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Pepa y Maxi son unos audaces detectives capaces de resolver cualquier caso por complicado que sea. ¿Serán capaces de salir airosos de su nueva aventura? Sígueles hasta la Isla de los caimanes e investiga con Los Buscapistas las malvadas intenciones del excéntrico doctor Musgó....

Los detectives más jóvenes de Basketville se enfrentan a un nuevo caso. ¿Conseguirán esclarecer el misterio? Pepa y Maxi van a la ópera con su abuelo y, en mitad de la representación, el teatro se queda a oscuras. Cuando se vuelven a encender las luces... ¡la cantante principal ha desaparecido!

Los audaces detectives Pepa y Maxi se enfrentan a una nueva intriga... Se ha detectado una supuesta plaga de chinches en la escuela y, desde hace un par de días, un inspector de sanidad mantiene reuniones secretas con la directora para solucionar el problema. Pero no es lo que parece, ha llegado al colegio buscando algo que se esconde en lo más profundo de sus sótanos...

Los audaces detectives Pepa y Maxi se enfrentan a una nueva intriga... Acampar en un prado cerca de una cueva no parece tan peligroso, hasta que por las noches se empiezan a escuchar ruidos de lo más misteriosos y, ¡aparecen sombras fuera de la tienda! Todo apunta a que la cueva está embrujada... ¿conseguirán armarse de valor e investigar en las profundidades?

L'Emma, una jove de divuit anys amb molts amics i segura de si mateixa, veu a la pantalla del mòbil que en Víctor, un amic, l'està trucant. Així que respon al telèfon, sent una veu diferent, en Pau, un senyor d'uns cinquanta anys que ha trobat un mòbil perdut, ha vist fotos de l'Emma a la galeria i ha decidit trucar-la per tornar-li el telèfon. A partir d'aquí es destapa un secret familiar i l'Emma comença cercar els seus orígens.

Young reporter-in-training Kate and her mouse-accomplice Rupert are on board a train, to visit Kate's mum in the Arctic. But as soon as the train departs, mysterious things start happening. A packet of ginger nuts goes missing. A collection of gymnastics trophies are stolen. And some ancient scrolls disappear. Fellow passenger Madame Maude seems the most likely culprit, until a surprising—and delicious—twist turns the whole investigation on its head.

Where has Faith’s dad gone? Why has he left his family living in an old house perched on a crumbling cliff top? A crack has appeared in the cliff and Faith watches anxiously as it gets bigger and bigger each day.... Her brother is obsessed with the sea ghosts he claims live in the basement, and when he disappears as well, Faith starts to believe in the ghosts too. Can she find her brother and bring her father back before everything she cares about falls into the pitiless sea below? A great mystery with real heart, from a captivating new voice in middle-grade fiction.

It’s not every day a couple of eagles pay you a visit in the middle of the night and tell you your friend, who happens to be hundreds of miles away, is in terrible danger. But Matt and Elena are not everyday people. They’re Night Speakers, with the ability to communicate with animals, and an uncanny habit of getting into save-the-world situations. But what is shaking the birds’ world so much that it would drive them to fly hundreds of miles? Something huge and horrifying is happening, and Tima is in the middle of it.

The third instalment in this suspenseful and spooky series from New York Times best-selling duo Brendan Reichs and Ally Condie. After the events of Dark Halloween, the town of Timbers is in a full-blown monster panic, making life for the Torchbearers - Opal, Nico, Tyler, Emma and Logan - extremely difficult. Nico is investigating the Rift and the strange natural phenomena that continue to occur, all while worrying about his dad's potential work transfer.

Gary, John and Dad, too, are lost without Mum. Gary is only 14 and goes seriously off the rails, getting involved with local thugs and teetering on the brink of being on the wrong side of the law. John is wrestling with the GCSEs and his first romance - the gorgeous Olivia Bellman. But he's carrying the burden of trying to cope with Gary and Dad at the same time. And they're all living with the memories of someone they can never replace.

