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.

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 ...

Just in time for the 2012 election, a book CD edition of the #1 New York Times bestselling picture-book biography of the 44th President! Nikki Grimes’s lyrical text and Bryan Collier's distinctive collages tell the inspirational story of President Barack Obama. Raised in Jakarta and Hawaii, Obama’s election as President represented a watershed moment in our nation's history. Like JFK and Martin Luther King, Obama is a link in the long chain of people who have fought so that this country fulfills the promises upon which it was founded. Just as the baton has been passed to Obama from previous leaders, Obama is a role model for the young people who will one day assume the mantle of leadership, and this book will celebrate and inspire them. This #1 New York Times bestselling book is available for the first time as a book CD, read by author Nikki Grimes.

菲利普·霍尔是六年级聪明可爱的孩子，贝丝·兰伯特对他情有独钟。从功课到体育，菲利普几乎样样都比都贝丝强。一开始贝丝并不往心里去，后来她意识到，菲利普之所以能超过她，是因为她甘拜下风。贝丝决心向所有人证明自己可以当！这个故事二十年来深受读者喜爱，不仅因为它有趣，还因为书中描写了一个女孩自我意识的觉醒，能够引起读者的普遍共鸣。 Philip Hall is the cutest, smartest boy in thesixth grade, and Beth Lambert loves him. The fact that he beats herin classwork, sports, and almost everything else doesn't botherBeth at first. Then she realizes that Philip might be best becauseshe's letting him beat her. Beth knows that she deserves to beNumber One--and she's going to prove it! This funny, universalstory of a girl learning that she matters in the world hasdelighted readers for over twenty years. "Beth Lambert is an energetic and spirited youngblack girl whose

Teen witch Tiffany Aching returns for a new Discworldadventure -- along with her ever-present allies, the Nac MacFeegle. Tiffany Aching, the young witch from The Wee Free Men, A Hat Fullof Sky and Wintersmith is back in a new adventure featuringDiscworld characters both familiar to fans (like Granny Weatherwax)and new (meet Wee Mad Arthur, the Nac Mac Feegle on the CityWatch). Oh, and there's a shambles, a twist through time, a CunningMan -- and a Giant Man of chalk.--From the Hardcover edition.

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

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...The siblings endure a caraccident, a terrible smell, a deadly serpent, a long knife, a brassreading lamp, and the re-appearance of a person they hoped to neversee again. Then again, why trouble yourself with the unfortunateresolutions? Avoid these books in Lemony Snicket's internationalbestselling series and you'll never have to know what happens!

When you're with me, Geronimo Stilton, it's always a fabu-mouse adventure Sally Ratmousen broke some shocking news: "The Rodent's Gazette" was out of money and in danger of closing. Then Grandfather William broke even worse news to me: I needed to sell my comfy, cozy house in order to save our paper How terrible But could I sell it -- and find a new home -- in time to help

Dear Reader, I'm sorry to say that the book vou are holding inyour hands is extremely unpleasant. It tells an unhappy tale aboutthree very unlucky children. Even though they are charming andclever, the Baudelaire siblings lead lives filled with misery andwoe. From the very first page of this book when the children are atthe beach and receive terrible news, continuing on through theentire story, disaster lurks at their heels. One might say they aremagnets for misfortune. In this short book alone, the three youngstersencounter a greedy and repulsive villain, itchy clothing, adisastrous fire, a plot to steal their fortune, and cold porridgefor breakfast. It is my sad duty to write down these unpleasanttales, but there is nothing stopping you from putting this bookdown at once and reading something happy, if you prefer that sortof thing. With all due respect, Lemony Snicket

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!

Ｆor twelve long years, the dread fortress of Azkaban held an infamous prisoner named Sirius Black. Convicted of killing thirteen people with a single curse, he was said to be the heir apparent to the Dark Lord, Voldemort. Now he has escaped, leaving only two clues as to where he might be headed: Harry Potter's defeat of You-Know-Who was Black's downfall as well. And the Azkaban guards heard Black muttering in his sleep, "He's at Hogwarts... he's at Hogwarts." Harry Potter isn't safe, not even within the walls of his magical school, surrounded by his friends. Because on top of it all, there may well be a traitor in their midst.

Jill and Eustace must rescue the Prince from the evilWitch. 尤斯塔斯和女生吉尔被一群坏学生所追赶，逃进了一扇通往荒野的小门，意外地发现自己来到了阿斯兰的国土上。他俩接受阿斯兰交付的任务，寻找凯斯宾国王失踪的独子--瑞廉王子。十年前，王后被一条青绿色的毒蛇咬死，不久，王子也被一个绿衣美女诱走。其实，这绿衣美女是蛇精，它用魔法控制了瑞廉王子。瑞廉王子每天只有夜间一个小时是清醒的。但这时蛇精把他捆在银椅中，用魔法控制他。尤斯塔斯和吉尔和帮助他俩的沼泽怪一起踏上了艰险的寻找之路，但由于吉尔忘了阿斯兰的指示，所以增加了很多危险。他们通过巨人盘踞的北方荒原，误入吃人的哈方宫，来到地下的幽深王国……后在黑暗城堡中解救了瑞廉王子，劈毁银椅并抵御住蛇精的魔法，后杀死蛇精，解放了众多的蛇精奴隶--地精，回到纳

An orphaned boy and a kidnapped horse gallop for Narnia…andfreedom.

出版社 : Knopf Books for Young Readers (2014 年 7 月 8 日 ) 平装 : 315 页 读者对象 : 8 - 12 岁 语种： 英语 商品尺寸 : 13.8 x 1.5 x 20.8 cm 商品重量 : 259 g