刚从蒙大拿转学到佛罗里达的罗伊,在校车上惨遭校园恶霸唐纳的欺负。不过,他却很感激唐纳。要不是唐纳把他的脸压扁在窗户上,他就不会看到那个在街上跑步的赤脚男孩。 一连几天,同样的时间,罗伊都看到了那个赤脚跑步的男孩。一天早上,在好奇心的驱使下,他中途下车,偷偷跟踪那个男孩,跑过几个街区,跑进灌木丛,男孩却消失得无影无踪。一个上学时间在街上溜达的男孩,一定有什么秘密。 接着镇上发生了一连串离奇的事件,松饼屋预定地遭人恶意破坏,先是拔掉测量杆、在巡逻警车上喷黑漆、临时厕所里出现短吻鳄鱼、百步蛇咬伤看管工地的洛威拿犬……这些事件和赤脚男孩有关吗?他究竟是什么来历?当罗伊知道赤脚男孩的真正目的,他决定要挺身而出,助对方一臂之力。
Rising sixth grader Miss Moses LoBeau lives in the small town of Tupelo Landing, NC, where everyone's business is fair game and no secret is sacred. She washed ashore in a hurricane eleven years ago, and she's been making waves ever since. Although Mo hopes someday to find her "upstream mother," she's found a home with the Colonel--a café owner with a forgotten past of his own--and Miss Lana, the fabulous café hostess. She will protect those she loves with every bit of her strong will and tough attitude. So when a lawman comes to town asking about a murder, Mo and her best friend, Dale Earnhardt Johnson III, set out to uncover the truth in hopes of saving the only family Mo has ever known. 《长青藤小说:从天而降的幸运》讲述了一个勇敢机智的11岁女孩,与好的朋友组建侦探所,侦破小镇长达11年的谜案的故事。过完这个暑假,女孩摩就要上6年级了。11年前,她在一场飓风中被大水冲到了图珀洛镇,由镇上咖啡馆的店
Tilja has grown up in the peaceful Valley, which is protectedfrom the fearsome Empire by an enchanted forest. But the forest'spower has begun to fade and the Valley is in danger. Tilja is theyoungest of four brave souls who venture into the Empire togetherto find the mysterious magician who can save the Valley. And muchto her amazement, Tilja gradually learns that only she, an ordinarygirl with no magical powers, has the ability to protect her groupand their quest from the Empire's sorcerers. "From the Hardcoveredition."
十二岁的黛西,由于家庭贫困,被爸爸抛弃,妈妈又不幸进了精神病院,不得不独自负担起照顾三个弟妹的重任。四个无家可归的孩子为了寻找到一个新的栖身之所,踏上了漫长的旅程。他们几经波折,终于找到了从未谋面的外婆,从此,他们开始了一段全新的生活。 在成长的过程中,他们领悟了生活中需要的东西—爱、幽默感、信任和勇气。黛西虽然小,却为家庭里的每一个人操心,承担着本该由父母承担的责任。尽管生活艰辛,但她坚强、独立,比周围的孩子都成熟勇敢,终拥有了甜蜜的家。这一切都是以爱和信念为支撑的。 Letting Go The four Tillerman children finally have a home at theirgrandmother's rundown farm on the Maryland shore. It's what Diceyhas dreamed of for her three younger siblings, but after watchingover the others for so long, it's hard to let go. Who is Dicey, ifshe's no longer the caretaker for
Thirteen is when a Beaumonts savvy hitsand with one brother who causes hurricanes and another who creates electricity, Mibs Beaumont is eager to see what she gets. But just before the big day, Poppa is in a terrible accident. And now all Mibs wants is a savvy that will save him. In fact, Mibs is so sure shell get a powerful savvy that she sneaks a ride to the hospital on a rickety bus with her sibling and the preachers kids in tow. After this extraordinary adventurefull of talking tattoos and a kidnappingnot a soul on board will ever be the same.
