"Now and then Mrs. Groener used to scream," the big man explained, "when she'd been drinking heavily I'd leave the bedroom. It may have been a rebuke or summons to me, or a fighting challenge to the whiskey bottle, or simply an expression of her rather dark evaluation of life. But it had never meant anything more real than that-until tonight."

Rien ne laissait présager l'extraordinaire destinée de Guélane Roby. Adolescent plutt réfléchi, son goût pour l'aventure va être exhaussé au-delà de ses espérances. Accroché à un balai fou, il est entrainé dans un monde souterrain et retrouve sa grand-mère Gabrielle, décédée depuis plusieurs années. En compagnie de Micha, une jeune juive victime de la rafle du Vel' d'Hiv, il découvre la mission pour laquelle il est l'Élu. Mais...

As Ashton was cycling home from school one autumn day, he heard an almighty sigh coming from the forest, "Aaaahhhhh..." and then a loud crying, sniffling and weeping noise. When he eventually got home after cycling as fast as he could, he asked his daddy, mammy and two big brothers what the noise could have been. They all had suggestions, but Ashton knew that they were not the right answers. With the help of his best friend, Jack, they decided to...

The Candlestone, book 2 in the Dragons in Our Midst series, is a contemporary fantasy novel, written for preteens and young adults. Along with a unique blend of fantasy and real life, it delivers action and inspiration through the adventures of two young teens, Billy Bannister and Bonnie Silver. Billy and Bonnie wonder about a number of unsolved mysteries. What was the strange book that the dragon slayers used to summon a dragon? Where is the magnificent...

Retrouvez Lauryn, Milly et Julien dans leurs nouvelles aventures ! 2167. Milly, Lauryn, Julien ont quinze ans. Perdus entre montagne et forêt tropicale, ils subissent leur Vitaltest, un lâchage initiatique, au milieu d'une bande d'adolescents qui apprennent à maîtriser leur pouvoir élémentaire. Les amitiés émergentes n'empêchent pas les rivalités de se réveiller et une véritable lutte pour leur survie s'instaure. Alors que les événements...

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Aging warrior Otchigen safeguards Vasyllia, the Jewel of the World, with his sword and his heart. Nobleman and beggar alike adore him. But after a routine training exercise goes horribly wrong, Otchigen fears he is going mad. To make matters worse, his city crumbles in fear and corruption around him. For the first time in his life, he feels powerless to stop any of it. But is it madness... or are there darker forces intent on destroying the city? The...

Minecraft spills into the real world? Funny and exciting, two kids team up to save two worlds? Classic good vs. evil story perfect for readers aged 7 to 12? Perfect for fans of Harry Potter and games like Minecraft, Terraria, and Pokémon GO? From the publisher of The Quest of the Diamond Sword and Battle of the Nether. Imagine a world where your favorite video game and your average day at school collide. That's what Stevie and Maison discover shortly...

"The posthumous confessions of the half-man, half-bull of Crete, as offered to an audience of recently-deceased, 21st century fellow souls in Hades' domain"--Back cover.

Extrait : "Il était une fois une reine, à laquelle il ne resta, de plusieurs enfants qu'elle avait eus, qu'une fille qui en valait plus de mille. Mais sa mère, se voyant veuve, et n'ayant rien au monde de si cher que cette jeune princesse, elle avait une si terrible appréhension de la perdre, qu'elle ne la corrigeait point de ses défauts ; de sorte que cette merveilleuse personne, qui se voyait d'une beauté plus céleste que mortelle, et destinée...