A young detective's attempts to uncover a group of poachers on Crocodile Island in Florida involve her with kidnapping, reptiles, enemy boats, and a sinister racket.
After their baby sister dies, Willa Jo and Little Sister'sfamily falls apart. Their mother sinks deep into an unshakabledepression, so the two older girls are sent to live with theirstrict Aunt Patty and her husband. Since Little Sister refuses totalk, Willa Jo has to try and make things right in their new home,but she can't stop missing her mother or the life the four of themhad before Baby died. Aunt Patty is trying as hard as she can, butshe doesn't really understand what Willa Jo and Little Sister aretrying to deal with-until the morning the two girls climb up to theroof of her house, and stay there. Audrey Couloumbis's masterfuldebut novel brings to mind Karen Hesse, Katherine Paterson, andBetsy Byars's The Summer of the Swans -it is a story you willnever forget.
Nancy Drew's latest involvement in a mystery begins in herhome town and concerns a synthetic sapphire with a spider embeddedin it, and the strange disappearance of Ned Nickerson.
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Nancy Drew determines whether an ivory elephant charm reallyprotects its wearer from harm when she investigates the involvementof a member of the Bengleton Wild-Animal Show in a mysteriousscheme.
Terry Scott, a young archaeology professor, seeks Nancy's helpin unearthing a secret of antiquity which can be unlocked by threeblack keys. While on an archaeological expedition in Mexico, terryand Dr. Pitt came across a clue to the buried treasure. Theclue was a cipher carved on a stone tablet.
Nancy receives a letter informing her that she is heir to afortune. This story tells of her search for another Nancy Drew.
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When the Knight Bus crashes through the darkness and screeches to a halt in front of him, it's the start of another far from ordinary year at Hogwarts for Harry Potter. Sirius Black, escaped mass-murderer and follower of Lord Voldemort, is on the run - and they say he is coming after Harry. In his first ever Divination class, Professor Trelawney sees an omen of death in Harry's tea leaves ...But perhaps most terrifying of all are the Dementors patrolling the school grounds, with their soul-sucking kiss. These new editions of the classic and internationally bestselling, multi-award-winning series feature instantly pick-up-able new jackets by Jonny Duddle, with huge child appeal, to bring Harry Potter to the next generation of readers. It's time to PASS THE MAGIC ON ...
"Withsimplicity,wit,andhumor,CushmanpresentsanothertaleofmedievalEngland.Herereadersfollowthesatisfying,literalandfigurativejourneyofahomeless,namelesschildcalledBrat....Earthyhumor,thefoiblesofhumansbothhighandlow,andafascinatingmixofsuperstitionandgenuinelyhelpfulherbalremediesattachedtochildbirthmakethisatrulydelightfulintroductiontoaworldseldomseeninchildren’sliterature." —SchoolLibraryJournal,Starred "Thisnovelisaboutastrong,youngwomaninmedievalEnglandwhofindsherownwayhome....Kidswillbecaughtupinthisshort,fast-pacednarrativeaboutaherowhodiscoversthatshe’snotuglyorstupidoralone." —Booklist,ALA,StarredReview
Nancy and her friends find they have to overcome people'ssuperstitions and fears in solving the case of a "jinxed" andthreatened bird farm.
When Nancy Drew receives a valuable moonstone as a gift froman unknown person, she is amazed and puzzled. But it is only thefirst of several startling events in this complex mystery thatchallenge the ingenuity of the pretty sleuth. Why are the Bowens--amissionary couple who recently returned to the UnitedStates--having so much trouble finding their missingseventeen-year-old granddaughter?
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There is nothing to be found in the pages of these books butmisery and despair. You still have time to choose something else toread. But if you must know what unpleasantries befall the charmingand clever Baudelaire children read on...A story that includes ahurricane, a signalling device, hungry leaches, cold cucumber soup,a horrible villain and a doll named Pretty Penny. Then again, whytrouble yourself with the unfortunate resolutions? Avoid thesebooks in Lemony Snicket's international bestselling series andyou'll never have to know what happens!
