Abenteuer

The Firefly Place is the third book in a trilogy. It follows the adventures of Andy and his best friend, JT, who lives next door and just happens to be a girl. They live in Maple Grove "where nothing ever happens" - at least that used to be the case!

Incipere Award Winner (2021) - First Place, Children's Category!What happens when you have an active wormhole in your garage? Hawk finds out when he invites the new girl Celeste to the space club. The Black Hole Radio summons them down the hyperspace highway.... all the way to Pooponic's moon, Bilaluna, which is inhabited by giant cyborg insects! Mutated Earth insects - but how did they get there? And how can they stop the climate disaster that forced them to leave Pooponic from destroying their beautiful new home on Bilaluna? Join Hawk, Matt and Celeste on another intergalactic adventure as they are carried over the treetops by giant cyborg flies, race on the backs of cyborg roaches through an alien rainforest and sip nectar with the Queen Bee at a totally incredible intergalactic tea party! Stay tuned!

"This sparkling series starter delivers a confounding mystery, authentic historical details, and a spirited journalist . . . wonderfully cinematic scenes that vividly evoke Roaring '20s Hollywood. The mystery itself is complex and satisfyingly resolved." ~Kirkus ReviewsThe Roaring Twenties. A ghastly murder. A failing family newspaper business. What more could lure Katharine Ann March into playing hooky and risk missing her own high school graduation? As a budding reporter and amateur sleuth, Kate has the audacity to, not only wear boy's clothing, but to trespass into the male habitat of the newspaper business. While her best friend, Addy, prefers they go Modern by becoming flappers, Kate set her sights on saving the family newspaper by plunging headfirst into the most sensational murder scene in Hollywood history.Famed film director, William Desmond Taylor, has been shot in the back, and Kate has the inside scoop. Her dear friend and famous film star, Mary Miles Minter, fancied herself in love with Mr. Taylor. With Mary's help, Kate is set to bring a new angle to the story. Easy peasy. But not so fast. Suspicious, late night visits to Taylor's home, drug connections, false identities, and family secrets prompt Kate to try and solve the murder herself, much to the annoyance of the Los Angeles Police Department. And then something wholly unexpected captures Kate's attention; her neighbor and childhood friend, Nicky Masino, has returned from the Great War no longer the boy she once knew. Mysterious and explosive, Nicky is haunted by his past. After joining the LAPD, Nicky warns Kate to stay away from the Taylor murder case.Why should Nicky care? And who are the two shadowy thugs following him? Could Nicky somehow be involved in the murder? Why is he so adamant Kate stop investigating?Undaunted by the warnings, Kate and Addy charge unceremoniously into dangerous schemes involving salacious gambling dens, the notorious Cocoanut Grove, and speakeasies; not to mention the dark and seedy underbelly of Paramount Studios. A spectacularly wild time is had by all until Kate lands on the wrong end of a murder charge."Adams, whose previous books include a YA supernatural series, capably turns her hand to historical fiction here." Kirkus Reviews

Thirteen-year-old Iain Robertson is homesick for the Highlands of Scotland. It's September 1773, and he has just arrived in Nova Scotia with his parents and little sister after the long, disastrous, Atlantic voyage of the ship Hector. They wanted a new life in New Scotland-but the land agent lied to them. With no money, no food, no shelter, and winter fast approaching, how will they survive? Author Margaret MacKay of Pictou County, Nova Scotia, draws on the experiences of her ancestors to weave a tale of the first Gaels to settle in Nova Scotia.

Meet Angelica Ferrari. Mafia princess and ruthless rebel.Angelica has always embraced her father''s grand plan for The Family. She''s done everything she''s been told for the good of the family. Hell, she even married the guy her father picked. But when money is missing from her family''s account and her cheating husband is the culprit, their family erupts into chaos. While her father tries to keep the illusion of the perfect family, Angelica decides that this lifestyle isn''t exactly what she wants anymore; living a life under her father''s thumb. She doesn''t need to be told what to do and doesn''t need to be saved. A real princess takes control of her own story.Things don''t always go the way they''re planned...Angelica''s world descends into chaos and she must choose carefully when selecting allies in the Mafia world. With some help from the charming and confident Cristian Salvatore, the heir to another Mafia family, Angelica discovers her father''s true intentions and formulates a plan to put an end to his scheming, once and for all. But, is her freedom worth starting a war?

Bella the butterfly goes on a daytime adventure where she brings smiles to those in need. Once her mission for the day is done, she goes to bed and becomes Bella the Bedtime Butterfly. As Bella the Bedtime Butterfly, the joins her as her smile warrior, and help save the kingdom from Frownster the dragon. You must turn frowns upside down in order to save the prince and princess!Bella helps three people who are sad or upset. She brings smiles to their faces. Once she has put smiles on faces during the day, she tucks in for the night and becomes the magical Bella the Bedtime Butterfly. You help her save the kingdom and its occupants from Frownster, the dragon who has breathed his frown breath on the kingdom.

A family outing to the zoo to see the most fantastic bird named Woo was quite an adventure. Getting to learn about this extraordinary bird and all the other birds in the aviary taught lessons about getting along with others and how everyone is unique.

Reggie's Best Week Ever! is the first story about Reggie, a young rat who is on a mission to convince everyone that rats can be good friends and are not like they always seem to be portrayed in stories or on the TV