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Petit éclair. That’s what the other boys at the orphanage call Lucas DuBois. Lucas is tired of his cowardly reputation, just as he’s tired of the war and the Nazi occupation of his French village. He longs to show how brave he can be. He gets the chance when he saves a litter of kittens from cruel boys and brings them to an abandoned stable to care for them. There he comes upon a stranger who is none too happy to see him: Alice, the daughter of a horse trainer, who is hiding her filly from German soldiers.

De nieuwe Vriens over een reizend theater. Rosa reist samen met haar familie het land door om op kermissen in theatervoorstellingen te spelen. Maar eigenlijk vindt Rosa toneelspelen verschrikkelijk. Als kleuter moest ze al meedoen en stond ze te huilen op het podium. Nu ze ouder is, speelt ze braaf haar rolletjes, maar ze zou liever bij de draaimolen helpen of achter de kassa zitten. Gelukkig heeft Rosa Teunis, de zeventienjarige jongen die de sterren van de hemel speelt in hun toneelstukken, vooral in de vrouwenrollen.

For eleven-year-old Gao Sheng, home is the lush, humid jungles and highlands of Laos. Home is where she can roll down the grassy hill with her younger siblings after her chores, walk to school, and pick ripe peaches from her family’s trees. But home becomes impossible to hold onto when the communist government takes over after U.S. troops pull out of the Vietnam War. The communists will be searching for any American allies, like Gao Sheng’s father, a Hmong captain in the Lao Army who fought alongside the Americans against the Vietnamese. If he’s caught, he’ll be killed.

The hero of the story is a ten-year-old Egyptian boy called Little Steps, who sets out on the quest to find and unite the 3 symbols of ancient Egypt–the Staff, the Flail and the Crook. On his quest he is joined by his three extraordinary friends: Red Brick, the Giant, Axiom, the Centaur and Lapis, the Vulture.

Based on true events, a little green jacket travels through the lives of different children, who live in very different places, and ends up on the other side of the world after a natural disaster. Historical fiction.

Picture a steamship cutting through the waves, the salty breeze whipping through your hair, as excitement and uncertainty fill the air. For Emmy, this journey was more than just reaching America; it was a leap into the unknown filled with new friendships and thrilling experiences.

Butter O'Bryan lives in a Very Small Castle with his father and three aunts - Aunt Elephant, Aunt Cake and Aunt Peculiar. These aren't their real names, of course, just as Butter's father isn't really called 'Pongo'. And even though Butter is only twelve years old, and the grandson of one of Australia's most successful Jam Kings, he is very aware of the hardship many people are experiencing.

Sixteen-year-old Nipper and his Gallipoli mates Lanky, Spud, Bluey and Wallaby Joe are starving, freezing and ill-equipped. By November 1915 they know that that there is more to winning a war than courage. The Gallipoli campaign has been lost. Nipper has played cricket with the Turks in the opposing dugout, dodged rocket fire and rescued drowning, freezing men when the blizzard snow melted. He is one of the few trusted with the secret kept from even most of the officers: how an entire army will vanish from the Peninsula over three impeccably planned nights.

The Philippines, 1899. Ten-year-old Samkad thinks he knows everything about the world. He knows that home is in the mountains. He knows who his friends and his enemies are. And he knows that he will grow up to become a warrior like his dad, with his own shield, spear and axe. His best friend is Little Luki and she too wants to become a warrior—though there's little chance of that because she is just a girl. Then strangers arrive: a boy with many languages in his throat... and weird-looking men called Americans who bring war and death.

Cuando la fallida invasión de Bahía de Cochinos en 1961 solidifica el poder de Castro en Cuba, la familia de Cumba, de 12 años, toma la difícil decisión de enviarlo a la Florida solo. Ante la idea de vivir en otro país por sí mismo, Cumba intenta recordar el sonido del clarinete de su padre, el olor del perfume de lavanda de su madre. La vida en Estados Unidos presenta toda una nueva serie de desafíos. Perdido en un mar de angloparlantes, Cumba tiene que navegar una nueva ciudad, una nueva escuela y una nueva libertad por su propia cuenta.

