Ever since their mother’s death, siblings Carter and Sadiehave been near strangers. While Sadie’s lived with her grandparentsin London, Carter has traveled the world with their father, thebrilliant Egyptologist, Dr. Julius Kane. Then one night, they are reunited when their father takes them tothe British Museum, hoping at last to set things right. Instead, heunleashes the Egyptian god Set, who banishes him to oblivion andforces the children to flee for their lives. Soon, Carter and Sadie discover that the gods of Ancient Egyptare waking, and the worst of them—Set—is after the Kanes. To stophim, the siblings must embark on a dangerous journey across theglobe—a quest leading them ever closer to the truth about theirfamily, and their links to a secret order that has existed sincethe time of the pharaohs.
Charlie Bucket loves chocolate. And Mr. Willy Wonka, themost wonderous inventor in the world, is opening the gates of hisamazing chocolate factory to five lucky children. It's the prize ofa lifetime! Gobstoppers, wriggle sweets and a river of meltedchocolate await - Charlie need just one Golden Ticket and thesedelicious treats could all be his...
A Clue found in Japan has Amy and Dan jetting off to Egypt tofind out just what's behind the fierce rivalry between the Tomasand Ekaterina branches of the Cahill family. Was a Clue stolen fromthe Tomas branch? Where is it now? And most important, can Amy andDan get their hands on it before their rivals do? It's a wild race that will take Amy and Dan deep down into thetombs of Egypt . . . and right into the hands of the enemy.
Harry Potter is preparing to leave the Dursleys and Privet Drive for the last time. But the future that awaits him is full of danger, not only for him, but for anyone close to him – and Harry has already lost so much. Only by destroying Voldemort’s remaining Horcruxes can Harry free himself and overcome the Dark Lord’s forces of evil. In this dramatic conclusion to the Harry Potter series, Harry must leave his most loyal friends behind, and in a final perilous journey find the strength and the will to face his terrifying destiny: a deadly confrontation that is his alone to fight. In this thrilling climax to the phenomenally bestselling series, J.K. Rowling reveals all to her eagerly waiting readers.
“对动物的热爱、绘画的乐趣、讲故事的能力,都是来源于我的父亲。” 《植物和老虎》是《好饿的毛毛虫》作者艾瑞克·卡尔献给父亲的短篇故事合集,灵感源于作者的个人经历,从战争阴影下的德国童年,到现如今在美国的工作生活。 卡尔在本书里写到了他的奶奶和一只他也分不清公母的鸡;他的表弟和一只喜欢猫的乌龟;他的朋友和一只被绑架的黑猫;他的叔叔和被驯服的乌鸦等等。 “所有这些故事都有三个共同点:动物和昆虫、家人和朋友还有我自己。” 整本书充满了诗情、创意以及作者对身边人的爱。 For more than 25years Eric Carle's crickets, spiders, and caterpillars havedelighted young readers across the world. Now for the first timethe creator of The Very Hungry Caterpillar gives readers a peekinto his own, real-life universe of animals and insects, andfamily, as he tells the stories of his life
七彩炫光、动感舞曲……在“地狱俱乐部”里交织成一个蓝与绿,粉红与金色交织的梦幻世界。这里人们的穿著打扮,还有播放的音乐,都让十五岁的克莱莉感觉像是一场梦,和她好的朋友西蒙一起来到夜店跳舞狂欢,满怀期待在夜店有机会见到一些刺激场面,谁知竟看到一场凶杀案——三个自称是“暗影猎人”的年轻人正企图谋杀,但受害者竟消失在她眼前,而她身边的人竟无人能看到杀手们…… 那三个行凶杀人的少年、少女是什么人?他们的身上为何布满诡异的印记?母亲的失踪,和她突然遭到魔兽袭击,与这些自称为“暗影猎人”的男女又有什么关连? 为了找寻母亲,也为了解开这背后的秘密,克莱莉决定跟随这些“暗影猎人”来到他们的学院,却意外发现,自己身上竟然也流著“暗影猎人”的血液…… When fifteen-year-old Clary Fray heads out tothe Pandemoni
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
Harry Potter, along with his best friends, Ron and Hermione, is about to start his third year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Harry can’t wait to get back to school after the summer holidays (who wouldn’t if they lived with the horrible Dursleys?) But when Harry gets to Hogwarts, the atmosphere is tense. There’s an escaped mass murderer on the loose, and the sinister prison guards of Azkaban have been called in to guard the school . . . The plot thickens and the dangers facing Harry multiply in this third thrilling instalment from J.K. Rowling.
An enormous escaped rhinoceros from London Zoo has eatenJames's parents. And it gets worse! James is packed off to livewith his two really horrible aunts, Sponge and Spiker. Poor Jamesis miserable, until something peculiar happens and James findshimself on the most wonderful and extraordinary journey he couldever imagine ...