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Separated from his siblings, 11-year-old Virgil must survive a dangerous forest fire using only his wits and the lessons his late mother taught him about the wilderness.Virgil is making his older siblings trek to a mountain lake on a trip unlike any they've taken before. They carry precious cargo: the ashes of their beloved mother, who asked that her remains be scattered at her favorite spot. Then a forest fire is sparked by a bolt of lightnin...

For most of his life, Igor and his family have been on the run. Danger lurks around every corner--or so he's always been told. . . .When Igor was five, his father witnessed a terrible crime--and ever since, his whole family has been hunted by a foreboding figure bent on revenge, known only as the Lizard Man. They've lived in so many places, with so many identities, that Igor can't even remember his real name.But now he's twelve years old, and ...

Separated from his siblings in the midst of a dangerous forest fire, 11-year-old Virgil must find a way to survive using only his wits and the lessons his late mother taught him about the wilderness.Virgil is making his older siblings trek to a mountain lake on a trip unlike any they've have taken before. They carry precious cargo: the ashes of their beloved mother, who asked that her remains be scattered at her favorite spot. But when a fores...

Der zwölfjährige Chris darf auf Einladung seines Onkels an einem Segeltrip entlang der Küste Alaskas teilnehmen. Doch keine zwei Tage nach dem Start kentert das Boot, nur Chris und ein drei Jahre älterer Junge namens Frank - der Chris von Anfang an hasst - überleben. Die zwei Jungs retten sich an eine verlassene Küste - ohne Feuer, ohne Nahrung, ohne Funkmöglichkeit. Sie müssen den Strand nach Essbarem absuchen und Fische fangen. Bei einem neu...

In den weiten Wäldern Sibiriens streift zu Beginn des 20. Jahrhunderts ein junges weißes Pony frei im Schutz seiner Herde umher. Doch alles ändert sich, als es von Menschen gefangen wird. Zusammen mit zwanzig anderen Ponys wird es als Zugpferd für die Expedition von Robert F. Scott ausgewählt, der als erster Mensch den Südpol erreichen will. Ein Abenteuer beginnt ... Die Männer geben dem Tier auch einen Namen: James Pigg. Als das Team den Bode...

How would you feel if you and your family had to keep moving and changing names just to keep one step ahead of a man bent on revenge?Ever since twelve-year-old Igor's dad witnessed and reported a terrible crime, his family has been on the run from the Lizard Man, a foreboding figure bent on retribution. They've lived in so many places, with so many identities, ready to bug-out at a moment's notice, Igor can't even remember his real name. He's ...

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Laurie ist eine geniale Geschichtenerfinderin, und mit ihrer besonderen Begabung entführt sie die Kinder einer Polio-Station in eine fantastische Welt. Was als Fabulieren beginnt, wird schließlich so wichtig wie das Leben selbst. In der Auseinandersetzung mit ihrer Krankheit entwickeln die Kinder einen bewundernswerten Mut.

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A girl's imagination transports polio-afflicted kids into a fantastic world.The spring of 1955 tests Laurie Valentine's gifts as a storyteller. After her friend Dickie contracts polio and finds himself confined to an iron lung, Laurie visits him in the hospital. There she meets Carolyn and Chip, two other kids trapped inside the breathing machines. Laurie's first impulse is to flee, but Dickie begs her to tell them a story. And so Laurie begin...

Elizabeth und ihr Bruder Alastair wachsen unter extremen Bedingungen auf. Paradiesisch schön, aber ziemlich einsam ist es auf der kleinen Insel, nur zusammen mit den Eltern, ohne wirklichen Kontakt nach außen. Die Situation spitzt sich zu, als beide aus der Kindheit heraustreten. Der Leuchtturmwärter Murray, seine Frau Hannah und ihre beiden Kinder Elizabeth, genannt Krabbe, und Alastair sind die Einzigen, die auf Lizzie Island wohnen - somme...

An account--from the point of view of a pony--of what it was like to be part of Captain Robert Scott's 1910 expedition to reach the South Pole before rival Roald Amundsen.

Vor der unendlichen Weite amerikanischer Landschaft entwirft Iain Lawrence atmosphärisch dicht und prägnant in den Charakteren, Szenen und Dialogen den Weg seines jungen Helden aus der Verlorenheit in eine von Wärme und aufkeimendem Selbstvertrauen erfüllte Zukunft. Ein bewegendes Buch.

In the forests of Siberia, in the first years of the twentieth century, a white pony runs free with his herd. But his life chages forever when he's captured by men. Years of hard work and cruelty wear him out. When he is chosen to be one of 20 ponies to accompany the Englishman Robert Falcon Scott on his quest to become the first to reach the South Pole, he doesn't know what to expect. But the men of Scott's expedition show him kindness, somet...

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A modern-day adventure and classic in the making, in the vein of The Call of the Wild, Hatchet, and The Cay, by award-winning author Iain Lawrence. A Junior Library Guild Selection Less than forty-eight hours after twelve-year-old Chris sets off on a sailing trip down the Alaskan coast with his uncle, their boat sinks. The only survivors are Chris and a boy named Frank, who hates Chris immediately. Chris and Frank have no radio, no flares, no ...

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Harold Kline is an albino—an outcast. Folks stare and taunt, calling him Ghost Boy. It's been that way for all of his 14 years. So when the circus comes to town, Harold runs off to join it. Full of colorful performers, the circus seems like the answer to Harold's loneliness. He's eager to meet the Cannibal King, a sideshow attraction who's an albino, too. He's touched that Princess Minikin and the Fossil Man, two other sideshow curiosities, em...

A modern-day adventure and classic in the making, in the vein of The Call of the Wild, Hatchet, and The Cay, by award-winning author Iain Lawrence. A Junior Library Guild Selection Less than forty-eight hours after twelve-year-old Chris sets off on a sailing trip down the Alaskan coast with his uncle, their boat sinks. The only survivors are Chris and a boy named Frank, who hates Chris immediately. Chris and Frank have no radio, no flares, no ...