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This exciting historical novel tells the story of a 12-year-old Chumash boy and his family who become captives in a California Spanish mission more than 200 years ago. This is historical fiction based entirely on historical fact that reveals the devastating impact colonization had on California Native peoples.

The world of planet Erf is full of secret enemies and hidden conspiracies that threaten the very survival of all living things. Only our unlikely heroes, Roger Briggs and Mary Maddam, hold the key to defeating this evil force—the unborn Dragon Prince Regor, last surviving heir of the Dragon Dynasty and the prophesied savior of Erf.

Clumsiness is Chumley Stumblefoot's superpower. So much so, in fact, that everyone just calls him Clumsy. But when he trips up and insults history in front of his teacher, he has no idea the crazy old man is going to send him 500 years back in time to get an education on it.

Gibt es Geister wirklich? Und kann man mit ihnen sprechen? Das behauptet zumindest Anna Rothe, die anscheinend nicht nur eine Verbindung ins Geisterreich gefunden hat, sondern auch Blumen und andere Gegenstände aus dem Nichts erscheinen lassen kann. Darum nennt man sie auch das Blumenmedium. Aber in Wirklichkeit ist sie nur eine geschickte Betrügerin, die mit Hilfe ihres Managers die Menschen an der Nase herumführt. David, Jonas und Emma finden schnell heraus, dass Anna Rothe nicht die geringsten magischen Kräfte besitzt – oder vielleicht doch?

Step into the fantastical world of Splendania, where mythical creatures roam the land and skies, and heroes are born. Join Princess Vanadae and Prince Galderon on a thrilling quest to protect the fabled Golden Unicorn from a treacherous threat - the very people of Splendania themselves!

Archibald is a changed boy. He stands up to bullies and hangs out with the gargoyles that used to scare him. But for all his new toughness, he’s also a lost boy who misses his friends in Lemurea. When strange footprints are discovered on the manor grounds, he realizes a piece of that world has followed him home. Without golems, witches, or magic, Archibald knows there’s little to stop what’s prowling the London suburbs, which means he’ll have to return to Lemurea to seek Faerydae’s help.

Young Thomas Monroe was bred for the sea. At his first chance he sets off on a merchant’s ship, but Thomas gets more of an adventure than he’d expected when his ship is captured by the pirates whose treasure map he stole! He somehow must keep himself and his captain alive and beat the pirates to their treasure. Meanwhile, hundreds of years in the future, Jim Monroe—Thomas’ descendant—is also in desperate need of that treasure, or he and his mother will lose the family land. Embark on this thrilling tale of piracy and derring-do, Douglas Wilson’s first foray into children’s fiction.

Once captured and enslaved in Tripoli, Thomas Watson has escaped at last and vowed never to return. Susannah Wilcox secretly longs for adventure and is thrilled when she is sent to Naples to finish her education. Jules Monroe is freeborn but longs to prove to himself and the wider world that he is a man, out on the sea with his cousin Samuel. Their stories all meet in 1803 aboard the Philadelphia, a 36-gun frigate. Unfortunately, the ship has fallen into the hand of Barbery pirates, and such a powerful weapon will allow them to decimate the United States’ fledgling navy.

When John Monroe saves a mother and daughter from the clutches of a rogue English soldier, he is thrust into a world of intrigue and espionage. It’s the height of the French and Indian War. In possession of a letter that exposes British troop movements, John must race to deceive the French before the rogue soldier can catch up to him and provide the actual intelligence the French need.

Stephen Monroe is a young, zealous patriot, proud of his brother William, who is a distinguished captain in the Revolutionary War. The one thing Stephen can’t understand is how his brother can kill Redcoats but despise the fiery words of other revolutionaries like Thomas Paine. When Stephen meets Lieutenant William Morris, he thinks he has found someone even more patriotic than his brother. Caught between two Williams, Stephen must realize there are two wars going on, and he must choose between his brother’s or Lieutenant Morris’.

For Lil, life at the Squawking Mackerel inn couldn't be more miserable. She's tasked with the sloppiest, grottiest jobs and picked on at every turn. Her only friend is Augustus Scratchy, a cantankerous crow with a habit of stealing. When the dread villain Rotten Bob Hatchet and his gang of cut-throat highwaymen begin attacking travellers on the road, things get really dire. Joining forces with a new servant boy, Ned - and armed with the contents of the inn's lost property cupboard, a pocketful of dumplings and some knicker elastic - Lil comes up with a plot to scare off Rotten Bob.

