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The third book in the best-selling Jackie French historical series that places girls centre stage. Ming Qong is convinced that girls have changed the world throughout history. She's faced danger and adventure when Herstory sent her to the past to witness girls' bravery in the incredible feats...

Young cabin steward Sid is proud to be working on the TITANIC, the greatest ship ever built. Clara dreams of adventure - and now she's an accidental stowaway in the hold of the CARPATHIA. Here she meets the biggest, best dog she's ever known: Rigel, who is on his way to his new owner in Italy. None of them could have imagined how they would need each other one ice-cold, terrible night - or that an extraordinary sea creature might also answer their call....

Imane is a curious young girl with a big question: What is behind the magic door inside her house? Her sister Caroline says it’s a door that goes everywhere and nowhere. Sometimes it’s red, sometimes it’s blue—and it smells like coffee beans and the ocean. Imane can only imagine what’s on the other side: a beautiful Caribbean island full of magic, music, and fun. Haiti.

Leonard is shocked when he arrives with his mother in the port of Southampton. His father is a stranger to him, it's cold and even the Jamaican food doesn't taste the same as it did back home in Maroon Town. But his parents have brought him here to try to make a better life, so Leonard does his best not to complain, to make new friends, to do well at school - even when people hurt him with their words and with their fists. How can a boy so far from home learn to enjoy his new life when so many things count against him?

Set during the Great War, the Adventures of Samuel Oliver series follows Samuel Oliver. Born into the dangerous family business of deep sea diving, Samuel seeks to prove himself to his father and uncle amidst a backdrop of mystery, suspense, and danger!

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...

«En este mundo hay muchas cosas que escapan al control de la razón. Cosas extrañas, sorprendentes, increíbles, fantásticas. Son ellas las que convierten la vida en una impredecible aventura. Mi historia es una de esas, mi joven amigo.»

Learn all about life in the desert in this nature themed instalment of DK Books' new educational fiction series for children. Meet the Secret Explorers - a band of brainiac kids from all around the world. Everyone in this diverse group of young experts has a speciality, from outer space to...

Los protagonistas de Dos años de vacaciones son quince jóvenes de distintas nacionalidades abandonados en una isla y luchando por sobrevivir.Las diferencias de nacionalidad, de educación, de valores,...generan una serie de reflexiones de orden psicológico que contribuyen tanto a amenizar el relato como a identificar al lector con los protagonistas.Verne plantea una situación conflictiva para un grupo de niños, en la que se prueba que el valor y la inteligencia de éstos los ayudan a triunfar frente a dificultades, peligros y responsabilidades...

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.

Emmie and Jack are on a school trip with a difference. Visiting Belfast to see where Titanic was built, they step back to 1912 and discover the great ship itself. All too soon, they find out that the way home is blocked, and Jack gets dragged off to work by one of the crew.

'A hugely entertaining mystery' – Fiona Noble, The Bookseller Children's Previews 'One to Watch' Greenwich, London, 15th February 1894. Luna thinks that an evening at her aunt's butterfly club sounds deathly boring. But it turns out that the meeting, held in the Butterfly Room at the Greenwich...

Would you risk the future to change the past? Greenwich, London, 1894. Luna, Konstantin and Aidan are time-travelling thieves, stealing artefacts from the future to bring progress forward. And they are about to venture on their most treacherous mission. For The Butterfly Club have their eyes on...

Spring, 1846: Douglas Allen Deeds dreams of starting a new life out West. When the opportunity to join the Donner Party Expedition arises, he leaves the life he's known behind to set out on the nearly 2,000-mile trek from Independence, Missouri to sunny California. But progress is slow. Brutal heat, poisoned water, and rough terrain slows the expedition down. Soon they have a choice: continue on the known but grueling trail, or take a shortcut that would cut 350 miles from their journey-but take them through unknown territory.

While her milliner mother Rosamund is abroad in Paris, 12-year-old Vinnie Fyfe is left behind in Brighton. She finds comfort in eccentric Aunt Bets, her new friend Temitayo and the Brighton Aquarium—where the arrival of a giant octopus will change her life forever. At first terrified, then fascinated, Vinnie begins to produce drawings of the incredible creature, and is sure that a bond is developing between them. But meanwhile, there is a dark and dangerous mystery afoot—involving Rosamund's real reasons for disappearing so suddenly.

Dieci anni dopo, in quel borgo ridotto a macerie, abitato solo dai tre ragazzi inselvatichiti da solitudine e priva-zioni, padre Julen de la Cruz fu catapultato lì senza un perché. Vent’anni prima, fu padre Cullighan, infatti, per via di quella tesi sull’imperatore Costantino, a chiedergli di fare ricerche. Padre Julen invece, partì missionario per l’Africa. Si scambiarono qualche lettera poi, una busta. Di là arrivava. Fuor del Vallo. Lo schizzo di un simbolo che conosceva bene.

An ALA Rainbow Book List Top 10 Selection * Golden Kite Award Winner * New York Public Library Best Books for Kids * ALA Booklist Top 10 First Novels for Youth * Jane Addams Award finalist * Lambda Literary Award Finalist A heartfelt debut novel about a boy’s attempt to find himself in the...

Explore history without the confines of time or distance. Dr. Isabel Soto is an archaeologist and world explorer with the skills to go wherever and whenever she needs to research history, solve a mystery, or rescue colleagues in trouble. Listeners join Izzy on her journeys and gain knowledge about historical places, eras, and cultures on the way.

Orinthia and Seafra Shalloo accept a summer job from the eccentric Grandy Brock, who has collected a menagerie of furry and feathered posties known as ANIMAILS. The children are especially fond of Geronimo, a homing pelican. But when the big bird fails to return from a delivery, their little brother, Taber, is devastated, so much so that he mails himself to New York, where Geronimo was sent. Orinthia and Seafra follow suit, stealing a precious stamp and hopping in a freight crate - and soon all are embarked on an extraordinarily daring first-class adventure.

¿Dar la vuelta al mundo en 80 días? ¡Imposible! Solo Phileas Fogg, un excéntrico caballero inglés, se atrevería a intentarlo. La aventura le deparará algunos contratiempos, pero Phileas lo tiene todo controlado. O eso cree él....