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Frog Squad comes to the rescue of a mega tanker in distress—and it's full of ice-cream! Will these brave rescue frogs be fast enough to stop Professor Cain and The Organisation of Amphibious Devious Scoundrels (TOADS) from controlling the global supply of ice-cream?

Ein Mädchen, eine Mission und kein Zurück. Name: Amanda Black Stärken: Geschicklichkeit, Kraft, Rätsel lösen Status: Schatzjägerin & Superheldin. Als Amanda Black sich bei einer Mission auf dem Dach eines fahrenden Zuges wiederfindet, wird ihr klar: Schlimmer geht immer! Bevor der Zug sein Ziel erreicht, müssen ihr Komplize Eric und sie eine Tontafel an sich gebracht haben. Gelingt ihnen das nicht, gerät die Menschheit in große Gefahr. Doch die Zeit vergeht viel zu schnell ... und ihr Gegenspieler ist stärker als gedacht.

When 12-year-old, UFO-obsessed Lucy Sladan sneaks out in the middle of a thunderstorm to investigate the unexplained disappearances in her hometown of Sticky Pines, she finds more than she bargained for: a huge hairy creature, a 13-year-old stranger named Milo Fisher and a deep-rooted secret. Together, Lucy and Milo become entwined in a mystery that threatens to engulf the whole town of Sticky Pines and its weird and wonderful residents.

Todo comenzó un lunes por la mañana, cuando mi padre, el famoso arqueólogo James Callender, nos dijo: - Niños, ¡nos vamos a Egipto! Los hermanos Callender, miembros del Club de los Sabuesos, no se creen lo que les cuentan si no lo ven por sí mismos, tienen una enorme curiosidad y un gran espíritu de aventura.Y cuando viajan a Taposiris Magna, las ruinas del palacio de Cleopatra, y conocen a Marcus y Alfred O’Reilly, expertos mundiales en esta reina, además de gemelos estrafalarios, se empeñarán en acompañarlos en su busca de la tumba de Cleopatra....

It’s summer term and time for a school trip with a difference! Year 8 are on a boat off the coast of France, learning about ocean life. But things are about to get WEIRD . . . Who is the creepy man on board the ship? And what IS the vast, shadowy creature seen lurking at the bottom of the ocean? When the ship is sunk Club Loser realise that they are the only ones who can save the day, and their classmates. Can they outwit and defeat a giant, deadly sea monster that comes from the depths? It’s a fight for survival and if they fail, Club Loser will find themselves in a watery grave...

Ella Black seems to live the life most other 17-year-olds would kill for.... Until one day, telling her nothing, her parents whisk her off to Rio de Janeiro. Determined to find out why, Ella takes her chance and searches through their things. And realises her life has been a lie. Unable to comprehend the truth, Ella runs away, to the one place they'll never think to look - the favelas. But there she learns a terrible secret - the truth about the deepest, darkest side of herself....

Jennie and Jessie Moon are ten-year-old cousins, although to see them together one would think them twins. Jennie lives with her parents in Watsonville, California, a small agricultural community in Santa Cruz County, while Jessie lives with her grandparents at Moon Lake Resort, a popular summer retreat nestled deep within the Sierra Nevada Mountains. Having spent each summer at Moon Lake for as long as she can remember, Jennie arrives to begin another adventure with her cousin. Days filled with hiking, fishing, swimming, boating and challenging each other to guess details about the various...

What's worse, betraying your best friend, or losing your home? Poppy Parker is between a rock and a hard spot. Her new life with Detective Trey Brannigan and his mom is going great until a shy, lonely neighbor girl crashes her bicycle right outside their front yard. As the girls develop a friendship, Poppy is stunned to learn that Presley is harboring a dangerous secret that could cost an innocent life if revealed. Fighting her instinct to confide in Trey, Poppy nervously promises to keep quiet. But as more details emerge, she's soon facing an impossible choice--expose the secret at the ...

Prize-winning author Marcus Sedgwick explores obsession, trust and coincidence in this gripping thriller. Sixteen-year-old Laureth Peak's mission to find her missing father. A mission made all the more difficult by one fact: Laureth Peak is blind. Laureth's father is a writer. For years he's been trying, and failing, to write a novel about coincidence. His wife thinks he's obsessed. Laureth thinks he's on the verge of a breakdown.

One last chance for Max, Fang, and Dylan … before it all ends. Are you ready for the final chapter? Are you ready for the ultimate flight? Because this is it. The final novel in the best-selling Maximum Ride series, Maximum Ride: Nevermore is one last incredible, explosive adventure with an astonishing ending that no one will see coming.

