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Verlag: Penguin Young Readers Group Sep 2021, 2021
ISBN 10: 1524739545ISBN 13: 9781524739546
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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Twin brothers discover their new home is also a portal to a parallel dimension in this spine-chilling middle-grade adventure, perfect for fans of The Mysterious Benedict Society--now available in paperback! Twelve-year-old twins Colm and Mal might look identical, but they re different in just about every other way. The one thing they can agree on is that neither brother wants to move to Chicago for a fresh start with their mom two years after their dad s death.The boys soon discover that their new apartment building, Brunhild Tower, is full of strange quirks: a mysterious Princess who warns them not to wander the building at midday, eerie sounds coming from the walls, and an elevator that s missing a button for the thirteenth floor. Then one afternoon, that button appears, catapulting the brothers and their inquisitive new neighbor, Tamika, into a parallel dimension and a twin building stuck in time, where the spirits of all the former residents of Brunhild Tower live on, trapped by an ancient curse. Now, Colm, Mal, and Tamika must race against time to solve the mystery of the phantom tower or risk spending an eternity as ghosts themselves. 288 pp. Englisch.
Verlag: Penguin Young Readers Group Sep 2021, 2021
ISBN 10: 0593406184ISBN 13: 9780593406182
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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Pinkney, Jerry (illustrator). Neuware - In the picture book that Booklist says 'manifest[s] love and respect for the West and cowboys of color,' celebrated creators Julius Lester and Jerry Pinkney share the true story of Bob Lemmons, a formerly enslaved Black man who became a renowned mustang wrangler.This collaboration by an award-winning team captures the beauty and the harshness of the frontier, a boundless arena for the struggle between freedom and survival. Julius Lester's lyrical writing partners perfectly with Jerry Pinkney's powerful illustrations to tell the true story of Bob Lemmons, a formerly enslaved Black man who rides his horse, Warrior, and hopes to corral a herd of mustangs. 40 pp. Englisch.
Verlag: Penguin Young Readers Group Sep 2021, 2021
ISBN 10: 0593526716ISBN 13: 9780593526712
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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A Newbery Medal WinnerFor over thirty-five years, Ellen Raskin's Newbery Medal-winning The Westing Game has been an enduring favorite. This highly inventive mystery involves sixteen people who are invited to the reading of Samuel W. Westing's will. They could become millionaires-it all depends on how they play the tricky and dangerous Westing game, a game involving blizzards, burglaries, and bombings! Ellen Raskin has created a remarkable cast of characters in a puzzle-knotted, word-twisting plot filled with humor, intrigue, and suspense. Winner of the Newbery Medal Winner of the Boston Globe/Horn Book Award An ALA Notable Book ASchool Library Journal One Hundred Books That Shaped the Century'A supersharp mystery.confoundingly clever, and very funny.' Booklist, starred review'Great fun for those who enjoy illusion, word play, or sleight of hand.' The New York Times Book Review'A fascinating medley of word games, disguises, multiple aliases, and subterfuges a demanding but rewarding book.' The Horn Book 192 pp. Englisch.
Verlag: Penguin Young Readers Group Sep 2021, 2021
ISBN 10: 0593353625ISBN 13: 9780593353622
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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Zdung, Jeet (illustrator). Neuware - A gorgeously rendered middle grade graphic novel based closely on the author's experiences, in which a young conservationist overcomes the odds to save and return a sun bear to its natural habitat.When twelve-year-old intrepid explorer Chang discovered bear poaching near the rainforest by her home in Vietnam, she decided to do everything she could to become a wildlife conservationist. After training herself in wilderness survival skills, documenting her adventures in her field notebook, and disproving all the critics who thought she wasn't old enough, strong enough, or fluent enough in English (often and troublingly considered to be the 'language of science') Chang was finally accepted as a rescue center volunteer. But her toughest challenge comes when she's tasked with returning Sorya-the sun bear she raised from infancy-to the wild where she belongs. Because despite being a different species, Sorya is Chang's best friend. And letting a friend go is never easy, even when it's the right thing to do.Story Locale: near Vietnam's Cát Tiên National Park 128 pp. Englisch.
Verlag: Penguin Young Readers Group Sep 2021, 2021
ISBN 10: 0593203410ISBN 13: 9780593203415
Anbieter: AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, Deutschland
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Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Adapted for young readers! Join two-time Women's World Cup champion,Olympic gold medalist,and trailblazing activist Megan Rapinoe in the fight for equality and justice in this middle grade adaptation of her New York Times bestselling memoir, One Life.You know Megan Rapinoe as an international soccer superstar! She s also a fierce activist, boldly speaking out about issues of equality and justice from LGBTQ rights to the equal pay movement to Black Lives Matter.In this adaptation for middle school readers of her memoir One Life, get to know Megan: from her childhood in a small California town where she learned to play soccer and how to fight for social justice; through high school, college and beyond; to 2016 when she became the first high-profile white athlete to take a knee in support of Colin Kaepernik, and also suing the United States Soccer Federation along with her teammates over gender discrimination.Using stories from her own life and career, Rapinoe discusses the responsibility we have to speak up. In this edition specifically for young readers, she reveals the impact everyone, even kids, can have on their communities and how kids can get involved in making the world a better place.
Verlag: Penguin Young Readers Group Sep 2021, 2021
ISBN 10: 1984816705ISBN 13: 9781984816702
Anbieter: AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, Deutschland
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Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Deliciously macabreandutterly decadent. Kerri Maniscalco, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Stalking Jack the RipperIn this dark and twisty feminist historical mystery, a teenage girl starts a new life as a grave robber but quickly becomes entangled in a murderer's plans.Soon after her best friend Kitty mysteriously dies, orphaned seventeen-year-old Molly Green is sent away to live with her 'aunt.' With no relations that she knows of, Molly assumes she has been sold as a maid for the price of an extra donation in the church orphanage's coffers. Such a thing is not unheard of. There are only so many options for an unmarried girl in 1850s Philadelphia. Only, when Molly arrives, she discovers her aunt is very much real, exceedingly wealthy, and with secrets of her own. Secrets and wealth she intends to share for a price.Molly's estranged aunt Ava, has built her empire by robbing graves and selling the corpses to medical students who need bodies to practice surgical procedures. And she wants Molly to help her procure the corpses. As Molly learns her aunt's trade in the dead of night and explores the mansion by day, she is both horrified and deeply intrigued by the anatomy lessons held at the old church on her aunt's property. Enigmatic Doctor LaValle's lessons are a heady mixture of knowledge and power and Molly has never wanted anything more than to join his male-only group of students. But the cost of inclusion is steep and with a murderer loose in the city, the pursuit of power and opportunity becomes a deadly dance.