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This is a powerful and timely story about one boy's epic journey across Africa to Europe, a graphic novel for all children with glorious colour artwork throughout. From Eoin Colfer, previously Irish Children's Laureate, and the team behind his bestselling ARTEMIS FOWL graphic novels • Ebo: alone • His sister left months ago. Now his brother has disappeared too, and Ebo knows it can only be to make the hazardous journey to Europe • Ebo's epic journey takes him across the Sahara Desert to the dangerous streets of Tripoli, and finally out to the merciless sea. But with every step he holds on to his hope for a new life, and a reunion with his sister

This is a powerful, hopeful and timely story about the real effects of climate change: two young people on different continents whose lives are catastrophically changed by global warming. A graphic novel with glorious colour artwork throughout for children of all ages - from Eoin Colfer, previously Irish Children's Laureate, and the team behind Illegal, and his bestselling Artemis Fowl graphic novels • Yuki lives in an increasingly deserted Inuit township in Nova Scotia. One day she sets out into the wilderness of the Arctic tundra planning to photograph a rare grolar bear (a terrifying grizzly-polar crossbreed created by climate change) - if she can prove it's a grolar, she can protect it from being shot. With only her faithful dog for company and adrift on a fragment of melting glacier, she finds herself being stalked across the changing wilderness by a starving grolar bear, with only her wits and her harpoon to keep her alive

The Secret Seven are siblings Peter and Janet, and Jack, Barbara, Pam, Colin and George. Together they are The Secret Seven - ready to solve any mystery, any time - in Enid Blyton's classic series of 15 mystery novels • When the Secret Seven visit a haunted house they discover it is not empty after all. Soon, they are trapped inside • How will they escape? • In addition to the Secret Seven novels, Enid Blyton wrote six short stories based on the characters which are published in The Secret Seven Short Story Collection (Hodder). The stories are also available in individual volumes, divided into chapters to make them ideal for newly confident readers. They have been illustrated in full colour by Tony Ross

A beautifully illustrated story about one brave little sea otter, from award-winning author Peter Bently • One brave little sea otter is on a quest to find the place where the sea meets the sky. But however far she travels, home is never far away • Sophie's mum says that no one can reach the horizon, and no one should try. But Sophie reckons it doesn't look that far! She sets off on an exciting journey, meeting all sorts of sea creatures on the way - walruses and whales, lobsters and starfish . . . and someone a little more dangerous • A beautiful rhyming underwater adventure, stunningly illustrated by talented debut artist Riko Sekiguchi, winner of the 2018 Carmelite Prize

Мечта выбирает того, кто ее видит • С пяти лет Ласло Стрейндж был одержим мифическим затерянным городом Плач, но только более смелый человек, чем он, мог отправиться на его поиски • Затем появляется потрясающая возможность — в лице героя по имени Богоубийца и группы легендарных воинов, и он должен воспользоваться своим шансом или навсегда потерять свою мечту • Что произошло в Плаче, что отрезало его от мира? Кого убил Богоубийца, назвавшийся богом? И в решении какой загадочной проблемы он теперь ищет помощи? • Ответы ждут нас в Плаче, но впереди еще много загадок, включая синекожую богиню, которая посещает сны Ласло… • Книга Лэйни Тейлор «Мечтатель Стрэндж» — 1-й роман цикла «Мечтатель Стрэндж» (далее следует «Муза ночных кошмаров») и отличный подарок для любителей темного фэнтези, триллеров и историй, полных мистики, загадок и тайн

Hot-headed Lilia is seen as nothing but a vulgar source of embarrassment to her late husband's family, so her decision to embark on a year abroad in Tuscany is welcomed by her uptight and snobbish mother-in-law. Yet Lilia doesn't stay away from scandal long; her announcement that she is to marry the charismatic but ill-bred Gino is met with horror by the rest of the family. Their union ends in tragedy and violence as her English relatives confront their Italian counterparts, as well as their own cultural values, amidst the beauty of the Tuscan countryside

