Resultados para "The Book of Secrets" en Ciencia ficción y fantasía

Sixth grader Spencer Lemon is rapidly losing his eyesight. So he has no idea why he was chosen to guard Pandora’s Book. When Ed, the old guy at a nursing home, hands over the book, there’s no time to explain the rules to Spencer. Spencer only knows that the book contains famous dead people - who can be brought back to life. Then Ed disappears, and a strange man shows up on Spencer’s doorstep - and he seems to know a lot about Pandora’s Book. Is he a bad guy? Or can he help Spencer unravel the secrets of the book?

Коты-воители - это серия увлекательных романов о приключениях диких котов. Мир этих котов поделен на племена, они борются за выживание, делят территорию, интригуют, дружат и любят. Критики не раз отмечали сложность персонажей в этих книгах и важность поднимаемых в них тем, а многие романы в серии были номинированы на литературные премии.

When Ludlow Fitch's parents cruelly betray him, he steals away to the country. He arrives in a remote village, where he meets the tall and limping figure of Joe Zabbidou - a pawnbroker with a difference. For Joe trades secrets, not goods. Employed as Joe's assistant, Ludlow records the villagers' fiendish confessions in an ancient leather-bound volume: The Black Book of Secrets. There's the gravedigger who has been resurrecting bodies; the butcher who made a mouse-meat pie; the wizened bookseller who went to murderous lengths to get her hands on a priceless tome.

Cat and her friends are preparing for Halloween night in Clonbridge. While they are planning their routes for trick-or-treating, a troop of fairies and supernatural creatures are also making plans for their annual Revels at Ráth Glas, a ringfort outside Clonbridge. These fairy folk enjoy mischief and chaos and have a tendency to steal human children and swap them with fairies or Stocks. As Cat and her granny have the gift of Sight, they’re aware that something special is happening in the town this Halloween.

Mother Ghoul’s Nursery Rhymes isn’t like other books. It doesn’t have an end. Literally. When people trip and tumble toward it, they don’t hit the book’s pages. They fall inside them, and they keep falling, forever stuck in a nonstop nightmare.

Finn's world is turned upside down when he and his older brother, John, are ripped from their normal lives and sent to Alyxa, an island school that doesn't appear on any map. As the unusual lessons at Alyxa begin, the brothers learn about their super-senses, but nothing can prepare them for the perils to come.

When nine-year-old Paul explores the hole dug for his backyard swimming pool, he unearths a box containing a magic ring that grants wishes. He soon learns the hard way that wishes don't always turn out as expected!

A boy is researching animals in the library. Most of the books are boring, but one is very lively . . . and hungry. Now the boy has been gobbled up! Can he team up with the powerful Librarian and escape the belly of the beastly book?

Plum's adventure continues in the fourth installment of the Legends of Lotus Island series. Lotus Island is in grave danger, and the powers of the Guardians are weakening. Plum must gather all her strength in order to fulfill her destiny and save her friends.

Эпическое фэнтези для детей – многотомная увлекательная история о приключениях животных на волшебном острове. Эта сага повествует о том, как ласки-повстанцы борются с горностаями, захватившими власть после исчезновения людей. В этом удивительном волшебном мире есть место и подвигам, и предательству, и невероятным приключениям, но самое главное – это дружба, на которой держится мир.

Эпическое фэнтези для детей - многотомная увлекательная история о приключениях животных на волшебном острове. Эта сага повествует о том, как ласки-повстанцы борются с горностаями, захватившими власть после исчезновения людей. В этом удивительном волшебном мире есть место и подвигам, и предательству, и невероятным приключениям, но самое главное - это дружба, на которой держится мир.

For their next adventure in the Kingdom Beyond, twins Kiya and Kinjal must help the flying horses with a sudden invasion of their lands. It turns out that the tree ghosts are losing their forest! To save the trees, and the Kingdom, they must use their collective knowledge of this world and of course their magic!

When 10-year-old Kinjal hears a strange noise in the middle of the night, he grabs his twin sister, Kiya, and the two go searching in the forest at the edge of their new house. There, they find Snowy and Midnight, two winged pakkhiraj horses from the Kingdom Beyond Seven Oceans and Thirteen Rivers who have come to this dimension to seek help—bees are disappearing, along with the nectar the pakkhiraj horses need to survive. Whisked away to a magical realm, the twins must use Kiya's scientific skills and Kinjal's love of books and language.

Capturés par un homme mystérieux et sauvage, ils vont devoir faire preuve d’inventivité et d’entraide pour pouvoir s’échapper. Un sortilège tout à fait exceptionnel leur sera particulièrement utile ! Mais pourront-ils s’en servir à temps ? Les recherches s’intensifient pour trouver les enfants disparus et l’inquiétude est à son comble. Pour contrer les ogres, Cathy et Caroline devront se lancer à la recherche de plantes exotiques aux pouvoirs méconnus. Dans cette aventure, Cathy va réaliser qu’elle a besoin des autres pour réussir.

Ever since Spencer Plain's parents disappeared, he's been staying in Bearhaven - a secret city where bears talk, go to school, develop secret technology, and plan missions to rescue others who need help. Spencer's been planning, too. He's in training as an operative with the Bear Guard so that he's ready to go help rescue his parents. They've been captured by Pam, who runs an illegal ring of rare animal trading and has been training an army of bears under his control.

Book 2 of “Emma Puff’s Secrets Series” continues the adventures and antics of Emma Puff and friends along with Rusty, her talking puppy that only Emma and her friend George can hear, and Mr. Musk, the mischievous talking parrot. Once a 90-year-old woman and now a nine-year-old girl, Emma, her old dog Rusty, and her lifelong best friend, George, were transported to their youth by the same purple potion that Mr. Musk meddled with. Puppy Rusty serves as the award-winning series’ narrator. Now Emma, George, Rusty and Mr. Musk all live with the Goldhearts, a loving foster family.

Listeners of all ages will laugh out loud at the antics of Emma and Rusty, as they are transported to a world where age is just a number. Mr. Musk is the hilarious but naughty parrot who knows all their secrets. When he accidentally creates a mysterious elixir, the magic begins to happen. Old Emma and Rusty become young again, and chaos ensues. The duo gets a second chance to appreciate the joys of childhood and the importance of friendship and family while holding on to their old souls.

When the Bandersnatch steals one of Lewis Carroll’s lost diaries, Celia and Tyrus try to get it back, only to tumble through a magic mirror into the Looking-Glass World, a place where everything—themselves included—is divided in two. Celia’s logic and Tyrus’s imagination now belong to their mirror images, Lia and Ty. Left without their greatest problem-solving skills, Celia and Tyrus must rely on each other as they play a massive game of chess to try to catch their mirror images.

With breathtaking imagery and a heartfelt message, Secrets of the Sand invites listeners to explore the treasures hidden in family, faith, and self-discovery. Complete with interactive activities that empower children to create their own symbols, treasures, and secret messages, this tale is both a spiritual awakening and a creative invitation.

Eric, Julie, and Neal are sailing with Princess Keeah. Suddenly, they are caught in the middle of a magical ocean storm. They are shipwrecked in an island that belongs to one of Lord Sparr’s witches. Now Eric, Julie, Neal, and Princess Keeah have to get off the island before Lord Sparr gets...