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Jasmine is not sure she likes the idea of being stuck in Victoria while her father goes to China. But on a field trip to Chinatown, she changes her mind. Passing through a doorway in Fan Tan Alley, she mysteriously finds herself in the early 1880s. Adventure begins with a new friend, a journey to the Fraser Canyon during the building of the Canadian Pacific Railway, and a search for an ancient amulet. But Jasmine is not the only one searching for the white jade tiger....

Butter has been told there are ghosts at the nearby isolated Howlers Beach, but are there? And how can the children Butter plays cricket with on the beach simply vanish? Who are these children and why do they refuse his help? Butter is certain they're hiding a secret and he's determined to uncover it.

Los Balbuena acaban de aterrizar en una expedición vikinga rumbo al norte más allá del norte. Es el año 850, hielo, fuego y guerreros despiadados les reciben. La aventura acaba de empezar y los vikingos no se andan con tonterías.

Pietro ha quattordici anni, una vita tranquilla e un lavoro che gli piace: cura i maiali del signore di Ateste, il paese dove è nato e dove sa che resterà per sempre. Ma un giorno un cavaliere porta una notizia: arrivano gli Unni! Siamo nel 452 dopo Cristo e le armate di Attila il Grande percorrono le pianure alla volta di Mediolanum, Ravenna, Roma, decise a conquistare ciò che resta dell'impero. È così che nella vita di Pietro cambia tutto: deve arruolarsi e partire per respingere l'invasore.

Wohali, which means Eagle in the Cherokee language, started out as the story of a seven-year-old Cherokee boy living in the 1600s. In the second book, he is now about to turn eight and he's going to show you what it was like to be an Indian in the 17th century. Wohali lives with his family in the Smokey Mountains in what is now North Carolina. He shows you his life and what they think about the world around them. He will tell you about their clans and the village he lives in, and why they were so successful surviving in the mountains.

Bertha Watt, tree-climber and would-be polar explorer, is excited to be on RMS Titanic’s maiden voyage, as she leaves Aberdeen behind for the glamour of a new life in America.

When a mysterious girl attempts to stake her claim to the Snowcroft family fortune, Myrtle Hardcastle’s father, a lawyer, is asked to help prove—or disprove—her identity. Is this truly Ethel Snowcroft, believed to have been lost at sea with her parents, or a con artist chasing a windfall? Mr. Hardcastle’s pursuit of the case takes a detour when he’s hospitalized for a tonsillectomy—only to witness a murder. But where’s the victim? And who at the hospital could be harboring murderous intent? Myrtle is determined to find out before the killer comes after her father.

Cambridge, 1860. Bill's head is full of questions, and it always seems to get him into trouble. Especially when one of his experiments causes his father to lose his job. Bill raises a little money for his family selling interesting fossils he has found. But it's not much. Then someone else needs his help - fast. Bill has discovered something something that could be the answer to his problems. But for the rest of the world, it is something that questions everything.

Søren på 13 år lever et hårdt og opslidende liv som tjenestedreng i nærheden af Viborg i 1880’erne. Selvom han gør sit bedste, bliver han både dårligt behandlet og dårligt betalt. I det mindste holder tjenestefolkene sammen og gør livet lidt bedre for hinanden gennem deres kammeratskab. Søren drømmer om at få et bedre liv, måske som fabrikskarl. Historien om Søren fortsættes i bogen "Nye tider". Bøgerne kan læses i forlængelse af hinanden eller hver for sig. - Jens Aage Poulsen (f. 1953) er en dansk forfatter og lærer.

Det er blevet tid til, at Yrsa skal ud at tjene, men det er ikke lige nemt at finde job for en unge pige, der ikke just er autoritetstro. Yrsa vil ikke nedslides på en fabrik, ligesom hendes mor er blevet, så hun går i lære på et kontor. Her møder hun frk. Kristensen, der altid er på nakken af hende, og til sidst bliver Yrsa så træt af den nådesløse kritik, at hun siger op. Men hvad så nu? På kærlighedsfronten går det imidlertid en del bedre, for Yrsa og Birger er blevet ret glade for hinanden.

