刚从蒙大拿转学到佛罗里达的罗伊，在校车上惨遭校园恶霸唐纳的欺负。不过，他却很感激唐纳。要不是唐纳把他的脸压扁在窗户上，他就不会看到那个在街上跑步的赤脚男孩。 一连几天，同样的时间，罗伊都看到了那个赤脚跑步的男孩。一天早上，在好奇心的驱使下，他中途下车，偷偷跟踪那个男孩，跑过几个街区，跑进灌木丛，男孩却消失得无影无踪。一个上学时间在街上溜达的男孩，一定有什么秘密。 接着镇上发生了一连串离奇的事件，松饼屋预定地遭人恶意破坏，先是拔掉测量杆、在巡逻警车上喷黑漆、临时厕所里出现短吻鳄鱼、百步蛇咬伤看管工地的洛威拿犬……这些事件和赤脚男孩有关吗？他究竟是什么来历？当罗伊知道赤脚男孩的真正目的，他决定要挺身而出，助对方一臂之力。
Two bothers, Damian and Anthony, are unwittingly caught up in atrain robbery during Britain's countdown to join the Euro. Suddenlyfinding themselves with a vast amount of cash, the boys have justone glorious, appalling dilemma how to spend it in the few daysbefore it becomes worthless. Torn between the vices of buying amillion pizzas and the virtues of ending world poverty, the boyssoon discover that being rich is a mug's game. For not only is theclock ticking the bungling bank robbers are closing in. Pizzas orWorld Peace, what would you choose?
Kit Tyler is marked by suspicion and disapproval from themoment she arrives on the unfamiliar shores of colonial Connecticutin 1867. Alone and desperate, she has been forced to leave herbeloved home on the island of Barbados and join a family she hasnever met. Torn between her quest for belonging and her desire tobe true to herself, Kit struggles to survive in a hostile place.Just when it seems she must give up, she finds a kindred spirit.But Kit’s friendship with Hannah Tupper, believed by the coloniststo be a witch, proves more taboo than she could have imagined andultimately forces Kit to choose between her heart and her duty.Elizabeth George Speare’s Newbery Award–winning novel portrays aheroine whom readers will admire for her unwavering sense of truthas well as her infinite capacity to love. In 1687 in Connecticut,Kit Tyler, feeling out of place in the Puritan household of heraunt, befriends an old woman considered a witch by the communityand suddenly finds herself standing trial for witchc
It’s just a small story really, about among other things: agirl, some words, an accordionist, some fanatical Germans, a Jewishfist-fighter, and quite a lot of thievery. . . . Set during World War II in Germany, Markus Zusak’s groundbreakingnew novel is the story of Liesel Meminger, a foster girl livingoutside of Munich. Liesel scratches out a meager existence forherself by stealing when she encounters something she can’tresist–books. With the help of her accordion-playing foster father,she learns to read and shares her stolen books with her neighborsduring bombing raids as well as with the Jewish man hidden in herbasement before he is marched to Dachau.
6年级的米兰达和她好的朋友萨尔，他们知道如何在纽约市中游荡。他们知道哪儿是安全的，比如当地的杂货店，他们也知道哪儿是危险的，要避开，比如角落里的那个疯子。 但是，事情开始发生变化了。一天，萨尔在街角不知何故被一个孩子打了，从此以后，萨尔就拒绝米兰达再出现在他的生活中。米兰达妈妈公寓的紧急备用钥匙被偷，一个神秘的纸条随之而来，上面写着： 我来拯救你朋友的生命，和我自己的。 我要你帮两个忙。：你必须给我写一封信。 纸不断地来，米兰达慢慢意识到留这张纸条的人一定知道一个不为人知的秘密。她越来越相信只有她能避免悲剧的死亡。直到后一个纸条，她才觉得她太迟了。 这部伟大的小说发生在真实的世界里，但是却在心底保留着一个神奇的谜题。《当你到达我》是一个原创的、夺目的、和深刻的作品。
Eleven-year-old Elijah lives in Buxton, Canada, a settlement of runaway slaves near the American border. He's the first child in town to be born free, and he ought to be famous just for that. Unfortunately, all that most people see is a "fra-gile" boy who's scared of snakes and talks too much. But everything changes when a former slave steals money from Elijah's friend, who has been saving to buy his family out of captivity in the South. Now it's up to Elijah to track down the thief--and his dangerous journey just might make a hero out of him, if only he can find the courage to get back home.
Tilja has grown up in the peaceful Valley, which is protectedfrom the fearsome Empire by an enchanted forest. But the forest'spower has begun to fade and the Valley is in danger. Tilja is theyoungest of four brave souls who venture into the Empire togetherto find the mysterious magician who can save the Valley. And muchto her amazement, Tilja gradually learns that only she, an ordinarygirl with no magical powers, has the ability to protect her groupand their quest from the Empire's sorcerers. "From the Hardcoveredition."
In 1707, young Sarah Noble and her father traveled through the wilderness to build a new home for their family. "Keep up your courage, Sarah Noble," her mother had said, but Sarah found that it was not always easy to feel brave inside. The dark woods were full of animals and Indians, too, and Sarah was only eight! The true story of Sarah's journey is inspiring. And as she cares for her father and befriends her Indian neighbors, she learns that to be afraid and to be brave is the greatest courage of all.
