Tuck Everlasting 内容简介 Doomed to or blessed with eternal life after drinking from a magic spring, the Tuck family wanders about trying to live as inconspicuously and comfortably as they can. When ten-year-old Winnie Foster stumbles on their secret, the Tucks take her home and explain why living forever at one age is less a blessing that it might seem. Complications arise when Winnie is followed by a stranger who wants to market the spring water for a fortune." 作者简介 A gifted artist and writer, Natalie Babbitt is the award-winning author of the modern classic "Tuck Everlasting," "The Eyes of the Amaryllis," "Kneeknock Rise" and many other brilliantly original books for young people. She began her career in 1966 as the illustrator of "The Forty-ninth Magician," a collaboration with her husband. When her husband became a college president and no longer had time to collaborate, Babbitt tried her hand at writing. Her first novel, "The Search for Delicious," establish
1. L ost Treasury of the Emerald eye 《绿宝石眼之谜》 一天, Thea 发现一张 绿宝石眼 古老藏宝图后, G eronimo、 T hea和Trap便一起开始了一段紧张刺激的寻宝之旅。但是寻宝之旅并不顺利,一波三折,险象环生,先是遭遇海上大风暴,再是发现藏宝图本身就是一个谜,要解开藏宝图里的秘密并不是一件容易的事。凭借 G eronimo非凡的智慧和超强的能力,他们终于到达了目的地。然而,还是找不到所谓的绿宝石眼。难道 G eronimo的判断出了问题?难道藏宝图本身是个玩笑?其实都是,又都不是。那么他们到底有没有找到 绿宝石眼 呢? 2 . The Curse of the cheese pyramid 《奶酪金字塔的魔咒》 马克斯爷爷一声令下, G eronimo要去埃及寻找新闻啦!奶酪金字塔内为何会发出恶心的臭味?埃及文化专家飞沫鼠教授在金字塔内晕倒了,难道传说中的魔咒应验了
Born in Hiroshima in 1943, Sadako was the star of her school’srunning team, until the dizzy spells started and she was forced toface the hardest race of her life—the race against time.
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Morethan 18 million Geronimo Stilton books in print! I was just minding my business at homewhen I got a telephone call. It was my uncle Samuel S. Stingysnout,inviting the whole Stilton family to creepy, faraway Penny PincherCastle for a big surprise. Moldy mozzarella -- I'm not much of atraveling mouse, and I hate surprises. But Thea, Trap, and Benjaminwere going, so I couldn't say no. I could tell this was going to beone super-spooky trip!
The story begins with a mysterious egg washed up on aScottish beach, the morning after a great storm. Kirstie and herbrother Angus find the egg and take it home. The next day it hashatched into a tiny greeny-grey creature with a horse's head, wartyskin, four flippers and a crocodile's tail. The baby sea monstersoon becomes the family pet - but the trouble is, it just doesn'tstop growing!
Who Is Geronimo Stilton? That's me! I run a newspaper, but my true passion is writing tales of adventure. Here on Mouse Island, my books are all best-sellers! What's that? You've never read one? Well, my books are full of fun. They are whisker-licking good stories, and that's a promise! I'm Too Fond of My Fur! I was on my way 'round the world to Mouse Everest! The trip was long and dangerous. I almost froze my tail off on the way. And then I was kidnapped by the Abominable Snowman! Yes, it was truly an amazing adventure....
对于维京人的入侵,达科、塞拉和瑞奇显然无法理解,而且看起来他们根本无法阻止这些维京人的入侵。 当数以百计的船只载着无数战士准备围攻中世纪的巴黎时,巴黎人民也在努力守卫着自己的土地,但是,显然这个局面已经无法维持多久了。 当达科被捕之后,他被迫站在维京人一边,帮助维京人一起作战,而塞拉和瑞奇却在努力防守。 究竟哪一边会赢呢? 集合图书、互动游戏和值得收藏的“历史学家知道手册”的跨媒体少儿故事多平台系列产品将历史知识与各种趣味活动结合在一起,小读者对历史知识的吸收更快,记忆更多。 书本首页附有在线游戏线索图,登入网站输入信息即可开始游戏,边玩游戏边学历史知识,记忆起来更加容易! 个性鲜明的人物,惊险刺激的情节设计,搭配真实历史的大背景,知识、趣味两
Geronimo Stilton gets caught up in the World KarateChampionships, thanks to the efforts of Bruce Hyena and PiccoloTao, Bruce's super-sporty cousin. Geronimo only has a week tobecome real champion material! Will Geronimo manage to overcome hisfears in order to win the competition?
我们因天使之血而生,但你的爱,却令我不舍堕入黑暗…… “爱即是毁灭,而被爱即是遭到毁灭。” 瓦伦汀已死,杰斯却对自己再度产生了质疑──血缘,是否真能战胜后天的教养?梦境之中,他一次又一次地伤害着克莱莉……纵使知道,一切只是恐惧的倒影,他仍旧害怕自己的恶如同“父亲”一般,本性难移。 伊德瑞斯的圣战结束,克莱莉回到纽约展开全新生活,母亲乔瑟琳与卢克即将成婚,她也开始接受学院训练,准备成为一名暗影猎人。重要的是,她和杰斯之间终于毫无阻碍,能以男女朋友相称;但杰斯的有意闪避,已在克莱莉心中投下了不安的种子。 恋人间的隔阂使女孩神伤,不专一的男孩却会令女孩发怒。西蒙同时与伊莎贝和梅雅约会,而且彼此互不知情,眼看一场“爱”的圣战就要引爆,西蒙却无暇担忧。古老的吸血鬼因他额上的“流浪者印记
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.
Holey cheese, it was strange! All across New Mouse City, rodents kept telling me I'd done things I had no memory of. Was I going crazy? Had the cheese finally slipped off my cracker? No, that wasn't it. I soon discovered the truth: There was a Geronimo look-alike going around, pretending to be me! He'd even fooled my sister Thea. Worst of all, he was trying to take over THE RODENT GAZETTE! I had to get that greedy imposter's paws off my newspaper -- but how??
My name is August. I won't describe what I look like. Whatever you're thinking, it's probably worse.' Auggie wants to be an ordinary ten-year-old. He does ordinary things - eating ice cream, playing on his Xbox. He feels ordinary - inside. But ordinary kids don't make other ordinary kids run away screaming in playgrounds. Ordinary kids aren't stared at wherever they go. Born with a terrible facial abnormality, Auggie has been home-schooled by his parents his whole life. Now, for the first time, he's being sent to a real school - and he's dreading it. All he wants is to be accepted - but can he convince his new classmates that he's just like them, underneath it all? Now featuring a brand-new chapter told by bully Julian, WONDER is a funny, frank, astonishingly moving debut to read in one sitting, pass on to others, and remember long after the final page.
Tiffany Aching is a trainee witch — now working for theseriously scary Miss Treason. But when Tiffany witnesses the DarkDance — the crossover from summer to winter — she does what no onehas ever done before and leaps into the dance. Into the oldeststory there ever is. And draws the attention of the wintersmithhimself. As Tiffany-shaped snowflakes hammer down on the land, can Tiffanydeal with the consequences of her actions? Even with the help ofGranny Weatherwax and the Nac Mac Feegle — the fightin’, thievin’pictsies who are prepared to lay down their lives for their “bigwee hag.” Wintersmith is the third title in an exuberant series cracklingwith energy and humour. It follows The Wee Free Men.--From theHardcover edition.