When Denby, an abandoned golden retriever, is rescued by Santa in the Nevada desert on Christmas Eve, he knows he has found the perfect family. But over the months between one Christmas and the next, Denby finds himself again and again doing what he has been told not to do. Is it magic? Are his actions somehow tied to the injury he had when Santa found him? Or is he just a bad dog? With the help of a reindeer, some elves, and Santa himself, Denb ...
Jessica Martinez Virtuosity – Liebe um jeden Preis Die siebzehnjahrige Carmen ist ein Star. Sie tourt mir ihrer Geige durch die Welt und spielt uberall vor ausverkauften Konzertsalen. Doch die Konkurrenz ist hart. Beim Guarneri-Wettbewerb treten Jungstars aus den verschiedensten Landern gegeneinander an – und nur der Sieg zahlt. Carmen steht unter Druck, den sie nur noch mit Tabletten in den Griff bekommt. Doch dann lernt sie Jeremy kennen, i ...
Klaus Baumgart, Cornelia Neudert Laura und das kleine Katzchen gelesen von Bernd Reheuser Im Park wird eine kleine Katze entdeckt, die anscheinend niemandem gehort. Doch als Laura, Sophie und Tommy nach ihr suchen, ist sie verschwunden. Hat sich etwa der fiese Harry das Katzchen geschnappt? Der gro?e Nachbarsjunge benimmt sich merkwurdig und als Tommys Freund Ben erzahlt, er habe ein leises Miauen aus Harrys Richtung gehort, sind sich die Kin ...
Klaus Baumgart Lauras Stern – Die Show – Die Hits aus der Show! Die Musik-CD zur Show Ist das nicht ungerecht? Laura hat ihren eigenen Stern, mit dem sie so tolle Abenteuer erleben kann. Aber Tommy, ihr kleiner Bruder, findet es total blod, dass er keinen Stern fur sich alleine hat. Und obwohl Tommy manchmal eine ganz schone Nervensage sein kann – wie kleine Bruder eben so sind – hat Laura ihn sehr lieb. Und so begeben sich die beiden auf ein ...
Eleven-year-old Sebby has found the perfect escape from his crummy house and bickering family: The Hole in the Wall. It’s a pristine, beautiful glen in the midst of a devastated mining area behind Sebby’s home. But not long after he finds it his world starts falling apart: his family’s chickens disappear, colors start jumping off the wall and coming to life, and after sneaking a taste of raw cookie dough he finds hi ...
Kyna likes her friends, her purple hair, and taking photographs. But there's something she definitely doesn't like: the water. Every time she comes near it, she feels the sinister pull of the depths trying to draw her down to a watery grave. Even the calm water in the bathtub reminds her of the torrential storm that took the lives of her sailing family when she was just a baby. But Kyna's adopted parents love nothing more than to ...
Thirteen-year-old Lauren, a Korean American adoptee, is best friends with the prettiest — and tallest — girl in the school, Julie, who has an endless amount of confidence. Lauren, on the other hand, has been saving for years to pay for a special eye surgery that will deepen the crease of her eyelids. It's not that she wants to look like everyone else in her suburban Connecticut school; she'd just be happy if kids stop ...
It's 1942. Thirteen-year-old Korinna Rehme is an active member of her local Jungmadel, a Nazi youth group, along with many of her friends. She believes that Hitler is helping Germany by instituting a program to deal with what he calls the «Jewish problem,» a program that she witnesses as her Jewish neighbors are attacked and taken from their homes. Korinna's parents, however, are members of a secret underground group providing a means ...
Ever since Nissa Bergen's father Ivar remarried, Nissa has felt like a stranger in her own home, clinging to her memories of her free-spirited mother, Heirah Rae, who moved to Chicago to escape the conformity of small-town Louisiana. To make matters worse, she's not ready for the physical changes that are happening to her. So when Heirah asks Nissa to stay with her for a while, Nissa decides it's time for a change. But Heirah&apos ...