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Er ist perfekt. Ich bin es nicht. Er ist ein Gem – ich ein Imp. Für sie bin ich nichts weiter als eine elende Kanalratte, unperfekt, klein und schwach. Ich wusste, ich muss mich den Rebellen anschließen. Dass meine einzige Chance darin besteht, das Gem-Anwesen auszuspionieren – und Willow den...

Short story for ages 10+ A gruelling story of two fighting stags. A high-pitched whistle, a sound more like a scream, rang out in the valley below. The challenge was made.

There comes a day in a young childs life when the gift of childhoods magic begins to fade. A new firm voice of reason says that the fantastical, the miraculous, are not real and the belief in them is foolish. At that moment, the lights of the world dim, there is a deep sadness in a childs heart that...

Written for children ages 8 to 12, this is the tale of a real crow! Kids who love animals will enjoy this story about a famous crow with a silver spot on his face … the crow everyone called General Silverspot. People have been talking about his adventures and leadership for more than a hundred...

Tomboy mermaid Aliona reaches her sixteen birthday. She gets newly-grown fingernails but it comes with a condition: '“The emerald you have to find, will lead you to the merboy you seek, but don't take too long, mind, for you only have a week.” On her quest, Aliona meets three unsuitable mermen,...

Delta is a self-centred mermaid.  Always thinking of herself and not of others, especially her parents.      Then when she reaches her 16th birthday, she finally gets her adult tail, but it is only pale green not emerald. She is handed a present but it comes with one condition. ...

MADISON IS NOT your average 12-year-old girl from Michigan in 1980. She doesn’t use lipgloss, but she loves to play sports, and joins baseball for the summer—the first girl in Southern Michigan to play on a boys’ team. The press call her a star and a trailblazer, but Madison just wants to play...

Five stories for ages 10 and up from the Heart of the Hunter series, featuring a boy’s helpful mentor, an annoying trip when mother tags along, a father angry at the loss of his best knife, a bloody encounter with a wild pig, and stories of boys and their hunting experiences. Told in classic kiwi flavour, and in the language and lore of the hunter. Ideal for reluctant readers.

Five stories for ages 10 and up from the Heart of the Hunter series, featuring a fiercely loyal hunting dog, the terrors of deer hunting by helicopter, the need to set traps for vicious stoats, a boy experiencing his first hunt, and a series of poems from the hunter’s heart. The author captures...

Red Bear's new adventure takes him far from home as he flies around the world, visiting famous places and witnessing strange and beautiful wonders. Borrowing a red bi-plane, Red Bear imagines he is the Red Bearon in this wonderfully presented educational story. Please note: Words are embedded in images so the word count is much more than it says in the description.

If you enjoyed Sookie Stackhouse and True Blood, you’ll love Tess Callahan and the Tiger’s Eye mysteries. Tess and sexy shapeshifter Jack solve mysteries with supernatural flair, and the laughs fly as fast as the clues.” — New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Yasmine Galenorn. 5...

**The members of an old Oxford club are targeted, and Mycroft Holmes may be the next victim: “[Day]**always captures the flavor of Conan Doyle” (The Sherlockian Times). Six months after the bloody return of Jack the Ripper, Sherlock Holmes is starved for entertainment. When a friend of...

WINNER OF THE 2010 GOURMAND WORLD COOKBOOK AWARD FOR BEST BARBECUE BOOK Barbecue, the beloved cooking method of chefs and home cooks alike, yields delicious slow-cooked, aromatic meats, charred, juicy burgers, and tender, delectable vegetables. In BBQ Makes Everything Better, Aaron Chronister...

"Quest for King Arthur is the most enlightening single text on King Arthur to have been written since Malory first laid his hero to rest" Terry Jones, medievalist and director of Monty Python and the Holy Grail. Quest For King Arthur traces Arthur’s evolution from the earliest...