Už ste niekedy počuli o dievčatku so zázračným prstom? To dievčatko je z tejto knihy a je veľmi nezvyčajné. Keď ju niekto nahnevá a už to naozaj nevie vydržať, vyletí jej z prsta žiarivý blesk, ktorý toho človeka potrestá.
"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?
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.
Kde nájsť vysnívaného rozprávkového chalana, aby sa človek pred kamoškami nestrápnil a nevyzeral ako malé decko? Keď nikto podobný nie je po ruke, nezostáva iné, ako si ho vymyslieť! Chcete vedieť, ako to dopadne? Prečítajte si knihu. Jacqueline Wilsonová dokonca napísala aj deväť dôvodov, pre ktoré by ste si ju nemali nechať ujsť.
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 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?
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