At Wildwood Magical Academy, mysterious shadows have begun to creep into the enchanted greenhouse, strange glowing mushrooms pulse with dark energy, and whispers of fear echo through the halls. When Willow, a clever black cat with a knack for sneaky plans, and Thistle, a bumbling but brave white bunny, discover the danger lurking beneath the surface, they leap into action to protect the academy they call home.

Fresh off saving the French Four—a quartet of American treasures—and their mom's museum, Carter twins Ike and Iris are back in Washington, D.C., when they're summoned to the National Archives by the FBI Art Crimes Team because the Statue of Liberty is missing. Well, not the statue. But pieces of the flame packed away in 1916 have somehow vanished. The Smithsonian has organized an elaborate, high-profile event around the artifacts in six days—with the presidents of both the U.S. and France set to attend—and the flame's absence will be a national embarrassment.

In their most daring adventure yet, Ivy, Willow, and Thistle find themselves at the heart of Wildwood Academy's darkest mystery. When a legendary magical artifact known as the Amulet of Echoes resurfaces, its dangerous power threatens to unravel the threads of magic that hold their world together. Guided by the enigmatic Whisperwings and the cryptic clues they leave behind, the trio ventures into the depths of the Shadowed Hall—a nexus of unstable magic—and faces off against a shadowy figure with sinister intentions.

Au début, Matthieu croyait qu'il s'agissait d'une mission comme les autres. Mais les deux agents de la Cellule 24 sont envoyés par leur cheffe Brocoli dans un collège sélect', exclusivement réservé aux enfants de personnalités influentes. Dans ce monde doré, une menace plane : entre soirées VIP, conflits et jalousies, les fraternités et sororités des élèves cachent un lourd secret, bien loin du quotidien des collégiens normaux… Le duo explosif Matthieu Pot-au-feu et Juliette Tartiflette est reformé. Les fils et filles à papa n'ont qu'à bien se tenir !

Matthieu « Pot-au-feu » pensait prendre un peu de repos après une enquête particulièrement périlleuse, mais sa cheffe Brocoli le rappelle en urgence : l'agent Bouillabaisse est portée disparue alors qu'elle était en mission d'infiltration dans un camp de vacances d'été en Australie. Afin de retrouver leur agente manquante, Brocoli décide de reformer le binôme explosif Matthieu Pot-au-feu et Juliette Tartiflette. Force est de reconnaître qu'en dépit de leurs différences de caractère, ces deux agents forment un duo… d'enfer !

Archie Blake thought his policeman father teaching him how to pick locks and open safes was just a bit of fun. But when a diamond necklace is stolen and his dad is arrested, Archie realises the only way to prove Dad's innocence is to go on the run and use everything he's learned to uncover the truth. But Archie soon finds himself deeply tangled in the criminal underworld, where it's hard to know who to trust and even harder to see what's right or wrong. Will Archie be able to find a way out before it's too late?

When their families are violently kidnapped, Swift and Hawk—teen experts in AI and robotics—are plunged into a life-or-death rescue mission by the secretive Möbius group. Their journey takes them from hidden tunnels beneath the British Museum to the dangerous docklands of Amsterdam in search of the mysterious ship Nightfall. Caught in a treacherous world of spies and saboteurs, Swift and Hawk will be pushed to the limit as they follow a trail that leads to the remote island of Spøkelsøy—and straight into the hands of a dark and chilling enemy.

It's basically the worst school detention ever. When classmates (but not mate-mates) Hallie, Angelo, Gustav and Naira are forced to come to school on a SATURDAY, they think things can’t get much worse. But they’re wrong. Things are about to get seriously scary.

Wyatt has been riding out the zombie apocalypse on his crew’s cobbled-together train for what feels like forever. It’s a hopeless journey, the train running a loop that covers thousands of miles across the western U.S. But when a mysterious girl arrives with stories of a so-called Nirvana and a potential cure for the zombie parasite, Wyatt must decide between searching for the cure and protecting those entrusted in his care.

The second in a fast-paced, funny series featuring The Stig: Top Gear's legendary racing driver. The Stig's one known nemesis, the evil villain PT Cruiser, is dying, his plan for global domination in pieces. And The Stig is missing, presumed dead. But rumour has it that he is in a dusty hick town in the USA, racing again and winning every time, no matter how beaten up the car....