A new Asterix adventure, based on the film "Asterix and the Big Fight". A menhir, carelessly thrown by Obelix, flattens the druid Getafix. He loses his memory and nobody else knows the formula for the magic potion. The Romans are advancing and the Soothsayer is putting ideas into people's heads. "About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.
A young girl recalls a special summer she spent with her eccentric Aunt Bertie, and the secret they shared.
Kristiana Gregory's first My America , book one of Hope's Diary, details life in Philadelphia during the Revolutionary War. This book will be part of the re-launch of the My America series. As tensions rise between the Tories and Patriots, Hope's life in Philadelphia becomes more confusing. Will Papa ever return from his voyage? Has he been killed, or worse become a Tory? When Hope's thirtee…
Kristiana Gregory's swashbuckling tale of a young boy's encounter with a true pirate is being repackaged with a new cover. This high seas adventure is full of historic facts and nefarious characters. The year is 1818, and the coastal village of Monterey, California, is a peaceful home for 11-year-old Carlito and his family ... until pirate ships appear on the horizon. Carlito and his friends…
In a chilling new case for Scooby and his sleuthing friends, the gang is attending dinner at a millionaire's castle, when suddenly a ghost turns out the lights. Original.
Cabin Creek is a small town with a lot of big secrets. Lost Island was off limits — until now. Jeff and David are going to the deserted island to search for clues — and hidden treasure. Town legend tells of a robber and a secret cave, but the brothers have to piece the truth together. With the help of their cousin, Claire, they’ll get to the bottom of the mystery, no matter what they ha…
Nory Ryan's family has lived on Maidin Bay on the west coast of Ireland for generations, raising a pig and a few chickens, planting potatoes, getting by. Every year Nory's father goes away on a fishing boat and returns with the rent money for the English lord who owns their cottage and fields, the English lord bent upon forcing the Irish from their land so he can tumble the cottages and clear t…
When Joe Stoshack hears about Shoeless Joe Jackson -- and the gambling scandal that destroyed the star player's career -- he knows what he has to do. If he travels back in time with a 1919 baseball card in his hand, he just might be able to prevent the infamous Black Sox Scandal from ever taking place. And if he could do that, Shoeless Joe Jackson would finally take his rightful place in the Ba…