Buenos Aires se viste de fiesta para celebrar la asunción del nuevo rey de España. "¡Viva Fernando VII!", dirán muchos de los habitantes del Río de la Plata... pero no todos. Porque una parte del pueblo se atreve a soñar con una patria libre y alienta con sigilo la causa revolucionaria. Pero ese no es el único secreto que guardan las calles de la ciudad: un amor imposible comienza a gestarse entre la joven Amanda Encinas y el mulato Tobías Tatamuez, y buscará abrirse paso al compás de los tambores y el dulce aroma de la canela.

An orchestra explodes in Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens and suddenly the music of London disappears...and a terrifying monster stirs off the Greenwich peninsular, threatening to trample London underfoot. The detectives must track down the thief behind the music's disappearance – via the Whispering Gallery of St Paul's Cathedral, a Windmill-with-teeth on the Isle of Dogs and the dark streets of Soho...where a shadowy villain and his mechanical animal spies live.

This is the story of women who fought during WWI, but not as nurses or ambulance drivers. In 1917 sixteen-year-old Jean McLain is working as a post-office assistant in England. But when she wins a national Morse code competition, the British army makes a request Jean cannot refuse – to take a...

Brasil, 1667. O jovem Francisco, capturado quando criança e entregue à Igreja, vive como coroinha em Porto Calvo e sonha com a liberdade. Ágil e silencioso, explora o vilarejo à noite, pregando peças, vingando os negros mortos no tronco e aterrorizando feitores e senhores de engenho como um fantasma – ou como um nzumbi, em quimbundo, a língua típica de Angola. Até que surge uma oportunidade de fuga, e Francisco a aproveita, dando início a sua jornada para se tornar quem a história não esqueceria: Zumbi dos Palmares, filho de Angola Janga.

Die Jaguarkrieger haben sich gegen den König von Tikal erhoben. Jetzt droht ihnen der Opfertod. Xkik', die Tochter des Großen Jaguars, will das nicht hinnehmen und macht sich auf den Weg ihren Vater und dessen Männer zu befreien. Fred weiß von all dem nichts, als er zusammen mit Opa Alfred in der Morgendämmerung die steile Treppe zum Tempel der Masken hinaufsteigt, um den Sonnenaufgang zu bestaunen. Frühstück über den Baumwipfeln des dampfenden Regenwaldes - das Highlight ihrer Reise durch Mesoamerika.

When Sidney Dashworth's school is evacuated to a huge stately home in the countryside, she thinks she's going to spend the war being very bored. At least her brother must be having fun, flying his Spitfire all over France! But soon Sidney and a housemaid called Nancy discover that the Earl is up to no good. He has secret nighttime meetings with mysterious men from the government and seems to be hiding something sinister on his land. At first it's all terribly thrilling, investigating by creeping about at night and finding secret passageways, but soon everything takes a deadly turn.

Based on a true story. In October 1660, Etienne Gayneau rushes through the cobblestone streets of La Rochelle, France, to meet his cousin at the harbor. A ship carrying King Louis XIV's elite musketeers is docking. He dreams of becoming one himself, but has no idea that their arrival will force his Huguenot family to flee in the dead of night. His cousin has offered him a safe haven. Now he must choose - stay and pursue his dream or leave and face an uncertain destiny. Both choices are fraught with dangers. Either way his life will never be the same.

Berlin, 1961. Anja and Monika are best friends–they even share a cat called Otto. When a huge barbed wire fence is built between their apartment blocks, everything changes; their city and family are divided by the Berlin Wall. In the West, Anja is sure it will be taken down, but Monika is afraid. Her world is changing: neighbours keep disappearing, others become spies and shadowy threats lurk around every corner.

Twins Scarlett and Thomas are learning about the Romans at school. So Grandad uses his time machine to send them back to Roman Britain. Scarlett finds herself in a Roman camp and is chosen as a slave by the Emperor Claudius's daughter, Antonia. The two become friends and Scarlett sees first hand the glamour and treachery of the Roman court. Thomas joins a rabble of local kids who hate the Romans. Their leader is a small red-headed girl called Boudicca. Even when the kids are overwhelmed and taken as slaves, Bou hatches another plan to attack the Romans.