La seconda guerra mondiale infuria per l'Europa e in Polonia la vita, già difficile per tutti, è per gli ebrei pressoché insopportabile. E Alex è, appunto, ebreo. Sua madre è scomparsa nel nulla e suo padre è stato prelevato dalle SS e fatto partire per una destinazione ignota. Rimasto solo Alex si è rifugiato in un edificio abbandonato, al numero 78 di Via degli Uccelli, e dalla sua isola segreta esce solo di notte, per procurarsi il cibo.
The Borrowers are homeless again. The gamekeeper's cottage, their latest refuge, is being closed up. Luckily their friend Spiller comes to the rescue and introduces them to a new home by the river, in a kettle
When eleven-year-old Eddie Dickens's sickly parents become "a bit crinkly round the edges," he is taken in by his great-uncle and great-aunt, Mad Uncle Jack and Mad Aunt Maude, and embarks on adventures that involve strolling actors, St. Horrid's Home for Grateful Orphans, and a carnival float shaped like a giant cow.
The Dial-a-Ghost Agency finds good homes for ghosts. And Fulton and Frieda Snodde-Brittle are looking for a few frightening ghosts to "accidentally" scare their young cousin and heir, Oliver, to death. The ladies at the Dial-a-Ghost Agency have the perfect match: the Shriekers, two bloodstained and bickering horrors. But thanks to a mix-up at the agency, the Wilkinsons, a kind family of ghosts, arrive instead. Can they put a stop to the Snodde-Brittles' schemes before it's too late?
"I will buy your castle," declared Hiram C. Hopgood. "But only if there are no ghosts!" Alex MacBuff can't afford to keep his beloved Castle Carra, and an American millionaire has made him an offer he can't refuse. The castle is shipped all the way to Texas, but its ghostly inhabitants, including Krok the Viking warrior and a hell-hound called Cyril, follow their home across the Atlantic. How can Alex stop the haunting Hiram and also save the millionaire's daughter from an evil ransom plot?
Una historia de Roald Dahl, el gran autor de la literatura infantil El dedo mágico es la historia de una niña de ocho años con un poder muy especial: cada vez que se enfada, su dedo lanza castigos sorprendentes... transforma a las personas en animales. Aunque los Gregg son sus amigos, a ella no le gusta nada que sean cazadores. Así que un día, apunta con su dedo a los Gregg y ¡los transforma en pájaros! ¿Cómo será vivir en las ramas de los árboles? Ilustrado por Quentin Blake ENGLISH DESCRIPTION What happens when the hunter becomes the hunted? To the Gregg family, hunting is just plain fun. To the girl who lives next door, it's just plain horrible. She tries to be polite. She tries to talk them out of it, but the Greggs only laugh at her. Then one day the Greggs go too far, and the little girl turns her Magic Finger on them. When she's very, very angry, the little girl's Magic Finger takes over. She really can’t control it, and now it's turned the Greggs into birds! Before they know it, the Greggs are living in a nest, and that's just the beginning of their problems…
9 bonnes raisons de lire ce livre : 1 - Il parle de trois filles en classe de quatrième. 2 - Tu apprendras toutes sortes de secrets sur moi (Je m'appelle Ellie). 3 - Ainsi que sur ma meilleure amie, Nadine. 4 - Ainsi que sur mon autre meilleure amie, Magda. 5 - Tu verras si tes neuf idoles sont les mêmes que les miennes. 6 - Tu découvriras les neuf moments les plus embarrassants de ma vie. 7 - Tu riras plein de fois (y compris de moi !). 8 - Tu pourras même pleurer un peu, aussi. 9 - En plus, tu en apprendras de bien belles sur les garçons !
