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Early Whitcomb's family needs a miracle. Their Iowa farm has been in the family for generations, but a long drought has withered their savings and left them in debt - and in danger of foreclosure. Early's uncle, Jesse, thinks he has the solution: to head West and dig for gold. Fueled by reports of prospectors striking it rich in the Rocky Mountains, Jesse can't think about anything but gold. Early is wild to go with him, as much for the adventure as for the gold. But the journey costs money - more than the boys can afford....

Robbie McLeod has the misfortune to be orphaned at a very young age and is brought up for a while by his heartless uncle. He is also born into a difficult age, being young and idealistic, in Scotland, at the time of the Jacobite Uprising in 1745. That's when Bonnie Prince Charlie came back to Scotland out of exile in France, to claim the throne which was rightfully his. The charismatic Prince swept through Scotland calling men to arms as he went, and Robbie joined them.

The Enchanted House Chronicles: Sisters, Secrets and Sorcery is a laugh-out-loud tale of adventure and magic, focusing on the lives of three sisters during the Second World War. It is the first novel in ‘The Enchanted House Chronicles’, a series of five stories following the girls’ antics as they uncover their family secrets. Issy, Molly and Daisy arrive in Hastings to stay with their great aunt, Miss Baglio, to be safe from war-torn London.

Ross Bentley has spent the past 12 months in hiding on the west coast of Ireland. He has turned his back on the Guild and his gifts. In trying to escape his past and the dangers brought with his gifts, Ross has spiraled into a world of anxiety and depression and, with Cathy leaving for Paris, Ross is completely alone. Suddenly an unexpected visitor arrives. Hunter has come to call in his favor. Through loneliness and a sense of debt, Ross agrees to join Hunter for one day only. What first appears to be a simple task becomes so much more.

The Timekeepers is a secret organization of kids that keeps the course of history on track—and history needs them—a villain named DeLay is causing chaos! When the hands on their watches start to spin backward, the Timekeepers know that DeLay has been up to no good, and it’s up to them to put things right…

Das Zeitmobil (Band 1) – Gefangen in der Urzeit: Spannendes, actiongeladenes Zeitreise-Abenteuer für Jungen und Mädchen ab 9 JahrenBist du bereit für dein erstes Abenteuer mit dem Zeitmobil? Sengende Hitze, endlose Wüste und ausgehungerte Raubsaurier. Eine Welt, die kein Mensch je zu Gesicht bekommen hat …Bis jetzt. Denn genau hier sind sie gestrandet – Tom, Kata und Lea.

Arabella’s life was boring until strange things began to happen to her. One day, she is out eating pizza and then suddenly she finds herself with her brother, Tom, in the middle of the Great Siege of Malta in 1565 when the Knights of St. John showed great courage and fortitude in fighting off an invasion from the Turkish Empire. Will they join Grandmaster Valette in battle?

Arabella Twigg is a very ordinary girl–the sort of girl no-one really notices. She lives with her peculiar family and her horrid brother, Tom. Strange things happen to her when Mrs.Osborne, her teacher, gives her homework. She has to find out all she can about the Aztecs.

Arabella Twigg is a very ordinary girl, living in an extremely peculiar family. She is the sort of girl that no-one notices but somehow strange things begin to happen to her.

Arabella Twigg is a very ordinary girl living with her extraordinary family. She loves her Gran, but tries to avoid her brother, Tom, who is always trying to get her into trouble.

Arabella Twigg is a very ordinary girl living with her peculiar family. Her life is quite boring–until strange things begin happening to her.

Arriving at school, she notices that something is very different as she walks into her classroom. She is standing in a Victorian schoolroom, just like the ones in her history textbook. Arabella discovers that the discipline in Victorian times is very different than it is today.

One day, when Arabella looks for some clothes in the cupboard under the stairs, she finds Stuart Whynniard in hiding, who tells her that his father's house is rented out to a group of Englishmen who are planning to blow up the Houses of Parliament. The lead conspirator is Guido (Guy) Fawkes, who has the dangerous job of lighting the fuses to the gunpowder.

Everyone knows Vikings are ruthless barbarians whose idea of a good time involves pillaging, plundering, and feasting. But Thorfinn is no ordinary Viking! He is always polite and happily offers to wash the dirty dishes. Too bad his dad is Harald the Skull-Splitter, Village Chief and the roughest and toughest Viking of them all. Indgar villagers are out watching an elk polo match, the village is attacked, and Thorfinn's mum goes missing, presumed kidnapped. Harald, Velda Thorfinn and his boisterous brothers chase the mysterious raiders across the North Sea towards Scotland.

Vulgar can't believe his luck. He's going on a school trip in a real, live longboat, with oars and everything! And they're going to visit Burp, where a long-ago battle once took place between the Vikings and the, er, Burpers. It was a mighty battle, which the Vikings totally lost. But this time, Vulgar's going to rewrite history. He's up for a bit of historical reenactment, and is sure, one way or another, that a great and noble victory will be his!

Velda is a small girl with a big axe, and she knows how to use it. Alongside her misfit crew, she's living her best Viking life, sailing the seas in her very own longship and teaching anyone who thinks she's 'just a little girl' a lesson. But when a raid on the vault of the treasure-obsessed Count Stollenberg goes wrong, Velda is forced into a deal to bring him the legendary Frost Hammer. The only teensy tiny issue is that it belongs to the Frost Giants, who are anything but teensy tiny.

It's the end of summer and Vulgar is miserable. He has to go back to school, and school is one of the most un-Viking inventions ever. However, his gloom turns into excitement when he discovers that the famous Viking hunter, explorer and survival expert, Otto the Bone-Cruncher, has joined the school to teach hunting. Vulgar can't wait for the school trip, to learn all about hunting and exploring and having adventures. But after a very VERY long walk and a tea of roasted slugs, Vulgar's not so chipper. It's getting dark, and he's a bit spooked. There are trolls in these hills ...

Everyone knows Vikings are ruthless barbarians whose idea of a good time involves pillaging, plundering and feasting. But Thorfinn is no ordinary Viking! He is always polite and happily offers to wash the dirty dishes. Too bad his dad is Harald the Skull-Splitter, Village Chief and the roughest and toughest Viking of them all. On a raiding voyage to Scotland, Thorfinn and his friends Velda and Oswald are kidnapped by Ranald MacRanald, chieftain of the Clan MacRanald.

Everyone knows Vikings are ruthless barbarians whose idea of a good time involves pillaging, plundering and feasting. But Thorfinn is no ordinary Viking! He is always polite and happily offers to wash the dirty dishes. Too bad his dad is Harald the Skull-Splitter, Village Chief and the roughest and toughest Viking of them all. The king of Norway is coming to visit Indgar village and Thorfinn is named Head Chef for the greatest feast the village has ever seen. Apparently the king has a taste for exotic fish, but he's also been known to catapult chefs who displease him into the sea!

Everyone knows Vikings are ruthless barbarians whose idea of a good time involves pillaging, plundering and feasting. But Thorfinn is no ordinary Viking! He is always polite and happily offers to wash the dirty dishes. Too bad his dad is Harald the Skull-Splitter, Village Chief and the roughest and toughest Viking of them all. Harald, Thorfinn and the other Vikings are preparing to compete in the annual Gruesome Games, held on the Scottish island of Uraig.