It's raining chickens! An unusual storm cloud has been hovering over Brickfield town and LARA knows that something isn't quite right about it - it smells, sort of... chicken-y. The people of Brickfield are becoming strangely grumpy so LARA, Spy Dog extraordinaire, must investigate. If the town doesn't see sunshine soon the consequences could be dogastrophic!
Archer B. Helmsley longs for adventure. But how can he have an adventure when he can't even leave his house?Archer B. Helmsley has grown up in a house full of oddities and treasures collected by his grandparents, the famous explorers. Archer longs for grand adventures but ever since his grandparents went missing on an iceberg, his mother barely lets him leave the house. So, along with his best friends, Adélaïde L. Belmont and Oliver Grub, Archer forms a plan to get out of the house and set off on a grand adventure with crocodiles and parachutes and danger. It's a good plan. Well, it's not bad, anyway. But nothing goes quite as they expected...
An ongoing, episodic “prose comic” from which the pictures are summoned by the magic of words, Goon Squad is set in a version of modern-day Manchester. Its biggest divergence from the real city is that it—along with most other large urban centers—has a team of superheroes to protect it against unusual threats with which the conventional forces of law and order would have problems.
Puppet Girl is now part of the Goon Squad, but her first time in the field goes horribly wrong. When it looks like her career might already be over, another member of the team stands up for her and suggests a new course of action. And as a bonus, it involves hitting the nightclubs.
Ever since starting her own detective agency, Karrine has wanted that REALLY BIG CASE... and now her chance is here. When her neighbor's car is stolen right out of her garage, Karrine is eager to investigate. The only problem is her mother won't let her work the case. To handle this problem, she'll take on a new partner. Meanwhile, in Sacramento, Jayden is solving mysteries of her own. And when her teacher's test booklet is stolen right out of her desk, Jayden sets out to solve the crime, or else her teacher will give an even harder test...AND IT'S IN MATH! Come join these quirky girls for much fun, great laughs, and a lot of crime solving.
A not-so-sweet sixteen…
Rich girl Lindsay Peyton is throwing the biggest and best Sweet Sixteen bash that Bayport has ever seen. is throwing the biggest and best Sweet Sixteen bash that Bayport has ever seen. But when Frank and Joe discover that her car has been keyed, it looks like someone isn’t so happy that Bayport’s princess is showing off.
Meanwhile, a group calling themselves the Scaredevils is filming themselves committing random mischief around town — including keying Lindsay’s car — which threatens the security of Lindsay’s big day.
Frank and Joe are determined to uncover the mastermind behind the videos and the vandalism before Lindsay’s Sweet Sixteen turns into a party she will never forget . . . for all the wrong reasons.
Everyone in Bayport can’t wait for the biggest event of the season: the premiere of G-Force — the newest ride by the world-renowned Piperato Brothers. Their creation is going to change the fortunes of Funsport, Bayport’s small and recently run-down amusement park. Frank and Joe are friends with Daisy Rodriguez, the owner’s daughter, and are first in line for the ride’s launch. Purple lights click off, a huge whoosh emanates from the floor, loud music pulses . . . .
G-Force is awesome and exhilarating from start to finish. But while everyone is screaming their heads off, a young girl disappears into thin air — right in the middle of the ride! The fun has stopped, and now Frank and Joe have to solve this terrifying vanishing act.
Something is not right in Bayport.
After a series of unfortunate (yet harmless) pranks, it looks like Frank and Joe have caught their suspect surprisingly early. Their classmate Seth Diller has taken his love of filmmaking a bit too far. But shortly after Frank and Joe confront Seth, there are fresh outbreaks of Seth-like pranks. Except these aren't as harmless. After a bit of investigating, the Hardy Boys uncover evidence of the Red Arrow - a group that will stop at nothing to bring chaos and crime to Bayport's peaceful existence.
In the most dangerous case they have ever taken on, it's up to Frank and Joe to find the Red Arrow - before it finds them first.
