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Twelve-year-old orphan Eva Root travels the country pretending to channel spirits at séances. Her audiences swear their loved ones have spoken to them from beyond the grave. This, of course, is impossible. But one day, Eva experiences another impossibility: she hears a voice in her head telling her to come to the World’s Fair in Chicago. There, she meets a mysterious magician who needs her help to bring magic to life.

Ming Qong is convinced that girls have changed the world throughout history. So when Ming is thrust back in time to Belgium during WWI, only to be rescued from a burning cellar by Marie -- an experienced spy at only twelve years of age -- she finally has her proof. Marie is involved with a female secret resistance group who risk their lives to outwit the German troops. But Ming now faces a tough choice: will she send coded messages and risk her own life in this war on which the future depends?

Twelve-year-old Ming Qong is convinced that girls must have changed the world, even if they are rarely mentioned in history books. So when Ming gets the chance to go back in time, she imagines herself changing destinies from a glittering palace or an explorer's ship. Instead, she ends up in Australia in 1898, living a tough life as Flo Watson on a drought-stricken farm.

It's a dark and dangerous journey for the Cobb and Co night mail coach, but when his coach-driver father is injured, young Jem Donovan must take the reins. Surely a boy like Jem can't handle a team of four horses and guide the coach on a rough bush track through fog and untold dangers? But there are six passengers on the coach tonight, each with a secret. And if Jem can't get them all to their destination by morning, the seventh secret could be deadly.

Matilda Lockett is used to playing the role of Poor Dead Edna on stage with her spirit-medium aunt, Signora Valentina, and theatrical uncle Barnabus–but when they all decamp to Beauchamp Manor to deal with a most dreadful haunting, she discovers she really can see ghosts! There she meets ghost boy, Edgar Wilde, who shares her love of supernatural snooping, and together they set about unravelling the case of The Ghosts of the Manor.

"Gyldendals lyttebøger for de store" 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". Der skal være bal i grev Eriks gods. Det årlige maskebal. Folk er indbudt fra nær og fjern. Også i år har greven fået en idé til et sjovt indslag mellem maden og dansen. Han har hørt, at Mester Rask er i byen. Mester Rask og hans tamme abe. Og hvorfor ikke få dem ud på godset? Et abe-cirkus vil folk ikke sådan glemme.

En vild og fabulerende fortælling om kampen mellem gode og onde kræfter, der udspiller sig på en rejse rundt i Danmark. Fra Grenen i nord til Møgeltønder i syd. Hovedpersonen er drengen Lucifer, som er udset til at være Danmarks skytsengel. På sin fantastiske færd rundt i landet får han følgeskab af pigen Liv. Sammen møder de en række spændende personer og sagnfigurer fra forskellige perioder i Danmarkshistorien. Bogen udkom første gang i 1996 og fik en overvældende modtagelse.

A robbery rocks the entire household, and everyone is a suspect. Twelve-year-old trainee housemaid Alice and reclusive young aristocrat Theo are determined to solve the case. As they investigate upstairs and downstairs to track down the culprit, the mystery deepens, and danger looms closer.

The Time-Travelling Trio: Adventure Across History is an engaging and educational collection of tales that takes young listeners on a thrilling journey through time. Join the trio as they explore some of the most exciting and significant events in history, from the ancient world to the modern era. With vivid descriptions and realistic depictions of historical figures, this book captures the imagination and sparks a love of learning in young minds.

It's a truth universally acknowledged that the seventh-born rat of the seventh-born litter is a rat in want of adventure. Tilbury Twitch Whiskers is no exception, but he doesn't know it quite yet. This is a story about the dockland rats that live alongside the Thames in London. Like us, the rats have grown with the ever-expanding city, and like us, the rats have an eye for trade and stolen goods.

