After years as a Rangeras apprentice, Will is now the protectorof his first fief. Not long into his service, everything that cango wrong does: Keren, a renegade knight, has taken over CastleMacindaw, a strategic gateway to the Northapoisoning the royalfamily in the processaand is holding Willas friend Alyss captive.The situation grows direr when Will uncovers Kerenas secretalliance with the Scotti, who have plans to plunder Araluen. Timeis of the essence, and Will must recruit a motley crew to rescueAlyss and reclaim Castle Macindawabefore the Scotti can make ittheir own. This "New York Times" bestselling series maintains itsbreathless pace in this newest installment.
《星期三的战争》 讲述七年级学生霍林在一个学年里的生活和学习经历: 每个星期三下午都是一场灾难,因为班上的一半同学要去犹太教堂学习希伯来文,另一半则要到天主教堂参加教义问答,作为班里唯一的一名基督徒,霍林不得不与严肃的贝克夫人一起待在教室。不苟言笑的贝克夫人似乎总在刁难霍林, 罚 他清理黑板擦、打扫教室、整理大老鼠笼子 在种种手段都宣告失败后,贝克夫人使出了最致命的一招 让霍林阅读 冗长 而 乏味 的莎士比亚作品 于是,一场旷日持久的 战争 在两人之间悄然展开。
A Puffin Book - stories that last a lifetime. Puffin Modern Classics are relaunched under a new logo: A Puffin Book. There are 20 titles to collect in the series, listed below, all with exciting new covers and fun-filled endnotes. Watership Down by Richard Adams has become one of the most famous animals adventures ever written. In this epic story, a young rabbit called Fiver senses that something terrible is about to happen to the warren - he is sure of it. Fiver's sixth sense is never wrong according to his brother, Hazel. They had to leave immediately, and they had to persuade the other rabbits to join them. And so begins a long and perilous journey of a small band of rabbits in search of a safe home. Fiver's vision finally leads them to Watership Down, but here they face their most difficult challenge of all . . . Richard Adams grew up in Berkshire, the son of a country doctor. After an education at Oxford, he spent six years in the army and then went into the Civil Servic
They open a door and enter a world. Four English schoolchildren find their way through the back of awardrobe into the magic land of Narnia and assist Aslan, the goldenlion, to triumph over the White Witch, who has cursed the land witheternal winter.
Two years earlier, Brian Robeson was stranded alone in the wilderness for 54 days with nothing but a small hatchet. Yet he survived. Now the government wants him to go back into the wilderness so that astronauts and the military can learn the survival techniques that kept Brian alive.
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.
Each Geronimo Stilton book is fast-paced, with lively full-color art and a unique format kids 7-10 will love. I, Geronimo Stilton, was finishing up work one evening when I opened a letter from Uncle Stingysnout. He needed to see me immediately I headed straight to Penny Pincher Castle for what I thought would be a nice visit . . . but my uncle put me straight to work. Moldy mozzarella, what a terrible vacation
'WE SEE YOU. NOW WE ARE YOU . . .' No real witch would casuallystep out of their body, leaving it empty. Tiffany Aching does. Andthere's something just waiting for a handy body to take over.Something ancient and horrible, which can't die. To deal with it,Tiffany has to go to the heart of what makes her a witch. Get pastthe 'I can't'. But even with the help of the Nac Mac Feegle - therowdiest pictsies on the Disc, who like facing enormous odds - shestill might not be able to win herself back . . . FROM MASTERSTORYTELLER TERRY PRATCHETT 十一岁的小女巫蒂弗妮·阿奇终于走出了她的家乡一一白垩地上的农场,前往一个擅长分身术的老女巫勒韦尔小姐那里学习正统的魔法。然而,一个叫做蜂怪的疯狂而邪恶的古老幽灵一直徘徊在蒂弗妮的身边,试图寄居在她的头脑中,控制她的思想…… 为了报答蒂弗妮曾经给予他们的帮助,一伙小人一一那些生活在白垩地古墓中的喜欢偷窃和打架的蓝色小精灵
The Narnia Chronicles, first published in 1950, have been andremain some of the most enduringly popular ever published. The bestknown, the Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, has been translatedinto 29 languages! The illustrations in this book have beencoloured by the original artist, Pauline Baynes."To my side, alltrue Narnians! Would you wait till your new masters have killed youall, one by one?"It is Narnia's darkest hour. A false Aslan iscommanding all Narnians to work for the cruel Calormenes andstriking terror into every heart. King Tiran's only hope is to callEustace and Jill back to Narnia, in an attempt to find the trueAslan and restore peace to the land. But a mighty battle liesahead.
