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I don't want to remember the truck, or the night I was taken, or the family I left behind. I am not a sad Polish girl. I am a good and happy German girl. I am. I am. I am. It's the Second World War and Himmler's Lebensborn Program is in full flight when eight-year-old Zofia Ulinski is kidnapped by the Germans. She has blonde hair and blue eyes, just like the other Polish children taken from their families and robbed of their names, their language, their heritage.

Robinson Crusoe begibt sich entgegen dem Rat seines Vaters auf eine abenteuerliche Seereise. Doch sein Schiff wird von Piraten überfallen, sodass Robinson Schiffbruch erleidet und auf einer einsamen Insel strandet. Fortan ist er auf sich gestellt: Er muss sich allein versorgen und erlebt eine Zeit voller Abenteuer. Eines Tages trifft er wieder auf Menschen – doch es sind Kannibalen! Erzählt nach dem Klassiker von Daniel Defoe.

Gumbo and Jammy Bratt discover a strange blob over their back wall that seems to have a life of its own. Overnight it grows into cocoons so they seek help from the local mad scientist, Professor Contraption, who realizes they have a Sgruntle situation on their hands. The Sgruntles are reputed to be so miserable that they bring their own personal rain clouds with them, and as a result, the town is in danger of flooding. Together with Professor Contraptionʼs trusty robot vehicle Mr Limbs, they try to resolve the situation before itʼs too late.

Ninth grade on Susan Island looks to be another year of torture for Zuby Bloom. Her diaries and sketchbooks are her only solace. As she sits alone, the Enchanted Ones emerge from the island. They want to lead her to the island's past—her past—and reveal secrets that will change her life. Does she dare to follow the Enchanted Ones?

When best friends, TJ, Andréa, and Cora are caught in a herculean hurricane, they find themselves transported to a secret dragon realm knows as Alpha. And if they ever want to return to their old lives, they'll have to fulfill an secret prophecy...or remain stranded in this realm! Reluctant but willing, they attend a mystical academy where humans are considered a myth. There, they must hide their true nature, as they learn to live in harmony with the animal, elemental, and plant kingdoms. And they discover that to return to Earth, they must accept a sacred duty to help both realms.

OH NO! Kyle the Coyote ventured out of his family's den and got lost in the desert. Kyle's friend, Oliver the Owl, pops in along the way to hoot some facts about the desert and its inhabitants. Hopefully this sneaky coyote pup will make it home in time for dinner. Kyle the Coyote's moral basis itself is around what happens if a child gets lost or separated from his or her parents. A fun book for parents and teachers to listen to with children, this is the perfect bedtime story.

Virgil is making his older siblings trek to a mountain lake on a trip unlike any they 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 forest fire is sparked by a bolt of lightning at the exact moment when their van breaks down, the journey quickly turns to disaster. Virgil finds himself separated from his sister and alone in the wilderness. He isn’t sure he can make it, but with the memory of his mother and her lessons to guide him, he learns that survival starts with letting go.

This is book one of the Survival of Deer's Making thru Hunting Season series. This book is about a deer family surviving through hunting season. They will go through ups and downs trying to avoid being captured while using their survival skills to make it. Let the deer hunting season begin.

Le papa de Sven est parti loin, en mer, les laissant seuls, lui et sa maman. Mais ils n'ont plus rien à manger, et avec sa canne à pêche, Sven ne prend que de minuscules poissons. Alors, il se sent abandonné, c'est injuste, son papa devrait être là !

Lorsque Thomas s'est engagé comme mousse sur un bateau avec son frère, il ne pensait pas se retrouver naufragé sur une île déserte ! Pas si déserte que ça, finalement...

Spring, 1846: Douglas Allen Deeds dreams of starting a new life out West. When the opportunity to join the Donner Party Expedition arises, he leaves the life he's known behind to set out on the nearly 2,000-mile trek from Independence, Missouri to sunny California. But progress is slow. Brutal heat, poisoned water, and rough terrain slows the expedition down. Soon they have a choice: continue on the known but grueling trail, or take a shortcut that would cut 350 miles from their journey-but take them through unknown territory.

