《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。
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.
In the early morning hours of June 6, 1944, an armada of 7,000 ships carrying 160,000 Allied troops stormed the beaches of Nazi-occupied France. Up until then the Allied forces had suffered serious defeats, yet D -Day, as the invasion was called, spelled the beginning of the end for Nazi Germany and the Third Reich. Readers will dive into the heart of the action and discover how it was planned and carried out and how it overwhelmed the Germans who had been tricked into thinking the attack would take place elsewhere. D-Day was a major turning point in World War II and hailed as one of the greatest military attacks of all time.
《老鼠记者系列》以老鼠为主人公讲述了一系列惊险刺激、扣人心弦而又妙趣横生的旅行历险故事。 《老鼠记者》系列曾获出版创意奖、安徒生奖、儿童电子书奖等多项殊荣,是全球狂销8600万册的优秀儿童文学桥梁书。 该套状精选4本老鼠记者的故事,可作为独立读本阅读,也可和Geronimo Stilton Academy’s Comprehension Pawbook 1练习册配套使用。 四本读本分别为: Geronimo Stilton #42:THE PECULIARPUMPKIN THIEF 老鼠记者系列42:奇怪的南瓜小偷 Geronimo Stilton #43:I’M NOT A SUPERMOUSE! 老鼠记者系列43:我不是超级鼠! Geronimo Stilton #46:THE HAUNTED CASTLE 老鼠记者系列46:幽灵城堡 Geronimo Stilton #57: THE STINKY CHEESE VACATION 老鼠记者57:臭奶酪之旅
Since ancient times, the great demon prison Zzyzx has protectedthe world from the most dangerous servants of darkness, includingGorgrog, the Demon King. After centuries of plotting, the Sphinx ison the verge of recovering the five artifacts necessary to open thelegendary prison. Facing the potential of a world-ending calamity,all friends of light must unite in a final effort to thwart theSphinx s designs and find a safe home for the five artifacts. Tothis end, Kendra, Seth, and the Knights of the Dawn will venturefar beyond the walls of Fablehaven to strange and exotic magicalpreserves across the globe, where the end of every quest becomesthe beginning of another. In this explosive series finale,allegiances will be confirmed and secrets revealed as the forces oflight and darkness collide in a desperate struggle to control thekeys to the demon prison.
Text and photographs show how a family taps the sap from mapletrees and processes it into maple syrup.
商品尺寸: 22.6 x 0.4 x 29.9 cm A funny and thought-provoking account of one boy’s refusal to accept the limitations of his Stone Age world. Ug and his parents are living in the Stone Age. And that means stone blankets, stone cold food, an even colder cave and, worst of all, hard stone trousers! Being an inquisitive and intelligent child, Ug suggests a series of modifications to improve the quality of family life. His ideas about heating, cooking, boats, and balls that actually bounce are met with a hostile reaction by his parents who don’t know what he’s going on about. Even Ug himself is occasionally unsure of the purpose of his inventions -- his round stone that rolls down the hill is great, but what is it actually for? With the help of his father, who is slowly coming round to his son’s way of thinking, Ug comes tantalizingly close to his ultimate garment goal, only to find that there are some obstacles even a boy genius can’t overcome.
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.
Clear-eyed and spirited, Taylor Greer grew up poor in ruralKentucky with the goals of avoiding pregnancy and getting away. Butwhen she heads west with high hopes and a barely functional car,she meets the human condition head-on. By the time Taylor arrivesin Tucson, Arizona, she has acquired a completely unexpected child,a three-year-old American Indian girl named Turtle, and mustsomehow come to terms with both motherhood and the necessity forputting down roots. Hers is a story about love and friendship,abandonment and belonging, and the discovery of surprisingresources in apparently empty places. Available for the first time in mass-market, this edition ofBarbara Kingsolver's bestselling novel, "The Bean Trees, " will bein stores everywhere in September. With two different but equallyhandsome covers, this book is a fine addition to your Kingsolverlibrary.
The extraordinary, ground breaking New York Times bestsellersThe Hunger Games and Catching Fire, along with the third book inThe Hunger Games trilogy by Suzanne Collins, Mockingjay, areavailable for the first time ever in a beautiful boxset edition.Stunning, gripping, and powerful. The trilogy is now complete!
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.
Earthquakes Volcanoes' showcases the power of our ever-shifting earth with a wealth of pop-ups, booklets and flaps. Witness the might of an earthquake, look inside an erupting volcano and prepare yourself for some dramatic natural disasters in this guide to Earth's most extreme events.
Years before, they had escaped together from the sinisterTombs of Atuan -- she, an isolated young priestess, he, a powerfulwizard. Now she is a farmer's widow, having chosen for herself thesimple pleasures of an ordinary life. And he is a broken old man,mourning the powers lost to him not by choice.A lifetime ago, theyhelped each other at a time of darkness and danger. Now they mustjoin forces again, to help another -- the physically andemotionally scarred child whose own destiny remains to berevealed.With millions of copies sold, Ursula K. Le Guin's EarthseaCycle has earned a treasured place on the shelves of fantasy loverseverywhere. Complex, innovative, and deeply moral, thisquintessential fantasy sequence has been compared with the work ofJ.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis, and has helped make Le Guin one ofthe most distinguished fantasy and science fiction writers of alltime. She lives in Portland, Oregon.