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Иккинг Кровожадный Карасик III – невысокий викинг с длинным именем. Он сын вождя племени Лохматых Хулиганов, наследник титула и главная надежда отца. А еще он самый обычный мальчик, которому очень сложно быть героем • Однажды его сородичи-викинги нашли громадный плавучий гроб шести с половиной футов в длину и трех в ширину, на крышке которого было написано «ОСТОРОЖНО! НЕ ОТКРЫВАТЬ!» Как думаете, что было дальше? • Иккингу предстоит найти сокровище своих предков-пиратов раньше, чем это сделает Элвин Вероломный. Но тут в дело вмешивается дракон по имени Зверский Удушитель, и все становится куда страшнее… • «Как стать пиратом» – это продолжение цикла Крессиды Коуэлл «Как приручить дракона», по которой была снята одноименная серия мультфильмов. Книга станет прекрасным подарком для детей, которые любят истории о викингах

A thrilling tale of two worlds colliding, when ten-year-old Kara finds mysterious footprints in the snow and must find out who they belong to • Winner of The Bath Children's Novel Award 2019 • There was a single trail of footprints, the first I'd seen all morning. They were fresh tracks, I saw, the edges of the impressions in the snow quite hard. Small feet. Like mine. Someone my age • Then they stopped • When mysterious footprints appear in the Stockholm snow, ten-year-old Kara must discover where they've come from - and who they belong to. They lead Kara to Rebecca, a thirteen-year-old Jewish girl, and her younger brother Samuel. Kara realises they are refugees - from another time, World War Two - and are trying to find their way home • The grief and loneliness that Rebecca and Samuel have endured is something Kara can relate to - feeling like you're always on the outside looking in - and she finds herself compelled to help them

Lily knows exactly what she wants to be when she grows up: a superhero! But she's not interested in being a silly superhero. She doesn't want to wear her pants outside her trousers! Lily wants to be a REAL superhero: the kind who helps people and makes the world a better place • Join Lily as she meets the extraordinary superheroes all around us, from doctors, teachers and air ambulance paramedics to scientists, recycling truck drivers and carers. Discover the amazing work these real-life heroes do using their incredible superpowers of kindness, care and love • This uplifting picture book celebrates key-workers, and shows little readers that we all have the potential within us to be superheroes

Leeza's parents are ordinary. Unfit, grumpy, a bit embarrassing. Totally normal, right? • Until today. Today they are jogging. Eating salads and enjoying them. Smiling all the time. They're happy. Really, really happy. Who could complain about that? • Leeza, that's who • Because it looks like someone's brainwashing everyone in town. Who's going to save the world? Oh no! It looks like it might have to be Leeza • OK then. Let's do this. You coming? • By the author of The Unbelievable Biscuit Factory, winner of the Children's Novel category in the Northern Writers' Awards, this book is a must for anyone who wants something to make them snort with laughter

Joel is afraid of the future • Since he was a child he's been haunted by dreams about the people he loves. Visions of what's going to happen - the good and the bad. And the only way to prevent them is to never let anyone close to him again • Callie can't let go of the past • Since her best friend died, Callie's been lost. She knows she needs to be more spontaneous and live a bigger life. She just doesn't know how to find a way back to the person who used to have those dreams • Joel and Callie both need a reason to start living for today • And though they're not looking for each other, from the moment they meet it feels like the start of something life-changing • Until Joel has a vision of how it's going to end

I'm no good at sport... I can't do maths... I really struggle with exams... Sound familiar? If you believe you can't do something, the chances are you won't try. But what if you really could get better at maths, or sport or exams? In fact, what if you could excel at anything you put your mind to? You Are Awesome can help you do just that, inspiring and empowering young readers to find the confidence to realise their potential. The first children's book from Times journalist, two time Olympian and best-selling author Matthew Syed, it uses examples of successful people from Mozart to David Beckham to demonstrate that success really is earned rather than given, and that talent can be acquired. With hard work and determination, practice and self-belief, there's no reason why anyone can't achieve anything