Sinking into danger
When a sinkhole opens up and swallows one of Bayport's historic statues, Frank and Joe suspect something - or someone - shady is at play. They jump at the chance to investigate: Joe as a member of an urban exploration club and Frank as a photographer for the school paper.
But in the thick of their search, the boys stumble upon an entire underground city that's been abandoned for years. Now the city is home to a cultish band of criminals who plan to take over Bayport. Frank and Joe are determined to catch the crooks . . . but after being barreled down by a boulder and nearly squashed by a runaway train, they have to wonder: Are they in over their heads?
J.M. Barrie's timeless tale of the 'boy who would not grow up' Peter Pan is edited with an introduction by Jack Zipes in Penguin Classics. When Peter Pan and his fairy companion Tinker Bell fly in through the window of Wendy's nursery one night, it is the beginning of an adventure that whisks Wendy and her brothers Michael and John off to Neverland. There they will find mermaids, fairies, pirates led by the sinister Captain Hook, and the crocodile who bit off his leg - and still pursues him in hope of the rest! Peter Pan originally appeared as a baby living a magical life among birds and fairies in J.M. Barrie's sequence of stories, Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens. His adventures capture the spirit of childhood - and of rebellion against the role of adulthood in conventional society. This edition includes the novel and the stories, and reproduces the original illustrations by Francis Donkin Bedford and Arthur Rackham. In his introduction, Jack Zipes sifts through the psychological interpretations that have engaged critics, explores the cultural and literary contexts in which we can appreciate Barrie's enduring creation, and shows why Peter Pan is fundamentally a work that urges adults to reconnect with their own imagination. James Matthew Barrie (1860-1937) was born in Scotland, the son of a weaver. In 1885, he moved to London to pursue a literary career. Peter Pan, with its flying and theatrical devices, was a huge success and continues to be performed today; in 1911 Barrie rewrote the play as a novel. On his death in 1937 Barrie gifted copyright of the play Peter Pan to Great Ormond Street hospital. If you enjoyed Peter Pan you might like Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass, also available in Penguin Classics. 'One of the classic children's stories of all time' Daily Mail 'Intensely moving as well as enchanting in its evocation of childhood, the heartlessness of youth and parental grief as children grow older' Daily Telegraph
Gulliver Queen, nephew of the famous detective, Ellery Queen, doesn’t want to be a detective. But when Gully and his new friend, Fisty Jones, investigate the strange underwater noises in the Hudson River, they suddenly find themselves deep in a mystery that Gully can’t resist tackling. The menacing tattooed man, the weird one-eyed figure in the abandoned building, the strange but merry Magnus Merlin, magician extraordinaire—all add up to an exciting tale of danger and suspense on and under New York’s waterfront.
Am liebsten verbringt Lilli ihre Zeit in Theos magischem Zauberladen, wo sie dem sprechenden Hausschwein Ida Kunststücke beibringt. Doch an diesem Donnerstag ist alles anders. Im Wald findet Lilli ein riesiges Ei. Daraus schlüpft ein echter Drache! Endlich hat Lilli ihr eigenes Haustier - und ein ganz besonderes noch dazu! Doch wer hätte gedacht, dass das Leben mit einem Drachen gar nicht so einfach ist, denn auch Feuerspucken will gelernt sein!
The galaxy is at war.
Although the Rebel Alliance has won a few battles against the Empire, hope is fading. The Empire is about to finish building the greatest weapon the galaxy has ever seen-the Death Star. The rebels' only chance to defeat it now lies in the unlikely hands of a princess, a scoundrel, and a farm boy. . . .
Acclaimed, New York Times bestselling author Alexandra Bracken delivers a captivating retelling of Star Wars: A New Hope like you've never experienced before. Since the premier of the original film, Princess Leia, Han Solo, and Luke Skywalker have become iconic, larger-than-life characters. The Princess, the Scoundrel, and the Farm Boy takes a deeper look at these three heroes as they join forces to defeat the evil that threatens their entire galaxy.
