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.
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。 天啊，这是怎样的一次冒险啊！ 杰罗尼摩和家人们前往出发鬼岛找寻遗失的宝藏。 但是，杰罗尼摩真的不喜欢旅行，呆在海中央的船上，对他而言，可不是一件有意思的事情…… 随着各种突发事件的发生，杰罗尼摩开始怀疑自己是不是只是出来找宝藏的…… 故事惊险刺激、扣人心弦又妙趣横生，配上全彩图片，独特的“老鼠语言”，牢牢抓住孩子的眼球！
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。 这一次冒险对于杰罗尼摩来说是至今惊险的一次冒险！ 杰罗尼摩的老朋友发现了著名宝石红宝石之火的具体位置。 当杰罗尼摩还来不及发出抗议之声时，妹妹菲已经拉上他前往红宝石之火的存放之处，准备成为个发现这个传奇宝石之鼠。 只是，他们完全低估了存放红宝石之火的庙宇的危险性。 这个庙宇内机关重重，红宝石之火由数千个古时机关看守，一个不小心，杰罗尼摩
Milo和Jazz是两个小侦探，他们喜欢推理分析，酷爱解决日常生活中遇到的谜团。在闻名世界的私人侦探DashMarlowe的指导下，两个人追踪线索，排查嫌疑人，解决了一个又一个身边的案件，慢慢成长为经验丰富的侦探。 TheMilo JazzMysteries（《MJ小侦探》）每册都通过一个案件引入相关的推理技巧，包括观察、逻辑思考、找规律、比较信息等。故事紧凑，情节曲折，推理严谨，既有神秘感又有幽默感，能够吸引孩子沉浸其中，在享受有趣故事的同时锻炼逻辑思维，以及分析问题、解决问题的能力。 每个案件后都有精心设计的脑筋急转弯、逻辑谜题、迷你案件等，让孩子运用学到的侦探技巧举一反三，在解题中获得乐趣和成就感。 本册The?CaseoftheBuriedBones（《神秘的遗骸》）的推理技巧是 找联系 ，讲的是：Milo和Jazz住的小城要挖出75年前掩埋的 时间胶囊 ，可工人们找到的
学校里的每个人都知道，五年级的葛兰洁老师拥有“透视眼”，没有人能在教室里逃过她的法眼。这还不是糟的，她对“字典”的狂热简直无人能及，尼克觉得很不可思议，天底下竟有这么无聊的人？然而，尼克偶然间发现一篇有趣的文章，谈到文字的奥秘和来源，他突然灵光乍现，暗中拟定一个伟大的计划：他要发明一个“新字”。从现在开始，一枝笔再也不叫“笔(pen)”——而叫“粉灵豆(frindle)”。过不了多久，“粉灵豆”深入大家心中，这股风潮快速席卷整个学校和城镇，大家都兴奋得不得了。尼克的爸妈和葛兰洁老师不希望他做这种无厘头的事。但事情没这么简单，“粉灵豆”再也不只专属尼克一个人，此刻他只能退居幕后，静观其变…… Is Nick Allen a troublemaker? He really just likes to liven things up at school -- and he'salways had plenty of great ideas. When Nick learns some interes
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。
The perfect gift for fans of The Hunger Games and Divergent, this boxed set of the paperback editions of James Dashner's New York Times bestselling series includes The Maze Runner, The Scorch Trials, and The Death Cure. The Maze Runner motion picture featuring the star of MTV's Teen Wolf, Dylan O’Brien; Kaya Scodelario; Aml Ameen; Will Poulter; and Thomas Brodie-Sangster, and hits theaters September 19, 2014! Also look for James Dashner’s newest book The Eye of Minds, book one in the Mortality Doctrine series. If you ain’t scared, you ain’t human. When Thomas wakes up in the lift, the only thing he can remember is his name. He’s surrounded by strangers—boys whose memories are also gone. Nice to meet ya, shank. Welcome to the Glade. Outside the towering stone walls that surround the Glade is a limitless, ever-changing maze. It’s the only way out—and no one’s ever made it through alive. Everything is going to change. Then a girl arrives. The first girl
Essie is smart. She can read hard library books and make cocoa.Amber is brave. She isn't afraid of the rat in the wall or ofclimbing up in high places. Amber and Essie are sisters and bestfriends. Together, they can do anything. Ages 7+
Before he was a world-renowned children's book writer, RoaldDahl was a master of short stories for adults. The thirteen talescollected here were specially selected for their appeal to teens,and they represent his finest work. By turns shocking, ironic,humorous, and touching, these stories are filled with bizarretwists and unexpected delights. This collection proves Roald Dahl'sstanding as one of the world's foremost storytellers. "A baker's dozen of barbed, witty, obliquely macabre shortstories... This sampler of Dahl's writing conveys a sense of hisversatility." --Kirkus Reviews --This text refers to an alternatePaperback edition.
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The perfect gift for collectors and new readers alike, we now present a breathtaking special edition boxed set of J. K. Rowling's seven bestselling Harry Potter books! The box itself is beautifully designed with new artwork by Kazu Kibuishi, and the books create a gorgeous, magical vista when the spines are lined up together. The Harry Potter series has been hailed as "one for the ages" by Stephen King and "a spellbinding saga" by USA Today. Now is your chance to give this set to a reader who is ready to embark on the series that has changed so many young readers' lives.
From award-winning author Sharon Draper comes Out of My Mind, the story of a brilliant girl who cannot speak or write. “If there is one book teens and parents (and everyone else) should read this year, Out of My Mind should be it” (Denver Post). Melody is not like most people. She cannot walk or talk, but she has a photographic memory; she can remember every detail of everything she has ever experienced. She is smarter than most of the adults who try to diagnose her and smarter than her classmates in her integrated classroom—the very same classmates who dismiss her as mentally challenged, because she cannot tell them otherwise. But Melody refuses to be defined by cerebral palsy. And she’s determined to let everyone know it…somehow. In this breakthrough story—reminiscent of The Diving Bell and the Butterfly—from multiple Coretta Scott King Award-winner Sharon Draper, readers will come to know a brilliant mind and a brave spirit who will change forever how they look at anyo
IS THIS ARMAGEDDON FOR ARTEMIS FOWL? Opal Koboi, power-crazed pixie, is plotting to exterminatemankind and become fairy queen. If she succeeds, the spirits of long-dead fairy warriors willrise from the earth, inhabit the nearest available bodies and wreakmass destruction. But what happens if those nearest bodies includecrows, or deer, or badgers - or two curious little boys by thenames of Myles and Beckett Fowl? Yes, it's true. Criminal mastermind Artemis Fowl's four-year-oldbrothers could be involved in destroying the human race. CanArtemis and Captain Holly Short of the Lower Elements Police stopOpal and prevent the end of the world?
Moody Margaret and the Secret Club strike back! With theirmost ingenious dares and hilarious jokes, it's time for the girlsto get their own back on Henry and his friends. But Henry isn'tabout to let anyone get the better of him, resulting in ahilariously horrid showdown! Filled with witty comments and acerbicasides from Henry and Margaret's friends, enemies, families andteachers, along with brand new Tony Ross illustrations, this bookshould keep Henry's (and Margaret's!) fans mischievously quiet.
