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Lyra is rushing to the cold, far North, where witch clans and armored bears rule. North, where the Gobblers take the children they steal—including her friend Roger. North, where her fearsome uncle Asriel is trying to build a bridge to a parallel world. Can one small girl make a difference in such great and terrible endeavors? This is Lyra: a savage, a schemer, a liar, and as fierce and true a champion as Roger or Asriel could want. But what Lyra doesn't know is that to help one of them will be to betray the other.

Pepito has moved to England. To help celebrate his birthday, Miss Clavel and the girls pay him a visit. When his mother won't let Pepito keep one of his birthday presents—a horse—Madeline is more than willing to help out.

Gwen Russell is thrilled to hear she will be heading to Paris with her family. Even though the main reason for the trip is to see her three older brothers play lacrosse, Gwen and her Mom have plans to tour the city when they can. As soon as they land, Gwen is swept up in the city she has always wanted to see, and even meets a tres cute boy named Henri. If that wasn't enough excitement, Gwen finds out that her all-time favorite band is playing a one-night only concert in Paris—and there are tickets available to the sold-out show for three lucky people.

Katy was the sort of girl who might do anything next, so long as it was something exciting! At 21, she was as eager for adventure as ever, and what greater adventure could there be for an American girl than a trip to Europe?

This gripping, accessible novel by celebrated Ukrainian Canadian author Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch follows two sisters as they struggle to survive the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.

Lost in a new world, Lyra finds Will—a boy on the run, a murderer—a worthy and welcome ally. For this is a world where soul-eating Specters stalk the streets and witches share the skies with troops of angels. Each is searching—Lyra for the meaning of Dark Matter, Will for his missing father—but what they find instead is a deadly secret, a knife of untold power. And neither Lyra nor Will suspects how tightly their lives, their loves, their destinies are bound together...until they are split apart.

12-year-old twin sisters Rada and Dariia Popkova couldn't be more different. Dariia is outgoing and chatty while Rada is quieter and artsy. But what they have in common is their love for each other and their home. The family lives in the Ukrainian city of Mariupol, which is attacked by the Russians on Feb 24th, 2022. The attack separates the family—Dariia is with her mom and Rada with her dad.

Piccolo the stylish shrew is a list maker. On his list are all the favorite places he is eager to visit. As his day begins he runs into his pal Mr. Rosso who needs help carrying his artwork to the museum. Piccolo can’t believe his luck: the museum is on his list of favorite places! In no time at all, Piccolo is helping all his friends solve problems as he zips around the city on his scooter. But with so many ways to lend a hand, Piccolo might not have time to visit the one place on his list he loves the most.

Lyra and Will, the two ordinary children whose extraordinary adventures begin in The Golden Compass and The Subtle Knife, are in unspeakable danger. With help from Iorek Byrnison the armored bear and two tiny Gallivespian spies, they must journey to a dank and gray-lit world where no living soul has ever gone.

One day, a mysterious stranger arrives at a boardinghouse of the widow Gateau - a sad-faced stranger, who keeps to himself. When the widow’s daughter, Mirette, discovers him crossing the courtyard on air, she begs him to teach her how he does it. But Mirette doesn’t know that the stranger was once the Great Bellini - master wire-walker. Or that Bellini has been stopped by a terrible fear. And it is she who must teach him courage once again.

Wie bringt man Kindern die Vielfalt der Musik näher? Die kleine Eule hat in ihrem 1. Abenteuer Rock, Pop, Jazz, Punk, Reggae, Elektro, Hip Hop und die Oper kennen gelernt - und schließlich ihren eigenen Beat gefunden. Ihre spannende 2. Musikreise führt sie nun quer über den europäischen Kontinent. Im Tourbus des Schlager-Bibers geht's von Deutschland aus auf in die Ferne, doch lange bleiben die beiden nicht allein.

Lauren and Lee just moved to France. There’s only one problem— they can’t find any peanut butter! No matter what shops, bakeries, or restaurants they visit, they can’t find their favorite snack. According to their French friends, there is no peanut butter in France! Will the siblings ever find peanut butter?

No one is more surprised than Rennie to hear that his late grandfather, whom he hardly knew, has left a mission for him to fulfill. Rennie is to fly to Iceland and deliver a message from beyond the grave, but when he gets there, nothing is simple or straightforward. For one thing, Brynja, the teenage daughter of the family he's staying with, is downright hostile. Her father Einar, who is to be Rennie's guide in Iceland, is preoccupied with looking after his elderly father-in-law, an old friend of Rennie's grandfather.

Pierre is excited about his trip to Paris for the poodle championship, and he can't wait to see the sights. But when his beloved Miss Murphy leaves him in the hotel room, Pierre takes matters into his own paws. He slips out of their room and makes his way to the top of the Eiffel Tower! When a storm erupts, Pierre catches hold of an umbrella and is swept into the sky over Paris.

As the brutal Second World War stretches on with no end in sight, life for ordinary Dutch people in the Nazi-occupied Netherlands is fraught with peril and hardship. There is very little to eat and the population lives under the constant threat of arrest and enslavement. After the murder of her beloved uncle and the capture of her brother by the Germans, Edda is determined to do anything she can to help the resistance fight back against their oppressors. But what can a teenage girl do and how much risk is she willing to take?

The Second World War is finally over and Yossi, Leo and Mordecai are among three hundred children who arrive in the English Lake District. Having survived the horrors of the Nazi concentration camps, they've finally reached a place of safety and peace, where they can hopefully begin to recover. But Yossi is haunted by thoughts of his missing father and disturbed by terrible nightmares. As he waits desperately for news from home, he fears that Mordecai and Leo – the closest thing to family he has left – will move on without him.

Edie Berger is a prankster, the daughter of activists, and a revolutionary in her own right. Paris is Edie's home and her favorite place in the world. But when her parents decide to travel the globe fighting for good causes, Edie is left in the care of Odette, her strict grandmother—and, ultimately, shipped off to boarding school in England. A school trip finds Edie back in the streets of Paris, exploring with her friends and forced to confront the grandmother who sent her away. But is there more to Odette than Edie realizes?

In this beautifully written story, Travel Abroad: The Adventures of Prissy and Missy, the second edition in an exciting series of powerful, endearing, and meaningful experiences, Prissy and Missy are traveling on holiday to five European countries, including France, Spain, Italy, Greece, and Great Britain. This dynamic story is filled with fun, amazement, and historic excitement. People all over the world are falling in love with The Adventures of Prissy and Missy series!

This is the story of one little acorn that grew into a magnificent, magical tree and creates a chain of events involving three inspiring generations of a family from Cornwall. This is the mystical journey of a very special tree, which inspires and changes the lives of the normal, hardworking fisherman and how it becomes a very special boat to this man's grandson, Denziland Jago, and the many adventures they have with the magical boat, the Acorn, along the way. This is the first book of the adventures and shows the lessons they learn and how precious a life they have.

Giustizia: che bella parola! Eppure è impronunciabile, in quel paese che dall'alto della collina scambia sguardi con il mare infinito della Calabria. Lara l'ha capito presto, tra gli ulivi del nonno, alle prese con i soprusi del vicino di casa, e sui banchi di scuola, dove a dettare legge sono Totò e i suoi amici. Un giorno, in un edificio abbandonato, Lara e Totò trovano un cagnolino bianco e morbido, che guaisce chiedendo aiuto. È lei a vederlo per prima, eppure il ragazzo reclama prepotentemente il suo diritto di tenere il cucciolo tutto per sé.