aturn toward the mysterious. By the time he meets outgoing JoselleStark, Blaze finds himself in entirely new territory, where theunexpected seems almost normal.
Jeff Brown’s beloved stories about the boy who was flattened by a bulletin board so that he could travel by mail, fly like a kite, and capture sneak thieves comes to contemporary life in rebranded and freshly illustrated repackaged editions. In Invisible Stanley, Stanley Lambchop awakens one morning to find he’s completely invisible! He does his best with his new condition, using his invisibility to help out where he can. But he finds himself in a tight spot when he gets caught in the middle of a bank robbery - and has to think fast to stop the criminals from getting away!
Darkness, air, water, and sky will shake the forest to its roots. Brambleclaw, a warrior of ThunderClan, has received an ominous new prophecy from StarClan that speaks of a mysterious danger. Now he will need the courage of the greatest warriors to save the Clans.
Grade 6 Up–In a world in which elegance, beauty, and singingability are revered, Aza is bulky, awkward, and homely. Her savinggrace is that she can sing and has a gift of voice manipulationthat she calls illusing. Through a chance meeting at her familysinn, a duchess invites Aza to act as her companion and accompanyher to the palace to attend the kings wedding. When the beautifulnew queen discovers Azas gift for throwing her voice and formimicry, she sees a way of protecting her reputation and disguisingher own lack of talent. Pressured by the womans threats upon herfamily, Aza deceives the court into believing that Ivi is a giftedsinger. When the ruse is discovered, Aza is forced to flee thecastle in order to save her life. Through her adventures, shediscovers her own strength of character, learns about her trueheritage, and decides that her physical appearance is not worthy ofthe stress and worry she has wasted on it. The plot is fast-paced,and Azas growth and maturity are well crafted and believable.Rea
一个患病的英国小男孩被送往乡间姑婆的老宅中休养。寂静中他发现了在古宅里的一个秘密：借东西的小人。借东西的小人只有铅笔一般高，他们把家安在房子的地板下，靠从楼上的“巨人”那里“借”东西为生。他们害怕的就是被“看见”。 借东西的小女孩阿瑞埃蒂在门外草丛里被小男孩看见。好心的小男孩弄好帮助这一家小人借东西，还充当信使，为他们和住在别处的亲戚送信。但好景不长，妇管家也发现了小人一家，她关住小男孩，找来警察、猫和捕鼠专家对付小人。万分危急之际，小人一家是如何成功逃脱人类的追捕的呢？他们在后来的颠沛流离的野外生活中又发生了哪些惊险和奇遇呢？
Sam Waters is desperate to have a pet. But his parents saythat first, Sam must prove he's responsible. So he takes anafter-school job in a pet store called Little Shop of Hamsters. Tohis horror, Sam soon finds that cute, little hamsters can becomevery UNCUTE monsters. Suddenly, Sam isn't fighting for a pet--he'sfighting to survive! Could the souvenir he got in HorrorLand haveanything to do with this? Each eerie adventure of the next seven-book arc begins with atrip to the Chiller House, a gift shop only found in HorrorLand.Kids are invited to take a little horror home with them and given asouvenir and a miniature Horror. At home, the kids experience wildthings with their "free" gift, while the glowing, menacing Horrorkeeps an eye on the fun. When it's time for their payment, theHorror takes them back to shopkeeper Jonathan Chiller.
Marcy Lewis hates her life, until she meets Ms. Finney, anEnglish teacher who treats kids like human beings. Marcy has nevermet anyone like her, and suddenly life has a purpose. . . .
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Get Goosebumps with the startling repackage of a bestselling classic. Now with bonus materials! Tough. That's Freddy Martinez and his friend, Cara. They're not afraid of anything. But that was before they went exploring in Freddy's basement. Before they found the secret room. Before they found the bottle of Vampire Breath. Poor Freddy and Cara. They should have never opened that bottle of Vampire Breath. Because now there's a vampire in Freddy's basement. And he's very, very thirsty....
Now readers will find out what really happened betweenTigerstar — one of the most feared and reviled Warrior cats of alltime — and Sasha, a mysterious rogue. Kittypet Sasha has everythingshe wants: kind housefolk who take care of her during the day, andthe freedom to explore the woods beyond Twolegplace at night. Butwhen Sasha is forced to leave her home, she must forge a solitarynew life in the forest. When Sasha meets Tigerstar, leader ofShadowClan, she begins to think that she may be better off joiningthe ranks of his forest Clan. But Tigerstar has many secrets, andSasha must decide whether she can trust him
