‘Enchanting’ Independent ‘Joyously imaginative’ Cressida Cowell, author of How to Train Your Dragon Fourth in the modern-classic and bestselling bookwandering series for readers aged eight to twelve that celebrates all that is best in life: books, adventure, friendship – and cake. Milo lives on board the Sesquipedalian, or “Quip” – a magical train that uses the power of imagi…
Everything casts a shadow. Even the world we live in. And as with every shadow, there is a place where it must touch. A seam, where the shadow meets its source. Olivia Prior has grown up in Merilance School for girls, and all she has of her past is her mother’s journal—which seems to unravel into madness. Then, a letter invites Olivia to come home—to Gallant. Yet when Olivia arrives, n…
Charlie's beloved grandfather is ill, and Charlie will do anything to save him. He brings home a baby raven, Blue Sky, because his Native American friends claim they have powerful medicine. But caring for and protecting a wild creature is a huge responsibility. Charlie learns wondrous things about ravens — and some surprising lessons about humans.
Maybe Frita was going to be brave, but I knew I was headed to almost certain death. I said I'd do five other things off my list if we stayed home, but Frita was being a locomotive again. "Just wait," she told me. "After this you'll feel so brave, you'll be first in line for the fifth grade."
"Forward, my friends, into the Interior of the Earth!"
At the dawn of the next world war, a plane crashes on an uncharted island, stranding a group of schoolboys. At first, with no adult supervision, their freedom is something to celebrate. This far from civilization they can do anything they want. Anything. But as order collapses, as strange howls echo in the night, as terror begins its reign, the hope of adventure seems as far removed from realit…
All year the half-bloods have been preparing for battle against the Titans, knowing the odds of victory are grim. Kronos's army is stronger than ever, and with every god and half-blood he recruits, the evil Titan's power only grows. While the Olympians struggle to contain the rampaging monster Typhon, Kronos begins his advance on New York City, where Mount Olympus stands virtually unguarded. No…
Cerita ini berawal dari kisah seorang perempuan bernama Alea yang meninggalkan bukunya di perpustakaan, yang kemudian seseorang menemukan buku itu. Alea menceritakan betapa sukanya ia pada karakter fiksi di buku Alster Lake karya Dean Bjorn. Namun ternyata seseorang yang mengembalikan buku itu adalah penulisnya sendiri. Memiliki ketertarikan yang sama tentang Jerman, Dean Bjorn jatuh cinta u…
A malicious letter A tragic death A village filled with suspects Nothing ever happens in the sleepy village of Lymstock. Until letters accusing the villagers of unspeakable acts start to appear. They try to dismiss them as a cruel hoax, but then one of the recipients is found dead. The letter next to her body reads simply, ‘I can’t go on’. As fear spreads among the village…