An abandoned prison. A deadly game. How far would you go for a dare? • Nia would do anything to win the approval of her boyfriend Scott and his friends, especially mean girl Olivia. When Olivia dares Nia to explore an abandoned prison, she sees it as the perfect opportunity to prove herself. Facing dark tunnels, distant noises and creepy mementoes left behind by incarcerated criminals will surely all be worth it • But it isn't long before Nia and her little sister, Kayla, find themselves trapped inside. And then Kayla vanishes • Suddenly, this feels like more than a game gone wrong. Someone is hellbent on making Nia and Kayla the prison's last inmates • An utterly compelling, terrifying thriller that will have you on the edge of your seat, from remarkable new author Tess James-Mackey

The second incredible thriller in the Matt Mason series: based in the high-octane, high-stakes world of the special forces • Matt Mason is attempting to put the army behind him, building a life for himself training anti-poaching forces on a Kenyan game reserve • He's looking forward to meeting up with his eldest child, Jo, who has graduated naval college and taken a summer job working on a billionaire's yacht in the Red Sea. But then he receives a call informing him that Jo's boat is missing, likely abducted by Somali pirates • Mason must call in favours from old contacts as he follows Jo's trail. She isn't the abduction target, she won't be worth the pirates keeping for long. But she is still Matt Mason's daughter, and she knows she needs to survive to fight

Matt Mason is attempting to put the army behind him, building a life for himself training anti-poaching forces on a Kenyan game reserve • He's looking forward to meeting up with his eldest child, Jo, who has graduated naval college and taken a summer job working on a billionaire's yacht in the Red Sea. But then he receives a call informing him that Jo's boat is missing, likely abducted by Somali pirates • Mason must call in favours from old contacts as he follows Jo's trail. She isn't the abduction target, she won't be worth the pirates keeping for long. But she is still Matt Mason's daughter, and she knows she needs to survive to fight

Cristian has lived his entire life in the grip of a repressive dictatorship. The country is governed by fear. When the secret police blackmail him, Cristian has an impossible choice. Save the life of his sick grandfather by informing on his family, or risk his life - and all of theirs - by resisting? • At 17, Cristian dreams of being free but doesn't know where to turn. In this climate of constant suspicion, can he trust his best friend, his girlfriend or even his family? • Closely based on the real events of the Romanian Revolution of 1989, this is a powerful, heart-breaking thriller from the author of Salt to the Sea, winner of the Carnegie Medal

Cassandra Blake has raised her three motherless sisters. The girls are the pride of their book-loving, impractical father, and not in a hurry to marry. Then the American Civil War cuts off supplies of cotton to Lancashire, the mills fall silent and there is no work. There is a stark choice: stay and risk starvation or pack up and begin again elsewhere • Cassandra has fallen in love with Reece Gregory, but he can't support a wife. When he's given the chance to start a new life in Western Australia, he seizes the opportunity, promising to send for her • Then an old feud tears the family apart. Cassandra is kidnapped and her sisters are forced to sail with a group of desperate cotton lasses to Fremantle. Penniless and alone, Cassandra is determined to find them again - but when she is offered a way, there is a painful price to pay

The first in a new action series from television star, ex-SAS soldier, body guard to the stars and bestselling nonfiction author • A country in turmoil • A rescue mission gone wrong • A hero on unlike any other fighting to save a broken world • Matt 'Mace' Mason is deployed on a deniable SAS mission in war-torn Yemen, becoming embroiled in a hostage rescue that goes terribly wrong • Pulling at the strings of the local political scene is not only the local warlord who is destined to become Mace's nemesis, General Ruak Shahlai, but hardbitten American arms dealer Erica Atkins, who controls a whole international network to her advantage • As well as his own team, Mace has to work, initially unwillingly, with female CIA Agent (and Islamic scholar) Redford