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La madre de Gabriel, un chico de Costa Rica, acaba de morir, y él ha quedado al cuidado de Vicente y Beatriz, una pareja española. Pero el matrimonio tiene otro hijo, Adrián, un muchacho consentido que no para de meterse con Gabriel. Una noche, Adrián es secuestrado por la bruja Ulula, que captura a niños caprichosos para colgarlos como frutos en su bosque del No. Gabriel no duda en emprender una peligrosa búsqueda por lugares mágicos y enfrentarse a la bruja para recuperar a su hermano.

Bei Mr. Deere wohnen und für ihn arbeiten - etwas Schlimmeres kann sich Josch gar nicht vorstellen. Denn Mr. Deere ist kein bisschen nett, sondern hart und unfreundlich. Da bleibt Josch nur eins: Er reißt aus dem Waisenhaus aus. Die Geschichte ist so liebevoll und anschaulich erzählt, dass man bis zum Ende mitfiebert.

Maélie sait maintenant qui est son père. Elle en connaît un peu plus sur le passé de ses parents. Pourtant, il lui reste encore tant de choses à apprendre.... L'énergie lui manque, et tout ce qu'elle voudrait, c'est retourner chez ses parents adoptifs pour se reposer. Mettre sa vie sur pause. Ne plus penser à rien. Mais ce n'est pas elle qui prend les décisions. Maélie a plus souvent qu'autrement l'impression de n'être qu'une marionnette forcée de se plier aux règles qui lui sont imposées.

Marie, jeune orpheline de mère et dont le père a disparu, est placée chez des gens cupides comme écosseuse de petits pois. Ses seuls amis sont Jean le galopin, qui travaille au château, et une araignée, "l'Etourdie", qui peine à tisser ses toiles, mais qui parle. Paolo, son père, a été condamné à tort et purge sa peine loin de là ; il revient dans la région une fois libéré et, grâce aux pouvoirs de la magie, il retrouvera sa fille.

As the saga of the Kelly children continues, Mike Kelly is adopted by a German immigrant farm family living in Missouri. Although they are kind to him, they are mainly interested in having cheap labor. Eleven-year-old Michael Patrick Kelly from New York City is sent to a foster home, a Missouri farm with a sadistic owner, a bullying son, and a number of secrets, one of which may be murder.

Once upon a time, in a dark city far away, there lived a boy called Walter, who had nothing but his name to call his own. The handwritten book, with its strangely vivid illustrations, has been hidden in the old house for a long, long time. Tonight, four students and their teacher will find it. Tonight, at last, the haunting story of Walter and the mysterious girl called Sparrow will be read – right to the very end.

You have heard, no doubt, the tale of Master Oliver Twist - that rags-to-riches boy; the parish orphan who became heir to the Brownlow fortune. But what few know is that there was a second Twist - a girl, brought into this world moments ahead of her brother. This is the story of Twill Twist - and her journey through the gambling dens and workhouses of London, as she attempts to make a life for herself, rescue her friends and uncover the mystery of her past - while meeting some familiar faces along the way....

California Poppy has been dropped off, yet again, with an unsuspecting relative. This time it’s her eccentric great-aunt Monica, a woman she’s never even met. Aunt Monica has no idea what to do with an 11-year-old, so she puts California to work researching their ancestor, the once-famous etiquette expert Eleanor Fontaine. California soon discovers that Great-Great-Great-Aunt Eleanor is...not exactly alive and well, but a ghost - and a super sensitive one at that.

Lou Montgomery has the voice of an angel, or so her mother tells her and anyone else who will listen. But Lou can only hear the fear in her own voice. She's never liked crowds or loud noises or even high fives; in fact, she's terrified of them, which makes her pretty sure there's something wrong with her. When Lou crashes their pickup on a dark and snowy road, child services separate the mother-daughter duo. Now she has to start all over again at a fancy private school far away from anything she's ever known.

Until she was 10, Flynn didn’t even know her real name. Her adoptive parents have always kept her past a secret, but a mysterious message transforms her world and sets her on a path to discover who she really is. How did she get the burn that covers most of her face? And could she really have a twin? Packed off to the Cruet Establishment for Lost and Wayward Children - a boarding school for misfits - Flynn tries to adjust to a world of intimidating teachers, unfair rules and stomach-churning soup, but before long she begins to befriend her unusual classmates....