在穷困、土地贫瘠的无果山村,一个名叫敏俐的女孩和父母住在快要倒塌的小屋里。每天傍晚在餐桌上,父亲总会告诉她翡翠龙、虎县令和月下老人的故事。传说中,悲痛的翡翠龙让无果山上寸草不生;想方设法攀权附贵的虎县令既贪婪又残酷;住在无穷山的月下老人拥有一本《生死簿》,可以改变每个人的命运。敏俐受到这些故事的启发,并从一只金鱼口中得知前往无穷山的路,从此展开一趟奇异的旅程,想去寻找月下老人,改变自己和家人的命运。这一路上,她遇见了各种各样的人物和神奇生物,包括不会飞的祥龙、跟织女是好朋友的牧童、明月光城的郡王、寻找龙门的橘色大鱼、发明龙井茶的村庄、砍伐桂树的吴刚……他们接连说出了更多小故事,提供了更多奇妙的线索,让敏俐的追寻之旅愈加丰富曲折、更加发人深省。 这是一本不可思议的奇妙小说
Nancy, Bess, and George spend an exciting week exploring a mysterious zigzag house with a crooked staircase and an unpredictable robot. Nancy is determined to solve the mystery of the weird house and locate the missing owner who is wanted by the police.
1899年的德州夏天,白天气温高得吓人,一般人即使安安静静躺下来睡午觉,依然汗流浃背。11岁的卡莉喜欢在这时候一个人偷偷跑去游泳。她对报社刊登太阳下的气温不满意,写信去反应,报社从善如流,改报阴影下的气温,果然让人觉得凉爽了一点。大哥送她一本笔记,她用来观察纪录每天看到的生物,也聪明的想出号令蚯蚓的方法,销售给哥哥当鱼饵。她对达尔文的进化论感兴趣,偷偷设法去图书馆借书,却被禁止,让她很沮丧。后来她发现庭院里的绿色蝗虫体型比较小,动作迅速;黄色蝗虫虽然动作慢,个头却大,她跑去问爷爷,以为自己发现了新品种,但爷爷要她自己找答案。她从观察中发现黄色蝗虫因为有体色保护,所以即使动作迟缓,仍然可以活到比较老。她把这个发现告诉爷爷,老人家大为惊讶,将她视为志同道合的朋友。爷爷引领她进入科学世
Nancy believes her friend’s guardians are trying to steal herinheritance. As she investigates, she has a perilous experiencenear the deserted bungalow. --This text refers to the Audio CDedition.
出版社: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC (2009年7月6日) 平装: 128页 读者对象: 12 - 15 岁 语种: 英语 商品尺寸: 12.9 x 1 x 19.8 cm 商品重量: 508 g
It begins, as the best superhero stories do, with a tragic accident that has unexpected consequences. The squirrel never saw the vacuum cleaner coming, but self-described cynic Flora Belle Buckman, who has read every issue of the comic book Terrible Things Can Happen to You!, is just the right person to step in and save him. What neither can predict is that Ulysses (the squirrel) has been born anew, with powers of strength, flight, and misspelled poetry and that Flora will be changed too, as she discovers the possibility of hope and the promise of a capacious heart. From #1 New York Times best-selling author Kate DiCamillo comes a laugh-out-loud story filled with eccentric, endearing characters and featuring an exciting new format a novel interspersed with comic-style graphic sequences and full-page illustrations, all rendered in black-and-white by up-and-coming artist K. G. Campbell.
At a doll collector's request for help, a young sleuthsearches for an old album, a lost doll, and a missing gypsyviolinist.
“We want you to do it again.” These words, spoken to Brian Robeson, will change his life. Two years earlier, Brian was stranded alone in the wilderness for fifty-four days with nothing but a small hatchet. Yet he survived. Now the government wants him to do it again--to go back into the wilderness so that astronauts and the military can learn the survival techniques that kept Brian alive. This time he won't be alone: Derek Holtzer, a government psychologist, will accompany him to observe and take notes. But during a freak storm, Derek is hit by lightning and falls into a coma. Their radio transmitter is dead. Brian is afraid that derek will die of dehydration unless he can get him to a doctor. His only hope is to build a raft and try to transport Derek a hundred miles down the river to a trading post--if the map he has is accurate. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Kendra and Seth's adventure continues in Secrets of the DragonSanctuary, the fourth installment of Brandon Mull's NYT bestselling Fablehaven series.