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
Jack Room 105 -- Miss Stretchberry September 13 I don't want to because boys don't write poetry. Girls do. Meet Jack, who tells his story with a little help from some paper,a pencil, his teacher, and a dog named Sky. Love That Dog is the story of Jack, hisdog, his teacher, and words. The story develops through Jack’sresponses to his teacher, Miss Stretchberry, over the course of aschool year. At first, his responses are short and cranky: “I don’twant to” and “I tried. Can’t do it. Brain’s empty.” But as histeacher feeds him inspiration, Jack finds that he has a lot to sayand he finds ways to say it. Jack becomes especially fond of a poemby Walter Dean Myers titled “Love That Boy,” and it is this poemthat gives Jack a way to tell the story of his beloved dog,Sky.
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!
MEET GREG KENTON, BILLIONAIRE IN THE MAKING.Greg Kenton has two obsessions -- making money and hislong-standing competition with his annoying neighbor, Maura Shaw.So when Greg discovers that Maura is cutting into his boomingChunky Comics business with her own original illustrated minibooks,he's ready to declare war. The problem is, Greg has to admit thatMaura's books are good, and soon the longtime enemies becomeunlikely business partners. But their budding partnership isthreatened when the principal bans the sale of their comics inschool. Suddenly, the two former rivals find themselves unitedagainst an adversary tougher than they ever were to each other.Will their enterprise -- and their friendship --prevail?
杰克、瑞秋、托比亚、卡西和马可偶然遇到一艘失事飞船和一个垂死的飞行员。 因为这次偶遇,他们被赋予了一种神奇的力量——他们可以变成任何他们碰到的动物。 也因为这个神奇的力量,他们变成了动物变形人,在这个隐蔽的战争中保护我们美丽的星球。 同时,敌人也非常强大。敌人可以变成任何一个他们想要变成的人,甚至是杰克他们亲密的人。 马可从来不想成为动物变形人,他并不想成为保护地球的战士。 他的朋友们知道其中的原因,那就是马可非常担心自己的父亲。父亲是马可世上的亲人了,如果马可遇到了不测,那么他的父亲在这世上该是多么的孤单呀。 谁想到,之后发生的一件大事彻底改变了马可的想法,而马可也终于知道了自己该为星球战斗的理由…… 独特的故事视角,丰富的想象力,惊险刺
出版社: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC (2013年8月15日) 平装: 768页 语种: 英语 商品尺寸: 13.1 x 5.9 x 19.6 cm 商品重量: 522 g
In this follow-up to her NY Times bestseller,ARTHAS, Christie Golden delivers a sensational tie-in tothe newest World of Warcraft game expansion!
Tuslaarai! Tuslaarai! That's Mongolian for "Help!" and holey cheese did I need some! I was lost in the Gobi Desert, looking for a hidden treasure. So far, all I had found were sandstorms, camels, and giant dinosaur bones? Rat-munching rattlesnakes - how do I get myself into these situations?
装 帧:精装 作 者:JK 开 本:28.3 x 18.33 x 3.3 页 数:约128页 语 言:英语 IS BN:9781948174930 出版社:Macmillan 内容简介: The most interactive and comprehensive companion to the first book in the Harry Potter series. Includes insights from cast and crew members, as well as publishers, editors, and illustrators, of the Harry Potter series, films, and wider wizarding world. Writen by the hosts of the #1 Harry Potter podcast, Alohomora!, drawing on insights from more than 1 ,000 hours of discussion with diverse readers around world. The book is endlessly intriguing, examining Harry Potter academia,politics,religion, folklore, and more. Perfect resource for new aders of the series as well as established readers looking to enhance their experience. 封面图: 内页图:
Very strange things are afoot at Fablehaven. Someone orsomething has released a plague that transforms beings of lightinto creatures of darkness. Seth discovers the problem early, butas the infectious disease spreads, it becomes clear that thepreserve cannot hold out for long. In dire need of help, theSorensons question where to turn. The Sphinx has always given soundadvice -- but is he a traitor? Inside the Quiet Box, Vanessa mighthave information that could lead to a cure -- but can she betrusted? Meanwhile, Kendra and members of the Knights of the Dawn mustjourney to a distant preserve and retrieve another hidden artifact.Will the Society of the Evening Star recover it first? Will theplague eclipse all light at Fablehaven?
As millions of readers of Hatchet, The River, and Brian's Winter know, Brian Robeson survived alone in the wilderness by finding solutions to extraordinary challenges. But now that's he's back in civilization, he can't find a way to make sense of high school life. He feels disconnected, more isolated than he did alone in the North. The only answer is to return-to go back in -for only in the wilderness can Brian discover his true path in life, and where he belongs.
新的一年要到了,你是不是要写出一长串的“新年决心”,在今年做一个更好的自己呢?好吧,问题是,我没有什么可以改善自己的方法,因为,我可以说我是所有我认识的人里面,*棒的那个。 可是Greg的爸爸并不这么认为。他想Greg改改懦弱的性格,变得强硬一点,然后给儿子加了一条,“变man”的新年愿望。当爸爸唬弄Greg说要把他送去军校的时候,Greg才意识到,是时候要改进一下了,要不然真的会被送走呢。