Discover the Newbery Honor winner Doll Bones, from Holly Black, the cocreator of the Spiderwick Chronicles. A Kirkus Reviews Best Book. A School Library Journal Best Book. A Booklist Editor’s Choice Books for Youth. A Publishers Weekly Best Children’s Book. A NYPL “100 Titles for Reading and Sharing.” A People Magazine “Best New Kids Book.” Six starred reviews! Zach, Poppy, and Alice have been friends forever. And for almost as long, they’ve been playing one continuous, ever-changing game of pirates and thieves, mermaids and warriors. Ruling over all is the Great Queen, a bone-china doll cursing those who displease her. But they are in middle school now. Zach’s father pushes him to give up make-believe, and Zach quits the game. Their friendship might be over, until Poppy declares she’s been having dreams about the Queen—and the ghost of a girl who will not rest until the bone-china doll is buried in her empty grave. Zach and Alice and Poppy set off on one last adven
Cats. Jessica's never liked them. Especially not a skinny, ugly kitten that looks like a worm. Worm. Jessica wishes she'd never brought Worm home with her, because now he's making her do terrible things. She's sure she isn't imagining the evil voice coming from the cat, telling her to play mean tricks on people. But how can she explain what's happening? Witches. Jessica has read enough books to know that Worm must be a witch's cat. He's cast a spell on her, but whom can she turn to? After all, no one will believe that Worm has bewitched her...or worse!
Maidens, monks, and millers’ sons — in these pages, readers will meet them all. There’s Hugo, the lord’s nephew, forced to prove his manhood by hunting a wild boar; sharp-tongued Nelly, who supports her family by selling live eels; and the peasant’s daughter, Mogg, who gets a clever lesson in how to save a cow from a greedy landlord. There’s also mud-slinging Barbary (and her noble victim); Jack, the compassionate half-wit; Alice, the singing shepherdess; and many more. With a deep appreciation for the period and a grand affection for both characters and audience, Laura Amy Schlitz creates twenty-two riveting portraits and linguistic gems equally suited to silent reading or performance. Illustrated with pen-and-ink drawings by Robert Byrd — inspired by the Munich-Nuremberg manu*, an illuminated poem from thirteenth-century Germany — this witty, historically accurate, and utterly human collection forms an exquisite bridge to the people and places of medieval England.
When Lily meets Albert, a refugee from Hungary, during thesummer of 1944, they begin a special friendship. However, Lily andAlbert have both told lies, and Lily has told a lie that may costAlbert his life.
巴德很小就失去了母亲，也从来没有见过父亲。妈妈从来没有告诉过他父亲是谁，但他认为妈妈留下的传单中有线索，一定可以让他找到自己的亲生父亲。什么也阻止不了他，不管是困难、饥饿、恐惧还是“吸血鬼”……小小的巴德历经挫折，后终于找到了关爱他、呵护他的亲人，找到了他一直渴望的幸福生活 It's 1936 Flint, Michigan. Times may be hard, and 10-year-oldBud may be a motherless boy, but Bud's got a few things going forhim: 1. He has his own suitcase full of special things; 2. He's theauthor of "Bud Caldwell's Rules and Things for Having a Funner Lifeand Making a Better Liar Out of Yourself"; 3. His momma never toldhim who his father was, but she left a clue: posters of Herman E.Calloway and his band of renown, the Dusky Devastators of theDepression. Bud is sure those posters will lead him to his father.Once he decides to hit the road, nothing can stop him, not hunger,not fear, not would-be v
On the Midwinter Day that is his eleventh birthday, Will Stanton discovers a special gift -- that he is the last of the Old Ones, immortals dedicated to keeping the world from domination by the forces of evil, the Dark. At once, he is plunged into a quest for the six magical Signs that will one day aid the Old Ones in the final battle between the Dark and the Light. And for the twelve days of Christmas, while the Dark is rising, life for Will is full of wonder, terror, and delight.
Tigre, a twelve-year-old Mayan boy living in a modern-dayvillage in Yucat?an, must learn to be a man when his father isinjured.
小说主人公是克隆人马特——他一出生便触犯了两条天律：，他是三十六个冷冻百年的人体细胞植入母牛体内存活下来的惟一一人；第二，他是反抗他所在的鸦片王国法律、拒绝终止智力成长天条的惟一一人。全书围绕马特与“天罪”的殊死抗争展开——全书充满惊心动魄的故事情节，奇特迷人的幻想描写，人物复杂多变，性格色彩分明，故事惊心动魄，情节扣人心弦，具有暴风雨般的冲击力和震撼力。赋予当代生物遗传学领域前沿技术栩栩如生的生命，注入了令人心跳的感觉。 《蝎子之屋》是一部堪称天才的小说，它描写一个克隆人在充满敌意同时又喧嚣纷乱的世界里努力探求生存的权益和自我的价值的传奇故事，探析克隆技术给人类带来的道德与伦理的困惑，肉体与灵魂的冲突以及生命的价值和本质。《蝎子之屋》同时又是一部特色鲜明的科幻小