Вошедшие в данный сборник рождественские рассказы Энид Блайтон по праву считаются нестареющей классикой детской литературы. Эта книга - отличный подарок для тех, кто насладился этими историями в детстве и хочет познакомить с ними новое поколение читателей • Книга «Enid Blyton`s Christmas Stories» оказалась столь популярной, что издательство Hodder & Stoughton по просьбам читателей выпустило второй праздничный сборник, и именно его вы держите в руках! Энид Блайтон передаёт атмосферу Рождества с несравненным мастерством, какой бы аспект праздника она ни описывала: колядки, ожидание подарков, праздничный стол и, конечно, посиделки с родными и близкими… Да, в историях Блайтон, как обычно, нашлось место для озорства и хаоса, но добро и веселье в них всегда на первом месте! • Рассказы из этой книги ранее не публиковались в «Enid Blyton`s Christmas Stories»

Norah s husband was killed in the Great War, and she s struggling to provide a home for her daughter. Andrew s wife is dead and he wants to make a new life for his two sons • The Australian government is giving ex-servicemen a farm. But to join the group settlement scheme, Andrew must find a wife. Will a marriage of convenience give Andrew and Norah the chance they seek? Can two strangers be happy together? • In Australia they have to clear the forest to make their own farms. But they re both strong and willing to give it everything they ve got. Then nature intervenes and not only their farms but their lives are in danger. Will they survive? Can they still make their dreams come true?

In a world full of checkpoints and controls, can love and hope defy the borders? A searing, timely story, as arresting as it is beautiful • Imagine a world • Where there are too many people on a too-hot earth and your only chance of salvation is to journey north • Where you must prove yourself worthy of existence at every turn, at every checkpoint • Where your instincts become your most powerful weapon - even more than the gun in your pocket • Where you find out what it takes to survive • An extraordinary story about survival and what it costs, about the power of small kindnesses to change everything

What does a Princess have in common with rabble of swashbuckling pirates? Or a Knight? Or even a fire-breathing Dragon? They've all been cut out from their stories! • And the Princess isn't happy about it. Not one little bit • Now it's up to Lucy to help them resolve their squabbles and untangle the endings to their stories • Written by the beloved Pat Hutchins, author of classics such as The Wind Blew, Rosie's Walk and Where oh Where is Rosie's Chick, and superbly illustrated by CILIP Carnegie Medal nominated illustrator, Jessica Meserve, this lively story with a colourful cast of characters is perfect for sharing and reading aloud

A gorgeous new series introducing the dazzling circus acrobat, Esme Miranda-Maclinkey, and her trusty side-kick, Donk - the ugly but loveable donkey! • Follow the wildly imaginative adventures of Esme as she leaves behind her circus home for the first time to spend the summer with her cousins Magnus, Cosmo and Gus at Maclinkey Castle where it's easy to get lost and where you can discover all sorts of weird and wonderful animals in unlikely places - there are porcupines in beds, lizards in drawers and giraffes on the loo. It's all a little wonderful and a lot overwhelming and when her pet donkey, Donk, turns up in a parcel sent from her parents, the fun really begins • When hundreds of baby penguins hatch in Esme's top floor bedroom, the children have to figure out how to get them outside

The outlandish and adventurous story of one plucky guinea pig on her quest to find a place where she truly belongs, with a powerful message of self acceptance • Ginny isn't like other guinea pigs. She's scruffy, messy and just a little bit WILD! • But the guinea pigs at Pat's Pets love to pamper and preen, brush and buff. They just love to look their best, and Ginny simply doesn't fit in. Then one day, Ginny catches a glimpse of what is out there in the wilder world and she sets off on a grand adventure to find her true home • With a positive message about self-acceptance, join Ginny on her fast-paced adventure with all of its twists and turns as she searches for a place where she can really be herself