Passare una notte nella foresta non è un'impresa per tutti. Ma i ragazzi dell'Adventure Camp accettano la sfida e partono con lo zaino in spalla. Scopriranno che per vivere bene nella natura selvaggia il segreto è uno solo: essere amici e collaborare! Le avventure di un gruppo di giovani survivors... al top!

In Tag’s world, children are disappearing. “Youngers” who venture Outside are windswept—vanishing in the swirling snow—Tag’s sisters among them. Many have tried to find the lost children; all have failed. And since the Other Times, the Powers That Be seem intent on keeping it that way. Little remains from those times: snippets of songs, heaps of plastic trash, and a few banned texts—including a book of fairytales.

È tempo delle temute prove di fine anno alla Harding-Pencroft Academy, che vanta tra i suoi diplomati i migliori scienziati marini, guerrieri navali, navigatori ed esploratori subacquei del mondo, e Ana Dakkar non intende fallire. Dopo la morte dei genitori, l'accademia e suo fratello Dev sono l'unica famiglia che le rimane. Quando però, sulla strada verso il porto, assiste a un attacco letale contro la Harding-Pencroft da parte della loro scuola rivale, tutto le viene strappato via per sempre.

Die drei Freunde Jimmy, Paul und Alex machen eine Segeltour zu Jimmys Tante nach Afrika. Dabei werden sie von einem Gewitter überrascht und von Bord gefegt. Sie wurden auf eine einsame Insel gespült. Was sie dort erleben und wie sie da wieder wegkommen, hört selber...

Dieci anni dopo, in quel borgo ridotto a macerie, abitato solo dai tre ragazzi inselvatichiti da solitudine e priva-zioni, padre Julen de la Cruz fu catapultato lì senza un perché. Vent’anni prima, fu padre Cullighan, infatti, per via di quella tesi sull’imperatore Costantino, a chiedergli di fare ricerche. Padre Julen invece, partì missionario per l’Africa. Si scambiarono qualche lettera poi, una busta. Di là arrivava. Fuor del Vallo. Lo schizzo di un simbolo che conosceva bene.

En ganske almindelig dansk niende klasse er på skoletur i Østrig. Det hele går fint, indtil tre af eleverne beslutter sig for at gå en tur alene i bjergene. Pludselig slår vejret om, og børnene kan ikke komme tilbage til hotellet. Det lykkes dem at søge ly i et kapel, men det viser sig, at der slet ikke er sikkert. Bjergene er nemlig hjemsted for bjørne. Mogens Wenzel Andreasen er oprindeligt uddannet lærer, men efter at have undervist i nogle år videreuddannede han sig til cand.pæd. i musikvidenskab og blev redaktør på Politikens forlag.

La vida del Mago Maksat está llena de las aventuras y transformaciones mágicas. Se desarrollan con asombrosa imprevisibilidad. Ya sea la aparición de un extraño libro brillante en su castillo o la transformación de su amigo en una criatura mágica. Maksat debe estar listo para eventos increíbles en cualquier momento y tomar las decisiones difíciles. Pero puede haber una pista a cada paso. Sin embargo, ¿será ella la clave para descubrir los secretos? ¿Hay algo bueno y brillante esperando a nuestro héroe, o se avecina una catástrofe irreparable?

Cousins Coral and Isa are so close that they’re practically siblings; their mothers are sisters, and the two girls grew up on the same small island. When Coral and her parents leave on a months-long sea voyage amid the islands of Indonesia, Isa is devastated that they’ll be kept apart, and the two vow to write to each other no matter what. Then the unthinkable happens, and Coral’s boat capsizes at sea, where her parents vanish. Washed up on a deserted island, alone and wracked by grief, she must find the strength within to survive, and find her way back home.

Un matin, Willy apprend qu’un sous-marin est porté disparu et que tout son équipage est en grand danger. Bien décidés à le secourir, Willy et son ourson Randolph grimpent sur le dos de leur ami, l’oiseau Têtenhaut, pour trouver l’endroit où le sous-marin a disparu. Ils vont devoir s’allier à d’intimidants requins pour délivrer le sous-marin d’un gang de terribles harengs !