London, 1880s: High up under the eaves of her father's townhouse, twelve-year-old Emma Linden lives and never goes out. Her dream is to follow in the footsteps of Mary Anning, the famous fossil hunter. But Emma is kept hidden away from all the world, science and study, the tools that keep her mind well. When Emma's brother, James, begins to speak obsessively of a tiger gifted to the Natural History Museum, everything she holds certain begins to crumble. Their only refuge is Kersbrook, the magical family home on the Devon coast.

Joe's world is turned upside down when he discovers a shattered compass among the brambles where the Crystal Palace once stood and travels through time back to 1888.

Young America, Volume 1 begins in the year 1773. With the continued pressure from England, the Colonists are feeling the heavy hand of King George as he deliberately makes life intolerable with steep taxes on everything. English soldiers are everywhere ensuring the taxes are paid. You can feel the electricity in the air as tensions rise. The Colonists are in agreement that something must be done.

There was once a time when the people of the earth were cave dwellers. In these caves, they knew only what there was around them. Sometimes the elders would speak of a world that existed outside the cave. Many of the cave dwellers longed to see the outside world that their elders had deserted long ago but they were forbidden to do so.

Apassit matkaavat uuteen seikkailuun Viipuriin. Apassit kutsutaan Viipuriin, koska Monrepos'n kartanon kuuluisaa puistoa riivaa öisin iso musta lintu, jota epäillään sielulinnuksi. Sen pelätään hakevan jonkun sielua ja tietävän kuolemaa. Poliisi on jo käynyt paikalla ja paennut sieltä. Heti kättelyssä Apassit joutuvat henki-istuntoon, jossa heidät julistetaan kirotuiksi, ja aamulla he kaikki löytävät ison mustan sulan tyynyltään. Kun vielä kaksi Apassia katoaa kesken vartiovuoron, ovat hyvät neuvot kalliit.

Dido is reconciled to leaving the racing track and staying at home to train horses with Scorpus and Parmenion. But a storm is brewing. It brings with it a fiery black stallion, uncannily like Dido's beloved Porcellus. Word arrives from Rome that her cousin, Abibaal, a talented young charioteer, has been recruited to compete for the evil emperor Caligula. To save Abibaal, Dido must return to the great Circus Maximus track where she once drove to glory herself, confront her enemy Caligula, and face the toughest, most dangerous race of her life.

When Becket Bramble is sent to live with his aunt in York, little does he know that it would be the start of a terrifying journey that would take him back to medieval England and the iconic Tower of London. With the aid of his magic Templar pendant, Becket becomes embroiled in a desperate race against time to rescue the infamous "Princes in the Tower" from the sinister Lady Margaret Beaufort and the wicked Duke of Buckingham.

Jason lives with his big brother, Richie, trying their best to make ends meet so they can stay together. They've got supportive neighbours and some great friends, but there's always the threat that someone will think they can't manage on their own since their parents died. It’s February 1974 and working-class families have been hit hard by the three-day week. The reduced power usage means less work, and less money to get by on. Richie is doing his best, but to make enough money, he’s been doing favours for the wrong people.

Durante la Guerra de la Independencia, el convento de fray Perico es atacado. Los franceses roban la imagen de San Francisco y a Calcetín, el burro del simpático fraile. Los monjes se unirán para encontrarles y recibirán ayuda de los personajes más insospechados. ¿Qué puede hacer un pacifista en una guerra que no entiende? Una novela que muestra de nuevo el valor de la paz, la unión y el diálogo.

November 18th, 1929. In her small village in Newfoundland, Celia is setting the table for her 13th-birthday celebration when the house starts to shake. It’s an earthquake, rumbling under the Atlantic Ocean. A few hours later, the sea water disappears from the harbor, only to rush back in a wave almost 30 feet high, destroying nearly everything in its path. Buildings, boats, and winter supplies of fish and food are washed away, and Celia and her community are devastated. With their only phone line cut off and no safe route to get help, they are isolated and facing a long, cold, hungry winter.