A brand-new middle-grade mystery series that's spooky, creepy, and filled with gothic twists! Meet the Sinister-Winterbottom twins, who solve mysteries at increasingly bizarre summer vacation destinations in the hopes of being reunited with their parents-or at the very least finally finding a good churro.
"Like a big waterslide that you scream all the way down, only to laugh in relief and get right back on, this book is gothically hilarious and an absolute delight. If I have to die in a waterpark, I want to die in this one."-Holly Black, #1 NYT bestselling author of The Folk of the Air series
'Packed with wordplay and mock-gothic mystery, this first title in the Sinister Summer series is perfect for fans of Lemony Snicket, Edward Gorey and Roald Dahl.'-Shelf Awareness
Meet the Sinister-Winterbottoms: brave Theo, her timid twin, Alexander, and their older sister, Wil. They're stuck for the summer with their Aunt Saffronia, who doesn't know how often children need to eat and can't use a smartphone, and whose feet never quite seem to touch the floor when she glides-er-walks.
When Aunt Saffronia suggests a week pass to the Fathoms of Fun Waterpark, they hastily agree. But the park is even stranger than Aunt Saffronia. The waterslides look like gray gargoyle tongues. The employees wear creepy black dresses and deliver ominous messages. An impossible figure is at the top of the slide tower, people are disappearing, and suspicious goo is seeping into the wave pool.
Something mysterious is happening at Fathoms of Fun, and it's up to the twins to get to the bottom of it. The mystery, that is. NOT the wave pool. Definitely NOT the wave pool. But are Theo and Alexander out of their depth?
A thrilling middle grade mystery series, perfect for fans of Robin Steven’s Murder Most Unladylike. Set in eighteenth-century London, with all the fun and zest of Hamilton, Bridgerton fashion and inspired by real Black British historical figures.
Twelve-year-olds Lizzie Sancho and Dido Belle are from different worlds – Lizzie lives in Westminster in her dad’s tea shop, while Belle is an heiress being brought up by her aunt and uncle at grand Kenwood House – but they both share a love of solving mysteries.
And when their eyes meet in the audience of the Drury Lane theatre one night, both girls are sure they’ve seen something suspicious on stage.
Lizzie and Belle soon find themselves on the trail of a mystery – and becoming best friends. But can they work out what’s going on in time to prevent a murder?
Emma und Lukas müssen mitten in der Nacht die Villa Janssen verlassen: Es sind Einbrecher im Haus! Gerade jetzt, wo sich die Eltern auf der Insel Juist aufhalten und sie ganz allein zu Hause sind. Und nun verhindert auch noch ein unerwarteter Wintereinbruch ihre Rückreise. Emma und Lukas bringen sich erst einmal in Sicherheit, und dann springt sofort ihr Spürsinn an: Was haben die Diebe im alten Haus ihres Großonkels gesucht? Kommen sie womöglich noch einmal wieder? Die beiden machen sich daran, diesen gefährlichen Fall zu lösen ...
Uve Teschner spricht die beliebte Kinderhörbuch-Reihe von Klaus-Peter Wolf und Bettina Göschl spannend und humorvoll und lässt die ganze Familie mitfiebern. Empfohlen für Kinder ab acht Jahren.
Das gleichnamige Buch erscheint im JUMBO Verlag.
Si crees que puedes soportar más emociones, espera la segunda parte de esta fascinante aventura.
Nadie se salva del campamento del amors.
Por una terrible confusión, Dino Duarte es enviado al campamento del AMORS (Área Militarizada Obligatoria para Rijosos y Sabandijas), un lugar para reeducar niños rebeldes, comandado por las extrañas directoras Doris y Vera. Todo es horrible y misterioso en el campamento. Hay desapariciones, una extraña criatura que ronda una cabaña, una compuerta secreta bajo la alberca, y los teléfonos no sirven, todos están incomunicados.