En començar el curs, en Víctor tem que en Marçal Batallé torni a buscar-li les pessigolles i hagi d?acabar al despatx de direcció. Però enguany les coses són ben diferents, ja que amb l´arribada de l´Ícar, el noi nou, en Batallé troba una nova distracció i deixa en pau en Víctor. Mentrestant, un misteriós esdeveniment deixa tothom entre consternat i atemorit: la Mà Negra ataca i ningú, ni el busca-raons d?en Batallé, no pot evitar les seves malifetes!

From the editor of The Good Immigrant, an adrenaline-fuelled, powerful YA novel about young people taking charge of their own destiny. A novel about standing up and being counted. Aspiring MC Taran and her twin brother, Hari, never wanted to move to Firestone House. But when the rent was doubled overnight and Dad's chemo meant he couldn't work, they had to make this tower block their home. It's good now, though; they feel part of something here. When they start noticing boarded-up flats and glossy fliers for expensive apartments, they don't think much of it - until Hari is caught up in a tragedy, and they are forced to go on the run.

Shay has followed Xander and joined his mysterious scientific cult at their remote Scottish compound. She's desperately searching for Callie, who went missing before the start of the epidemic that kills 95 percent of cases and leaves a tiny number of survivors with astonishing new powers. Can Shay uncover the truth about the origins of the epidemic, find Callie and perhaps even rekindle her relationship with Kai? Or will Xander's grand plans destroy them all for ever?

Ein paar römische Münzen, ein 1800 Jahre alter Zahn mit einer Kunststofffüllung und ein rätselhaftes Vermächtnis bringen Nelson, Luk und Judith auf die Spur eines Jungen, der aus der Zukunft ins Köln des Jahres 168 nach Christus gereist und dort gestorben ist. Sie folgen ihm und geraten mitten ins gefährliche Abenteuer Zeit. Meisterhaft und sprachlich brillant entführt Pete Smith den Hörer in die faszinierende Welt der Römer. Pete Smith ist als Sohn einer Spanierin und eines Engländers im westfälischen Soest aufgewachsen. An der Universität studierte er Germanistik, Philosophie und Publizistik.

Pour sa seconde mission, l'agent James Adams reçoit l'ordre de pénétrer au cœur du gang du plus puissant trafiquant de drogue du Royaume-Uni. Son objectif : réunir les preuves nécessaires pour envoyer ce dangereux criminel derrière les barreaux. Une opération à haut risque... CHERUB est un département ultrasecret des services de renseignements britanniques composé d'agents âgés de 10 à 17 ans.

Sep, Arkle, Mack, Lamb and Hadley: five friends thrown together one hot, sultry summer. When they discover an ancient stone box hidden in the forest, they decide to each make a sacrifice: something special to them, committed to the box forever. And they make a pact: they will never return to the box at night; they'll never visit it alone; and they'll never take back their offerings. Four years later, a series of strange and terrifying events take place. Someone broke the rules, and now everyone has to pay.

Who lies? Who tells the truth? Death hangs on the answer.... Tell a lie, and the darkness will find you. Quinn and Piper are twins, but they've never met. A tragic event brings them together and draws them into a family curse that stretches across centuries. One twin can command the darkness; the other could hold the key to breaking the curse. But when lies become truth and truth looks like lies, who can you believe? Don't miss this startling new audiobook from Teri Terry, queen of the YA psychological thriller!

What happens when love brings loss? When love brings lies? When love brings hate? Olivia and her twin brother, Aidan, are heading alone back to Earth following the virus that wiped out the rest of their crew and their family in its entirety. Nathan is part of a community heading in the opposite direction. But on their journey, Nathan's ship is attacked and most of the community killed. Only a few survive.

Zinny's life is falling apart. Shadowy figures are following him. His parents are keeping secrets but he can't figure out why. Then his mum ends up in hospital, his dad disappears, and Zinny has to do whatever he can to save his family. Even if it means helping the very men he's been running from... As the clock ticks, Zinny knows it's only a matter of time before someone ends up dead - and it could be him.

Gareth is thrilled when Jake, the new boy who's full of exciting tales, befriends him - but when Gareth is caught doing an impression of Jake's accent, everything changes. Jake is furious and determined to have his revenge! Gareth has to draw on the memory of his beloved Grandad, and on the only thing he has left of him - the magical, mysterious Avenger mask that Grandad wore when he was a wrestler. But is Jake really the opponent he seems to be?