De pequeña, todos la conocían por Bibi. Entraba y salía por las casas de la urbanización como si fueran suyas. Los vecinos se compadecían de ella por ser huérfana de madre y porque su padre, además de no trabajar, se pasaba gran parte del día borracho. El carácter alegre y abierto de la niña pone en el relato un fondo amable a un problema social duro, al que el autor ha sabido buscar solución sin provocar desgarros ni amarguras.

When war breaks out in September 1939, Laura, Andy and Tim Clark are evacuated to the countryside. The Colonel's comfortable home in Dorset is a huge contrast to their cramped terraced house in London, where their loving parents struggle to put the next meal on the table. Though unused to having children around, the Colonel proves to be a kind and generous, if gruff, guardian until a terrible turn of events means the kids must move on.

When an immaculately dressed woman steps out of an iridescent bubble and asks you if you'd like to become a substitute princess, do you: a) run, b) faint, c) say yes! For Desi Bascomb, who's been longing for a bit of glamour in her Idaho life, the choice is a definite C - that is, once she can stop pinching herself. As her new agent Meredith explains, Desi has a rare magical ability: when she applies the ancient Egyptian formula 'Royal Rouge', she can transform temporarily into the exact lookalike of any princess who needs her subbing services.

The author uses his well-known style to ask young listeners serious questions that sharpen their critical thinking skills and lead to real understanding of complex issues. What Is a Family? tackles difficult questions regarding the fast-changing face of contemporary families. Values of an ideal family and the problems that occur in real families are all open for discussion.

Taken from his mother at age three, Steve Klakowicz lives in the clutches of a cruel foster family. He finds his only refuge in a box of books given to him by a kind stranger, books that take him to new worlds he can only imagine. He begins to hope that one day he might have a different life. As he grows, Steve is determined to unravel the mystery of his origins and find his birth family. A light-skinned boy with blue eyes, a curly Afro, and a Polish last name, he embarks on an extraordinary quest for his identity, armed with only one clue. Yet nothing is as it appears.

Left all alone after her mother passes away, 12-year-old Louisa LaRoche watches the sky for her father. Long ago, a powerful gust of wind swept through town, stealing him away on the wings of his untamed magic - the same magic that stirs within Louisa. As if she is made of hollow bones and too much air, her feet never quite touch the ground. But for all her sky gazing, Louisa finds her fortune on the leaf-strewn street when she spots a gleaming black-and-gold invitation - a ticket to the Carnival Beneath the Stars.

Morgan and Eli, two Indigenous children forced away from their families and communities, are brought together in a foster home in Winnipeg, Manitoba. They each feel disconnected, from their culture and each other, and struggle to fit in at school and at their new home—until they find a secret place, walled off in an unfinished attic bedroom. A portal opens to another reality, Askí, bringing them onto frozen, barren grounds, where they meet Ochek (Fisher).

Ebenezer Tweezer is a youthful 511-year-old. He keeps a beast in the attic of his mansion, who he feeds all manner of things (including performing monkeys, his pet cat and the occasional cactus) and in return the beast vomits out presents for Ebenezer, as well as potions which keep him young and beautiful. But the beast grows ever greedier, and soon only a nice, juicy child will do. So when Ebenezer encounters orphan Bethany, it seems like (everlasting) life will go on as normal. But Bethany is not your average orphan.

When a ghostly figure is sighted in the murky tunnels beneath Edinburgh, Zinnie and her sisters suddenly find their underground home filled with curious visitors. Among them is the owner of a new museum - the House of Wonders - who seems to know more about the ‘ghost’ than he should.

Pablo is homesick. He's only 12 years old, but he's lived in more countries than he can count. After his parents divorced, he and his mother have moved from place to place for years, never settling anywhere long enough to call it home. And along the way, Pablo has collected more and more fears: of dirt, of germs, and most of all, of the ocean. Now they're living in the Philippines, and his mother, a zoologist who works at a local wildlife refuge, is too busy saving animals to notice that Pablo might need saving, too.