Catherine feels trapped. Her father is determined to marry her off to a rich man—any rich man, no matter how awful. But by wit, trickery, and luck, Catherine manages to send several would-be husbands packing. Then a shaggy-bearded suitor from the north comes to call—by far the oldest, ugliest, most revolting suitor of them all. Unfortunately, he is also the richest.

Seventh grader Holling Hoodhood isn't happy. He is sure his new teacher, Mrs. Baker, hates his guts. Throughout the school year, Holling strives to get a handle on the Shakespeare plays Mrs. Baker assigns him to read on his own time, and to figure out the enigmatic Mrs. Baker. At home, Holling's domineering father is obsessed with his business image and disregards his family.

A girl known only as Brat has no family, no home, and no future until she meets Jane the Midwife and becomes her apprentice. As she helps the short-tempered Jane deliver babies, Brat—who renames herself Alyce—gains knowledge, confidence, and the courage to want something in life for the first time.

È il dicembre del 1978 quando l'inverno cala su Berlino: il manto candido della neve diventa ghiaccio sopra i relitti di scuole e case, parchi e cortili, al di qua e al di là del Muro. Da tre anni un virus incurabile ha sterminato la popolazione adulta della città, costringendo i ragazzi e i bambini sopravvissuti a crescere all'improvviso, in attesa che, alla fine dell'adolescenza, il virus porti via anche loro. Divisi in gruppi per organizzarsi e farsi forza, tra i ragazzi si scatena una guerra spietata.

Nutaaq adores her older sister, Aaluk, and the happy world of their close-knit Iñupiaq village. When Aaluk goes across the sea to marry a Siberian Inuit man, she gives Nutaaq a gift from her husband's people: two precious cobalt blue beads. Through the months that follow, as a great shadow falls over the village, the beads remind Nutaaq of the people she loves, and hold out hope that she might connect with her sister again.

Travel back in time with the Time-Travelling Trio in book three of their exciting adventures! Join Lucy, Max, and Jake as they explore ancient civilizations, discover hidden treasures, and meet legendary figures. This thrilling collection of short stories takes you on a journey through history as the trio uses their time machine to solve mysteries, uncover secrets, and make new friends.

Gyldendals lyttebøger for de største er en serie af lydbøger skrevet og fortalt til børn og unge i alderen 10 til 12 år. Historierne er spændende og medrivende – nogle gange uhyggelige, og skrevet til dem, der gerne vil have lidt ”kød på historierne”. Vi havner i dinosaur-hallen. Det var nemlig dér, lyden kom fra. Og hold helt kæft et svineri. Der var glas-skår over det hele. Det store vindue i taget er gået itu, og det sammen er ægget. Det tudse-gamle og enormt sjældne øgle-æg! "For dælen!" siger Dick. "Hvad er der sket?"

"Freja og Eskil" for fulde sejl fortsætter den spændende historie om børnene fra Ladby. Vi hører om deres dramatiske rejse med skib til København, om sørøvere og gensynet med dronning Margrete. Vi kommer med til ridderturnering og oplever livet i byen, hvor Freja og Eskil får hjælp af dronningen til at fange de stirrende øjne. Inden rejsen går tilbage, ved vi, hvem gællepigen Stina er, og hvorfor munken Andreas er sendt til Skåne for at hente Jesus.

When Tai Choi leaves her home in the Zhejiang province of China, she believes she’ll be visiting her grandmother. But in truth, despite her mother’s opposition, her father has sold her to pay his gambling debts. Alone and afraid, Tai Choi is put on a ship headed for San Francisco, known among the Chinese as Gold Mountain. When she arrives, she is forced to go by the new name listed on her paper documents: Tien Fu Wu. Her new life as a servant at a gambling den is hard. And if she is to survive, Tien Fu must persevere, and learn who to trust.

It is wartime and Carrie and her little brother Nick have been evacuated from their London home to the Welsh hills. In an unfamiliar place, among strangers, the children feel alone and find little comfort with the family they are billeted with: Mr Evans, a bullying shopkeeper and Auntie Lou, his kind but timid sister. When Carrie and Nick visit Albert, another evacuee, they are welcomed into Hepzibah Green's warm kitchen. Hepzibah is rumoured to be a witch, but her cooking is delicious, her stories are enthralling and the children cannot keep away.