Introducing the seventh book of the newly designed Narniaclassics. Perfect for those seeking a contemporary take on TheChronicles of Narnia.It is Narnia's darkest hour. A false Aslan iscommanding all Narnians to work for the cruel Calormenes andstriking terror into every heart. King Tirian's only hope is tocall Eustace and Jill back to Narnia in an attempt to find the trueAslan and restore peace to the land. But a mighty battle liesahead.
Introducing the second book of the newly designed Narniaclassics. Perfect for those seeking a contemporary take on TheChronicles of Narnia.The most loved of all the Chronicles, thiswonderful tale can be enjoyed again and again. Lucy steps into theProfessor's wardrobe but steps out again into a snowy forest. She'sstumbled upon the magical world of Narnia, land of unicorns,centaurs, fauns! and the wicked White Witch, who terrorises all.Lucy soon realises that Narnia, and in particular Aslan, the greatLion, needs her help if the country's creatures are ever going tobe free again.
本书是美国“动物奇幻小说女王”凯瑟琳·拉丝基的*力作,它以被弃小狼——福狼的传奇故事为线索,将狼族生活与文学想象巧妙融合,编织成一套磨难成就传奇的神奇小说。从狼的生存,到狼的等级,从狼的情感,到狼的战争——狼族生活在本系列中被展现得淋漓尽致;从深沉的母爱,到坚定的信念,从温暖的友情,到超常的智慧——福狼与伙伴们不屈不挠的冒险经历被描写得细腻真切。 《冰川狼魂》是该系列的第五部。 突如其来的一场地震,彻底毁灭了神圣的火山环,昔日美好的边缘之地被沉睡百年的冰川瞬间覆盖,伴随新一轮冰川常寒期的到来,那则古老的狼族传奇正在慢慢变成现实。 惊心动魄的巨变中,福狼和为数不多的动物开始了一场追寻新生的逃亡:他要聚拢仅存的动物,要在茫茫冰川上找到前进方向,要说服大家相信远方有一片
西奥多 ? 波恩是独生子,因此他通常都是一个人吃早餐。他的父亲是一个忙碌的律师,习惯每天早上七点就出门,和朋友们在市区的同一家餐厅喝咖啡聊天。西奥多的母亲也是一个忙碌的律师,过去十年以来一直想减轻五公斤的体重,因此便说服自己,早餐应该只喝咖啡和看报纸。所以西奥多独自在厨房的餐桌上吃麦片配冰牛奶,喝着柳橙汁,一面还盯着时钟看。他们家到处都是时钟,显然是有组织的一家人。 事实上,他并不是真的只有一个人。在他的椅子旁边是他的狗,也在吃早餐。「法官」是一条地道的杂种狗,年龄和血统都是个谜。两年前,西奥多在紧要关头时出现,把它从动物法庭判决的死刑边缘救了回来,「法官」对此一直很感激。它和西奥多一样都喜欢吃混合了四种谷类的麦片,因此一人一狗总是安安静静地一起吃早餐。 八点整,西奥多把
Harry Potter has never even heard of Hogwarts when the letters start dropping on the doormat at number four, Privet Drive. Addressed in green ink on yellowish parchment with a purple seal, they are swiftly confiscated by his grisly aunt and uncle. Then, on Harry's eleventh birthday, a great beetle-eyed giant of a man called Rubeus Hagrid bursts in with some astonishing news: Harry Potter is a wizard, and he has a place at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. An incredible adventure is about to begin! 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 ...
Frostmourne.It was caught in a hovering, jagged chunk of ice,the runes that ran the length of its blade glowing a cool blue.Below it was a dais of some sort, standing on a large gently raisedmound that was covered in a dusting of snow. A soft light, comingfrom somewhere high above where the cavern was open to daylight,shone down on the runeblade. The icy prison hid some details of thesword's shape and form, exaggerated others. It was revealed andconcealed at the same time, and all the more tempting, like a newlover imperfectly glimpsed through a gauzy curtain. Arthas knew theblade -- it was the selfsame sword he had seen in his dream when hefirst arrived. The sword that had not killed Invincible, but thathad brought him back healed and healthy. He'd thought it a goodomen then, but now he knew it was a true sign. This was what he hadcome to find. This sword would change everything. Arthas staredraptly at it, his hands almost physically aching to grasp it, hisfingers to wrap themselves around the hilt, h
The story of The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas is very difficultto describe. Usually we give some clues about the book on thecover, but in this case we think that would spoil the reading ofthe book. We think it is important that you start to read withoutknowing what it is about. If you do start to read this book, youwill go on a journey with a nine-year-old boy called Bruno. (Thoughthis isn't a book for nine-year-olds.) And sooner or later you willarrive with Bruno at a fence. We hope you never have to cross sucha fence.