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A deliciously thrilling mystery, full of heart, wisdom, wit and ingenuity' Edwina Wyatt, award-winning author of The Secrets of Magnolia Moon'Easily one of the most charming books for young readers I have come across... A perfect balance of fun, fantasy, humour and innocence' Katrina Nannestad, author of the Travelling Bookshop series_______________There are those that hunt monsters to harm them and there are those that hunt monsters to help t...

Pip never wants to be at home nowadays. There's no laughter anymore and her mum isn't happy. She spends most of her time alone, daydreaming and digging for treasure by the dirty creek. But one night, Pip finds something incredible - a dragon. Tiny, possibly dying, but definitely a dragon. She quickly realises that dragons don't come with instructions: what do you feed a dragon? Where could it have come from? And how can Pip cope with the enorm...

Ophelia Jane Worthington-Whittard doesn't believe in anything that can't be proven by science. She and her sister, Alice, are still grieving for their mother when their father takes a job in a strange museum in a city where it never stops snowing. On her very first day exploring the museum, Ophelia discovers a boy locked away in a forgotten room. He is a prisoner of Her Majesty, the Snow Queen. And he's been waiting a long time for Ophelia's h...

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Lenny Spink ist die Schwester eines Giganten. Ihr kleiner Bruder Davey ist erst sieben, aber schon fast so groß wie ein erwachsener Mann. Das monatliche Abo eines Lexikons lässt die Geschwister wunderbar träumen: Lenny liest alles über Blattkäfer und will Insektenforscherin werden. Davey möchte seit K wie Kanada am liebsten auswandern und zeichnet Blockhütten... Doch je mehr Daveys Krankheit fortschreitet, desto schwieriger wird es für die bei...

London um 1860: Annabelle ahnt noch nichts von ihren Fähigkeiten und schon gar nichts davon, dass sie einmal die Welt retten wird! Doch sie soll das zaubermächtige Mädchen sein, so sagt es die Prophezeiung. Gemeinsam mit Kitty, einem raubeinigen Straßenmädchen, steigt sie hinab in die Katakomben von London - eine wilde Reise beginnt, auf der die beiden einen magischen Zauberstab finden müssen. Werden sie es schaffen, den mysteriösen Mr. Angel,...

Holy Batman, this is a gorgeous, heartbreaking, heartwarming book." --R.J. Palacio, #1 New York Times bestselling author of WonderPerfect for readers who love Liar and Spy, Counting by 7s, and Bridge to Terabithia, a heartwarming and transformative novel about family, loss, and never giving up from beloved author Karen Foxlee. Lenny Spink is the sister of a giant. Her little brother, Davey, suffers from a rare form of gigantism and is taunted ...

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Ein Museum, in dem magische Dinge geschehen. Ein Junge, dem man seinen Namen geraubt hat. Ein Mädchen, das die Welt retten soll. Mit diesem Museum in dieser ewig verschneiten Stadt stimmt etwas ganz und gar nicht! Das spürt Ophelia, obwohl sie nicht an Magie glaubt. Doch dann sieht sie durch das goldene Schlüsselloch einer verborgenen Tür ... direkt in das Auge eines Jungen. Hat ihn tatsächlich die mächtige Schneekönigin eingesperrt? Um ihn ...

A laugh-out-loud magical story featuring witches and fun, the first in a series of three books by Carnegie and Branford Boase long-listed author, Joanne Owen.Martha Mayhem (real name Martha May) is always causing chaos! She just can't help it, somehow chaotic things just happen to her. Martha lives in the small village of Cherry Hillsbottom with her eccentric grandfather, Professor Gramps and her small pet hog Elvis. Life gets really exciting ...

A story within a story, this is a modern-day fairy tale about the power of friendship, courage and love. Ophelia and her family are reeling from the death of her mother, her father's new job takes them to a gothic museum in a city where it never stops snowing. There she meets a boy who claims to have been imprisoned for 303 years by an evil Snow Queen. Ages: 12+

Magic is "messy and dangerous and filled with longing, " we learn in this brave tale of grief, villainy and redemption that borrows from the story of the Snow Queen. Set in a vast, chilly museum, the tale brings together a valiant girl, a charmed boy, a magical sword and a clock ticking down to the end of the world."-The Wall Street JournalThis is the story of unlikely heroine Ophelia Jane Worthington-Whittard who doesn't believe in anything t...

Magic is "messy and dangerous and filled with longing, " we learn in this brave tale of grief, villainy and redemption that borrows from the story of the Snow Queen. Set in a vast, chilly museum, the tale brings together a valiant girl, a charmed boy, a magical sword and a clock ticking down to the end of the world."-The Wall Street JournalThis is the story of unlikely heroine Ophelia Jane Worthington-Whittard who doesn't believe in anything t...

From the author of Ophelia and the Marvelous Boy comes the story of a friendship between two girls set in Victorian England, with magical machines, wizards, witches, a mysterious underworld, and a race against time. Annabel Grey is primed for a proper life as a young lady in Victorian England. But when her mother suddenly disappears, she's put in the care of two eccentric aunts who thrust her into a decidedly un-ladylike life, full of potions ...

Magic is "messy and dangerous and filled with longing, " we learn in this brave tale of grief, villainy and redemption that borrows from the story of the Snow Queen. Set in a vast, chilly museum, the tale brings together a valiant girl, a charmed boy, a magical sword and a clock ticking down to the end of the world."-The Wall Street JournalThis is the story of unlikely heroine Ophelia Jane Worthington-Whittard who doesn't believe in anything t...

Etwas Schreckliches ist passiert. Ein Mädchen ist verschwunden. Es trug in dieser unerträglich schwülen Nacht das magische Kleid. Ist es Rose oder Pearl? Karen Foxlee erzählt in diesem Roman weit mehr als die Geschichte eines Mädchens, das seinen Platz in der Welt sucht. Eine Geschichte über Freundschaft, Liebe und Verrat vor der Kulisse des tropischen Regenwaldes von Australien. Ein Meisterwerk, bewegend und von großer Intensität.Als die unna...

A powerful and touching coming-of-age story set in the Australian outback. 'There are shades of The Lovely Bones and The Virgin Suicides in this luminous depiction of an Australian family's shock and grief at the sudden death of a 14-year-old girl.' Guardian

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From the author of Ophelia and the Marvelous Boy comes the story of a friendship between two girls set in Victorian England, with magical machines, wizards, witches, a mysterious underworld, and a race against time. Annabel Grey is primed for a proper life as a young lady in Victorian England. But when her mother suddenly disappears, she's put in the care of two eccentric aunts who thrust her into a decidedly un-ladylike life, full of potions ...