A perfect murder A faceless witness A lone courtroomchampion knows the whole truth . . . and he’sonlythirteen years oldMeet Theodore Boone In the small city of Strattenburg, there aremany lawyers, and thoug he’s only thirteen years old, Theo Boonethinks he’s one of them. Theo knows every judge, policeman,courtclerk—and a lot about the law. He dreams of being a great triallawyer, of a life in thecourtroom. But Theo finds himself in court much sooner than expected.Because he knows so much—maybe to much—he is suddenly dragged intothe middle of a sensational murder trial. A cold-blooded killer isabou to go free, and only Theo knows the truth. The stakes are high, but Theo won’t stop until justic isserved. Brimming with the intrigue and suspense that made JohnGrisham a #1 international bestselle and the undisputed master ofthe legal thriller, Theodore Boone: Kid Lawyer will keep readersguessing an pages turning
Still far from home after escaping slavery in the icebound landof Skandia, young Will and Evanlynas plans to return to Araluen arespoiled when Evanlyn is taken captive. Though still weak, Willemploys his Ranger training to locate his friend but soon findshimself fatally outnumbered. Will is certain death is close athand, until Halt and Horace make a daring last-minute rescue. Buttheir reunion is cut short by the horrifying discovery thatSkandiaas borders have been breached by the Temujai armyaandAraluen is next in their sights. Only an unlikely union can savethe two kingdoms, but can it hold long enough to vanquish aruthless new enemy?
New folks are coming to live in the Big House. The animals ofRabbit Hill wonder if they will plant a garden and thus be goodproviders.
Just like other kids, Zinkoff rides his bike, hopes for snowdays, and wants to be like his dad when he grows up. But Zinkoffalso raises his hand with all the wrong answers, trips over his ownfeet, and falls down with laughter over a word like Jabip. Otherkids have their own word to describe him, but Zinkoff is too busyto hear it. He doesn't know he's not like everyone else. And onewinter night, Zinkoff's differences show that any name can somedaybecome hero.
The Narnia Chronicles, first published in 1950, have been andremain some of the most enduringly popular children’s books everpublished. The best known, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe,has been translated into 29 languages!“I’m dreaming,” thoughtShasta. “I could have sworn that horse spoke.”Bree, the talkinghorse, has been kidnapped from Narnia, and longs to return. Shasta,on the verge of being sold into slavery, decides to run away withhim. Before they know it, they are on a wild and dangerous journeytogether, through strange cities, eerie tombs and harshdeserts…This is the third adventure in the exciting Chronicles ofNarnia.
Even grownups enjoy a bedtime story every now and then,especially one that combines, as does this one, the sophisticationof a novel with the whimsy of a fairy tale. Gaarder, the Norwegianformer professor of philosophy who brought us The Solitaire Mystery(1996) and the bestselling Sophie's World (1995), is up to hisusual tricks here, serving up a metaphysical brainteaser thatunfolds into a warm?but not preachy?meditation on God and theChristian doctrines. Set in an unnamed town in present-day Norway,it tells the story of Joachim, a young boy who finds a faded,handmade Advent calendar in a bookstore on the eve of Decemberfirst, and begs his father to let him take it home. The nextmorning, when he opens the calendar's first door, Joachim discoversnot just the expected picture but also a tightly folded piece ofpaper, the first installment of the fantastic tale of a littlegirl's journey through time and space to be present at theNativity. Soon the girl's story is making unexpected intrusionsinto Joachim's o
I had been invited to an exhibition of the painter Pablo Mousehasso's artwork. He was the most famouse painter on Mouse Island so I was excited to meet him! He even offered me an exclusive interview. Little did I know that his paintings hid a secret. Would my friends and I be able to uncover it?
Mankind puts its faith in many things—gods, kings,money—anything for protection from the world’s many dangers. When acult springs up in neighboring Clonmel, promising to quell therecent attacks by lawless marauders, people flock from all over tooffer gold in exchange for protection. But this particular group,with which Halt is all too familiar, has a less than charitableagenda. Secrets will be unveiled and battles fought to the death asWill and Horace help Halt in ridding the land of a dangerousenemy. The worldwide phenomenon is back with a gripping new adventure.Yet for these Rangers, the peril is only beginning . . .
A Puffin Book - stories that last a lifetime. Puffin Modern Classics are relaunched under a new logo: A Puffin Book. There are 20 titles to collect in the series, listed below, all with exciting new covers and fun-filled endnotes. Watership Down by Richard Adams has become one of the most famous animals adventures ever written. In this epic story, a young rabbit called Fiver senses that something terrible is about to happen to the warren - he is sure of it. Fiver's sixth sense is never wrong according to his brother, Hazel. They had to leave immediately, and they had to persuade the other rabbits to join them. And so begins a long and perilous journey of a small band of rabbits in search of a safe home. Fiver's vision finally leads them to Watership Down, but here they face their most difficult challenge of all . . . Richard Adams grew up in Berkshire, the son of a country doctor. After an education at Oxford, he spent six years in the army and then went into the Civil Servic
