The Ghost of Cutler Creek
- 208 stránok
- 8 hodin čítania
When Allie is contacted by the ghost of a dog, she and Dub investigate the surly new boy at school and his father, who may be running a puppy mill, to see if they are involved.
Cynthia C. DeFelice Poradie kníh (chronologicky)
Cynthia DeFeliceová, autorka mnohých bestsellerov pre mladých čitateľov, nachádza najväčšie potešenie vo vtiahnutí do životov postáv, ktoré tvorí. S poctivosťou sa snaží skúmať svet a vkladá do svojich diel svoje rozprávačské schopnosti, získané z rôznych povolaní, od predavačky kníh po knihovníčku. Jej tvorba oslovuje čitateľov a vyvoláva širokú škálu emócií, od strachu po smiech, a podnecuje k novým myšlienkam. Rozprávačský talent, ktorý sa rozvinul v detstve skrze lásku ku knihám, ju sprevádza celú jej spisovateľskú dráhu.
Nirgends zuhause
- 172 stránok
- 7 hodin čítania
Unable to cope with the financial ruin caused by the Great Depression, Frances Elizabeth Barrow's father has taken his own life. Frances then cashes in her train ticket that would have taken her to her aunt's home, trades her dress for trousers and a cap, and hits the rails as a hobo.
Cold Feet
- 32 stránok
- 2 hodiny čítania
When Willie McPhee, the finest bagpipe player in all of Scotland, goes looking for customers who have a wee bit extra to spend on merriment, he finds more than he bargained for. On a cold, wet, miserable night, Willie trips over a tree trunk in the dark. Peering closer, he sees that the fallen tree isn't a tree at all, but a man, a DEAD man, lying stone cold frozen in the snow. "A-A-A-aaaaah!" screams Willie. But then he notices that the body is wearing some fine-looking boots.A poor man is a practical man, and so soon Willie has a shiny new pair of boots. He puts them to good use tricking a stingy farmer -- and then, in a startling twist, the original owner