¿Qué es en realidad ese lugar? ¿Qué planean hacer las directoras con los campistas?
Dino, junto con sus amigos Rina y Edi, van a descubrir un escalofriante secreto en las entrañas del Campamento Miedo. En ese sitio, nada es lo que parece.
When Frank Thompson sees a poster requesting recruits for the new Union army, he is ready and willing to enlist. Except Frank isn’t his real name. In fact, Frank isn’t a man—he is really Sarah Emma Edmonds.
At only nineteen years old, Sarah had already been dressing as a man for three years and living on the run in order to escape an arranged marriage. She had tasted freedom, and there was no going back.
Eager to fight for the North during the Civil War, Sarah joins a Michigan infantry regiment. She excels as a soldier, and she even takes on the grueling task of nursing the wounded. Because of her heroism, she is asked to become a spy, cross
enemy lines, and infiltrate a Confederate camp. For her first mission, Sarah must once again disguise herself and rely on the kindness of slaves to help her do her job.
This incredible, true story of a brave young woman who makes an unlikely choice to fight for her country is one that should not be lost to history.
Llega el quinto libro de la colección «Amanda Black», la nueva serie para niños de Juan Gómez-Jurado y Bárbara Montes.
Aventuras repletas de misterio, acción trepidante y con un ritmo frenético.
«Su final es tu principio»
La situación es la siguiente: las calles están sitiadas por una multitud de lo que parecen ser... ¿muertos vivientes? La ciudad ha sido rodeada y nadie puede salir ni entrar de ella. En las noticias y en la radio hablan de un virus, pero yo sé que no ha sido un virus. Ha sido la Campana de Jade.
Ha sido su tañido.
Empiezan a llegar informes de ciudades cercanas en las que está sucediendo exactamente lo mismo. Si alguien puede pararlo, debería ser yo. Yo soy la elegida..., o eso dijo la Gran Biblioteca.
¿Conseguirá Amanda encontrar el origen del caos y detener la pesadilla que se ha desatado mientras lucha contra sus propios demonios?
Si tienes ganas de vivir una gran aventura, ¡únete a Amanda Black!
Skaluni, un arquetípico forastero con poderes inusuales, llega a la mayoría de edad en su aldea. Se convierte en alguien que los aldeanos nunca hubieran esperado y, aunque se enfrenta a un rechazo constante, decide poner a los demás por delante de sí mismo, con resultados cada vez más fantásticos. Pero con el fin del mundo cerca, ¿usará su habilidad para ayudar en tiempos de gran necesidad?
Gilmore Girls meets A Snicker of Magic in this sweet debut novel about twelve-year-old Rosie Flynn, whose film-making skills may be the answer to uncovering the miracles of her town and bringing her father home. There’s no accounting for Miracles, at least that’s what the folks of Glimmer Creek say. Every year, one lucky inhabitant survives danger, and bits of magic cling to them for a lifetime. Rosie Flynn doesn’t know how to get a Miracle but knows for sure they’re real. It’s the same way she’s certain she’ll always have her two best friends, Henry and Cam, that she’ll be a famous film director someday, and that she and her Mama are the perfect team of two. But when someone Rosie loves goes missing, she just might discover that the true Miracle of Glimmer Creek is much different than she’d always believed and that the relationships she holds dear are the most fortunate gift of all.
It was a dark and stormy night when our unnamed narrator and his illiterate Mexican bunkmate Juan Romero begin to hear mysterious drums... what happens next is indescribable!
This is Slappy's world -- You only scream in it!
Space-obsessed Murphy Shannon is pumped that his 6th grade class is visiting the Rayburne Observatory. Except, being a know-it-all means he's totally bored with the lectures he has to sit through. So when classmates Orly and Cleo say they should explore on their own, Murphy sneaks out with them. But when they come face-to-face with the strange Dr. Rayburne and his experiments, they realize they may be in way over their heads. A grand adventure in space may be in store for them, if they can survive...
