《星期三的战争》 讲述七年级学生霍林在一个学年里的生活和学习经历: 每个星期三下午都是一场灾难,因为班上的一半同学要去犹太教堂学习希伯来文,另一半则要到天主教堂参加教义问答,作为班里唯一的一名基督徒,霍林不得不与严肃的贝克夫人一起待在教室。不苟言笑的贝克夫人似乎总在刁难霍林, 罚 他清理黑板擦、打扫教室、整理大老鼠笼子 在种种手段都宣告失败后,贝克夫人使出了最致命的一招 让霍林阅读 冗长 而 乏味 的莎士比亚作品 于是,一场旷日持久的 战争 在两人之间悄然展开。
After years as a Rangeras apprentice, Will is now the protectorof his first fief. Not long into his service, everything that cango wrong does: Keren, a renegade knight, has taken over CastleMacindaw, a strategic gateway to the Northapoisoning the royalfamily in the processaand is holding Willas friend Alyss captive.The situation grows direr when Will uncovers Kerenas secretalliance with the Scotti, who have plans to plunder Araluen. Timeis of the essence, and Will must recruit a motley crew to rescueAlyss and reclaim Castle Macindawabefore the Scotti can make ittheir own. This "New York Times" bestselling series maintains itsbreathless pace in this newest installment.
In the early morning hours of June 6, 1944, an armada of 7,000 ships carrying 160,000 Allied troops stormed the beaches of Nazi-occupied France. Up until then the Allied forces had suffered serious defeats, yet D -Day, as the invasion was called, spelled the beginning of the end for Nazi Germany and the Third Reich. Readers will dive into the heart of the action and discover how it was planned and carried out and how it overwhelmed the Germans who had been tricked into thinking the attack would take place elsewhere. D-Day was a major turning point in World War II and hailed as one of the greatest military attacks of all time.
The extraordinary, ground breaking New York Times bestsellersThe Hunger Games and Catching Fire, along with the third book inThe Hunger Games trilogy by Suzanne Collins, Mockingjay, areavailable for the first time ever in a beautiful boxset edition.Stunning, gripping, and powerful. The trilogy is now complete!
A rare Chinese vase is stolen from a pottery shop. Nancy andthe owner of the shop feel that locating "the leaning chimney" willprovide the clue to the vase and other stolen articles.
In this title you will find over 1000 illustrations, plus factfiles, maps and diagrams explaining who's who in the dinosaur world. From life on earth before the dinosaurs, the Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous periods and different types of dinosaurs: to fossils, famous finds and dinosaur myths and legends.
Mary Alice's childhood summers in Grandma Dowdel's sleepyIllinois town were packed with enough drama to fill the double billof any picture show. But now she is fifteen, and faces a whole longyear with Grandma, a woman well known for shaking up herneighbors-and everyone else! All Mary Alice can know for certain isthis: when trying to predict how life with Grandma might turn out .. . better not. This wry, delightful sequel to the Newbery HonorBook A Long Way from Chicago has already taken its placeamong the classics of children's literature.