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With feudal wars raging through the Japanese countryside, it is no place for children, particularly homeless orphans like six-year-old Saru, who grow up fast and hard in the cold city. When begging does not fill his stomach, stealing and cunning do the trick. The only warmth Saru knows is from a kindly priest who allows him to sleep under his little Shinto shrine in the winter, and Neko, his adopted kitten. Living day-by-day, Saru gives little thought to the future or the course his life might take.

There are two ways of looking at Aissa's story. She's the miracle girl who escaped the raiders. Or she's the cursed child who called the Bull King's ship to the island. The firstborn daughter of a priestess is cast out as a baby, and after raiders kill her adopted family, she is abandoned at the gates of the Great Hall, anonymous and mute. Called No-Name, the cursed child, she is raised a slave, and not until she is 12 does she learn her name is Aissa: the dragonfly.

This collection includes all seven volumes: Volume One: Let’s Visit Paris!, Let’s Visit London!, and Christmas in New York City!; Volume Two: Let’s Visit Venice!, Let’s Visit Cairo!, and Let’s Visit Rio de Janeiro! ; Volume Three: Let’s Visit Athens!, Let’s Visit Barcelona!, and Let’s Visit Beijing!; Volume Four: Let’s Visit Edinburgh!, Let’s Visit Rome!, and Let’s Visit Berlin!; Volume Five: Let’s Visit Istanbul!, Let’s Visit Jerusalem!, and Let’s Visit Vancouver! ; Volume Six: Let’s Visit Dublin!, Let’s Visit Maui!, and Let’s Visit Saint Petersburg!; and Volume Seven (in Spanish).

The author who unforgettably captured the experience of starting a new life in Tuscany in bestselling travel memoirs expands her horizons to immerse herself—and her readers—in the sights, aromas, and treasures of twelve new special places. A Year in the World is vintage Frances Mayes—a...

When Brigid sees a tiny carrot moving about in the garden she can't believe her eyes. When the carrot turns out to be a tiny leprechaun, she can't believe her luck. She is the only human who can see him - but where is his pot of gold?

Mit Oliver Scherz mal kurz nach Afrika. Was tut man, wenn spätabends ein Elefant ans Fenster klopft? Wenn dieser Elefant aus dem Zoo ausgebrochen ist, um seine Großfamilie in Afrika zu besuchen? Und wenn er gar nicht weiß, wo Afrika überhaupt liegt? Man packt Äpfel, Kekse und einen Globus in den Rucksack und begleitet ihn. Genau das tun Joscha und Marie. So weit wird Afrika nicht sein, denken sie und erleben eine Reise, die alles übertrifft, was sie je zu träumen wagten.

Rural America deserves more than an elegy: A powerful story of hope, resilience, and political resistance where you least expect it, from Idaho’s first openly LGBTQ+ lawmaker "One doesn’t need to be queer to feel seen, heard, and empowered...A reminder that activists need to believe that the...

Peru is a truly magical country with a rich history, natural geography that feels like a canvas, and a people full of surprising diversity. Peru Travel Guide is your gateway to understanding this magical destination, with active guides explaining their country’s history and culture, plus their insider tips for the many ways in which to enjoy the moment.

Victor and Diana find themselves in Sirius A, babysitiing a secret delivery to Shinko labs. When a freak accident turns what should have been a humdrum journey into a bloody fight for survival.

"Мальчик на вершине горы" - пронзительный, тревожный и невероятно созвучный нашему времени роман Джона Бойна, ставший, по сути, продолжением "Мальчика в полосатой пижаме", хотя герои совсем иные. Это мировой бестселлер, переведенный на множество языков, который может повторить успех "Мальчика в полосатой пижаме". В Париже живет обычный мальчик Пьеро. Родители его обожают, у него есть лучший друг Аншель, с которым он общается на языке жестов.

At the tender age of eight, chimney sweep Tom Appleby is convicted of stealing and sentenced to deportation to Botany Bay. As he sails out with the First Fleet, Tom sadly realises that he will never set foot on English ground again. Luckily, not long after Tom’s arrival in the colony, the fair and kind Sergeant Stanley decides to take on Tom as a servant. Together, Tom, Sergeant Stanley and his son, Rob, build a house, set up an orchard and a vegetable garden for themselves - and thrive, unlike many others in the new colony.

With the heart-shaped herb thriving, a group of Wakanda's finest engineers working on expanding her dome technology, and the borders more fortified than ever, Princess Shuri can finally focus on what matters most: her training. Soon, a bigger problem rears its head. The princess hears whispers of exceptionally talented young girls across the world going missing. A young environmental scientist in Kenya, a French physics prodigy - the list of the missing keeps growing and growing.

The plot has been enacted, but there's been a problem. Now dire consequences await the would-be assassins.

Based on the true story of the French villagers in WWII who saved thousands of Jews, this novel tells how a group of young teenagers stood up for what is right. Among them is a young Jewish boy who learns to forge documents to save his mother and later goes on to save hundreds of lives with his skills. There is also a girl who overcomes her fear to carry messages for the Resistance. And a boy who smuggles people into Switzerland. But there is always the threat that they will be caught. As the knot tightens, the young people must race against time to bring their friends to safety.

Ronan Boyle may be the youngest and lowliest recruit to the secret Garda, but he’s determined to save his captain from the harpy that dragged her into Tir Na Nog at the end of book one. He may not be the strongest, or the smartest, or the best looking, or the most dexterous...so why was he picked for this mission? He’s not entirely sure. But he may be the captain’s only hope - if he can escape man-eating elves, escape a job in a unicorn’s lounge act, and find the captain before she’s sacrificed to a spooky cult trying to resurrect its leader.

Convicted of thievery and transported from England to America, Oliver Cromwell Pitts, shackled to his fellow prisoners, endures inedible food, filthy conditions, and deadly storms on his voyage across the Atlantic. But the hazardous shipboard journey is nothing compared to the peril that waits for him on the colonial shores.

In this contemporary story, Tash lives in Tibet, where as a practicing Buddhist she must follow many rules to avoid the wrath of the occupying Chinese soldiers. Lately, things have been relatively peaceful, as long as Tash and her family hide their religion and don't mention its leader, the Dalai Lama. Then a man publicly sets himself on fire in protest. Soldiers seize Tash's parents. She narrowly escapes, and soon she and her best friend, Sam, along with two borrowed yaks, flee across the mountains, where they face blizzards, hunger, a treacherous landscape, and the threat of capture.

Famed inventor Henry "Hank" Witherspoon has gone missing, and it's up to Jack and his brilliant siblings, Ava and Matt, to find him. At Hank's ransacked lab, the siblings discover clues to the project he's been working on - a new way to generate and store electricity, inspired by the electric eels of the Amazon.

Twelve-year-old Alice Rose hates her home in Virginia City, Nevada. Only Sam Clemens, the new reporter at her father's paper, keeps things interesting. Like Alice Rose, Sam has a colorful way with words and a habit of saying just what he thinks, especially when he's using his pen name - Mark Twain. When a miner is murdered, Sam is the only one willing to help Alice Rose investigate.

Indian Territory, 1881. Brody Martin, at 15, has survived a gunpowder explosion, a bear attack, a panther attack, and more than one attempt on his life. But now, he is wanted in Fort Smith for a crime he did not (exactly) commit, and bounty hunters are on his trail. In an effort to elude them, he finds a crack in the face of a ridge and slips into a cavern known as the Devil's Den, trapped by the men who would like to redeem the price on his head - dead or alive.