In the first book in the Guardians... series, the reader is introduced to Soren, a barn owl and the centerpiece of the series. When Soren is pushed from his family's nest by his older brother, he is rescued from certain death on the forest floor by agents from a mysterious school for orphaned owls, St. Aggie's. When Soren arrives at St. Aggie's, he suspects there is more to the school than meets the eye. He and his new friend, the clever and scrappy Gylfie, find out that St. Aggie's is actually a training camp where the school's leader can groom young owls to help achieve her goal.
The solutions to 10 mysteries solved by Leroy "Encyclopedia"Brown are given in a separate section challenging the reader tomatch wits with the 10-year-old mastermind of Idaville's war oncrime. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable editionof this title.
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!
人人皆知的主人公杰罗尼摩-斯帝顿,经营着鼠城畅销报纸《鼠民公报》,他博学而睿智,却因过分的原则性而显得古板憨厚。他有一个爱玩的表弟赖皮、一个精力旺盛的妹妹菲、一个聪明的侄儿本杰明,每一次,在家人的“煽动”下杰罗尼摩一次又一次陷入或神秘或恐怖或疯狂的旅行探险中,而且每一次的旅行都将给小读者带来许多有趣的科学文化知识呢。 圣诞节到了,这可真是令人愉快的节日! 杰罗尼摩疼爱的侄子本杰明将和杰罗尼摩一起度过圣诞节。 原本,杰罗尼摩和侄子打算吃好多好吃的圣诞奶酪,谁想意外却发生了! 杰罗尼摩被自己的尾巴绊倒而住进了医院,他的鼠洞莫名其妙着火了! 看来,今年的圣诞节将是一场大灾难…… 杰罗尼摩是否能自如应对这场灾难呢? 故事惊险刺激、扣人心弦又妙趣横
Twelve-year-old villain Artemis Fowl is the most ingeniouscriminal mastermind in history. His bold and daring plan is to holda leprechaun to ransom. But he's taking on more than he bargainedfor when he kidnaps Captain Holly Short of the LEPrecon (LowerElements Police Reconnaissance Unit). This is a truly modernclassic, first published in 2002.
人人皆知的主人公杰罗尼摩-斯帝顿,经营着鼠城畅销报纸《鼠民公报》,他博学而睿智,却因过分的原则性而显得古板憨厚。他有一个爱玩的表弟赖皮、一个精力旺盛的妹妹菲、一个聪明的侄儿本杰明,每一次,在家人的“煽动”下杰罗尼摩一次又一次陷入或神秘或恐怖或疯狂的旅行探险中,而且每一次的旅行都将给小读者带来许多有趣的科学文化知识呢。 当杰罗尼摩的朋友出现在他家门口,并邀请杰罗尼摩一起前往日本旅行时,杰罗尼摩愉快的答应了。 事实上,杰罗尼摩和朋友在追踪一件重大案件。 一幅画有武士如何长时间作战的技能的画卷被偷走了,杰罗尼摩和朋友必须尽快把它找到,但前提是他们必须先打败一组强大的忍者…… 看来,这又将是一次难忘的冒险之旅啊! 故事惊险刺激、扣人心弦又妙趣横生,配上全彩图片,
Now that Charlie has won the chocolate factory, what’s next?Even wilder adventures, that’s what! Join him, Grandpa Joe, and, ofcourse, Willy Wonka for the amazing, intergalactic sequel toCharlie and the Chocolate Factory!
Jayfeather and Lionblaze are determined to uncover the realreason that ThunderClan was led into the deadly battle withShadowClan. As tensions between the four Clans mount and the finalbattle looms ever closer, one cat will make a stand for what isright—and another will be lost to the fight. Omen of the Stars #3:Night Whispers also contains the third adventure in the WarriorsAdventure Game
This is the story of a little girl with magical powers. Whensomeone makes her angry she zaps a punishment on them with hermagic flashing finger! This edition has a great new cover, withillustrations by Quentin Blake, and some new facts about Roald Dahland his world.
Henry Green is a boy who loves chocolate. He likes it bitter, sweet, dark, light, and daily; for breakfast, lunch, dinner, and snacks; in cakes, candy bars, milk, and every other form you can possibly imagine. Henry probably loves chocolate more than any boy in the history of the world. One day-it starts off like any other day-Henry finds that strange things are happening to him. First he makes medical history with the only case of Chocolate Fever ever. Then he finds himself caught up in a wild and hilarious chase, climaxed by a very unusual hijacking!
All the kids from Wayside School had to spend 243 days inhorrible schools while Wayside closed to get rid of the cows (Don'task!). Now the kids are back and the fun begins again on everyfloor. Miss Much has prepared a Day on the 30th floor--with dogsand cats and frogs and skunks and pigs, and an orange named Fidocausing a terrible commotion. In Mrs. Drazil's class, they'rethrowing a coffeepot, a sack of potatoes, a pencil sharpener, and alight bulb out the window to see which hits the ground first. Butthe big surprise is that Mrs. Jewls is expecting a baby--but onenamed Cootie Face or Bucket Head--and a substitute teacher iscoming--and everyone knows what that means... Something strange is going on at the already peculiar Way sideSchool, when Mrs. Jewls leaves her students with a succession ofsubstitute teachers. "Wayside School devotes [will] turn pageseagerly...these additional anecdote about wayside school willsurely tickle the funny bones of fans"-School Library Journal
戈登是一个非常勇敢的孩子,他喜欢尝试惊恐乐园里所有刺激惊险的路线。 他的弟弟布莱登却相反,他害怕所有事情,吵闹声、云霄飞车,甚至是戈登买的木制人形模型他都怕! 可是,这个木制人形模型似乎有点不寻常,他恐怖的脸上似乎有什么变化,这真的很恐怖。 布莱登的胆小使得哥哥戈登一直以嘲笑他为乐,但是他的父母却让戈登保证不可以再这么做了,否则他们就不同意他举办除夕夜聚会。 但是,谁也没想到,在这个聚会上总是有那么多奇怪的事情一直缠着弟弟布莱登…… 惊险刺激的故事情节,丝丝恐怖在字里行间里渗透出来,令人感觉头皮发麻,背脊发凉的同时却依然不愿停下来。