Résultats de "Jenny Nimmo" dans Toutes les catégories

In den dunkeln Gemäuern der Bloor-Akademie warten neue Abenteuer auf Charlie und seine Freunde: ein seltsames Mädchen, das nicht das ist, was es zu sein scheint, ein Unsichtbarer, der durch die Schule geistert und gerne Marmelade isst, ein durchgeknallter Zauberer, der aus seinem Gemälde verschwindet und dringend wieder dorthin verfrachtet werden muss, und eine geheimnisvolle blaue Boa, die der Schlüssel zu allem ist.

Kaum hat sich Charlie daran gewöhnt, dass Bilder zu ihm sprechen, gehen hinter den düsteren Mauern der Bloor-Akademie schon wieder seltsame Dinge vor sich: Ein Reisender aus der Vergangenheit muss um sein Leben fürchten, ein magischer Gegenstand wird verzweifelt gesucht und dann geistert auch noch eine geheimnisvolle schwarze Frau herum.

Charlie Bone ist ein ganz normaler Junge. Zumindest glaubt er das, bis plötzlich eines Tages ein Foto zu ihm spricht. Hocherfreut über die magische Gabe ihres Enkels, schickt Grandma Bone Charlie auf die Bloor-Akademie, eine Schule für außergewöhnlich begabte Kinder. Der Beginn eines haarsträubenden Abenteuers, in dem drei düstere Tanten, ein geheimnisvoller Kasten und ein verschwundenes Mädchen eine wichtige Rolle spielen.

Ein Sturm zieht auf, dunkle Wolken jagen über die Stadt und ein Schatten streift durch die Straßen. Mitten in der Nacht schreckt Charlie aus einem schrecklichen Traum hoch und spürt: Etwas ist geschehen. Etwas ist unterwegs und hinter ihm und den anderen Kindern des roten Königs her. Doch es sind weder die fiesen Bloors noch Charlies schreckliche Tanten: Lord Harken Badlock geht um, und dieses Mal wird es Charlie nicht ohne die Hilfe des roten Königs schaffen.

Kaum hat das neue Schuljahr angefangen, steckt Charlie auch schon wieder bis über beide Ohren in Schwierigkeiten: Er wird von einem geheimnisvollen Geisterpferd verfolgt, sein Zauberstab ist verschwunden und zu allem Überfluss soll er auch noch Billy Raven aus den Klauen grässlicher Adoptiveltern befreien. Und er muss dringend den Weg zum Schloss der tausend Spiegel finden, wo er seinen Vater gefangen glaubt.

Noch nie waren Charlie Bone und seine Freunde in größerer Gefahr. Der finstere Schattenlord will ihre Stadt unterwerfen. Dafür schart er mächtige Verbündete um sich: die habgierigen Bloors, Hexen und Magier, einen Schwertkämpfer aus der Vergangenheit und Steinmonster, die ein dunkler Zauber zum Leben erweckt hat. Charlie ist fest entschlossen, den Schattenlord aufzuhalten, und bekommt unerwartet Hilfe von einem geheimnisvollen Ritter.

Deliliah - huge, fluffy, grey, wide-golden-eyed - is a cat who specializes in dogspells. When dogs start shrinking - and worse - Annie steps in, but she has a soft spot for Delilah. The author's other books include The Snow Spider, winner of the Smarties Grand Prix.

For sixty-five years Toby the toy panda has lain in the dark loft. Now, trouble in the house wakes him: the arrival of child-hating Mrs Malevant, who’s come to mind Izzy and her siblings while their parents are away. Somehow Toby speaks to Izzy, just as he used to speak to his former owner, her great-uncle Maurice. The children desperately need the support of their great-uncle and Aunt Folly to stand up to Mrs Malevant. Can Toby help restore happiness to the house?

Looking at the sky one frosty night, Marty sees the Dog Star, in all its brilliance, for the first time. Although she has Tiggy, her cat, Marty longs for a dog; she’d call it Star.Later that night, when the Dog Star’s light beams into her room, she discovers a real, live dog beneath her bed, and it seems that her wish has come true. But will Star bring Marty and her family happiness?

On Gwyn's ninth birthday, his grandmother tells him he may be a magician, like his Welsh ancestors. She gives him five gifts to help him - a brooch, a piece of dried seaweed, a tin whistle, a scarf, and a broken toy horse. One blustery day, unsure what to do with his newfound magic, Gwyn throws the brooch to the wind and receives a silvery snow spider in return. Will he be able to use this special spider to bring his missing sister, Bethan, home?

Tabby Jack watched the hooded stranger. Could he believe what he was seeing? Slowly she uncurled her fingers and there, on her crinkly pale palm, were two tiny creatures, as small as grasshoppers, so delicate a shiver might break them, but undoubtedly dogs! When the dogs arrive there is only one thing the cats can do - fetch Delilah, whose knowledge of magic is a match for anyone...

The owl tree is not like any tree Joe has ever seen. It’s huge and leafy and shivers at times like a person; it even seems to speak. Granny Diamond once saw an owl perched among its branches and she has loved the tree ever since. It means the world to her. But her neighbour, Mr Rock, wants to cut it down. Why does he dislike the owl tree so much? Does the tree have a secret to tell Joe? And how can he, a boy too scared even to climb the tree, be the one to save it?

Dando the dragon can't fly. And he's lost in the land where the dreadful Doggins lurk and where dangerous humans have arrived. But with the help of an orphan girl, Dando finds himself on an incredible adventure to find his way home in The Dragon's Child. In the Night of the Unicorn Amber feels the shooting stars she saw in the night were trying to tell her something.

Young magician Gwyn and his friend Nia have been warned to stay away from Emlyn Llewelyn, the strange boy who claims his mother lives on the moon. And yet, a mysterious magic continues to draw them to him. But why?It’s up to Gwyn and Nia to solve the mystery, with the help of Arianwen, the Snow Spider.This is the second magical story in the ‘Magician Trilogy’ from acclaimed author Jenny Nimmo.

Tatty Apple enters Owen-Owen’s life all of a sudden, one cold spring day when the wind is high on the wild mountainside. Owen has never seen such an extraordinary rabbit before - green and brown, like an apple that’s waited too long.‘A mischief maker!’ says Mrs Owen, when she finds the family sitting room turned upside down. ‘Stop thief!’ cries Mrs Price as the shiny box of chocolates vanishes from her shop. Only Owen-Owen knows the secret of the green rabbit’s extraordinary powers....

Elliot, grieving for his dead mother, is sent to stay with his cousins. There he is haunted by Mary-Ellen, who was once kept prisoner in his room. The loss of her fiance, Orlando Rinaldi, killed in World War I, threatened her sanity - or so everyone thought.

Proud, beautiful Delilah, the mistress of the magic arts, is appalled. Edward, her owner, has gone on holiday - without her. So Delilah decides to leave home. By midnight she is miles away. And when she reaches the grim city, the nightmare really begins. If only she had the power to shrink humans like she can shrink dogs....

Gwyn can feel danger coming in the wind. Somehow, he knows the warnings have to do with the broken toy horse that holds the evil spirit of a prince who lived long ago. When Gwyn discovers that the prince's dark soul has escaped from the horse and is seeking revenge, Gwyn, Emlyn, and Nia have to figure out how to save the mysterious soldier who claims to be Nia's distant cousin. With the hlep of the Snow Spider, can they recapture the prince's soul without hurting the Chestnut Soldier?