Dear Mr. Henshaw, I wish somebody would stop stealing the goodstuff out of my lunchbag. I guess I wish a lot of other things,too. I wish someday Dad and Bandit would pull up in front in therig ... Dad would yell out of the cab, "Come on, Leigh. Hop in andI'll give you a lift to school."Leigh Botts has been author BoydHenshaw's number one fan ever since he was in second grade. Now insixth grade, Leigh lives with his mother and is the new kid atschool. He's lonely, troubled by the absence of his father, across-country trucker, and angry because a mysterious thief stealsfrom his lunchbag. Then Leigh's teacher assigns a letter-writingproject. Naturally Leigh chooses to write to Mr. Henshaw, whosesurprising answer changes Leigh's life.
Why had he come to her, with his dark secrets from a long-agopast? What was the purpose of their strange, haunting journeys backinto her own childhood?Was it to help Dab, her retarded olderbrother, wracked with mysterious pain who sometimes took more careand love than Tree had to give? Was it for her mother, Vy, wholoved them the best she knew how, but wasn't home enough to easethe terrible longing? Whatever secrets his whispered message held, Tree knew shemust follow. She must follow Brother Rush through the magic mirror,and find out the truth. About all of them.
Orphaned Kit Tyler knows, as she gazes for the first time at thecold, bleak shores of Connecticut Colony, that her new home willnever be like the shimmering Caribbean island she left behind. Inher relatives' stern Puritan community, she feels like a tropicalbird that has flown to the wrong part of the world, a bird that isnow caged and lonely. The only place where Kit feels completelyfree is in the meadows, where she enjoys the company of the oldQuaker woman known as the Witch of Blackbird Pond, and on occasion,her young sailor friend Nat. But when Kit's friendship with theandquot; witchandquot; is discovered, Kit is faced with suspicion,fear, and anger. She herself is accused of witchcraft
This is a breath-taking adventure story, set in reimaginedeighteenth-century England. As the realm struggles to maintain anuneasy peace after years of cival war and tyranny, atwelve-year-old orphan and her loyal companion, a grumpy goose, areabout to become the unlikely heroes of a radical revolution. MoscaMye has spent her childhood in a miserable hamlet, after her fatherwas banished there for writing inflammatory books about freedom.Now he is dead and Mosca is on the run, heading for the city ofMandelion. There she finds herself living by her wits amongcut-throat highwaymen, spies and smugglers. With peril at everyturn, Mosca uncovers a dark plot to terrorize the people ofMandelion, and soon merry mayhem leads to murder ...With anunforgettable cast of characters and an inspiring message at itsheart - sometimes the power of words can change the world!
The friendship of a little red hen and a homeless dog whoappoints himself her protector is treated by the author withdelicacy and strength in lovely and lucid prose.
在线阅读本书 Annika is happy living in the servants' quarters of a house ownedby three eccentric professors. She adores Ellie and Sigrid, thecook and housemaid who found her as a baby, abandoned on a churchdoorstep. In the eleven years since, they have taught her how tobake and clean to perfection. Then one day a glamorous strangerarrives, claiming to be Annika's mother. Annika is no servant, shelearns, but an aristocrat whose true home is an ancient castle. Butat crumbling Spittal, Annika discovers that all is not as it seemsin the lives of her newfound family. . . --This text refers tothe Hardcover edition.
八岁的雷梦拉，再开学就要上小学三年级了。她在学校里爱出风头，却又担心别人说她是讨厌鬼；对家里的食物挑挑拣拣，却在自己被罚亲手做过一次晚餐之后理解了妈妈；她生病时，会装出很痛苦的样子引起他人的同情；她有着丰富的想象力，写出了一篇精彩绝伦的读书报告……总之，当你读这本书的时候，你会真切地感受到雷梦拉就是你身边的人，而且她是那么真实、聪明、可爱。 Ramona likes being big enough to be counted on, but musteverything depend on her? Mrs. Quimby has gone back to work so thatMr. Quimby can go back to school, and Ramona is expected to be goodfor Mrs. Kemp while her parents are away, to be brave enough toride the school bus by herself, and to put up with being teased byDanny the Yard Ape. In Ramona’s world, being eight isn’t easy, butit’s never dull! Ramona Quimby, Age 8 is the sixth instalment inthe Ramona series and the second to receive a N