Orla Klausen genfortæller det spændende gamle heltesagn om kong Rolf, kong Adils og den enøjede bonde. Kong Rolf og hele den kongelige hær drager til Uppsala for at hente en skat hos den svenske kong Adils, der er kendt for sin snuhed. Undervejs møder kong Rolf den enøjede bonde, og det møde får skæbnesvangre konsekvenser... Orla Klausen (f. 1946) er en dansk forfatter og tegneserietegner. Han er oprindeligt uddannet lærer, men i 1981 debuterede han med et tegneseriealbum i en serie om Jens Langkniv.

Lasse vokser op i 1950’erne sammen med sine forældre og sine to ældre søskende. Hans verden er kæmpestor, for den går helt om på den anden side af Svimmelbakken. Men en dag sender Sovjet hunhunden Laika i kredsløb om jorden, og så bliver Lasses verden endnu større. Anders Johansen (f. 1953) er en dansk forfatter, digter og freelancejournalist. Han er cand.phil. i dansk og debuterede i 1983 med digtsamlingen "Uanset" skrevet sammen med tre andre forfattere.

Karana, a Ghalas-at Indian, lives peacefully on the island with her tribe until the arrival of a Russian otter-hunting ship. In spite of the deal the Aleutian hunters make with her father, the Ghalas-at chief, in the end they prove treacherous, killing most of the tribe. Karana's younger brother, Ramo, is all that is left of her family. Fearful of the Aleuts' return, the remaining Indians decide to move to another island, and are offered safe passage by some friendly ships. But as Karana boards the ship to leave the island forever, she is unable to find Ramo.

As World War II threatens the United States in 1941, Junior Bledsoe fights his own battles at home. He struggles with school and with anger—at his late father, his insufferable granddaddy, his neighbors, and himself—as he desperately tries to find his own aim in life. But he finds relief escaping to the quiet of the nearby woods and tinkering with cars, something he learned from his pop. And a fatherly neighbor provides much-needed guidance.

Mouse, a foundling, loves her pieced-together family at the Moth Theatre fiercely. When their leading man, Walter, is wrongly arrested for murder, Mouse swears she'll free him. But another member of the cast has a secret identity ­- as a ruthless killer. As Mouse's investigation leads her ever closer to their true, deadly nature, can she outwit them without losing everything she holds dear?

A young Aztec girl tells her little brother how their parents create beautiful painted manuscripts, or codices. She explains to him how paper is made from local plants and how the long paper is folded into a book. Her parents and others paint the codices to tell the story of their people’s way of life. Inspired by the pre-Columbian codices, this story tells how the Aztec and their neighbors in the Valley of Mexico painted books and records long before Columbus arrived, and continued doing so among their Nahua-speaking descendants for generations after.

Le réaslisateur Aymeric Pavlenko est en train de préparer un film sur les cro mignons. Viens participer au casting et jouer dans le film pour vivre une merveilleuse aventure et t'amuser comme un fou en suivant ses consignes.

World War II is over, but the Honeycutt family is still feeling its devastating effects. Especially Daddy, who can’t forget what he saw on the battlefield and sometimes can’t cope with everyday life. Fourteen-year-old Ellie Honeycutt finds escape at the NASCAR speedway and in her dreams of travel and college. Her twin sister, Ida, clings to family and finds solace in her sketchbook. Once inseparable, the two sisters find themselves growing apart with the start of high school.

“Could you not teach them what you do know?” Separated from her parents and sent to live with unknown relatives for the summer, Belle Standish clings hard to the promises found in her dear Bible and her beloved hymns.

It’s the summer of 1959 at the foot of Bakers Mountain in western North Carolina when 13-year-old Jackie Honeycutt first bumps into Thomas Freeman fishing on the riverbank. They hit it off, and Jackie hopes the two of them can be friends. But Jackie is white, and Thomas is Black—and Jackie quickly learns their growing friendship won’t be easy.