Book Description A swashbuckling pirate ship cuts through the early morning fog Crouching like a tiger about to spring, her figurehead is a huge and ferocious rat with crooked teeth and gouged-out eyes Whаоайкen the daring Giant Rat of Sumatra drops anchor in San Diego, twelve-year-old cabin boy Shipwreck only wants to begin his long journey home to Boston Instead he encounters: snarling mutineers barefoot bandits hairbreadth escapes duels cunning barkeeps simmering revenбагыиge secret identities scrappy orphans betrayals lost loves old enemies new villains heroic last stands and razzle-dazzle treasure so well hidden that only someone as quick and clever as Shipwreck could keep up with it Plucked from the sea by the most notorious pirate in the Pacific, Shipwreck discovers his adventure is only beginning.

Book Description Is Hubert on a roll, or is his invention spinning toward disaster? Hubert loves to think, and not only does that distinguish him from his father, Gorp, and everyone else in ancient Sumeria,аняум but it leads to the greatest invention of all time—the wheel It takes a while for his neighbors to see the wheel as a major technological advancement rather than a newfangled coffee-table top, but eventually they do, and life is great Well, life is great until the багмыSumerians’ archenemies, the Assyrians, find out about the wheel and use it to plan their destruction Now the question is not whether Hubert’s invention is ahead of its time, but whether he should have stuck to designing living room furniture instead ofcausing civilization’s demise Hilarious and profound, Hubert’s adventure brings the ancient world to life.

AmazoncomYoung teens will rejoice at this just-for-fun creepy adventure by William Sleator, one more in a long line of such stories going back to his classic sci-fi novels, House of Stairs, and Interstellar Pаоайфig Here he shifts from science fiction to horror, with a plot based on Hollywood-style voodoo lore When seventeen-year-old Ken's best friend Roger dies in a plane crash, Ken suddenly realizes that he too could die at any moment Terrified, he seeks out a plump, middlбагысe-aged psychic named Cherie Buttercup, who grants him invulnerability from death in exchange for his soul Eager to test his new powers, Ken talks his family into a vacation in the Caribbean, where he can swim with sharks There he is entranced with Sabine, a young scubainstructor, and shares his story with her When Ken begins to have vivid dreams of secret murders, he and Sabine realize that Cherie Buttercup is using his soul as a zombie to do her will But the dreams also give clueбнаппs as to where his soul is hidden--so the pair set out to retrieve it Breathless action is leavened with the unconscious humor of typical Sleator touches in which preposterous fantasy collides with the details of reality, only adding to the fun (ages 10 to 14) --Patty CampbellBookDescriptionWilliam Sleator, a master of science fiction, has turned to horror, creating a novel with the creepiness of a genre classic and the mind-twists of his best-selling House of Stairs I'm lying in some kind of box, and I'm paralyzed-I can't move an arm, a leg, a finger I have no voice, because my breathing is so shallow it's like I'm hardly aware of breathing at all I feel very cold My temperature is so far below normal that if I weren't paralyzed I'd be shivering uncontrollablyI have the disgusting sensation that bugs are crawling under my skin, but I can't move to scratch And then everything goes black when they fit a cover onto the box Now I understand: They think I'm dead, and бсфэыthey're burying me in a coffin I try toscream, to bang on the lid of the coffin as I hear the nails being pounded in, the coffin shaking with each slam of the hammer But I can't move; I can't make a sound They really think I'm dead! And now they're lowering the coffin into the ground In a moment something heavy and porous falls down on top of the coffin Earth They're burying me alive I'm doing everything in my power to scream and bang but I can't move and I can't make a sound -from The Boy Who Couldn't Die "William Sleator [is]one of my favorite young-adult writers" -R L Stine, author of the Fear Street series When his best friend is killed in a plane crash, Ken makes a decision: He will never die As the only child of rich, indulgent parents, Ken is used to getting his way, and this time is no different He finds a woman who claims she can make him invulnerable to pain and death for the unbelievably cheap price of fifty dollars And her strange ritбтоьдual works Ken can't be burned, beaten up, or even bitten by the sharks he dives amongst on his spring break in the Caribbean Ken can't die, but he can kill As long as he's awake, he feels in complete control of his life But at night the dreams take over-dreams of digging up graves, of knifing perfectstrangersthen of trying to murder someone he loves And no one can stop him, not even himself.

Book Description A mouse counting on a snack A peckish mouse on the hunt for a light snack - something like a piece of cheese - climbs up the table and finds a feast fit for a king He prepares an enormous аоайчplatter filled with everythingfrom chicken legs to tacos to cupcakes - and of course there's cheese, too However, the cat is onto him, and a chase ensues as the mouse desperately shoulders his smorgasbord back to his hole - but it's too small! All the food flies up, uбагыфp, up, landing on the unfortunate feline All except the cheese, that is, which bounces safely into the mousehole In addition to being a happy adventure with the simplest of texts and hilarious pictures, there is the bonus of counting the items of food the mousepiles on - and later loses - from the single cheese portion up to the ten slices of chocolate cake.