A delightful and distinguished book of seven tales from middleEuropean folklore by the winner of the 1978 Nobel Prize forLiterature.
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!
Mila has an exceptional talent for reading a room—sensing hidden facts and unspoken emotions from clues that others overlook. So when her father’s best friend, Matthew, goes missing from his upstate New York home, Mila and her beloved father travel from London to find him. She collects information about Matthew from his belongings, from his wife and baby, from the dog he left behind and from the ghosts of his past—slowly piecing together the story everyone else has missed. But just when she’s closest to solving the mystery, a shocking betrayal calls into question her trust in the one person she thought she could read best. * “Teeming with complex adult problems—infidelity, marital collapse, the death of a child—this thought-provoking coming-of-age story requires that readers be at least as mature as Mila as she confronts unpleasant truths. … Mila’s sharp observations of the people she meets and the winter landscape add a fresh, poetic aura to her discoveries and the novel as a w
Enter a world where harpies torment mortals, the Argonaut Orpheus sings, the mighty god Zeus wages war on the Titans, and Prometheus steals fire. Author Padraic Colum weaves the tales of Jason and his Argonauts with classic Greek mythology to create this captivating epic about life, war, and astounding beings who lived in a time long past.
For the first time in the history of the Little House books,this new edition features Garth Williams' interior art in vibrant,full color, as well as a beautifully redesigned cover. The adventures of Laura Ingalls and her family continue as theymove from their little house on the banks of Plum Creek to thewilderness of the unsettled Dakota Territory. Here Pa works on thenew railroad until he finds a homestead claim that is perfect fortheir new little house. Laura takes her first train ride as she,her sisters, and their mother come out to live with Pa on theshores of Silver Lake. After a lonely winter in the surveyors'house, Pa puts up the first building in what will soon be abrand-new town on the beautiful shores of Silver Lake. TheIngallses' covered-wagon travels are finally over.
6年级的米兰达和她好的朋友萨尔,他们知道如何在纽约市中游荡。他们知道哪儿是安全的,比如当地的杂货店,他们也知道哪儿是危险的,要避开,比如角落里的那个疯子。 但是,事情开始发生变化了。一天,萨尔在街角不知何故被一个孩子打了,从此以后,萨尔就拒绝米兰达再出现在他的生活中。米兰达妈妈公寓的紧急备用钥匙被偷,一个神秘的纸条随之而来,上面写着: 我来拯救你朋友的生命,和我自己的。 我要你帮两个忙。:你必须给我写一封信。 纸不断地来,米兰达慢慢意识到留这张纸条的人一定知道一个不为人知的秘密。她越来越相信只有她能避免悲剧的死亡。直到后一个纸条,她才觉得她太迟了。 这部伟大的小说发生在真实的世界里,但是却在心底保留着一个神奇的谜题。《当你到达我》是一个原创的、夺目的、和深刻的作品。
德佩罗·蒂林是一只小老鼠,他从小体弱多病,好不容易才长大,跟哥哥姐姐们在图书馆里吃书度日。他学会了认字,而且热衷阅读,尤其喜欢那些“英雄救美”的故事。有一天,他爱上了一位叫作“豌豆”的公主,公主也喜欢上了这只可爱的小老鼠。因为女仆的嫉妒和坏耗子的憎恨,可怜的公主被他们胁持进了黑暗的地牢。德佩罗挺身而出,单枪匹马营救公主脱离了危险。小小德佩罗不但上演了一出不可思议的“英雄救美”的浪漫剧,而且证明了:只要有爱,一切皆有可能。 Welcome to the story of Despereaux, an unforgettable literaryhero for our time from the pen of award-winning writer KateDiCamillo. The Tale of Despereaux takes the reader back to thetimeless genre of fairytales, but with a fantastic modern twist anda wryly witty authorial voice. The Tale of Despereaux is the storyof a tiny, fragile-looking mouse with a huge heart. It?s afairyt