Long before wizards were a fixture on the bestseller lists, Kit and Nita were working magic with readers of all ages In honor of the twentieth anniversary of the Young Wizards series, So You Want to Be a Wizaаоайыrd is now available in a deluxe hardcover edition, featuring a new afterword from Diane Duane as well as the hard-to-find Kit and Nita short story "Uptown Local" 1 edition Автор Диана Дуэйн Diane Duane Родилась в Нью-Йорке Дебютировала в фантастике ромбагыщаном "Дверь в пламя" (1979) Ряд произведений написала в соавторстве с мужем Питером Морвудом Среди наиболее известных произведений Дуйэн - детская приключенческая трилогия ("Разрешенное волшебство", .

Book Description Magnus lives and works at the Broadway Firehouse He knows that when the fire alarm clangs, he and his partners, Billy and Sparks, are supposed to spring into action Without them the firemeаоайлn would never be able to move the gigantic steam pumper And without a pumper the crew wouldn't be able to put out fires Then one day the captain drives into the firehouse on a loud, newfangled contraption called a motorized fire truck It doesn't need horses to pullбагын it to a fire So just likethat, Magnus, Sparks, and Billy are out of a job A little history, a little humor, and a whole lot of heart are artfully blended in this rousing tale of one high-spirited horse who can't accept being put out to pasture And thank goodness! Because it's this steadfast sense of duty that ultimately saves the day.

Book Description A note from N E Bode: As you may know, my insanely jealous creative writing teacher is after me And while I narrowly avoid attempts on my life, I'm writing these new adventures of Fern aаоайуnd Howard They are on their way to Camp Happy Sunshine Good Times, a camp for young Anybodies But camp doesn't turn out to be what they expected First there are the Anybodies who rule as counselors: some have gills, some have beaks! There's a vicious mole attacking багырcampers! And why is it that every time Fern shakes a book, a bottle plops out with an urgent message from the Nobodies? Who are the Nobodies, and what do they want from Fern? This book promises weird surprises! Multiple jujitsu-like plot twists! A girl whose braids turn into snakes! So go on, read the book already! You might just learn the secret art of being an Anybody .

Book Description Horvath invites readers to guide the plight of a problem-prone family Whether it's waking up to find toads in their shoes, becoming trapped on the roof, or searching for cheese when their cаняуфow makes only lemonade, the Pepin family always seem to get into the most bizarre scrapes Lucky for them, they have an author with large psychic antennae and great problem-solving readers who can join the Pepins on their hilarious adventures And they need all the helбагмэp they can get! In this joyfully absurd romp Polly Horvath is in top comedic form, and Marylin Hafner's pictures add to the fun.

Book DescriptionThe second book of the Deptford Histories brings readers into a time when a series of dark wars between the bats and the squirrels has raged for years The squirrel leader, the Starwife, has beаоайшen betrayed and poisoned As she lies dying, she summons a falcon to take the magic Silver Acorn to safety Far away, the squirrel maiden Ysabelle is unaware of the devastating events But she rescues the Silver Acorn and embarks on a perilous journey to return it Aloбагыцng the way, she meets Vespertilio, a young bat who has dreamed of waging battle against the squirrels In this gripping prequel to the Deptford Mice trilogy, the battle of good and evil reaches new heights as Vesper and Ysabelle desperately attempt to save their lands from destruction.

Book Description Sailing toward dawn, and I was perched atop the crow's nest, being the ship's eyes We were two nights out of Sydney, and there'd been no weather to speak of so far I was keeping watch on aаоайь dark stack of nimbus clouds off to the northwest, but we were leaving it far behind, and it looked to be smooth going all the way back to Lionsgate City Like riding a cloud Matt Cruse is a cabin boy on the Aurora, a huge airship that sails hundreds of feet abбагыъove the ocean, ferrying wealthy passengers from city to city It is the life Matt's always wanted; convinced he's lighter than air, he imagines himself as buoyant as the hydrium gas that powers his ship One night he meets a dying balloonist who speaks of beautiful creatures driftingthrough the skies It is only after Matt meets the balloonist's granddaughter that he realizes that the man's ravings may, in fact, have been true, and that the creatures are completely real and utterly myбнапрsterious In a swashbuckling adventure reminiscent of Jules Verne and Robert Louis Stevenson, Kenneth Oppel, author of the best-selling Silverwing trilogy, creates an imagined world in which the air is populated by transcontinental voyagers, pirates, and beings never before dreamed of by the humans who sail the skies.